pitchers with highest k/9 from 2000 to 2009

Between the 2000 and 2009 seasons, Randy Johnson had the best K/9, with 10.42 per nine innings.

Interpreted as:

pitchers with highest k/9 with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game from 2000 to 2009

	NAME	K/9	G	W	L	W%	GS	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	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	10.42	287	143	78	.647	281	3.34	2,182	32	12	0	1885.1	1,616	699	790	212	484	89	3	22	7,686	34	2.31	4.51	1.01	28.4	6.3	1.11	.298	3.77	75	3.12	70	7.71	275.2
2	Mark Prior M. Prior	10.37	106	42	29	.592	106	3.51	757	5	1	0	657.0	582	256	277	77	223	31	0	10	2,771	21	3.05	3.39	1.05	27.3	8.0	1.23	.300	3.79	81	3.40	78	7.97	70.6
3	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	10.16	90	40	17	.702	89	2.90	676	6	3	0	598.2	472	193	211	33	217	14	0	8	2,451	38	3.26	3.12	0.50	27.6	8.9	1.15	.291	3.17	68	2.75	65	7.10	99.7
4	Kerry Wood K. Wood	10.05	308	67	58	.536	152	3.71	1,237	10	4	54	1107.2	878	457	482	124	520	80	112	15	4,697	47	4.23	2.38	1.01	26.3	11.1	1.26	.276	3.92	86	3.89	88	7.13	63.2
5	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	9.93	227	112	50	.691	227	3.01	1,620	18	6	0	1468.0	1,171	491	530	132	350	86	0	10	5,917	24	2.15	4.63	0.81	27.4	5.9	1.04	.279	3.25	68	2.91	67	7.18	241.6
6	Andrew Bailey A. Bailey	9.83	68	6	3	.667	0	1.84	91	0	0	26	83.1	49	17	17	5	24	0	54	3	323	6	2.59	3.79	0.54	28.2	7.4	0.88	.217	1.84	43	2.55	59	5.29	16.7
7	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	9.54	46	9	15	.375	37	3.86	240	0	0	0	226.1	214	97	118	25	84	15	2	2	978	7	3.34	2.86	0.99	24.5	8.6	1.32	.308	4.69	87	3.72	86	8.51	15.2
8	Rich Harden R. Harden	9.35	135	50	29	.633	127	3.39	783	2	1	0	753.2	603	284	311	70	329	16	2	15	3,136	26	3.93	2.38	0.84	25.0	10.5	1.24	.275	3.71	77	3.57	81	7.20	68.5
9	Jonathan Sanchez J. Sanchez	9.34	121	21	30	.412	66	4.81	429	1	1	0	413.1	385	221	232	43	214	22	14	7	1,828	24	4.66	2.00	0.94	23.5	11.7	1.45	.305	5.05	113	4.11	98	8.38	4.5
10	Scott Kazmir S. Kazmir	9.31	151	57	46	.553	150	3.83	900	1	1	0	870.1	805	370	408	88	392	31	0	9	3,755	44	4.05	2.30	0.91	24.0	10.4	1.38	.306	4.22	88	3.82	88	8.32	52.9
11	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	9.22	77	24	22	.522	58	4.16	366	0	0	1	357.1	329	165	179	41	136	8	6	1	1,504	17	3.43	2.69	1.03	24.3	9.0	1.30	.302	4.51	95	3.76	88	8.29	21.1
12	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	9.20	53	13	13	.500	51	3.36	285	0	0	0	278.2	228	104	106	18	143	2	1	7	1,171	18	4.62	1.99	0.58	24.3	12.2	1.33	.290	3.42	81	3.46	82	7.36	23.1
13	Oliver Perez O. Perez	9.20	189	58	64	.475	188	4.54	1,089	3	2	0	1065.1	965	537	587	158	586	52	0	14	4,707	37	4.95	1.86	1.33	23.1	12.4	1.46	.286	4.96	109	4.77	112	8.15	-59.8
14	Yovani Gallardo Y. Gallardo	9.14	54	22	17	.564	51	3.57	325	1	0	0	320.0	275	127	131	32	139	7	1	7	1,356	12	3.91	2.34	0.90	24.0	10.3	1.29	.285	3.68	84	3.78	87	7.73	20.4
15	Johan Santana J. Santana	9.12	310	122	60	.670	234	3.12	1,733	9	6	1	1709.2	1,430	592	641	187	473	34	23	10	6,946	65	2.49	3.66	0.98	24.9	6.8	1.11	.275	3.37	70	3.37	78	7.53	181.5
16	Joba Chamberlain J. Chamberlain	9.11	93	15	9	.625	43	3.61	285	0	0	1	281.2	266	113	128	27	121	15	8	5	1,217	10	3.87	2.36	0.86	23.4	9.9	1.37	.311	4.09	80	3.78	84	8.50	22.1
17	Jordan Zimmermann J. Zimmermann	9.07	16	3	5	.375	16	4.63	92	0	0	0	91.1	95	47	51	10	29	4	0	0	391	0	2.86	3.17	0.99	23.5	7.4	1.36	.332	5.03	111	3.58	84	9.36	7
18	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	9.02	215	95	68	.583	215	3.26	1,366	7	3	0	1362.2	1,169	494	525	136	441	45	0	31	5,626	26	2.91	3.10	0.90	24.3	7.8	1.18	.284	3.47	82	3.45	82	7.72	115.8
19	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	8.86	243	117	63	.650	221	3.54	1,545	26	7	9	1569.1	1,515	618	630	194	257	21	21	9	6,368	23	1.47	6.01	1.11	24.3	4.0	1.13	.304	3.61	78	3.23	73	8.69	204.8
20	Erik Bedard E. Bedard	8.77	144	51	41	.554	141	3.71	801	1	1	0	822.0	762	339	375	75	325	30	0	2	3,515	25	3.56	2.46	0.82	22.8	9.2	1.32	.301	4.11	84	3.65	81	8.34	78.7
21	Jason Schmidt J. Schmidt	8.73	197	89	54	.622	197	3.63	1,223	15	9	0	1260.1	1,071	509	552	108	489	33	0	23	5,290	55	3.49	2.50	0.77	23.1	9.2	1.24	.280	3.94	85	3.46	82	7.65	110.3
22	Darren Dreifort D. Dreifort	8.70	118	21	24	.467	58	4.41	385	1	1	1	398.1	365	195	221	53	195	18	9	3	1,746	35	4.41	1.97	1.20	22.1	11.2	1.41	.285	4.99	105	4.48	99	8.25	0.6
23	Byung-Hyun Kim B. Kim	8.57	369	53	58	.477	87	4.41	775	0	0	85	813.2	761	399	436	92	356	75	184	33	3,567	32	3.94	2.18	1.02	21.7	10.0	1.37	.295	4.82	95	4.23	94	8.42	24.9
24	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	8.54	228	106	68	.609	225	3.79	1,330	9	4	0	1401.0	1,280	590	641	151	426	48	1	14	5,835	44	2.74	3.12	0.97	22.8	7.3	1.22	.291	4.12	86	3.60	84	8.22	103.1
25	Daisuke Matsuzaka D. Matsuzaka	8.53	73	37	21	.638	73	4.00	409	1	0	0	431.2	400	192	196	47	204	22	0	3	1,873	18	4.25	2.00	0.98	21.8	10.9	1.40	.296	4.09	87	4.26	100	8.34	-0.5