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

Between March 3, 2025 and May 12, 2025, Cole Ragans has the best K/9 by a starting pitcher when starting 4+ games, with 14.39 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
14.39
8
8
2
2
.500
4.20
65
0
0
0
40.2
37
19
20
4
13
1
0
0
171
2
2.88
5.00
0.89
38.0
7.6
1.23
.375
4.43
8.19
2 Logan Gilbert
L. Gilbert
13.05
6
6
1
1
.500
2.37
44
0
0
0
30.1
18
8
8
3
6
1
0
0
117
2
1.78
7.33
0.89
37.6
5.1
0.79
.238
2.37
5.34
3 MacKenzie Gore
M. Gore
12.82
9
9
2
4
.333
3.59
75
0
0
0
52.2
45
21
21
8
16
1
0
0
213
2
2.73
4.69
1.37
35.2
7.5
1.16
.327
3.59
7.69
4 Chris Sale
C. Sale
12.08
9
9
1
3
.250
3.97
64
0
0
0
47.2
54
21
23
5
13
5
0
0
212
2
2.45
4.92
0.94
30.2
6.1
1.41
.392
4.34
10.20
5 Hunter Greene
H. Greene
12.02
8
8
4
2
.667
2.36
61
0
0
0
45.2
29
12
12
7
8
2
0
0
176
2
1.58
7.63
1.38
34.7
4.5
0.81
.224
2.36
5.72
6 Andrew Abbott
A. Abbott
11.63
5
5
2
0
1.000
2.25
31
0
0
0
24.0
16
6
7
3
12
0
0
0
98
3
4.50
2.58
1.13
31.6
12.2
1.17
.250
2.63
6.00
7 Tylor Megill
T. Megill
11.51
8
8
3
3
.500
3.10
52
0
0
0
40.2
34
14
18
3
17
3
0
0
176
1
3.76
3.06
0.66
29.5
9.7
1.25
.307
3.98
7.52
8 Tyler Glasnow
T. Glasnow
11.50
5
5
1
0
1.000
4.50
23
0
0
0
18.0
12
9
9
4
11
1
0
0
77
3
5.50
2.09
2.00
29.9
14.3
1.28
.211
4.50
6.00
9 Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
11.48
9
9
4
1
.800
2.95
74
0
0
0
58.0
42
19
19
8
11
2
0
0
223
0
1.71
6.73
1.24
33.2
4.9
0.91
.266
2.95
6.52
10 Tarik Skubal
T. Skubal
11.33
8
8
4
2
.667
2.08
60
0
0
0
47.2
37
11
11
4
5
2
0
0
184
0
0.94
12.00
0.76
32.6
2.7
0.88
.292
2.08
6.99
11 Carlos Rodón
C. Rodón
11.03
9
9
4
3
.571
3.29
67
0
0
0
54.2
33
20
22
8
20
0
0
0
215
1
3.29
3.35
1.32
31.2
9.3
0.97
.208
3.62
5.43
12 Jack Flaherty
J. Flaherty
10.98
8
8
1
5
.167
4.61
50
0
0
0
41.0
37
21
22
9
14
1
0
0
173
0
3.07
3.57
1.98
28.9
8.1
1.24
.283
4.83
8.12
13 Gavin Williams
G. Williams
10.95
8
8
3
2
.600
4.38
45
0
0
0
37.0
41
18
20
6
23
0
0
0
167
5
5.59
1.96
1.46
26.9
13.8
1.73
.376
4.86
9.97
14 Sean Newcomb
S. Newcomb
10.88
5
5
0
3
.000
4.43
27
0
0
0
22.1
32
11
15
1
11
1
0
0
105
0
4.43
2.45
0.40
25.7
10.5
1.93
.477
6.04
12.90
15 Hunter Brown
H. Brown
10.73
8
8
6
1
.857
1.48
58
0
0
0
48.2
30
8
9
1
14
0
0
0
181
0
2.59
4.14
0.18
32.0
7.7
0.90
.269
1.66
5.55
16 Dylan Cease
D. Cease
10.71
8
8
1
2
.333
4.91
48
0
0
0
40.1
40
22
24
4
17
1
0
1
178
0
3.79
2.82
0.89
27.0
9.6
1.41
.333
5.36
8.93
17 Eduardo Rodriguez
E. Rodriguez
10.62
8
8
1
3
.250
6.86
48
0
0
0
40.2
53
31
37
8
15
0
0
0
191
2
3.32
3.20
1.77
25.1
7.9
1.67
.375
8.19
11.73
18 Cristopher Sánchez
C. Sánchez
10.61
7
7
4
1
.800
2.89
44
0
0
0
37.1
32
12
13
4
14
3
0
0
157
2
3.38
3.14
0.96
28.0
8.9
1.23
.304
3.13
7.71
19 Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Y. Yamamoto
10.60
8
8
4
3
.571
1.80
53
0
0
0
45.0
30
9
12
4
14
1
0
0
175
1
2.80
3.79
0.80
30.3
8.0
0.98
.252
2.40
6.00
20 Logan Webb
L. Webb
10.57
9
9
4
3
.571
2.60
65
0
0
0
55.1
50
16
17
2
14
0
0
0
222
1
2.28
4.64
0.33
29.3
6.3
1.16
.340
2.77
8.13
21 Joe Ryan
