most strikeouts per 9 innings by pitchers with 7 or more strikeout games since 2018 minimum 100 starts

Since 2018, Gerrit Cole has the highest K/9 in games pitched when starting 100+ games and striking out 7+ batters, with 13.44 per nine innings.

NAMEK/9SOGGSWLW%ERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPBB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
13.44
1,257
133
133
74
23
.763
2.66
5
4
0
842.0
590
249
268
100
195
14
0
0
3,275
22
2.08
6.45
1.07
38.4
6.0
0.93
.287
2.86
6.31
2Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
12.94
1,064
114
114
63
22
.741
2.53
4
1
0
740.0
522
208
217
84
152
29
0
6
2,888
11
1.85
7.00
1.02
36.8
5.3
0.91
.281
2.64
6.35
3Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
12.90
969
104
104
43
26
.623
1.90
2
1
0
676.0
433
143
160
60
113
10
0
5
2,544
10
1.50
8.58
0.80
38.1
4.4
0.81
.268
2.13
5.76
4Charlie Morton
C. Morton
12.61
896
105
105
55
15
.786
2.94
0
0
0
639.1
489
209
218
61
179
53
0
2
2,589
16
2.52
5.01
0.86
34.6
6.9
1.04
.306
3.07
6.88
5Aaron Nola
A. Nola
11.81
1,020
119
119
59
27
.686
2.86
5
4
0
777.1
562
247
259
85
163
28
0
6
3,041
10
1.89
6.26
0.98
33.5
5.4
0.93
.273
3.00
6.51
6Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
11.68
1,047
124
124
61
23
.726
2.26
3
2
0
806.2
573
203
221
61
161
26
0
4
3,147
9
1.80
6.50
0.68
33.3
5.1
0.91
.276
2.47
6.39
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