which pitcher has the highest career strikeouts per nine innings min 500 innings

Edwin Díaz has the best career K/9 when pitching at least 500 innings, with 14.49 per nine innings.

	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	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	14.49	533.0	536	30	38	.441	0	3.06	858	0	0	260	381	181	194	57	192	43	407	11	2,184	34	3.24	4.47	0.96	39.3	8.8	1.08	.313	3.28	75	2.64	63	6.43	91
2	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	14.44	870.0	913	63	51	.553	0	2.49	1,396	0	0	400	510	241	268	57	428	34	604	7	3,542	90	4.43	3.26	0.59	39.4	12.1	1.08	.278	2.77	61	2.37	57	5.28	170.5
3	Josh Hader J. Hader	14.35	553.2	510	38	32	.543	0	2.50	883	0	0	251	298	154	168	66	209	24	355	6	2,170	19	3.40	4.22	1.07	40.7	9.6	0.92	.235	2.73	61	2.78	66	4.84	87.6
4	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	13.73	866.1	895	57	52	.523	0	2.68	1,322	0	0	441	531	258	289	79	366	43	674	13	3,495	74	3.80	3.61	0.82	37.8	10.5	1.04	.268	3.00	65	2.67	65	5.52	133
5	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	12.30	967.0	978	58	46	.558	0	2.62	1,322	0	0	493	634	281	302	95	304	32	733	21	3,843	22	2.83	4.35	0.88	34.4	7.9	0.97	.258	2.81	66	2.71	67	5.90	143.1
6	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	11.92	903.0	853	47	40	.540	0	2.31	1,196	0	0	422	601	232	262	82	300	33	703	26	3,600	43	2.99	3.99	0.82	33.2	8.3	1.00	.261	2.61	54	2.72	63	5.99	159
7	Brad Lidge B. Lidge	11.92	603.1	603	26	32	.448	1	3.54	799	0	0	225	492	237	257	57	287	34	368	41	2,589	46	4.28	2.78	0.85	30.9	11.1	1.29	.308	3.83	82	3.26	75	7.34	72.7
8	David Robertson D. Robertson	11.83	894.1	881	68	46	.596	1	2.93	1,176	0	0	179	674	291	315	81	365	25	358	38	3,690	57	3.67	3.22	0.82	31.9	9.9	1.16	.290	3.17	70	2.98	70	6.78	122.1
9	Carlos Marmol C. Marmol	11.60	577.0	519	23	35	.397	13	3.57	744	0	0	117	385	229	242	49	395	51	259	22	2,521	35	6.16	1.88	0.76	29.5	15.7	1.35	.262	3.77	85	3.95	94	6.01	15.6
10	Jake Diekman J. Diekman	11.42	602.1	705	27	34	.443	0	3.91	764	0	0	19	483	262	312	53	358	47	141	21	2,662	44	5.35	2.13	0.79	28.7	13.4	1.40	.299	4.66	95	3.77	91	7.22	23.8
11	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	11.33	811.2	177	47	36	.566	138	3.69	1,022	0	0	0	609	333	353	99	307	13	9	6	3,304	65	3.40	3.33	1.10	30.9	9.3	1.13	.274	3.91	89	3.42	82	6.75	70
12	Blake Snell B. Snell	11.22	1190.0	228	84	63	.571	228	3.12	1,483	1	1	0	912	412	448	111	535	12	0	6	4,923	87	4.05	2.77	0.84	30.1	10.9	1.22	.288	3.39	76	3.27	78	6.90	120.4
13	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	11.21	614.1	114	47	22	.681	114	2.83	765	1	1	0	443	193	205	60	208	30	0	2	2,479	52	3.05	3.68	0.88	30.9	8.4	1.06	.270	3.00	67	3.09	72	6.49	77.8
14	Hunter Greene H. Greene	11.18	523.1	96	27	31	.466	96	3.82	650	2	2	0	415	222	233	74	188	39	0	0	2,181	22	3.23	3.46	1.27	29.8	8.6	1.15	.277	4.01	87	3.81	88	7.14	30.2
15	Dylan Cease D. Cease	11.15	1176.2	215	75	63	.543	215	3.68	1,458	4	4	0	955	481	531	132	497	38	0	9	4,948	60	3.80	2.93	1.01	29.5	10.0	1.23	.292	4.06	88	3.50	82	7.30	98.2
16	Chris Sale C. Sale	11.13	2234.0	418	159	97	.621	337	2.95	2,763	17	4	12	1,814	732	790	222	516	143	25	15	8,990	48	2.08	5.35	0.89	30.7	5.7	1.04	.298	3.18	69	2.83	68	7.31	334.8
17	Greg Holland G. Holland	11.13	547.2	556	30	28	.517	0	3.14	677	0	0	220	417	191	211	43	241	7	355	20	2,271	50	3.96	2.81	0.71	29.8	10.6	1.20	.287	3.47	74	3.02	73	6.85	66.2
18	Héctor Neris H. Neris	11.12	627.1	643	46	43	.517	0	3.47	775	0	0	107	509	242	272	83	243	36	274	16	2,632	38	3.49	3.19	1.19	29.4	9.2	1.20	.285	3.90	84	3.75	89	7.30	33.3
19	Armando Benitez A. Benitez	10.93	779.0	762	40	47	.460	0	3.13	946	0	0	289	545	271	296	95	403	16	527	32	3,253	18	4.66	2.35	1.10	29.1	12.4	1.22	.251	3.42	72	3.86	88	6.30	48.8
20	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	10.85	1689.0	276	106	74	.589	276	2.68	2,037	4	2	0	1,296	503	540	165	383	25	0	16	6,646	34	2.04	5.32	0.88	30.7	5.8	0.99	.280	2.88	68	2.73	67	6.91	256.6
21	Octavio Dotel O. Dotel	10.82	951.0	758	59	50	.541	34	3.78	1,143	0	0	109	765	399	431	117	412	41	305	39	4,024	46	3.90	2.77	1.11	28.4	10.2	1.24	.280	4.08	86	3.69	84	7.24	73.6
22	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	10.75	1084.0	240	78	53	.595	191	3.76	1,295	1	0	1	847	453	482	141	415	56	6	3	4,520	38	3.45	3.12	1.17	28.7	9.2	1.16	.270	4.00	90	3.76	90	7.03	52.9
23	Andrew Miller A. Miller	10.63	829.0	612	55	55	.500	66	4.03	979	0	0	63	732	371	413	80	383	61	147	14	3,619	44	4.16	2.56	0.87	27.1	10.6	1.34	.308	4.48	95	3.63	87	7.95	49.8
24	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
25	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	10.55	1470.0	247	113	62	.646	247	3.24	1,723	2	2	0	1,217	530	582	149	394	53	0	20	5,962	44	2.41	4.37	0.91	28.9	6.6	1.10	.293	3.56	80	3.01	75	7.45	165.9

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