pitcher most stikeouts per game before all star break

Kevin Morton has the most career strikeouts per game pitched before the All-Star Game, with 9.

	NAME	SO/G	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Kevin Morton K. Morton	9	9	1	1	0	1.000	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	32	0	9.00	1.00	9.00	1.00	28.1	3.1	0.67	.190	1.00	5.00
2	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	8.09	89	11	6	0	1.000	11	1.90	0	0	0	66.1	48	14	14	7	13	3	0	0	255	1	12.08	1.76	6.85	0.95	34.9	5.1	0.92	.287	1.90	6.51
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	7.7	2,642	343	170	98	.634	342	3.55	52	18	0	2279.2	1,876	898	999	247	854	111	1	18	9,429	64	10.43	3.37	3.09	0.98	28.0	9.1	1.20	.292	3.94	7.41
4	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	7.6	342	45	22	11	.667	45	2.57	0	0	0	276.2	200	79	92	19	84	8	0	7	1,100	8	11.13	2.73	4.07	0.62	31.1	7.6	1.03	.280	2.99	6.51
5	Juan Pena J. Pena	7.5	15	2	2	0	1.000	2	0.69	0	0	0	13.0	9	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	49	0	10.38	2.08	5.00	0.00	30.6	6.1	0.92	.290	0.69	6.23
6	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	7.46	403	54	24	10	.706	54	3.05	0	0	0	303.2	213	103	108	33	120	17	0	0	1,237	33	11.94	3.56	3.36	0.98	32.6	9.7	1.10	.271	3.20	6.31
7	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	7.43	1,931	260	126	65	.660	253	3.16	9	4	0	1619.2	1,304	569	615	191	418	72	2	12	6,525	33	10.73	2.32	4.62	1.06	29.6	6.4	1.06	.284	3.42	7.25
8	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	7.42	883	119	44	31	.587	119	2.51	2	1	0	747.0	576	208	225	69	179	16	0	10	2,955	14	10.64	2.16	4.93	0.83	29.9	6.1	1.01	.280	2.71	6.94
9	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	7.28	3,173	436	184	158	.538	423	3.25	130	43	2	2967.0	2,163	1,072	1,205	193	1,543	85	6	41	12,420	145	9.62	4.68	2.06	0.59	25.5	12.4	1.25	.265	3.66	6.56
10	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	7.15	1,731	242	117	57	.672	242	2.65	15	10	0	1568.0	1,193	461	492	133	394	25	0	14	6,187	53	9.94	2.26	4.39	0.76	28.0	6.4	1.01	.272	2.82	6.85
11	Spencer Strider S. Strider	7.12	292	41	15	5	.750	30	3.45	0	0	0	188.0	138	72	78	19	69	7	3	2	770	10	13.98	3.30	4.23	0.91	37.9	9.0	1.10	.311	3.73	6.61
12	Dylan Cease D. Cease	7.08	545	77	28	19	.596	77	3.65	1	1	0	419.1	342	170	191	47	169	17	0	3	1,772	23	11.70	3.63	3.22	1.01	30.8	9.5	1.22	.297	4.10	7.34
13	Kodai Senga K. Senga	7.06	113	16	7	5	.583	16	3.31	0	0	0	89.2	68	33	37	10	47	2	0	0	383	8	11.34	4.72	2.40	1.00	29.5	12.3	1.28	.275	3.71	6.83
14	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	7.05	1,029	146	67	40	.626	146	3.39	0	0	0	878.2	754	331	372	91	248	38	0	16	3,610	21	10.54	2.54	4.15	0.93	28.5	6.9	1.14	.301	3.81	7.72
15	Chris Saenz C. Saenz	7	7	1	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	6.0	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	24	0	10.50	4.50	2.33	0.00	29.2	12.5	0.83	.154	0.00	3.00
16	Mark Prior M. Prior	6.94	354	51	17	16	.515	51	3.70	2	1	0	311.2	270	128	142	37	104	13	0	5	1,308	12	10.22	3.00	3.40	1.07	27.1	8.0	1.20	.291	4.10	7.80
17	Robbie Ray R. Ray	6.91	781	113	40	36	.526	112	3.70	1	1	0	642.2	555	264	283	93	258	19	0	9	2,704	22	10.94	3.61	3.03	1.30	28.9	9.5	1.27	.297	3.96	7.77
18	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	6.85	1,158	169	84	37	.694	169	3.11	3	3	0	1033.1	871	357	383	118	283	34	0	1	4,185	34	10.09	2.46	4.09	1.03	27.7	6.8	1.12	.291	3.34	7.59
19	Chris Sale C. Sale	6.85	1,384	202	90	40	.692	168	2.90	11	3	2	1136.2	867	366	390	104	252	62	10	3	4,513	26	10.96	2.00	5.49	0.82	30.7	5.6	0.98	.281	3.09	6.86
20	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	6.85	534	78	31	19	.620	77	3.37	3	1	0	481.0	437	180	190	53	123	14	1	0	1,973	20	9.99	2.30	4.34	0.99	27.1	6.2	1.16	.307	3.56	8.18
21	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	6.84	1,791	262	123	44	.737	226	2.81	23	8	2	1581.1	1,198	493	542	130	416	81	8	21	6,331	34	10.19	2.37	4.31	0.74	28.3	6.6	1.02	.273	3.08	6.82
22	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	6.79	1,087	160	61	45	.575	160	3.63	1	1	0	963.1	785	389	409	117	339	51	0	3	3,991	49	10.16	3.17	3.21	1.09	27.2	8.5	1.17	.279	3.82	7.33
23	Danny Salazar D. Salazar	6.76	365	54	23	16	.590	52	3.90	0	0	0	305.0	274	132	143	41	118	9	2	6	1,287	14	10.77	3.48	3.09	1.21	28.4	9.2	1.29	.309	4.22	8.09
24	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	6.66	2,549	383	188	99	.655	382	3.15	58	22	0	2666.1	2,245	932	1,033	210	850	84	0	31	10,972	75	8.60	2.87	3.00	0.71	23.2	7.7	1.16	.280	3.49	7.58
25	Hunter Greene H. Greene	6.65	339	51	11	19	.367	51	4.30	1	1	0	274.0	228	131	135	42	116	22	0	0	1,166	9	11.14	3.81	2.92	1.38	29.1	9.9	1.26	.287	4.43	7.49