what pitcher had the highest strikeouts per 9 the first 15 years minimum 1000 strikeouts

Aroldis Chapman had the best K/9 by a pitcher when striking out 1,000+ batters in his first 15 seasons, with 14.76 per nine innings.

	NAME	K/9	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	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	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	14.76	1,246	796	55	44	.556	0	2.63	0	0	335	760.0	447	222	246	51	393	33	520	7	3,113	81	4.65	3.17	0.60	40.0	12.6	1.11	.285	2.91	64	2.41	58	5.29	145
2	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	14.06	1,265	837	56	47	.544	0	2.59	0	0	440	809.2	482	233	259	73	339	40	651	11	3,257	70	3.77	3.73	0.81	38.8	10.4	1.01	.266	2.88	63	2.58	63	5.36	132.2
3	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	12.66	1,221	872	49	36	.576	0	2.57	0	0	446	868.1	573	248	266	80	263	31	653	18	3,446	21	2.73	4.64	0.83	35.4	7.6	0.96	.266	2.76	65	2.53	63	5.94	144.9
4	David Robertson D. Robertson	11.80	1,055	793	63	42	.600	1	2.90	0	0	175	804.2	603	259	281	72	330	20	346	33	3,316	49	3.69	3.20	0.81	31.8	10.0	1.16	.289	3.14	69	2.96	70	6.74	111.6
5	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	11.79	1,092	782	40	38	.513	0	2.39	0	0	385	833.2	563	221	248	77	278	30	639	23	3,332	41	3.00	3.93	0.83	32.8	8.3	1.01	.262	2.68	56	2.78	64	6.08	144.5
6	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	11.35	1,001	174	46	36	.561	135	3.69	0	0	0	793.2	595	325	345	99	303	13	9	6	3,233	63	3.44	3.30	1.12	31.0	9.4	1.13	.273	3.91	89	3.46	83	6.75	65
7	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	11.21	3,746	436	224	106	.679	426	3.06	87	34	2	3008.1	2,310	1,023	1,154	267	1,231	138	5	19	12,411	91	3.68	3.04	0.80	30.2	9.9	1.18	.291	3.45	70	3.03	70	6.91	451
8	Blake Snell B. Snell	11.20	1,460	225	82	63	.566	225	3.15	1	1	0	1173.0	902	411	447	111	527	11	0	6	4,854	87	4.04	2.77	0.85	30.1	10.9	1.22	.288	3.43	77	3.28	79	6.92	116.3
9	Dylan Cease D. Cease	11.18	1,432	211	72	63	.533	211	3.71	4	4	0	1153.0	941	475	524	130	489	38	0	9	4,857	60	3.82	2.93	1.01	29.5	10.1	1.24	.293	4.09	88	3.51	82	7.35	95.4
10	Chris Sale C. Sale	11.14	2,579	393	145	88	.622	312	3.01	16	3	12	2084.0	1,692	697	750	213	487	130	25	15	8,389	48	2.10	5.30	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.24	71	2.87	68	7.31	303.3
11	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	10.84	1,276	236	75	52	.591	187	3.79	1	0	1	1059.0	830	446	475	138	413	54	6	3	4,426	38	3.51	3.09	1.17	28.8	9.3	1.17	.272	4.04	91	3.77	90	7.05	51.7
12	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	10.83	1,998	271	104	73	.588	271	2.67	4	2	0	1660.1	1,283	493	530	163	376	25	0	16	6,543	33	2.04	5.31	0.88	30.5	5.7	1.00	.281	2.87	68	2.74	67	6.95	251.2
13	Octavio Dotel O. Dotel	10.82	1,143	758	59	50	.541	34	3.78	0	0	109	951.0	765	399	431	117	412	41	305	39	4,024	46	3.90	2.77	1.11	28.4	10.2	1.24	.280	4.08	86	3.69	84	7.24	73.6
14	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	10.71	3,193	430	201	102	.663	421	3.11	12	5	0	2682.0	2,180	927	998	300	701	107	2	20	10,831	74	2.35	4.55	1.01	29.5	6.5	1.07	.288	3.35	75	3.09	75	7.32	309.9
15	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	10.59	1,119	920	50	48	.510	0	2.73	0	0	430	950.2	707	288	313	89	378	16	657	41	3,893	66	3.58	2.96	0.84	28.7	9.7	1.14	.270	2.96	66	3.19	77	6.69	105.2
16	Robbie Ray R. Ray	10.55	1,851	290	99	88	.529	285	3.88	2	1	0	1578.2	1,363	680	731	234	676	52	1	19	6,675	65	3.85	2.74	1.33	27.7	10.1	1.29	.292	4.17	92	4.11	100	7.77	-3.6
17	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	10.55	1,723	247	113	62	.646	247	3.24	2	2	0	1470.0	1,217	530	582	149	394	53	0	20	5,962	44	2.41	4.37	0.91	28.9	6.6	1.10	.293	3.56	80	3.01	75	7.45	165.9
18	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	10.50	2,075	297	115	93	.553	297	3.65	2	1	0	1778.0	1,460	721	756	231	563	83	0	8	7,305	83	2.85	3.69	1.17	28.4	7.7	1.14	.282	3.83	87	3.58	85	7.39	120
19	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	10.47	1,024	156	61	44	.581	153	3.05	1	1	0	880.1	703	298	327	102	192	31	1	0	3,502	11	1.96	5.33	1.04	29.2	5.5	1.02	.279	3.34	74	3.08	74	7.19	103.3
20	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	10.36	1,114	210	63	38	.624	149	3.15	0	0	2	968.0	756	339	374	104	280	38	16	3	3,914	42	2.60	3.98	0.97	28.5	7.2	1.07	.274	3.48	75	3.25	78	7.03	101.5
21	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	10.33	2,343	332	159	86	.649	332	3.18	8	5	0	2040.2	1,702	721	772	228	519	62	0	7	8,214	58	2.29	4.51	1.01	28.5	6.3	1.09	.291	3.40	79	3.16	77	7.51	221.9
22	Kerry Wood K. Wood	10.32	1,582	446	86	75	.534	178	3.67	11	5	63	1380.0	1,083	563	599	148	666	99	138	22	5,863	64	4.34	2.38	0.97	27.0	11.4	1.27	.278	3.91	86	3.82	87	7.06	84
23	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	10.30	1,232	209	66	64	.508	203	3.86	0	0	0	1077.0	916	462	492	146	393	61	0	11	4,509	40	3.28	3.13	1.22	27.3	8.7	1.22	.288	4.11	94	3.91	94	7.65	30.9
24	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	10.20	2,998	442	206	92	.691	375	2.81	46	17	3	2645.2	2,013	825	907	213	701	129	23	26	10,582	59	2.38	4.28	0.72	28.3	6.6	1.03	.275	3.09	63	2.80	65	6.85	457.7
25	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	9.97	1,032	153	70	36	.660	151	3.33	5	2	0	932.0	838	345	366	112	219	19	1	1	3,791	35	2.11	4.71	1.08	27.2	5.8	1.13	.301	3.53	79	3.28	78	8.09	98.7

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