starting pitchers with a minimum of 5 starts with the most strikeouts per 9 the last 75 days

Between March 15, 2025 and May 29, 2025, Cole Ragans has the best K/9 by a starting pitcher when starting 5+ games, with 14.19 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
14.19
9
9
2
3
.400
4.53
72
0
0
0
45.2
42
23
24
4
13
1
0
0
191
3
2.56
5.54
0.79
37.7
6.8
1.20
.376
4.73
8.28
2 MacKenzie Gore
M. Gore
13.43
11
11
2
5
.286
3.47
93
0
0
0
62.1
57
24
24
8
21
1
0
0
257
2
3.03
4.43
1.16
36.2
8.2
1.25
.366
3.47
8.23
3 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
4 Lance McCullers Jr.
L. McCullers Jr.
12.76
5
5
0
1
.000
5.89
26
0
0
0
18.1
20
12
14
3
11
3
0
0
91
1
5.40
2.36
1.47
28.6
12.1
1.69
.354
6.87
9.82
5 Tylor Megill
T. Megill
12.07
11
11
4
4
.500
3.52
72
0
0
0
53.2
46
21
25
4
27
4
0
0
237
2
4.53
2.67
0.67
30.4
11.4
1.36
.323
4.19
7.71
6 Tarik Skubal
T. Skubal
12.06
11
11
5
2
.714
2.49
92
1
1
0
68.2
51
19
19
6
7
3
0
0
263
1
0.92
13.14
0.79
35.0
2.7
0.84
.290
2.49
6.68
7 Will Warren
W. Warren
11.90
11
11
3
2
.600
4.09
67
0
0
0
50.2
44
23
25
4
20
1
0
0
218
2
3.55
3.35
0.71
30.7
9.2
1.26
.317
4.44
7.82
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 Chris Sale
C. Sale
11.44
12
12
3
3
.500
3.06
86
0
0
0
67.2
65
23
25
7
19
6
0
0
286
2
2.53
4.53
0.93
30.1
6.6
1.24
.345
3.33
8.65
10 Carlos Rodón
C. Rodón
11.15
12
12
7
3
.700
2.60
90
0
0
0
72.2
42
21
23
8
26
0
0
0
284
2
3.22
3.46
0.99
31.7
9.2
0.94
.213
2.85
5.20
11 Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
11.13
12
12
6
2
.750
2.96
94
0
0
0
76.0
52
25
25
9
18
2
0
0
293
0
2.13
5.22
1.07
32.1
6.1
0.92
.253
2.96
6.16
12 Dylan Cease
D. Cease
10.98
11
11
1
3
.250
4.58
72
0
0
0
59.0
54
30
32
7
20
1
0
1
247
2
3.05
3.60
1.07
29.1
8.1
1.25
.320
4.88
8.24
13 Jack Flaherty
J. Flaherty
10.92
11
11
3
6
.333
3.94
72
0
0
0
59.1
47
26
27
11
19
2
0
0
241
0
2.88
3.79
1.67
29.9
7.9
1.11
.263
4.10
7.13
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 Greene
H. Greene
10.87
10
10
4
3
.571
2.63
66
0
0
0
54.2
39
16
16
8
11
2
0
0
214
2
1.81
6.00
1.32
30.8
5.1
0.91
.244
2.63
6.42
16 Ben Brown
B. Brown
10.69
10
10
3
2
.600
6.38
57
0
0
0
48.0
59
34
34
6
15
3
0
0
219
1
2.81
3.80
1.13
26.0
6.8
1.54
.384
6.38
11.06
17 Garrett Crochet
G. Crochet
10.68
12
12
4
4
.500
2.04
89
0
0
0
75.0
56
17
20
6
24
0
0
0
299
0
2.88
3.71
0.72
29.8
8.0
1.07
.278
2.40
6.72
18 Cristopher Sánchez
C. Sánchez
10.56
11
11
4
1
.800
3.32
70
0
0
0
59.2
56
22
23
6
22
4
0
0
254
4
3.32
3.18
0.91
27.6
8.7
1.31
.329
3.47
8.45
19 Joe Ryan
J. Ryan
10.55
10
10
5
2
.714
2.33
68
0
0
0
58.0
40
15
15
7
7
7
0
0
223
0
1.09
9.71
1.09
30.5
3.1
0.81
.246
2.33
6.21
20 Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Y. Yamamoto
10.55
11
11
6
3
.667
1.97
75
0
0
0
64.0
38
14
17
5
20
1
0
0
246
3
2.81
3.75
0.70
30.5
8.1
0.91
.228
2.39
5.34
21 Hunter Brown
H. Brown
10.51
11
11
7
3
.700
2.00
79
1
0
0
67.2
46
15
16
6
16
0
0
0
253
0
2.13
4.94
0.80
31.2
6.3
0.92
.263
2.13
6.12
22 Eduardo Rodriguez
E. Rodriguez
10.48
9
9
1
3
.250
7.05
52
0
0
0
44.2
58
35
41
8
18
0
0
0
211
2
3.63
2.89
1.61
24.6
8.5
1.70
.376
8.26
11.69
23 Michael King
M. King
10.35
10
10
4
2
.667
2.59
64
1
1
0
55.2
40
16
19
6
17
2
0
0
225
2
2.75
3.76
0.97
28.4
7.6
1.02
.250
3.07
6.47
24 Jesús Luzardo
J. Luzardo
10.34
11
11
5
0
1.000
2.15
77
0
0
0
67.0
60
16
19
3
19
1
0
0
273
1
2.55
4.05
0.40
28.2
7.0
1.18
.329
2.55
8.06
25 Logan Webb
L. Webb
10.31
12
12
5
5
.500
2.82
84
0
0
0
73.1
72
23
27
4
17
0
0
0
301
1
2.09
4.94
0.49
27.9
5.6
1.21
.347
3.31
8.84
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.649
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
5/30
DET DET
@
KCR KCR
8:10 PM
Sat
5/31
DET DET
@
KCR KCR
4:10 PM
Sun
6/1
DET DET
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Tue
6/3
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@
STL STL
7:45 PM
Wed
6/4
KCR KCR
@
STL STL
7:45 PM
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3

Final

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28 - 29

Wed 28 May 2025

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Yankees Yankees
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.636
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.509
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.649
Guardians Guardians
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.545
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Tue
5/13
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
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Tue
5/13
STL STL
@
PHI PHI
1-2
Tue
5/13
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
8-6
Tue
5/13
NYY NYY
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SEA SEA
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
5/30
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CHC CHC
2:20 PM
Fri
5/30
MIL MIL
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PHI PHI
6:45 PM
Fri
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BAL BAL
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NYM NYM
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