highest so/g from 1970 to present (minimum of 162 ip)

Since 1970, Randy Johnson has the most strikeouts per game pitched when pitching at least 162 innings, with 7.89.

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highest so/g by a player from 1970 to present (minimum of 162 ip)

	NAME	SO/G	IP	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	7.89	4135.1	4,875	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	100	37	2	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	75	3.18	73	7.28	554.3
2	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	7.82	205.0	297	38	17	8	.680	37	2.59	1	1	0	124	59	69	21	62	12	0	0	800	6	13.04	2.72	4.79	0.92	37.1	7.8	0.91	.252	3.03	62	2.61	63	5.44	35.7
3	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	7.75	471.1	589	76	38	17	.691	76	2.58	0	0	0	357	135	150	31	140	13	0	12	1,888	16	11.25	2.67	4.21	0.59	31.2	7.4	1.05	.292	2.86	68	2.43	64	6.82	73
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	7.37	1660.1	1,998	271	104	73	.588	271	2.67	4	2	0	1,283	493	530	163	376	25	0	16	6,543	33	10.83	2.04	5.31	0.88	30.5	5.7	1.00	.281	2.87	68	2.74	67	6.95	251.2
5	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	7.22	5159.2	5,483	759	312	279	.528	744	3.18	217	61	2	3,765	1,825	2,085	305	2,664	153	8	70	21,624	268	9.56	4.65	2.06	0.53	25.4	12.3	1.25	.266	3.64	89	2.96	82	6.57	371.5
6	Mark Prior M. Prior	7.14	657.0	757	106	42	29	.592	106	3.51	5	1	0	582	256	277	77	223	31	0	10	2,771	21	10.37	3.05	3.39	1.05	27.3	8.0	1.23	.300	3.79	81	3.40	78	7.97	70.6
7	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	7.14	3004.0	3,520	493	221	122	.644	484	3.26	12	5	0	2,476	1,089	1,162	365	796	115	2	20	12,168	81	10.55	2.38	4.42	1.09	28.9	6.5	1.09	.286	3.48	78	3.27	79	7.42	292.9
8	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	7.06	2040.2	2,343	332	159	86	.649	332	3.18	8	5	0	1,702	721	772	228	519	62	0	7	8,214	58	10.33	2.29	4.51	1.01	28.5	6.3	1.09	.291	3.40	79	3.16	77	7.51	221.9
9	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	6.99	1778.0	2,075	297	115	93	.553	297	3.65	2	1	0	1,460	721	756	231	563	83	0	8	7,305	83	10.50	2.85	3.69	1.17	28.4	7.7	1.14	.282	3.83	87	3.58	85	7.39	120
10	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	6.98	1470.0	1,723	247	113	62	.646	247	3.24	2	2	0	1,217	530	582	149	394	53	0	20	5,962	44	10.55	2.41	4.37	0.91	28.9	6.6	1.10	.293	3.56	80	3.01	75	7.45	165.9
11	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	6.9	455.1	552	80	30	24	.556	80	2.53	1	0	0	344	128	142	35	111	21	0	0	1,800	6	10.91	2.19	4.97	0.69	30.7	6.2	1.00	.286	2.81	59	2.57	62	6.80	79.1
12	Spencer Strider S. Strider	6.86	494.0	672	98	42	26	.618	85	3.86	0	0	0	401	212	222	61	180	21	3	2	2,046	15	12.24	3.28	3.73	1.11	32.8	8.8	1.18	.306	4.04	91	3.27	79	7.31	46.7
13	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	6.83	225.0	273	40	14	9	.609	40	2.44	0	0	0	167	61	68	22	65	11	0	0	906	3	10.92	2.60	4.20	0.88	30.1	7.2	1.03	.271	2.72	60	2.95	70	6.68	31.6
14	Dylan Cease D. Cease	6.79	1153.0	1,432	211	72	63	.533	211	3.71	4	4	0	941	475	524	130	489	38	0	9	4,857	60	11.18	3.82	2.93	1.01	29.5	10.1	1.24	.293	4.09	88	3.51	82	7.35	95.3
15	Hunter Greene H. Greene	6.77	523.1	650	96	27	31	.466	96	3.82	2	2	0	415	222	233	74	188	39	0	0	2,181	22	11.18	3.23	3.46	1.27	29.8	8.6	1.15	.277	4.01	87	3.81	88	7.14	30.7
16	Nolan McLean N. McLean	6.75	184.2	216	32	13	9	.591	32	3.07	0	0	0	139	63	76	19	66	15	0	0	756	4	10.53	3.22	3.27	0.93	28.6	8.7	1.11	.273	3.70	76	3.40	82	6.77	15.1
17	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	6.75	932.0	1,032	153	70	36	.660	151	3.33	5	2	0	838	345	366	112	219	19	1	1	3,791	35	9.97	2.11	4.71	1.08	27.2	5.8	1.13	.301	3.53	79	3.28	78	8.09	98.7
18	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	6.71	614.1	765	114	47	22	.681	114	2.83	1	1	0	443	193	205	60	208	30	0	2	2,479	52	11.21	3.05	3.68	0.88	30.9	8.4	1.06	.270	3.00	67	3.09	72	6.49	78.3
19	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	6.71	2855.1	3,052	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	25	15	0	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.7
20	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	6.63	2827.1	3,154	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	46	17	3	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
21	Chris Sale C. Sale	6.6	2213.0	2,739	415	157	96	.621	334	2.96	16	3	12	1,795	728	786	221	515	140	25	15	8,906	48	11.14	2.09	5.32	0.90	30.8	5.8	1.04	.297	3.20	69	2.84	68	7.30	329.9
22	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	6.59	4916.2	4,672	709	354	184	.658	707	3.12	118	46	0	4,185	1,707	1,885	363	1,580	159	0	63	20,240	143	8.55	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	70	3.08	71	7.66	680.4
23	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	6.56	880.1	1,024	156	61	44	.581	153	3.05	1	1	0	703	298	327	102	192	31	1	0	3,502	11	10.47	1.96	5.33	1.04	29.2	5.5	1.02	.279	3.34	74	3.08	74	7.19	103.3
24	Aaron Nola A. Nola	6.5	1845.2	2,014	310	113	98	.536	310	3.94	6	4	0	1,665	807	848	247	495	57	0	18	7,606	20	9.82	2.41	4.07	1.20	26.5	6.5	1.17	.296	4.14	93	3.61	84	8.12	136.5
25	Blake Snell B. Snell	6.5	1167.0	1,455	224	81	63	.563	224	3.16	1	1	0	900	410	446	111	524	11	0	6	4,831	87	11.22	4.04	2.78	0.86	30.1	10.8	1.22	.289	3.44	77	3.29	79	6.94	115.4

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Mariners	59	66	.472	4.0
Athletics	49	75	.395	13.5
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Tue 8/18	SEA	@	MIL	7:40 PM
Wed 8/19	SEA	@	MIL	7:40 PM
Thu 8/20	SEA	@	MIL	2:10 PM
Fri 8/21	CHC	@	SEA	10:10 PM
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Since 1970, Randy Johnson has the most strikeouts per game pitched when pitching at least 162 innings, with 7.89.

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