starting pitchers with a minimum of 4 starts with the most strikeouts per 9 in the last 34 days

Between April 21, 2025 and May 25, 2025, Cole Ragans has the best K/9 by a starting pitcher when starting 4+ games, with 15.00 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 Cole Ragans
C. Ragans
15.00
4
4
1
2
.333
6.00
30
0
0
0
18.0
18
12
12
2
6
0
0
0
77
2
3.00
5.00
1.00
39.0
7.8
1.33
.410
6.00
9.00
2 Tylor Megill
T. Megill
14.44
6
6
1
2
.333
5.02
46
0
0
0
28.2
23
16
16
3
16
3
0
0
127
1
5.02
2.88
0.94
36.2
12.6
1.36
.339
5.02
7.22
3 Tarik Skubal
T. Skubal
14.18
6
6
3
0
1.000
2.25
63
1
1
0
40.0
24
10
10
3
2
3
0
0
147
1
0.45
31.50
0.68
42.9
1.4
0.65
.276
2.25
5.40
4 Hunter Greene
H. Greene
13.26
4
4
2
0
1.000
2.84
28
0
0
0
19.0
14
6
6
4
4
0
0
0
75
0
1.89
7.00
1.89
37.3
5.3
0.95
.256
2.84
6.63
5 MacKenzie Gore
M. Gore
12.96
6
6
0
3
.000
3.51
48
0
0
0
33.1
30
13
13
5
13
0
0
0
138
1
3.51
3.69
1.35
34.8
9.4
1.29
.347
3.51
8.10
6 Will Warren
W. Warren
12.77
6
6
2
2
.500
3.48
44
0
0
0
31.0
29
12
14
2
9
1
0
0
135
1
2.61
4.89
0.58
32.6
6.7
1.23
.342
4.06
8.42
7 Joe Ryan
J. Ryan
12.60
4
4
3
0
1.000
0.72
35
0
0
0
25.0
12
2
2
2
3
1
0
0
91
0
1.08
11.67
0.72
38.5
3.3
0.60
.200
0.72
4.32
8 Gavin Williams
G. Williams
12.39
6
6
3
1
.750
3.49
39
0
0
0
28.1
31
11
11
4
16
0
0
0
126
2
5.08
2.44
1.27
31.0
12.7
1.66
.403
3.49
9.85
9 Hunter Brown
H. Brown
11.71
6
6
4
2
.667
2.39
49
1
0
0
37.2
25
10
10
4
11
0
0
0
145
0
2.63
4.45
0.96
33.8
7.6
0.96
.259
2.39
5.97
10 Ben Brown
B. Brown
11.17
6
6
1
2
.333
7.76
36
0
0
0
29.0
38
25
25
3
5
1
0
0
129
1
1.55
7.20
0.93
27.9
3.9
1.48
.417
7.76
11.79
11 Jack Flaherty
J. Flaherty
10.97
6
6
1
5
.167
5.63
39
0
0
0
32.0
31
20
21
9
9
0
0
0
133
0
2.53
4.33
2.53
29.3
6.8
1.25
.289
5.91
8.72
12 Chris Sale
C. Sale
10.80
6
6
2
1
.667
1.64
46
0
0
0
38.1
32
7
8
3
9
2
0
0
152
1
2.11
5.11
0.70
30.3
5.9
1.07
.315
1.88
7.51
13 Ryan Gusto
R. Gusto
10.80
4
4
1
1
.500
6.48
20
0
0
0
16.2
18
12
12
4
9
1
0
0
78
0
4.86
2.22
2.16
25.6
11.5
1.62
.318
6.48
9.72
14 Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
10.75
6
6
4
0
1.000
1.37
47
0
0
0
39.1
23
6
6
3
8
1
0
0
147
0
1.83
5.88
0.69
32.0
5.4
0.79
.227
1.37
5.26
15 Michael King
M. King
10.73
5
5
1
2
.333
2.60
33
0
0
0
27.2
20
8
11
3
7
1
0
0
111
0
2.28
4.71
0.98
29.7
6.3
0.98
.254
3.58
6.51
16 Dylan Cease
D. Cease
10.67
5
5
0
2
.000
3.14
34
0
0
0
28.2
18
10
11
5
11
1
0
0
114
1
3.45
3.09
1.57
29.8
9.6
1.01
.206
3.45
5.65
17 Garrett Crochet
G. Crochet
10.65
6
6
2
2
.500
2.72
43
0
0
0
36.1
32
11
11
4
12
0
0
0
149
0
2.97
3.58
0.99
28.9
8.1
1.21
.311
2.72
7.93
18 Pablo López
P. López
10.59
6
6
3
1
.750
2.65
40
0
0
0
34.0
25
10
10
1
7
3
0
0
136
0
1.85
5.71
0.26
29.4
5.1
0.94
.282
2.65
6.62
19 Carlos Rodón
C. Rodón
10.55
6
6
4
0
1.000
1.72
43
0
0
0
36.2
21
7
8
3
10
0
0
0
142
1
2.45
4.30
0.74
30.3
7.0
0.85
.209
1.96
5.15
20 Nick Pivetta
N. Pivetta
10.53
6
6
2
1
.667
3.51
39
0
0
0
33.1
25
13
14
5
13
1
0
0
137
0
3.51
3.00
1.35
28.5
9.5
1.14
.253
3.78
6.75
21 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
10.40
6
6
4
0
1.000
1.73
42
0
0
0
36.1
26
7
7
3
5
0
0
0
137
1
1.24
8.40
0.74
30.7
3.6
0.85
.264
1.73
6.44
22 Reese Olson
R. Olson
10.36
5
5
2
2
.500
1.88
33
0
0
0
28.2
17
6
6
1
9
2
0
0
112
2
2.83
3.67
0.31
29.5
8.0
0.91
.239
1.88
5.34
23 Cristopher Sánchez
C. Sánchez
10.31
6
6
2
1
.667
3.34
34
0
0
0
29.2
26
11
12
2
14
2
0
0
129
3
4.25
2.43
0.61
26.4
10.9
1.35
.312
3.64
7.89
24 Clarke Schmidt
C. Schmidt
10.23
6
6
1
2
.333
4.55
36
0
0
0
31.2
27
16
16
5
17
0
0
0
134
1
4.83
2.12
1.42
26.9
12.7
1.39
.289
4.55
7.67
25 Lance McCullers Jr.
L. McCullers Jr.
10.22
4
4
0
1
.000
6.57
14
0
0
0
12.1
15
9
11
2
10
3
0
0
67
1
7.30
1.40
1.46
20.9
14.9
2.03
.342
8.03
10.95
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HR

