highest k/9 by a yankees player since september 1, 2005, with at least 500 ip

Since September 1, 2005, Gerrit Cole has the highest K/9 for the Yankees when pitching at least 500 innings, with 10.85 per nine innings.

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 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
10.85
759.0
125
59
28
.678
125
3.12
915
6
4
0
593
263
279
102
185
19
0
2
3,018
13
2.19
4.95
1.21
30.3
6.1
1.03
.273
3.31
7.03
2 Luis Severino
L. Severino
9.75
727.1
141
54
37
.593
125
3.79
788
1
1
0
647
306
330
97
215
27
4
2
3,022
21
2.66
3.67
1.20
26.1
7.1
1.19
.290
4.08
8.01
3 Domingo Germán
D. Germán
9.36
522.1
112
31
28
.525
89
4.41
543
1
1
0
454
256
274
94
161
22
8
0
2,183
20
2.77
3.37
1.62
24.9
7.4
1.18
.264
4.72
7.82
4 Nestor Cortes
N. Cortes
9.13
555.2
126
33
20
.623
85
3.61
564
1
1
0
479
223
230
81
150
12
11
1
2,263
6
2.43
3.76
1.31
24.9
6.6
1.13
.273
3.73
7.76
5 Michael Pineda
M. Pineda
9.09
509.0
89
31
31
.500
89
4.16
514
1
0
0
519
235
254
73
102
11
0
1
2,124
19
1.80
5.04
1.29
24.2
4.8
1.22
.313
4.49
9.18
6 Jordan Montgomery
J. Montgomery
8.56
502.2
98
22
20
.524
97
3.94
478
0
0
0
473
220
234
66
146
12
0
0
2,107
25
2.61
3.27
1.18
22.7
6.9
1.23
.290
4.19
8.47
7 Masahiro Tanaka
M. Tanaka
8.46
1054.1
174
78
46
.629
173
3.74
991
7
4
0
983
438
476
159
208
26
0
1
4,299
32
1.78
4.76
1.36
23.1
4.8
1.13
.283
4.06
8.39
8 CC Sabathia
CC Sabathia
7.98
1918.0
307
134
88
.604
306
3.81
1,700
12
2
0
1,863
811
892
232
576
73
0
29
8,093
43
2.70
2.95
1.09
21.0
7.1
1.27
.296
4.19
8.74
9 A.J. Burnett
A.J. Burnett
7.91
584.0
99
34
35
.493
98
4.79
513
2
0
0
587
311
332
81
258
38
0
4
2,562
58
3.98
1.99
1.25
20.0
10.1
1.45
.303
5.12
9.05
10 Phil Hughes
P. Hughes
7.56
780.2
182
56
50
.528
132
4.53
656
2
1
3
787
393
419
112
245
23
7
8
3,335
31
2.82
2.68
1.29
19.7
7.3
1.32
.294
4.83
9.07
11 Mike Mussina
M. Mussina
6.78
557.1
96
47
26
.644
95
3.94
420
1
0
0
597
244
269
53
102
18
0
6
2,316
8
1.65
4.12
0.86
18.1
4.4
1.25
.316
4.34
9.64
12 Hiroki Kuroda
H. Kuroda
6.72
620.0
97
38
33
.535
97
3.44
463
4
3
0
587
237
256
65
129
20
0
4
2,535
32
1.87
3.59
0.94
18.3
5.1
1.15
.281
3.72
8.52
13 Ivan Nova
I. Nova
6.70
729.0
131
53
39
.576
118
4.41
543
3
2
1
774
357
372
92
238
46
9
12
3,153
35
2.94
2.28
1.14
17.2
7.5
1.39
.305
4.59
9.56
14 Andy Pettitte
A. Pettitte
6.68
1003.2
164
70
49
.588
162
3.93
745
1
0
0
1,050
438
482
93
310
19
0
10
4,254
21
2.78
2.40
0.83
17.5
7.3
1.36
.310
4.32
9.42
15 Chien-Ming Wang
C. Wang
4.28
587.1
96
49
23
.681
92
4.20
279
4
1
1
622
274
284
34
175
15
3
8
2,469
20
2.68
1.59
0.52
11.3
7.1
1.36
.299
4.35
9.53
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