most strikeouts per 9 innings in mlb history

Chris Sale has the best career K/9, with 11.13 per nine innings.

Interpreted as:

most strikeouts per 9 innings with a minimum of 1500 IP by a player in MLB history

	NAME	K/9	IP	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	Chris Sale C. Sale	11.13	2207.0	414	157	95	.623	333	2.96	2,730	16	3	12	1,790	727	785	221	515	140	25	15	8,883	48	2.10	5.30	0.90	30.7	5.8	1.04	.297	3.20	70	2.85	68	7.30	327.3
2	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	10.83	1658.1	270	104	72	.591	270	2.66	1,995	4	2	0	1,277	491	528	163	375	25	0	16	6,531	33	2.04	5.32	0.88	30.5	5.7	1.00	.280	2.87	68	2.74	67	6.93	250.6
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	10.61	4135.1	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	4,875	100	37	2	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	75	3.18	73	7.28	554.3
4	Robbie Ray R. Ray	10.57	1572.2	289	98	88	.527	284	3.89	1,847	2	1	0	1,360	679	730	233	673	52	1	19	6,651	65	3.85	2.74	1.33	27.8	10.1	1.29	.293	4.18	93	4.10	100	7.78	-2.7
5	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	10.55	3004.0	493	221	122	.644	484	3.26	3,520	12	5	0	2,476	1,089	1,162	365	796	115	2	20	12,168	81	2.38	4.42	1.09	28.9	6.5	1.09	.286	3.48	78	3.27	79	7.42	292.9
6	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	10.50	1778.0	297	115	93	.553	297	3.65	2,075	2	1	0	1,460	721	756	231	563	83	0	8	7,305	83	2.85	3.69	1.17	28.4	7.7	1.14	.282	3.83	87	3.58	85	7.39	120
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	10.34	2034.2	331	159	85	.652	331	3.18	2,338	8	5	0	1,697	720	770	228	517	62	0	7	8,190	58	2.29	4.52	1.01	28.5	6.3	1.09	.291	3.41	79	3.16	77	7.51	220.7
8	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	10.04	2827.1	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	3,154	46	17	3	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
9	Aaron Nola A. Nola	9.80	1840.2	309	112	98	.533	309	3.94	2,005	6	4	0	1,660	806	847	246	492	57	0	18	7,583	20	2.41	4.08	1.20	26.4	6.5	1.17	.296	4.14	93	3.61	84	8.12	136.3
10	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	9.62	2855.1	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	3,052	25	15	0	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.7
11	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	9.55	1843.2	303	123	79	.609	303	3.26	1,957	5	3	0	1,561	667	721	180	519	79	0	14	7,540	42	2.53	3.77	0.88	26.0	6.9	1.13	.287	3.52	81	3.27	79	7.62	179.5
12	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	9.55	5386.0	807	324	292	.526	773	3.19	5,714	222	61	3	3,923	1,911	2,178	321	2,795	158	13	78	22,575	277	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	90	2.96	83	6.56	370.2
13	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	9.46	1641.2	271	116	77	.601	260	3.44	1,725	18	8	1	1,486	627	684	177	368	65	4	9	6,688	31	2.02	4.69	0.97	25.8	5.5	1.13	.301	3.75	83	3.22	78	8.15	161.7
14	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	9.43	1521.1	265	87	93	.483	262	3.66	1,594	1	0	0	1,322	618	678	191	488	53	2	9	6,308	21	2.89	3.27	1.13	25.3	7.7	1.19	.284	4.01	89	3.77	90	7.82	73.5
15	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	9.29	1682.0	278	110	89	.553	270	3.74	1,736	10	7	1	1,506	699	746	147	669	44	3	33	7,120	107	3.58	2.59	0.79	24.4	9.4	1.29	.300	3.99	99	3.44	90	8.06	81.5
16	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	9.28	2324.1	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	2,396	137	40	9	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	75	2.69	75	6.79	226.6
17	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	9.18	2050.0	386	118	124	.488	347	3.86	2,092	4	2	0	1,974	880	942	250	573	39	11	12	8,574	65	2.52	3.65	1.10	24.4	6.7	1.24	.307	4.14	93	3.59	85	8.67	144.4
18	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	9.04	2006.1	364	143	99	.591	340	3.74	2,015	4	2	1	1,856	834	916	231	704	89	4	21	8,520	61	3.16	2.86	1.04	23.7	8.3	1.28	.296	4.11	91	3.82	93	8.33	67.8
19	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	9.01	1813.2	419	112	114	.496	300	4.15	1,815	3	1	1	1,649	837	911	184	816	62	19	15	7,781	100	4.05	2.22	0.91	23.3	10.5	1.36	.299	4.52	101	3.88	95	8.18	39.3
20	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	8.99	1704.0	343	112	105	.516	286	4.24	1,703	11	4	2	1,694	803	843	224	471	58	29	21	7,146	61	2.49	3.62	1.18	23.8	6.6	1.27	.313	4.45	102	3.78	91	8.95	71.3
21	Sonny Gray S. Gray	8.96	2043.2	361	139	105	.570	352	3.53	2,035	7	5	0	1,787	802	876	205	654	62	2	5	8,462	107	2.88	3.11	0.90	24.0	7.7	1.19	.287	3.86	85	3.51	85	7.87	144.1
22	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	8.96	3571.1	556	266	159	.626	556	3.33	3,554	26	9	0	3,052	1,322	1,433	372	1,006	121	0	28	14,626	100	2.54	3.53	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	79	3.44	81	7.69	309.9
23	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	8.86	2492.1	425	141	134	.513	346	3.17	2,453	103	23	14	1,948	879	999	164	1,312	59	39	74	10,587	140	4.74	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.61	90	3.06	84	7.03	160.4
24	Johan Santana J. Santana	8.83	2025.2	360	139	78	.641	284	3.20	1,988	15	10	1	1,726	721	773	220	567	36	23	13	8,262	68	2.52	3.51	0.98	24.1	6.9	1.13	.276	3.43	74	3.43	81	7.67	187.6
25	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	8.73	1976.1	323	123	109	.530	318	4.24	1,918	16	9	0	1,768	932	993	251	908	38	2	31	8,462	109	4.13	2.11	1.14	22.7	10.7	1.35	.284	4.52	102	4.22	98	8.05	14.5

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