most so per 9 in a season at least 60 ip at least 5 starts

Cole Ragans has the highest K/9 with 60.0+ innings pitched and 5+ starts in a season, with 14.30 per nine innings in 2025.

	NAME	K/9	IP	GS	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	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	Cole Ragans C. Ragans	14.30	61.2	13	2025	KCR	13	3	3	.500	4.67	98	0	0	0	53	32	33	7	20	2	0	0	257	3	2.92	4.90	1.02	38.1	7.8	1.18	.354	4.82	111	2.50	59	7.74	11.7
2	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	14.28	92.0	15	2021	NYM	15	7	2	.778	1.08	146	1	1	0	40	11	14	6	11	1	0	0	324	0	1.08	13.27	0.59	45.1	3.4	0.55	.213	1.37	27	1.23	29	3.91	30.6
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	14.27	64.1	11	2022	NYM	11	5	4	.556	3.08	102	0	0	0	40	22	22	9	8	0	0	0	239	0	1.12	12.75	1.26	42.7	3.3	0.75	.258	3.08	80	2.13	54	5.60	13.1
4	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	14.20	77.1	12	2020	CLE	12	8	1	.889	1.63	122	0	0	0	46	14	15	7	21	1	0	0	297	5	2.44	5.81	0.81	41.1	7.1	0.87	.267	1.75	37	2.06	46	5.35	20.5
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	13.82	212.1	33	2019	HOU	33	20	5	.800	2.50	326	0	0	0	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
6	Spencer Strider S. Strider	13.81	131.2	20	2022	ATL	31	11	5	.688	2.67	202	0	0	0	86	39	42	7	45	3	3	1	528	6	3.08	4.49	0.48	38.3	8.5	0.99	.292	2.87	65	1.82	46	5.88	31.3
7	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	13.76	68.0	12	2020	NYM	12	4	2	.667	2.38	104	0	0	0	47	18	21	7	18	0	0	0	268	4	2.38	5.78	0.93	38.8	6.7	0.96	.288	2.78	57	2.26	52	6.22	15.9
8	Mason Montgomery M. Montgomery	13.76	68.2	5	2026	PIT	70	6	4	.600	2.88	105	0	0	18	45	22	23	6	26	1	31	2	278	2	3.41	4.04	0.79	37.8	9.4	1.03	.279	3.01	67	2.35	56	5.90	14.2
9	Andrew Heaney A. Heaney	13.62	72.2	14	2022	LAD	16	4	4	.500	3.10	110	0	0	0	60	25	34	14	19	9	1	0	310	0	2.35	5.79	1.73	35.5	6.1	1.09	.291	4.21	79	3.74	93	7.43	2.3
10	Spencer Strider S. Strider	13.55	186.2	32	2023	ATL	32	20	5	.800	3.86	281	0	0	0	146	80	85	22	58	9	0	1	763	6	2.80	4.84	1.06	36.8	7.6	1.09	.316	4.10	87	2.85	66	7.04	30.3
11	Chris Sale C. Sale	13.50	158.0	27	2018	BOS	27	12	4	.750	2.11	237	0	0	0	102	37	39	11	34	14	0	0	617	4	1.94	6.97	0.63	38.4	5.5	0.86	.283	2.22	48	1.97	47	5.81	39.2
12	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	13.41	249.2	34	2001	ARI	35	21	6	.778	2.49	372	3	2	0	181	69	74	19	71	18	1	2	994	8	2.56	5.24	0.68	37.4	7.1	1.01	.315	2.67	55	2.12	48	6.52	63.9
13	Chris Sale C. Sale	13.32	147.1	25	2019	BOS	25	6	11	.353	4.40	218	1	1	0	123	72	80	24	37	13	0	0	612	2	2.26	5.89	1.47	35.6	6.0	1.09	.309	4.89	91	3.38	75	7.51	18.8
14	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	13.20	213.1	29	1999	BOS	31	23	4	.852	2.07	313	5	1	0	160	49	56	9	37	9	1	1	835	6	1.56	8.46	0.38	37.5	4.4	0.92	.323	2.36	42	1.38	30	6.75	79.4
15	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	12.98	174.2	30	2026	MIL	30	16	5	.762	1.80	252	1	1	0	96	35	43	14	44	9	0	0	665	6	2.27	5.73	0.72	37.9	6.6	0.80	.237	2.22	43	2.16	52	4.95	39.2
16	Dinelson Lamet D. Lamet	12.95	73.0	14	2019	SDP	14	3	5	.375	4.07	105	0	0	0	62	33	38	12	30	5	0	0	313	6	3.70	3.50	1.48	33.5	9.6	1.26	.311	4.68	97	3.90	89	7.64	3.9
17	Chris Sale C. Sale	12.93	214.1	32	2017	BOS	32	17	8	.680	2.90	308	1	0	0	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
18	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	12.88	146.0	32	2024	CWS	32	6	12	.333	3.58	209	0	0	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	89	2.68	64	7.58	24.3
19	Chad Green C. Green	12.78	69.0	15	2019	NYY	54	4	4	.500	4.17	98	0	0	2	66	32	35	10	19	6	10	0	295	2	2.48	5.16	1.30	33.2	6.4	1.23	.346	4.57	92	3.33	72	8.61	10
20	Dylan Cease D. Cease	12.73	169.0	29	2026	TOR	29	11	6	.647	2.40	239	1	1	0	108	45	54	11	78	3	0	0	685	5	4.15	3.06	0.59	34.9	11.4	1.10	.274	2.88	58	2.55	61	5.75	30.3
21	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	12.69	172.1	27	2019	WSH	27	11	7	.611	2.92	243	0	0	0	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
22	Danny Salazar D. Salazar	12.67	103.0	19	2017	CLE	23	5	6	.455	4.28	145	0	0	0	94	49	51	14	44	3	3	0	439	6	3.84	3.30	1.22	33.0	10.0	1.34	.343	4.46	94	3.47	79	8.21	10.5
23	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	12.61	167.0	28	2021	MIL	28	11	5	.688	2.43	234	0	0	0	123	45	47	7	34	6	0	0	657	5	1.83	6.88	0.38	35.6	5.2	0.94	.309	2.53	58	1.62	38	6.63	48.9
24	Kerry Wood K. Wood	12.58	166.2	26	1998	CHC	26	13	6	.684	3.40	233	1	1	0	117	63	69	14	85	11	0	1	699	6	4.59	2.74	0.76	33.3	12.2	1.21	.289	3.73	80	3.16	73	6.32	21.9
25	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	12.58	88.0	14	2021	TBR	14	5	2	.714	2.66	123	0	0	0	55	26	26	10	27	0	0	0	340	8	2.76	4.56	1.02	36.2	7.9	0.93	.250	2.66	65	2.76	67	5.63	13.5

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Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
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Royals	69	93	.426	16.0

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Thu 3/25	MIN	@	KCR	4:00 AM
Sat 3/27	MIN	@	KCR	4:00 AM
Sun 3/28	MIN	@	KCR	4:00 AM
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Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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