pitchers with the highest average strikeouts per game first four innings 2022

Jacob deGrom had the most strikeouts per game pitched in 2022, with 9.27.

	NAME	SO/G	IP	SO	G	SEASON	TM	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	9.27	64.1	102	11	2022	NYM	5	4	.556	11	3.08	0	0	0	40	22	22	9	8	0	0	0	239	0	14.27	1.12	12.75	1.26	42.7	3.3	0.75	.258	3.08	80	2.13	54	5.60	13.1
2	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	7.82	166.0	219	28	2022	LAA	15	9	.625	28	2.33	0	0	0	124	43	45	14	44	2	0	0	660	14	11.87	2.39	4.98	0.76	33.2	6.7	1.01	.289	2.44	59	2.40	60	6.72	29.5
3	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	7.79	200.2	257	33	2022	NYY	13	8	.619	33	3.50	0	0	0	154	78	81	33	50	2	0	0	793	2	11.53	2.24	5.14	1.48	32.4	6.3	1.02	.268	3.63	92	3.46	87	6.91	11.5
4	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	7.65	178.0	237	31	2022	SFG	14	8	.636	31	2.88	1	0	0	131	57	59	12	52	3	0	0	710	10	11.98	2.63	4.56	0.61	33.4	7.3	1.03	.293	2.98	74	2.25	59	6.62	32.2
5	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	7.52	145.1	173	23	2022	NYM	11	5	.688	23	2.29	0	0	0	108	37	39	13	24	11	0	0	565	1	10.71	1.49	7.21	0.81	30.6	4.2	0.91	.276	2.42	60	2.61	66	6.69	21.7
6	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	7.36	202.0	243	33	2022	MIL	12	8	.600	33	2.94	0	0	0	144	66	73	23	51	13	0	0	797	10	10.83	2.27	4.76	1.02	30.5	6.4	0.97	.259	3.25	73	3.13	78	6.42	20
7	Aaron Nola A. Nola	7.34	205.0	235	32	2022	PHI	11	13	.458	32	3.25	2	1	0	168	74	75	19	29	9	0	1	807	2	10.32	1.27	8.10	0.83	29.1	3.6	0.96	.289	3.29	80	2.57	63	7.38	33.5
8	Blake Snell B. Snell	7.13	128.0	171	24	2022	SDP	8	10	.444	24	3.38	0	0	0	103	48	51	11	51	2	0	0	535	6	12.02	3.59	3.35	0.77	32.0	9.5	1.20	.307	3.59	89	2.79	71	7.24	16.5
9	Dylan Cease D. Cease	7.09	184.0	227	32	2022	CWS	14	8	.636	32	2.20	1	1	0	126	45	55	16	78	3	0	2	747	7	11.10	3.82	2.91	0.78	30.4	10.4	1.11	.260	2.69	56	3.09	75	6.16	20.1
10	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	7.04	153.1	190	27	2022	MIL	13	4	.765	27	3.05	0	0	0	122	52	56	18	42	5	0	0	620	2	11.15	2.47	4.52	1.06	30.6	6.8	1.07	.285	3.29	75	3.07	76	7.16	16.1
11	Shane McClanahan S. McClanahan	6.93	166.1	194	28	2022	TBR	12	8	.600	28	2.54	0	0	0	116	47	52	19	38	3	0	1	641	9	10.50	2.06	5.11	1.03	30.3	5.9	0.93	.251	2.81	69	3.00	79	6.28	14.8
12	Nick Lodolo N. Lodolo	6.89	103.1	131	19	2022	CIN	4	7	.364	19	3.66	0	0	0	90	42	44	13	39	19	0	0	441	6	11.41	3.40	3.36	1.13	29.7	8.8	1.25	.322	3.83	86	3.89	93	7.84	3.4
13	Andrew Heaney A. Heaney	6.88	72.2	110	16	2022	LAD	4	4	.500	14	3.10	0	0	0	60	25	34	14	19	9	1	0	310	0	13.62	2.35	5.79	1.73	35.5	6.1	1.09	.291	4.21	79	3.74	93	7.43	2.3
14	Hunter Greene H. Greene	6.83	125.2	164	24	2022	CIN	5	13	.278	24	4.44	1	1	0	104	62	64	24	48	10	0	0	531	4	11.75	3.44	3.42	1.72	30.9	9.0	1.21	.281	4.58	104	4.36	104	7.45	-2.1
15	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	6.68	150.1	167	25	2022	TOT	8	6	.571	25	2.99	0	0	0	118	50	56	13	45	8	0	0	615	0	10.00	2.69	3.71	0.78	27.2	7.3	1.08	.275	3.35	75	3.07	76	7.06	15.9
16	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	6.67	100.1	120	18	2022	MIA	4	7	.364	18	3.32	0	0	0	69	37	40	10	35	2	0	0	400	5	10.76	3.14	3.43	0.90	30.0	8.8	1.04	.253	3.59	82	3.12	80	6.19	8.9
17	Robbie Ray R. Ray	6.63	189.0	212	32	2022	SEA	12	12	.500	32	3.71	0	0	0	163	78	80	32	62	7	0	0	775	5	10.10	2.95	3.42	1.52	27.4	8.0	1.19	.284	3.81	100	4.16	109	7.76	-7.6
18	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	6.61	174.2	205	31	2022	TOR	12	10	.545	31	3.35	0	0	0	188	65	72	15	28	1	0	0	725	2	10.56	1.44	7.32	0.77	28.3	3.9	1.24	.363	3.71	87	2.37	59	9.69	31.4
19	Charlie Morton C. Morton	6.61	172.0	205	31	2022	ATL	9	6	.600	31	4.34	0	0	0	149	83	85	28	63	18	0	0	728	4	10.73	3.30	3.25	1.47	28.2	8.7	1.23	.292	4.45	106	4.25	108	7.80	-6
20	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	6.61	175.0	185	28	2022	HOU	18	4	.818	28	1.75	0	0	0	116	34	43	12	29	6	0	0	666	3	9.51	1.49	6.38	0.62	27.8	4.4	0.83	.240	2.21	46	2.48	64	5.97	27.7
21	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	6.57	194.2	197	30	2022	SDP	16	8	.667	30	3.10	0	0	0	148	67	67	22	37	12	0	0	771	4	9.11	1.71	5.32	1.02	25.6	4.8	0.95	.250	3.10	81	3.31	84	6.84	13.9
22	Spencer Strider S. Strider	6.52	131.2	202	31	2022	ATL	11	5	.688	20	2.67	0	0	0	86	39	42	7	45	3	3	1	528	6	13.81	3.08	4.49	0.48	38.3	8.5	0.99	.292	2.87	65	1.82	46	5.88	31.3
23	Sandy Alcantara S. Alcantara	6.47	228.2	207	32	2022	MIA	14	9	.609	32	2.28	6	1	0	174	58	67	16	50	9	0	1	886	3	8.15	1.97	4.14	0.63	23.4	5.6	0.98	.262	2.64	56	2.98	76	6.85	23.8
24	Cristian Javier C. Javier	6.47	148.2	194	30	2022	HOU	11	9	.550	25	2.54	0	0	0	89	42	44	17	52	6	0	0	585	5	11.74	3.15	3.73	1.03	33.2	8.9	0.95	.228	2.66	66	3.15	81	5.39	12.4
25	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	6.39	200.0	198	31	2022	CLE	13	8	.619	31	2.88	1	0	0	172	64	70	18	36	2	0	0	791	5	8.91	1.62	5.50	0.81	25.0	4.6	1.04	.287	3.15	76	2.87	74	7.74	22.3