highest strikeouts per nine innings by a pitcher

Dylan Cease has the highest K/9 this season, with 13.55 per nine innings.

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highest strikeouts per nine innings with a minimum of 1 IP per team game by a pitcher this regular season

	NAME	K/9	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Dylan Cease D. Cease	13.55	2026	TOR	17	6	4	.600	17	2.56	148	0	0	0	98.1	67	28	31	5	44	3	0	0	401	3	4.03	3.36	0.46	36.9	11.0	1.13	.308	2.84	62	2.18	52	6.13	22.2
2	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	13.54	2026	MIL	18	10	4	.714	18	1.62	167	1	1	0	111.0	57	20	27	9	27	8	0	0	422	5	2.19	6.19	0.73	39.6	6.4	0.76	.227	2.19	39	2.08	49	4.62	26.5
3	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	11.09	2026	PHI	19	8	4	.667	19	3.51	136	0	0	0	110.1	100	43	49	9	35	7	0	0	463	5	2.85	3.89	0.73	29.4	7.6	1.22	.330	4.00	82	2.83	66	8.16	17.9
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	10.91	2026	TEX	18	7	5	.583	18	3.49	122	0	0	0	100.2	80	39	39	16	22	0	0	2	401	3	1.97	5.55	1.43	30.4	5.5	1.01	.266	3.49	84	3.39	80	7.15	9.3
5	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	10.80	2026	PIT	20	8	8	.500	20	3.57	130	0	0	0	108.1	87	43	50	11	24	7	0	0	440	1	1.99	5.42	0.91	29.5	5.5	1.02	.284	4.15	83	2.87	68	7.23	16.4
6	Chris Sale C. Sale	10.74	2026	ATL	17	9	6	.600	17	2.20	117	0	0	0	98.0	84	24	29	8	25	9	0	0	403	0	2.30	4.68	0.73	29.0	6.2	1.11	.311	2.66	52	2.81	68	7.71	14.8
7	Gavin Williams G. Williams	10.64	2026	CLE	19	10	4	.714	19	3.81	134	0	0	0	113.1	93	48	51	17	37	3	0	0	460	3	2.94	3.62	1.35	29.1	8.0	1.15	.283	4.05	92	3.74	90	7.39	5.1
8	Nolan McLean N. McLean	10.48	2026	NYM	19	6	6	.500	19	3.52	125	0	0	0	107.1	81	42	51	10	39	13	0	0	448	2	3.27	3.21	0.84	27.9	8.7	1.12	.272	4.28	87	3.43	82	6.79	9.1
9	Joe Ryan J. Ryan	10.44	2026	MIN	20	6	5	.545	20	2.85	128	0	0	0	110.1	91	35	46	10	25	5	0	0	450	2	2.04	5.12	0.82	28.4	5.6	1.05	.287	3.75	68	2.77	66	7.42	17.4
10	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	10.39	2026	NYY	20	9	5	.643	20	2.05	137	0	0	0	118.2	87	27	34	12	25	3	0	0	469	0	1.90	5.48	0.91	29.2	5.3	0.94	.257	2.58	50	2.81	66	6.60	19
11	Taj Bradley T. Bradley	10.34	2026	MIN	18	9	3	.750	18	3.59	118	0	0	0	102.2	85	41	41	15	40	2	0	0	431	4	3.51	2.95	1.31	27.4	9.3	1.22	.273	3.59	85	3.92	94	7.45	3
12	Chase Burns C. Burns	10.34	2026	CIN	18	11	1	.917	18	2.54	118	0	0	0	102.2	77	29	29	12	37	0	0	0	413	3	3.24	3.19	1.05	28.6	9.0	1.11	.264	2.54	57	3.39	76	6.75	11.6
13	Reid Detmers R. Detmers	10.19	2026	LAA	19	3	6	.333	19	4.39	123	0	0	0	108.2	89	53	56	12	35	4	0	0	452	3	2.90	3.51	0.99	27.2	7.7	1.14	.277	4.64	104	3.34	79	7.37	10.6
14	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	10.18	2026	PHI	20	11	4	.733	20	2.62	144	1	1	0	127.1	126	37	42	12	25	2	0	0	525	1	1.77	5.76	0.85	27.4	4.8	1.19	.333	2.97	61	2.69	62	8.91	22.6
15	Braxton Ashcraft B. Ashcraft	10.16	2026	PIT	19	9	3	.750	19	3.49	128	0	0	0	113.1	99	44	48	14	27	6	0	0	461	1	2.14	4.74	1.11	27.8	5.9	1.11	.297	3.81	81	3.31	78	7.86	11.6
16	Ryan Weathers R. Weathers	10.14	2026	NYY	18	3	7	.300	18	4.15	110	0	0	0	97.2	94	45	51	16	27	2	0	0	409	5	2.49	4.07	1.47	26.9	6.6	1.24	.307	4.70	100	3.86	90	8.66	4.4
17	Cade Cavalli C. Cavalli	10.03	2026	WSH	20	5	4	.556	20	3.83	110	0	0	0	98.2	101	42	51	8	32	12	0	0	433	3	2.92	3.44	0.73	25.4	7.4	1.35	.343	4.65	90	3.25	77	9.21	10.7
18	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	9.86	2026	TEX	20	5	8	.385	20	4.63	115	0	0	0	105.0	94	54	54	12	41	2	0	0	448	1	3.51	2.80	1.03	25.7	9.2	1.29	.295	4.63	112	3.62	86	8.06	7.1
19	Sean Burke S. Burke	9.79	2026	CWS	19	6	4	.600	15	3.41	115	0	0	0	105.2	91	40	41	13	33	7	1	0	435	6	2.81	3.48	1.11	26.4	7.6	1.17	.292	3.49	82	3.65	85	7.75	7.7
20	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	9.70	2026	TEX	18	9	7	.563	18	4.04	120	0	0	0	111.1	105	50	53	19	26	6	0	0	463	5	2.10	4.62	1.54	25.9	5.6	1.18	.295	4.28	98	4.02	95	8.49	2.6
21	Max Meyer M. Meyer	9.67	2026	MIA	19	9	1	.900	19	2.58	116	0	0	0	108.0	82	31	37	11	38	7	0	0	446	4	3.17	3.05	0.92	26.0	8.5	1.11	.259	3.08	60	3.52	83	6.83	8.5
22	Landen Roupp L. Roupp	9.65	2026	SFG	18	6	8	.429	18	4.27	104	0	0	0	97.0	85	46	50	7	42	3	0	0	411	1	3.90	2.48	0.65	25.3	10.2	1.31	.306	4.64	104	3.28	81	7.89	8.6
23	Aaron Nola A. Nola	9.46	2026	PHI	19	3	6	.333	19	5.75	102	0	0	0	97.0	108	62	64	20	31	1	0	0	425	2	2.88	3.29	1.86	24.0	7.3	1.43	.325	5.94	134	4.66	108	10.02	-3.6
24	Logan Gilbert L. Gilbert	9.39	2026	SEA	19	7	6	.538	19	3.32	119	0	0	0	114.0	89	42	42	14	24	5	0	1	449	3	1.89	4.96	1.11	26.5	5.3	0.99	.261	3.32	84	3.36	84	7.03	8.4
25	Joey Cantillo J. Cantillo	9.36	2026	CLE	20	8	4	.667	20	3.56	105	0	0	0	101.0	92	40	46	12	49	2	0	0	430	5	4.37	2.14	1.07	24.4	11.4	1.40	.305	4.10	86	4.07	98	8.20	0.8

