players with the the best k/9 in 1971, with a minimum of 1 inning pitched per team game, season

TM GMS) in 1971, with 9.08 per nine innings.

	NAME	K/9	IP	TM GMS	IP/TM GMS	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	9.08	286.1	162	1.77	1971	NYM	36	20	10	.667	35	1.76	289	21	4	0	210	56	61	18	61	4	1	2	1,103	5	1.92	4.74	0.57	26.2	5.5	0.95	.263	1.92	52	1.93	58	6.60	44.5
2	Vida Blue V. Blue	8.68	312.0	161	1.94	1971	OAK	39	24	8	.750	39	1.82	301	24	8	0	209	63	73	19	88	4	0	3	1,207	10	2.54	3.42	0.55	24.9	7.3	0.95	.239	2.11	56	2.19	66	6.03	41.4
3	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	8.05	214.2	162	1.33	1971	CLE	35	13	17	.433	31	3.40	192	8	2	1	160	81	89	22	153	3	3	13	943	13	6.41	1.25	0.92	20.4	16.2	1.46	.241	3.73	94	4.17	113	6.71	-10.4
4	Clay Kirby C. Kirby	7.78	267.1	161	1.66	1971	SDP	38	15	13	.536	36	2.83	231	13	2	0	213	84	99	20	103	3	0	14	1,107	13	3.47	2.24	0.67	20.9	9.3	1.18	.257	3.33	85	2.88	89	7.17	10.5
5	Bart Johnson B. Johnson	7.74	178.0	162	1.1	1971	CWS	53	12	10	.545	16	2.93	153	4	0	14	148	58	67	9	111	6	24	6	784	11	5.61	1.38	0.46	19.5	14.2	1.46	.275	3.39	81	3.36	91	7.48	6.8
6	Bill Stoneman B. Stoneman	7.67	294.2	162	1.82	1971	MON	39	17	16	.515	38	3.15	251	19	3	0	243	103	112	20	146	5	1	11	1,243	10	4.46	1.72	0.61	20.2	11.7	1.32	.272	3.42	89	3.16	92	7.42	9.2
7	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	7.43	286.0	162	1.77	1971	DET	39	20	9	.690	38	3.15	236	16	3	0	241	100	106	17	96	7	0	3	1,174	7	3.02	2.46	0.53	20.1	8.2	1.18	.274	3.34	89	2.65	73	7.58	30.7
8	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	7.37	376.0	162	2.32	1971	DET	45	25	14	.641	45	2.92	308	29	4	0	336	122	133	36	92	7	0	2	1,538	7	2.20	3.35	0.86	20.0	6.0	1.14	.274	3.18	83	2.84	78	8.04	32.5
9	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	7.28	325.0	162	2.01	1971	CHC	39	24	13	.649	39	2.77	263	30	3	0	304	100	114	29	37	5	0	6	1,299	3	1.02	7.11	0.80	20.2	2.8	1.05	.285	3.16	73	2.38	64	8.42	45.3
10	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	7.24	278.1	160	1.74	1971	MIN	38	16	15	.516	38	2.81	224	17	5	0	267	87	95	21	59	5	0	1	1,126	5	1.91	3.80	0.68	19.9	5.2	1.17	.301	3.07	80	2.51	69	8.63	34.2
11	Gary Gentry G. Gentry	6.86	203.1	162	1.26	1971	NYM	32	12	11	.522	31	3.23	155	8	3	0	167	73	84	16	82	6	0	8	850	2	3.63	1.89	0.71	18.2	9.6	1.22	.255	3.72	95	3.24	98	7.39	1.3
12	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	6.78	245.2	163	1.51	1971	STL	31	16	13	.552	31	3.04	185	20	5	0	215	83	96	14	76	7	0	11	1,026	10	2.78	2.43	0.51	18.0	7.4	1.18	.270	3.52	88	2.69	80	7.88	18.5
