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| League History Index | Players | Teams | Managers | Leagues | Leaderboards | Awards | Accomplishments |
| Rank | Player | K9 | YEAR | Open Season Leaderboard |
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| 1 | Rube Waddell* | 7.04 | 1897-1910 | |
| 2 | Bob Feller# | 6.96 | 1936-1941 | |
| 3 | Toad Ramsey | 6.49 | 1885-1890 | |
| 4 | Smoky Joe Wood | 6.20 | 1908-1925 | |
| 5 | Carroll Canfield | 5.76 | 1924-1929 | |
| 6 | Orval Overall | 5.48 | 1905-1913 | |
| 7 | Hugh Daily | 5.38 | 1882-1887 | |
| 8 | Jimmy Dygert | 5.32 | 1905-1910 | |
| 9 | Ed Walsh* | 5.27 | 1904-1917 | |
| 10 | Lady Baldwin | 5.15 | 1884-1890 | |
| 11 | Dazzy Vance | 5.14 | 1915-1937 | |
| 12 | Cy Seymour | 5.11 | 1896-1913 | |
| 12 | Chief Bender* | 5.11 | 1903-1917 | |
| 14 | Willie Mitchell | 5.08 | 1909-1919 | |
| 15 | Walter Johnson* | 5.04 | 1907-1930 | |
| 15 | Slim Jones | 5.04 | 1933-1938 | |
| 17 | Dizzy Dean# | 5.02 | 1930-1941 | |
| 18 | Lefty Grove# | 4.89 | 1925-1941 | |
| 19 | Dupee Shaw | 4.85 | 1883-1888 | |
| 20 | Bill F Bailey | 4.83 | 1907-1922 | |
| 21 | Bobo Newsom# | 4.82 | 1929-1941 | |
| 22 | Vean Gregg | 4.79 | 1911-1918 | |
| 22 | Red Ames | 4.79 | 1903-1919 | |
| 24 | Jeff Tesreau | 4.72 | 1912-1918 | |
| 25 | Bill Donovan | 4.71 | 1898-1918 | |
| 25 | Christy Mathewson* | 4.71 | 1900-1916 | |
| 27 | Van Mungo# | 4.70 | 1931-1941 | |
| 28 | Fred Anderson | 4.69 | 1909-1918 | |
| 29 | Hardie Henderson | 4.68 | 1883-1888 | |
| 30 | Tom J Hughes | 4.66 | 1900-1913 | |
| 31 | Amos Rusie | 4.62 | 1889-1901 | |
| 32 | Nap Rucker | 4.61 | 1907-1916 | |
| 32 | Cliff Melton# | 4.61 | 1937-1941 | |
| 34 | Cy Falkenberg | 4.60 | 1903-1917 | |
| 35 | Guy Morton | 4.58 | 1914-1925 | |
| 36 | Tim Keefe | 4.57 | 1880-1893 | |
| 37 | Tommy Bridges# | 4.56 | 1930-1941 | |
| 38 | Earl Moore | 4.55 | 1901-1914 | |
| 39 | Eddie Plank* | 4.50 | 1901-1917 | |
| 39 | Jim Scott | 4.50 | 1909-1917 | |
| 41 | Charlie Buffinton | 4.49 | 1882-1892 | |
| 42 | Bob Groom | 4.46 | 1909-1918 | |
| 42 | John Ewing | 4.46 | 1888-1891 | |
| 42 | Ed Cushman | 4.46 | 1883-1890 | |
| 45 | Larry Cheney | 4.43 | 1911-1919 | |
| 46 | Carl Hubbell# | 4.42 | 1928-1941 | |
| 47 | Charlie Sweeney | 4.41 | 1883-1887 | |
| 47 | Dutch Leonard | 4.41 | 1913-1927 | |
| 47 | Fred Beebe | 4.41 | 1906-1916 | |
| 47 | Ferdie Schupp | 4.41 | 1913-1928 | |
| 51 | Pete Alexander* | 4.40 | 1911-1929 | |
| 52 | Leroy Matlock# | 4.38 | 1935-1941 | |
| 53 | Rube Marquard* | 4.37 | 1908-1924 | |
| 54 | Larry McKeon | 4.36 | 1884-1886 | |
| 55 | Harry Harper | 4.35 | 1913-1922 | |
| 56 | Mark Baldwin | 4.33 | 1887-1893 | |
| 56 | Charlie J Ferguson | 4.33 | 1884-1887 | |
| 56 | Tom Seaton | 4.33 | 1912-1917 | |
| 59 | Hippo Vaughn* | 4.32 | 1908-1925 | |
| 59 | Matt Kilroy | 4.32 | 1886-1898 | |
| 61 | Pat Malone | 4.30 | 1928-1937 | |
| 61 | Al Mamaux | 4.30 | 1913-1922 | |
| 61 | Russ Ford | 4.30 | 1909-1915 | |
| 64 | Eddie Smith# | 4.29 | 1936-1941 | |
| 64 | Henry McHenry# | 4.29 | 1936-1941 | |
| 64 | Allen Russell | 4.29 | 1915-1927 | |
| 64 | Al Schulz | 4.29 | 1912-1916 | |
| 68 | Al Atkinson | 4.28 | 1884-1887 | |
| 69 | Jack Pfiester | 4.24 | 1903-1911 | |
| 69 | Frank Allen | 4.24 | 1912-1917 | |
| 71 | Johnny Allen# | 4.23 | 1932-1941 | |
| 72 | Charley Hall | 4.22 | 1906-1918 | |
| 73 | Dave Davenport | 4.21 | 1914-1919 | |
| 74 | Doc Scanlan | 4.20 | 1903-1911 | |
| 75 | Cy Blanton# | 4.19 | 1934-1941 | |
| 76 | Johnny Rigney# | 4.18 | 1937-1941 | |
| 76 | Ed Crane | 4.18 | 1884-1893 | |
| 78 | Frank E Smith | 4.16 | 1904-1915 | |
| 79 | Cy Morgan | 4.15 | 1903-1913 | |
| 79 | Larry Corcoran | 4.15 | 1880-1887 | |
| 81 | Claude Hendrix | 4.14 | 1911-1920 | |
| 81 | Paul Dean# | 4.14 | 1934-1940 | |
| 83 | Jim Shaw | 4.13 | 1913-1925 | |
| 84 | Hooks Wiltse | 4.11 | 1904-1915 | |
| 85 | Bob Wicker | 4.10 | 1901-1906 | |
| 85 | Bob Shawkey | 4.10 | 1913-1928 | |
| 85 | Doc White | 4.10 | 1901-1913 | |
| 88 | Ed Morris | 4.09 | 1884-1890 | |
| 89 | Jack Coombs | 4.08 | 1906-1920 | |
| 89 | Lee Grissom# | 4.08 | 1935-1941 | |
| 89 | Jimmy Lavender | 4.08 | 1912-1917 | |
| 92 | Noodles Hahn | 4.07 | 1899-1906 | |
| 93 | Joe Lake | 4.06 | 1908-1913 | |
| 94 | Red Ruffing# | 4.05 | 1924-1941 | |
| 95 | Jim Whitney | 4.04 | 1881-1890 | |
| 95 | Ice Box Chamberlin | 4.04 | 1886-1896 | |
| 95 | Lefty Tyler | 4.04 | 1910-1924 | |
| 98 | Jack Lynch | 4.02 | 1881-1890 | |
| 98 | Jake Weimer | 4.02 | 1903-1909 | |
| 100 | Phenomenal Smith | 3.99 | 1884-1891 |
