best career k/9 since 1930 with a minimum of 2000 innings pitched

Since 1930, Chris Sale has the best K/9 when pitching at least 2000 innings, with 11.14 per nine innings.

Interpreted as:

best career k/9 by a player since 1930 with a minimum of 2000 innings pitched

	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	11.14	2084.0	393	145	88	.622	312	3.01	2,579	16	3	12	1,692	697	750	213	487	130	25	15	8,389	48	2.10	5.30	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.24	70	2.87	68	7.31	303.3
2	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
3	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	10.60	2963.0	483	220	117	.653	474	3.22	3,489	12	5	0	2,433	1,059	1,132	354	779	114	2	20	11,987	80	2.37	4.48	1.08	29.1	6.5	1.08	.287	3.44	77	3.23	78	7.39	302.5
4	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
5	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	375.1
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	8.96	3567.2	555	266	158	.627	555	3.32	3,553	26	9	0	3,046	1,317	1,428	371	1,004	121	0	28	14,607	99	2.53	3.54	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.60	79	3.43	81	7.68	310.9
10	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
11	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
12	David Price D. Price	8.72	2143.2	400	157	82	.657	322	3.32	2,076	17	3	3	1,930	790	865	221	562	63	19	16	8,807	40	2.36	3.69	0.93	23.6	6.4	1.16	.290	3.63	81	3.38	83	8.10	165.9
13	Charlie Morton C. Morton	8.72	2267.2	416	147	134	.523	409	4.13	2,196	3	2	0	2,143	1,040	1,139	226	859	200	1	27	9,755	72	3.41	2.56	0.90	22.5	8.8	1.32	.306	4.52	103	3.89	97	8.51	36.6
14	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	8.60	3261.0	569	216	146	.597	436	3.46	3,116	83	20	22	2,998	1,253	1,318	347	711	52	81	43	13,284	72	1.96	4.38	0.96	23.5	5.4	1.14	.293	3.64	80	3.22	76	8.27	373.6
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	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	8.54	2698.0	423	163	122	.572	422	3.43	2,560	17	7	0	2,424	1,027	1,103	310	767	100	0	43	11,115	57	2.56	3.34	1.03	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.68	82	3.68	88	8.09	151.3
17	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	8.43	2209.1	358	134	124	.519	355	3.47	2,070	16	7	0	2,007	853	933	258	544	89	1	38	9,098	29	2.22	3.81	1.05	22.8	6.0	1.15	.285	3.80	90	3.62	94	8.18	50.1
18	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	8.36	2377.0	388	152	126	.547	377	3.63	2,207	15	6	0	2,134	960	1,011	259	708	78	3	42	9,838	46	2.68	3.12	0.98	22.4	7.2	1.20	.285	3.83	90	3.64	89	8.08	127.6
19	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	8.34	2051.0	335	138	106	.566	332	3.88	1,901	12	6	0	1,897	884	957	238	629	76	1	28	8,579	59	2.76	3.02	1.04	22.2	7.3	1.23	.289	4.20	91	3.77	91	8.32	88.8
20	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	8.32	2729.2	419	169	136	.554	418	3.42	2,524	25	11	0	2,487	1,037	1,157	264	805	105	0	16	11,284	156	2.65	3.14	0.87	22.4	7.1	1.21	.293	3.81	84	3.52	85	8.20	181.5
21	David Cone D. Cone	8.28	2898.2	450	194	126	.606	419	3.46	2,668	56	22	1	2,504	1,115	1,222	258	1,137	106	9	42	12,184	149	3.53	2.35	0.80	21.9	9.3	1.26	.280	3.79	84	3.56	85	7.77	190.9
22	A.J. Burnett	8.28	2731.1	435	164	157	.511	430	3.99	2,513	24	10	0	2,519	1,210	1,328	263	1,100	143	1	35	11,665	161	3.62	2.28	0.87	21.5	9.4	1.32	.295	4.38	97	3.86	92	8.30	97.3
23	Tom Gordon T. Gordon	8.23	2108.0	890	138	126	.523	203	3.96	1,928	18	4	158	1,889	927	1,016	176	977	38	347	57	9,058	112	4.17	1.97	0.75	21.3	10.8	1.36	.288	4.34	89	3.70	86	8.06	144.4
24	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	8.18	2047.2	373	110	142	.437	354	4.51	1,860	7	2	2	2,179	1,025	1,102	284	630	51	10	24	8,809	67	2.77	2.95	1.25	21.1	7.2	1.37	.317	4.84	107	4.13	99	9.58	9.7
25	Jon Lester J. Lester	8.17	2740.0	452	200	117	.631	451	3.66	2,488	15	4	0	2,610	1,114	1,215	294	892	90	0	13	11,487	63	2.93	2.79	0.97	21.7	7.8	1.28	.300	3.99	86	3.77	92	8.57	101.7