highest k / 9 by a pitcher this season with at least 30 ip; minimum 12.5 k / 9

Fernando Cruz had the best K/9 with 30.0+ innings pitched in 2024, with 14.72 per nine innings.

	NAME	K/9	IP	SEASON	TM	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Fernando Cruz F. Cruz	14.72	66.2	2024	CIN	69	3	8	.273	3	4.86	109	0	0	0	54	36	36	9	35	1	6	2	288	8	4.72	3.11	1.21	37.8	12.2	1.34	.336	4.86	111	3.26	76	7.29	7.4
2	Michel Otanez M. Otanez	14.56	34.0	2024	OAK	36	1	0	1.000	0	3.44	55	0	0	1	27	13	15	2	20	3	6	0	151	6	5.29	2.75	0.53	36.4	13.2	1.38	.352	3.97	89	2.72	69	7.15	4.8
3	Mason Miller M. Miller	14.40	65.0	2024	OAK	55	2	2	.500	0	2.49	104	0	0	28	36	18	23	6	21	1	44	3	249	2	2.91	4.95	0.83	41.8	8.4	0.88	.256	3.18	65	2.17	55	4.98	13.2
4	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	14.30	61.2	2024	PIT	68	5	5	.500	0	3.79	98	0	0	14	44	26	31	5	39	2	18	0	265	4	5.69	2.51	0.73	37.0	14.7	1.35	.322	4.52	90	3.03	75	6.42	7
5	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	14.09	53.2	2024	NYM	54	6	4	.600	0	3.52	84	0	0	20	36	21	23	7	20	3	40	0	216	3	3.35	4.20	1.17	38.9	9.3	1.04	.284	3.86	89	3.01	75	6.04	6
6	Jeremiah Estrada J. Estrada	13.87	61.0	2024	SDP	62	6	3	.667	0	2.95	94	0	0	1	42	20	22	4	23	0	14	1	252	5	3.39	4.09	0.59	37.3	9.1	1.07	.290	3.25	74	2.06	51	6.20	13.4
7	Tony Santillan T. Santillan	13.80	30.0	2024	CIN	29	3	3	.500	1	3.00	46	0	0	0	21	10	11	4	9	0	2	0	122	1	2.70	5.11	1.20	37.7	7.4	1.00	.270	3.30	69	2.73	63	6.30	5
8	Mark Leiter Jr. M. Leiter Jr.	13.34	58.0	2024	TOT	60	4	5	.444	0	4.50	86	0	0	0	55	29	34	8	22	3	7	1	256	5	3.41	3.91	1.24	33.6	8.6	1.33	.343	5.28	112	3.28	80	8.53	5.3
9	Josh Hader J. Hader	13.31	71.0	2024	HOU	71	8	8	.500	0	3.80	105	0	0	34	43	30	33	12	25	1	62	0	278	4	3.17	4.20	1.52	37.8	9.0	0.96	.230	4.18	96	3.50	86	5.45	4.3
10	Reed Garrett R. Garrett	13.03	57.1	2024	NYM	53	8	5	.615	0	3.77	83	0	0	4	50	24	28	6	30	2	13	1	247	3	4.71	2.77	0.94	33.6	12.1	1.40	.349	4.40	95	3.30	82	7.85	4.6
11	Ryan Burr R. Burr	12.95	32.2	2024	TOR	34	0	2	.000	4	4.13	47	0	0	0	29	15	16	4	12	1	5	0	140	0	3.31	3.92	1.10	33.6	8.6	1.26	.329	4.41	104	3.07	75	7.99	3.7
12	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	12.88	146.0	2024	CWS	32	6	12	.333	32	3.58	209	0	0	0	123	58	61	18	33	5	0	0	595	3	2.03	6.33	1.11	35.1	5.5	1.07	.318	3.76	88	2.68	64	7.58	24.3
13	Andrew Nardi A. Nardi	12.68	49.2	2024	MIA	59	3	2	.600	0	5.07	70	0	0	0	44	28	29	7	18	1	4	1	210	1	3.26	3.89	1.27	33.3	8.6	1.25	.325	5.26	120	3.32	82	7.97	4.1
14	Robbie Ray R. Ray	12.62	30.2	2024	SFG	7	3	2	.600	7	4.70	43	0	0	0	20	16	16	6	15	6	0	0	129	4	4.40	2.87	1.76	33.3	11.6	1.14	.237	4.70	117	4.95	127	5.87	-3.8
15	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	12.55	52.1	2024	BAL	57	7	5	.583	0	5.33	73	0	0	23	40	31	35	7	31	5	39	1	232	3	5.33	2.35	1.20	31.5	13.4	1.36	.284	6.02	136	4.17	104	6.88	-1
16	Jake Cousins J. Cousins	12.55	38.0	2024	NYY	37	2	1	.667	0	2.37	53	0	0	1	20	10	14	5	20	5	6	1	155	4	4.74	2.65	1.18	34.2	12.9	1.05	.208	3.32	59	4.05	96	4.74	0.7
17	Blake Snell B. Snell	12.55	104.0	2024	SFG	20	5	3	.625	20	3.12	145	1	1	0	65	36	38	6	44	1	0	0	418	8	3.81	3.30	0.52	34.7	10.5	1.05	.266	3.29	78	2.42	62	5.63	17.6