All-time leader
The Twins' Phil Hughes struck out five without walking a batter on Wednesday, increasing his strikeout-to-walk ratio to 11.6 — the best single-season mark ever recorded by a major league pitcher. Here are the top 10 leaders:
Pitcher (age)K/BBYear
RH Phil Hughes (28)11.62014
RH Bret Saberhagen (30)11.01994
LH Cliff Lee (31)10.32010
RH Jim Whitney (26)10.01884
RH Jim Whitney (25)9.91883
RH Curt Schilling (35)9.62002
RH George Bradley (27)9.01880
RH Pedro Martinez (28)8.92000
RH Greg Maddux (31)8.91997
RH Henry Boyle (23)8.81884
