highest k/9 since 2018 minimum 100 games started

Since 2018, Chris Sale has the best K/9 when starting 100+ games, with 12.01 per nine innings.

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Highest K/9 by a player since 2018 minimum 100 games started

	NAME	K/9	GS	G	W	L	W%	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Chris Sale C. Sale	12.01	153	154	66	37	.641	2.94	1,178	1	1	0	882.2	703	288	314	84	212	69	0	1	3,568	16	2.16	5.56	0.86	33.0	5.9	1.04	.306	3.20	66	2.68	64	7.17	149.5
2	Blake Snell B. Snell	11.74	181	181	70	48	.593	3.01	1,238	1	1	0	948.2	694	317	337	91	414	11	0	5	3,883	73	3.93	2.99	0.86	31.9	10.7	1.17	.283	3.20	74	3.15	76	6.58	107.3
3	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	11.70	118	152	44	27	.620	3.32	921	0	0	0	708.1	492	261	271	84	246	8	9	4	2,823	58	3.13	3.74	1.07	32.6	8.7	1.04	.261	3.44	81	3.19	76	6.25	79.1
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	11.64	163	163	59	40	.596	2.45	1,264	2	1	0	977.2	689	266	285	97	199	17	0	7	3,784	15	1.83	6.35	0.89	33.4	5.3	0.91	.268	2.62	61	2.52	60	6.34	180.9
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	11.53	204	204	100	43	.699	2.99	1,604	7	5	0	1252.1	948	416	443	161	314	30	0	1	4,963	26	2.26	5.11	1.16	32.3	6.3	1.01	.276	3.18	72	3.10	73	6.81	163.3
6	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	11.21	114	114	47	22	.681	2.83	765	1	1	0	614.1	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	78.3
7	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	11.16	187	187	80	46	.635	3.21	1,367	4	1	0	1102.0	884	393	410	152	260	49	0	7	4,429	20	2.12	5.26	1.24	30.9	5.9	1.04	.281	3.35	77	3.32	78	7.22	112.6
8	Dylan Cease D. Cease	11.16	210	210	72	63	.533	3.71	1,422	4	4	0	1146.2	939	473	522	130	486	38	0	9	4,833	60	3.81	2.93	1.02	29.4	10.1	1.24	.293	4.10	89	3.52	82	7.37	93.3
9	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	10.88	186	235	75	51	.595	3.79	1,274	1	0	1	1054.1	829	444	473	138	410	53	6	3	4,408	38	3.50	3.11	1.18	28.9	9.3	1.18	.273	4.04	91	3.76	90	7.08	52
10	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	10.67	128	143	53	27	.663	3.00	886	2	1	1	747.1	565	249	262	84	186	30	4	1	2,974	8	2.24	4.76	1.01	29.8	6.3	1.00	.269	3.16	71	3.12	73	6.80	93.9
11	Robbie Ray R. Ray	10.61	194	196	69	52	.570	3.80	1,269	1	0	0	1076.0	893	454	484	171	468	33	0	9	4,512	45	3.91	2.71	1.43	28.1	10.4	1.26	.281	4.05	91	4.25	104	7.47	-22.4
12	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	10.47	152	155	61	43	.587	3.06	1,017	1	1	0	874.1	696	297	325	102	190	31	1	0	3,475	11	1.96	5.35	1.05	29.3	5.5	1.01	.278	3.35	74	3.09	74	7.16	101.6
13	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	10.36	149	210	63	38	.624	3.15	1,114	0	0	2	968.0	756	339	374	104	280	38	16	3	3,914	42	2.60	3.98	0.97	28.5	7.2	1.07	.274	3.48	75	3.25	78	7.03	101.5
14	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	10.33	198	203	66	62	.516	3.81	1,212	0	0	0	1055.2	893	447	477	142	383	60	0	10	4,415	40	3.27	3.16	1.21	27.5	8.7	1.21	.287	4.07	93	3.88	93	7.61	33.3
15	Charlie Morton C. Morton	10.28	223	229	87	56	.608	3.89	1,403	0	0	0	1228.0	1,068	531	566	141	472	111	1	6	5,210	28	3.46	2.97	1.03	26.9	9.1	1.25	.301	4.15	93	3.80	92	7.83	50.2
16	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	10.20	145	161	51	46	.526	4.04	951	0	0	2	839.1	748	377	402	99	281	30	4	3	3,497	37	3.01	3.38	1.06	27.2	8.0	1.23	.304	4.31	95	3.53	84	8.02	62.4
17	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	10.16	172	174	77	53	.592	3.63	1,078	2	1	0	954.2	747	385	414	116	347	49	0	2	3,953	46	3.27	3.11	1.09	27.3	8.8	1.15	.267	3.90	88	3.71	88	7.04	54.1
18	James Paxton J. Paxton	10.14	103	103	43	21	.672	4.15	596	2	1	0	529.0	483	244	260	80	188	7	0	0	2,221	27	3.20	3.17	1.36	26.8	8.5	1.27	.299	4.42	96	4.01	92	8.22	20.8
19	Joe Ryan J. Ryan	10.06	137	138	52	44	.542	3.77	857	1	1	0	767.0	650	321	346	118	175	38	0	0	3,126	10	2.05	4.90	1.38	27.4	5.6	1.08	.275	4.06	92	3.75	91	7.63	32.1
20	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	10.03	166	166	59	51	.536	3.85	1,054	0	0	0	945.2	786	405	419	139	256	54	0	3	3,861	36	2.44	4.12	1.32	27.3	6.6	1.10	.274	3.99	94	3.83	92	7.48	37.6
21	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	9.98	150	152	69	36	.657	3.34	1,027	5	2	0	926.0	834	344	365	111	218	19	1	1	3,769	35	2.12	4.71	1.08	27.2	5.8	1.14	.302	3.55	79	3.28	78	8.11	98.6
22	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	9.98	171	171	78	45	.634	3.01	1,138	3	2	0	1026.1	810	343	372	128	235	37	0	1	4,113	22	2.06	4.84	1.12	27.7	5.7	1.02	.265	3.26	73	3.37	81	7.10	93.1
23	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	9.98	187	232	62	68	.477	4.29	1,213	2	0	3	1094.0	975	521	548	172	376	30	13	7	4,589	42	3.09	3.23	1.41	26.4	8.2	1.23	.287	4.51	101	4.10	98	8.02	12.2
24	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	9.97	127	130	32	50	.390	4.24	738	0	0	0	666.1	640	314	340	86	272	27	0	0	2,872	40	3.67	2.71	1.16	25.7	9.5	1.37	.317	4.59	102	3.96	95	8.64	15.2
25	Aaron Nola A. Nola	9.90	249	249	88	76	.537	3.94	1,632	6	4	0	1484.0	1,316	650	681	207	395	47	0	12	6,089	17	2.40	4.13	1.26	26.8	6.5	1.15	.291	4.13	93	3.67	85	7.98	101.7

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Since 2018, Chris Sale has the best K/9 when starting 100+ games, with 12.01 per nine innings.

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