active starting pitchers with the highest amount of strikeouts per start with more than 5 starts

Chris Sale has the most career strikeouts per start by an active starting pitcher when starting >5 games, with 7.84.

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  • Data note: Strikeouts, Starts: player game data complete from 1901
  • Data note: Data: Retrosheet
NAMESO/GSGSSOGWLW%ERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Chris Sale
C. Sale
7.84
339
2,658
339
154
94
.621
2.97
17
4
0
2145.2
1,749
708
765
215
478
143
0
12
8,629
45
11.15
2.00
5.56
0.90
30.8
5.5
1.04
.299
3.21
7.34
2Jacob Misiorowski
J. Misiorowski
7.64
44
336
44
21
8
.724
2.49
1
1
0
238.1
144
66
75
22
72
12
0
0
925
7
12.69
2.72
4.67
0.83
36.3
7.8
0.91
.253
2.83
5.44
3Spencer Strider
S. Strider
7.47
85
635
85
41
25
.621
3.95
0
0
0
467.1
385
205
215
60
168
21
0
2
1,942
14
12.23
3.24
3.78
1.16
32.7
8.7
1.18
.307
4.14
7.41
4Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
7.35
279
2,052
279
107
76
.585
2.73
4
2
0
1702.1
1,312
516
553
166
391
27
0
16
6,713
35
10.85
2.07
5.25
0.88
30.6
5.8
1.00
.281
2.92
6.94
5Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
7.19
492
3,539
492
225
126
.641
3.29
12
5
0
3028.2
2,500
1,108
1,181
367
807
114
0
20
12,277
83
10.52
2.40
4.39
1.09
28.8
6.6
1.09
.286
3.51
7.43
6Garrett Crochet
G. Crochet
7.16
70
501
70
27
20
.574
3.26
1
1
0
381.1
321
138
146
47
90
12
0
0
1,547
12
11.82
2.12
5.57
1.11
32.4
5.8
1.08
.305
3.45
7.58
7Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
7.03
339
2,382
339
163
89
.647
3.20
8
5
0
2081.0
1,742
741
792
239
525
63
0
7
8,380
58
10.30
2.27
4.54
1.03
28.4
6.3
1.09
.291
3.43
7.53
8Cam Schlittler
C. Schlittler
6.87
47
323
47
18
9
.667
2.23
0
0
0
266.2
187
66
76
24
80
11
0
0
1,065
3
10.90
2.70
4.04
0.81
30.3
7.5
1.00
.260
2.57
6.31
9Tyler Glasnow
T. Glasnow
6.86
141
967
141
47
36
.566
3.67
0
0
0
760.0
564
310
329
96
269
13
0
4
3,077
58
11.45
3.19
3.59
1.14
31.4
8.7
1.10
.270
3.90
6.68
10Shane Bieber
S. Bieber
6.82
152
1,036
152
71
35
.670
3.26
5
2
0
932.1
831
338
360
110
217
18
0
1
3,786
34
10.00
2.09
4.77
1.06
27.4
5.7
1.12
.300
3.48
8.02
11Dylan Cease
D. Cease
6.77
217
1,470
217
76
64
.543
3.67
4
4
0
1184.1
962
483
536
132
508
38
0
9
4,989
61
11.17
3.86
2.89
1.00
29.5
10.2
1.24
.292
4.07
7.31
12Hunter Greene
H. Greene
6.77
96
650
96
27
31
.466
3.82
2
2
0
523.1
415
222
233
74
188
39
0
0
2,181
22
11.18
3.23
3.46
1.27
29.8
8.6
1.15
.277
4.01
7.14
13Paul Skenes
P. Skenes
6.74
87
586
87
31
24
.564
2.62
1
0
0
495.0
376
144
158
41
123
23
0
0
1,959
6
10.65
2.24
4.76
0.75
29.9
6.3
1.01
.282
2.87
6.84
14Corbin Burnes
C. Burnes
6.73
152
1,023
152
55
35
.611
3.06
0
0
0
896.1
695
305
336
98
253
34
0
1
3,614
40
10.27
2.54
4.04
0.98
28.3
7.0
1.06
.271
3.37
6.98
15Shohei Ohtani
S. Ohtani
6.71
114
765
114
47
22
.681
2.83
1
1
0
614.1
443
193
205
60
208
30
0
2
2,479
52
11.21
3.05
3.68
0.88
30.9
8.4
1.06
.270
3.00
6.49
16Tarik Skubal
T. Skubal
6.65
160
1,064
160
66
42
.611
3.01
1
1
0
914.2
731
306
335
101
195
30
0
0
3,631
12
10.47
1.92
5.46
0.99
29.3
5.4
1.01
.281
3.30
7.19
17Chase Burns
C. Burns
6.54
37
242
37
15
6
.714
3.29
0
0
0
188.2
157
69
77
21
69
1
0
0
781
5
11.54
3.29
3.51
1.00
31.0
8.8
1.20
.304
3.67
7.49
18Cole Ragans
C. Ragans
6.51
74
482
74
20
21
.488
3.62
1
0
0
395.0
319
159
171
41
153
9
0
1
1,630
20
10.98
3.49
3.15
0.93
29.6
9.4
1.19
.294
3.90
7.27
19Brandon Woodruff
B. Woodruff
6.5
136
884
136
53
30
.639
3.13
2
1
0
763.2
587
266
279
87
195
32
0
2
3,054
8
10.42
2.30
4.53
1.03
28.9
6.4
1.02
.269
3.29
6.92
20Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
6.47
311
2,013
311
127
80
.614
3.26
5
3
0
1890.1
1,598
684
738
187
537
80
0
14
7,731
43
9.58
2.56
3.75
0.89
26.0
6.9
1.13
.287
3.51
7.61
21Blake Snell
B. Snell
6.47
231
1,495
231
85
63
.574
3.10
1
1
0
1200.2
922
414
450
111
537
12
0
6
4,964
87
11.21
4.03
2.78
0.83
30.1
10.8
1.22
.289
3.37
6.91
22Aaron Nola
A. Nola
6.46
318
2,053
318
116
101
.535
3.91
6
4
0
1891.0
1,699
821
862
254
508
58
0
18
7,783
20
9.77
2.42
4.04
1.21
26.4
6.5
1.17
.294
4.10
8.09
23Nolan McLean
N. McLean
6.44
39
251
39
17
11
.607
2.93
0
0
0
227.2
174
74
88
21
86
17
0
0
935
4
9.92
3.40
2.92
0.83
26.8
9.2
1.14
.273
3.48
6.88
24Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Y. Yamamoto
6.42
76
488
76
33
19
.635
2.61
1
0
0
448.2
310
130
140
41
123
11
0
1
1,760
9
9.79
2.47
3.97
0.82
27.7
7.0
0.97
.245
2.81
6.22
25Jesús Luzardo
J. Luzardo
6.42
150
963
150
54
45
.545
3.87
1
1
0
842.2
742
362
389
95
276
31
0
2
3,496
35
10.29
2.95
3.49
1.01
27.5
7.9
1.21
.304
4.15
7.92

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