which starting pitcher has the most ks per 9 this season

Juan Mejia had the highest K/9 by a starting pitcher this season, with 27.00 per nine innings.

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Data note: Strikeouts Per Nine Innings: player game data complete from 1901
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	NAME	K/9	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Juan Mejia J. Mejia	27.00	2026	COL	1	0	0		1	27.00	2	0	0	0	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0.00		0.00	33.3	0.0	4.50	1.000	27.00	40.50
2	Didier Fuentes D. Fuentes	21.00	2026	ATL	1	0	0		1	12.00	7	0	0	0	3.0	7	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	18	0	3.00	7.00	3.00	38.9	5.6	2.67	.667	12.00	21.00
3	Steven Cruz S. Cruz	19.29	2026	KCR	2	0	0		2	3.86	5	0	0	0	2.1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	9	0	3.86	5.00	3.86	55.6	11.1	0.86	.000	3.86	3.86
4	Trevor Williams T. Williams	18.00	2026	TEX	1	0	0		1	0.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.00		0.00	66.7	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
5	Erik Miller E. Miller	18.00	2026	BOS	1	0	0		1	0.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0.00		0.00	40.0	0.0	2.00	.667	9.00	18.00
6	Yohan Ramírez Y. Ramírez	18.00	2026	PIT	1	0	0		1	0.00	4	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	4.50	4.00	0.00	50.0	12.5	1.00	.333	0.00	4.50
7	Tanner Banks T. Banks	18.00	2026	PHI	1	0	1	.000	1	9.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	18.00	1.00	0.00	33.3	33.3	3.00	.500	9.00	9.00
8	Lyon Richardson L. Richardson	18.00	2026	CIN	1	0	1	.000	1	36.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	1	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	7	0	18.00	1.00	9.00	28.6	28.6	3.00	.000	36.00	9.00
9	Tyler Samaniego T. Samaniego	18.00	2026	BOS	1	0	1	.000	1	36.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0.00		0.00	22.2	0.0	6.00	.857	36.00	54.00
10	Keegan Akin K. Akin	18.00	2026	BAL	2	0	0		2	4.50	4	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0.00		4.50	57.1	0.0	0.50	.000	4.50	4.50
11	Jovani Morán J. Morán	18.00	2026	BOS	3	0	2	.000	3	15.00	6	0	0	0	3.0	7	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	18	0	6.00	3.00	6.00	33.3	11.1	3.00	.625	15.00	21.00
12	Zach Eflin Z. Eflin	17.18	2026	BAL	1	0	0		1	2.45	7	0	0	0	3.2	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	17	0	4.91	3.50	2.45	41.2	11.8	1.64	.429	2.45	9.82
13	Aaron Ashby A. Ashby	15.43	2026	MIL	1	0	0		1	7.71	4	0	0	0	2.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0.00		0.00	40.0	0.0	1.29	.500	7.71	11.57
14	Mason Montgomery M. Montgomery	14.40	2026	PIT	5	0	0		5	0.00	8	0	0	0	5.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	21	0	5.40	2.67	0.00	38.1	14.3	1.20	.300	0.00	5.40
15	José Suarez J. Suarez	14.40	2026	TOT	2	0	1	.000	2	7.20	8	0	0	0	5.0	5	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	22	0	5.40	2.67	0.00	36.4	13.6	1.60	.455	7.20	9.00
16	Riley Cornelio R. Cornelio	14.09	2026	WSH	3	0	0		3	0.00	12	0	0	0	7.2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	28	0	4.70	3.00	0.00	42.9	14.3	0.78	.167	0.00	2.35
17	Jack Ralston J. Ralston	13.50	2026	MIA	1	0	1	.000	1	20.25	2	0	0	0	1.1	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	8	1	6.75	2.00	6.75	25.0	12.5	3.00	.500	20.25	20.25
18	Hagen Smith H. Smith	13.50	2026	CWS	1	0	0		1	0.00	3	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0.00		0.00	37.5	0.0	1.00	.400	0.00	9.00
19	Bryan King B. King	13.50	2026	HOU	1	0	0		1	13.50	1	0	0	0	0.2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	27.00	0.50	0.00	25.0	50.0	3.00	.000	13.50	0.00
20	Danny Young D. Young	13.50	2026	ATL	1	0	0		1	13.50	1	0	0	0	0.2	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	27.00	0.50	0.00	20.0	40.0	4.50	.500	13.50	13.50
21	Jack Dreyer J. Dreyer	13.50	2026	LAD	3	0	0		3	4.50	6	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	15	0	2.25	6.00	0.00	40.0	6.7	1.00	.375	4.50	6.75
22	Cionel Pérez C. Pérez	13.50	2026	NYM	2	0	0		2	0.00	3	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0.00		0.00	37.5	0.0	1.00	.400	0.00	9.00
23	Tyler Gilbert T. Gilbert	13.50	2026	CWS	1	0	0		1	13.50	1	0	0	0	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.00		0.00	25.0	0.0	3.00	.667	13.50	27.00
24	Sammy Peralta S. Peralta	13.50	2026	COL	1	0	1	.000	1	27.00	1	0	0	0	0.2	2	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	7	0	27.00	0.50	0.00	14.3	28.6	6.00	.667	27.00	27.00
25	Steven Okert S. Okert	13.50	2026	HOU	1	0	0		1	13.50	1	0	0	0	0.2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	13.50	1.00	0.00	16.7	16.7	6.00	.750	13.50	40.50

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