mlb pitchers averaging the most strikeouts per game

Bob Dresser and Art Thompson are tied for the most career strikeouts per game pitched, with 8.

	NAME	SO/G	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Bob Dresser B. Dresser	8	8	1	0	1	.000	1	3.00	1	0	0	9.0	12	3	6	0	0	0	0		38	0	8.00	0.00		0.00	21.1	0.0	1.33	.400	6.00	104	0.89	29	12.00	2.1
2	Art Thompson A. Thompson	8	8	1	0	1	.000	1	6.75	1	0	0	8.0	10	6	11	0	3		0		38	2	9.00	3.38	2.67	0.00	21.1	7.9	1.63		12.38	226	2.40	92	11.25	0.1
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	7.89	4,875	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	100	37	2	4135.1	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	75	3.18	73	7.28	554.3
4	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	7.75	589	76	38	17	.691	76	2.58	0	0	0	471.1	357	135	150	31	140	13	0	12	1,888	16	11.25	2.67	4.21	0.59	31.2	7.4	1.05	.292	2.86	68	2.43	64	6.82	73
5	Doc Oberlander D. Oberlander	7.67	23	3	1	2	.333	3	5.26	3	0	0	25.2	27	15	33	2	18	1	0		123	5	8.06	6.31	1.28	0.70	18.7	14.6	1.75	.316	11.57	172	4.03	137	9.47	-3.1
6	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	7.52	233	31	14	6	.700	30	2.62	1	1	0	165.0	100	48	53	13	58	10	0	0	649	6	12.71	3.16	4.02	0.71	35.9	8.9	0.96	.260	2.89	63	2.55	61	5.45	29.7
7	Juan Pena J. Pena	7.5	15	2	2	0	1.000	2	0.69	0	0	0	13.0	9	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	49	0	10.38	2.08	5.00	0.00	30.6	6.1	0.92	.290	0.69	14	1.51	32	6.23	4.7
8	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	7.41	1,957	264	102	70	.593	264	2.63	4	2	0	1628.1	1,244	475	512	161	365	25	0	15	6,400	32	10.82	2.02	5.36	0.89	30.6	5.7	0.99	.278	2.83	67	2.75	67	6.88	244.9
9	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	7.16	3,503	489	221	121	.646	480	3.27	12	5	0	2985.0	2,460	1,084	1,157	363	790	115	2	20	12,089	80	10.56	2.38	4.43	1.09	29.0	6.5	1.09	.287	3.49	79	3.27	79	7.42	291.7
10	Mark Prior M. Prior	7.14	757	106	42	29	.592	106	3.51	5	1	0	657.0	582	256	277	77	223	31	0	10	2,771	21	10.37	3.05	3.39	1.05	27.3	8.0	1.23	.300	3.79	81	3.40	78	7.97	70.6
11	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	7.08	5,714	807	324	292	.526	773	3.19	222	61	3	5386.0	3,923	1,911	2,178	321	2,795	158	13	78	22,575	277	9.55	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	90	2.96	83	6.56	370.2
12	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	7.06	2,280	323	155	82	.654	323	3.19	8	5	0	1986.1	1,656	703	753	222	509	62	0	7	7,997	58	10.33	2.31	4.48	1.01	28.5	6.4	1.09	.291	3.41	79	3.17	77	7.50	213.2
13	Chris Saenz C. Saenz	7	7	1	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	6.0	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	24	0	10.50	4.50	2.33	0.00	29.2	12.5	0.83	.154	0.00	0	2.71	61	3.00	1.1
14	Charlie Guth C. Guth	7	7	1	1	0	1.000	1	5.00	1	0	0	9.0	12	5	8	0	1		0		42	4	7.00	1.00	7.00	0.00	16.7	2.4	1.44		8.00	204	1.31	54	12.00	1.2
15	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	6.99	2,075	297	115	93	.553	297	3.65	2	1	0	1778.0	1,460	721	756	231	563	83	0	8	7,305	83	10.50	2.85	3.69	1.17	28.4	7.7	1.14	.282	3.83	87	3.58	85	7.39	120
16	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	6.98	1,723	247	113	62	.646	247	3.24	2	2	0	1470.0	1,217	530	582	149	394	53	0	20	5,962	44	10.55	2.41	4.37	0.91	28.9	6.6	1.10	.293	3.56	80	3.01	75	7.45	165.9
17	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	6.94	500	72	27	20	.574	72	2.22	1	0	0	413.2	300	102	114	30	94	18	0	0	1,620	5	10.88	2.05	5.32	0.65	30.9	5.8	0.95	.276	2.48	52	2.47	60	6.53	75.9
18	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	6.92	997	144	66	34	.660	142	3.27	5	2	0	887.0	795	322	343	105	195	19	1	1	3,593	35	10.12	1.98	5.11	1.07	27.7	5.4	1.12	.303	3.48	77	3.19	75	8.07	103.5
19	Spencer Strider S. Strider	6.86	672	98	42	26	.618	85	3.86	0	0	0	494.0	401	212	222	61	180	21	3	2	2,046	15	12.24	3.28	3.73	1.11	32.8	8.8	1.18	.306	4.04	91	3.27	80	7.31	46.6
20	Nolan McLean N. McLean	6.79	163	24	9	6	.600	24	3.34	0	0	0	137.1	100	51	59	14	50	13	0	0	560	4	10.68	3.28	3.26	0.92	29.1	8.9	1.09	.269	3.87	83	3.43	83	6.55	10.6
21	Charlie Geggus C. Geggus	6.78	156	23	10	9	.526	21	2.54	19	0	0	177.1	143	50	100	2	38		2		733	23	7.92	1.93	4.11	0.10	21.3	5.2	1.02		5.08	85	2.30	89	7.26	4.8
22	Hunter Greene H. Greene	6.78	617	91	25	29	.463	91	3.65	2	2	0	495.2	386	201	211	70	179	39	0	0	2,060	21	11.20	3.25	3.45	1.27	30.0	8.7	1.14	.274	3.83	83	3.83	88	7.01	28.1
23	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	6.71	3,052	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	25	15	0	2855.1	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.7
24	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	6.69	756	113	47	22	.681	113	2.81	1	1	0	608.1	436	190	202	59	206	30	0	2	2,452	52	11.18	3.05	3.67	0.87	30.8	8.4	1.06	.269	2.99	66	3.09	72	6.45	77.3
25	Dylan Cease D. Cease	6.68	1,349	202	69	61	.531	202	3.80	3	3	0	1094.0	913	462	509	126	465	38	0	9	4,630	57	11.10	3.83	2.90	1.04	29.1	10.0	1.26	.297	4.19	91	3.57	83	7.51	83.7

