who has the highest career strikeouts per 9 innings in 2006inningseie

Chris Sale has the best career K/9, with 11.13 per nine innings.

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	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	Chris Sale C. Sale	11.13	2246.2	420	159	97	.621	339	2.95	2,779	17	4	12	1,821	736	794	223	518	145	25	15	9,037	48	2.08	5.36	0.89	30.8	5.7	1.04	.297	3.18	69	2.83	68	7.29	337.1
2	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	10.85	1702.1	279	107	76	.585	279	2.73	2,052	4	2	0	1,312	516	553	166	391	27	0	16	6,713	35	2.07	5.25	0.88	30.6	5.8	1.00	.281	2.92	69	2.74	67	6.94	256.5
3	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
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	10.50	3047.2	501	224	126	.640	492	3.29	3,557	12	5	0	2,511	1,113	1,186	369	814	116	2	20	12,351	83	2.40	4.37	1.09	28.8	6.6	1.09	.286	3.50	79	3.28	79	7.42	294.2
5	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	10.50	1778.0	297	115	93	.553	297	3.65	2,075	2	1	0	1,460	721	756	231	563	83	0	8	7,305	83	2.85	3.69	1.17	28.4	7.7	1.14	.282	3.83	87	3.58	85	7.39	120
6	Robbie Ray R. Ray	10.50	1606.2	296	101	89	.532	291	3.90	1,874	2	1	0	1,390	697	748	238	692	53	1	19	6,799	66	3.88	2.71	1.33	27.6	10.2	1.30	.292	4.19	93	4.13	101	7.79	-5.1
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	10.30	2081.0	339	163	89	.647	339	3.20	2,382	8	5	0	1,742	741	792	239	525	63	0	7	8,380	58	2.27	4.54	1.03	28.4	6.3	1.09	.291	3.43	79	3.20	78	7.53	217.3
8	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	10.04	2827.1	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	3,154	46	17	3	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
9	Aaron Nola A. Nola	9.77	1891.0	318	116	101	.535	318	3.91	2,053	6	4	0	1,699	821	862	254	508	58	0	18	7,783	20	2.42	4.04	1.21	26.4	6.5	1.17	.294	4.10	92	3.63	85	8.09	137.8
10	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	9.62	2855.1	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	3,052	25	15	0	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.2
11	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	9.58	1890.1	311	127	80	.614	311	3.26	2,013	5	3	0	1,598	684	738	187	537	80	0	14	7,731	43	2.56	3.75	0.89	26.0	6.9	1.13	.287	3.51	81	3.29	79	7.61	182.7
12	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
13	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	9.46	1641.2	271	116	77	.601	260	3.44	1,725	18	8	1	1,486	627	684	177	368	65	4	9	6,688	31	2.02	4.69	0.97	25.8	5.5	1.13	.301	3.75	83	3.22	78	8.15	161.7
14	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	9.37	1541.1	272	87	95	.478	266	3.75	1,605	1	0	0	1,359	642	703	199	497	55	4	10	6,416	21	2.90	3.23	1.16	25.0	7.7	1.20	.286	4.10	91	3.83	91	7.94	63
15	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	9.29	1682.0	278	110	89	.553	270	3.74	1,736	10	7	1	1,506	699	746	147	669	44	3	33	7,120	107	3.58	2.59	0.79	24.4	9.4	1.29	.300	3.99	99	3.44	90	8.06	81.5
16	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	9.28	2324.1	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	2,396	137	40	9	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	75	2.69	75	6.79	226.6
17	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	9.21	2088.2	393	121	125	.492	354	3.87	2,138	4	2	0	2,014	899	962	259	582	39	11	12	8,736	66	2.51	3.67	1.12	24.5	6.7	1.24	.307	4.15	93	3.61	85	8.68	142.7
18	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	9.04	2006.1	364	143	99	.591	340	3.74	2,015	4	2	1	1,856	834	916	231	704	89	4	21	8,520	61	3.16	2.86	1.04	23.7	8.3	1.28	.296	4.11	91	3.82	93	8.33	67.8
19	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	9.01	1813.2	419	112	114	.496	300	4.15	1,815	3	1	1	1,649	837	911	184	816	62	19	15	7,781	100	4.05	2.22	0.91	23.3	10.5	1.36	.299	4.52	101	3.88	95	8.18	39.3
20	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	8.99	1704.0	343	112	105	.516	286	4.24	1,703	11	4	2	1,694	803	843	224	471	58	29	21	7,146	61	2.49	3.62	1.18	23.8	6.6	1.27	.313	4.45	102	3.78	91	8.95	71.3
21	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	8.96	3576.2	557	266	159	.626	557	3.33	3,560	26	9	0	3,057	1,324	1,435	374	1,007	121	0	28	14,646	100	2.53	3.54	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	79	3.44	82	7.69	309.5
22	Sonny Gray S. Gray	8.94	2087.0	368	143	107	.572	359	3.51	2,074	7	5	0	1,823	814	888	208	667	62	2	5	8,635	107	2.88	3.11	0.90	24.0	7.7	1.19	.287	3.83	85	3.50	85	7.86	148.8
23	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	8.86	2492.1	425	141	134	.513	346	3.17	2,453	103	23	14	1,948	879	999	164	1,312	59	39	74	10,587	140	4.74	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.61	90	3.06	84	7.03	160.4
24	Johan Santana J. Santana	8.83	2025.2	360	139	78	.641	284	3.20	1,988	15	10	1	1,726	721	773	220	567	36	23	13	8,262	68	2.52	3.51	0.98	24.1	6.9	1.13	.276	3.43	74	3.43	81	7.67	187.6
25	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	8.73	1976.1	323	123	109	.530	318	4.24	1,918	16	9	0	1,768	932	993	251	908	38	2	31	8,462	109	4.13	2.11	1.14	22.7	10.7	1.35	.284	4.52	102	4.22	98	8.05	14.5

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