which pitcher has the most strikeouts/9 all-time for the cubs

Kerry Wood has the best career K/9 for the Cubs, with 10.34 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	Kerry Wood K. Wood	10.34	1279.0	341	80	68	.541	178	3.67	1,470	11	5	35	1,000	521	556	137	609	93	69	18	5,421	54	4.29	2.41	0.96	27.1	11.2	1.26	.277	3.91	86	3.79	87	7.04	82.4
2	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	8.77	889.1	148	73	42	.635	148	3.14	867	6	5	0	699	310	349	82	283	32	0	11	3,608	47	2.86	3.06	0.83	24.0	7.8	1.10	.263	3.53	78	3.44	85	7.07	55.6
3	Jon Lester J. Lester	8.44	1002.2	171	77	44	.636	171	3.64	940	4	0	0	959	405	452	124	292	31	0	4	4,177	24	2.62	3.22	1.11	22.5	7.0	1.25	.299	4.06	87	3.85	92	8.61	33.5
4	Ryan Dempster R. Dempster	8.14	1182.2	374	67	66	.504	154	3.74	1,070	3	1	87	1,095	491	545	111	464	39	183	25	5,032	42	3.53	2.31	0.84	21.3	9.2	1.32	.294	4.15	88	3.77	90	8.33	55.7
5	Carlos Zambrano C. Zambrano	7.60	1826.2	319	125	81	.607	282	3.60	1,542	9	4	0	1,586	731	804	152	823	92	6	40	7,798	57	4.05	1.87	0.75	19.8	10.6	1.32	.276	3.96	83	3.97	92	7.81	75.9
6	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	7.17	1580.1	276	97	81	.545	270	3.68	1,259	6	4	0	1,501	647	696	184	364	64	4	16	6,518	12	2.07	3.46	1.05	19.3	5.6	1.18	.283	3.96	90	3.89	95	8.55	40
7	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	6.86	2673.2	401	167	132	.559	347	3.20	2,038	154	29	6	2,402	952	1,061	271	600	52	25	77	10,898	37	2.02	3.40	0.91	18.7	5.5	1.12	.268	3.57	84	3.06	83	8.09	182
8	Jon Lieber J. Lieber	6.59	874.1	147	50	39	.562	122	4.04	640	17	3	0	912	392	429	114	159	21	7	19	3,666	8	1.64	4.03	1.17	17.5	4.3	1.22	.292	4.42	92	3.92	87	9.39	57.5
9	Steve Trachsel S. Trachsel	6.50	1163.2	191	61	72	.459	190	4.41	840	11	2	0	1,184	570	619	172	419	27	0	31	5,002	30	3.24	2.00	1.33	16.8	8.4	1.38	.286	4.79	102	4.75	108	9.16	-46
10	Rick Sutcliffe R. Sutcliffe	6.46	1267.1	193	82	65	.558	190	3.74	909	40	11	0	1,186	527	563	105	481	13	0	44	5,342	60	3.42	1.89	0.75	17.0	9.0	1.32	.282	4.00	96	3.59	92	8.42	40.7
11	Bill Bonham B. Bonham	6.33	1152.1	244	53	70	.431	158	4.08	811	24	4	11	1,167	523	594	74	521	26	33	46	5,052	54	4.07	1.56	0.58	16.1	10.3	1.46	.302	4.64	104	3.44	89	9.11	54.6
12	Kevin Tapani K. Tapani	6.30	804.0	130	51	50	.505	129	4.66	563	6	3	0	866	416	440	108	205	26	0	15	3,446	14	2.29	2.75	1.21	16.3	5.9	1.33	.298	4.93	106	4.31	96	9.69	16.2
13	Frank Castillo F. Castillo	6.18	949.2	166	47	62	.431	161	4.29	652	10	3	0	974	453	494	106	282	33	0	21	4,063	27	2.67	2.31	1.00	16.0	6.9	1.32	.290	4.68	106	4.07	99	9.23	2.5
14	Don Elston D. Elston	6.18	754.2	449	49	54	.476	15	3.70	518	2	0	64	701	310	354	80	327	25	239	63	3,228	13	3.90	1.58	0.95	16.0	10.1	1.36	.273	4.22	95	3.93	103	8.36	-8.9
15	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	6.15	1447.0	237	80	81	.497	209	3.76	988	57	15	3	1,399	605	688	147	530	29	13	51	6,176	57	3.30	1.86	0.91	16.0	8.6	1.33	.279	4.28	98	3.65	99	8.70	14.1
16	Mike Krukow M. Krukow	5.84	828.2	150	45	50	.474	140	4.17	538	9	3	0	844	384	431	64	332	21	3	35	3,597	25	3.61	1.62	0.70	15.0	9.2	1.42	.295	4.68	105	3.66	96	9.17	17.4
17	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	5.83	2016.0	302	133	112	.543	298	3.61	1,305	47	14	0	1,962	808	908	160	547	60	3	81	8,416	38	2.44	2.39	0.71	15.5	6.5	1.24	.284	4.05	89	3.51	88	8.76	106
18	Orval Overall O. Overall	5.78	1135.0	163	86	43	.667	133	1.94	729	95	28	12	865	245	322	11	358	27	24		4,478	37	2.84	2.04	0.09	16.3	8.0	1.08	.255	2.55	74	2.10	78	6.86	74.3
19	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	5.37	2290.0	358	135	127	.515	343	3.50	1,367	65	17	3	2,365	891	1,007	140	640	59	9	80	9,679	66	2.52	2.14	0.55	14.1	6.6	1.31	.298	3.96	89	3.15	82	9.29	171.2
20	Bob Anderson B. Anderson	5.35	780.2	214	33	45	.423	90	4.33	464	15	1	13	800	376	422	75	298	21	47	29	3,374	26	3.44	1.56	0.86	13.8	8.8	1.41	.288	4.87	109	3.83	99	9.22	4.5
21	Bill Hands B. Hands	5.18	1564.0	276	92	86	.517	213	3.18	900	64	14	9	1,485	552	636	132	389	27	36	50	6,464	32	2.24	2.31	0.76	13.9	6.0	1.20	.270	3.66	84	3.24	89	8.55	71.7
22	Dick Ellsworth D. Ellsworth	5.05	1613.1	254	84	110	.433	236	3.70	905	71	6	2	1,666	663	770	156	454	25	7	45	6,834	54	2.53	1.99	0.87	13.2	6.6	1.31	.285	4.30	97	3.58	97	9.29	19.2
23	John Clarkson J. Clarkson	4.99	1730.2	199	137	57	.706	197	2.39	960	186	15	0	1,523	460	850	69	300	8	2		7,062	63	1.56	3.20	0.36	13.6	4.2	1.05	.254	4.42	67	3.03	82	7.92	155.6
24	Glen Hobbie G. Hobbie	4.90	1218.2	271	61	79	.436	165	4.20	664	44	11	5	1,242	569	654	120	480	38	51	34	5,301	43	3.54	1.38	0.89	12.5	9.1	1.41	.281	4.83	108	4.00	105	9.17	-23.7
25	Pat Malone P. Malone	4.84	1632.0	265	115	79	.593	199	3.57	878	106	15	9	1,628	648	766	87	577	36	45		6,998	40	3.18	1.52	0.48	12.5	8.2	1.35	.284	4.22	88	3.85	93	8.98	59.1

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