2026 NL Walks / 9 Leaders

Chris Sale led the NL in walks / 9 in 2026 with 1.72, 0.19 ahead of Shota Imanaga (1.91).

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Led the NL in 2026 Chris Sale Atlanta Braves

1.72 Walks / 9 0.19 clear of Shota Imanaga

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#	Player	Team	BB/9	W	L	ERA	IP
1	Chris Sale	ATL	1.72	14	9	2.16	162.2
2	Shota Imanaga	CHN	1.91	11	10	3.77	174.1
3	Braxton Ashcraft	PIT	1.91	14	6	3.65	165.1
4	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	1.96	18	7	2.91	207.0
5	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAN	2.04	14	9	2.53	185.0
6	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	2.27	16	5	1.80	174.2
7	Foster Griffin	WAS +1	2.35	15	6	3.60	172.2
8	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	2.48	13	11	3.87	214.0
9	Paul Skenes	PIT	2.53	10	11	3.82	174.1
10	CC Cade Cavalli	WAS	2.55	13	5	3.02	169.2
11	MM Michael McGreevy	SLN	2.56	7	9	3.95	168.2
12	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	2.60	14	5	2.86	179.2
13	Zack Wheeler	PHI	2.61	14	5	3.00	162.0
14	Andre Pallante	SLN	2.78	12	9	3.83	162.0
15	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	2.94	16	7	2.89	189.2
16	Aaron Nola	PHI	3.03	7	12	4.67	175.1
17	Freddy Peralta	NYN +1	3.36	10	11	4.42	169.0
18	Mike King	SDN	3.41	12	10	3.21	185.0
19	Nolan McLean	NYN	3.51	12	10	3.16	179.2
20	Merrill Kelly	ARI	3.89	10	14	4.94	162.0
21	Andrew Abbott	CIN	4.12	6	11	4.61	166.0
22	Robbie Ray	SFN +1	4.56	13	8	3.59	165.2