who has the highest career strikeouts per 9 innings

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

Interpreted as:

Who has the highest career strikeouts per 9 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	1958.1	372	138	83	.624	292	3.04	2,414	16	3	12	1,590	661	712	202	455	119	25	15	7,879	45	2.09	5.31	0.93	30.6	5.8	1.04	.296	3.27	71	2.89	69	7.31	283.9
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	10.65	2878.0	466	215	112	.657	457	3.16	3,407	12	5	0	2,346	1,010	1,083	335	756	112	2	20	11,629	78	2.36	4.51	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.287	3.39	76	3.17	76	7.34	310.4
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	1694.1	280	109	88	.553	280	3.57	1,994	2	1	0	1,388	673	707	214	541	75	0	8	6,964	79	2.87	3.69	1.14	28.6	7.8	1.14	.284	3.76	85	3.52	84	7.37	127.9
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	10.38	1947.1	316	152	80	.655	316	3.19	2,246	8	5	0	1,625	690	740	217	499	61	0	7	7,838	58	2.31	4.50	1.00	28.7	6.4	1.09	.292	3.42	79	3.16	77	7.51	210.5
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	9.86	1610.1	266	102	79	.564	266	3.70	1,765	6	4	0	1,407	662	699	198	419	52	0	16	6,586	17	2.34	4.21	1.11	26.8	6.4	1.13	.291	3.91	88	3.45	80	7.86	148.7
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	366.2
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	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
12	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
13	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	9.26	1712.0	328	101	102	.498	289	3.85	1,762	3	1	0	1,676	732	786	212	482	35	11	9	7,186	63	2.53	3.66	1.11	24.5	6.7	1.26	.312	4.13	93	3.61	85	8.81	117.6
14	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	9.23	1565.1	257	103	69	.599	257	3.34	1,606	4	3	0	1,358	581	631	145	454	68	0	14	6,450	39	2.61	3.54	0.83	24.9	7.0	1.16	.290	3.63	84	3.31	81	7.81	143.1
15	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	9.11	1641.2	324	110	103	.516	277	4.14	1,662	11	4	2	1,612	756	796	211	451	56	21	21	6,861	60	2.47	3.69	1.16	24.2	6.6	1.26	.313	4.36	100	3.71	89	8.84	81.1
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	68.2
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	3409.2	525	261	147	.640	525	3.30	3,411	26	9	0	2,884	1,249	1,351	354	952	115	0	27	13,920	97	2.51	3.58	0.93	24.5	6.8	1.13	.278	3.57	78	3.41	81	7.61	308.7
19	Sonny Gray S. Gray	8.93	1737.1	307	110	94	.539	298	3.51	1,724	6	4	0	1,490	677	743	167	583	54	2	5	7,199	104	3.02	2.96	0.87	23.9	8.1	1.19	.283	3.85	85	3.52	85	7.72	122.3
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	8.67	2121.1	382	138	122	.531	381	4.01	2,044	3	2	0	1,986	944	1,041	201	785	186	0	25	9,083	69	3.33	2.60	0.85	22.5	8.6	1.31	.304	4.42	100	3.81	95	8.43	53.9
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