mlb pitcher best k per 9 innings per year in 2010s

Between the 2010 and 2019 seasons, Gerrit Cole had the best K/9 in a season, with 13.82 per nine innings in 2019.

Interpreted as:
MLB pitcher best k per 9 innings with a minimum of 1 IP per team game per year in 2010s
NAMEK/9SEASONTMGWLW%GSERASOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPBB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
13.82
2019
33
20
5
.800
33
2.50
326
0
0
0
212.1
142
59
66
29
48
3
0
0
817
4
2.03
6.79
1.23
39.9
5.9
0.89
.275
2.80
55
2.63
58
6.02
45
2Chris Sale
C. Sale
12.93
2017
32
17
8
.680
32
2.90
308
1
0
0
214.1
165
69
73
24
43
8
0
0
851
3
1.81
7.16
1.01
36.2
5.1
0.97
.301
3.07
63
2.45
56
6.93
45.5
3Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
12.69
2019
27
11
7
.611
27
2.92
243
0
0
0
172.1
144
56
59
18
33
7
0
2
693
0
1.72
7.36
0.94
35.1
4.8
1.03
.321
3.08
66
2.44
55
7.52
38.6
4Jose Fernandez
J. Fernandez
12.49
2016
29
16
8
.667
29
2.86
253
0
0
0
182.1
149
58
63
13
55
6
0
6
737
9
2.71
4.60
0.64
34.3
7.5
1.12
.332
3.11
72
2.29
57
7.35
35.4
5Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
12.40
2018
32
15
5
.750
32
2.88
276
1
1
0
200.1
143
64
68
19
64
7
0
0
799
9
2.88
4.31
0.85
34.5
8.0
1.03
.286
3.05
70
2.70
65
6.42
32.7
6Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
12.24
2018
33
18
7
.720
33
2.53
300
2
1
0
220.2
150
62
66
23
51
12
0
4
866
4
2.08
5.88
0.94
34.6
5.9
0.91
.265
2.69
62
2.65
64
6.12
36.1
7Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
12.20
2018
34
16
9
.640
34
2.52
290
1
1
0
214.0
156
60
63
28
37
8
0
0
833
5
1.56
7.84
1.18
34.8
4.4
0.90
.272
2.65
62
2.78
67
6.56
33
8Robbie Ray
R. Ray
12.13
2019
33
12
8
.600
33
4.34
235
0
0
0
174.1
150
84
91
30
84
5
0
5
747
7
4.34
2.80
1.55
31.5
11.2
1.34
.305
4.70
98
4.28
99
7.74
1
9Robbie Ray
R. Ray
12.11
2017
28
15
5
.750
28
2.89
218
1
1
0
162.0
116
52
57
23
71
5
0
3
665
8
3.94
3.07
1.28
32.8
10.7
1.15
.267
3.17
63
3.71
85
6.44
11.6
10Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
12.11
2019
34
21
6
.778
34
2.58
300
2
1
0
223.0
137
64
66
36
42
6
0
0
847
4
1.70
7.14
1.45
35.4
5.0
0.80
.218
2.66
57
3.26
72
5.53
31.5
11Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
12.02
2017
31
16
6
.727
31
2.51
268
2
0
0
200.2
126
56
62
22
55
11
0
2
780
4
2.47
4.87
0.99
34.4
7.1
0.90
.245
2.78
57
2.89
66
5.65
33.2
12Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
11.89
2013
32
13
9
.591
32
2.83
277
0
0
0
209.2
145
66
68
26
80
8
0
1
841
7
3.43
3.46
1.12
32.9
9.5
1.07
.264
2.92
67
3.27
80
6.22
18.5
13Chris Sale
C. Sale
11.82
2015
31
13
11
.542
31
3.41
274
1
0
0
208.2
185
79
88
23
42
13
0
0
854
7
1.81
6.52
0.99
32.1
4.9
1.09
.323
3.80
86
2.72
66
7.98
31.8
14Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
11.71
2017
29
18
4
.818
29
2.25
265
5
3
0
203.2
141
51
56
21
36
5
0
2
777
4
1.59
7.36
0.93
34.1
4.6
0.87
.267
2.47
50
2.49
57
6.23
42.8
15Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
11.64
2015
33
16
7
.696
33
2.13
301
4
3
0
232.2
163
55
62
15
42
5
0
1
890
9
1.62
7.17
0.58
33.8
4.7
0.88
.281
2.40
57
1.98
52
6.31
47.7
16Lucas Giolito
L. Giolito
11.62
2019
29
14
9
.609
29
3.41
228
3
2
0
176.2
131
67
69
24
57
4
0
1
705
6
2.90
4.00
1.22
32.3
8.1
1.06
.273
3.52
75
3.42
73
6.67
24.6
17Matthew Boyd
M. Boyd
11.56
2019
32
9
12
.429
32
4.56
238
0
0
0
185.1
178
94
101
39
50
8
0
1
788
6
2.43
4.76
1.89
30.2
6.3
1.23
.307
4.90
99
4.31
94
8.64
5.3
18Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
11.54
2019
31
6
8
.429
31
3.98
229
0
0
0
178.2
140
79
82
33
56
11
0
1
731
11
2.82
4.09
1.66
31.3
7.7
1.10
.266
4.13
90
4.17
94
7.05
5.1
19Trevor Bauer
T. Bauer
11.34
2018
28
12
6
.667
27
2.21
221
0
0
1
175.1
134
43
51
9
57
9
1
2
717
12
2.93
3.88
0.46
30.8
7.9
1.09
.297
2.62
50
2.43
57
6.88
35
20Robbie Ray
R. Ray
11.25
2016
32
8
15
.348
32
4.90
218
0
0
0
174.1
185
95
105
24
71
6
0
4
776
8
3.67
3.07
1.24
28.1
9.1
1.47
.352
5.42
112
3.75
90
9.55
8
21Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
11.25
2019
32
11
8
.579
32
2.43
255
0
0
0
204.0
154
55
59
19
44
7
0
1
804
2
1.94
5.80
0.84
31.7
5.5
0.97
.282
2.60
60
2.66
62
6.79
37.8
22Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
11.19
2016
34
20
7
.741
34
2.96
284
1
0
0
228.1
165
75
77
31
56
6
0
2
902
2
2.21
5.07
1.22
31.5
6.2
0.97
.255
3.04
70
3.23
78
6.50
22.7
23Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
11.16
2018
32
10
9
.526
32
1.70
269
1
0
0
217.0
152
41
48
10
46
5
0
3
835
2
1.91
5.85
0.41
32.2
5.5
0.91
.281
1.99
44
1.98
50
6.30
49
24Chris Archer
C. Archer
11.15
2017
34
10
12
.455
34
4.07
249
0
0
0
201.0
193
91
101
27
60
5
0
0
852
15
2.69
4.15
1.21
29.2
7.0
1.26
.325
4.52
97
3.39
80
8.64
19.7
25Charlie Morton
C. Morton
11.10
2019
33
16
6
.727
33
3.05
240
0
0
0
194.2
154
66
71
15
57
12
0
0
790
5
2.64
4.21
0.69
30.4
7.2
1.08
.298
3.28
70
2.80
64
7.12
35.3

