Data is from the Lee Sinins Complete Baseball Encyclopedia. Sewell walked about 18.7% more than average (so his BB Ratio is 1.187). He struck out only 22.5% as often as average (so his SO ratio is 0.225). Then 1.187/0.22 is about 5.279 far ahead of second place Speaker.
I count 15 Hall of Famers in the top 25. The bottom 25 has just one, George Kelly.
Rank |
Player |
BB |
SO |
BB Ratio |
SO Ratio |
BB/SO |
1 |
Joe Sewell |
844 |
114 |
1.187 |
0.225 |
5.279 |
2 |
Tris Speaker |
636 |
104 |
1.652 |
0.385 |
4.289 |
3 |
Nellie Fox |
719 |
216 |
0.700 |
0.196 |
3.575 |
4 |
Jim Gilliam |
1036 |
416 |
1.476 |
0.422 |
3.498 |
5 |
Tommy Holmes |
480 |
122 |
0.964 |
0.290 |
3.318 |
6 |
Wade Boggs |
1412 |
745 |
1.730 |
0.546 |
3.168 |
7 |
Tony Gwynn |
790 |
434 |
0.931 |
0.296 |
3.143 |
8 |
Arky Vaughan |
937 |
276 |
1.713 |
0.547 |
3.134 |
9 |
Mike Scioscia |
567 |
307 |
1.376 |
0.455 |
3.021 |
10 |
Elmer Valo |
943 |
284 |
1.623 |
0.548 |
2.960 |
11 |
Willie Randolph |
1243 |
675 |
1.653 |
0.567 |
2.916 |
12 |
Mickey Cochrane |
857 |
217 |
1.642 |
0.564 |
2.913 |
13 |
Barry Bonds |
2558 |
1539 |
2.684 |
0.931 |
2.883 |
14 |
Mark Grace |
1075 |
642 |
1.391 |
0.483 |
2.881 |
15 |
Ozzie Smith |
1072 |
589 |
1.169 |
0.415 |
2.818 |
16 |
Joe Morgan |
1865 |
1015 |
2.098 |
0.755 |
2.778 |
17 |
Mike Hargrove |
965 |
550 |
1.907 |
0.731 |
2.608 |
18 |
Rick Ferrell |
931 |
277 |
1.411 |
0.541 |
2.607 |
19 |
Brian Giles |
1183 |
835 |
1.803 |
0.696 |
2.589 |
20 |
Jackie Robinson |
740 |
291 |
1.412 |
0.553 |
2.553 |
21 |
Paul Waner |
1091 |
376 |
1.426 |
0.562 |
2.537 |
22 |
Frankie Frisch |
724 |
258 |
1.010 |
0.400 |
2.524 |
23 |
Stan Musial |
1599 |
696 |
1.543 |
0.615 |
2.508 |
24 |
Ted Williams |
2021 |
709 |
2.520 |
1.007 |
2.502 |
25 |
Eric Young |
660 |
462 |
1.046 |
0.418 |
2.502 |
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