active mlb pitchers averaging the most strikeouts per game

Jacob deGrom has the most career strikeouts per game pitched by an active player, with 7.42.

	NAME	SO/G	SO	G	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	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	7.42	1,929	260	100	69	.592	260	2.61	4	2	0	1604.1	1,225	465	502	159	358	25	0	14	6,304	32	10.82	2.01	5.39	0.89	30.6	5.7	0.99	.278	2.82	67	2.75	67	6.87	240.8
2	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	7.22	195	27	11	5	.688	26	2.96	0	0	0	137.0	88	45	49	12	50	9	0	0	546	3	12.81	3.28	3.90	0.79	35.7	9.2	1.01	.271	3.22	71	2.70	65	5.78	21.7
3	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	7.17	3,499	488	221	120	.648	479	3.26	12	5	0	2981.2	2,455	1,079	1,152	361	787	115	2	20	12,071	80	10.56	2.38	4.45	1.09	29.0	6.5	1.09	.286	3.48	78	3.26	78	7.41	294.2
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	7.08	2,265	320	154	81	.655	320	3.17	8	5	0	1972.0	1,639	694	744	220	504	61	0	7	7,929	58	10.34	2.30	4.49	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.291	3.40	79	3.17	77	7.48	212.8
5	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	6.96	995	143	66	34	.660	141	3.24	5	2	0	883.1	786	318	339	102	195	19	1	1	3,574	34	10.14	1.99	5.10	1.04	27.8	5.5	1.11	.302	3.45	76	3.15	75	8.01	106.9
6	Spencer Strider S. Strider	6.94	666	96	41	25	.621	83	3.74	0	0	0	486.0	390	202	212	58	177	20	3	2	2,008	14	12.33	3.28	3.76	1.07	33.2	8.8	1.17	.305	3.93	88	3.20	78	7.22	49.8
7	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	6.88	468	68	27	18	.600	68	2.17	1	0	0	390.2	281	94	104	27	87	16	0	0	1,525	5	10.78	2.00	5.38	0.62	30.7	5.7	0.94	.274	2.40	51	2.43	59	6.47	72.7
8	Hunter Greene H. Greene	6.78	617	91	25	29	.463	91	3.65	2	2	0	495.2	386	201	211	70	179	39	0	0	2,060	21	11.20	3.25	3.45	1.27	30.0	8.7	1.14	.274	3.83	83	3.83	88	7.01	28.1
9	Nolan McLean N. McLean	6.7	134	20	8	5	.615	20	3.31	0	0	0	114.1	84	42	49	12	40	10	0	0	464	4	10.55	3.15	3.35	0.94	28.9	8.6	1.08	.269	3.86	83	3.45	84	6.61	8.1
10	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	6.7	737	110	45	22	.672	110	2.76	1	1	0	589.2	418	181	191	58	200	28	0	2	2,372	52	11.25	3.05	3.69	0.89	31.1	8.4	1.05	.267	2.92	65	3.10	72	6.38	74.3
11	Dylan Cease D. Cease	6.65	1,323	199	68	61	.527	199	3.83	3	3	0	1077.1	903	459	506	126	456	38	0	9	4,562	56	11.05	3.81	2.90	1.05	29.0	10.0	1.26	.297	4.23	91	3.60	84	7.54	78.7
12	Chris Sale C. Sale	6.58	2,665	405	153	92	.624	324	2.98	16	3	12	2156.2	1,748	715	770	219	506	137	25	15	8,683	48	11.12	2.11	5.27	0.91	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.21	70	2.87	69	7.29	312.7
13	Aaron Nola A. Nola	6.53	1,940	297	112	93	.546	297	3.89	6	4	0	1777.1	1,590	768	807	228	467	56	0	16	7,303	19	9.82	2.36	4.15	1.15	26.6	6.4	1.16	.295	4.09	92	3.53	82	8.05	147
14	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	6.49	934	144	57	39	.594	141	3.06	1	1	0	810.0	649	275	301	92	178	27	1	0	3,222	11	10.38	1.98	5.25	1.02	29.0	5.5	1.02	.280	3.34	74	3.08	74	7.21	95.1
15	Blake Snell B. Snell	6.48	1,445	223	81	63	.563	223	3.17	1	1	0	1161.0	897	409	445	111	523	11	0	6	4,809	86	11.20	4.05	2.76	0.86	30.0	10.9	1.22	.289	3.45	78	3.30	79	6.95	112.7
16	Robbie Ray R. Ray	6.46	1,797	278	92	87	.514	274	3.95	2	1	0	1508.2	1,309	662	709	229	644	51	1	19	6,387	63	10.72	3.84	2.79	1.37	28.1	10.1	1.29	.295	4.23	94	4.12	101	7.81	-5.9
17	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	6.42	1,868	291	118	76	.608	291	3.25	5	3	0	1779.0	1,505	643	696	172	502	77	0	14	7,275	41	9.45	2.54	3.72	0.87	25.7	6.9	1.13	.286	3.52	81	3.29	80	7.61	168.4
18	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	6.39	3,554	556	266	159	.626	556	3.33	26	9	0	3571.1	3,052	1,322	1,433	372	1,006	121	0	28	14,626	100	8.96	2.54	3.53	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	79	3.44	81	7.69	309.9
19	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	6.36	375	59	24	14	.632	59	2.70	0	0	0	333.0	245	100	108	30	96	7	0	0	1,322	9	10.14	2.59	3.91	0.81	28.4	7.3	1.02	.264	2.92	65	2.98	70	6.62	45.4
20	Logan Henderson L. Henderson	6.3	63	10	5	1	.833	10	2.23	0	0	0	48.1	35	12	12	5	14	0	0	0	189	1	11.73	2.61	4.50	0.93	33.3	7.4	1.01	.280	2.23	54	2.72	66	6.52	7.5
21	Joe Ryan J. Ryan	6.23	798	128	50	39	.562	127	3.73	1	1	0	711.2	588	295	313	107	162	38	0	0	2,885	10	10.09	2.05	4.93	1.35	27.7	5.6	1.05	.270	3.96	91	3.71	90	7.44	32.6
22	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	6.22	168	27	11	6	.647	27	2.41	0	0	0	149.1	111	40	43	12	44	6	0	0	599	3	10.13	2.65	3.82	0.72	28.0	7.3	1.04	.268	2.59	59	2.91	69	6.69	21.8
23	Spencer Schwellenbach S. Schwellenbach	6.18	235	38	15	11	.577	38	3.23	1	0	0	234.1	195	84	93	27	41	8	0	2	934	5	9.03	1.57	5.73	1.04	25.2	4.4	1.01	.270	3.57	77	3.26	81	7.49	19.6
24	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	6.08	1,436	236	94	74	.560	231	3.72	3	1	0	1307.0	1,099	540	583	160	493	66	1	5	5,482	67	9.89	3.39	2.91	1.10	26.2	9.0	1.22	.282	4.01	90	3.82	90	7.57	58.5
25	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	6.07	1,549	255	85	89	.489	253	3.63	1	0	0	1466.0	1,266	591	647	181	475	53	1	8	6,074	20	9.51	2.92	3.26	1.11	25.5	7.8	1.19	.284	3.97	88	3.74	89	7.77	76.7

