most strikeouts per 9 al pitchers 2023 minimum 130 ip

Nick Pivetta had the best K/9 in the AL with 130.0+ innings pitched in 2023, with 11.54 per nine innings.

	NAME	K/9	IP	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	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	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	11.54	142.2	2023	BOS	38	10	9	.526	16	4.04	183	0	0	1	110	64	69	23	50	6	3	1	587	5	3.15	3.66	1.45	31.2	8.5	1.12	.268	4.35	89	3.96	92	6.94	5.8
2	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	11.53	185.0	2023	TOR	31	12	9	.571	31	3.16	237	0	0	0	163	65	72	19	55	3	0	0	763	3	2.68	4.31	0.92	31.1	7.2	1.18	.321	3.50	75	2.97	69	7.93	27.1
3	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	11.39	132.0	2023	LAA	23	10	5	.667	23	3.14	167	1	1	0	85	46	50	18	55	11	0	0	531	12	3.75	3.04	1.23	31.5	10.4	1.06	.239	3.41	72	3.99	91	5.80	6.1
4	Joe Ryan J. Ryan	10.97	161.2	2023	MIN	29	11	10	.524	29	4.51	197	1	1	0	155	81	83	32	34	6	0	0	672	3	1.89	5.79	1.78	29.3	5.1	1.17	.305	4.62	105	4.13	96	8.63	2.7
5	Dylan Cease D. Cease	10.88	177.0	2023	CWS	33	7	9	.438	33	4.58	214	0	0	0	172	90	98	19	79	9	0	3	784	13	4.02	2.71	0.97	27.3	10.1	1.42	.330	4.98	106	3.72	84	8.75	13.4
6	Pablo López P. López	10.86	194.0	2023	MIN	32	11	8	.579	32	3.66	234	1	1	0	176	79	81	24	48	9	0	1	801	7	2.23	4.88	1.11	29.2	6.0	1.15	.313	3.76	86	3.33	78	8.16	20.5
7	Hunter Brown H. Brown	10.29	155.2	2023	HOU	31	11	13	.458	29	5.09	178	0	0	0	157	88	94	26	55	9	1	0	665	4	3.18	3.24	1.50	26.8	8.3	1.36	.330	5.43	120	4.37	103	9.08	-2.3
8	Reid Detmers R. Detmers	10.17	148.2	2023	LAA	28	4	9	.308	28	4.48	168	0	0	0	141	74	81	19	60	13	0	2	644	7	3.63	2.80	1.15	26.1	9.3	1.35	.318	4.90	103	4.13	94	8.54	4.7
9	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	10.01	197.0	2023	SEA	33	13	9	.591	33	3.34	219	0	0	0	160	73	81	28	56	5	0	0	802	3	2.56	3.91	1.28	27.3	7.0	1.10	.267	3.70	83	3.80	93	7.31	6.6
10	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	9.96	184.1	2023	TOT	33	7	15	.318	33	4.88	204	0	0	0	169	100	110	41	73	9	0	2	794	5	3.56	2.79	2.00	25.7	9.2	1.31	.274	5.37	113	5.26	120	8.25	-17.8
11	Yusei Kikuchi Y. Kikuchi	9.72	167.2	2023	TOR	32	11	6	.647	32	3.86	181	0	0	0	165	72	78	27	48	4	0	0	700	7	2.58	3.77	1.45	25.9	6.9	1.27	.314	4.19	91	4.12	96	8.86	3.1
12	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	9.56	209.0	2023	NYY	33	15	4	.789	33	2.63	222	2	2	0	157	61	64	20	48	7	0	0	821	4	2.07	4.63	0.86	27.0	5.8	0.98	.261	2.76	61	3.16	72	6.76	28.4
13	Zach Eflin Z. Eflin	9.42	177.2	2023	TBR	31	16	8	.667	31	3.50	186	0	0	0	158	69	69	19	24	3	0	1	703	0	1.22	7.75	0.96	26.5	3.4	1.02	.295	3.50	85	3.00	72	8.00	23.2
14	Andrew Heaney A. Heaney	9.22	147.1	2023	TEX	34	10	6	.625	28	4.15	151	0	0	0	143	68	74	23	60	10	1	0	641	3	3.67	2.52	1.40	23.6	9.4	1.38	.302	4.52	97	4.66	107	8.74	-4.5
15	Bailey Ober B. Ober	9.10	144.1	2023	MIN	26	8	6	.571	26	3.43	146	0	0	0	125	55	58	22	29	7	0	0	577	1	1.81	5.03	1.37	25.3	5.0	1.07	.276	3.62	80	3.96	92	7.79	5.2
16	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	9.09	198.0	2023	HOU	31	12	11	.522	31	3.45	200	2	2	0	166	76	86	19	57	10	0	0	808	6	2.59	3.51	0.86	24.8	7.1	1.13	.282	3.91	82	3.49	82	7.55	16.5
17	Kyle Bradish K. Bradish	8.96	168.2	2023	BAL	30	12	7	.632	30	2.83	168	0	0	0	132	53	54	14	44	8	0	0	671	9	2.35	3.82	0.75	25.0	6.6	1.04	.270	2.88	67	3.26	78	7.04	17.7
18	Sonny Gray S. Gray	8.95	184.0	2023	MIN	32	8	8	.500	32	2.79	183	0	0	0	156	57	59	8	55	6	0	0	754	6	2.69	3.33	0.39	24.3	7.3	1.15	.295	2.89	65	2.82	66	7.63	29.8
19	Tanner Bibee T. Bibee	8.94	142.0	2023	CLE	25	10	4	.714	25	2.98	141	0	0	0	122	47	49	13	45	5	0	0	585	7	2.85	3.13	0.82	24.1	7.7	1.18	.286	3.11	70	3.51	83	7.73	11.5
20	Logan Gilbert L. Gilbert	8.92	190.2	2023	SEA	32	12	7	.632	32	3.73	189	1	1	0	169	79	82	29	36	2	0	1	770	6	1.70	5.25	1.37	24.5	4.7	1.08	.272	3.87	93	3.84	94	7.98	5.6
21	Cristian Javier C. Javier	8.83	162.0	2023	HOU	31	10	4	.714	31	4.56	159	0	0	0	143	82	85	25	62	7	0	0	687	4	3.44	2.56	1.39	23.1	9.0	1.27	.272	4.72	108	4.57	108	7.94	-6.1
22	José Berríos J. Berríos	8.73	189.2	2023	TOR	32	11	12	.478	32	3.65	184	0	0	0	173	77	82	25	52	9	0	3	782	4	2.47	3.54	1.19	23.5	6.6	1.19	.289	3.89	86	3.99	93	8.21	6.1
23	Clarke Schmidt C. Schmidt	8.43	159.0	2023	NYY	33	9	9	.500	32	4.64	149	0	0	0	169	82	91	24	46	11	1	0	694	11	2.60	3.24	1.36	21.5	6.6	1.35	.313	5.15	109	4.42	100	9.57	0.1
24	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	8.43	152.2	2023	DET	26	13	9	.591	26	3.30	143	0	0	0	128	56	59	15	48	3	0	0	621	3	2.83	2.98	0.88	23.0	7.7	1.15	.274	3.48	78	3.66	86	7.55	9.9
25	Ken Waldichuk K. Waldichuk	8.43	141.0	2023	OAK	35	4	8	.333	22	5.36	132	0	0	1	149	84	93	24	71	9	2	1	639	7	4.53	1.86	1.53	20.7	11.1	1.56	.310	5.94	131	5.29	127	9.51	-18.6

