mlb strikeout per 9 leaders with at least 3 games started in 2024

Fernando Cruz had the highest K/9 with 3+ starts in 2024, with 14.72 per nine innings.

	NAME	K/9	GS	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	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	Fernando Cruz F. Cruz	14.72	3	2024	CIN	69	3	8	.273	4.86	109	0	0	0	66.2	54	36	36	9	35	1	6	2	288	8	4.72	3.11	1.21	37.8	12.2	1.34	.336	4.86	111	3.26	76	7.29	7.4
2	Ryan Burr R. Burr	12.95	4	2024	TOR	34	0	2	.000	4.13	47	0	0	0	32.2	29	15	16	4	12	1	5	0	140	0	3.31	3.92	1.10	33.6	8.6	1.26	.329	4.41	104	3.07	75	7.99	3.7
3	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	12.88	32	2024	CWS	32	6	12	.333	3.58	209	0	0	0	146.0	123	58	61	18	33	5	0	0	595	3	2.03	6.33	1.11	35.1	5.5	1.07	.318	3.76	88	2.68	64	7.58	24.3
4	Robbie Ray R. Ray	12.62	7	2024	SFG	7	3	2	.600	4.70	43	0	0	0	30.2	20	16	16	6	15	6	0	0	129	4	4.40	2.87	1.76	33.3	11.6	1.14	.237	4.70	117	4.95	127	5.87	-3.8
5	Blake Snell B. Snell	12.55	20	2024	SFG	20	5	3	.625	3.12	145	1	1	0	104.0	65	36	38	6	44	1	0	0	418	8	3.81	3.30	0.52	34.7	10.5	1.05	.266	3.29	78	2.42	62	5.63	17.6
6	Kyle Bradish K. Bradish	12.13	8	2024	BAL	8	2	0	1.000	2.75	53	0	0	0	39.1	27	12	12	2	15	3	0	0	163	2	3.43	3.53	0.46	32.5	9.2	1.07	.278	2.75	70	2.50	62	6.18	6.7
7	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	11.81	3	2024	TEX	3	0	0		1.69	14	0	0	0	10.2	11	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	44	0	0.84	14.00	0.84	31.8	2.3	1.13	.370	1.69	42	2.32	56	9.28	2.2
8	Erik Miller E. Miller	11.63	10	2024	SFG	73	4	5	.444	3.88	87	0	0	0	67.1	50	29	33	7	38	1	11	0	284	1	5.08	2.29	0.94	30.6	13.4	1.31	.285	4.41	97	3.66	94	6.68	1.7
9	Will Warren W. Warren	11.51	5	2024	NYY	6	0	3	.000	10.32	29	0	0	0	22.2	33	26	27	5	10	1	1	0	110	0	3.97	2.90	1.99	26.4	9.1	1.90	.431	10.72	257	4.92	117	13.10	-1.7
10	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	11.50	23	2024	PIT	23	11	3	.786	1.96	170	0	0	0	133.0	94	29	31	10	32	6	0	0	514	2	2.17	5.31	0.68	33.1	6.2	0.95	.284	2.10	47	2.44	60	6.36	23.9
11	Chris Sale C. Sale	11.40	29	2024	ATL	29	18	3	.857	2.38	225	0	0	0	177.2	141	47	48	9	39	8	0	0	702	4	1.98	5.77	0.46	32.1	5.6	1.01	.314	2.43	57	2.08	52	7.14	38.1
12	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	11.28	22	2024	LAD	22	9	5	.643	3.49	168	0	0	0	134.0	92	52	53	15	35	0	0	0	522	12	2.35	4.80	1.01	32.2	6.7	0.95	.253	3.56	86	2.89	70	6.18	18.3
13	Reid Detmers R. Detmers	11.23	17	2024	LAA	17	4	9	.308	6.70	109	0	0	0	87.1	98	65	67	18	38	2	0	0	391	4	3.92	2.87	1.85	27.9	9.7	1.56	.357	6.90	164	4.72	112	10.10	-4.7
14	A.J. Puk	11.10	4	2024	TOT	62	4	9	.308	3.15	88	0	0	3	71.1	51	25	31	5	28	2	9	2	294	2	3.53	3.14	0.63	29.9	9.5	1.11	.269	3.91	75	2.87	71	6.43	9.3
15	Hayden Birdsong H. Birdsong	11.00	16	2024	SFG	16	5	6	.455	4.75	88	0	0	0	72.0	57	38	39	11	43	4	0	0	315	4	5.38	2.05	1.38	27.9	13.7	1.39	.272	4.88	119	4.66	120	7.13	-6.5
16	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	10.99	4	2024	TBR	16	0	2	.000	2.83	35	0	0	1	28.2	25	9	10	0	6	0	5	0	116	1	1.88	5.83	0.00	30.2	5.2	1.08	.333	3.14	73	1.35	34	7.85	8.6
17	Sonny Gray S. Gray	10.98	28	2024	STL	28	12	9	.571	3.84	203	0	0	0	166.1	142	71	79	21	39	3	0	0	671	7	2.11	5.21	1.14	30.3	5.8	1.09	.299	4.27	95	3.12	78	7.68	16
18	Kumar Rocker K. Rocker	10.80	3	2024	TEX	3	0	2	.000	3.86	14	0	0	0	11.2	12	5	6	1	6	1	0	0	55	1	4.63	2.33	0.77	25.5	10.9	1.54	.333	4.63	96	3.67	88	9.26	0.6
19	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	10.78	28	2024	TOT	28	13	7	.650	3.17	194	0	0	0	162.0	135	57	61	24	38	4	0	0	649	6	2.11	5.11	1.33	29.9	5.9	1.07	.285	3.39	79	3.47	85	7.50	11.1
20	David Festa D. Festa	10.77	13	2024	MIN	14	2	6	.250	4.90	77	0	0	0	64.1	62	35	36	9	23	2	0	0	277	2	3.22	3.35	1.26	27.8	8.3	1.32	.319	5.04	122	3.75	92	8.67	2.4
21	Cole Ragans C. Ragans	10.77	32	2024	KCR	32	11	9	.550	3.14	223	1	0	0	186.1	146	65	71	15	67	6	0	1	762	11	3.24	3.33	0.72	29.3	8.8	1.14	.290	3.43	75	2.99	73	7.05	22.8
22	DJ Herz	10.76	19	2024	WSH	19	4	9	.308	4.16	106	0	0	0	88.2	76	41	45	11	36	3	0	0	382	5	3.65	2.94	1.12	27.7	9.4	1.26	.288	4.57	102	3.70	90	7.71	3.9
23	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	10.69	31	2024	DET	31	18	4	.818	2.39	228	0	0	0	192.0	142	51	54	15	35	9	0	0	753	2	1.64	6.51	0.70	30.3	4.6	0.92	.273	2.53	60	2.49	61	6.66	33.5
24	Dylan Cease D. Cease	10.65	33	2024	SDP	33	14	11	.560	3.47	224	1	1	0	189.1	137	73	80	18	65	2	0	0	762	12	3.09	3.45	0.86	29.4	8.5	1.07	.263	3.80	88	3.09	77	6.51	19.6
25	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	10.63	26	2024	BOS	27	6	12	.333	4.14	172	0	0	0	145.2	128	67	70	28	36	1	0	1	595	4	2.22	4.78	1.73	28.9	6.1	1.13	.279	4.32	97	4.06	98	7.91	1.2