starting pitcher with 15 games with highest k/9 in a season

Chad Green has the highest K/9 by a starting pitcher with 15+ games pitched in a season, with 14.90 per nine innings in 2019.

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  • Assumption:All-time
  • Data note: Games Pitched: player game data complete from 1908
  • Data note: Data: Retrosheet
NAMEK/9GSEASONTMWLW%GSERASOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPBB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Chad Green
C. Green
14.90
15
2019
0
1
.000
15
3.72
32
0
0
0
19.1
18
8
9
4
8
2
0
0
84
1
3.72
4.00
1.86
38.1
9.5
1.34
.368
4.19
8.38
2Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
14.28
15
2021
7
2
.778
15
1.08
146
1
1
0
92.0
40
11
14
6
11
1
0
0
324
0
1.08
13.27
0.59
45.1
3.4
0.55
.213
1.37
3.91
3Spencer Strider
S. Strider
13.84
20
2022
10
4
.714
20
2.77
165
0
0
0
107.1
72
33
36
7
34
3
0
1
433
5
2.85
4.85
0.59
38.1
7.9
0.99
.290
3.02
6.04
4Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
13.82
33
2019
20
5
.800
33
2.50
326
0
0
0
212.1
142
59
66
29
48
3
0
0
817
4
2.03
6.79
1.23
39.9
5.9
0.89
.275
2.80
6.02
5Spencer Strider
S. Strider
13.55
32
2023
20
5
.800
32
3.86
281
0
0
0
186.2
146
80
85
22
58
9
0
1
763
6
2.80
4.84
1.06
36.8
7.6
1.09
.316
4.10
7.04
6Chris Sale
C. Sale
13.50
27
2018
12
4
.750
27
2.11
237
0
0
0
158.0
102
37
39
11
34
14
0
0
617
4
1.94
6.97
0.63
38.4
5.5
0.86
.283
2.22
5.81
7Chris Sale
C. Sale
13.32
25
2019
6
11
.353
25
4.40
218
1
1
0
147.1
123
72
80
24
37
13
0
0
612
2
2.26
5.89
1.47
35.6
6.0
1.09
.309
4.89
7.51
8Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
13.22
29
1999
22
4
.846
29
2.07
306
5
1
0
208.1
157
48
55
8
36
8
0
1
816
6
1.56
8.50
0.35
37.5
4.4
0.93
.325
2.38
6.78
9Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
13.20
34
2001
20
6
.769
34
2.56
356
3
2
0
242.2
180
69
74
19
70
18
0
2
971
8
2.60
5.09
0.70
36.7
7.2
1.03
.317
2.74
6.68
10Jacob Misiorowski
J. Misiorowski
12.98
30
2026
16
5
.762
30
1.80
252
1
1
0
174.2
96
35
43
14
44
9
0
0
665
6
2.27
5.73
0.72
37.9
6.6
0.80
.237
2.22
4.95
11Chris Sale
C. Sale
12.93
32
2017
17
8
.680
32
2.90
308
1
0
0
214.1
165
69
73
24
43
8
0
0
851
3
1.81
7.16
1.01
36.2
5.1
0.97
.301
3.07
6.93
12Garrett Crochet
G. Crochet
12.88
32
2024
6
12
.333
32
3.58
209
0
0
0
146.0
123
58
61
18
33
5
0
0
595
3
2.03
6.33
1.11
35.1
5.5
1.07
.318
3.76
7.58
13Danny Salazar
D. Salazar
12.76
19
2017
5
6
.455
19
4.44
138
0
0
0
97.1
89
48
50
14
43
3
0
0
415
5
3.98
3.21
1.29
33.3
10.4
1.36
.346
4.62
8.23
14Dylan Cease
D. Cease
12.73
29
2026
11
6
.647
29
2.40
239
1
1
0
169.0
108
45
54
11
78
3
0
0
685
5
4.15
3.06
0.59
34.9
11.4
1.10
.274
2.88
5.75
15Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
12.69
27
2019
11
7
.611
27
2.92
243
0
0
0
172.1
144
56
59
18
33
7
0
2
693
0
1.72
7.36
0.94
35.1
4.8
1.03
.321
3.08
7.52
16Corbin Burnes
C. Burnes
12.61
28
2021
11
5
.688
28
2.43
234
0
0
0
167.0
123
45
47
7
34
6
0
0
657
5
1.83
6.88
0.38
35.6
5.2
0.94
.309
2.53
6.63
17Kerry Wood
K. Wood
12.58
26
1998
13
6
.684
26
3.40
233
1
1
0
166.2
117
63
69
14
85
11
0
1
699
6
4.59
2.74
0.76
33.3
12.2
1.21
.289
3.73
6.32
18Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
12.57
18
2001
7
3
.700
18
2.39
163
1
0
0
116.2
84
31
33
5
25
6
0
0
456
4
1.93
6.52
0.39
35.7
5.5
0.93
.307
2.55
6.48
19Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
12.56
35
2000
19
7
.731
35
2.64
347
8
3
0
248.2
202
73
89
23
76
6
0
1
1,001
5
2.75
4.57
0.83
34.7
7.6
1.12
.326
3.22
7.31
20Carlos Rodón
C. Rodón
12.55
24
2021
13
5
.722
24
2.37
185
1
1
0
132.2
91
35
39
13
36
8
0
1
534
7
2.44
5.14
0.88
34.6
6.7
0.96
.267
2.65
6.17
21Blake Snell
B. Snell
12.55
20
2024
5
3
.625
20
3.12
145
1
1
0
104.0
65
36
38
6
44
1
0
0
418
8
3.81
3.30
0.52
34.7
10.5
1.05
.266
3.29
5.63
22Jose Fernandez
J. Fernandez
12.49
29
2016
16
8
.667
29
2.86
253
0
0
0
182.1
149
58
63
13
55
6
0
6
737
9
2.71
4.60
0.64
34.3
7.5
1.12
.332
3.11
7.35
23Shane Bieber
S. Bieber
12.48
16
2021
7
4
.636
16
3.17
134
0
0
0
96.2
84
34
36
11
33
4
0
0
405
5
3.07
4.06
1.02
33.1
8.1
1.21
.327
3.35
7.82
24Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
12.40
32
2018
15
5
.750
32
2.88
276
1
1
0
200.1
143
64
68
19
64
7
0
0
799
9
2.88
4.31
0.85
34.5
8.0
1.03
.286
3.05
6.42
25Blake Snell
B. Snell
12.36
23
2019
6
8
.429
23
4.29
147
0
0
0
107.0
96
51
53
14
40
1
0
1
441
11
3.36
3.68
1.18
33.3
9.1
1.27
.343
4.46
8.07

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88
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91
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86
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65
97
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98
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93
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87
75
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11.0
79
82
.491
18.5
79
83
.488
19.0
AL CentralWLPCTGB
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84
78
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77
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.475
8.0
76
86
.469
9.0
69
93
.426
16.0
AL WestWLPCTGB
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80
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