what pitcher had the highest strikeouts per 9 the first 15 years minimum 1500 strikeouts

Randy Johnson had the best K/9 by a pitcher when striking out 1,500+ batters in his first 15 seasons, with 11.21 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	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
2	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
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	10.81	1,949	263	102	69	.596	263	2.62	4	2	0	1622.1	1,240	473	510	161	363	25	0	15	6,377	32	2.01	5.37	0.89	30.6	5.7	0.99	.278	2.83	67	2.75	67	6.88	243.3
4	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
5	Robbie Ray R. Ray	10.70	1,808	280	93	87	.517	275	3.95	2	1	0	1520.2	1,318	667	714	230	646	51	1	19	6,434	63	3.82	2.80	1.36	28.1	10.0	1.29	.294	4.23	94	4.11	100	7.80	-3.7
6	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
7	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
8	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	10.33	2,280	323	155	82	.654	323	3.19	8	5	0	1986.1	1,656	703	753	222	509	62	0	7	7,997	58	2.31	4.48	1.01	28.5	6.4	1.09	.291	3.41	79	3.17	77	7.50	213.3
9	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
10	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
11	Aaron Nola A. Nola	9.81	1,953	300	112	93	.546	300	3.91	6	4	0	1791.1	1,609	778	818	232	474	56	0	16	7,372	19	2.38	4.12	1.17	26.5	6.4	1.16	.296	4.11	93	3.55	83	8.08	144.2
12	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	9.79	2,807	401	197	87	.694	398	2.48	25	15	0	2581.0	1,955	711	777	206	629	39	1	27	10,160	95	2.19	4.46	0.72	27.6	6.2	1.00	.270	2.71	64	2.75	68	6.82	358.4
13	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	9.51	3,249	452	189	174	.521	418	3.11	178	47	3	3074.0	2,193	1,061	1,211	161	1,812	84	13	44	12,991	151	5.31	1.79	0.47	25.0	13.9	1.30	.264	3.55	89	3.00	86	6.42	180.8
14	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	9.49	1,562	258	85	90	.486	255	3.63	1	0	0	1481.1	1,282	598	658	183	478	53	2	8	6,141	21	2.90	3.27	1.11	25.4	7.8	1.19	.284	4.00	88	3.74	89	7.79	77.6
15	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	9.46	1,889	294	120	76	.612	294	3.24	5	3	0	1796.2	1,517	646	699	174	508	78	0	14	7,345	42	2.54	3.72	0.87	25.7	6.9	1.13	.286	3.50	81	3.29	80	7.60	170.6
16	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	9.46	1,725	271	116	77	.601	260	3.44	18	8	1	1641.2	1,486	627	684	177	368	65	4	9	6,688	31	2.02	4.69	0.97	25.8	5.5	1.13	.301	3.75	83	3.22	78	8.15	161.7
17	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	9.29	1,736	278	110	89	.553	270	3.74	10	7	1	1682.0	1,506	699	746	147	669	44	3	33	7,120	107	3.58	2.59	0.79	24.4	9.4	1.29	.300	3.99	99	3.44	90	8.06	81.5
18	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	9.28	2,396	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	137	40	9	2324.1	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	75	2.69	75	6.79	226.6
19	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	9.19	2,043	377	116	118	.496	338	3.83	4	2	0	2000.0	1,916	850	908	244	555	39	11	11	8,352	65	2.50	3.68	1.10	24.5	6.6	1.24	.306	4.09	92	3.59	85	8.62	142.6
20	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	9.11	1,662	324	110	103	.516	277	4.14	11	4	2	1641.2	1,612	756	796	211	451	56	21	21	6,861	60	2.47	3.69	1.16	24.2	6.6	1.26	.313	4.36	100	3.71	89	8.84	81
21	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	9.07	3,006	453	225	129	.636	453	3.33	26	9	0	2982.0	2,535	1,103	1,190	308	850	98	0	27	12,193	87	2.57	3.54	0.93	24.7	7.0	1.14	.281	3.59	78	3.40	80	7.65	281.3
22	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	9.04	2,015	364	143	99	.591	340	3.74	4	2	1	2006.1	1,856	834	916	231	704	89	4	21	8,520	61	3.16	2.86	1.04	23.7	8.3	1.28	.296	4.11	91	3.82	93	8.33	67.8
23	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	9.01	1,815	419	112	114	.496	300	4.15	3	1	1	1813.2	1,649	837	911	184	816	62	19	15	7,781	100	4.05	2.22	0.91	23.3	10.5	1.36	.299	4.52	101	3.88	95	8.18	39.3
24	Sonny Gray S. Gray	8.97	1,980	352	133	103	.564	343	3.56	7	5	0	1987.1	1,740	787	861	200	638	60	2	5	8,235	106	2.89	3.10	0.91	24.0	7.7	1.20	.287	3.90	86	3.52	85	7.88	138.8
25	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	8.86	2,453	425	141	134	.513	346	3.17	103	23	14	2492.1	1,948	879	999	164	1,312	59	39	74	10,587	140	4.74	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.61	90	3.06	84	7.03	160.4

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