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Active Leaders & Records for Strikeouts/9IP
Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records:
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Year-by-Year League
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+ - Indicates Hall of Famer. Bold indicates active player
* - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Minimum of 1000 IP, 3000 PA and 100 decisions for career and active leaderboards for rate statistics.
| Rank | Player (age) | Strikeouts/9IP | Throws |
| 1. | Randy Johnson* (44) | 10.715 | L |
| 2. | Kerry Wood (31) | 10.355 | R |
| 3. | Pedro Martinez (36) | 10.144 | R |
| 4. | Johan Santana* (29) | 9.334 | L |
| 5. | Jake Peavy (27) | 9.000 | R |
| 6. | Arthur Rhodes* (38) | 8.881 | L |
| 7. | Hideo Nomo (39) | 8.734 | R |
| 8. | Curt Schilling (41) | 8.600 | R |
| 9. | Josh Beckett (28) | 8.505 | R |
| 10. | A.J. Burnett (31) | 8.249 | R |
| 11. | Tom Gordon (40) | 8.238 | R |
| 12. | John Smoltz (41) | 7.982 | R |
| 13. | Javier Vazquez (31) | 7.980 | R |
| 14. | Jason Schmidt (35) | 7.960 | R |
| 15. | Roberto Hernandez (43) | 7.939 | R |
| 16. | Kelvim Escobar (32) | 7.820 | R |
| 17. | Matt Clement (33) | 7.753 | R |
| 18. | Chan Ho Park (35) | 7.745 | R |
| 19. | Ted Lilly* (32) | 7.738 | L |
| 20. | Ben Sheets (29) | 7.670 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | Strikeouts/9IP | Throws |
| 21. | Carlos Zambrano (27) | 7.657 | R |
| 22. | Aaron Harang (30) | 7.546 | R |
| 23. | Brett Myers (27) | 7.543 | R |
| 24. | Randy Wolf* (31) | 7.536 | L |
| 25. | C.C. Sabathia* (27) | 7.469 | L |
| 26. | Ryan Dempster (31) | 7.448 | R |
| 27. | Roy Oswalt (30) | 7.437 | R |
| 28. | Orlando Hernandez (42) | 7.435 | R |
| 29. | Brandon Webb (29) | 7.300 | R |
| 30. | Todd Jones (40) | 7.299 | R |
| 31. | John Lackey (29) | 7.244 | R |
| 32. | Mike Stanton* (41) | 7.231 | L |
| 33. | Kevin Millwood (33) | 7.186 | R |
| 34. | Ron Villone* (38) | 7.163 | L |
| 35. | Mike Mussina (39) | 7.089 | R |
| 36. | Bartolo Colon (35) | 7.027 | R |
| 37. | Chris Carpenter (33) | 6.883 | R |
| 38. | Barry Zito* (30) | 6.729 | L |
| 39. | Doug Davis* (32) | 6.720 | L |
| 40. | Bob Wickman (39) | 6.671 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | Strikeouts/9IP | Throws |
| 41. | Dontrelle Willis* (26) | 6.632 | L |
| 42. | Glendon Rusch* (33) | 6.623 | L |
| 43. | Freddy Garcia (33) | 6.622 | R |
| 44. | Kip Wells (31) | 6.594 | R |
| 45. | Andy Pettitte* (36) | 6.576 | L |
| 46. | Adam Eaton (30) | 6.542 | R |
| 47. | Shawn Estes* (35) | 6.537 | L |
| 48. | Mike Timlin (42) | 6.510 | R |
| 49. | Dave Weathers (38) | 6.443 | R |
| 50. | Russ Ortiz (34) | 6.432 | R |
| 51. | Gil Meche (29) | 6.404 | R |
| 52. | Eric Milton* (32) | 6.392 | L |
| 53. | Brad Penny (30) | 6.375 | R |
| 54. | Jon Lieber (38) | 6.361 | R |
| 55. | Roy Halladay (31) | 6.349 | R |
| 56. | Bronson Arroyo (31) | 6.299 | R |
| 57. | Kent Mercker* (40) | 6.227 | L |
| 58. | Odalis Perez* (31) | 6.144 | L |
| 59. | Tim Wakefield (41) | 6.136 | R |
| 60. | Tim Hudson (32) | 6.121 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | Strikeouts/9IP | Throws |
| 61. | Vicente Padilla (30) | 6.110 | R |
| 62. | Greg Maddux (42) | 6.081 | R |
| 63. | Matt Morris (33) | 6.050 | R |
| 64. | Jose Mesa (42) | 6.032 | R |
| 65. | Woody Williams (41) | 6.010 | R |
| 66. | Brett Tomko (35) | 5.998 | R |
| 67. | Rodrigo Lopez (32) | 5.967 | R |
| 68. | Jason Jennings (29) | 5.945 | R |
| 69. | Esteban Loaiza (36) | 5.926 | R |
| 70. | Derek Lowe (35) | 5.917 | R |
| 71. | Jeff Weaver (31) | 5.900 | R |
| 72. | Scott Elarton (32) | 5.897 | R |
| 73. | Aaron Sele (38) | 5.882 | R |
| 74. | Kris Benson (33) | 5.867 | R |
| 75. | LaTroy Hawkins (35) | 5.846 | R |
| 76. | Carl Pavano (32) | 5.808 | R |
| 77. | Joel Pineiro (29) | 5.799 | R |
| 78. | Miguel Batista (37) | 5.739 | R |
| 79. | Livan Hernandez (33) | 5.738 | R |
| 80. | Steve Trachsel (37) | 5.725 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | Strikeouts/9IP | Throws |
| 81. | Mark Mulder* (30) | 5.712 | L |
| 82. | John Thomson (34) | 5.668 | R |
| 83. | Rheal Cormier* (41) | 5.599 | L |
| 84. | Kyle Lohse (29) | 5.573 | R |
| 85. | Ramon Ortiz (35) | 5.567 | R |
| 86. | Darren Oliver* (37) | 5.464 | L |
| 87. | Elmer Dessens (37) | 5.454 | R |
| 88. | Mark Redman* (34) | 5.428 | L |
| 89. | Jamie Moyer* (45) | 5.394 | L |
| 90. | Jarrod Washburn* (33) | 5.370 | L |
| 91. | Kenny Rogers* (43) | 5.349 | L |
| 92. | Sidney Ponson (31) | 5.347 | R |
| 93. | Jason Marquis (29) | 5.345 | R |
| 94. | Jason Johnson (34) | 5.341 | R |
| 95. | Tom Glavine* (42) | 5.315 | L |
| 96. | Julian Tavarez (35) | 5.226 | R |
| 97. | Mark Buehrle* (29) | 5.213 | L |
| 98. | Jeff Suppan (33) | 5.037 | R |
| 99. | Paul Byrd (37) | 4.974 | R |
| 100. | Brian Moehler (36) | 4.915 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | Strikeouts/9IP | Throws |
| 101. | Jake Westbrook (30) | 4.902 | R |
| 102. | Jamey Wright (33) | 4.848 | R |
| 103. | Ryan Franklin (35) | 4.842 | R |
| 104. | Josh Fogg (31) | 4.830 | R |
| 105. | Jon Garland (28) | 4.733 | R |
| 106. | Carlos Silva (29) | 3.780 | R |
Stats updated through July 24, 2008.
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