13	Rudy May R. May	6.74	208.1	162	1.29	1971	CAL	32	11	12	.478	31	3.02	156	7	2	0	160	70	74	12	87	2	1	6	852	0	3.76	1.79	0.52	18.3	10.2	1.19	.249	3.20	92	2.98	88	6.91	9.2
14	Ray Sadecki R. Sadecki	6.61	163.1	162	1.01	1971	NYM	34	7	7	.500	20	2.92	120	5	2	0	139	53	56	10	44	4	3	5	664	0	2.42	2.73	0.55	18.1	6.6	1.12	.265	3.09	86	2.65	80	7.66	11.9
15	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	6.60	195.0	162	1.2	1971	CHC	30	9	15	.375	29	4.48	143	9	3	0	213	97	108	18	64	2	1	7	848	10	2.95	2.23	0.83	16.9	7.5	1.42	.314	4.98	117	3.19	86	9.83	11
16	Don Sutton D. Sutton	6.58	265.1	162	1.64	1971	LAD	38	17	12	.586	37	2.54	194	12	4	1	231	75	85	10	55	5	1	5	1,059	5	1.87	3.53	0.34	18.3	5.2	1.08	.278	2.88	77	2.15	67	7.84	32
17	Tom Bradley T. Bradley	6.49	285.2	162	1.76	1971	CWS	45	15	15	.500	39	2.96	206	7	6	2	273	94	111	16	74	2	3	5	1,198	6	2.33	2.78	0.50	17.2	6.2	1.21	.286	3.50	82	2.53	68	8.60	36.2
18	Steve Dunning S. Dunning	6.46	184.0	162	1.14	1971	CLE	31	8	14	.364	29	4.50	132	3	1	1	173	92	98	25	109	5	1	5	811	8	5.33	1.21	1.22	16.3	13.4	1.53	.274	4.79	125	4.64	125	8.46	-18.1
19	Bill Singer B. Singer	6.37	203.1	162	1.26	1971	LAD	31	10	17	.370	31	4.16	144	8	1	0	195	94	103	19	71	4	0	1	863	3	3.14	2.03	0.84	16.7	8.2	1.31	.282	4.56	126	3.35	105	8.63	-4
20	Ken Forsch K. Forsch	6.26	188.1	162	1.16	1971	HOU	33	8	8	.500	23	2.53	131	7	2	0	162	53	60	8	53	4	4	5	771	8	2.53	2.47	0.38	17.0	6.9	1.14	.268	2.87	75	2.52	76	7.74	16.7
21	Steve Arlin S. Arlin	6.17	227.2	161	1.41	1971	SDP	36	9	19	.321	34	3.48	156	10	4	0	211	88	114	8	103	6	1	10	988	7	4.07	1.51	0.32	15.8	10.4	1.38	.284	4.51	105	2.97	92	8.34	6.6
22	Don Wilson D. Wilson	6.04	268.0	162	1.65	1971	HOU	35	16	10	.615	34	2.45	180	18	3	0	195	73	80	15	79	7	0	3	1,067	5	2.65	2.28	0.50	16.9	7.4	1.02	.229	2.69	72	2.79	84	6.55	15.3
23	Reggie Cleveland R. Cleveland	6.00	222.0	163	1.36	1971	STL	34	12	12	.500	34	4.01	148	10	2	0	238	99	107	20	53	6	0	12	953	3	2.15	2.79	0.81	15.5	5.6	1.31	.300	4.34	116	3.08	91	9.65	7.2
24	Pat Dobson P. Dobson	5.96	282.1	158	1.79	1971	BAL	38	20	8	.714	37	2.90	187	18	4	1	248	91	104	24	63	2	1	2	1,134	6	2.01	2.97	0.77	16.5	5.6	1.10	.261	3.32	84	2.92	82	7.91	20
25	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	5.95	273.2	161	1.7	1971	OAK	37	21	11	.656	37	2.96	181	16	4	0	225	90	103	27	80	4	0	7	1,109	2	2.63	2.26	0.89	16.3	7.2	1.11	.242	3.39	91	3.33	100	7.40	-0.4