which pitcher has the highest career strikeouts per nine innings

Chris Sale has the best career K/9, with 11.11 per nine innings.

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Which pitcher has the highest career strikeouts per nine innings with a minimum of 1500 IP?

	NAME	K/9	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	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	Chris Sale C. Sale	11.11	2179.0	409	154	94	.621	328	2.98	2,691	16	3	12	1,774	721	779	221	511	139	25	15	8,781	48	2.11	5.27	0.91	30.6	5.8	1.05	.298	3.22	70	2.87	69	7.33	316.9
2	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	10.82	1635.1	265	103	70	.595	265	2.63	1,966	4	2	0	1,248	477	514	162	365	25	0	15	6,425	32	2.01	5.39	0.89	30.6	5.7	0.99	.278	2.83	67	2.75	67	6.87	246.4
3	Robbie Ray R. Ray	10.62	1542.2	283	96	87	.525	278	3.91	1,820	2	1	0	1,329	670	719	231	654	51	1	19	6,517	63	3.82	2.78	1.35	27.9	10.0	1.29	.292	4.19	93	4.10	100	7.75	-2.5
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	10.61	4135.1	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	4,875	100	37	2	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	75	3.18	73	7.28	554.3
5	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	10.56	2985.0	489	221	121	.646	480	3.27	3,503	12	5	0	2,460	1,084	1,157	363	790	115	2	20	12,089	80	2.38	4.43	1.09	29.0	6.5	1.09	.287	3.49	79	3.27	79	7.42	291.8
6	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	10.50	1778.0	297	115	93	.553	297	3.65	2,075	2	1	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
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	10.33	1996.2	325	156	83	.653	325	3.20	2,292	8	5	0	1,668	709	759	225	510	62	0	7	8,041	58	2.30	4.49	1.01	28.5	6.3	1.09	.291	3.42	79	3.18	77	7.52	212.6
8	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	10.04	2827.1	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	3,154	46	17	3	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
9	Aaron Nola A. Nola	9.81	1807.2	303	112	95	.541	303	3.93	1,970	6	4	0	1,627	790	831	236	478	57	0	16	7,444	20	2.38	4.12	1.17	26.5	6.4	1.16	.296	4.14	93	3.57	83	8.10	143.1
10	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	9.62	2855.1	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	3,052	25	15	0	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.7
11	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	9.55	5386.0	807	324	292	.526	773	3.19	5,714	222	61	3	3,923	1,911	2,178	321	2,795	158	13	78	22,575	277	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	90	2.96	83	6.56	370.2
12	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	9.48	1808.1	296	121	76	.614	296	3.24	1,904	5	3	0	1,530	651	704	175	510	78	0	14	7,394	42	2.54	3.73	0.87	25.8	6.9	1.13	.287	3.50	81	3.28	80	7.61	173.6
13	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	9.46	1641.2	271	116	77	.601	260	3.44	1,725	18	8	1	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
14	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	9.29	1682.0	278	110	89	.553	270	3.74	1,736	10	7	1	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
15	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	9.28	2324.1	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	2,396	137	40	9	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
16	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	9.20	2017.1	380	116	121	.489	341	3.84	2,062	4	2	0	1,936	861	922	248	564	39	11	12	8,431	65	2.52	3.66	1.11	24.5	6.7	1.24	.306	4.11	93	3.60	85	8.64	140.1
17	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	9.04	2006.1	364	143	99	.591	340	3.74	2,015	4	2	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
18	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	9.01	1813.2	419	112	114	.496	300	4.15	1,815	3	1	1	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
19	Sonny Gray S. Gray	9.00	2007.2	355	135	103	.567	346	3.54	2,007	7	5	0	1,751	789	863	202	644	60	2	5	8,311	106	2.89	3.12	0.91	24.1	7.7	1.19	.287	3.87	85	3.51	85	7.85	142.2
20	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	8.99	1704.0	343	112	105	.516	286	4.24	1,703	11	4	2	1,694	803	843	224	471	58	29	21	7,146	61	2.49	3.62	1.18	23.8	6.6	1.27	.313	4.45	102	3.78	91	8.95	71.3
21	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	8.96	3571.1	556	266	159	.626	556	3.33	3,554	26	9	0	3,052	1,322	1,433	372	1,006	121	0	28	14,626	100	2.54	3.53	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	79	3.44	81	7.69	309.9
22	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	8.86	2492.1	425	141	134	.513	346	3.17	2,453	103	23	14	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
23	Johan Santana J. Santana	8.83	2025.2	360	139	78	.641	284	3.20	1,988	15	10	1	1,726	721	773	220	567	36	23	13	8,262	68	2.52	3.51	0.98	24.1	6.9	1.13	.276	3.43	74	3.43	81	7.67	187.6
24	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	8.73	1976.1	323	123	109	.530	318	4.24	1,918	16	9	0	1,768	932	993	251	908	38	2	31	8,462	109	4.13	2.11	1.14	22.7	10.7	1.35	.284	4.52	102	4.22	98	8.05	14.5
25	David Price D. Price	8.72	2143.2	400	157	82	.657	322	3.32	2,076	17	3	3	1,930	790	865	221	562	63	19	16	8,807	40	2.36	3.69	0.93	23.6	6.4	1.16	.290	3.63	81	3.38	83	8.10	165.9

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