Which Pitcher Has The Highest Career Strikeouts Per Nine Innings

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

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NAME	G	K/9	IP	W	L	W%	GS	CG	GF	SHO	SV	H	TBF	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	SO	WP	ERA	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	K/BB	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	PRAA
Chris Sale	321	11.08	1672.1	114	74	.606	241	16	25	3	12	1,357	6,727	609	563	178	386	15	102	2,059	38	3.03	1.04	7.30	2.08	5.33	71	2.92	69	238.3
Max Scherzer	411	10.73	2561.2	193	97	.666	402	12	2	5	0	2,083	10,360	964	895	288	685	20	97	3,053	73	3.14	1.08	7.32	2.41	4.46	75	3.11	75	292.6
Randy Johnson	618	10.61	4135.1	303	166	.646	603	100	7	37	2	3,346	17,067	1,703	1,513	411	1,497	37	190	4,875	109	3.29	1.17	7.28	3.26	3.26	75	3.18	73	554.3
Pedro Martinez	476	10.04	2827.1	219	100	.687	409	46	23	17	3	2,221	11,394	1,006	919	239	760	30	141	3,154	62	2.93	1.05	7.07	2.42	4.15	66	2.91	68	454.6
Clayton Kershaw	382	9.81	2471.2	188	84	.691	379	25	1	15	0	1,869	9,728	746	684	198	606	27	38	2,693	95	2.49	1.00	6.81	2.21	4.44	64	2.76	69	337.1
Nolan Ryan	807	9.55	5386.0	324	292	.526	773	222	13	61	3	3,923	22,575	2,178	1,911	321	2,795	78	158	5,714	277	3.19	1.25	6.56	4.67	2.04	90	2.96	83	370.2
Tim Lincecum	278	9.29	1682.0	110	89	.553	270	10	3	7	1	1,506	7,120	746	699	147	669	33	44	1,736	107	3.74	1.29	8.06	3.58	2.59	99	3.44	90	81.5
Sandy Koufax	397	9.28	2324.1	165	87	.655	314	137	44	40	9	1,754	9,497	806	713	204	817	48	18	2,396	87	2.76	1.11	6.79	3.16	2.93	75	2.69	75	226.6
Justin Verlander	458	9.08	3014.0	228	130	.637	458	26	0	9	0	2,552	12,308	1,197	1,110	313	855	27	99	3,041	87	3.31	1.13	7.62	2.55	3.56	78	3.40	80	283.3
Lance Lynn	288	9.04	1583.2	115	77	.599	264	4	4	2	1	1,435	6,689	660	613	152	574	20	66	1,591	51	3.48	1.27	8.16	3.26	2.77	85	3.58	88	89.2
Francisco Liriano	419	9.01	1813.2	112	114	.496	300	3	19	1	1	1,649	7,781	911	837	184	816	15	62	1,815	100	4.15	1.36	8.18	4.05	2.22	101	3.88	95	38.5
Sam McDowell	425	8.86	2492.1	141	134	.513	346	103	39	23	14	1,948	10,587	999	879	164	1,312	74	59	2,453	140	3.17	1.31	7.03	4.74	1.87	90	3.06	84	160.4
Johan Santana	360	8.83	2025.2	139	78	.641	284	15	23	10	1	1,726	8,262	773	721	220	567	13	36	1,988	68	3.20	1.13	7.67	2.52	3.51	74	3.43	81	187.6
Hideo Nomo	323	8.73	1976.1	123	109	.530	318	16	2	9	0	1,768	8,462	993	932	251	908	31	38	1,918	109	4.24	1.35	8.05	4.13	2.11	102	4.22	98	14.5
David Price	365	8.73	2108.0	155	82	.654	322	17	7	3	1	1,896	8,659	855	780	216	554	14	63	2,044	40	3.33	1.16	8.09	2.37	3.69	81	3.38	83	164
Gio Gonzalez	344	8.66	1933.0	131	101	.565	328	4	4	2	0	1,744	8,242	857	795	171	815	21	50	1,860	59	3.70	1.32	8.12	3.79	2.28	91	3.68	91	77.1
Madison Bumgarner	328	8.60	2052.0	127	107	.543	325	16	1	7	0	1,815	8,385	821	750	230	490	38	79	1,961	27	3.29	1.12	7.96	2.15	4.00	85	3.50	91	75
Curt Schilling	569	8.60	3261.0	216	146	.597	436	83	81	20	22	2,998	13,284	1,318	1,253	347	711	43	52	3,116	72	3.46	1.14	8.27	1.96	4.38	80	3.22	76	373.6
Scott Kazmir	303	8.56	1701.0	108	97	.527	301	3	0	1	0	1,611	7,308	830	760	193	687	17	68	1,618	74	4.02	1.35	8.52	3.63	2.36	98	4.02	97	26.3
Roger Clemens	709	8.55	4916.2	354	184	.658	707	118	0	46	0	4,185	20,240	1,885	1,707	363	1,580	63	159	4,672	143	3.12	1.17	7.66	2.89	2.96	70	3.08	71	680.4
Cole Hamels	423	8.54	2698.0	163	122	.572	422	17	0	7	0	2,424	11,115	1,103	1,027	310	767	43	100	2,560	57	3.43	1.18	8.09	2.56	3.34	82	3.68	88	151.6
Sid Fernandez	307	8.40	1866.2	114	96	.543	300	25	2	9	1	1,421	7,668	749	696	191	715	33	41	1,743	22	3.36	1.14	6.85	3.45	2.44	90	3.51	93	50.9
Ian Kennedy	432	8.37	1845.2	102	107	.488	290	2	97	1	56	1,742	7,830	906	843	266	623	27	81	1,716	78	4.11	1.28	8.49	3.04	2.75	101	4.27	107	-58.6
J.R. Richard	238	8.37	1606.0	107	71	.601	221	76	3	19	0	1,227	6,674	625	562	73	770	15	17	1,493	92	3.15	1.24	6.88	4.32	1.94	92	2.85	82	114.7
Jake Peavy	388	8.36	2377.0	152	126	.547	377	15	3	6	0	2,134	9,838	1,011	960	259	708	42	78	2,207	46	3.63	1.20	8.08	2.68	3.12	90	3.64	89	127.6

Chris Sale has the best career K/9, with 11.08 per nine innings.

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