2018 AL Strikeouts / 9 Leaders

Gerrit Cole led the AL in strikeouts / 9 in 2018 with 12.40, 0.20 ahead of Justin Verlander (12.20). It was one of 2 times Gerrit Cole led in strikeouts / 9.

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Led the AL in 2018 Gerrit Cole Houston Astros

12.40 Strikeouts / 9 0.20 clear of Justin Verlander

Showing Strikeouts / 9 and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	K/9	W	L	ERA	IP
1	Gerrit Cole	HOU	12.40	15	5	2.88	200.1
2	Justin Verlander	HOU	12.20	16	9	2.52	214.0
3	Trevor Bauer	CLE	11.34	12	6	2.21	175.1
4	Blake Snell	TBA	11.01	21	5	1.89	180.2
5	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	10.83	17	10	3.38	192.0
6	Charlie Morton	HOU	10.83	15	3	3.13	167.0
7	Luis Severino	NYA	10.35	19	8	3.39	191.1
8	J. A. Happ	TOR +1	9.78	17	6	3.65	177.2
9	Dylan Bundy	BAL	9.65	8	16	5.45	171.2
10	Jose Berrios	MIN	9.45	12	11	3.84	192.1
11	Mike Clevinger	CLE	9.31	13	8	3.02	200.0
12	Corey Kluber	CLE	9.29	20	7	2.89	215.0
13	David Price	BOS	9.05	16	7	3.58	176.0
14	Andrew Heaney	LAA	9.00	9	10	4.15	180.0
15	Rick Porcello	BOS	8.94	17	7	4.28	191.1
16	Cole Hamels	TEX +1	8.87	9	12	3.78	190.2
17	Jake Odorizzi	MIN	8.87	7	10	4.49	164.1
18	Matt Boyd	DET	8.40	9	13	4.39	170.1
19	Jakob Junis	KCA	8.34	9	12	4.37	177.0
20	Kyle Gibson	MIN	8.19	10	13	3.62	196.2
21	Marco Gonzales	SEA	7.83	13	9	4.00	166.2
22	Mike Fiers	DET +1	7.27	12	8	3.56	172.0
23	Kevin Gausman	BAL +1	7.25	10	11	3.92	183.2
24	Wade LeBlanc	SEA	7.22	9	5	3.72	162.0
25	Reynaldo Lopez	CHA	7.20	7	10	3.91	188.2
26	James Shields	CHA	6.77	7	16	4.53	204.2
27	Dallas Keuchel	HOU	6.73	12	11	3.74	204.2
28	Lucas Giolito	CHA	6.49	10	13	6.13	173.1
29	Mike Leake	SEA	5.77	10	10	4.36	185.2