Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 2000 to 2013, (requiring SOp9≤4.5 and At least 300 Innings Pitched), sorted by greatest Strikeouts per 9 IP: Results
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Rk | Player | IP | From | To | Age | G | GS | CG | SHO | GF | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | BF | IBB | HBP | BK | WP | Tm | SH | SF | 2B | 3B | GDP | SB | CS | PO | |||||||||
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1 | Aaron Laffey | 4.47 | 487.0 | 2007 | 2013 | 22-28 | 153 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 25 | 29 | .463 | 1 | 544 | 267 | 241 | 196 | 242 | 4.45 | 94 | 47 | 2148 | 7 | 27 | 4 | 13 | CLE-TOT-TOR | .286 | .359 | .420 | .778 | 111 | 9 | 13 | 105 | 4 | 74 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
2 | Kirk Saarloos | 4.44 | 509.0 | 2002 | 2008 | 23-29 | 165 | 73 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 30 | .492 | 2 | 592 | 301 | 284 | 186 | 251 | 5.02 | 88 | 60 | 2251 | 21 | 28 | 0 | 6 | HOU-OAK-CIN | .295 | .361 | .451 | .812 | 113 | 16 | 14 | 113 | 10 | 72 | 37 | 12 | 1 |
3 | Chris Sampson | 4.42 | 358.2 | 2006 | 2010 | 28-32 | 174 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 20 | 15 | .571 | 3 | 390 | 190 | 176 | 87 | 176 | 4.42 | 97 | 40 | 1517 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 6 | HOU | .280 | .325 | .436 | .761 | 104 | 13 | 13 | 77 | 10 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
4 | Al Levine | 4.38 | 386.2 | 2000 | 2005 | 32-37 | 295 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 21 | 28 | .429 | 10 | 396 | 181 | 160 | 168 | 188 | 3.72 | 124 | 46 | 1692 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 15 | ANA-TOT-DET-SFG | .267 | .342 | .419 | .761 | 98 | 16 | 17 | 72 | 7 | 36 | 22 | 22 | 0 |
5 | Henderson Alvarez | 4.35 | 302.0 | 2011 | 2013 | 21-23 | 49 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 18 | .400 | 0 | 328 | 155 | 144 | 73 | 146 | 4.29 | 98 | 38 | 1271 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 6 | TOR-MIA | .278 | .323 | .446 | .768 | 108 | 3 | 9 | 69 | 7 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
6 | Brian Meadows | 4.35 | 608.0 | 2000 | 2006 | 24-30 | 274 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 25 | 34 | .424 | 10 | 710 | 359 | 327 | 156 | 294 | 4.84 | 92 | 88 | 2641 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 20 | TOT-KCR-PIT-TBD | .293 | .335 | .474 | .809 | 110 | 22 | 28 | 148 | 13 | 62 | 36 | 13 | 5 |
7 | Gil Heredia | 4.35 | 308.1 | 2000 | 2001 | 34-35 | 56 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 19 | .537 | 0 | 358 | 181 | 159 | 95 | 149 | 4.64 | 98 | 51 | 1353 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 | OAK | .290 | .341 | .481 | .822 | 112 | 7 | 10 | 75 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 1 |
8 | Scott Diamond | 4.34 | 319.2 | 2011 | 2013 | 24-26 | 54 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 24 | .429 | 0 | 371 | 173 | 156 | 79 | 154 | 4.39 | 93 | 36 | 1368 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 17 | MIN | .292 | .334 | .453 | .787 | 115 | 5 | 10 | 78 | 9 | 44 | 20 | 7 | 3 |
9 | Mike Maroth | 4.34 | 918.0 | 2002 | 2007 | 24-29 | 161 | 150 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 67 | .427 | 0 | 1078 | 563 | 515 | 262 | 443 | 5.05 | 86 | 133 | 3985 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 28 | DET-TOT | .297 | .347 | .479 | .826 | 119 | 31 | 32 | 202 | 29 | 104 | 27 | 45 | 30 |
10 | Joe Mays | 4.33 | 826.0 | 2000 | 2006 | 24-30 | 157 | 136 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 59 | .416 | 0 | 951 | 509 | 476 | 262 | 397 | 5.19 | 90 | 114 | 3614 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 41 | MIN-TOT | .289 | .342 | .459 | .801 | 106 | 23 | 23 | 173 | 22 | 89 | 24 | 14 | 1 |
11 | Terry Mulholland | 4.29 | 585.2 | 2000 | 2006 | 37-43 | 270 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 21 | 27 | .438 | 1 | 725 | 356 | 329 | 167 | 279 | 5.06 | 89 | 92 | 2601 | 24 | 25 | 1 | 11 | ATL-TOT-CLE-MIN-ARI | .307 | .356 | .486 | .843 | 120 | 27 | 24 | 130 | 8 | 80 | 6 | 9 | 5 |
