which active mlb pitchers have the most strikeouts per inning since july

Since July 31, 2025, Cristopher Sánchez has struck out the most batters by an active pitcher, with 217 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	G	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	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	217	31	15	6	.714	31	2.54	1	1	0	198.2	187	56	62	14	36	2	0	0	803	2	9.83	1.63	6.03	0.63	27.0	4.5	1.12	.324	2.81	8.47
2	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	212	29	14	6	.700	29	3.38	0	0	0	173.0	145	65	72	15	48	9	0	0	704	5	11.03	2.50	4.42	0.78	30.1	6.8	1.12	.310	3.75	7.54
3	Dylan Cease D. Cease	210	27	11	6	.647	27	3.04	0	0	0	148.0	108	50	55	9	68	5	0	0	612	6	12.77	4.14	3.09	0.55	34.3	11.1	1.19	.309	3.34	6.57
4	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	207	26	11	6	.647	25	2.63	1	1	0	143.2	90	42	50	13	44	11	0	0	566	5	12.97	2.76	4.70	0.81	36.6	7.8	0.93	.265	3.13	5.64
5	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	206	31	12	7	.632	31	2.19	0	0	0	177.0	127	43	50	17	47	8	0	0	705	3	10.47	2.39	4.38	0.86	29.2	6.7	0.98	.258	2.54	6.46
6	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	200	30	12	10	.545	30	3.15	0	0	0	163.0	135	57	65	16	34	7	0	0	658	1	11.04	1.88	5.88	0.88	30.4	5.2	1.04	.297	3.59	7.45
7	Gavin Williams G. Williams	198	29	16	5	.762	29	3.27	0	0	0	170.2	132	62	65	25	60	4	0	0	693	4	10.44	3.16	3.30	1.32	28.6	8.7	1.13	.264	3.43	6.96
8	Logan Gilbert L. Gilbert	187	30	10	8	.556	30	3.39	0	0	0	172.2	139	65	65	24	37	9	0	1	692	7	9.75	1.93	5.05	1.25	27.0	5.3	1.02	.264	3.39	7.25
9	Joe Ryan J. Ryan	185	30	9	10	.474	30	3.49	0	0	0	160.0	141	62	75	22	40	7	0	0	665	2	10.41	2.25	4.63	1.24	27.8	6.0	1.13	.290	4.22	7.93
10	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	183	31	7	12	.368	31	3.89	1	1	0	182.2	162	79	84	21	45	1	0	1	747	2	9.02	2.22	4.07	1.03	24.5	6.0	1.13	.284	4.14	7.98
11	Nolan McLean N. McLean	182	27	11	7	.611	27	3.07	0	0	0	155.1	115	53	64	14	55	15	0	0	636	4	10.55	3.19	3.31	0.81	28.6	8.6	1.09	.273	3.71	6.66
12	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	177	27	9	10	.474	27	3.67	0	0	0	149.2	114	61	61	26	33	1	0	2	593	5	10.64	1.98	5.36	1.56	29.8	5.6	0.98	.247	3.67	6.86
13	Braxton Ashcraft B. Ashcraft	176	30	10	6	.625	26	3.39	0	0	0	154.0	138	58	62	16	39	8	0	0	633	2	10.29	2.28	4.51	0.94	27.8	6.2	1.15	.310	3.62	8.06
14	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	174	30	10	9	.526	30	3.71	0	0	0	155.1	134	64	71	21	64	6	0	0	667	6	10.08	3.71	2.72	1.22	26.1	9.6	1.27	.281	4.11	7.76
15	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	174	26	12	7	.632	26	2.63	0	0	0	168.0	106	49	50	16	45	4	0	1	645	3	9.32	2.41	3.87	0.86	27.0	7.0	0.90	.222	2.68	5.68
16	Bryan Woo B. Woo	173	27	14	7	.667	27	3.65	0	0	0	158.0	125	64	67	16	31	4	0	1	630	3	9.85	1.77	5.58	0.91	27.5	4.9	0.99	.268	3.82	7.12
17	Chris Sale C. Sale	168	23	11	7	.611	22	2.34	0	0	0	134.1	108	35	40	12	31	13	0	0	543	1	11.26	2.08	5.42	0.80	30.9	5.7	1.03	.301	2.68	7.24
18	George Kirby G. Kirby	167	29	12	11	.522	29	3.81	1	0	0	170.0	182	72	77	17	37	5	0	0	708	2	8.84	1.96	4.51	0.90	23.6	5.2	1.29	.342	4.08	9.64
19	Sandy Alcantara S. Alcantara	161	30	15	8	.652	30	3.90	1	1	0	196.1	179	85	91	22	48	10	0	0	807	3	7.38	2.20	3.35	1.01	20.0	5.9	1.16	.277	4.17	8.21
20	Shota Imanaga S. Imanaga	159	29	6	12	.333	29	4.24	0	0	0	169.2	142	80	82	37	36	3	0	0	673	5	8.43	1.91	4.42	1.96	23.6	5.3	1.05	.240	4.35	7.53
21	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	159	23	8	8	.500	23	2.82	0	0	0	137.1	109	43	53	19	25	5	0	0	539	2	10.42	1.64	6.36	1.25	29.5	4.6	0.98	.272	3.47	7.14
22	Shane Baz S. Baz	159	29	6	14	.300	29	4.53	0	0	0	159.0	159	80	88	16	62	6	0	1	691	6	9.00	3.51	2.56	0.91	23.0	9.0	1.39	.319	4.98	9.00
23	Ranger Suarez R. Suarez	158	28	8	7	.533	28	3.54	0	0	0	155.0	151	61	63	13	37	5	0	0	643	0	9.17	2.15	4.27	0.75	24.6	5.8	1.21	.321	3.66	8.77
24	Emmet Sheehan E. Sheehan	156	26	8	7	.533	25	3.93	0	0	0	130.2	104	57	61	21	38	7	0	0	537	3	10.74	2.62	4.11	1.45	29.1	7.1	1.09	.263	4.20	7.16
25	Sean Burke S. Burke	155	26	6	7	.462	20	3.62	0	0	0	134.1	121	54	58	20	48	8	1	0	566	6	10.38	3.22	3.23	1.34	27.4	8.5	1.26	.301	3.89	8.11

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Braves	55	40	.579
Phillies	54	43	.557	2.0
Marlins	52	45	.536	4.0
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Thu 7/16	NYM	@	PHI	7:10 PM
Sat 7/18	NYM	@	PHI	4:05 PM
Sun 7/19	NYM	@	PHI	1:35 PM
Mon 7/20	LAD	@	PHI	7:10 PM
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Sánchez

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WHIP Leaders

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Braves	55	40	.579
Phillies	54	43	.557	2.0
Marlins	52	45	.536	4.0
Nationals	48	49	.495	8.0
Mets	40	57	.412	16.0
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Brewers	59	37	.615
Cubs	54	42	.563	5.0
Cardinals	50	45	.526	8.5
Pirates	50	47	.515	9.5
Reds	43	52	.453	15.5
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Red Sox	46	48	.489	10.0
Orioles	46	51	.474	11.5
Blue Jays	45	51	.469	12.0
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White Sox	50	45	.526
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Twins	48	49	.495	3.0
Tigers	44	52	.458	6.5
Royals	38	59	.392	13.0
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Rangers	49	47	.510
Mariners	48	49	.495	1.5
Astros	47	51	.480	3.0
Athletics	41	55	.427	8.0
Angels	38	59	.392	11.5