Chris Sale has the best career K/9, with 11.06 per nine innings.

which pitcher has the highest career strikeouts per nine innings
Interpreted as:
Which pitcher has the highest career strikeouts per nine innings with a minimum of 1500 IP?
Sale Scherzer Darvish Johnson Cole Martinez Kershaw Ryan Kluber Gausman Lincecum Koufax Carrasco Lynn Verlander Liriano McDowell Santana Gray Nomo Price Gonzalez Morton Schilling Kazmir Clemens Hamels 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 11.06 10.69 10.63 10.61 10.42 10.04 9.77 9.55 9.46 9.38 9.29 9.28 9.15 9.07 9.03 9.01 8.86 8.83 8.77 8.73 8.72 8.66 8.63 8.60 8.56 8.55 8.54
NAME K/9 IP G W L W% GS CG GF SHO SV H TBF R ER HR BB IBB HBP SO WP ERA WHIP H/9 BB/9 K/BB ERA- FIP FIP- PRAA
Chris Sale Chris Sale 11.06 1823.1 350 125 81 .607 270 16 25 3 12 1,483 7,347 678 628 197 424 15 113 2,241 42 3.10 1.05 7.32 2.09 5.29 72 2.96 70 251.9
Max Scherzer Max Scherzer 10.69 2834.2 457 213 108 .664 448 12 2 5 0 2,306 11,452 1,063 991 328 746 20 111 3,367 76 3.15 1.08 7.32 2.37 4.51 75 3.16 76 310.4
Yu Darvish Yu Darvish 10.63 1658.0 273 105 86 .550 273 2 0 1 0 1,355 6,816 692 659 207 533 8 75 1,959 78 3.58 1.14 7.36 2.89 3.68 85 3.50 83 129.1
Randy Johnson Randy Johnson 10.61 4135.1 618 303 166 .646 603 100 7 37 2 3,346 17,067 1,703 1,513 411 1,497 37 190 4,875 109 3.29 1.17 7.28 3.26 3.26 75 3.18 73 554.3
Gerrit Cole Gerrit Cole 10.42 1859.0 300 145 75 .659 300 8 0 5 0 1,549 7,471 702 654 206 471 6 55 2,152 58 3.17 1.09 7.50 2.28 4.57 79 3.13 76 206.4
Pedro Martinez Pedro Martinez 10.04 2827.1 476 219 100 .687 409 46 23 17 3 2,221 11,394 1,006 919 239 760 30 141 3,154 62 2.93 1.05 7.07 2.42 4.15 66 2.91 68 454.6
Clayton Kershaw Clayton Kershaw 9.77 2712.2 425 210 92 .695 422 25 1 15 0 2,055 10,683 816 747 225 669 27 42 2,944 101 2.48 1.00 6.82 2.22 4.40 63 2.81 70 364.2
Nolan Ryan Nolan Ryan 9.55 5386.0 807 324 292 .526 773 222 13 61 3 3,923 22,575 2,178 1,911 321 2,795 78 158 5,714 277 3.19 1.25 6.56 4.67 2.04 90 2.96 83 370.2
Corey Kluber Corey Kluber 9.46 1641.2 271 116 77 .601 260 18 4 8 1 1,486 6,688 684 627 177 368 9 65 1,725 31 3.44 1.13 8.15 2.02 4.69 83 3.22 78 161.7
Kevin Gausman Kevin Gausman 9.38 1573.1 306 90 94 .489 267 1 11 0 0 1,560 6,619 726 676 197 439 9 34 1,640 60 3.87 1.27 8.92 2.51 3.74 93 3.60 85 112.3
Tim Lincecum Tim Lincecum 9.29 1682.0 278 110 89 .553 270 10 3 7 1 1,506 7,120 746 699 147 669 33 44 1,736 107 3.74 1.29 8.06 3.58 2.59 99 3.44 90 81.5
Sandy Koufax Sandy Koufax 9.28 2324.1 397 165 87 .655 314 137 44 40 9 1,754 9,497 806 713 204 817 48 18 2,396 87 2.76 1.11 6.79 3.16 2.93 75 2.69 75 226.6
Carlos Carrasco Carlos Carrasco 9.15 1578.1 311 109 96 .532 264 11 21 4 2 1,543 6,592 754 715 199 435 21 54 1,604 59 4.08 1.25 8.80 2.48 3.69 98 3.67 88 84.6
Lance Lynn Lance Lynn 9.07 1929.1 349 136 96 .586 325 4 4 2 1 1,782 8,187 874 801 220 678 21 86 1,944 58 3.74 1.28 8.31 3.16 2.87 91 3.80 92 70.6
Justin Verlander Justin Verlander 9.03 3347.2 513 258 142 .645 513 26 0 9 0 2,814 13,643 1,309 1,208 345 935 27 109 3,357 96 3.25 1.12 7.57 2.51 3.59 77 3.39 80 311
Francisco Liriano Francisco Liriano 9.01 1813.2 419 112 114 .496 300 3 19 1 1 1,649 7,781 911 837 184 816 15 62 1,815 100 4.15 1.36 8.18 4.05 2.22 101 3.88 95 39.3
Sam McDowell Sam McDowell 8.86 2492.1 425 141 134 .513 346 103 39 23 14 1,948 10,587 999 879 164 1,312 74 59 2,453 140 3.17 1.31 7.03 4.74 1.87 90 3.06 84 160.4
Johan Santana Johan Santana 8.83 2025.2 360 139 78 .641 284 15 23 10 1 1,726 8,262 773 721 220 567 13 36 1,988 68 3.20 1.13 7.67 2.52 3.51 74 3.43 81 187.6
Sonny Gray Sonny Gray 8.77 1606.1 285 101 87 .537 276 6 2 4 0 1,376 6,666 676 615 150 550 5 52 1,565 101 3.45 1.20 7.71 3.08 2.85 83 3.55 85 110.7
Hideo Nomo Hideo Nomo 8.73 1976.1 323 123 109 .530 318 16 2 9 0 1,768 8,462 993 932 251 908 31 38 1,918 109 4.24 1.35 8.05 4.13 2.11 102 4.22 98 14.5
David Price David Price 8.72 2143.2 400 157 82 .657 322 17 19 3 3 1,930 8,807 865 790 221 562 16 63 2,076 40 3.32 1.16 8.10 2.36 3.69 81 3.38 83 165.9
Gio Gonzalez Gio Gonzalez 8.66 1933.0 344 131 101 .565 328 4 4 2 0 1,744 8,242 857 795 171 815 21 50 1,860 59 3.70 1.32 8.12 3.79 2.28 91 3.67 91 77.3
Charlie Morton Charlie Morton 8.63 2003.1 360 133 113 .541 359 3 0 2 0 1,868 8,568 975 886 184 736 24 171 1,920 67 3.98 1.30 8.39 3.31 2.61 99 3.77 94 61.5
Curt Schilling Curt Schilling 8.60 3261.0 569 216 146 .597 436 83 81 20 22 2,998 13,284 1,318 1,253 347 711 43 52 3,116 72 3.46 1.14 8.27 1.96 4.38 80 3.22 76 373.6
Scott Kazmir Scott Kazmir 8.56 1701.0 303 108 97 .527 301 3 0 1 0 1,611 7,308 830 760 193 687 17 68 1,618 74 4.02 1.35 8.52 3.63 2.36 98 4.02 97 26.4

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