highest k/9 since 2018 minimum 100 games started

Since 2018, Chris Sale has the highest K/9 when starting 100+ games, with 12.02 per nine innings.

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highest k/9 by a player since 2018 minimum 100 games started

	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	Chris Sale C. Sale	12.02	145	146	62	35	.639	2.99	1,119	1	1	0	838.0	667	278	301	82	204	67	0	1	3,393	16	2.19	5.49	0.88	33.0	6.0	1.04	.305	3.23	67	2.74	65	7.16	136.8
2	Blake Snell B. Snell	11.72	180	180	70	48	.593	3.02	1,228	1	1	0	942.2	691	316	336	91	413	11	0	5	3,861	72	3.94	2.97	0.87	31.8	10.7	1.17	.283	3.21	74	3.17	76	6.60	104.6
3	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	11.70	118	152	44	27	.620	3.32	921	0	0	0	708.1	492	261	271	84	246	8	9	4	2,823	58	3.13	3.74	1.07	32.6	8.7	1.04	.261	3.44	81	3.19	76	6.25	78.9
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	11.63	155	155	56	37	.602	2.33	1,209	2	1	0	935.2	646	242	261	93	184	17	0	5	3,603	14	1.77	6.57	0.89	33.6	5.1	0.89	.263	2.51	58	2.51	60	6.21	174.7
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	11.56	195	195	96	39	.711	2.96	1,541	7	5	0	1199.2	898	394	421	154	305	30	0	1	4,746	26	2.29	5.05	1.16	32.5	6.4	1.00	.274	3.16	71	3.11	73	6.74	156
6	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	11.21	111	111	45	22	.672	2.78	743	1	1	0	596.1	424	184	195	59	203	29	0	2	2,401	52	3.06	3.66	0.89	30.9	8.5	1.05	.267	2.94	66	3.12	73	6.40	74.1
7	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	11.20	184	184	80	46	.635	3.22	1,354	4	1	0	1088.0	871	389	406	150	256	49	0	7	4,370	19	2.12	5.29	1.24	31.0	5.9	1.04	.282	3.36	77	3.31	78	7.20	112.3
8	Dylan Cease D. Cease	11.09	201	201	69	61	.531	3.80	1,341	3	3	0	1088.1	910	460	507	126	461	38	0	9	4,607	57	3.81	2.91	1.04	29.1	10.0	1.26	.297	4.19	91	3.58	83	7.53	82.7
9	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	10.95	177	226	75	47	.615	3.61	1,234	1	0	1	1014.0	769	407	430	128	393	52	6	3	4,210	34	3.49	3.14	1.14	29.3	9.3	1.15	.267	3.82	86	3.69	88	6.83	58.2
10	Robbie Ray R. Ray	10.80	186	187	63	51	.553	3.91	1,226	1	0	0	1021.2	851	444	470	169	442	32	0	9	4,289	43	3.89	2.77	1.49	28.6	10.3	1.27	.282	4.14	94	4.29	105	7.50	-26.5
11	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	10.62	125	140	53	26	.671	3.02	864	2	1	1	732.0	561	246	259	83	183	30	4	1	2,921	8	2.25	4.72	1.02	29.6	6.3	1.02	.271	3.18	72	3.15	74	6.90	89.4
12	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	10.36	142	145	57	40	.588	3.06	938	1	1	0	814.2	654	277	304	93	179	28	1	0	3,243	11	1.98	5.24	1.03	28.9	5.5	1.02	.280	3.36	74	3.09	74	7.23	94.7
13	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	10.36	149	210	63	38	.624	3.15	1,114	0	0	2	968.0	756	339	374	104	280	38	16	3	3,914	42	2.60	3.98	0.97	28.5	7.2	1.07	.274	3.48	75	3.25	78	7.03	101.5
14	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	10.33	194	199	64	62	.508	3.84	1,188	0	0	0	1035.0	882	442	472	139	375	58	0	10	4,332	39	3.26	3.17	1.21	27.4	8.7	1.21	.289	4.10	94	3.88	93	7.67	33.6
15	Charlie Morton C. Morton	10.28	223	229	87	56	.608	3.89	1,403	0	0	0	1228.0	1,068	531	566	141	472	111	1	6	5,210	28	3.46	2.97	1.03	26.9	9.1	1.25	.301	4.15	93	3.80	92	7.83	50.2
16	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	10.16	169	171	75	53	.586	3.63	1,060	2	1	0	939.1	733	379	406	115	340	49	0	2	3,888	45	3.26	3.12	1.10	27.3	8.7	1.14	.266	3.89	88	3.73	88	7.02	52.2
17	James Paxton J. Paxton	10.14	103	103	43	21	.672	4.15	596	2	1	0	529.0	483	244	260	80	188	7	0	0	2,221	27	3.20	3.17	1.36	26.8	8.5	1.27	.299	4.42	96	4.01	92	8.22	20.8
18	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	10.14	141	143	66	34	.660	3.24	995	5	2	0	883.1	786	318	339	102	195	19	1	1	3,574	34	1.99	5.10	1.04	27.8	5.5	1.11	.302	3.45	76	3.15	75	8.01	106.9
19	Joe Ryan J. Ryan	10.09	129	130	50	39	.562	3.72	811	1	1	0	723.2	600	299	317	109	164	38	0	0	2,935	10	2.04	4.95	1.36	27.6	5.6	1.06	.271	3.94	90	3.71	90	7.46	33.9
20	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	10.04	136	152	47	45	.511	4.19	872	0	0	2	781.1	713	364	385	96	264	26	4	3	3,268	34	3.04	3.30	1.11	26.7	8.1	1.25	.307	4.43	99	3.64	87	8.21	48.1
21	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	10.03	166	166	59	51	.536	3.85	1,054	0	0	0	945.2	786	405	419	139	256	54	0	3	3,861	36	2.44	4.12	1.32	27.3	6.6	1.10	.274	3.99	94	3.83	92	7.48	37.6
22	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	9.98	171	171	78	45	.634	3.01	1,138	3	2	0	1026.1	810	343	372	128	235	37	0	1	4,113	22	2.06	4.84	1.12	27.7	5.7	1.02	.265	3.26	73	3.37	81	7.10	93.1
23	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	9.98	187	232	62	68	.477	4.29	1,213	2	0	3	1094.0	975	521	548	172	376	30	13	7	4,589	42	3.09	3.23	1.41	26.4	8.2	1.23	.287	4.51	101	4.10	98	8.02	12.2
24	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	9.95	117	120	30	47	.390	4.20	675	0	0	0	610.1	590	285	311	77	258	23	0	0	2,638	38	3.80	2.62	1.14	25.6	9.8	1.39	.320	4.59	101	3.97	95	8.70	13.8
25	Aaron Nola A. Nola	9.91	239	239	88	71	.553	3.90	1,574	6	4	0	1429.2	1,258	620	649	191	376	46	0	10	5,854	16	2.37	4.19	1.20	26.9	6.4	1.14	.291	4.09	92	3.59	83	7.92	110.7

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Since 2018, Chris Sale has the highest K/9 when starting 100+ games, with 12.02 per nine innings.

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