highest strikeout percentage by mlb starting pitcher career qualified

Sam Howard has the best career strikeout percentage by a starting pitcher, with a strikeout percentage of 100.0.

	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	H/9
1	Sam Howard S. Howard	100.0	1	0	0		1	0.00	3	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	27.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00		0.00	0.00
2	Sam Moll S. Moll	75.0	1	0	0		1	0.00	3	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	27.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	1.00	1.000	0.00	9.00
3	Reed Garrett R. Garrett	66.7	1	0	0		1	0.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
4	Josh Staumont J. Staumont	66.7	1	0	0		1	0.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
5	Steven Wilson S. Wilson	66.7	1	0	0		1	0.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
6	Merkin Valdez M. Valdez	66.7	1	0	0		1	0.00	4	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
7	Fernando Cruz F. Cruz	53.2	7	0	1	.000	7	2.92	25	0	0	0	12.1	6	4	5	2	2	1	0	0	47	0	18.24	1.46	12.50	1.46	4.3	0.65	.235	3.65	4.38
8	Yohan Ramírez Y. Ramírez	50.0	1	0	0		1	0.00	4	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	18.00	4.50	4.00	0.00	12.5	1.00	.333	0.00	4.50
9	Ryan Zeferjahn R. Zeferjahn	50.0	1	0	0		1	9.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	18.00	0.00		9.00	0.0	1.00	.000	9.00	9.00
10	Alex Vesia A. Vesia	50.0	1	0	0		1	0.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	1.00	.500	0.00	9.00
11	Austin Brice A. Brice	50.0	1	0	0		1	0.00	3	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	27.00	18.00	1.50	0.00	33.3	2.00	.000	0.00	0.00
12	Brian Bruney B. Bruney	50.0	1	0	0		1	0.00	4	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	18.00	4.50	4.00	0.00	12.5	1.00	.333	0.00	4.50
13	Troy Percival T. Percival	50.0	1	0	0		1	0.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	1.00	.500	0.00	9.00
14	Randy Rodríguez R. Rodríguez	45.5	1	0	0		1	3.38	5	0	0	0	2.2	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	11	0	16.88	6.75	2.50	0.00	18.2	1.13	.250	3.38	3.38
15	Ryan Karp R. Karp	45.5	1	0	0		1	3.00	5	0	0	0	3.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	11	0	15.00	6.00	2.50	0.00	18.2	1.00	.250	3.00	3.00
16	Kiko Calero K. Calero	45.0	1	0	0		1	1.80	9	0	0	0	5.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	20	0	16.20	3.60	4.50	0.00	10.0	1.00	.333	1.80	5.40
17	Louis Head L. Head	44.4	2	0	0		2	9.00	4	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	18.00	0.00		4.50	0.0	1.50	.500	9.00	13.50
18	Elvis Peguero E. Peguero	42.9	1	0	0		1	5.40	3	0	0	0	1.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	16.20	0.00		0.00	0.0	1.80	.750	5.40	16.20
19	Phil Maton P. Maton	42.9	1	0	0		1	6.75	3	0	0	0	1.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	20.25	6.75	3.00	0.00	14.3	2.25	.667	6.75	13.50
20	J.P. Feyereisen	41.7	2	0	0		2	0.00	5	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	11.25	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
21	Matt Bowman M. Bowman	40.0	1	0	0		1	0.00	2	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	13.50	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.75	.333	0.00	6.75
22	Nick Sandlin N. Sandlin	40.0	1	0	0		1	0.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	18.00	18.00	1.00	0.00	40.0	2.00	.000	0.00	0.00
23	Andrew Bellatti A. Bellatti	40.0	1	0	0		1	18.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	18.00	9.00	2.00	0.00	20.0	3.00	1.000	18.00	18.00
24	Conner Greene C. Greene	40.0	1	0	0		1	0.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	18.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	1.00	.500	0.00	9.00
25	Sam Coonrod S. Coonrod	40.0	2	0	0		2	3.86	4	0	0	0	2.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	10	0	15.43	3.86	4.00	0.00	10.0	0.86	.250	3.86	3.86

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