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Strikeouts per 9 Innings 2022

Strikeouts per nine innings pitched. Unlike K%, the denominator is innings rather than batters faced.

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, 2022. Data refreshed Sep 12, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Strikeouts per 9 Innings / 2022

Carlos Rodón

11.98

Season leader

Strikeouts per 9 Innings2022 season
#	Player	Team	IP	BF	K/9
1	C. RodónCarlos Rodón	SF	178.0	710	11.98
2	S. OhtaniShohei Ohtani	LAA	166.0	660	11.87
3	G. ColeGerrit Cole	NYY	200.2	793	11.53
4	D. CeaseDylan Cease	CWS	184.0	747	11.10
5	C. BurnesCorbin Burnes	MIL	202.0	797	10.83
6	C. MortonCharlie Morton	ATL	172.0	728	10.73
7	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	TOR	174.2	725	10.56
8	S. McClanahanShane McClanahan	TB	166.1	641	10.50
9	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	205.0	807	10.32
10	R. RayRobbie Ray	SEA	189.0	775	10.10
11	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	HOU	175.0	666	9.51
12	Z. GallenZac Gallen	AZ	184.0	714	9.39
13	J. MusgroveJoe Musgrove	SD	181.0	740	9.15
14	Y. DarvishYu Darvish	SD	194.2	771	9.11
15	T. McKenzieTriston McKenzie	CLE	191.1	741	8.94
16	S. BieberShane Bieber	CLE	200.0	791	8.91
17	N. PivettaNick Pivetta	BOS	179.2	773	8.77
18	P. LópezPablo López	MIA	180.0	736	8.70
19	K. WrightKyle Wright	ATL	180.1	738	8.68
20	F. ValdezFramber Valdez	HOU	201.1	827	8.67
21	J. UríasJulio Urías	LAD	175.0	689	8.54
22	L. GilbertLogan Gilbert	SEA	185.2	766	8.43
23	C. BassittChris Bassitt	NYM	181.2	745	8.27
24	M. FriedMax Fried	ATL	185.1	733	8.26
25	A. ManoahAlek Manoah	TOR	196.2	786	8.24
26	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	228.2	886	8.15
27	J. MontgomeryJordan Montgomery	STL	178.1	724	7.97
28	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	AZ	200.1	804	7.95
29	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	TOR	172.0	753	7.80
30	M. PérezMartín Pérez	TEX	196.1	821	7.75
31	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	PHI	167.2	718	7.73
32	J. TaillonJameson Taillon	NYY	177.1	728	7.66
33	C. KluberCorey Kluber	TB	164.0	689	7.63
34	L. WebbLogan Webb	SF	192.1	787	7.63
35	J. QuintanaJose Quintana	STL	165.2	679	7.44
36	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	181.2	779	7.43
37	J. UrquidyJosé Urquidy	HOU	164.1	681	7.34
38	J. LylesJordan Lyles	BAL	179.0	774	7.24
39	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	LAD	178.2	707	6.95
40	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	202.1	805	6.81
41	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	174.2	766	6.75
42	A. WainwrightAdam Wainwright	STL	191.2	803	6.71
43	C. IrvinCole Irvin	OAK	181.0	741	6.36
44	C. QuantrillCal Quantrill	CLE	186.1	770	6.18
45	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	183.0	783	5.07

K/9: Strikeouts per nine innings pitched. Unlike K%, the denominator is innings rather than batters faced.

Understanding Strikeouts per 9 Innings

Strikeouts per nine innings pitched. Unlike K%, the denominator is innings rather than batters faced.

Formula: 27 × SO ÷ outs recorded

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.