pitchers with the highest strikeouts per nine innings from 2817 to 2018

Gerrit Cole had the best K/9 in 2018, with 12.40 per nine innings.

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pitchers with the highest strikeouts per nine innings with a minimum of 1 IP per team game from 2817 to 2018

	NAME	K/9	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	12.40	2018	HOU	32	15	5	.750	32	2.88	276	1	1	0	200.1	143	64	68	19	64	7	0	0	799	9	2.88	4.31	0.85	34.5	8.0	1.03	.286	3.05	70	2.70	65	6.42	32.7
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	12.24	2018	WSH	33	18	7	.720	33	2.53	300	2	1	0	220.2	150	62	66	23	51	12	0	4	866	4	2.08	5.88	0.94	34.6	5.9	0.91	.265	2.69	62	2.65	64	6.12	36.1
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	12.20	2018	HOU	34	16	9	.640	34	2.52	290	1	1	0	214.0	156	60	63	28	37	8	0	0	833	5	1.56	7.84	1.18	34.8	4.4	0.90	.272	2.65	62	2.78	67	6.56	33
4	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	11.34	2018	CLE	28	12	6	.667	27	2.21	221	0	0	1	175.1	134	43	51	9	57	9	1	2	717	12	2.93	3.88	0.46	30.8	7.9	1.09	.297	2.62	50	2.43	57	6.88	35
5	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	11.16	2018	NYM	32	10	9	.526	32	1.70	269	1	0	0	217.0	152	41	48	10	46	5	0	3	835	2	1.91	5.85	0.41	32.2	5.5	0.91	.281	1.99	44	1.98	50	6.30	49
6	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	11.07	2018	ARI	33	11	7	.611	33	3.15	246	1	1	0	200.0	162	70	70	15	48	5	0	3	800	8	2.16	5.13	0.68	30.8	6.0	1.05	.302	3.15	78	2.47	62	7.29	34.2
7	Blake Snell B. Snell	11.01	2018	TBR	31	21	5	.808	31	1.89	221	0	0	0	180.2	112	38	41	16	64	1	0	2	700	13	3.19	3.45	0.80	31.6	9.1	0.97	.241	2.04	46	2.94	72	5.58	23.1
8	Charlie Morton C. Morton	10.83	2018	HOU	30	15	3	.833	30	3.13	201	0	0	0	167.0	130	58	63	18	64	16	0	0	695	4	3.45	3.14	0.97	28.9	9.2	1.16	.283	3.40	76	3.59	87	7.01	10.4
9	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	10.83	2018	CLE	32	17	10	.630	30	3.38	231	2	0	0	192.0	173	72	78	21	43	6	1	4	784	9	2.02	5.37	0.98	29.5	5.5	1.13	.315	3.66	77	2.94	69	8.11	27.6
10	Germán Márquez G. Márquez	10.56	2018	COL	33	14	11	.560	33	3.77	230	0	0	0	196.0	179	82	90	24	57	8	0	5	817	8	2.62	4.04	1.10	28.2	7.0	1.20	.311	4.13	82	3.39	80	8.22	18.4
11	Luis Severino L. Severino	10.35	2018	NYY	32	19	8	.704	32	3.39	220	1	1	0	191.1	173	72	76	19	46	5	0	0	780	8	2.16	4.78	0.89	28.2	5.9	1.14	.314	3.57	79	2.95	68	8.14	28.6
12	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	10.32	2018	PHI	33	7	14	.333	32	4.77	188	0	0	0	164.0	163	87	91	24	51	5	1	0	694	8	2.80	3.69	1.32	27.1	7.3	1.30	.326	4.99	119	3.79	91	8.95	7.1
13	Mike Foltynewicz M. Foltynewicz	9.93	2018	ATL	31	13	10	.565	31	2.85	202	2	1	0	183.0	130	58	65	17	68	6	0	3	744	7	3.34	2.97	0.84	27.2	9.1	1.08	.251	3.20	69	3.37	84	6.39	13.3
14	J.A. Happ	9.78	2018	TOT	31	17	6	.739	31	3.65	193	0	0	0	177.2	150	72	81	27	51	9	0	0	733	4	2.58	3.78	1.37	26.3	7.0	1.13	.272	4.10	85	3.97	93	7.60	6.2
15	Dylan Bundy D. Bundy	9.65	2018	BAL	31	8	16	.333	31	5.45	184	1	0	0	171.2	188	104	116	41	54	6	0	1	750	6	2.83	3.41	2.15	24.5	7.2	1.41	.316	6.08	128	5.16	117	9.86	-13.8
16	Jon Gray J. Gray	9.56	2018	COL	31	12	9	.571	31	5.12	183	0	0	0	172.1	180	98	102	27	52	6	0	1	743	6	2.72	3.52	1.41	24.6	7.0	1.35	.322	5.33	112	4.08	96	9.40	3.7
17	Aaron Nola A. Nola	9.49	2018	PHI	33	17	6	.739	33	2.37	224	0	0	0	212.1	149	56	57	17	58	7	0	3	831	4	2.46	3.86	0.72	27.0	7.0	0.97	.251	2.42	59	3.00	72	6.32	27.2
18	José Berríos J. Berríos	9.45	2018	MIN	32	12	11	.522	32	3.84	202	2	1	0	192.1	159	82	83	25	61	13	0	1	797	2	2.85	3.31	1.17	25.3	7.7	1.14	.270	3.88	89	3.90	92	7.44	7.1
19	Zack Godley Z. Godley	9.34	2018	ARI	33	15	11	.577	32	4.74	185	0	0	0	178.1	177	94	103	16	81	12	0	2	791	17	4.09	2.28	0.81	23.4	10.2	1.45	.324	5.20	117	3.81	96	8.93	3.3
20	Mike Clevinger M. Clevinger	9.32	2018	CLE	32	13	8	.619	32	3.02	207	1	1	0	200.0	164	67	71	21	67	4	0	0	810	4	3.02	3.09	0.95	25.6	8.3	1.16	.280	3.20	69	3.52	83	7.38	15.9
21	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	9.29	2018	CLE	33	20	7	.741	33	2.89	222	2	1	0	215.0	179	69	75	25	34	3	0	0	842	2	1.42	6.53	1.05	26.4	4.0	0.99	.276	3.14	66	3.12	74	7.49	26.5
22	David Price D. Price	9.05	2018	BOS	30	16	7	.696	30	3.58	177	1	0	0	176.0	151	70	75	25	50	10	0	0	722	1	2.56	3.54	1.28	24.5	6.9	1.14	.274	3.84	81	4.01	96	7.72	3.4
23	Andrew Heaney A. Heaney	9.00	2018	LAA	30	9	10	.474	30	4.15	180	1	1	0	180.0	171	83	91	27	45	8	0	0	749	9	2.25	4.00	1.35	24.0	6.0	1.20	.294	4.55	98	3.99	93	8.55	5.7
24	Rick Porcello R. Porcello	8.94	2018	BOS	33	17	7	.708	33	4.28	190	1	0	0	191.1	177	91	97	27	48	16	0	0	808	3	2.26	3.96	1.27	23.5	5.9	1.18	.285	4.56	97	4.01	96	8.33	3.8
25	Derek Holland D. Holland	8.88	2018	SFG	36	7	9	.438	30	3.57	169	0	0	0	171.1	154	68	74	19	67	4	1	6	727	2	3.52	2.52	1.00	23.2	9.2	1.29	.288	3.89	92	3.87	100	8.09	-0.5

