which pitcher has the highest career strikeouts per nine innings

Chris Sale has the best career K/9, with 11.09 per nine innings.

Interpreted as:

Which pitcher has the highest career strikeouts per nine innings with a minimum of 1500 IP?

	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	11.09	1968.1	374	138	84	.622	294	3.05	2,426	16	3	12	1,600	667	718	203	456	121	25	15	7,922	45	2.09	5.32	0.93	30.6	5.8	1.04	.296	3.28	71	2.89	69	7.32	285
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	10.65	2881.0	467	215	112	.657	458	3.16	3,408	12	5	0	2,349	1,012	1,085	337	756	112	2	20	11,640	78	2.36	4.51	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.286	3.39	76	3.18	77	7.34	307.9
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	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	10.59	1706.0	282	110	88	.556	282	3.58	2,007	2	1	0	1,394	678	712	217	544	77	0	8	7,009	79	2.87	3.69	1.14	28.6	7.8	1.14	.283	3.76	85	3.53	84	7.35	125.8
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	10.37	1954.0	317	153	80	.657	317	3.18	2,251	8	5	0	1,627	690	740	217	500	61	0	8	7,861	58	2.30	4.50	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.292	3.41	79	3.16	77	7.49	213.5
6	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
7	Aaron Nola A. Nola	9.89	1626.2	269	104	80	.565	269	3.72	1,787	6	4	0	1,429	672	709	201	421	53	0	16	6,658	17	2.33	4.24	1.11	26.8	6.3	1.14	.293	3.92	88	3.45	80	7.91	149.9
8	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	9.74	2742.2	432	212	94	.693	429	2.50	2,968	25	15	0	2,091	762	835	227	678	44	1	28	10,816	103	2.22	4.38	0.74	27.4	6.3	1.01	.270	2.74	64	2.82	70	6.86	366.8
9	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
10	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
11	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	9.29	1591.2	261	104	70	.598	261	3.32	1,643	4	3	0	1,373	587	637	149	459	69	0	14	6,545	39	2.60	3.58	0.84	25.1	7.0	1.15	.290	3.60	83	3.31	80	7.76	146.3
12	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
13	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
14	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	9.21	1729.1	331	103	103	.500	292	3.84	1,769	3	1	0	1,685	738	792	214	488	35	11	9	7,252	63	2.54	3.63	1.11	24.4	6.7	1.26	.310	4.12	92	3.63	86	8.77	114.8
15	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	9.11	1649.0	326	111	103	.519	278	4.16	1,669	11	4	2	1,622	762	802	212	453	56	22	21	6,894	60	2.47	3.68	1.16	24.2	6.6	1.26	.313	4.38	100	3.71	89	8.85	81.5
16	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	9.04	2006.1	364	142	99	.589	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
17	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
18	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	9.00	3423.0	528	262	147	.641	528	3.30	3,423	26	9	0	2,902	1,257	1,359	357	955	115	0	27	13,981	97	2.51	3.58	0.94	24.5	6.8	1.13	.279	3.57	78	3.42	81	7.63	307.2
19	Sonny Gray S. Gray	8.95	1748.1	309	111	94	.541	300	3.52	1,739	6	4	0	1,499	684	750	170	585	56	2	5	7,244	104	3.01	2.97	0.88	24.0	8.1	1.19	.283	3.86	85	3.53	85	7.72	121.5
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	David Price D. Price	8.72	2143.2	400	157	82	.657	322	3.32	2,076	17	3	3	1,930	790	865	221	562	63	19	16	8,807	40	2.36	3.69	0.93	23.6	6.4	1.16	.290	3.63	81	3.38	83	8.10	165.9
24	Charlie Morton C. Morton	8.69	2134.0	385	138	125	.525	384	4.04	2,060	3	2	0	2,004	957	1,054	205	790	186	0	25	9,142	69	3.33	2.61	0.86	22.5	8.6	1.31	.305	4.45	100	3.82	95	8.45	50.3
25	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	8.66	1933.0	344	131	101	.565	328	3.70	1,860	4	2	0	1,744	795	857	171	815	50	4	21	8,242	59	3.79	2.28	0.80	22.6	9.9	1.32	.294	3.99	91	3.67	91	8.12	77.3