More Astros Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

27

Walker

Christian Walker

RBI

88

Walker

Christian Walker

AVG

.304

Peña

Jeremy Peña
Team Pitching Leaders

W

13

Valdez

Framber Valdez

K

206

Brown

Hunter Brown

ERA

2.43

Brown

Hunter Brown
Team Rankings

HR

182

16th

R

686

21st

SO

1,504

2nd

ERA

3.86

11th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
90
72
.556
Astros Astros
87
75
.537
3.0
81
81
.500
9.0
76
86
.469
14.0
72
90
.444
18.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
3/26
@
4:00 AM
Fri
3/27
@
4:00 AM
Sat
3/28
@
4:00 AM
Sun
3/29
@
4:00 AM
Mon
3/30
@
4:00 AM
Last Game
HOU Astros

87 - 75

6

Final

2

LAA Angels

72 - 90

Sun 28 Sep 2025

MLB 2025 Batting Leaders

MLB 2025 Pitching Leaders

MLB Fantasy 2025

MLB 2025 Betting

MLB 2025 Standings

NL EastWLPCTGB
96
66
.593
83
79
.512
13.0
79
83
.488
17.0
76
86
.469
20.0
66
96
.407
30.0
NL CentralWLPCTGB
97
65
.599
Cubs Cubs - w
92
70
.568
5.0
Reds Reds - w
83
79
.512
14.0
78
84
.481
19.0
71
91
.438
26.0
NL WestWLPCTGB
93
69
.574
90
72
.556
3.0
81
81
.500
12.0
80
82
.494
13.0
43
119
.265
50.0
AL EastWLPCTGB
94
68
.580
94
68
.580
89
73
.549
5.0
77
85
.475
17.0
75
87
.463
19.0
AL CentralWLPCTGB
88
74
.543
87
75
.537
1.0
82
80
.506
6.0
70
92
.432
18.0
60
102
.370
28.0
AL WestWLPCTGB
90
72
.556
87
75
.537
3.0
81
81
.500
9.0
76
86
.469
14.0
72
90
.444
18.0

MLB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
9/16
@
6-2
Tue
9/16
@
9-4
Tue
9/16
@
4-5
Tue
9/16
@
1-2
Tue
9/16
@
5-7

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
3/25
@
8:05 PM
Thu
3/26
@
4:00 AM
Thu
3/26
@
4:00 AM
Thu
3/26
@
2:10 PM
Thu
3/26
@
3:05 PM