Juan Mejia has the highest K/9 by an active starting pitcher this season, with 27.00 per nine innings.
Interpreted as:
strike out per 9 leader active starters this regular season| NAME | K/9 | SEASON | TM | G | W | L | W% | GS | 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 | ||
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| 1 |  | J. Mejia | 27.00 | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 4.50 | 1.000 | 27.00 | 40.50 | |||
| 2 | | D. Fuentes | 21.00 | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3.00 | 7.00 | 3.00 | 38.9 | 5.6 | 2.67 | .667 | 12.00 | 21.00 | ||
| 3 | | T. Banks | 18.00 | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 3.00 | .500 | 9.00 | 9.00 | |
| 4 | | K. Akin | 18.00 | 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.50 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 0.50 | .000 | 4.50 | 4.50 | |||
| 5 | | J. Morán | 18.00 | 2026 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 15.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6.00 | 3.00 | 6.00 | 33.3 | 11.1 | 3.00 | .625 | 15.00 | 21.00 | |
| 6 | | Z. Eflin | 17.18 | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.45 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4.91 | 3.50 | 2.45 | 41.2 | 11.8 | 1.64 | .429 | 2.45 | 9.82 | ||
| 7 | | M. Montgomery | 15.75 | 2026 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4.50 | 3.50 | 0.00 | 41.2 | 11.8 | 1.25 | .375 | 0.00 | 6.75 | ||
| 8 | | A. Ashby | 15.43 | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.71 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 1.29 | .500 | 7.71 | 11.57 | |||
| 9 |  | B. Snell | 15.00 | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 12.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6.00 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 27.8 | 11.1 | 2.67 | .545 | 15.00 | 18.00 | |
| 10 | | D. Anderson | 14.73 | 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 4.91 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 40.0 | 13.3 | 1.09 | .286 | 1.23 | 4.91 | ||
| 11 | | J. Suarez | 14.73 | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 9.82 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 7.36 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 33.3 | 16.7 | 2.18 | .556 | 9.82 | 12.27 | |
| 12 | | B. Fisher | 14.54 | 2026 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4.15 | 3.50 | 0.00 | 38.9 | 11.1 | 1.15 | .333 | 0.00 | 6.23 | ||
| 13 |  | H. Brown | 14.34 | 2026 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.84 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 5.06 | 2.83 | 0.00 | 39.5 | 14.0 | 1.03 | .250 | 0.84 | 4.22 | |
| 14 |  | D. Cease | 13.63 | 2026 | 12 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 12 | 2.91 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 52 | 22 | 25 | 5 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 280 | 2 | 3.57 | 3.81 | 0.66 | 36.8 | 9.6 | 1.16 | .331 | 3.31 | 6.88 | |
| 15 |  | J. Misiorowski | 13.55 | 2026 | 14 | 8 | 2 | .800 | 14 | 1.34 | 131 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 87.0 | 42 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 329 | 3 | 2.28 | 5.95 | 0.41 | 39.8 | 6.7 | 0.74 | .230 | 1.66 | 4.34 | |
| 16 | | T. Gilbert | 13.50 | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 3.00 | .667 | 13.50 | 27.00 | |||
| 17 | | S. Okert | 13.50 | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13.50 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 6.00 | .750 | 13.50 | 40.50 | ||
| 18 |  | N. Pivetta | 13.50 | 2026 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4 | 4.50 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 3.38 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 36.4 | 9.1 | 1.13 | .333 | 4.50 | 6.75 | |
| 19 | | D. Kremer | 13.09 | 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 4.09 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 1.64 | 8.00 | 3.27 | 37.2 | 4.7 | 0.91 | .190 | 5.73 | 6.55 | |
| 20 | | L. Bachar | 11.74 | 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2.35 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 37.0 | 7.4 | 0.39 | .071 | 1.17 | 1.17 | ||
| 21 | | L. Henderson | 11.74 | 2026 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5 | 2.74 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 1 | 2.35 | 5.00 | 0.78 | 33.3 | 6.7 | 1.04 | .308 | 2.74 | 7.04 | |
| 22 |  | M. Boyd | 11.63 | 2026 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5 | 6.00 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 25 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 2.25 | 5.17 | 0.75 | 31.0 | 6.0 | 1.29 | .377 | 6.38 | 9.38 | |
| 23 | | C. Ponce | 11.57 | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.86 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3.86 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 30.0 | 10.0 | 0.86 | .167 | 3.86 | 3.86 | ||
| 24 |  | C. Ragans | 11.46 | 2026 | 8 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 8 | 4.84 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.1 | 27 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 0 | 5.86 | 1.96 | 2.55 | 29.8 | 15.2 | 1.42 | .233 | 5.09 | 6.88 | |
| 25 | | J. Perkins | 11.25 | 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 9.00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 5.63 | 2.00 | 3.38 | 25.6 | 12.8 | 1.88 | .333 | 9.00 | 11.25 | |
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