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

Aroldis Chapman had the highest 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	11.41	1,050	180	48	38	.558	141	3.72	0	0	0	828.0	620	342	362	101	315	14	9	6	3,373	66	3.42	3.33	1.10	31.1	9.3	1.13	.274	3.93	90	3.41	81	6.74	72.5
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	11.21	1,495	231	85	63	.574	231	3.10	1	1	0	1200.2	922	414	450	111	537	12	0	6	4,964	87	4.03	2.78	0.83	30.1	10.8	1.22	.289	3.37	76	3.25	78	6.91	123.8
9	Dylan Cease D. Cease	11.17	1,470	217	76	64	.543	217	3.67	4	4	0	1184.1	962	483	536	132	508	38	0	9	4,989	60	3.86	2.89	1.00	29.5	10.2	1.24	.292	4.07	88	3.50	82	7.31	98.7
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	303.8
11	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	10.85	2,052	279	107	76	.585	279	2.73	4	2	0	1702.1	1,312	516	553	166	391	27	0	16	6,713	35	2.07	5.25	0.88	30.6	5.8	1.00	.281	2.92	69	2.74	67	6.94	256.5
12	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
13	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
14	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	10.71	1,309	243	80	53	.602	194	3.71	1	0	1	1100.0	855	454	483	141	423	56	6	3	4,583	38	3.46	3.09	1.15	28.6	9.2	1.16	.269	3.95	88	3.75	89	7.00	54.6
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	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
17	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	120.4
18	Robbie Ray R. Ray	10.50	1,874	296	101	89	.532	291	3.90	2	1	0	1606.2	1,390	697	748	238	692	53	1	19	6,799	66	3.88	2.71	1.33	27.6	10.2	1.30	.292	4.19	93	4.13	101	7.79	-6.5
19	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	10.46	1,075	163	66	44	.600	160	3.02	1	1	0	925.1	740	310	339	104	199	31	1	0	3,676	12	1.94	5.40	1.01	29.2	5.4	1.01	.281	3.30	73	3.03	73	7.20	115.8
20	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	10.32	1,122	213	63	38	.624	152	3.20	0	0	2	978.1	768	348	383	109	284	38	16	3	3,961	43	2.61	3.95	1.00	28.3	7.2	1.08	.274	3.52	76	3.31	79	7.07	96.1
21	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
22	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	10.30	2,382	339	163	89	.647	339	3.20	8	5	0	2081.0	1,742	741	792	239	525	63	0	7	8,380	58	2.27	4.54	1.03	28.4	6.3	1.09	.291	3.43	79	3.20	78	7.53	217.3
23	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	10.28	1,233	210	66	64	.508	203	3.85	0	0	0	1079.0	917	462	492	146	393	61	0	11	4,516	40	3.28	3.14	1.22	27.3	8.7	1.21	.287	4.10	94	3.90	94	7.65	32.3
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	9.96	1,039	154	71	36	.664	152	3.31	5	2	0	939.0	841	345	367	112	219	19	1	1	3,816	35	2.10	4.74	1.07	27.2	5.7	1.13	.300	3.52	78	3.26	77	8.06	101

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