32

30th

R

179

28th

SO

434

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ERA

3.03

2nd

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
34
20
.630
Guardians Guardians
29
23
.558
4.0
Twins Twins
29
23
.558
4.0
Royals Royals
29
25
.537
5.0
White Sox White Sox
17
36
.321
16.5
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
5/26
CIN CIN
@
KCR KCR
4:10 PM
Tue
5/27
CIN CIN
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Wed
5/28
CIN CIN
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Fri
5/30
DET DET
@
KCR KCR
8:10 PM
Sat
5/31
DET DET
@
KCR KCR
4:10 PM
Last Game
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29 - 23

1

Final

2

KCR Royals

29 - 25

Sun 25 May 2025

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MLB 2025 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
Phillies Phillies
34
18
.654
Mets Mets
31
21
.596
3.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
Cubs Cubs
32
21
.604
Cardinals Cardinals
30
23
.566
2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
Dodgers Dodgers
32
20
.615
Giants Giants
31
22
.585
1.5
AL East W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
31
20
.608
Rays Rays
26
26
.500
5.5
AL Central W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
34
20
.630
Guardians Guardians
29
23
.558
4.0
AL West W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
29
23
.558
Astros Astros
28
25
.528
1.5

MLB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
5/9
PHI PHI
@
CLE CLE
7-1
Fri
5/9
MIA MIA
@
CWS CWS
3-1
Fri
5/9
CHC CHC
@
NYM NYM
6-5
Fri
5/9
BAL BAL
@
LAA LAA
2-5
Sat
5/10
CHC CHC
@
NYM NYM
2-6

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
5/25
NYY NYY
@
COL COL
3:10 PM
Sun
5/25
LAD LAD
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM
Mon
5/26
SFG SFG
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Mon
5/26
BOS BOS
@
MIL MIL
2:10 PM
Mon
5/26
COL COL
@
CHC CHC
2:20 PM