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All-Time MLB Postseason Walks / 9 Leaders

Career totals, every season from 1903–2026. Walks per nine innings

Mark Buehrle is the all-time MLB Postseason leader in walks / 9 with 0.29, 0.10 clear of Schoolboy Rowe (0.39). He did it in 3 seasons, from 2000 to 2008. The top ten runs from 0.29 down to 1.11.

Career rate stats are limited to players with 30+ postseason innings, the usual bar for all-time rate leaderboards. Postseason games only, from the 1903 World Series on, Negro League World Series and playoffs included. Show all players

Showing Walks / 9 and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Seasons BB/9 W L ERA G
1 Mark Buehrle Mark Buehrle 2000–2008 (3) 0.29 2 1 4.11 6
2 Schoolboy Rowe Schoolboy Rowe 1934–1940 (3) 0.39 2 5 3.91 8
3 Deacon Phillippe Deacon Phillippe 1903–1909 (2) 0.72 3 2 2.70 7
4 Dennis Eckersley Dennis Eckersley 1984–1998 (7) 0.75 1 3 3.00 28
5 Marco Estrada Marco Estrada 2011–2016 (3) 0.76 3 3 2.64 10
6 Christy Mathewson Christy Mathewson 1905–1913 (4) 0.89 5 5 0.97 11
7 Lefty Grove Lefty Grove 1929–1931 (3) 1.05 4 2 1.75 8
8 Cy Young Cy Young 1903–1903 (1) 1.06 2 1 1.85 4
9 Cliff Lee Cliff Lee 2009–2011 (3) 1.10 7 3 2.52 11
10 Carl Pavano Carl Pavano 2003–2010 (3) 1.11 2 2 2.51 10
11 Rube Curry Rube Curry 1924–1927 (4) 1.13 6 2 1.82 12
12 Ralph Terry Ralph Terry 1960–1964 (5) 1.17 2 4 2.93 9
13 Roy Halladay Roy Halladay 2010–2011 (2) 1.18 3 2 2.37 5
14 Carl Mays Carl Mays 1916–1922 (4) 1.26 3 4 2.35 8
15 Mike Flanagan Mike Flanagan 1979–1989 (3) 1.27 3 2 4.33 7
16 Herb Pennock Herb Pennock 1914–1932 (5) 1.30 5 0 1.95 10
17 Stephen Strasburg Stephen Strasburg 2014–2019 (3) 1.30 6 2 1.46 9
18 Kevin Millwood Kevin Millwood 1999–2002 (4) 1.31 3 3 3.92 9
19 Mariano Rivera Mariano Rivera 1995–2011 (16) 1.34 8 1 0.70 96
20 Drew Rasmussen Drew Rasmussen 2020–2026 (4) 1.35 2 1 2.70 8
21 Jim Lonborg Jim Lonborg 1967–1977 (3) 1.35 2 3 3.51 5
22 Eddie Cicotte Eddie Cicotte 1917–1919 (2) 1.41 2 3 2.22 6
23 Don Sutton Don Sutton 1974–1986 (5) 1.44 6 4 3.68 15
24 Scott McGregor Scott McGregor 1979–1983 (2) 1.45 3 3 1.63 6
25 Lew Burdette Lew Burdette 1957–1958 (2) 1.46 4 2 2.92 6
26 Bert Blyleven Bert Blyleven 1970–1987 (3) 1.52 5 1 2.47 8
27 Stan Coveleski Stan Coveleski 1920–1925 (2) 1.52 3 2 1.74 5
28 Rick Porcello Rick Porcello 2011–2018 (6) 1.57 1 3 4.72 16
29 Dizzy Dean Dizzy Dean 1934–1938 (2) 1.57 2 2 2.88 5
30 Madison Bumgarner Madison Bumgarner 2010–2016 (4) 1.58 8 3 2.11 16
31 Bill Byrd Bill Byrd 1939–1948 (2) 1.64 3 1 3.07 6
32 Curt Schilling Curt Schilling 1993–2007 (5) 1.69 11 2 2.23 19
33 Satchel Paige Satchel Paige 1927–1948 (4) 1.69 3 1 3.38 10
34 Adam Wainwright Adam Wainwright 2006–2021 (9) 1.73 4 5 2.83 29
35 Sandy Koufax Sandy Koufax 1959–1966 (4) 1.74 4 3 0.95 8
36 Tommy Bridges Tommy Bridges 1934–1945 (4) 1.76 4 1 3.52 7
37 Johnny Sain Johnny Sain 1948–1953 (4) 1.76 2 2 2.64 6
38 Monte Pearson Monte Pearson 1936–1939 (4) 1.77 4 0 1.01 4
39 Tarik Skubal Tarik Skubal 2024–2026 (3) 1.78 3 2 2.13 8
40 David Wells David Wells 1989–2006 (11) 1.80 10 5 3.17 27
41 Dennis Leonard Dennis Leonard 1976–1981 (5) 1.80 3 5 4.32 10
42 Eddie Plank Eddie Plank 1905–1914 (4) 1.81 2 5 1.32 7
43 Bret Saberhagen Bret Saberhagen 1984–1999 (5) 1.83 2 4 4.67 10
44 Julio Urias Julio Urias 2016–2022 (6) 1.84 8 3 3.68 23
45 Yu Darvish Yu Darvish 2012–2025 (7) 1.86 5 8 3.96 14
46 Andy Cooper Andy Cooper 1930–1939 (3) 1.87 2 0 1.87 5
47 Roberto Osuna Roberto Osuna 2015–2019 (4) 1.89 2 1 2.97 27
48 Bob Gibson Bob Gibson 1964–1968 (3) 1.89 7 2 1.89 9
49 Mark Mulder Mark Mulder 2001–2005 (3) 1.91 3 4 2.34 7
50 Nelson Briles Nelson Briles 1967–1972 (4) 1.93 2 1 2.65 6
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