what is the highest amount of strikeouts per 9 innings as a pitcher

Chris Sale has the best K/9 this season, with 11.49 per nine innings.

Interpreted as:

What is the highest amount of strikeouts per 9 innings with a minimum of 1 IP per team game as a pitcher 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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Chris Sale C. Sale	11.49	2025	ATL	15	5	4	.556	15	2.52	114	0	0	0	89.1	78	25	27	7	26	7	0	0	370	2	2.62	4.38	0.71	30.8	7.0	1.16	.329	2.72	61	2.66	67	7.86	13
2	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	11.44	2025	PHI	17	8	3	.727	17	2.27	136	0	0	0	107.0	72	27	29	10	25	3	0	0	413	1	2.10	5.44	0.84	32.9	6.1	0.91	.259	2.44	56	2.54	62	6.06	18.4
3	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	11.39	2025	DET	17	10	2	.833	17	2.15	138	1	1	0	109.0	77	26	26	8	14	3	0	0	413	1	1.16	9.86	0.66	33.4	3.4	0.83	.276	2.15	54	1.97	49	6.36	25.4
4	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	11.30	2025	WSH	18	3	8	.273	18	3.11	131	0	0	0	104.1	92	36	37	11	34	3	0	0	429	6	2.93	3.85	0.95	30.5	7.9	1.21	.324	3.19	77	3.01	74	7.94	12.2
5	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	11.24	2025	BOS	18	8	4	.667	18	2.34	144	0	0	0	115.1	88	30	33	10	32	0	0	0	457	2	2.50	4.50	0.78	31.5	7.0	1.04	.288	2.58	55	2.55	62	6.87	20.2
6	Dylan Cease D. Cease	11.19	2025	SDP	18	3	8	.273	18	4.62	121	0	0	0	97.1	93	50	53	12	36	3	0	1	419	2	3.33	3.36	1.11	28.9	8.6	1.33	.328	4.90	118	3.40	85	8.60	6.4
7	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	10.98	2025	DET	17	5	9	.357	17	4.84	109	0	0	0	89.1	74	48	49	16	37	3	0	0	374	1	3.73	2.95	1.61	29.1	9.9	1.24	.278	4.94	121	4.32	106	7.46	-2.6
8	Hunter Brown H. Brown	10.90	2025	HOU	17	9	3	.750	17	1.82	126	1	0	0	104.0	65	21	22	9	29	3	0	0	393	0	2.51	4.34	0.78	32.1	7.4	0.90	.248	1.90	45	2.71	67	5.63	15.7
9	Grant Holmes G. Holmes	10.59	2025	ATL	18	4	7	.364	17	3.47	113	0	0	0	96.0	74	37	38	14	45	4	1	0	401	2	4.22	2.51	1.31	28.2	11.2	1.24	.267	3.56	84	4.16	105	6.94	-2.3
10	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	10.48	2025	PHI	17	7	4	.636	17	4.06	111	0	0	0	95.1	102	43	46	7	32	1	0	0	408	2	3.02	3.47	0.66	27.2	7.8	1.41	.370	4.34	99	2.75	67	9.63	14.2
11	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	10.38	2025	NYY	18	9	5	.643	18	2.95	123	0	0	0	106.2	70	35	38	13	37	4	0	0	425	3	3.12	3.32	1.10	28.9	8.7	1.00	.230	3.21	73	3.52	83	5.91	8.2
12	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	10.15	2025	LAD	17	8	6	.571	17	2.51	109	0	0	0	96.2	66	27	30	9	32	2	0	0	381	4	2.98	3.41	0.84	28.6	8.4	1.01	.249	2.79	63	3.09	75	6.14	10.8
13	Robbie Ray R. Ray	10.07	2025	SFG	17	8	3	.727	17	2.75	110	0	0	0	98.1	75	30	33	10	38	0	0	0	400	4	3.48	2.89	0.92	27.5	9.5	1.15	.269	3.02	69	3.33	86	6.86	6
14	Logan Webb L. Webb	10.06	2025	SFG	18	7	6	.538	18	2.61	127	0	0	0	113.2	106	33	37	7	24	1	0	0	461	2	1.90	5.29	0.55	27.5	5.2	1.14	.328	2.93	66	2.31	60	8.39	20.3
15	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	9.93	2025	SDP	17	9	2	.818	17	3.25	107	0	0	0	97.0	77	35	37	12	24	1	0	0	385	0	2.23	4.46	1.11	27.8	6.2	1.04	.270	3.43	83	3.26	82	7.14	7.9
16	Joe Ryan J. Ryan	9.88	2025	MIN	17	8	4	.667	16	2.75	108	0	0	0	98.1	66	30	31	11	20	10	0	0	383	0	1.83	5.40	1.01	28.2	5.2	0.87	.235	2.84	68	3.26	79	6.04	9.2
17	Luis L. Ortiz L. L. Ortiz	9.74	2025	CLE	16	4	9	.308	16	4.36	96	0	0	0	88.2	80	43	44	12	42	1	0	0	382	0	4.26	2.29	1.22	25.1	11.0	1.38	.294	4.47	109	4.13	102	8.12	-0.8
18	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	9.66	2025	PHI	17	7	2	.778	17	2.68	108	0	0	0	100.2	86	30	31	7	28	6	0	0	412	5	2.50	3.86	0.63	26.2	6.8	1.13	.300	2.77	66	2.86	69	7.69	13.8
19	Sonny Gray S. Gray	9.63	2025	STL	17	8	3	.727	17	3.51	107	1	1	0	100.0	90	39	41	10	18	3	0	0	400	1	1.62	5.94	0.90	26.8	4.5	1.08	.305	3.69	88	2.87	73	8.10	12.1
20	Kris Bubic K. Bubic	9.47	2025	KCR	16	6	6	.500	16	2.25	101	0	0	0	96.0	79	24	28	5	29	3	0	1	388	1	2.72	3.48	0.47	26.0	7.5	1.13	.296	2.63	53	2.66	65	7.41	15.4
21	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	9.45	2025	MIL	18	9	4	.692	18	2.91	104	0	0	0	99.0	73	32	33	12	35	7	0	0	408	3	3.18	2.97	1.09	25.5	8.6	1.09	.244	3.00	71	3.83	94	6.64	2.6
22	Chad Patrick C. Patrick	9.33	2025	MIL	18	3	7	.300	17	3.51	93	0	0	0	89.2	89	35	35	9	29	4	0	1	381	0	2.91	3.21	0.90	24.4	7.6	1.32	.325	3.51	86	3.42	84	8.93	6.5
23	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	9.32	2025	PIT	18	4	7	.364	18	2.03	115	1	0	0	111.0	72	25	28	5	30	3	0	0	429	2	2.43	3.83	0.41	26.8	7.0	0.92	.243	2.27	49	2.49	62	5.84	19
24	Yusei Kikuchi Y. Kikuchi	9.32	2025	LAA	18	3	6	.333	18	2.81	106	0	0	0	102.1	94	32	39	11	46	1	0	3	435	3	4.05	2.30	0.97	24.4	10.6	1.37	.306	3.43	68	3.79	90	8.27	4.9
25	Shane Baz S. Baz	8.94	2025	TBR	17	8	3	.727	17	4.33	97	0	0	0	97.2	86	47	47	16	36	5	0	0	407	2	3.32	2.69	1.47	23.8	8.8	1.25	.277	4.33	112	4.49	113	7.92	-5.9