starting pitchers with a minimum of 4 starts with the most strikeouts per 9 last 70 days

Between April 20, 2025 and June 29, 2025, Cole Ragans has the best K/9 by a starting pitcher when starting 4+ games, with 14.57 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
14.57
5
5
1
2
.333
7.29
34
0
0
0
21.0
23
17
17
3
9
1
0
0
95
2
3.86
3.78
1.29
35.8
9.5
1.52
.417
7.29
9.86
2 Logan Gilbert
L. Gilbert
12.76
4
4
1
1
.500
4.91
26
0
0
0
18.1
16
10
10
5
2
1
0
0
73
1
0.98
13.00
2.45
35.6
2.7
0.98
.282
4.91
7.85
3 Tylor Megill
T. Megill
12.67
10
10
3
3
.500
4.96
69
0
0
0
49.0
41
27
30
6
26
6
0
0
219
2
4.78
2.65
1.10
31.5
11.9
1.37
.313
5.51
7.53
4 Logan Henderson
L. Henderson
12.43
4
4
3
0
1.000
1.71
29
0
0
0
21.0
14
4
4
3
6
0
0
0
81
0
2.57
4.83
1.29
35.8
7.4
0.95
.256
1.71
6.00
5 Will Warren
W. Warren
12.11
13
13
4
4
.500
4.18
87
0
0
0
64.2
58
30
32
4
26
2
0
0
281
2
3.62
3.35
0.56
31.0
9.3
1.30
.333
4.45
8.07
6 Zebby Matthews
Z. Matthews
11.84
4
4
1
1
.500
5.21
25
0
0
0
19.0
20
11
11
2
8
0
0
0
83
0
3.79
3.13
0.95
30.1
9.6
1.47
.375
5.21
9.47
7 Hunter Greene
H. Greene
11.79
6
6
2
1
.667
3.10
38
0
0
0
29.0
26
10
10
5
8
0
0
0
119
0
2.48
4.75
1.55
31.9
6.7
1.17
.309
3.10
8.07
8 Dylan Cease
D. Cease
11.79
13
13
2
6
.250
3.93
93
0
0
0
71.0
61
31
33
8
29
3
0
0
302
2
3.68
3.21
1.01
30.8
9.6
1.27
.314
4.18
7.73
9 Hunter Brown
H. Brown
11.68
12
12
6
2
.750
1.82
96
1
0
0
74.0
44
15
15
7
23
3
0
0
281
0
2.80
4.17
0.85
34.2
8.2
0.91
.243
1.82
5.35
10 Garrett Crochet
G. Crochet
11.64
12
12
5
3
.625
2.44
100
0
0
0
77.1
61
21
21
8
21
0
0
0
308
2
2.44
4.76
0.93
32.5
6.8
1.06
.296
2.44
7.10
11 Tarik Skubal
T. Skubal
11.49
12
12
7
0
1.000
2.18
100
1
1
0
78.1
56
19
19
5
9
3
0
0
296
1
1.03
11.11
0.57
33.8
3.0
0.83
.285
2.18
6.43
12 Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
11.31
11
11
5
2
.714
1.86
85
0
0
0
67.2
41
14
16
5
19
1
0
0
261
1
2.53
4.47
0.67
32.6
7.3
0.89
.238
2.13
5.45
13 Chris Sale
C. Sale
11.18
10
10
5
2
.714
1.23
82
0
0
0
66.0
47
9
10
3
19
4
0
0
260
1
2.59
4.32
0.41
31.5
7.3
1.00
.289
1.36
6.41
14 Lance McCullers Jr.
L. McCullers Jr.
11.02
8
8
1
3
.250
6.61
40
0
0
0
32.2
33
24
26
7
20
4
0
0
158
1
5.51
2.00
1.93
25.3
12.7
1.62
.299
7.16
9.09
15 MacKenzie Gore
M. Gore
10.80
12
12
1
6
.143
2.96
84
0
0
0
70.0
62
23
24
8
22
2
0
0
287
5
2.83
3.82
1.03
29.3
7.7
1.20
.316
3.09
7.97
16 Grant Holmes
G. Holmes
10.80
13
13
3
6
.333
3.68
88
0
0
0
73.1
62
30
31
12
32
3
0
0
309
2
3.93
2.75
1.47
28.5
10.4
1.28
.287
3.80
7.61
17 Joe Ryan
J. Ryan
10.77
11
11
7
2
.778
2.80
77
0
0
0
64.1
43
20
21
7
16
6
0
0
254
0
2.24
4.81
0.98
30.3
6.3
0.92
.243
2.94
6.02
18 Jacob Lopez
J. Lopez
10.75
7
7
2
3
.400
3.15
41
0
0
0
34.1
29
12
13
3
13
6
0
0
148
0
3.41
3.15
0.79
27.7
8.8
1.22
.306
3.41
7.60
19 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
20 Jack Flaherty
J. Flaherty
10.71
12
12
4
8
.333
5.57
75
0
0
0
63.0
55
39
40
14
26
2
0
0
266
1
3.71
2.88
2.00
28.2
9.8
1.29
.275
5.71
7.86
21 Spencer Strider
S. Strider
10.64
8
8
3
5
.375
3.89
52
0
0
0
44.0
31
19
20
4
19
3
0
0
181
1
3.89
2.74
0.82
28.7
10.5
1.14
.262
4.09
6.34
22 Ryan Gusto
R. Gusto
10.58
9
9
3
2
.600
5.40
49
0
0
0
41.2
46
25
25
7
16
2
0
0
188
0
3.46
3.06
1.51
26.1
8.5
1.49
.342
5.40
9.94
23 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
24 Brant Hurter
B. Hurter
10.29
4
4
0
1
.000
1.29
8
0
0
0
7.0
6
1
5
0
4
2
0
0
35
0
5.14
2.00
0.00
22.9
11.4
1.43
.286
6.43
7.71
25 Jesús Luzardo
J. Luzardo
10.25
13
13
5
4
.556
4.63
82
0
0
0
72.0
84
37
40
6
25
1
0
0
317
2
3.13
3.28
0.75
25.9
7.9
1.51
.384
5.00
10.50
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52
32
.619
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40
42
.488
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40
43
.482
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Royals Royals
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45
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
6/30
KCR KCR
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM
Tue
7/1
KCR KCR
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM
Wed
7/2
KCR KCR
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM
Thu
7/3
KCR KCR
@
SEA SEA
10:10 PM
Fri
7/4
KCR KCR
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AZ AZ
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Phillies Phillies
49
35
.583
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48
37
.565
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Cubs Cubs
49
35
.583
Brewers Brewers
47
37
.560
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53
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.624
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38
.542
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48
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.578
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.560
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52
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.619
Guardians Guardians
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42
.488
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.518
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
6/14
CIN CIN
@
DET DET
8-4
Sat
6/14
COL COL
@
ATL ATL
10-1
Sat
6/14
NYY NYY
@
BOS BOS
0-2
Sat
6/14
TOR TOR
@
PHI PHI
4-11
Sat
6/14
LAA LAA
@
BAL BAL
2-11

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
6/30
SDP SDP
@
PHI PHI
6:30 PM
Mon
6/30
STL STL
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Mon
6/30
NYY NYY
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Mon
6/30
CIN CIN
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Mon
6/30
ATH ATH
@
TBR TBR
7:35 PM