2023 mlb most average pitcher strikeouts per game

Spencer Strider had the most strikeouts per game pitched in 2023, with 8.78.

	NAME	SO/G	SO	G	SEASON	TM	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Spencer Strider S. Strider	8.78	281	32	2023	ATL	19	5	.792	32	3.86	0	0	0	186.2	146	80	85	22	58	9	0	1	763	6	13.55	2.80	4.84	1.06	36.8	7.6	1.09	.316	4.10	87	2.85	66	7.04	30.3
2	Jeffrey Springs J. Springs	8	24	3	2023	TBR	2	0	1.000	3	0.56	0	0	0	16.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	55	0	13.50	2.25	6.00	0.56	43.6	7.3	0.50	.115	0.56	14	1.81	44	2.25	4.3
3	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	7.71	162	21	2023	TBR	10	7	.588	21	3.53	0	0	0	120.0	93	47	52	13	37	1	0	0	485	11	12.15	2.78	4.38	0.97	33.4	7.6	1.08	.294	3.90	86	2.91	70	6.98	16.9
4	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	7.65	237	31	2023	TOR	12	9	.571	31	3.16	0	0	0	185.0	163	65	72	19	55	3	0	0	763	3	11.53	2.68	4.31	0.92	31.1	7.2	1.18	.321	3.50	75	2.97	69	7.93	27.1
5	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	7.5	45	6	2023	TEX	2	0	1.000	6	2.67	0	0	0	30.1	19	9	11	2	4	0	0	0	115	1	13.35	1.19	11.25	0.59	39.1	3.5	0.76	.266	3.26	62	1.54	35	5.64	9.4
6	Pablo López P. López	7.31	234	32	2023	MIN	11	8	.579	32	3.66	1	1	0	194.0	176	79	81	24	48	9	0	1	801	7	10.86	2.23	4.88	1.11	29.2	6.0	1.15	.313	3.76	86	3.33	78	8.16	20.5
7	Blake Snell B. Snell	7.31	234	32	2023	SDP	14	9	.609	32	2.25	0	0	0	180.0	115	45	47	15	99	3	0	0	742	13	11.70	4.95	2.36	0.75	31.5	13.3	1.19	.256	2.35	54	3.44	79	5.75	18
8	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	7.26	167	23	2023	LAA	10	5	.667	23	3.14	1	1	0	132.0	85	46	50	18	55	11	0	0	531	12	11.39	3.75	3.04	1.23	31.5	10.4	1.06	.239	3.41	72	3.99	91	5.80	6.1
9	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	7	210	30	2023	MIL	12	10	.545	30	3.86	0	0	0	165.2	131	71	77	26	54	6	0	0	680	6	11.41	2.93	3.89	1.41	30.9	7.9	1.12	.273	4.18	88	3.84	87	7.12	10.6
10	Kodai Senga K. Senga	6.97	202	29	2023	NYM	12	7	.632	29	2.98	0	0	0	166.1	126	55	60	17	77	5	0	0	694	14	10.93	4.17	2.62	0.92	29.1	11.1	1.22	.277	3.25	71	3.63	84	6.82	13
11	Hunter Greene H. Greene	6.91	152	22	2023	CIN	4	7	.364	22	4.82	0	0	0	112.0	111	60	65	19	48	8	0	0	498	5	12.21	3.86	3.17	1.53	30.5	9.6	1.42	.339	5.22	104	4.24	91	8.92	4.9
12	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	6.8	102	15	2023	DET	7	3	.700	15	2.80	0	0	0	80.1	58	25	28	4	14	3	0	0	310	1	11.43	1.57	7.29	0.45	32.9	4.5	0.90	.289	3.14	66	1.99	47	6.50	20.2
13	Joe Ryan J. Ryan	6.79	197	29	2023	MIN	11	10	.524	29	4.51	1	1	0	161.2	155	81	83	32	34	6	0	0	672	3	10.97	1.89	5.79	1.78	29.3	5.1	1.17	.305	4.62	105	4.13	96	8.63	2.7
14	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	6.73	222	33	2023	NYY	15	4	.789	33	2.63	2	2	0	209.0	157	61	64	20	48	7	0	0	821	4	9.56	2.07	4.63	0.86	27.0	5.8	0.98	.261	2.76	61	3.16	72	6.76	28.4
15	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	6.73	74	11	2023	MIL	5	1	.833	11	2.28	1	1	0	67.0	40	17	17	9	15	3	0	0	253	0	9.94	2.01	4.93	1.21	29.2	5.9	0.82	.204	2.28	52	3.59	81	5.37	6.1
16	Nick Lodolo N. Lodolo	6.71	47	7	2023	CIN	2	1	.667	7	6.29	0	0	0	34.1	50	24	24	10	10	7	0	1	166	2	12.32	2.62	4.70	2.62	28.3	6.0	1.75	.435	6.29	136	5.79	125	13.11	-4.1
17	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	6.64	219	33	2023	SEA	13	9	.591	33	3.34	0	0	0	197.0	160	73	81	28	56	5	0	0	802	3	10.01	2.56	3.91	1.28	27.3	7.0	1.10	.267	3.70	83	3.80	93	7.31	6.6
18	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	6.63	212	32	2023	PHI	13	6	.684	32	3.61	0	0	0	192.0	168	77	82	20	39	9	0	0	787	1	9.94	1.83	5.44	0.94	26.9	5.0	1.08	.292	3.84	82	3.15	71	7.88	27.7
19	Mitch Keller M. Keller	6.56	210	32	2023	PIT	13	9	.591	32	4.21	1	1	0	194.1	187	91	97	25	55	12	0	0	825	5	9.73	2.55	3.82	1.16	25.5	6.7	1.25	.310	4.49	94	3.80	87	8.66	12.5
20	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	6.5	208	32	2023	MIA	10	10	.500	32	3.58	0	0	0	178.2	162	71	79	22	55	6	0	1	741	7	10.48	2.77	3.78	1.11	28.1	7.4	1.21	.311	3.98	80	3.55	81	8.16	16.4
21	Sawyer Gipson-Long S. Gipson-Long	6.5	26	4	2023	DET	1	0	1.000	4	2.70	0	0	0	20.0	14	6	7	2	8	0	0	0	82	0	11.70	3.60	3.25	0.90	31.7	9.8	1.10	.261	3.15	64	3.15	74	6.30	2.4
22	Dylan Cease D. Cease	6.48	214	33	2023	CWS	7	9	.438	33	4.58	0	0	0	177.0	172	90	98	19	79	9	0	3	784	13	10.88	4.02	2.71	0.97	27.3	10.1	1.42	.330	4.98	106	3.72	84	8.75	13.4
23	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	6.47	220	34	2023	ARI	17	8	.680	34	3.47	1	1	0	210.0	188	81	87	22	47	5	0	0	846	8	9.43	2.01	4.68	0.94	26.0	5.6	1.12	.301	3.73	78	3.26	77	8.06	23.4
24	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	6.45	200	31	2023	HOU	12	11	.522	31	3.45	2	2	0	198.0	166	76	86	19	57	10	0	0	808	6	9.09	2.59	3.51	0.86	24.8	7.1	1.13	.282	3.91	82	3.49	82	7.55	16.5
25	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	6.44	174	27	2023	TOT	12	6	.667	27	3.77	0	0	0	152.2	126	64	65	28	45	4	0	0	621	2	10.26	2.65	3.87	1.65	28.0	7.2	1.12	.265	3.83	89	4.32	100	7.43	0.2