Chris Sale has the best career K/9, with 11.12 per nine innings.

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MLB highest so/9 with a minimum of 1500 IP by a player career

	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Chris Sale C. Sale	11.12	2168.0	407	153	93	.622	326	2.98	2,678	16	3	12	1,759	717	774	219	508	138	25	15	8,731	48	2.11	5.27	0.91	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.21	70	2.87	68	7.30	316.6
2	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	10.82	1628.1	264	102	70	.593	264	2.63	1,957	4	2	0	1,244	475	512	161	365	25	0	15	6,400	32	2.02	5.36	0.89	30.6	5.7	0.99	.278	2.83	67	2.75	67	6.88	245
3	Robbie Ray R. Ray	10.68	1528.2	281	94	87	.519	276	3.93	1,814	2	1	0	1,320	667	715	230	650	51	1	19	6,463	63	3.83	2.79	1.35	28.1	10.1	1.29	.293	4.21	94	4.10	100	7.77	-2.9
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	10.61	4135.1	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	4,875	100	37	2	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	75	3.18	73	7.28	554.3
5	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	10.56	2985.0	489	221	121	.646	480	3.27	3,503	12	5	0	2,460	1,084	1,157	363	790	115	2	20	12,089	80	2.38	4.43	1.09	29.0	6.5	1.09	.287	3.49	79	3.27	79	7.42	291.8
6	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	10.50	1778.0	297	115	93	.553	297	3.65	2,075	2	1	0	1,460	721	756	231	563	83	0	8	7,305	83	2.85	3.69	1.17	28.4	7.7	1.14	.282	3.83	87	3.58	85	7.39	120
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	10.33	1991.2	324	155	83	.651	324	3.19	2,285	8	5	0	1,663	707	757	224	510	62	0	7	8,021	58	2.30	4.48	1.01	28.5	6.4	1.09	.291	3.42	79	3.18	77	7.51	211.8
8	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	10.04	2827.1	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	3,154	46	17	3	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
9	Aaron Nola A. Nola	9.81	1796.1	301	112	93	.546	301	3.91	1,958	6	4	0	1,612	780	820	234	476	57	0	16	7,393	20	2.38	4.11	1.17	26.5	6.4	1.16	.295	4.11	93	3.56	83	8.08	142.1
10	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	9.62	2855.1	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	3,052	25	15	0	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.7
11	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	9.55	5386.0	807	324	292	.526	773	3.19	5,714	222	61	3	3,923	1,911	2,178	321	2,795	158	13	78	22,575	277	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	90	2.96	83	6.56	370.2
12	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	9.46	1641.2	271	116	77	.601	260	3.44	1,725	18	8	1	1,486	627	684	177	368	65	4	9	6,688	31	2.02	4.69	0.97	25.8	5.5	1.13	.301	3.75	83	3.22	78	8.15	161.7
13	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	9.45	1803.2	295	121	76	.614	295	3.23	1,894	5	3	0	1,521	647	700	174	509	78	0	14	7,370	42	2.54	3.72	0.87	25.7	6.9	1.13	.286	3.49	80	3.29	80	7.59	172.2
14	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	9.29	1682.0	278	110	89	.553	270	3.74	1,736	10	7	1	1,506	699	746	147	669	44	3	33	7,120	107	3.58	2.59	0.79	24.4	9.4	1.29	.300	3.99	99	3.44	90	8.06	81.5
15	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	9.28	2324.1	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	2,396	137	40	9	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	75	2.69	75	6.79	226.6
16	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	9.18	2006.0	378	116	119	.494	339	3.84	2,047	4	2	0	1,926	856	914	247	557	39	11	11	8,380	65	2.50	3.68	1.11	24.4	6.6	1.24	.306	4.10	93	3.60	85	8.64	139
17	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	9.04	2006.1	364	143	99	.591	340	3.74	2,015	4	2	1	1,856	834	916	231	704	89	4	21	8,520	61	3.16	2.86	1.04	23.7	8.3	1.28	.296	4.11	91	3.82	93	8.33	67.8
18	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	9.01	1813.2	419	112	114	.496	300	4.15	1,815	3	1	1	1,649	837	911	184	816	62	19	15	7,781	100	4.05	2.22	0.91	23.3	10.5	1.36	.299	4.52	101	3.88	95	8.18	39.3
19	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	9.00	1702.0	342	112	105	.516	286	4.22	1,702	11	4	2	1,689	798	838	223	469	58	28	21	7,134	61	2.48	3.63	1.18	23.9	6.6	1.27	.313	4.43	101	3.77	91	8.93	72.9
20	Sonny Gray S. Gray	8.98	1994.1	353	134	103	.565	344	3.56	1,991	7	5	0	1,746	788	862	201	641	60	2	5	8,265	106	2.89	3.11	0.91	24.1	7.8	1.20	.288	3.89	86	3.52	85	7.88	139.4
21	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	8.96	3571.1	556	266	159	.626	556	3.33	3,554	26	9	0	3,052	1,322	1,433	372	1,006	121	0	28	14,626	100	2.54	3.53	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	79	3.44	81	7.69	309.9
22	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	8.86	2492.1	425	141	134	.513	346	3.17	2,453	103	23	14	1,948	879	999	164	1,312	59	39	74	10,587	140	4.74	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.61	90	3.06	84	7.03	160.4
23	Johan Santana J. Santana	8.83	2025.2	360	139	78	.641	284	3.20	1,988	15	10	1	1,726	721	773	220	567	36	23	13	8,262	68	2.52	3.51	0.98	24.1	6.9	1.13	.276	3.43	74	3.43	81	7.67	187.6
24	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	8.73	1976.1	323	123	109	.530	318	4.24	1,918	16	9	0	1,768	932	993	251	908	38	2	31	8,462	109	4.13	2.11	1.14	22.7	10.7	1.35	.284	4.52	102	4.22	98	8.05	14.5
25	David Price D. Price	8.72	2143.2	400	157	82	.657	322	3.32	2,076	17	3	3	1,930	790	865	221	562	63	19	16	8,807	40	2.36	3.69	0.93	23.6	6.4	1.16	.290	3.63	81	3.38	83	8.10	165.9

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Sun 6/28	KCR	@	CWS	2:10 PM
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