highest strikeout percentage by a pitcher since 1980

Since 1980, 4 pitchers are tied for the highest strikeout percentage, with a strikeout percentage of 100.0. The first three are Romy Gonzalez, Danny Valencia and Scott Sheldon.

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	NAME	K%	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Romy Gonzalez R. Gonzalez	100.0	1	0	0		0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	27.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00		0.00	0	-2.84	-64	0.00	0.3
2	Danny Valencia D. Valencia	100.0	1	0	0		0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	27.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00		0.00	0	-2.84	-65	0.00	0.3
3	Scott Sheldon S. Sheldon	100.0	1	0	0		0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	27.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00		0.00	0	-2.87	-58	0.00	0.3
4	Kevin Seitzer K. Seitzer	100.0	1	0	0		0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	27.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00		0.00	0	-3.02	-71	0.00	0.3
5	Brendan Cellucci B. Cellucci	60.0	1	0	0		0	0.00	3	0	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	16.20	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0	-0.51	-12	0.00	0.9
6	Chris Vallimont C. Vallimont	50.0	1	0	0		0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	13.50	0.00		0.00	0.0	1.50	1.000	0.00	0	0.25	6	13.50	0.3
7	Josh Phegley J. Phegley	50.0	1	0	0		0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	13.50	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0	0.14	3	0.00	0.3
8	Tyson Brummett T. Brummett	50.0	1	0	0		0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	27.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	3.00	1.000	0.00	0	-2.91	-73	27.00	0.5
9	Rob Johnson R. Johnson	50.0	2	0	0		0	0.00	2	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	13.50	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0	0.08	1	0.00	0.6
10	Rafael Martin R. Martin	44.1	21	2	0	1.000	0	4.50	30	0	0	0	16.0	12	8	10	4	6	1	7	0	68	0	16.88	3.38	5.00	2.25	8.8	1.13	.296	5.63	113	3.94	102	6.75	-0.1
11	John Holdzkom J. Holdzkom	43.8	9	1	0	1.000	0	2.00	14	0	0	1	9.0	4	2	2	1	2	0	3	0	32	1	14.00	2.00	7.00	1.00	6.3	0.67	.200	2.00	57	2.13	59	4.00	1.5
12	Mark Whiten M. Whiten	42.9	1	0	0		0	9.00	3	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	7	0	27.00	18.00	1.50	0.00	28.6	3.00	1.000	9.00	190	6.13	134	9.00	-0.2
13	Mason Miller M. Miller	42.1	186	8	9	.471	6	2.33	365	0	0	87	224.1	120	58	68	15	88	7	134	6	868	13	14.64	3.53	4.15	0.60	10.1	0.93	.267	2.73	57	2.03	49	4.81	52.9
14	Josh Hader J. Hader	40.6	512	38	32	.543	0	2.49	884	0	0	252	555.2	299	154	168	66	209	24	357	6	2,177	20	14.32	3.39	4.23	1.07	9.6	0.91	.234	2.72	61	2.78	66	4.84	88
15	Aaron Altherr A. Altherr	40.0	1	0	0		0	9.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	2.00	.667	9.00	203	-0.80	-17	18.00	0.6
16	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	39.4	915	63	51	.553	0	2.49	1,399	0	0	401	872.0	510	241	268	57	431	34	606	7	3,551	90	14.44	4.45	3.25	0.59	12.1	1.08	.278	2.77	61	2.37	57	5.26	170.3
17	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	39.3	536	30	38	.441	0	3.06	858	0	0	260	533.0	381	181	194	57	192	43	407	11	2,184	34	14.49	3.24	4.47	0.96	8.8	1.08	.313	3.28	75	2.64	63	6.43	91
18	Dellin Betances D. Betances	39.2	374	21	23	.477	1	2.53	633	0	0	36	394.1	240	111	124	26	183	28	86	5	1,613	28	14.45	4.18	3.46	0.59	11.3	1.07	.288	2.83	61	2.39	56	5.48	78.8
19	Félix Bautista F. Bautista	39.2	156	13	7	.650	0	2.01	248	0	0	67	161.1	84	36	42	14	72	3	104	1	632	10	13.83	4.02	3.44	0.78	11.4	0.97	.237	2.34	51	2.61	65	4.69	26.2
20	Cooper Hjerpe C. Hjerpe	39.1	2	1	0	1.000	0	7.20	9	0	0	0	5.0	2	4	4	0	4	2	0	0	23	0	16.20	7.20	2.25	0.00	17.4	1.20	.250	7.20	174	3.09	75	3.60	0.6
21	Carl Schutz C. Schutz	38.5	3	0	0		0	2.70	5	0	0	0	3.1	3	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	13	0	13.50	5.40	2.50	0.00	15.4	1.50	.500	2.70	63	1.96	45	8.10	0.9
22	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	37.7	897	57	53	.518	0	2.69	1,322	0	0	441	867.2	532	259	290	79	368	43	674	13	3,502	74	13.71	3.82	3.59	0.82	10.5	1.04	.268	3.01	65	2.68	66	5.52	132.4
23	Austin Peterson A. Peterson	37.5	1	0	0		0	0.00	3	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	13.50	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.50	.200	0.00	0	0.09	2	4.50	0.9
24	Hagen Smith H. Smith	37.4	14	3	2	.600	1	1.14	34	0	0	0	23.2	9	3	4	1	12	0	1	0	91	2	12.93	4.56	2.83	0.38	13.2	0.89	.182	1.52	28	2.29	54	3.42	5
25	Daniel Espino D. Espino	37.3	12	0	0		2	4.73	22	0	0	0	13.1	12	7	7	3	7	0	3	0	59	0	14.85	4.72	3.14	2.03	11.9	1.43	.333	4.73	114	4.29	106	8.10	-0.4

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