most k/9 active pitchers career min 500 innings

Edwin Díaz has the best career K/9 when pitching at least 500 innings, with 14.50 per nine innings.

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	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	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	14.50	538.0	541	30	38	.441	0	3.03	867	0	0	260	382	181	194	57	193	43	409	11	2,201	34	3.23	4.49	0.95	39.4	8.8	1.07	.312	3.25	75	2.62	62	6.39	93.3
2	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	14.45	873.0	916	63	51	.553	0	2.48	1,402	0	0	402	510	241	268	57	431	34	607	7	3,554	90	4.44	3.25	0.59	39.4	12.1	1.08	.278	2.76	60	2.36	57	5.26	171.1
3	Josh Hader J. Hader	14.28	557.0	513	38	33	.535	0	2.50	884	0	0	252	301	155	170	66	213	24	358	6	2,186	20	3.44	4.15	1.07	40.4	9.7	0.92	.235	2.75	61	2.80	67	4.86	86.8
4	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	13.71	867.2	897	57	53	.518	0	2.69	1,322	0	0	441	532	259	290	79	368	43	674	13	3,502	74	3.82	3.59	0.82	37.7	10.5	1.04	.268	3.01	65	2.68	66	5.52	132.4
5	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	12.30	972.1	984	58	46	.558	0	2.60	1,329	0	0	497	634	281	302	95	305	33	739	21	3,860	22	2.82	4.36	0.88	34.4	7.9	0.97	.257	2.80	66	2.71	67	5.87	144.6
6	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	11.92	903.0	853	47	40	.540	0	2.31	1,196	0	0	422	601	232	262	82	300	33	703	26	3,600	43	2.99	3.99	0.82	33.2	8.3	1.00	.261	2.61	54	2.72	63	5.99	159
7	Brad Lidge B. Lidge	11.92	603.1	603	26	32	.448	1	3.54	799	0	0	225	492	237	257	57	287	34	368	41	2,589	46	4.28	2.78	0.85	30.9	11.1	1.29	.308	3.83	82	3.26	75	7.34	72.7
8	David Robertson D. Robertson	11.83	894.1	881	68	46	.596	1	2.93	1,176	0	0	179	674	291	315	81	365	25	358	38	3,690	57	3.67	3.22	0.82	31.9	9.9	1.16	.290	3.17	70	2.98	70	6.78	122.1
9	Carlos Marmol C. Marmol	11.60	577.0	519	23	35	.397	13	3.57	744	0	0	117	385	229	242	49	395	51	259	22	2,521	35	6.16	1.88	0.76	29.5	15.7	1.35	.262	3.77	85	3.95	94	6.01	15.6
10	Jake Diekman J. Diekman	11.42	602.1	705	27	34	.443	0	3.91	764	0	0	19	483	262	312	53	358	47	141	21	2,662	44	5.35	2.13	0.79	28.7	13.4	1.40	.299	4.66	95	3.77	91	7.22	23.8
11	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	11.41	828.0	180	48	38	.558	141	3.72	1,050	0	0	0	620	342	362	101	315	14	9	6	3,373	66	3.42	3.33	1.10	31.1	9.3	1.13	.274	3.93	90	3.41	81	6.74	72.5
12	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	11.21	614.1	114	47	22	.681	114	2.83	765	1	1	0	443	193	205	60	208	30	0	2	2,479	52	3.05	3.68	0.88	30.9	8.4	1.06	.270	3.00	67	3.09	72	6.49	77.9
13	Blake Snell B. Snell	11.21	1200.2	231	85	63	.574	231	3.10	1,495	1	1	0	922	414	450	111	537	12	0	6	4,964	87	4.03	2.78	0.83	30.1	10.8	1.22	.289	3.37	76	3.25	78	6.91	123.8
14	Hunter Greene H. Greene	11.18	523.1	96	27	31	.466	96	3.82	650	2	2	0	415	222	233	74	188	39	0	0	2,181	22	3.23	3.46	1.27	29.8	8.6	1.15	.277	4.01	87	3.81	88	7.14	30.2
15	Dylan Cease D. Cease	11.17	1184.1	217	76	64	.543	217	3.67	1,470	4	4	0	962	483	536	132	508	38	0	9	4,989	60	3.86	2.89	1.00	29.5	10.2	1.24	.292	4.07	88	3.50	82	7.31	98
16	Chris Sale C. Sale	11.13	2246.2	420	159	97	.621	339	2.95	2,779	17	4	12	1,821	736	794	223	518	145	25	15	9,037	48	2.08	5.36	0.89	30.8	5.7	1.04	.297	3.18	69	2.83	68	7.29	337.1
17	Greg Holland G. Holland	11.13	547.2	556	30	28	.517	0	3.14	677	0	0	220	417	191	211	43	241	7	355	20	2,271	50	3.96	2.81	0.71	29.8	10.6	1.20	.287	3.47	74	3.02	73	6.85	66.2
18	Héctor Neris H. Neris	11.12	627.1	643	46	43	.517	0	3.47	775	0	0	107	509	242	272	83	243	36	274	16	2,632	38	3.49	3.19	1.19	29.4	9.2	1.20	.285	3.90	84	3.75	89	7.30	33.3
19	Armando Benitez A. Benitez	10.93	779.0	762	40	47	.460	0	3.13	946	0	0	289	545	271	296	95	403	16	527	32	3,253	18	4.66	2.35	1.10	29.1	12.4	1.22	.251	3.42	72	3.86	88	6.30	48.8
20	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	10.85	1702.1	279	107	76	.585	279	2.73	2,052	4	2	0	1,312	516	553	166	391	27	0	16	6,713	35	2.07	5.25	0.88	30.6	5.8	1.00	.281	2.92	69	2.74	67	6.94	256.5
21	Octavio Dotel O. Dotel	10.82	951.0	758	59	50	.541	34	3.78	1,143	0	0	109	765	399	431	117	412	41	305	39	4,024	46	3.90	2.77	1.11	28.4	10.2	1.24	.280	4.08	86	3.69	84	7.24	73.6
22	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	10.71	1100.0	243	80	53	.602	194	3.71	1,309	1	0	1	855	454	483	141	423	56	6	3	4,583	38	3.46	3.09	1.15	28.6	9.2	1.16	.269	3.95	89	3.75	89	7.00	54.6
23	Andrew Miller A. Miller	10.63	829.0	612	55	55	.500	66	4.03	979	0	0	63	732	371	413	80	383	61	147	14	3,619	44	4.16	2.56	0.87	27.1	10.6	1.34	.308	4.48	95	3.63	87	7.95	49.8
24	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
25	Raisel Iglesias R. Iglesias	10.55	796.0	659	43	57	.430	21	2.89	933	0	0	287	618	256	286	89	219	28	508	18	3,201	17	2.48	4.26	1.01	29.1	6.8	1.05	.274	3.23	68	3.19	76	6.99	89.2

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Braves	94	68	.580
Phillies	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
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RBI Leaders

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191

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Arraez

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119

Crow-Armstrong

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Misiorowski

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Sale

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
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Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
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White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
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Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
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Angels	62	100	.383	19.0