highest career strikeouts per 9 innings pitched minimum 1000 innings pitched

Blake Snell has the highest career K/9 when pitching at least 1000 innings, with 11.20 per nine innings.

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highest career strikeouts per 9 innings by a player pitched minimum 1000 innings pitched

	NAME	K/9	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Blake Snell B. Snell	11.20	1161.0	223	81	63	.563	223	3.17	1,445	1	1	0	897	409	445	111	523	11	0	6	4,809	86	4.05	2.76	0.86	30.0	10.9	1.22	.289	3.45	77	3.30	79	6.95	112.8
2	Dylan Cease D. Cease	11.14	1113.2	205	71	62	.534	205	3.77	1,379	3	3	0	921	466	513	126	474	38	0	9	4,705	58	3.83	2.91	1.02	29.3	10.1	1.25	.296	4.15	90	3.53	82	7.44	89.9
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	11.12	2182.0	410	154	94	.621	329	2.97	2,696	16	3	12	1,776	721	779	221	512	139	25	15	8,792	48	2.11	5.27	0.91	30.7	5.8	1.05	.298	3.21	70	2.87	68	7.33	318.1
4	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	10.93	1035.1	231	75	50	.600	182	3.69	1,257	1	0	1	800	425	453	133	404	53	6	3	4,319	37	3.51	3.11	1.16	29.1	9.4	1.16	.270	3.94	88	3.73	89	6.95	55.3
5	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	10.83	1640.1	266	103	70	.595	266	2.63	1,973	4	2	0	1,253	479	516	162	367	25	0	15	6,446	33	2.01	5.38	0.89	30.6	5.7	0.99	.278	2.83	67	2.74	67	6.87	248
6	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	10.61	4135.1	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	4,875	100	37	2	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	75	3.18	73	7.28	554.3
7	Robbie Ray R. Ray	10.61	1547.2	284	96	87	.525	279	3.90	1,824	2	1	0	1,333	671	720	231	660	51	1	19	6,540	63	3.84	2.76	1.34	27.9	10.1	1.29	.292	4.19	93	4.11	100	7.75	-3
8	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	10.56	2985.0	489	221	121	.646	480	3.27	3,503	12	5	0	2,460	1,084	1,157	363	790	115	2	20	12,089	80	2.38	4.43	1.09	29.0	6.5	1.09	.287	3.49	79	3.27	79	7.42	291.8
9	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	10.55	1470.0	247	113	62	.646	247	3.24	1,723	2	2	0	1,217	530	582	149	394	53	0	20	5,962	44	2.41	4.37	0.91	28.9	6.6	1.10	.293	3.56	80	3.01	75	7.45	165.9
10	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	10.50	1778.0	297	115	93	.553	297	3.65	2,075	2	1	0	1,460	721	756	231	563	83	0	8	7,305	83	2.85	3.69	1.17	28.4	7.7	1.14	.282	3.83	87	3.58	85	7.39	120
11	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	10.33	2003.0	326	156	84	.650	326	3.20	2,298	8	5	0	1,675	712	762	225	511	62	0	7	8,068	58	2.30	4.50	1.01	28.5	6.3	1.09	.292	3.42	79	3.18	77	7.53	214.4
12	Kerry Wood K. Wood	10.32	1380.0	446	86	75	.534	178	3.67	1,582	11	5	63	1,083	563	599	148	666	99	138	22	5,863	64	4.34	2.38	0.97	27.0	11.4	1.27	.278	3.91	86	3.82	87	7.06	84
13	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	10.30	1073.0	208	66	64	.508	202	3.85	1,228	0	0	0	912	459	489	144	391	61	0	11	4,491	40	3.28	3.14	1.21	27.3	8.7	1.21	.288	4.10	94	3.89	93	7.65	33.3
14	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	10.04	2827.1	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	3,154	46	17	3	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
15	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	9.92	1227.0	258	70	78	.473	213	4.47	1,353	2	0	3	1,119	610	639	197	433	34	13	7	5,173	53	3.18	3.12	1.44	26.2	8.4	1.26	.292	4.69	105	4.18	99	8.21	5.7
16	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	9.90	1328.1	240	97	74	.567	235	3.72	1,461	3	1	0	1,117	549	594	162	503	66	1	5	5,572	68	3.41	2.90	1.10	26.2	9.0	1.22	.283	4.02	90	3.82	90	7.57	60.7
17	Aaron Nola A. Nola	9.82	1812.2	304	112	95	.541	304	3.93	1,978	6	4	0	1,630	792	833	237	480	57	0	16	7,464	20	2.38	4.12	1.18	26.5	6.4	1.16	.296	4.14	93	3.57	83	8.09	143.5
18	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	9.82	1297.2	222	83	69	.546	212	3.79	1,416	6	3	1	1,122	547	592	160	491	66	6	10	5,463	50	3.41	2.88	1.11	25.9	9.0	1.24	.289	4.11	88	3.86	91	7.78	56.9
19	Chris Archer C. Archer	9.64	1357.0	243	63	89	.414	240	3.93	1,454	3	3	0	1,232	592	654	165	476	41	1	8	5,723	72	3.16	3.05	1.09	25.4	8.3	1.26	.297	4.34	98	3.71	92	8.17	47.9
20	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	9.62	2855.1	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	3,052	25	15	0	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.7
21	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	9.55	5386.0	807	324	292	.526	773	3.19	5,714	222	61	3	3,923	1,911	2,178	321	2,795	158	13	78	22,575	277	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	90	2.96	83	6.56	370.2
22	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	9.53	1821.1	298	123	76	.618	298	3.22	1,928	5	3	0	1,536	652	705	176	512	78	0	14	7,441	42	2.53	3.77	0.87	25.9	6.9	1.12	.286	3.48	80	3.26	79	7.59	178.6
23	Oliver Perez O. Perez	9.49	1465.2	703	74	94	.440	195	4.37	1,546	3	2	5	1,336	712	783	198	762	88	84	40	6,464	58	4.68	2.03	1.22	23.9	11.8	1.43	.294	4.81	105	4.48	106	8.20	-45
24	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	9.46	1641.2	271	116	77	.601	260	3.44	1,725	18	8	1	1,486	627	684	177	368	65	4	9	6,688	31	2.02	4.69	0.97	25.8	5.5	1.13	.301	3.75	83	3.22	78	8.15	161.7
25	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	9.45	1498.1	261	86	92	.483	258	3.63	1,574	1	0	0	1,300	605	665	186	481	53	2	8	6,214	21	2.89	3.27	1.12	25.3	7.7	1.19	.284	3.99	88	3.75	89	7.81	76.6

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Blake Snell has the highest career K/9 when pitching at least 1000 innings, with 11.20 per nine innings.

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