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Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio 2023

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, 2023. Data refreshed Sep 12, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio / 2023

George Kirby

SEA

9.05

Season leader

Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio2023 season
#	Player	Team	IP	BF	K/BB
1	G. KirbyGeorge Kirby	SEA	190.2	757	9.05
2	Z. EflinZach Eflin	TB	177.2	703	7.75
3	L. WebbLogan Webb	SF	216.0	850	6.26
4	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	PHI	192.0	787	5.44
5	L. GilbertLogan Gilbert	SEA	190.2	770	5.25
6	J. SteeleJustin Steele	CHC	173.1	716	4.89
7	P. LópezPablo López	MIN	194.0	801	4.88
8	S. StriderSpencer Strider	ATL	186.2	763	4.84
9	Z. GallenZac Gallen	AZ	210.0	846	4.68
10	G. ColeGerrit Cole	NYY	209.0	821	4.63
11	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	193.2	793	4.49
12	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	TOR	185.0	763	4.31
13	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	SEA	197.0	802	3.91
14	F. PeraltaFreddy Peralta	MIL	165.2	680	3.89
15	K. BradishKyle Bradish	BAL	168.2	671	3.82
16	M. KellerMitch Keller	PIT	194.1	825	3.82
17	J. LuzardoJesús Luzardo	MIA	178.2	741	3.78
18	Y. KikuchiYusei Kikuchi	TOR	167.2	700	3.77
19	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	TOR	189.2	782	3.54
20	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	201.1	860	3.51
21	F. ValdezFramber Valdez	HOU	198.0	808	3.51
22	J. MontgomeryJordan Montgomery	TEX	188.2	777	3.46
23	S. GraySonny Gray	MIN	184.0	754	3.33
24	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	HOU	162.1	669	3.20
25	C. BassittChris Bassitt	TOR	200.0	826	3.15
26	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	184.2	762	3.15
27	J. SearsJP Sears	OAK	172.1	735	3.04
28	C. BurnesCorbin Burnes	MIL	193.2	784	3.03
29	D. KremerDean Kremer	BAL	172.2	735	2.85
30	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	BAL	192.0	807	2.85
31	L. LynnLance Lynn	LAD	183.2	808	2.85
32	L. GiolitoLucas Giolito	CLE	184.1	794	2.79
33	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	AZ	177.2	722	2.71
34	D. CeaseDylan Cease	CWS	177.0	784	2.71
35	J. LylesJordan Lyles	KC	177.2	748	2.67
36	K. SengaKodai Senga	NYM	166.1	694	2.62
37	C. JavierCristian Javier	HOU	162.0	687	2.56
38	D. DunningDane Dunning	TEX	172.2	722	2.55
39	B. SnellBlake Snell	SD	180.0	742	2.36
40	C. MortonCharlie Morton	ATL	163.1	716	2.20
41	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	180.0	790	2.18
42	B. ElderBryce Elder	ATL	174.2	732	2.03
43	T. WalkerTaijuan Walker	PHI	172.2	733	1.94
44	J. OviedoJohan Oviedo	PIT	177.2	781	1.90

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.