highest strikeout percentage by mlb pitcher career min 100

4 pitchers are tied for the best 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	Alec Gamboa A. Gamboa	66.7	1	0	0		0	0.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0	-0.95	-23	0.00	0.6
6	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
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	41.1	149	4	8	.333	6	2.53	295	0	0	67	185.0	98	52	60	13	76	5	103	5	718	11	14.35	3.70	3.88	0.63	10.6	0.94	.258	2.92	63	2.19	53	4.77	39.2
17	Josh Hader J. Hader	41.1	468	34	31	.523	0	2.64	829	0	0	226	512.1	282	150	164	65	198	24	321	6	2,019	19	14.56	3.48	4.19	1.14	9.8	0.94	.240	2.88	64	2.88	68	4.95	76.2
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	Erik Sabrowski E. Sabrowski	39.8	66	2	2	.500	0	1.43	100	0	0	1	63.0	27	10	12	3	38	3	8	0	251	4	14.29	5.43	2.63	0.43	15.1	1.03	.224	1.71	35	2.51	61	3.86	11.2
23	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	39.7	881	60	48	.556	0	2.48	1,354	0	0	379	839.0	483	231	256	54	415	34	577	7	3,409	88	14.52	4.45	3.26	0.58	12.2	1.07	.276	2.75	60	2.35	56	5.18	166.1
24	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	92.9
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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White Sox	30	27	.526	3.0
Twins	27	31	.466	6.5
Royals	22	35	.386	11.0
Tigers	22	36	.379	11.5

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Sat 5/30	DET	@	CWS	2:10 PM
Sun 5/31	DET	@	CWS	2:10 PM
Mon 6/1	CWS	@	MIN	7:40 PM
Tue 6/2	CWS	@	MIN	7:40 PM
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Braves	39	19	.672
Phillies	29	28	.509	9.5
Nationals	29	29	.500	10.0
Marlins	26	32	.448	13.0
Mets	24	33	.421	14.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	34	20	.630
Cardinals	30	25	.545	4.5
Cubs	31	27	.534	5.0
Reds	29	27	.518	6.0
Pirates	30	28	.517	6.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	37	20	.649
Padres	32	24	.571	4.5
Diamondbacks	31	24	.564	5.0
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Rockies	21	37	.362	16.5

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Red Sox	23	33	.411	13.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	34	25	.576
White Sox	30	27	.526	3.0
Twins	27	31	.466	6.5
Royals	22	35	.386	11.0
Tigers	22	36	.379	11.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
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Rangers	26	31	.456	2.0
Astros	26	33	.441	3.0
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Schedule

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Sat 5/30	DET	@	CWS	2:10 PM
Sat 5/30	KCR	@	TEX	4:05 PM
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