Player stats

Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio 2019

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, 2019. Data refreshed Sep 12, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio / 2019

Max Scherzer

WSH

7.36

Season leader

Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio2019 season
#	Player	Team	IP	BF	K/BB
1	M. ScherzerMax Scherzer	WSH	172.1	693	7.36
2	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	HOU	223.0	847	7.14
3	H. Jin RyuHyun Jin Ryu	LAD	182.2	723	6.79
4	G. ColeGerrit Cole	HOU	212.1	817	6.79
5	S. BieberShane Bieber	CLE	214.1	859	6.48
6	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	HOU	208.2	810	6.23
7	W. BuehlerWalker Buehler	LAD	182.1	737	5.81
8	J. deGromJacob deGrom	NYM	204.0	804	5.80
9	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	174.0	721	5.00
10	M. BoydMatthew Boyd	DET	185.1	788	4.76
11	M. BumgarnerMadison Bumgarner	SF	207.2	844	4.72
12	M. LeakeMike Leake	AZ	197.0	835	4.70
13	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	177.0	730	4.69
14	C. KershawClayton Kershaw	LAD	178.1	706	4.61
15	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	184.0	764	4.50
16	S. StrasburgStephen Strasburg	WSH	209.0	841	4.48
17	C. MortonCharlie Morton	TB	194.2	790	4.21
18	J. FlahertyJack Flaherty	STL	196.1	772	4.20
19	L. LynnLance Lynn	TEX	208.1	875	4.17
20	Y. DarvishYu Darvish	CHC	178.2	731	4.09
21	N. SyndergaardNoah Syndergaard	NYM	197.2	825	4.04
22	J. MusgroveJoe Musgrove	PIT	170.1	718	4.03
23	L. GiolitoLucas Giolito	CWS	176.2	705	4.00
24	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	NYM	195.1	828	3.90
25	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	MIN	200.1	842	3.82
26	M. TanakaMasahiro Tanaka	NYY	182.0	759	3.73
27	M. FriedMax Fried	ATL	165.2	702	3.68
28	M. SorokaMichael Soroka	ATL	174.2	701	3.46
29	A. DeSclafaniAnthony DeSclafani	CIN	166.2	696	3.41
30	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	202.0	835	3.40
31	J. QuintanaJose Quintana	CHC	171.0	745	3.30
32	R. PorcelloRick Porcello	BOS	174.1	768	3.18
33	J. LesterJon Lester	CHC	171.2	764	3.17
34	T. RoarkTanner Roark	OAK	165.1	722	3.10
35	T. BauerTrevor Bauer	CIN	213.0	911	3.09
36	S. GraySonny Gray	CIN	175.1	708	3.01
37	M. MinorMike Minor	TEX	208.1	863	2.94
38	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	202.1	852	2.86
39	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	CIN	190.2	781	2.86
40	J. SamardzijaJeff Samardzija	SF	181.1	740	2.86
41	E. RodriguezEduardo Rodriguez	BOS	203.1	859	2.84
42	J. JunisJakob Junis	KC	175.1	771	2.83
43	J. LucchesiJoey Lucchesi	SD	163.2	686	2.82
44	H. BaileyHomer Bailey	OAK	163.1	696	2.81
45	R. RayRobbie Ray	AZ	174.1	747	2.80
46	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	AZ	183.1	777	2.77
47	M. StromanMarcus Stroman	NYM	184.1	774	2.74
48	Z. EflinZach Eflin	PHI	163.1	705	2.69
49	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	203.0	866	2.63
50	R. LópezReynaldo López	CWS	184.0	809	2.60

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.