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Soto

RBI

32

Bichette

AVG

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Soto

Team Pitching Leaders

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	43	21	.672
Phillies	34	29	.540	8.5
Nationals	32	32	.500	11.0
Marlins	29	35	.453	14.0
Mets	28	35	.444	14.5

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 6/6	NYM	@	SDP	10:10 PM
Sun 6/7	NYM	@	SDP	4:10 PM
Tue 6/9	STL	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Wed 6/10	STL	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Thu 6/11	STL	@	NYM	1:10 PM

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Final

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32 - 30

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HR Leaders

23

Schwarber

21

Alvarez

20

Murakami

RBI Leaders

51

Pages

48

Abrams

47

Olson

Batting Average Leaders

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Lopez

.326

Arraez

Hit Leaders

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Lopez

78

Arraez

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Clement

Run Leaders

56

Wood

48

Turang

47

Rice

OBP Leaders

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Kurtz

.429

Alvarez

.414

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.652

Rice

.645

Alvarez

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Schwarber

SB Leaders

22

Witt

22

Ramírez

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Win Leaders

9

Williams

9

Ashby

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Sale

Strikeout Leaders

108

Misiorowski

103

Sánchez

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ERA Leaders

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Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.79

Misiorowski

0.86

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0.91

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K/9 Leaders

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Misiorowski

10.86

deGrom

10.74

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K/BB Leaders

6.46

Schlittler

6.31

Skenes

6.06

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Walk Leaders

12

Rasmussen

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Wood

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38-25

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	43	21	.672
Phillies	34	29	.540	8.5
Nationals	32	32	.500	11.0
Marlins	29	35	.453	14.0
Mets	28	35	.444	14.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	38	23	.623
Cardinals	33	28	.541	5.0
Pirates	34	30	.531	5.5
Cubs	33	31	.516	6.5
Reds	31	31	.500	7.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	41	23	.641
Diamondbacks	33	30	.524	7.5
Padres	32	30	.516	8.0
Giants	26	38	.406	15.0
Rockies	24	40	.375	17.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	37	23	.617
Yankees	37	26	.587	1.5
Orioles	31	33	.484	8.0
Blue Jays	30	34	.469	9.0
Red Sox	27	35	.435	11.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	36	29	.554
White Sox	33	30	.524	2.0
Twins	30	35	.462	6.0
Tigers	26	38	.406	9.5
Royals	25	39	.391	10.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	33	31	.516
Rangers	31	32	.492	1.5
Athletics	30	33	.476	2.5
Astros	29	36	.446	4.5
Angels	24	40	.375	9.0