Bases on balls per nine innings pitched

${\displaystyle BB/9IP=9\cdot {\frac {BB}{IP}}}$

In baseball statistics, bases on balls per nine innings pitched (BB/9IP or BB/9) or walks per nine innings (denoted by W/9) is the average number of bases on balls, (or walks) given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. It is determined by multiplying the number of bases on balls allowed by nine, and dividing by the number of innings pitched.^[1] It is a measure of the bases on balls ability of a pitcher.

Leaders[]

Candy Cummings, all-time career leader in BB/9IP

All but one of the top 25 single-season leaders in BB/9IP through 2018 pitched in the period of 1876-84. George Zettlein was the all-time single-season leader (0.2308 in 1876), followed by Cherokee Fisher (0.2355 in 1876) and George Bradley (0.2755 in 1880).^[2] The highest single-season modern day baseball performance was by Carlos Silva (0.4301 in 2005).^[2]

The all-time career leaders in BB/9IP through 2019 were Candy Cummings (0.4731), Tommy Bond (0.4787), and Al Spalding (0.5114), all of whom played in the 1870s and 1880s.^[3]

The active career leaders in BB/9IP through 2019 were Masahiro Tanaka (1.7887), Jordan Zimmermann (1.9205), and Corey Kluber (1.9588).^[4]

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