most strikeouts per nine innings by a left handed pitcher all-time minimum 100 games started

Blake Snell has the best career K/9 by a left-hander when starting 100+ games, with 11.21 per nine innings.

	NAME	K/9	GS	G	W	L	W%	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	Blake Snell B. Snell	11.21	231	231	85	63	.574	3.10	1,495	1	1	0	1200.2	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
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	11.13	339	420	159	97	.621	2.95	2,779	17	4	12	2246.2	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	67	7.29	338.1
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	10.61	603	618	303	166	.646	3.29	4,875	100	37	2	4135.1	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
4	Robbie Ray R. Ray	10.50	291	296	101	89	.532	3.90	1,874	2	1	0	1606.2	1,390	697	748	238	692	53	1	19	6,799	66	3.88	2.71	1.33	27.6	10.2	1.30	.292	4.19	93	4.13	101	7.79	-6.5
5	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	10.46	160	163	66	44	.600	3.02	1,075	1	1	0	925.1	740	310	339	104	199	31	1	0	3,676	12	1.94	5.40	1.01	29.2	5.4	1.01	.281	3.30	73	3.03	73	7.20	115.8
6	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	10.24	150	167	55	46	.545	3.92	996	1	1	2	875.1	769	381	408	102	289	32	4	3	3,634	38	2.97	3.45	1.05	27.4	8.0	1.21	.301	4.19	92	3.49	83	7.91	70.5
7	Reid Detmers R. Detmers	10.06	107	168	28	39	.418	4.36	709	1	1	3	634.1	577	307	322	80	228	32	7	8	2,681	20	3.23	3.11	1.14	26.4	8.5	1.27	.305	4.57	105	3.78	91	8.19	27.8
8	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	9.88	242	247	100	75	.571	3.67	1,500	3	1	0	1366.1	1,136	557	604	166	515	67	1	5	5,718	68	3.39	2.91	1.09	26.2	9.0	1.21	.280	3.98	89	3.80	90	7.48	63.7
9	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	9.74	136	139	34	52	.395	4.29	763	0	0	0	705.1	683	336	363	88	294	28	0	2	3,052	40	3.75	2.60	1.12	25.0	9.6	1.39	.317	4.63	104	3.98	95	8.72	15.3
10	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	9.62	451	455	223	96	.699	2.53	3,052	25	15	0	2855.1	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	375.2
11	James Paxton J. Paxton	9.51	177	177	73	41	.640	3.77	1,005	2	1	0	951.0	872	398	437	111	314	12	0	9	3,978	59	2.97	3.20	1.05	25.3	7.9	1.25	.300	4.14	90	3.60	85	8.25	68
12	Oliver Perez O. Perez	9.49	195	703	74	94	.440	4.37	1,546	3	2	5	1465.2	1,336	712	783	198	762	88	84	40	6,464	58	4.68	2.03	1.22	23.9	11.8	1.43	.294	4.81	105	4.48	106	8.20	-45
13	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	9.28	314	397	165	87	.655	2.76	2,396	137	40	9	2324.1	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
14	Drew Pomeranz D. Pomeranz	9.19	144	377	52	63	.452	3.87	957	0	0	10	937.0	856	403	436	122	400	30	49	14	4,006	34	3.84	2.39	1.17	23.9	10.0	1.34	.294	4.19	90	4.16	100	8.22	-1.2
15	Yusei Kikuchi Y. Kikuchi	9.19	201	213	49	65	.430	4.49	1,078	1	1	1	1055.2	1,060	527	573	172	386	32	4	4	4,548	39	3.29	2.79	1.47	23.7	8.5	1.37	.308	4.89	109	4.43	105	9.04	-27.6
16	Andrew Heaney A. Heaney	9.15	208	230	56	72	.438	4.57	1,156	1	1	0	1136.2	1,113	577	614	199	339	72	6	4	4,865	34	2.68	3.41	1.58	23.8	7.0	1.28	.295	4.86	108	4.49	106	8.81	-30.8
17	Jonathan Sanchez J. Sanchez	9.11	137	194	39	58	.402	4.70	796	1	1	0	786.1	714	411	438	91	437	44	14	15	3,486	50	5.00	1.82	1.04	22.8	12.5	1.46	.294	5.01	116	4.41	109	8.17	-32.8
18	Rich Hill R. Hill	9.09	250	388	90	76	.542	4.02	1,432	4	2	0	1418.0	1,240	633	681	177	551	81	17	21	5,997	24	3.50	2.60	1.12	23.9	9.2	1.26	.283	4.32	94	4.09	96	7.87	27.5
19	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	9.01	300	419	112	114	.496	4.15	1,815	3	1	1	1813.2	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
20	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	8.97	118	137	48	28	.632	3.15	740	4	2	1	742.2	699	260	284	64	173	19	4	1	3,050	20	2.10	4.28	0.78	24.3	5.7	1.17	.309	3.44	74	3.04	71	8.47	98.9
21	Patrick Sandoval P. Sandoval	8.94	113	122	20	52	.278	4.14	602	1	1	1	606.1	596	279	324	62	268	19	2	4	2,655	29	3.98	2.25	0.92	22.7	10.1	1.42	.313	4.81	97	3.93	92	8.85	22.7
22	Julio Urías J. Urías	8.91	122	158	60	25	.706	3.11	710	0	0	4	717.0	599	248	274	84	193	28	11	5	2,917	12	2.42	3.68	1.05	24.3	6.6	1.10	.271	3.44	75	3.63	85	7.52	49.1
23	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	8.86	346	425	141	134	.513	3.17	2,453	103	23	14	2492.1	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
24	Trevor Rogers T. Rogers	8.85	132	132	34	48	.415	3.88	678	1	0	0	689.2	643	297	322	67	234	24	0	4	2,920	12	3.05	2.90	0.87	23.2	8.0	1.27	.300	4.20	94	3.55	87	8.39	42.8
25	Johan Santana J. Santana	8.83	284	360	139	78	.641	3.20	1,988	15	10	1	2025.2	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

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	98	64	.605
Yankees	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 3/25	BAL	@	TBR	4:00 AM
Fri 3/26	BAL	@	TBR	4:00 AM
Sat 3/27	BAL	@	TBR	4:00 AM
Mon 3/29	LAA	@	TBR	4:00 AM
Tue 3/30	LAA	@	TBR	4:00 AM

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MLB 2026 Standings

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
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
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
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	98	64	.605
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
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians - y	85	77	.525
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
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0

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Tue 9/15	MIL	@	PIT	5-1
Wed 9/16	CWS	@	CLE	3-6
Wed 9/16	SFG	@	STL	6-5
Wed 9/16	NYY	@	MIN	4-5
Wed 9/16	DET	@	TOR	1-5

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Thu 3/25	TEX	@	HOU	4:00 AM
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