what starting pitcher lead the league in average strikeouts this year

José Suarez had the most strikeouts per game pitched by a starting pitcher in 2025, with 9.

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What starting pitcher lead the league in average strikeouts per game this year?

	NAME	SO/G	SO	G	SEASON	TM	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	José Suarez J. Suarez	9	9	1	2025	ATL	1	0	1.000	1	2.57	0	0	0	7.0	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	29	0	11.57	2.57	4.50	0.00	31.0	6.9	1.14	.333	2.57	7.71
2	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	8.13	195	24	2025	PHI	10	5	.667	24	2.71	1	0	0	149.2	107	45	48	19	33	8	0	0	585	2	11.73	1.98	5.91	1.14	33.3	5.6	0.94	.267	2.89	6.43
3	José De León J. De León	8	8	1	2025	BOS	1	0	1.000	1	4.05	0	0	0	6.2	8	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	28	0	10.80	4.05	2.67	1.35	28.6	10.7	1.65	.438	4.05	10.80
4	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	7.97	255	32	2025	BOS	18	5	.783	32	2.59	1	1	0	205.1	165	59	62	24	46	3	0	0	814	7	11.18	2.02	5.54	1.05	31.3	5.7	1.03	.290	2.72	7.23
5	Kyle Bradish K. Bradish	7.83	47	6	2025	BAL	1	1	.500	6	2.53	0	0	0	32.0	23	9	9	3	10	1	0	0	126	0	13.22	2.81	4.70	0.84	37.3	7.9	1.03	.308	2.53	6.47
6	Chris Sale C. Sale	7.8	156	20	2025	ATL	6	5	.545	20	2.63	0	0	0	120.0	98	35	37	11	30	11	0	0	488	3	11.70	2.25	5.20	0.83	32.0	6.1	1.07	.311	2.78	7.35
7	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	7.77	241	31	2025	DET	13	6	.684	31	2.21	1	1	0	195.1	141	48	55	18	33	5	0	0	748	3	11.10	1.52	7.30	0.83	32.2	4.4	0.89	.273	2.53	6.50
8	Cole Ragans C. Ragans	7.54	98	13	2025	KCR	3	3	.500	13	4.67	0	0	0	61.2	53	32	33	7	20	2	0	0	257	3	14.30	2.92	4.90	1.02	38.1	7.8	1.18	.354	4.82	7.74
9	Connelly Early C. Early	7.25	29	4	2025	BOS	1	2	.333	4	2.33	0	0	0	19.1	17	5	6	0	4	1	0	0	79	0	13.50	1.86	7.25	0.00	36.7	5.1	1.09	.378	2.79	7.91
10	Nolan McLean N. McLean	7.13	57	8	2025	NYM	5	1	.833	8	2.06	0	0	0	48.0	34	11	13	4	16	2	0	0	188	2	10.69	3.00	3.56	0.75	30.3	8.5	1.04	.275	2.44	6.38
11	Chase Burns C. Burns	7.13	57	8	2025	CIN	0	3	.000	8	5.24	0	0	0	34.1	33	20	23	4	13	0	0	0	151	0	14.94	3.41	4.38	1.05	37.7	8.6	1.34	.377	6.03	8.65
12	Bobby Miller B. Miller	7	7	1	2025	LAD	0	0		1	18.00	0	0	0	3.0	8	6	6	2	1	0	0	0	18	0	21.00	3.00	7.00	6.00	38.9	5.6	3.00	.750	18.00	24.00
13	Hunter Greene H. Greene	6.95	132	19	2025	CIN	7	4	.636	19	2.76	1	1	0	107.2	75	33	35	15	26	2	0	0	420	5	11.03	2.17	5.08	1.25	31.4	6.2	0.94	.245	2.93	6.27
14	Logan Gilbert L. Gilbert	6.92	173	25	2025	SEA	6	6	.500	25	3.44	0	0	0	131.0	104	50	53	20	31	7	0	0	535	10	11.89	2.13	5.58	1.37	32.3	5.8	1.03	.276	3.64	7.15
15	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	6.92	83	12	2025	MIL	7	2	.778	12	3.20	0	0	0	64.2	45	23	26	9	14	3	0	0	257	1	11.55	1.95	5.93	1.25	32.3	5.4	0.91	.243	3.62	6.26
16	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	6.75	216	32	2025	PHI	15	7	.682	32	3.92	0	0	0	183.2	167	80	85	16	57	3	0	0	758	2	10.58	2.79	3.79	0.78	28.5	7.5	1.22	.324	4.17	8.18
17	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	6.75	216	32	2025	PIT	10	10	.500	32	1.97	1	0	0	187.2	136	41	45	11	42	6	0	0	733	2	10.36	2.01	5.14	0.53	29.5	5.7	0.95	.273	2.16	6.52
18	Dylan Cease D. Cease	6.72	215	32	2025	SDP	8	12	.400	32	4.55	0	0	0	168.0	152	85	91	21	71	5	0	2	722	5	11.52	3.80	3.03	1.13	29.8	9.8	1.33	.320	4.88	8.14
19	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	6.7	201	30	2025	LAD	12	8	.600	30	2.49	0	0	0	173.2	113	48	53	14	59	3	0	0	684	5	10.42	3.06	3.41	0.73	29.4	8.6	0.99	.243	2.75	5.86
20	Hunter Brown H. Brown	6.65	206	31	2025	HOU	12	9	.571	31	2.43	1	0	0	185.1	133	50	55	17	57	7	0	1	729	0	10.00	2.77	3.61	0.83	28.3	7.8	1.03	.262	2.67	6.46
21	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	6.63	212	32	2025	PHI	13	5	.722	32	2.50	1	0	0	202.0	171	56	58	12	44	6	0	0	807	6	9.45	1.96	4.82	0.53	26.3	5.5	1.06	.298	2.58	7.62
22	Logan Henderson L. Henderson	6.6	33	5	2025	MIL	3	0	1.000	5	1.78	0	0	0	25.1	17	5	5	3	8	0	0	0	99	0	11.72	2.84	4.13	1.07	33.3	8.1	0.99	.255	1.78	6.04
23	Bryan Woo B. Woo	6.6	198	30	2025	SEA	15	7	.682	30	2.94	0	0	0	186.2	137	61	64	26	36	4	0	0	731	3	9.55	1.74	5.50	1.25	27.1	4.9	0.93	.238	3.09	6.61
24	Logan Webb L. Webb	6.59	224	34	2025	SFG	15	11	.577	34	3.22	0	0	0	207.0	210	74	82	14	46	6	0	0	856	2	9.74	2.00	4.87	0.61	26.2	5.4	1.24	.346	3.57	9.13
25	Blake Snell B. Snell	6.55	72	11	2025	LAD	5	4	.556	11	2.35	0	0	0	61.1	51	16	21	3	26	0	0	1	254	7	10.57	3.82	2.77	0.44	28.3	10.2	1.26	.314	3.08	7.48

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