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strikeout to walk ratio wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 leaders 2 references toggle the table of contents strikeout to walk ratio 2 languages 日本語 中文 edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia measure in baseball statistics k b b k b b displaystyle k bb frac k bb in baseball statistics strikeout to walk ratio k bb is a measure of a pitcher s ability to control pitches calculated as strikeouts divided by bases on balls a hit by pitch is not counted statistically as a walk and therefore not counted in the strikeout to walk ratio the inverse of this calculation is the related statistic for hitters walk to strikeout ratio bb k leaders edit single season leader phil hughes 11 625 k bb ratio a pitcher who possesses a great k bb ratio is usually a dominant power pitcher such as randy johnson pedro martínez curt schilling or mariano rivera however in 2005 minnesota twins starting pitcher carlos silva easily led the major leagues in k bb ratio with 7 89 1 despite striking out only 71 batters over 188 innings pitched he walked only nine batters 1 as of the end of the 2026 regular season the all time career leaders among starting pitchers are chris sale 5 3649 jacob degrom 5 2481 and tommy bond 5 0363 2 through may 22 2019 the all time career leaders among relievers were koji uehara 7 94 sean doolittle 6 41 and roberto osuna 6 33 3 the player with the highest single regular season k bb ratio through 2022 was minnesota twins pitcher phil hughes in 2014 with a ratio of 11 625 186 strikeouts and 16 walks 4 he is followed by bret saberhagen 11 00 in 1994 and cliff lee 10 28 in 2010 5 references edit carlos silva career statistics baseball reference com career leaders records for strikeouts base on balls baseball reference com retrieved 2026 04 26 koji uehara hangs it up fangraphs may 22 2019 hughes loses 500k bonus due to rain delay espn september 24 2014 career leaders amp records for strikeouts base on balls baseball reference com v t e baseball statistics batting batting average on base percentage slugging percentage hit single double triple home run extra base hit grand slam total bases rbi game winning rbi walk bunt sacrifice bunt sacrifice fly on base plus slugging times on base walk to strikeout ratio walk percentage base running run stolen base stolen base percentage caught stealing pitching win loss record innings pitched save hold run earned era strikeout looking walk perfect game no hitter whip bb 9 k 9 quality start complete game shutout wild pitch strikeout to walk ratio maddux baa fielding fielding percentage assist putout error total chances fielder s choice defensive indifference passed ball sabermetrics adjusted era base runs batting average on balls in play batting park factor catcher s era defensive runs saved exit velocity extrapolated runs fielding independent pitching game score isolated power jaffe wins above replacement score pop time power speed number range factor runs created runs produced secondary average speed score nerd out of zone plays made ultimate zone rating value over replacement player weighted on base average wins above replacement win probability added win shares this baseball related article is a stub you can help wikipedia by adding missing information v t e retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title strikeout to walk_ratio oldid 1378177897 categories pitching statistics statistical ratios baseball stubs hidden categories articles with short description short description matches wikidata all stub articles this page was last edited on 3 october 2026 at 08 29 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms may apply by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc a non profit organization privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia legal safety contacts code of conduct developers statistics cookie statement mobile view search search toggle the table of contents strikeout to walk ratio 2 languages add topic