highest k/9 in baseball since august 1st 2024 minimum 20 ip,

Since August 1, 2024, Fernando Cruz has the best K/9 when pitching at least 20 innings, with 15.18 per nine innings.

Interpreted as:
highest K/9 by a player in baseball since august 1st 2024 minimum 20 IP,
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 H/9
1 Fernando Cruz
F. Cruz
15.18
56.1
49
2
3
.400
3
3.83
95
0
0
2
39
24
26
8
25
2
9
1
231
3
3.99
3.80
1.28
41.1
10.8
1.14
.307
4.15
6.23
2 Chase Burns
C. Burns
14.94
34.1
8
0
3
.000
8
5.24
57
0
0
0
33
20
23
4
13
0
0
0
151
0
3.41
4.38
1.05
37.7
8.6
1.34
.377
6.03
8.65
3 Ryan Burr
R. Burr
14.34
21.1
23
1
2
.333
4
3.80
34
0
0
0
22
9
9
3
7
1
4
0
94
0
2.95
4.86
1.27
36.2
7.4
1.36
.388
3.80
9.28
4 Edwin Díaz
E. Díaz
14.14
70.2
70
8
5
.615
0
2.17
111
0
0
31
40
17
19
6
25
8
57
0
280
6
3.18
4.44
0.76
39.6
8.9
0.92
.262
2.42
5.09
5 Mason Miller
M. Miller
13.96
69.0
65
2
3
.400
0
3.39
107
0
0
34
41
26
29
8
27
2
50
2
270
4
3.52
3.96
1.04
39.6
10.0
0.99
.262
3.78
5.35
6 A.J. Puk
A.J. Puk
13.92
32.1
35
0
1
.000
0
1.95
50
0
0
6
23
7
7
4
6
2
10
2
128
1
1.67
8.33
1.11
39.1
4.7
0.90
.288
1.95
6.40
7 Michel Otañez
M. Otañez
13.81
29.1
32
1
0
1.000
0
4.91
45
0
0
1
28
16
18
4
16
3
4
0
133
5
4.91
2.81
1.23
33.8
12.0
1.50
.369
5.52
8.59
8 Griffin Jax
G. Jax
13.44
76.1
81
3
7
.300
0
3.77
114
0
0
3
68
32
34
6
18
2
9
2
316
1
2.12
6.33
0.71
36.1
5.7
1.13
.352
4.01
8.02
9 Justin Martinez
J. Martinez
13.39
41.2
42
2
6
.250
0
3.46
62
0
0
13
33
16
20
2
25
4
26
5
185
6
5.40
2.48
0.43
33.5
13.5
1.39
.337
4.32
7.13
10 Devin Williams
D. Williams
13.37
68.0
73
4
5
.444
0
4.10
101
0
0
31
44
31
34
6
30
6
46
2
283
5
3.97
3.37
0.79
35.7
10.6
1.09
.271
4.50
5.82
11 Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
13.30
69.0
75
5
3
.625
0
2.09
102
0
0
32
40
16
17
4
18
1
41
0
264
3
2.35
5.67
0.52
38.6
6.8
0.84
.259
2.22
5.22
12 Jacob Misiorowski
J. Misiorowski
12.98
34.2
8
4
1
.800
8
3.89
50
0
0
0
22
15
16
4
17
1
0
0
140
1
4.41
2.94
1.04
35.7
12.1
1.13
.265
4.15
5.71
13 Félix Bautista
F. Bautista
12.98
34.2
35
1
1
.500
0
2.60
50
0
0
19
16
10
10
3
23
0
28
0
142
1
5.97
2.17
0.78
35.2
16.2
1.13
.197
2.60
4.15
14 Joe Jiménez
J. Jiménez
12.97
25.2
26
0
2
.000
0
3.16
37
0
0
1
20
9
11
1
7
2
3
0
105
0
2.45
5.29
0.35
35.2
6.7
1.05
.328
3.86
7.01
15 Jeremiah Estrada
J. Estrada
12.97
77.0
83
7
6
.538
0
2.81
111
0
0
3
54
24
29
6
30
3
14
2
317
6
3.51
3.70
0.70
35.0
9.5
1.09
.287
3.39
6.31
16 Mason Montgomery
M. Montgomery
12.75
48.0
57
1
2
.333
0
4.50
68
0
0
1
44
24
26
5
28
1
10
0
209
0
5.25
2.43
0.94
32.5
13.4
1.50
.364
4.88
8.25
17 Erik Sabrowski
E. Sabrowski
12.74
29.2
25
0
0
0
0.61
42
0
0
1
14
2
4
1
14
1
5
0
113
1
4.25
3.00
0.30
37.2
12.4
0.94
.236
1.21
4.25
18 Josh Hader
J. Hader
12.68
76.2
72
10
4
.714
0
2.47
108
0
0
41
40
21
27
11
26
3
61
1
298
3
3.05
4.15
1.29
36.2
8.7
0.86
.193
3.17
4.70
19 Edwin Uceta
E. Uceta
12.65
79.0
72
11
2
.846
0
3.42
111
0
0
6
64
30
32
10
25
8
16
3
331
0
2.85
4.44
1.14
33.5
7.6
1.13
.305
3.65
7.29
20 Jeff Hoffman
J. Hoffman
12.62
71.1
75
8
6
.571
0
4.42
100
0
0
28
58
35
36
14
19
4
51
1
290
2
2.40
5.26
1.77
34.5
6.6
1.08
.288
4.54
7.32
21 Kirby Yates
K. Yates
12.51
54.2
61
8
4
.667
0
2.96
76
0
0
17
35
18
21
8
22
3
30
1
222
2
3.62
3.45
1.32
34.2
9.9
1.04
.239
3.46
5.76
22 Bryan Abreu
B. Abreu
12.44
81.0
80
5
5
.500
0
2.33
112
0
0
1
52
21
21
6
29
3
8
0
326
4
3.22
3.86
0.67
34.4
8.9
1.00
.261
2.33
5.78
23 Reid Detmers
R. Detmers
12.44
80.1
58
4
6
.400
5
5.49
111
0
0
2
84
49
50
14
34
2
6
4
350
3
3.81
3.26
1.57
31.7
9.7
1.47
.370
5.60
9.41
24 Shohei Ohtani
S. Ohtani
12.34
23.1
9
0
0
9
3.47
32
0
0
0
21
9
9
2
5
0
0
0
96
6
1.93
6.40
0.77
33.3
5.2
1.11
.333
3.47
8.10
25 Cole Ragans
C. Ragans
12.32
106.2
20
6
5
.545
20
3.80
146
0
0
0
84
45
51
11
42
6
0
0
443
3
3.54
3.48
0.93
33.0
9.5
1.18
.307
4.30
7.09
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