His control was good enough for an effective 1.86 strikeout-to-walk ratio (693-to-372).

Whatever his results, Lee always has precise control and one of the best strikeout-to-walk ratios in all of baseball.

Smoak is also striking out a bit less and walking a bit more last year, so his strikeout-to-walk ratio has improved from 1.98 to 1.61.

His strikeout-to-walk ratio is terrific, and nearly identical to last year's 3.02 mark.

The inverse of this, the strikeout-to-walk ratio, is used to compare pitchers.

He only struck out 38 times in 232 at bats, giving him one of the best strikeout-to-walk ratios in the nation.

In addition, Martinez walked just 32, for a strikeout-to-walk ratio of almost 9 to 1; 3 to 1 is usually considering exceptional.

Despite winning 11 games in 1976, Alcala had an earned run average of 4.70, with a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 67-67.

He had 2,303 strikeouts with only 709 walks, a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 3.25 to 1.

If you want to know how to take a pitcher from good to All-Star level, just get him to double his strikeout-to-walk ratio.