Player stats

Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio 2018

Strikeouts for every walk allowed. With no walks the ratio is undefined and shown as unavailable.

Season

Minimum workload: one inning pitched per game. Completed seasons use the league's scheduled regular-season game count; seasons in progress use team games played. This is a general pitching minimum, not a relief-pitcher qualification rule. Data through December 31, 2018. Data refreshed Sep 12, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio / 2018

Justin Verlander

HOU

7.84

Season leader

Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio2018 season
#	Player	Team	IP	BF	K/BB
1	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	HOU	214.0	833	7.84
2	C. KluberCorey Kluber	CLE	215.0	842	6.53
3	M. ScherzerMax Scherzer	WSH	220.2	866	5.88
4	J. deGromJacob deGrom	NYM	217.0	835	5.85
5	C. CarrascoCarlos Carrasco	CLE	192.0	784	5.37
6	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	AZ	200.0	800	5.13
7	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	200.2	808	5.03
8	L. SeverinoLuis Severino	NYY	191.1	780	4.78
9	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	AZ	207.2	839	4.63
10	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	166.2	686	4.53
11	G. ColeGerrit Cole	HOU	200.1	799	4.31
12	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	196.0	817	4.04
13	A. HeaneyAndrew Heaney	LAA	180.0	749	4.00
14	R. PorcelloRick Porcello	BOS	191.1	808	3.96
15	J. TaillonJameson Taillon	PIT	191.0	785	3.89
16	T. BauerTrevor Bauer	CLE	175.1	717	3.88
17	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	212.1	831	3.86
18	J. JunisJakob Junis	KC	177.0	758	3.81
19	J. HappJ.A. Happ	NYY	177.2	733	3.78
20	M. FiersMike Fiers	OAK	172.0	714	3.76
21	N. PivettaNick Pivetta	PHI	164.0	694	3.69
22	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	199.0	812	3.66
23	D. PriceDavid Price	BOS	176.0	722	3.54
24	J. GrayJon Gray	COL	172.1	743	3.52
25	M. LeakeMike Leake	SEA	185.2	784	3.50
26	B. SnellBlake Snell	TB	180.2	700	3.45
27	D. BundyDylan Bundy	BAL	171.2	750	3.41
28	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	CIN	169.2	708	3.37
29	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	MIN	192.1	797	3.31
30	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	NYM	182.1	744	3.25
31	W. LeBlancWade LeBlanc	SEA	162.0	662	3.25
32	C. MortonCharlie Morton	HOU	167.0	695	3.14
33	M. BoydMatthew Boyd	DET	170.1	709	3.12
34	M. ClevingerMike Clevinger	CLE	200.0	810	3.09
35	M. FoltynewiczMike Foltynewicz	ATL	183.0	744	2.97
36	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	ATL	183.2	776	2.96
37	T. RoarkTanner Roark	WSH	180.1	760	2.92
38	C. HamelsCole Hamels	CHC	190.2	806	2.89
39	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	COL	176.0	737	2.78
40	D. KeuchelDallas Keuchel	HOU	204.2	874	2.64
41	J. UreñaJosé Ureña	MIA	174.0	712	2.55
42	D. HollandDerek Holland	SF	171.1	727	2.52
43	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	202.1	844	2.47
44	J. ArrietaJake Arrieta	PHI	172.2	724	2.42
45	J. LesterJon Lester	CHC	181.2	761	2.33
46	J. QuintanaJose Quintana	CHC	174.1	739	2.32
47	J. OdorizziJake Odorizzi	MIN	164.1	711	2.31
48	T. WilliamsTrevor Williams	PIT	170.2	701	2.29
49	Z. GodleyZack Godley	AZ	178.1	791	2.28
50	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	MIN	196.2	826	2.27

K/BB: Strikeouts for every walk allowed. With no walks the ratio is undefined and shown as unavailable.

Understanding Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio

Strikeouts for every walk allowed. With no walks the ratio is undefined and shown as unavailable.

Formula: SO ÷ BB

Read rates alongside playing time. A small sample can produce an extreme result, and a missing value is different from zero.

Season rankings use regular-season records. A player has one combined row across teams; the team label identifies the associated team, not a separate team stint.

Source: MLB statistics and MLBDB derived measures. Formulas describe the measure above. Data refreshed Sep 12, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.