Chris Sale has the best career K/9, with 11.12 per nine innings.

Regular season
Min. 1,500 Innings Pitched

	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	Chris Sale C. Sale	11.12	2241.0	419	159	97	.621	338	2.95	2,769	17	4	12	1,817	735	793	222	518	144	25	15	9,016	48	2.08	5.35	0.89	30.7	5.7	1.04	.297	3.18	69	2.83	68	7.30	336.2
2	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	10.86	1694.0	277	107	74	.591	277	2.68	2,045	4	2	0	1,299	505	542	166	384	26	0	16	6,667	34	2.04	5.33	0.88	30.7	5.8	0.99	.280	2.88	68	2.73	67	6.90	256.9
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	10.61	4135.1	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	4,875	100	37	2	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	10.51	1597.1	294	100	89	.529	289	3.90	1,866	2	1	0	1,380	693	744	237	689	52	1	19	6,758	66	3.88	2.71	1.34	27.6	10.2	1.30	.292	4.19	93	4.13	101	7.78	-5
5	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	10.51	3030.2	498	222	125	.640	489	3.29	3,540	12	5	0	2,498	1,107	1,180	368	807	116	2	20	12,282	83	2.40	4.39	1.09	28.8	6.6	1.09	.286	3.50	79	3.28	79	7.42	292.3
6	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	10.50	1778.0	297	115	93	.553	297	3.65	2,075	2	1	0	1,460	721	756	231	563	83	0	8	7,305	83	2.85	3.69	1.17	28.4	7.7	1.14	.282	3.83	87	3.58	85	7.39	120
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	10.30	2069.1	337	161	89	.644	337	3.21	2,368	8	5	0	1,735	737	788	237	522	63	0	7	8,336	58	2.27	4.54	1.03	28.4	6.3	1.09	.291	3.43	79	3.20	78	7.55	216.8
8	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	10.04	2827.1	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	3,154	46	17	3	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
9	Aaron Nola A. Nola	9.79	1877.0	315	115	99	.537	315	3.90	2,041	6	4	0	1,688	814	855	251	504	58	0	18	7,729	20	2.42	4.05	1.20	26.4	6.5	1.17	.295	4.10	92	3.62	84	8.09	139
10	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	9.62	2855.1	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	3,052	25	15	0	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	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	9.58	1871.2	308	125	80	.610	308	3.27	1,992	5	3	0	1,584	680	734	186	535	80	0	14	7,660	43	2.57	3.72	0.89	26.0	7.0	1.13	.287	3.53	81	3.30	80	7.62	177.9
12	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	9.55	5386.0	807	324	292	.526	773	3.19	5,714	222	61	3	3,923	1,911	2,178	321	2,795	158	13	78	22,575	277	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	90	2.96	83	6.56	370.2
13	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	9.46	1641.2	271	116	77	.601	260	3.44	1,725	18	8	1	1,486	627	684	177	368	65	4	9	6,688	31	2.02	4.69	0.97	25.8	5.5	1.13	.301	3.75	83	3.22	78	8.15	161.7
14	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	9.38	1539.1	270	87	95	.478	266	3.73	1,604	1	0	0	1,356	638	699	198	496	55	2	10	6,406	21	2.90	3.23	1.16	25.0	7.7	1.20	.286	4.09	91	3.82	91	7.93	64.6
15	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	9.29	1682.0	278	110	89	.553	270	3.74	1,736	10	7	1	1,506	699	746	147	669	44	3	33	7,120	107	3.58	2.59	0.79	24.4	9.4	1.29	.300	3.99	99	3.44	90	8.06	81.5
16	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	9.28	2324.1	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	2,396	137	40	9	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
17	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	9.21	2083.0	392	121	125	.492	353	3.88	2,131	4	2	0	2,008	897	960	258	581	39	11	12	8,714	66	2.51	3.67	1.11	24.5	6.7	1.24	.307	4.15	94	3.61	85	8.68	142.5
18	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	9.04	2006.1	364	143	99	.591	340	3.74	2,015	4	2	1	1,856	834	916	231	704	89	4	21	8,520	61	3.16	2.86	1.04	23.7	8.3	1.28	.296	4.11	91	3.82	93	8.33	67.8
19	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	9.01	1813.2	419	112	114	.496	300	4.15	1,815	3	1	1	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	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	8.99	1704.0	343	112	105	.516	286	4.24	1,703	11	4	2	1,694	803	843	224	471	58	29	21	7,146	61	2.49	3.62	1.18	23.8	6.6	1.27	.313	4.45	102	3.78	91	8.95	71.3
21	Sonny Gray S. Gray	8.96	2074.2	366	142	107	.570	357	3.52	2,065	7	5	0	1,816	811	885	207	663	62	2	5	8,588	107	2.88	3.11	0.90	24.0	7.7	1.19	.288	3.84	85	3.50	85	7.88	148.4
22	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	8.96	3571.1	556	266	159	.626	556	3.33	3,554	26	9	0	3,052	1,322	1,433	372	1,006	121	0	28	14,626	100	2.54	3.53	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	79	3.44	81	7.69	310.7
23	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	8.86	2492.1	425	141	134	.513	346	3.17	2,453	103	23	14	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	Johan Santana J. Santana	8.83	2025.2	360	139	78	.641	284	3.20	1,988	15	10	1	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
25	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	8.73	1976.1	323	123	109	.530	318	4.24	1,918	16	9	0	1,768	932	993	251	908	38	2	31	8,462	109	4.13	2.11	1.14	22.7	10.7	1.35	.284	4.52	102	4.22	98	8.05	14.5

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	77	74	.510
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Tigers	72	79	.477	5.0
Twins	70	81	.464	7.0
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Thu 9/17	DET	@	CWS	7:40 PM
Fri 9/18	DET	@	CWS	7:40 PM
Sat 9/19	DET	@	CWS	7:10 PM
Sun 9/20	DET	@	CWS	2:10 PM
Tue 9/22	CWS	@	KCR	7:40 PM

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Sale

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13.15

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12.16

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Sale

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2,264.8

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Nationals	71	81	.467	18.0
Mets	69	82	.457	19.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	94	57	.623
Cubs	84	68	.553	10.5
Pirates	75	76	.497	19.0
Cardinals	75	77	.493	19.5
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