which active pitcher has the highest strike out percentage in 2019

Gerrit Cole struck out the most batters by an active pitcher in 2019, with 326 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	326	2019	HOU	33	20	5	.800	33	2.50	0	0	0	212.1	142	59	66	29	48	3	0	0	817	4	13.82	2.03	6.79	1.23	39.9	5.9	0.89	.275	2.80	55	2.63	58	6.02	45
2	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	259	2019	CLE	34	15	8	.652	33	3.28	3	2	0	214.1	186	78	86	31	40	6	1	1	859	6	10.88	1.68	6.48	1.30	30.2	4.7	1.05	.296	3.61	71	3.31	73	7.81	29
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	255	2019	NYM	32	11	8	.579	32	2.43	0	0	0	204.0	154	55	59	19	44	7	0	1	804	2	11.25	1.94	5.80	0.84	31.7	5.5	0.97	.282	2.60	60	2.66	62	6.79	37.8
4	Matthew Boyd M. Boyd	238	2019	DET	32	9	12	.429	32	4.56	0	0	0	185.1	178	94	101	39	50	8	0	1	788	6	11.56	2.43	4.76	1.89	30.2	6.3	1.23	.307	4.90	99	4.31	94	8.64	5.3
5	Robbie Ray R. Ray	235	2019	ARI	33	12	8	.600	33	4.34	0	0	0	174.1	150	84	91	30	84	5	0	5	747	7	12.13	4.34	2.80	1.55	31.5	11.2	1.34	.305	4.70	98	4.28	99	7.74	1
6	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	229	2019	CHC	31	6	8	.429	31	3.98	0	0	0	178.2	140	79	82	33	56	11	0	1	731	11	11.54	2.82	4.09	1.66	31.3	7.7	1.10	.266	4.13	90	4.17	94	7.05	5.1
7	Aaron Nola A. Nola	229	2019	PHI	34	12	7	.632	34	3.87	0	0	0	202.1	176	87	91	27	80	11	0	3	852	3	10.19	3.56	2.86	1.20	26.9	9.4	1.27	.295	4.05	87	4.02	88	7.83	11.9
8	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	228	2019	CWS	29	14	9	.609	29	3.41	3	2	0	176.2	131	67	69	24	57	4	0	1	705	6	11.62	2.90	4.00	1.22	32.3	8.1	1.06	.273	3.52	75	3.42	73	6.67	24.6
9	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	226	2019	CIN	32	15	8	.652	32	3.40	0	0	0	190.2	139	72	76	22	79	7	0	0	781	5	10.67	3.73	2.86	1.04	28.9	10.1	1.14	.262	3.59	74	3.69	80	6.56	19
10	Chris Sale C. Sale	218	2019	BOS	25	6	11	.353	25	4.40	1	1	0	147.1	123	72	80	24	37	13	0	0	612	2	13.32	2.26	5.89	1.47	35.6	6.0	1.09	.309	4.89	91	3.38	75	7.51	18.8
11	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	213	2019	BOS	34	19	6	.760	34	3.81	0	0	0	203.1	195	86	88	24	75	7	0	2	859	3	9.43	3.32	2.84	1.06	24.8	8.7	1.33	.317	3.90	79	3.85	85	8.63	15.1
12	Sonny Gray S. Gray	205	2019	CIN	31	11	8	.579	31	2.87	0	0	0	175.1	122	56	59	17	68	7	0	1	708	7	10.52	3.49	3.01	0.87	29.0	9.6	1.08	.255	3.03	62	3.41	74	6.26	22.6
13	José Berríos J. Berríos	195	2019	MIN	32	14	8	.636	32	3.68	1	0	0	200.1	194	82	94	26	51	9	0	0	842	8	8.76	2.29	3.82	1.17	23.2	6.1	1.22	.299	4.22	80	3.84	84	8.72	16.1
14	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	195	2019	NYM	31	11	8	.579	31	3.96	0	0	0	195.1	196	86	93	22	50	2	0	4	828	5	8.98	2.30	3.90	1.01	23.6	6.0	1.26	.311	4.28	97	3.47	81	9.03	18.1
15	Germán Márquez G. Márquez	175	2019	COL	28	12	5	.706	28	4.76	1	1	0	174.0	174	92	96	29	35	5	0	0	721	14	9.05	1.81	5.00	1.50	24.3	4.9	1.20	.304	4.97	96	4.05	87	9.00	11.3
16	Max Fried M. Fried	173	2019	ATL	33	17	6	.739	30	4.02	1	0	0	165.2	174	74	80	21	47	5	1	3	702	11	9.40	2.55	3.68	1.14	24.6	6.7	1.33	.336	4.35	90	3.70	85	9.45	12.5
17	Reynaldo López R. López	169	2019	CWS	33	10	15	.400	33	5.38	1	0	0	184.0	203	110	119	35	65	8	0	0	809	5	8.27	3.18	2.60	1.71	20.9	8.0	1.46	.316	5.82	118	5.03	107	9.93	-6.3
18	Kenta Maeda K. Maeda	169	2019	LAD	37	10	8	.556	26	4.04	0	0	3	153.2	114	69	70	22	51	4	3	1	624	3	9.90	2.99	3.31	1.29	27.1	8.2	1.07	.243	4.10	95	3.94	89	6.68	8.3
19	Marcus Stroman M. Stroman	159	2019	TOT	32	10	13	.435	32	3.22	0	0	0	184.1	183	66	77	18	58	1	0	1	774	7	7.76	2.83	2.74	0.88	20.5	7.5	1.31	.307	3.76	74	3.71	83	8.93	16.2
20	Merrill Kelly M. Kelly	158	2019	ARI	32	13	14	.481	32	4.42	0	0	0	183.1	184	90	95	29	57	2	0	4	777	4	7.76	2.80	2.77	1.42	20.3	7.3	1.31	.292	4.66	100	4.50	104	9.03	-3.6
21	Joe Musgrove J. Musgrove	157	2019	PIT	32	11	12	.478	31	4.44	0	0	0	170.1	168	84	98	21	39	9	0	1	718	2	8.30	2.06	4.03	1.11	21.9	5.4	1.22	.299	5.18	102	3.81	86	8.88	11.7
22	Steven Matz S. Matz	153	2019	NYM	32	11	10	.524	30	4.21	1	1	0	160.1	163	75	83	27	52	7	0	7	691	3	8.59	2.92	2.94	1.52	22.1	7.5	1.34	.301	4.66	103	4.59	107	9.15	-5.6
23	Chris Paddack C. Paddack	153	2019	SDP	26	9	7	.563	26	3.33	0	0	0	140.2	107	52	58	23	31	6	0	1	568	1	9.79	1.98	4.94	1.47	26.9	5.5	0.98	.237	3.71	79	3.94	90	6.85	6.8
24	Sandy Alcantara S. Alcantara	151	2019	MIA	32	6	14	.300	32	3.88	2	2	0	197.1	179	85	94	23	81	8	0	5	838	4	6.89	3.69	1.86	1.05	18.0	9.7	1.32	.271	4.29	93	4.54	106	8.16	-5.9
25	Jon Gray J. Gray	150	2019	COL	26	11	8	.579	25	3.84	0	0	0	150.0	147	64	70	19	56	4	1	4	637	7	9.00	3.36	2.68	1.14	23.5	8.8	1.35	.314	4.20	78	4.05	87	8.82	9.7