12 | Nick Blackburn | 4.27 | 818.2 | 2007 | 2012 | 25-30 | 145 | 137 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 43 | 55 | .439 | 0 | 1003 | 490 | 441 | 202 | 388 | 4.85 | 86 | 117 | 3577 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 14 | MIN | .303 | .344 | .476 | .821 | 120 | 21 | 23 | 180 | 22 | 90 | 35 | 19 | 7 |
13 | Brad Thompson | 4.22 | 405.1 | 2005 | 2010 | 23-28 | 201 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 21 | 21 | .500 | 1 | 443 | 220 | 201 | 121 | 190 | 4.46 | 96 | 49 | 1757 | 11 | 33 | 1 | 14 | STL-KCR | .280 | .343 | .449 | .792 | 111 | 15 | 8 | 96 | 12 | 58 | 10 | 9 | 3 |
14 | Horacio Ramirez | 4.16 | 688.1 | 2003 | 2011 | 23-31 | 169 | 105 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 40 | 35 | .533 | 0 | 758 | 394 | 356 | 264 | 318 | 4.65 | 93 | 83 | 2995 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 14 | ATL-SEA-TOT-KCR-LAA | .285 | .351 | .441 | .792 | 109 | 35 | 15 | 144 | 12 | 103 | 49 | 17 | 9 |
15 | Brian Anderson | 4.15 | 897.0 | 2000 | 2005 | 28-33 | 170 | 141 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 52 | .447 | 0 | 1024 | 537 | 466 | 201 | 414 | 4.68 | 100 | 153 | 3805 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 10 | ARI-TOT-KCR | .290 | .327 | .493 | .820 | 109 | 27 | 38 | 215 | 21 | 101 | 22 | 28 | 34 |
16 | Chien-Ming Wang | 4.12 | 789.1 | 2005 | 2013 | 25-33 | 135 | 125 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 62 | 33 | .653 | 1 | 854 | 402 | 381 | 233 | 361 | 4.34 | 101 | 58 | 3347 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 29 | NYY-WSN-TOR | .280 | .334 | .398 | .731 | 93 | 17 | 18 | 162 | 12 | 108 | 59 | 34 | 1 |
17 | Carlos Silva | 4.02 | 1241.2 | 2002 | 2010 | 23-31 | 316 | 180 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 70 | 70 | .500 | 2 | 1496 | 687 | 645 | 238 | 554 | 4.68 | 93 | 153 | 5319 | 25 | 45 | 4 | 32 | PHI-MIN-SEA-CHC | .302 | .337 | .464 | .801 | 111 | 43 | 34 | 284 | 30 | 161 | 56 | 31 | 0 |
18 | Jeremy Sowers | 3.92 | 400.0 | 2006 | 2009 | 23-26 | 72 | 71 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 30 | .375 | 0 | 444 | 242 | 230 | 132 | 174 | 5.17 | 84 | 49 | 1741 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 9 | CLE | .283 | .339 | .447 | .787 | 107 | 9 | 17 | 102 | 5 | 39 | 30 | 14 | 3 |
19 | Jimmy Anderson | 3.76 | 545.1 | 2000 | 2004 | 24-28 | 109 | 92 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 46 | .333 | 1 | 647 | 356 | 333 | 224 | 228 | 5.50 | 81 | 56 | 2460 | 22 | 25 | 1 | 18 | PIT-CIN-TOT | .298 | .367 | .444 | .812 | 113 | 21 | 19 | 120 | 15 | 76 | 70 | 15 | 11 |
20 | Aaron Cook | 3.70 | 1406.1 | 2002 | 2012 | 23-33 | 256 | 224 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 76 | 79 | .490 | 0 | 1636 | 776 | 719 | 429 | 578 | 4.60 | 103 | 126 | 6121 | 45 | 48 | 2 | 37 | COL-BOS | .294 | .348 | .431 | .779 | 100 | 42 | 44 | 306 | 39 | 200 | 46 | 28 | 17 |
21 | Scott Erickson | 3.66 | 347.0 | 2000 | 2006 | 32-38 | 79 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 28 | .300 | 0 | 432 | 261 | 247 | 168 | 141 | 6.41 | 69 | 51 | 1607 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 11 | BAL-TOT-LAD-NYY | .311 | .388 | .482 | .870 | 130 | 10 | 17 | 69 | 8 | 46 | 33 | 11 | 0 |
22 | Kirk Rueter | 3.08 | 1027.2 | 2000 | 2005 | 29-34 | 179 | 176 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 53 | .531 | 0 | 1148 | 543 | 495 | 342 | 352 | 4.34 | 96 | 117 | 4446 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 9 | SFG | .287 | .342 | .446 | .788 | 110 | 57 | 35 | 231 | 27 | 134 | 10 | 27 | 9 |
23 | Nate Cornejo | 2.96 | 313.0 | 2001 | 2004 | 21-24 | 56 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 29 | .293 | 0 | 404 | 207 | 188 | 115 | 103 | 5.41 | 80 | 38 | 1414 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 5 | DET | .318 | .377 | .486 | .863 | 133 | 11 | 7 | 82 | 9 | 45 | 12 | 14 | 6 |
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