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Okamoto

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Cease

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	56	38	.596
Yankees	54	42	.563	3.0
Red Sox	46	48	.489	10.0
Orioles	46	51	.474	11.5
Blue Jays	45	51	.469	12.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 7/17	CWS	@	TOR	7:15 PM
Sat 7/18	CWS	@	TOR	3:07 PM
Sun 7/19	CWS	@	TOR	12:15 PM
Mon 7/20	TBR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Tue 7/21	TBR	@	TOR	7:07 PM

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Final

Padres

48 - 48

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HR Leaders

32

Schwarber

31

Alvarez

29

Rice

RBI Leaders

74

Walker

70

Alvarez

68

Rice

Batting Average Leaders

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Lopez

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Arraez

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Díaz

Hit Leaders

127

Lopez

119

Arraez

111

Alvarez

Run Leaders

89

Wood

68

Reynolds

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OBP Leaders

.426

Alvarez

.410

Wood

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SLG Leaders

.633

Alvarez

.599

Rice

.575

Buxton

SB Leaders

34

Nuñez

30

Witt

26

Chisholm

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Win Leaders

12

Ashby

11

Burns

11

Sánchez

Strikeout Leaders

167

Misiorowski

148

Cease

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Sánchez

ERA Leaders

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Misiorowski

2.05

Schlittler

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WHIP Leaders

0.76

Misiorowski

0.91

Yamamoto

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K/9 Leaders

13.55

Cease

13.54

Misiorowski

11.09

Luzardo

K/BB Leaders

6.19

Misiorowski

5.76

Rasmussen

5.76

Sánchez

Walk Leaders

17

Rasmussen

19

Martinez

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FanDuel Points Leaders

1,781

Ohtani

1,483.8

Wood

1,326

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,224.6

Ohtani

1,103

Wood

995

Alvarez

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56-39

57-40

55-39

53-43

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Worst Record ATS

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44-53

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	55	40	.579
Phillies	54	43	.557	2.0
Marlins	52	45	.536	4.0
Nationals	48	49	.495	8.0
Mets	40	57	.412	16.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	59	37	.615
Cubs	54	42	.563	5.0
Cardinals	50	45	.526	8.5
Pirates	50	47	.515	9.5
Reds	43	52	.453	15.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	61	36	.629
Diamondbacks	49	47	.510	11.5
Padres	48	48	.500	12.5
Giants	41	55	.427	19.5
Rockies	39	59	.398	22.5

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Rays	56	38	.596
Yankees	54	42	.563	3.0
Red Sox	46	48	.489	10.0
Orioles	46	51	.474	11.5
Blue Jays	45	51	.469	12.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	50	45	.526
Guardians	51	46	.526
Twins	48	49	.495	3.0
Tigers	44	52	.458	6.5
Royals	38	59	.392	13.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	49	47	.510
Mariners	48	49	.495	1.5
Astros	47	51	.480	3.0
Athletics	41	55	.427	8.0
Angels	38	59	.392	11.5

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Sun 6/28	CIN	@	PIT	4-9
Sun 6/28	WSH	@	BAL	6-4
Sun 6/28	TEX	@	TOR	3-2
Sun 6/28	SEA	@	CLE	5-6
Sun 6/28	AZ	@	TBR	1-5

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 7/16	NYM	@	PHI	7:10 PM
Fri 7/17	TBR	@	BOS	1:35 PM
Fri 7/17	LAD	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Fri 7/17	TBR	@	BOS	7:10 PM
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Dylan Cease has the highest K/9 this season, with 13.55 per nine innings.

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