starting pitchers with a minimum of 2 games started with the most strikeouts per 9 in the last 30 days

Between May 22, 2025 and June 21, 2025, Lance McCullers Jr. has the highest K/9 by a starting pitcher when starting 2+ games, with 13.92 per nine innings.

NAME K/9 GS G W L W% 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 H/9
1 Lance McCullers Jr.
L. McCullers Jr.
13.92
4
4
1
1
.500
3.80
33
0
0
0
21.1
16
9
9
3
9
1
0
0
92
0
3.80
3.67
1.27
35.9
9.8
1.17
.283
3.80
6.75
2 Shawn Armstrong
S. Armstrong
13.50
2
2
0
1
.000
4.50
6
0
0
0
4.0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
14
0
2.25
6.00
2.25
42.9
7.1
0.50
.000
4.50
2.25
3 Brant Hurter
B. Hurter
13.50
3
3
0
1
.000
2.25
6
0
0
0
4.0
5
1
5
0
3
2
0
0
24
0
6.75
2.00
0.00
25.0
12.5
2.00
.385
11.25
11.25
4 Grant Holmes
G. Holmes
12.96
6
6
2
3
.400
3.24
48
0
0
0
33.1
29
12
13
4
14
2
0
0
140
0
3.78
3.43
1.08
34.3
10.0
1.29
.347
3.51
7.83
5 Garrett Crochet
G. Crochet
12.44
5
5
3
1
.750
2.65
47
0
0
0
34.0
26
10
10
4
6
0
0
0
134
2
1.59
7.83
1.06
35.1
4.5
0.94
.286
2.65
6.88
6 Dylan Cease
D. Cease
12.15
6
6
2
3
.400
4.32
45
0
0
0
33.1
32
16
16
1
14
2
0
0
146
1
3.78
3.21
0.27
30.8
9.6
1.38
.369
4.32
8.64
7 Will Warren
W. Warren
12.09
5
5
1
2
.333
6.45
30
0
0
0
22.1
21
16
16
2
11
0
0
0
98
1
4.43
2.73
0.81
30.6
11.2
1.43
.345
6.45
8.46
8 Spencer Strider
S. Strider
12.04
5
5
2
3
.400
3.25
37
0
0
0
27.2
18
10
11
3
11
1
0
0
113
0
3.58
3.36
0.98
32.7
9.7
1.05
.246
3.58
5.86
9 Cade Povich
C. Povich
11.90
4
4
0
2
.000
5.95
26
0
0
0
19.2
25
13
13
2
8
1
0
0
91
1
3.66
3.25
0.92
28.6
8.8
1.68
.426
5.95
11.44
10 Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
11.79
5
5
2
1
.667
2.48
38
0
0
0
29.0
18
8
9
2
10
0
0
0
115
1
3.10
3.80
0.62
33.0
8.7
0.97
.246
2.79
5.59
11 Charlie Morton
C. Morton
11.77
5
5
4
0
1.000
2.42
34
0
0
0
26.0
27
7
8
1
8
3
0
0
113
1
2.77
4.25
0.35
30.1
7.1
1.35
.388
2.77
9.35
12 Hunter Brown
H. Brown
11.66
5
5
2
0
1.000
1.53
38
0
0
0
29.1
16
5
5
3
12
3
0
0
113
0
3.68
3.17
0.92
33.6
10.6
0.95
.228
1.53
4.91
13 Jesús Luzardo
J. Luzardo
11.41
5
5
1
3
.250
10.65
30
0
0
0
23.2
41
28
28
5
10
0
0
0
119
0
3.80
3.00
1.90
25.2
8.4
2.15
.486
10.65
15.59
14 Jacob Lopez
J. Lopez
11.31
5
5
1
2
.333
3.28
31
0
0
0
24.2
20
9
10
3
8
4
0
0
105
0
2.92
3.88
1.09
29.5
7.6
1.14
.288
3.65
7.30
15 Zebby Matthews
Z. Matthews
11.25
3
3
1
0
1.000
3.94
20
0
0
0
16.0
15
7
7
2
5
0
0
0
66
0
2.81
4.00
1.13
30.3
7.6
1.25
.333
3.94
8.44
16 Spencer Schwellenbach
S. Schwellenbach
10.95
5
5
2
1
.667
2.80
43
1
0
0
35.1
29
11
14
5
4
0
0
0
136
1
1.02
10.75
1.27
31.6
2.9
0.93
.286
3.57
7.39
17 Edward Cabrera
E. Cabrera
10.95
5
5
2
1
.667
1.46
30
0
0
0
24.2
19
4
6
1
12
1
0
0
102
1
4.38
2.50
0.36
29.4
11.8
1.26
.310
2.19
6.93
18 Framber Valdez
F. Valdez
10.91
5
5
5
0
1.000
2.18
40
1
0
0
33.0
23
8
8
1
14
1
0
0
132
3
3.82
2.86
0.27
30.3
10.6
1.12
.289
2.18
6.27
19 Chris Sale
C. Sale
10.90
5
5
3
1
.750
0.78
42
0
0
0
34.2
19
3
3
1
11
2
0
0
133
0
2.86
3.82
0.26
31.6
8.3
0.87
.234
0.78
4.93
20 Ryan Gusto
R. Gusto
10.80
5
5
1
1
.500
3.86
28
0
0
0
23.1
26
10
10
3
10
1
0
0
105
0
3.86
2.80
1.16
26.7
9.5
1.54
.365
3.86
10.03
21 Logan Webb
L. Webb
10.59
5
5
2
1
.667
2.12
40
0
0
0
34.0
28
8
8
3
4
1
0
0
133
1
1.06
10.00
0.79
30.1
3.0
0.94
.294
2.12
7.41
22 Merrill Kelly
M. Kelly
10.55
5
5
1
1
.500
3.72
34
0
0
0
29.0
24
12
14
3
7
0
0
0
117
0
2.17
4.86
0.93
29.1
6.0
1.07
.288
4.34
7.45
23 Jack Flaherty
J. Flaherty
10.52
6
6
3
3
.500
5.40
37
0
0
0
31.2
22
19
19
5
16
2
0
0
133
1
4.55
2.31
1.42
27.8
12.0
1.20
.233
5.40
6.25
24 DL Hall
DL Hall
10.50
2
2
0
0
0.00
7
0
0
0
6.0
1
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
22
0
4.50
2.33
0.00
31.8
13.6
0.67
.083
0.00
1.50
25 Robbie Ray
R. Ray
10.50
5
5
2
2
.500
2.70
35
0
0
0
30.0
20
9
11
2
8
0
0
0
118
3
2.40
4.38
0.60
29.7
6.8
0.93
.247
3.30
6.00
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
6/22
HOU HOU
@
LAA LAA
4:07 PM
Tue
6/24
PHI PHI
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM
Wed
6/25
PHI PHI
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM
Thu
6/26
PHI PHI
@
HOU HOU
2:10 PM
Fri
6/27
CHC CHC
@
HOU HOU
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2

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Fri 20 Jun 2025

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.579
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Thu
6/5
TEX TEX
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WSH WSH
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STL STL
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Fri
6/6
CHC CHC
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DET DET
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6/22
DET DET
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