most k/bb ratio by a pitcher have 2000 strike outs all-time

Chris Sale has the highest career K/BB when striking out 2,000+ batters, with 5.36 K/BB.

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	NAME	K/BB	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Chris Sale C. Sale	5.36	2,779	420	159	97	.621	339	2.95	17	4	12	2246.2	1,821	736	794	223	518	145	25	15	9,037	48	11.13	2.08	0.89	30.8	5.7	1.04	.297	3.18	69	2.83	68	7.29	337.6
2	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	5.25	2,052	279	107	76	.585	279	2.73	4	2	0	1702.1	1,312	516	553	166	391	27	0	16	6,713	35	10.85	2.07	0.88	30.6	5.8	1.00	.281	2.92	69	2.74	67	6.94	256.5
3	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	4.54	2,382	339	163	89	.647	339	3.20	8	5	0	2081.0	1,742	741	792	239	525	63	0	7	8,380	58	10.30	2.27	1.03	28.4	6.3	1.09	.291	3.43	79	3.20	78	7.53	217.3
4	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	4.38	3,116	569	216	146	.597	436	3.46	83	20	22	3261.0	2,998	1,253	1,318	347	711	52	81	43	13,284	72	8.60	1.96	0.96	23.5	5.4	1.14	.293	3.64	80	3.22	76	8.27	373.6
5	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	4.37	3,557	501	224	126	.640	492	3.29	12	5	0	3047.2	2,511	1,113	1,186	369	814	116	2	20	12,351	83	10.50	2.40	1.09	28.8	6.6	1.09	.286	3.50	79	3.28	79	7.42	294.2
6	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	4.28	3,052	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	25	15	0	2855.1	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.2
7	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	4.15	3,154	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	46	17	3	2827.1	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
8	Aaron Nola A. Nola	4.04	2,053	318	116	101	.535	318	3.91	6	4	0	1891.0	1,699	821	862	254	508	58	0	18	7,783	20	9.77	2.42	1.21	26.4	6.5	1.17	.294	4.10	92	3.63	85	8.09	137.8
9	Dan Haren D. Haren	4.03	2,013	391	153	131	.539	380	3.75	16	6	1	2419.2	2,357	1,009	1,105	305	500	67	4	39	10,022	98	7.49	1.86	1.13	20.1	5.0	1.18	.288	4.11	92	3.77	92	8.77	92.8
10	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	3.91	2,979	586	225	156	.591	541	3.49	17	5	1	3389.1	3,207	1,315	1,410	367	762	79	8	25	13,877	101	7.91	2.02	0.97	21.5	5.5	1.17	.293	3.74	83	3.51	85	8.52	235
11	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	3.81	2,070	358	134	124	.519	355	3.47	16	7	0	2209.1	2,007	853	933	258	544	89	1	38	9,098	29	8.43	2.22	1.05	22.8	6.0	1.15	.285	3.80	90	3.62	94	8.18	50.1
12	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	3.75	2,013	311	127	80	.614	311	3.26	5	3	0	1890.1	1,598	684	738	187	537	80	0	14	7,731	43	9.58	2.56	0.89	26.0	6.9	1.13	.287	3.51	81	3.29	79	7.61	182.7
13	David Price D. Price	3.69	2,076	400	157	82	.657	322	3.32	17	3	3	2143.2	1,930	790	865	221	562	63	19	16	8,807	40	8.72	2.36	0.93	23.6	6.4	1.16	.290	3.63	81	3.38	83	8.10	165.9
14	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	3.69	2,075	297	115	93	.553	297	3.65	2	1	0	1778.0	1,460	721	756	231	563	83	0	8	7,305	83	10.50	2.85	1.17	28.4	7.7	1.14	.282	3.83	87	3.58	85	7.39	120
15	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	3.67	2,138	393	121	125	.492	354	3.87	4	2	0	2088.2	2,014	899	962	259	582	39	11	12	8,736	66	9.21	2.51	1.12	24.5	6.7	1.24	.307	4.15	93	3.61	85	8.68	142.7
16	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	3.58	2,813	537	270	153	.638	536	3.68	57	23	0	3562.2	3,460	1,458	1,559	376	785	60	0	29	14,593	71	7.11	1.98	0.95	19.3	5.4	1.19	.292	3.94	82	3.57	79	8.74	372.8
17	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	3.58	2,117	416	203	105	.659	390	3.38	67	20	1	2749.1	2,646	1,034	1,135	236	592	81	6	28	11,287	56	6.93	1.94	0.77	18.8	5.2	1.18	.292	3.72	77	3.39	77	8.66	296
18	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3.54	3,560	557	266	159	.626	557	3.33	26	9	0	3576.2	3,057	1,324	1,435	374	1,007	121	0	28	14,646	100	8.96	2.53	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	79	3.44	82	7.69	309.5
19	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3.37	3,371	744	355	227	.610	740	3.16	109	35	0	5008.1	4,726	1,756	1,981	353	999	137	3	177	20,421	70	6.06	1.80	0.63	16.5	4.9	1.14	.281	3.56	76	3.25	78	8.49	519.5
20	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	3.34	2,560	423	163	122	.572	422	3.43	17	7	0	2698.0	2,424	1,027	1,103	310	767	100	0	43	11,115	57	8.54	2.56	1.03	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.68	82	3.68	88	8.09	151.3
21	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	3.32	2,536	450	165	160	.508	443	4.22	28	8	0	2840.0	2,784	1,331	1,431	373	763	88	5	58	11,935	76	8.04	2.42	1.18	21.2	6.4	1.25	.295	4.53	96	3.90	88	8.82	164.4
22	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3.26	4,875	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	100	37	2	4135.1	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	75	3.18	73	7.28	554.3
23	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	3.25	2,401	1,071	197	171	.535	361	3.50	100	20	390	3285.2	3,076	1,278	1,382	347	738	75	577	91	13,534	28	6.58	2.02	0.95	17.7	5.5	1.16	.274	3.79	86	3.40	85	8.43	224.9
24	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	3.25	2,303	471	243	142	.631	457	2.89	244	52	2	3507.0	3,153	1,126	1,329	320	709	40	11	82	14,236	51	5.91	1.82	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.41	81	3.04	88	8.09	154.8
25	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3.20	3,192	664	284	226	.557	594	3.34	267	49	7	4500.2	4,142	1,669	1,853	484	997	84	37	116	18,400	62	6.38	1.99	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	87	3.27	88	8.28	222.9

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Guardians	85	77	.525
White Sox	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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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	CWS	@	CLE	1:00 PM
Mon 10/5	CWS	@	CLE	5:00 PM
Wed 10/7	CLE	@	CWS	4:00 PM
Thu 10/8	CLE	@	CWS	5:00 PM
Sat 10/10	CWS	@	CLE	5:00 PM

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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
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