J. Ryan
10.57
8
8
3
2
.600
2.74
54
0
0
0
46.0
33
14
14
7
5
5
0
0
178
0
0.98
10.80
1.37
30.3
2.8
0.83
.243
2.74
6.46
22 Garrett Crochet
G. Crochet
10.45
9
9
4
2
.667
1.93
65
0
0
0
56.0
39
12
15
3
21
0
0
0
225
0
3.38
3.10
0.48
28.9
9.3
1.07
.265
2.41
6.27
23 Ben Brown
B. Brown
10.43
7
7
3
2
.600
4.81
39
0
0
0
33.2
40
18
18
3
13
3
0
0
154
0
3.48
3.00
0.80
25.3
8.4
1.57
.385
4.81
10.69
24 Max Meyer
M. Meyer
10.32
8
8
2
4
.333
4.37
52
0
0
0
45.1
45
22
23
8
16
2
0
0
195
0
3.18
3.25
1.59
26.7
8.2
1.35
.316
4.57
8.93
25 Will Warren
W. Warren
10.25
8
8
2
2
.500
4.75
41
0
0
0
36.0
33
19
21
4
16
0
0
0
158
0
4.00
2.56
1.00
25.9
10.1
1.36
.299
5.25
8.25
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.634
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23
17
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18
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
5/12
KCR KCR
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM
Tue
5/13
KCR KCR
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM
Wed
5/14
KCR KCR
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM
Fri
5/16
STL STL
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Sat
5/17
STL STL
@
KCR KCR
7:10 PM
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Sun 11 May 2025

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Mets Mets
26
15
.634
Phillies Phillies
24
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.600
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Cubs Cubs
23
18
.561
Cardinals Cardinals
22
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.537
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Dodgers Dodgers
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14
.659
Padres Padres
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.641
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Yankees Yankees
23
17
.575
Red Sox Red Sox
22
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.524
2.0
AL Central W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
26
15
.634
Guardians Guardians
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17
.575
2.5
AL West W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
22
17
.564
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19
.513
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
4/26
TOR TOR
@
NYY NYY
2-11
Sat
4/26
BAL BAL
@
DET DET
0-7
Sat
4/26
LAA LAA
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MIN MIN
0-5
Sat
4/26
BOS BOS
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CLE CLE
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KCR KCR
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Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
5/12
STL STL
@
PHI PHI
6:45 PM
Mon
5/12
PIT PIT
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM
Mon
5/12
WSH WSH
@
ATL ATL
7:15 PM
Mon
5/12
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CHC CHC
7:40 PM
Mon
5/12
COL COL
@
TEX TEX
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