which pitcher has the highest career strikeouts per nine innings minimum 100 innings

Cy Young struck out 3.43 batters per nine innings when pitching at least 100 innings in his career.

	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	Cy Young C. Young	3.43	7356.0	906	511	316	.618	815	2.63	2,803	749	76	17	7,092	2,147	3,167	138	1,217	161	84		29,565	156	1.49	2.30	0.17	9.5	4.1	1.13	.275	3.87	74	2.84	79	8.68	620
2	Pud Galvin P. Galvin	2.73	5941.1	697	361	308	.540	681	2.87	1,799	639	57	1	6,352	1,895	3,315	121	744	54	18		25,160	220	1.13	2.42	0.18	7.2	3.0	1.19	.278	5.02	94	2.97	95	9.62	94.5
3	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	5.34	5914.1	802	417	279	.599	666	2.17	3,509	531	110	34	4,913	1,424	1,902	97	1,363	205	127		23,405	154	2.07	2.57	0.15	15.0	5.8	1.06	.264	2.89	68	2.42	76	7.48	472.8
4	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	5.57	5404.0	864	318	274	.537	716	3.35	3,342	245	45	29	5,044	2,012	2,337	482	1,809	123	83	86	22,677	226	3.01	1.85	0.80	14.7	8.0	1.27	.270	3.89	87	3.61	95	8.40	116.1
5	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
6	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	5.95	5350.0	777	314	265	.542	690	3.11	3,534	303	53	10	4,938	1,846	2,128	399	1,379	108	33	164	21,953	160	2.32	2.56	0.67	16.1	6.3	1.18	.275	3.58	85	3.06	85	8.31	312.9
7	Don Sutton D. Sutton	6.09	5282.1	774	324	256	.559	756	3.26	3,574	178	58	5	4,692	1,914	2,104	472	1,343	82	12	102	21,631	112	2.29	2.66	0.80	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.58	92	3.23	90	7.99	181.2
8	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	4.43	5243.2	750	363	245	.597	665	3.09	2,583	382	63	28	4,830	1,798	2,016	434	1,434	42	67	60	21,547	81	2.46	1.80	0.74	12.0	6.7	1.19	.258	3.46	84	3.44	94	8.29	124.4
9	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	7.13	5217.2	741	329	244	.574	709	3.22	4,136	254	55	2	4,672	1,864	2,130	414	1,833	53	13	150	21,683	183	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.67	87	3.14	86	8.06	271.5
10	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	3.81	5190.0	696	373	208	.642	600	2.56	2,198	436	90	32	4,868	1,476	1,852	165	951	70	81		20,893	38	1.65	2.31	0.29	10.5	4.6	1.12	.269	3.21	73	2.88	81	8.44	359.1
11	Kid Nichols K. Nichols	3.34	5067.1	621	361	208	.634	562	2.96	1,881	532	48	17	4,929	1,664	2,480	156	1,272	129	56		21,082	169	2.26	1.48	0.28	8.9	6.0	1.22	.271	4.40	73	3.48	85	8.75	377.8
12	Tim Keefe T. Keefe	4.57	5049.2	600	342	225	.603	594	2.63	2,564	554	39	2	4,438	1,474	2,470	75	1,233	83	7		20,941	240	2.20	2.08	0.13	12.2	5.9	1.12	.257	4.40	79	2.92	87	7.91	239.2
13	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	6.06	5008.1	744	355	227	.610	740	3.16	3,371	109	35	0	4,726	1,756	1,981	353	999	137	3	177	20,421	70	1.80	3.37	0.63	16.5	4.9	1.14	.281	3.56	76	3.25	78	8.49	519.5
14	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	6.70	4970.0	692	287	250	.534	685	3.31	3,701	242	60	0	4,632	1,830	2,029	430	1,322	155	3	71	20,491	114	2.39	2.80	0.78	18.1	6.5	1.20	.282	3.67	85	3.18	82	8.39	368.6
15	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	8.55	4916.2	709	354	184	.658	707	3.12	4,672	118	46	0	4,185	1,707	1,885	363	1,580	159	0	63	20,240	143	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	70	3.08	71	7.66	680.4
16	Mickey Welch M. Welch	3.47	4802.0	565	307	210	.594	549	2.71	1,850	525	41	4	4,588	1,447	2,556	106	1,297	52	16		20,308	274	2.43	1.43	0.20	9.1	6.4	1.23	.264	4.79	88	3.28	103	8.60	-55.7
17	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	4.71	4788.2	636	373	188	.665	552	2.13	2,507	435	79	30	4,219	1,135	1,620	89	848	59	73		18,913	115	1.59	2.96	0.17	13.3	4.5	1.06	.268	3.04	75	2.26	76	7.93	363
18	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	6.85	4783.0	656	311	205	.603	647	2.86	3,640	231	61	1	3,971	1,521	1,674	380	1,390	76	6	116	19,369	126	2.62	2.62	0.72	18.8	7.2	1.12	.259	3.15	79	3.03	85	7.47	286.1
19	Tommy John T. John	4.29	4710.1	760	288	231	.555	700	3.34	2,245	162	46	3	4,783	1,749	2,017	302	1,259	98	22	102	19,692	187	2.41	1.78	0.58	11.4	6.4	1.28	.284	3.85	90	3.37	89	9.14	208.3
20	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	4.52	4688.2	676	286	245	.539	609	3.41	2,357	305	45	25	4,582	1,774	1,962	505	902	54	49	69	19,174	33	1.73	2.61	0.97	12.3	4.7	1.17	.265	3.77	89	3.50	91	8.80	179.6
21	Early Wynn E. Wynn	4.60	4564.0	691	300	244	.551	611	3.54	2,334	289	49	16	4,291	1,796	2,037	338	1,775	64	67	36	19,408	51	3.50	1.31	0.67	12.0	9.1	1.33	.265	4.02	94	3.64	97	8.46	56.4
22	John Clarkson J. Clarkson	3.92	4536.1	531	328	178	.648	518	2.81	1,978	485	37	5	4,295	1,417	2,384	159	1,191	80	12		19,146	182	2.36	1.66	0.32	10.3	6.2	1.21	.263	4.73	75	3.35	88	8.52	289.8
23	Tony Mullane T. Mullane	3.58	4531.1	555	284	220	.563	504	3.05	1,803	468	30	15	4,195	1,537	2,523	97	1,408	135	52		19,407	343	2.80	1.28	0.19	9.3	7.3	1.24	.258	5.01	85	3.54	99	8.33	25.1
24	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	4.89	4530.1	898	283	237	.544	625	3.45	2,461	180	31	17	4,620	1,738	2,038	395	1,083	122	102	116	19,023	128	2.15	2.27	0.78	12.9	5.7	1.26	.282	4.05	93	3.41	91	9.18	165.8
25	Old Hoss Radbourn O. Hoss Radbourn	3.64	4527.1	527	309	194	.614	502	2.68	1,830	488	35	3	4,328	1,347	2,273	118	875	54	24		18,918	214	1.74	2.09	0.23	9.7	4.6	1.15	.262	4.52	82	3.15	95	8.60	51