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	76	51	.598
Yankees	71	55	.563	4.5
Red Sox	68	59	.535	8.0
Blue Jays	63	66	.488	14.0
Orioles	61	66	.480	15.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 8/21	SFG	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Sat 8/22	SFG	@	BOS	7:15 PM
Sun 8/23	SFG	@	BOS	3:15 PM
Mon 8/24	BOS	@	MIA	6:40 PM
Tue 8/25	BOS	@	MIA	6:40 PM

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Final

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68 - 59

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Alvarez

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RBI Leaders

96

Stewart

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Batting Average Leaders

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Hit Leaders

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Arraez

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Lopez

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Díaz

Run Leaders

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Wood

90

Crow-Armstrong

89

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OBP Leaders

.430

Alvarez

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Kurtz

.393

Contreras

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Alvarez

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Ohtani

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SB Leaders

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Nuñez

35

Simpson

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Misiorowski

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ERA Leaders

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0.75

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0.94

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K/9 Leaders

13.60

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11.70

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6.77

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5.71

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22

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2,158.4

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Crow-Armstrong

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Crow-Armstrong

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Braves	75	53	.586
Phillies	70	58	.547	5.0
Marlins	64	64	.500	11.0
Nationals	61	67	.477	14.0
Mets	58	70	.453	17.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	79	49	.617
Cubs	74	54	.578	5.0
Cardinals	66	63	.512	13.5
Pirates	63	66	.488	16.5
Reds	61	67	.477	18.0
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Rays	76	51	.598
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Red Sox	68	59	.535	8.0
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Orioles	61	66	.480	15.0
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Royals	55	74	.426	12.0
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Astros	64	63	.504
Rangers	62	65	.488	2.0
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Nick Pivetta had the best K/9 in the AL with 130.0+ innings pitched in 2023, with 11.54 per nine innings.

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