best k/9 last 5 seasons minimum 70 starts

Since 2022, Spencer Strider has the best K/9 when starting 70+ games, with 12.30 per nine innings.

Interpreted as:

best k/9 by a player last 5 seasons minimum 70 starts

	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	Spencer Strider S. Strider	12.30	85	96	41	26	.612	3.86	672	0	0	0	491.2	399	211	221	60	179	21	3	2	2,037	15	3.28	3.75	1.10	33.0	8.8	1.18	.307	4.05	91	3.24	79	7.30	48.3
2	Blake Snell B. Snell	11.85	88	88	32	27	.542	2.82	627	1	1	0	476.1	340	149	162	35	222	6	0	1	1,967	34	4.19	2.82	0.66	31.9	11.3	1.18	.283	3.06	70	2.93	71	6.42	63.4
3	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	11.72	70	83	27	22	.551	3.27	513	1	1	0	394.0	333	143	152	48	103	13	5	0	1,611	13	2.35	4.98	1.10	31.8	6.4	1.11	.305	3.47	78	3.00	72	7.61	51.7
4	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	11.40	70	70	26	16	.619	3.32	495	0	0	0	390.2	265	144	151	44	130	4	0	1	1,547	29	2.99	3.81	1.01	32.0	8.4	1.01	.253	3.48	81	3.13	75	6.10	46.2
5	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	11.35	79	79	34	17	.667	2.53	543	1	1	0	430.2	304	121	131	39	134	19	0	0	1,719	36	2.80	4.05	0.82	31.6	7.8	1.02	.269	2.74	61	2.87	67	6.35	63.9
6	Dylan Cease D. Cease	11.32	148	148	49	45	.521	3.54	1,035	2	2	0	822.2	661	324	360	81	338	22	0	7	3,442	40	3.70	3.06	0.89	30.1	9.8	1.21	.295	3.94	87	3.23	78	7.23	84.5
7	Hunter Greene H. Greene	11.30	94	94	27	30	.474	3.73	643	2	2	0	512.0	400	212	222	73	184	39	0	0	2,128	22	3.23	3.49	1.28	30.2	8.6	1.14	.275	3.90	84	3.81	88	7.03	30.3
8	Chris Sale C. Sale	11.20	89	90	41	20	.672	2.75	643	0	0	0	516.2	421	158	170	43	126	37	0	0	2,088	10	2.19	5.10	0.75	30.8	6.0	1.06	.305	2.96	64	2.70	65	7.33	81.7
9	Cole Ragans C. Ragans	10.86	74	91	22	24	.478	3.76	506	1	0	0	419.1	339	175	188	45	167	10	1	2	1,736	22	3.58	3.03	0.97	29.1	9.6	1.21	.292	4.03	90	3.41	82	7.28	34.8
10	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	10.82	76	76	30	21	.588	2.35	524	1	0	0	436.0	324	114	127	32	100	19	0	0	1,712	5	2.06	5.24	0.66	30.6	5.8	0.97	.282	2.62	55	2.50	60	6.69	79.4
11	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	10.59	112	112	51	26	.662	2.64	786	1	1	0	668.0	511	196	219	56	125	22	0	0	2,609	7	1.68	6.29	0.75	30.1	4.8	0.95	.281	2.95	65	2.54	62	6.88	116.7
12	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	10.40	114	114	41	34	.547	3.76	745	0	0	0	644.2	561	269	291	67	206	20	0	1	2,656	22	2.88	3.62	0.94	28.0	7.8	1.19	.305	4.06	88	3.25	77	7.83	68.7
13	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	10.36	133	134	49	38	.563	3.67	810	0	0	0	703.2	566	287	304	96	261	33	0	0	2,937	26	3.34	3.10	1.23	27.6	8.9	1.18	.271	3.89	88	3.88	93	7.24	23
14	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	10.31	129	129	61	26	.701	2.85	902	1	0	0	787.2	600	249	266	82	180	34	0	1	3,121	13	2.06	5.01	0.94	28.9	5.8	0.99	.269	3.04	67	3.04	72	6.86	103.9
15	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	10.26	119	119	55	36	.604	3.65	751	1	0	0	659.0	517	267	285	83	236	27	0	0	2,715	29	3.22	3.18	1.13	27.7	8.7	1.14	.268	3.89	90	3.70	89	7.06	33.5
16	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	10.18	93	93	39	22	.639	3.20	633	2	2	0	559.2	441	199	207	73	139	16	0	1	2,234	6	2.24	4.55	1.17	28.3	6.2	1.04	.268	3.33	80	3.43	82	7.09	47.1
17	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	10.16	112	115	34	40	.459	4.27	661	0	0	0	585.2	556	278	296	77	225	33	0	4	2,518	23	3.46	2.94	1.18	26.3	8.9	1.33	.315	4.55	103	3.93	94	8.54	14.9
18	Joe Ryan J. Ryan	10.12	130	131	50	41	.549	3.72	820	1	1	0	729.0	619	301	325	113	168	38	0	0	2,975	9	2.07	4.88	1.40	27.6	5.6	1.08	.276	4.01	90	3.76	91	7.64	29.4
19	Reid Detmers R. Detmers	10.09	90	151	23	33	.411	4.54	609	1	1	3	543.1	500	274	289	68	204	29	7	7	2,314	18	3.38	2.99	1.13	26.3	8.8	1.30	.308	4.79	109	3.83	91	8.28	23.3
20	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	10.06	110	133	40	40	.500	3.89	744	1	0	1	665.2	554	288	301	100	215	15	3	3	2,742	20	2.91	3.46	1.35	27.1	7.8	1.16	.272	4.07	93	3.91	95	7.49	15.3
21	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	9.95	123	126	32	49	.395	4.30	711	0	0	0	643.0	623	307	333	83	265	26	0	0	2,777	39	3.71	2.68	1.16	25.6	9.5	1.38	.319	4.66	103	3.98	95	8.72	13.8
22	Hunter Brown H. Brown	9.89	100	108	37	32	.536	3.53	628	1	0	0	571.1	491	224	242	66	207	25	1	1	2,363	9	3.26	3.03	1.04	26.6	8.8	1.22	.296	3.81	86	3.69	89	7.73	29.6
23	Yusei Kikuchi Y. Kikuchi	9.89	124	136	33	37	.471	4.24	718	0	0	1	653.1	640	308	337	102	238	19	4	3	2,804	25	3.28	3.02	1.41	25.6	8.5	1.34	.312	4.64	104	4.17	100	8.82	0.5
24	Michael King M. King	9.87	74	149	34	30	.531	3.00	566	1	1	7	516.0	415	172	195	53	182	25	20	5	2,128	9	3.17	3.11	0.92	26.6	8.6	1.16	.278	3.40	74	3.50	85	7.24	36.4
25	Charlie Morton C. Morton	9.86	118	124	40	39	.506	4.45	704	0	0	0	642.2	605	318	334	88	283	62	1	5	2,799	13	3.96	2.49	1.23	25.2	10.1	1.38	.311	4.68	107	4.36	107	8.47	-20.4

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