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August 5, 2013

For Cliff

In honor of Cliff Lee passing the 2,000 IP mark for his career, here is a list of the pitchers who have a career SO/BB > 3.00 with at least 2,000 IP in the Live Ball Era (1920-present):

1.) Curt Schilling 4.38
2.) Pedro Martinez 4.15
3.) Cliff Lee 3.76
4.) Jon Lieber 3.68
5.) Roy Halladay 3.67
6.) Bret Saberhagen 3.64
7.) Roy Oswalt 3.59
8.) Mike Mussina 3.58
9.) Johan Santana 3.51
10.) Greg Maddux 3.37
11.) Javier Vazquez 3.32
12.) Brad Radke 3.30
13.) Randy Johnson 3.26
14.) Dennis Eckersley 3.25
15.) Juan Marichal 3.25
16.) Fergie Jenkins 3.20
17.) Greg Swindell 3.08
18.) David Wells 3.06
19.) John Smoltz 3.05

Out of these 19, 6 also had at least 3,000 SO in their career: Curt Schilling, Pedro Martinez, Greg Maddux, Randy Johnson, Fergie Jenkins, and John Smoltz.

To give a little more perspective, the Pitchers who rank 20-23 are Roger Clemens (2.96), Sandy Koufax (2.93), CC Sabathia (2.91), and Don Drysdale (2.91).

Source: baseball-reference.com

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