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Alvarez

RBI

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Alvarez

AVG

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Team Pitching Leaders

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Lambert

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ERA

3.03

Lambert

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11th

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ERA

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	51	50	.505
Mariners	51	51	.500	0.5
Astros	49	54	.476	3.0
Athletics	43	58	.426	8.0
Angels	41	61	.402	10.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 7/22	MIA	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Fri 7/24	HOU	@	CWS	7:40 PM
Sat 7/25	HOU	@	CWS	7:10 PM
Sun 7/26	HOU	@	CWS	2:10 PM
Mon 7/27	HOU	@	LAA	9:38 PM

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52 - 50

Final

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49 - 54

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HR Leaders

33

Alvarez

33

Schwarber

31

Goodman

RBI Leaders

76

Walker

76

Abrams

75

Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

.332

Lopez

.326

Alvarez

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Arraez

Hit Leaders

130

Lopez

122

Arraez

120

Alvarez

Run Leaders

94

Wood

71

Reynolds

69

Neto

OBP Leaders

.432

Alvarez

.405

Kurtz

.404

Soto

SLG Leaders

.649

Alvarez

.594

Rice

.572

Buxton

SB Leaders

37

Nuñez

30

Witt

26

Chisholm

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

12

Burns

12

Sánchez

12

Gray

Strikeout Leaders

173

Misiorowski

155

Cease

151

Sánchez

ERA Leaders

1.57

Misiorowski

2.06

Sale

2.20

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.77

Misiorowski

0.88

Yamamoto

0.96

Schlittler

K/9 Leaders

13.54

Misiorowski

13.37

Cease

11.16

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K/BB Leaders

6.18

Misiorowski

6.04

Sánchez

5.80

Schlittler

Walk Leaders

18

Rasmussen

20

Martinez

21

Wrobleski

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FanDuel Points Leaders

1,809.2

Ohtani

1,537.8

Wood

1,416.1

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,246.6

Ohtani

1,141

Wood

1,064

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60-42

58-42

57-43

55-45

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Worst Record ATS

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45-57

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	58	42	.580
Phillies	56	46	.549	3.0
Marlins	52	50	.510	7.0
Nationals	51	51	.500	8.0
Mets	43	59	.422	16.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	63	38	.624
Cubs	57	44	.564	6.0
Pirates	52	49	.515	11.0
Cardinals	51	49	.510	11.5
Reds	46	54	.460	16.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	64	38	.627
Diamondbacks	52	49	.515	11.5
Padres	50	51	.495	13.5
Giants	42	59	.416	21.5
Rockies	41	62	.398	23.5

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Rays	58	42	.580
Yankees	56	44	.560	2.0
Red Sox	51	48	.515	6.5
Orioles	49	52	.485	9.5
Blue Jays	46	55	.455	12.5
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White Sox	53	47	.530
Guardians	54	48	.529
Twins	49	53	.480	5.0
Tigers	47	54	.465	6.5
Royals	42	60	.412	12.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	51	50	.505
Mariners	51	51	.500	0.5
Astros	49	54	.476	3.0
Athletics	43	58	.426	8.0
Angels	41	61	.402	10.5

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Sat 7/4	TOR	@	SEA	0-11
Sat 7/4	BAL	@	CIN	8-5

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Wed 7/22	PIT	@	NYY	1:05 PM
Wed 7/22	BAL	@	BOS	1:35 PM
Wed 7/22	SFG	@	KCR	2:10 PM
Wed 7/22	NYM	@	MIL	2:10 PM
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Gerrit Cole had the best K/9 in 2018, with 12.40 per nine innings.

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