highest strikeout percentage by mlb pitcher career active

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

	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	Chuck Nieson C. Nieson	62.5	2	0	0		0	4.50	5	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	8	0	22.50	4.50	5.00	4.50	12.5	1.00	.000	4.50	122	5.60	146	4.50	-0.4
6	Miguel Ullola M. Ullola	50.0	2	0	0		0	0.00	7	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14	0	15.75	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.50	.286	0.00	0	-0.40	-10	4.50	2
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	Jim Mosolf J. Mosolf	50.0	1	0	0		0	27.00	1	0	0	0	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1		2	0	27.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	3.00	1.000	27.00	538	-2.50	-50	27.00	0.3
12	Walter Bernhardt W. Bernhardt	50.0	1	0	0		0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	13.50	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0	-0.77	-27	0.00	0.3
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	Mason Miller M. Miller	41.4	165	5	8	.385	6	2.41	324	0	0	75	201.2	109	54	63	13	80	6	116	6	782	12	14.46	3.57	4.05	0.58	10.2	0.94	.267	2.81	60	2.06	50	4.86	46.6
17	Josh Hader J. Hader	41.0	488	37	32	.536	0	2.59	858	0	0	237	530.2	292	153	167	66	206	24	336	6	2,092	19	14.55	3.49	4.17	1.12	9.8	0.94	.241	2.83	63	2.85	68	4.95	80.7
18	Yovanny Cruz Y. Cruz	40.0	3	0	0		0	0.00	6	0	0	0	4.1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	15	0	12.46	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.23	.125	0.00	0	1.02	24	2.08	1.5
19	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
20	Don Leshnock D. Leshnock	40.0	1	0	0		0	0.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	2.00	.667	0.00	0	-1.61	-49	18.00	0.5
21	Mike Anderson M. Anderson	40.0	1	0	0		0	0.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	2.00	.667	0.00	0	-1.28	-33	18.00	0.6
22	Lee Dashner L. Dashner	40.0	1	0	0		0	5.40	2	0	0	0	1.2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		5	1	10.80	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00	.000	5.40	179	0.16	5	0.00	0.5
23	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	39.7	527	29	36	.446	0	2.91	849	0	0	257	525.1	365	170	183	55	187	41	401	10	2,138	34	14.55	3.20	4.54	0.94	8.7	1.05	.308	3.14	72	2.58	62	6.25	93
24	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	39.4	897	61	50	.550	0	2.50	1,371	0	0	390	854.0	500	237	263	55	424	34	591	7	3,479	88	14.45	4.47	3.23	0.58	12.2	1.08	.279	2.77	61	2.37	57	5.27	167.4
25	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

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