which starting pitcher has most strikeouts per game

Mick Abel, Kiko Calero and Steve Rachunok are tied for the most career strikeouts per game pitched by a starting pitcher, with 9.

NAME SO/G SO 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 H/9
1 Mick Abel
M. Abel
9
9
1
1
0
1.000
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
22
0
13.50
0.00
0.00
40.9
0.0
0.83
.385
0.00
7.50
2 Kiko Calero
K. Calero
9
9
1
0
0
1
1.80
0
0
0
5.0
3
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
20
0
16.20
3.60
4.50
0.00
45.0
10.0
1.00
.333
1.80
5.40
3 Steve Rachunok
S. Rachunok
9
9
1
0
1
.000
1
5.00
1
0
0
9.0
9
5
5
0
4
0
0
40
0
9.00
4.00
2.25
0.00
22.5
10.0
1.44
.333
5.00
9.00
4 Spencer Strider
S. Strider
8.3
473
57
29
12
.707
57
3.61
0
0
0
317.0
240
127
135
33
103
16
0
2
1,298
12
13.43
2.92
4.59
0.94
36.4
7.9
1.08
.308
3.83
6.81
5 Chris Gissell
C. Gissell
8
8
1
0
1
.000
1
11.25
0
0
0
4.0
9
5
5
1
1
0
0
0
22
1
18.00
2.25
8.00
2.25
36.4
4.5
2.50
.667
11.25
20.25
6 Ryan Bradley
R. Bradley
8
8
1
0
1
.000
1
9.00
0
0
0
5.0
7
5
6
1
2
0
0
0
23
0
14.40
3.60
4.00
1.80
34.8
8.7
1.80
.500
10.80
12.60
7 Eddie O'Brien
E. O'Brien
8
8
1
1
0
1.000
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
36
0
8.00
3.00
2.67
0.00
22.2
8.3
1.00
.240
1.00
6.00
8 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
7.99
4,818
603
301
166
.645
603
3.30
100
37
0
4103.0
3,320
1,504
1,692
408
1,491
188
0
37
16,937
109
10.57
3.27
3.23
0.89
28.4
8.8
1.17
.290
3.71
7.28
9 Chris Sale
C. Sale
7.86
2,388
304
137
83
.623
304
3.06
16
3
0
1930.2
1,587
657
709
201
436
123
0
12
7,779
44
11.13
2.03
5.48
0.94
30.7
5.6
1.05
.299
3.31
7.40
10 Jose Fernandez
J. Fernandez
7.75
589
76
38
17
.691
76
2.58
0
0
0
471.1
357
135
150
31
140
13
0
12
1,888
16
11.25
2.67
4.21
0.59
31.2
7.4
1.05
.292
2.86
6.82
11 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
7.55
1,728
229
88
59
.599
229
2.52
4
2
0
1430.1
1,098
400
437
129
322
23
0
13
5,623
28
10.87
2.03
5.37
0.81
30.7
5.7
0.99
.283
2.75
6.91
12 Juan Pena
J. Pena
7.5
15
2
2
0
1.000
2
0.69
0
0
0
13.0
9
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
49
0
10.38
2.08
5.00
0.00
30.6
6.1
0.92
.290
0.69
6.23
13 Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
7.41
3,032
409
208
97
.682
409
2.95
46
17
0
2720.0
2,151
893
979
233
705
136
0
26
10,955
60
10.03
2.33
4.30
0.77
27.7
6.4
1.05
.280
3.24
7.12
14 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
7.4
3,390
458
215
112
.657
458
3.17
12
5
0
2862.0
2,338
1,007
1,080
335
749
110
0
20
11,566
78
10.66
2.36
4.53
1.05
29.3
6.5
1.08
.287
3.40
7.35
15 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
7.31
5,654
773
318
291
.522
773
3.18
222
61
0
5326.0
3,880
1,884
2,151
314
2,748
156
0
75
22,310
275
9.55
4.64
2.06
0.53
25.3
12.3
1.24
.265
3.63
6.56
16 Logan Henderson
L. Henderson
7.25
29
4
3
0
1.000
4
1.71
0
0
0
21.0
14
4
4
3
6
0
0
0
81
0
12.43
2.57
4.83
1.29
35.8
7.4
0.95
.256
1.71
6.00
17 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
7.24
2,274
314
159
85
.652
314
2.71
137
40
0
2202.1
1,655
663
751
194
742
17
0
46
8,959
76
9.29
3.03
3.06
0.79
25.4
8.3
1.09
.255
3.07
6.76
18 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
7.2
1,282
178
71
55
.563
178
3.69
11
5
0
1116.2
871
458
489
126
541
81
0
11
4,733
46
10.33
4.36
2.37
1.02
27.1
11.4
1.26
.276
3.94
7.02
19 Mark Prior
M. Prior
7.14
757
106
42
29
.592
106
3.51
5
1
0
657.0
582
256
277
77
223
31
0
10
2,771
21
10.37
3.05
3.39
1.05
27.3
8.0
1.23
.300
3.79
7.97
20 Shane Bieber
S. Bieber
7.13
955
134
62
31
.667
134
3.17
5
2
0
836.1
742
295
316
92
186
17
0
1
3,385
33
10.28
2.00
5.13
0.99
28.2
5.5
1.11
.304
3.40
7.98
21 Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
7.12
2,007
282
110
88
.556
282
3.58
2
1
0
1706.0
1,394
678
712
217
544
77
0
8
7,009
79
10.59
2.87
3.69
1.14
28.6
7.8
1.14
.283
3.76
7.35
22 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
7.1
2,251
317
153
80
.657
317
3.18
8
5
0
1954.0
1,627
690
740
217
500
61
0
8
7,861
58
10.37
2.30
4.50
1.00
28.6
6.4
1.09
.292
3.41
7.49
23 Shohei Ohtani
S. Ohtani
7.07
608
86
38
19
.667
86
3.01
1
1
0
481.2
348
161
169
53
173
24
0
2
1,951
42
11.36
3.23
3.51
0.99
31.2
8.9
1.08
.270
3.16
6.50
24 Paul Skenes
P. Skenes
7.06
247
35
15
8
.652
35
2.03
1
0
0
208.1
145
47
51
14
50
8
0
0
807
3
10.67
2.16
4.94
0.60
30.6
6.2
0.94
.268
2.20
6.26
25 Darwinzon Hernandez
D. Hernandez
7
7
1
0
1
.000
1
9.00
0
0
0
3.0
3
3
4
0
5
0
0
0
18
0
21.00
15.00
1.40
0.00
38.9
27.8
2.67
.500
12.00
9.00
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