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Sale

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	49	31	.613
Phillies	46	36	.561	4.0
Marlins	43	39	.524	7.0
Nationals	41	42	.494	9.5
Mets	34	48	.415	16.0

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Sat 6/27	ATL	@	SFG	9:05 PM
Sun 6/28	ATL	@	SFG	4:05 PM
Tue 6/30	STL	@	ATL	7:15 PM
Wed 7/1	STL	@	ATL	7:15 PM
Thu 7/2	STL	@	ATL	7:15 PM

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Final

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Schwarber

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Alvarez

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RBI Leaders

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Kurtz

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Pages

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Dingler

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Lopez

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Díaz

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OBP Leaders

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Díaz

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Witt

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WHIP Leaders

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Skenes

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K/BB Leaders

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Sánchez

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Rasmussen

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Schlittler

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Braves	49	31	.613
Phillies	46	36	.561	4.0
Marlins	43	39	.524	7.0
Nationals	41	42	.494	9.5
Mets	34	48	.415	16.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	50	29	.633
Cubs	44	38	.537	7.5
Cardinals	42	37	.532	8.0
Pirates	41	41	.500	10.5
Reds	38	42	.475	12.5
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Giants	33	48	.407	18.5
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Yankees	48	33	.593
Rays	46	33	.582	1.0
Blue Jays	39	43	.476	9.5
Orioles	39	44	.470	10.0
Red Sox	34	46	.425	13.5
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White Sox	42	38	.525
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Twins	39	44	.470	4.5
Tigers	35	47	.427	8.0
Royals	34	49	.410	9.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	42	41	.506
Athletics	40	42	.488	1.5
Rangers	40	42	.488	1.5
Astros	40	44	.476	2.5
Angels	34	49	.410	8.0