highest k/9 among active starting pitchers this season (min 3 starts)

Chase Burns had the best K/9 by an active starting pitcher with 3+ starts in 2025, with 14.94 per nine innings.

	NAME	K/9	GS	SEASON	TM	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	H/9
1	Chase Burns C. Burns	14.94	8	2025	CIN	8	0	3	.000	5.24	57	0	0	0	34.1	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
2	Cole Ragans C. Ragans	14.30	13	2025	KCR	13	3	3	.500	4.67	98	0	0	0	61.2	53	32	33	7	20	2	0	0	257	3	2.92	4.90	1.02	38.1	7.8	1.18	.354	4.82	7.74
3	Connelly Early C. Early	13.50	4	2025	BOS	4	1	2	.333	2.33	29	0	0	0	19.1	17	5	6	0	4	1	0	0	79	0	1.86	7.25	0.00	36.7	5.1	1.09	.378	2.79	7.91
4	Kyle Bradish K. Bradish	13.22	6	2025	BAL	6	1	1	.500	2.53	47	0	0	0	32.0	23	9	9	3	10	1	0	0	126	0	2.81	4.70	0.84	37.3	7.9	1.03	.308	2.53	6.47
5	Kai-Wei Teng K. Teng	12.77	7	2025	SFG	7	1	4	.200	7.66	35	0	0	0	24.2	26	21	24	2	16	7	0	0	121	0	5.84	2.19	0.73	28.9	13.2	1.70	.393	8.76	9.49
6	AJ Blubaugh	12.27	3	2025	HOU	3	0	1	.000	1.64	15	0	0	0	11.0	8	2	7	2	6	0	0	0	47	0	4.91	2.50	1.64	31.9	12.8	1.27	.250	5.73	6.55
7	Keegan Akin K. Akin	12.27	3	2025	BAL	3	0	0		0.00	5	0	0	0	3.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	15	0	7.36	1.67	0.00	33.3	20.0	1.09	.143	0.00	2.45
8	Logan Gilbert L. Gilbert	11.89	25	2025	SEA	25	6	6	.500	3.44	173	0	0	0	131.0	104	50	53	20	31	7	0	0	535	10	2.13	5.58	1.37	32.3	5.8	1.03	.276	3.64	7.15
9	Tyler Holton T. Holton	11.88	6	2025	DET	6	0	2	.000	7.56	11	0	0	0	8.1	9	7	7	4	0	0	0	0	33	0	0.00		4.32	33.3	0.0	1.08	.278	7.56	9.72
10	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	11.87	14	2025	MIL	14	5	3	.625	4.38	84	0	0	0	63.2	48	31	32	8	28	3	0	0	260	1	3.96	3.00	1.13	32.3	10.8	1.19	.292	4.52	6.79
11	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	11.87	14	2025	LAD	14	1	1	.500	2.87	62	0	0	0	47.0	40	15	15	3	9	0	0	0	188	10	1.72	6.89	0.57	33.0	4.8	1.04	.325	2.87	7.66
12	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	11.73	24	2025	PHI	24	10	5	.667	2.71	195	1	0	0	149.2	107	45	48	19	33	8	0	0	585	2	1.98	5.91	1.14	33.3	5.6	0.94	.267	2.89	6.43
13	Logan Henderson L. Henderson	11.72	5	2025	MIL	5	3	0	1.000	1.78	33	0	0	0	25.1	17	5	5	3	8	0	0	0	99	0	2.84	4.13	1.07	33.3	8.1	0.99	.255	1.78	6.04
14	Tylor Megill T. Megill	11.72	14	2025	NYM	14	5	5	.500	3.95	89	0	0	0	68.1	60	30	37	6	33	7	0	0	305	3	4.35	2.70	0.79	29.2	10.8	1.36	.318	4.87	7.90
15	Chris Sale C. Sale	11.70	20	2025	ATL	20	6	5	.545	2.63	156	0	0	0	120.0	98	35	37	11	30	11	0	0	488	3	2.25	5.20	0.83	32.0	6.1	1.07	.311	2.78	7.35
16	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	11.55	12	2025	MIL	12	7	2	.778	3.20	83	0	0	0	64.2	45	23	26	9	14	3	0	0	257	1	1.95	5.93	1.25	32.3	5.4	0.91	.243	3.62	6.26
17	Dylan Cease D. Cease	11.52	32	2025	SDP	32	8	12	.400	4.55	215	0	0	0	168.0	152	85	91	21	71	5	0	2	722	5	3.80	3.03	1.13	29.8	9.8	1.33	.320	4.88	8.14
18	Huascar Brazobán H. Brazobán	11.25	3	2025	NYM	3	0	0		0.00	5	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	15	0	6.75	1.67	0.00	33.3	20.0	0.75	.000	0.00	0.00
19	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	11.18	32	2025	BOS	32	18	5	.783	2.59	255	1	1	0	205.1	165	59	62	24	46	3	0	0	814	7	2.02	5.54	1.05	31.3	5.7	1.03	.290	2.72	7.23
20	Emmet Sheehan E. Sheehan	11.16	12	2025	LAD	12	5	2	.714	3.17	74	0	0	0	59.2	45	21	24	7	13	2	0	0	237	2	1.96	5.69	1.06	31.2	5.5	0.97	.270	3.62	6.79
21	Joe Boyle J. Boyle	11.13	9	2025	TBR	9	1	4	.200	5.68	47	0	0	0	38.0	37	24	29	5	24	3	0	1	174	2	5.68	1.96	1.18	27.0	13.8	1.61	.337	6.87	8.76
22	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	11.10	31	2025	DET	31	13	6	.684	2.21	241	1	1	0	195.1	141	48	55	18	33	5	0	0	748	3	1.52	7.30	0.83	32.2	4.4	0.89	.273	2.53	6.50
23	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	11.05	12	2025	NYM	12	1	3	.250	5.96	63	0	0	0	51.1	51	34	34	11	12	7	0	0	224	2	2.10	5.25	1.93	28.1	5.4	1.23	.305	5.96	8.94
24	Hunter Greene H. Greene	11.03	19	2025	CIN	19	7	4	.636	2.76	132	1	1	0	107.2	75	33	35	15	26	2	0	0	420	5	2.17	5.08	1.25	31.4	6.2	0.94	.245	2.93	6.27
25	Sean Newcomb S. Newcomb	10.88	5	2025	BOS	5	0	3	.000	4.43	27	0	0	0	22.1	32	11	15	1	11	1	0	0	105	0	4.43	2.45	0.40	25.7	10.5	1.93	.477	6.04	12.90

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