highest strikeout per game for a pitcher that is active

Jacob deGrom has the most career strikeouts per game pitched by an active player, with 7.44.

	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	7.44	1,912	257	99	68	.593	257	2.59	4	2	0	1590.1	1,211	457	494	156	353	25	0	14	6,242	32	10.82	2.00	5.42	0.88	30.6	5.7	0.98	.278	2.80	66	2.73	67	6.85	241.3
2	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	294.3
3	Nolan McLean N. McLean	7.12	121	17	7	3	.700	17	2.51	0	0	0	100.1	69	28	32	8	31	5	0	0	391	3	10.85	2.78	3.90	0.72	30.9	7.9	1.00	.270	2.87	64	2.81	69	6.19	13.9
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	7.1	2,251	317	153	80	.657	317	3.18	8	5	0	1954.0	1,627	690	740	217	500	61	0	7	7,861	58	10.37	2.30	4.50	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.292	3.41	79	3.16	77	7.49	213.1
5	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	6.96	167	24	8	5	.615	23	3.38	0	0	0	117.0	80	44	48	12	48	8	0	0	475	3	12.85	3.69	3.48	0.92	35.2	10.1	1.09	.283	3.69	82	3.02	74	6.15	13.9
6	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
7	Spencer Strider S. Strider	6.92	644	93	39	24	.619	80	3.70	0	0	0	469.2	376	193	202	53	170	20	3	2	1,939	13	12.34	3.26	3.79	1.02	33.2	8.8	1.16	.307	3.87	87	3.11	76	7.21	52.8
8	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	6.91	449	65	27	16	.628	65	2.06	1	0	0	375.2	261	86	94	26	82	16	0	0	1,455	5	10.76	1.96	5.48	0.62	30.9	5.6	0.91	.266	2.25	49	2.43	59	6.25	69.6
9	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
10	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	6.73	720	107	42	22	.656	107	2.83	1	1	0	572.2	413	180	190	58	193	27	0	2	2,310	52	11.32	3.03	3.73	0.91	31.2	8.4	1.06	.271	2.99	67	3.11	73	6.49	70.8
11	Dylan Cease D. Cease	6.63	1,306	197	68	59	.535	197	3.81	3	3	0	1067.2	895	452	499	122	451	38	0	9	4,521	56	11.01	3.80	2.90	1.03	28.9	10.0	1.26	.297	4.21	91	3.57	83	7.54	81.2
12	Chris Sale C. Sale	6.57	2,643	402	151	91	.624	321	2.98	16	3	12	2139.0	1,728	709	764	219	501	135	25	15	8,605	48	11.12	2.11	5.28	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.04	.295	3.21	70	2.88	69	7.27	307.9
13	Aaron Nola A. Nola	6.54	1,922	294	111	92	.547	294	3.88	6	4	0	1761.1	1,575	760	799	226	467	56	0	16	7,240	19	9.82	2.39	4.12	1.15	26.5	6.5	1.16	.295	4.08	92	3.54	83	8.05	143.7
14	Robbie Ray R. Ray	6.51	1,783	274	91	86	.514	270	3.91	2	1	0	1491.1	1,289	648	692	226	628	51	1	19	6,300	61	10.76	3.79	2.84	1.36	28.3	10.0	1.29	.294	4.18	93	4.09	100	7.78	-1
15	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
16	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
17	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	6.42	1,850	288	116	75	.607	288	3.26	5	3	0	1760.0	1,496	637	690	167	497	77	0	14	7,206	41	9.46	2.54	3.72	0.85	25.7	6.9	1.13	.288	3.53	81	3.27	79	7.65	170.8
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	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	6.33	152	24	10	4	.714	24	2.23	0	0	0	133.0	94	33	35	10	42	5	0	0	530	3	10.29	2.84	3.62	0.68	28.7	7.9	1.02	.262	2.37	55	2.86	67	6.36	20.1
20	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	6.32	354	56	22	13	.629	56	2.81	0	0	0	313.2	231	98	106	29	91	5	0	0	1,247	8	10.16	2.61	3.89	0.83	28.4	7.3	1.03	.263	3.04	68	2.99	71	6.63	41.9
21	Logan Henderson L. Henderson	6.22	56	9	4	1	.800	9	2.49	0	0	0	43.1	33	12	12	5	11	0	0	0	170	1	11.63	2.28	5.09	1.04	32.9	6.5	1.02	.286	2.49	61	2.79	68	6.85	6.3
22	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
23	Joe Ryan J. Ryan	6.17	771	125	48	39	.552	124	3.75	1	1	0	692.0	571	288	306	104	162	36	0	0	2,806	10	10.03	2.11	4.76	1.35	27.5	5.8	1.06	.269	3.98	91	3.74	91	7.43	29.4
24	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	6.1	1,536	252	84	88	.488	252	3.64	1	0	0	1454.2	1,261	588	643	181	469	52	0	8	6,026	19	9.50	2.90	3.28	1.12	25.5	7.8	1.19	.285	3.98	88	3.75	89	7.80	75
25	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	6.09	1,419	233	93	73	.560	228	3.75	3	1	0	1290.0	1,090	537	580	159	485	66	1	5	5,416	67	9.90	3.38	2.93	1.11	26.2	9.0	1.22	.283	4.05	91	3.83	90	7.60	56.7

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Team Pitching Leaders

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	32	15	.681
Phillies	24	23	.511	8.0
Nationals	23	24	.489	9.0
Marlins	21	26	.447	11.0
Mets	20	26	.435	11.5

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 5/18	NYM	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Tue 5/19	NYM	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Wed 5/20	NYM	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Thu 5/21	NYM	@	WSH	4:05 PM
Fri 5/22	NYM	@	MIA	7:10 PM

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Pages

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Hicks

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OBP Leaders

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Ward

SLG Leaders

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Rice

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Nuñez

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Skenes

6

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WHIP Leaders

0.71

Skenes

0.78

Schlittler

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K/9 Leaders

14.12

Misiorowski

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Cease

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K/BB Leaders

7.88

Skenes

7.63

deGrom

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8

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deGrom

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Schwarber

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	32	15	.681
Phillies	24	23	.511	8.0
Nationals	23	24	.489	9.0
Marlins	21	26	.447	11.0
Mets	20	26	.435	11.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Cubs	29	18	.617
Brewers	26	18	.591	1.5
Cardinals	27	19	.587	1.5
Pirates	24	23	.511	5.0
Reds	24	23	.511	5.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	29	18	.617
Padres	28	18	.609	0.5
Diamondbacks	22	23	.489	6.0
Giants	20	27	.426	9.0
Rockies	18	29	.383	11.0

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Rays	30	15	.667
Yankees	28	19	.596	3.0
Blue Jays	21	25	.457	9.5
Orioles	21	26	.447	10.0
Red Sox	19	27	.413	11.5
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Guardians	26	22	.542
White Sox	24	22	.522	1.0
Twins	21	26	.447	4.5
Tigers	20	27	.426	5.5
Royals	20	27	.426	5.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Athletics	23	23	.500
Rangers	22	24	.478	1.0
Mariners	22	26	.458	2.0
Astros	19	29	.396	5.0
Angels	16	31	.340	7.5