Gerrit Cole 2019 Strike Out King.

Gerrit Cole led MLB in Strike Outs (SO) AND K% (SO/BF): almost 40%, 36.6% above #15 in K%.

BF: Batters Faced

Top 30, the number of teams, in SO sorted by K%:

Rk	Player	K%	SO	BB	BB%	Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	W	L	W-L%	SV	IP	H	R	ER	ERA	FIP	ERA+	BAbip	HR	BF	AB	2B	3B	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	PO	BK	WP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	Pit	Str
1	Gerrit Cole	39.9%	326	48	5.9%	2019	28	HOU	AL	33	33	0	0	0	20	5	.800	0	212.1	142	66	59	2.50	2.64	185	.276	29	817	762	30	1	0	3	1	3	7	11	5	0	3	4	.186	.237	.343	.579	49	3362	2254
2	Chris Sale	35.6%	218	37	6.1%	2019	30	BOS	AL	25	25	1	1	0	6	11	.353	0	147.1	123	80	72	4.40	3.39	109	.311	24	612	556	30	2	0	13	2	4	7	8	2	0	0	2	.221	.284	.412	.695	78	2466	1642
3	Justin Verlander	35.4%	300	42	5.0%	2019	36	HOU	AL	34	34	2	1	0	21	6	.778	0	223.0	137	66	64	2.58	3.27	179	.219	36	847	796	28	7	0	6	0	2	7	9	3	0	0	4	.172	.219	.361	.579	48	3448	2361
4	Max Scherzer	35.1%	243	33	4.8%	2019	34	WSN	NL	27	27	0	0	0	11	7	.611	0	172.1	144	59	56	2.92	2.45	157	.322	18	693	650	43	0	2	7	0	2	7	8	1	0	0	0	.222	.266	.371	.637	64	2770	1912
5	Lucas Giolito	32.3%	228	57	8.1%	2019	24	CHW	AL	29	29	3	2	0	14	9	.609	0	176.2	131	69	67	3.41	3.43	134	.274	24	705	640	28	4	1	4	1	3	13	3	3	0	0	6	.205	.273	.373	.646	72	2810	1858
6	Jacob deGrom	31.7%	255	44	5.5%	2019	31	NYM	NL	32	32	0	0	0	11	8	.579	0	204.0	154	59	55	2.43	2.67	167	.285	19	804	745	28	1	1	7	5	3	10	24	4	0	0	2	.207	.257	.323	.580	60	3297	2222
7	Robbie Ray	31.5%	235	84	11.2%	2019	27	ARI	NL	33	33	0	0	0	12	8	.600	0	174.1	150	91	84	4.34	4.29	103	.315	30	747	642	33	5	5	5	11	4	13	10	3	1	0	7	.234	.325	.441	.766	101	3062	1919
8	Yu Darvish	31.3%	229	56	7.7%	2019	32	CHC	NL	31	31	0	0	0	6	8	.429	0	178.2	140	82	79	3.98	4.18	112	.268	33	731	657	23	4	1	11	3	4	11	24	2	0	0	11	.213	.284	.411	.695	82	2848	1879
9	Charlie Morton	30.4%	240	57	7.2%	2019	35	TBR	AL	33	33	0	0	0	16	6	.727	0	194.2	154	71	66	3.05	2.81	146	.299	15	790	717	33	6	0	12	1	3	13	3	3	1	1	5	.215	.283	.340	.623	67	3139	2074
10	Matthew Boyd	30.2%	238	50	6.4%	2019	28	DET	AL	32	32	0	0	0	9	12	.429	0	185.1	178	101	94	4.56	4.32	105	.310	39	788	721	36	2	1	8	4	4	9	4	5	5	4	6	.247	.301	.465	.766	97	3118	2059
11	Shane Bieber	30.2%	259	40	4.7%	2019	24	CLE	AL	34	33	3	2	1	15	8	.652	0	214.1	186	86	78	3.28	3.32	144	.298	31	859	810	37	1	1	6	2	1	13	7	4	2	1	6	.230	.271	.393	.663	70	3332	2208
12	Stephen Strasburg	29.9%	251	56	6.7%	2019	30	WSN	NL	33	33	0	0	0	18	6	.750	0	209.0	161	79	77	3.32	3.25	138	.276	24	841	768	25	5	4	10	3	4	14	16	2	0	0	8	.210	.271	.349	.620	61	3384	2211
13	Jack Flaherty	29.9%	231	55	7.1%	2019	23	STL	NL	33	33	0	0	0	11	8	.579	0	196.1	135	62	60	2.75	3.46	155	.244	25	772	704	24	1	2	7	3	3	14	1	3	1	0	6	.192	.256	.335	.591	58	3179	2049
14	James Paxton	29.4%	186	55	8.7%	2019	30	NYY	AL	29	29	0	0	0	15	6	.714	0	150.2	138	71	64	3.82	3.86	116	.315	23	633	570	30	2	0	2	2	4	9	7	4	1	1	7	.242	.309	.423	.732	93	2665	1717
15	Walker Buehler	29.2%	215	37	5.0%	2019	24	LAD	NL	30	30	2	0	0	14	4	.778	0	182.1	153	77	66	3.26	3.01	127	.292	20	737	685	29	5	0	7	2	6	8	8	1	1	0	4	.223	.268	.368	.636	71	2838	1939
16	Sonny Gray	29.0%	205	68	9.6%	2019	29	CIN	NL	31	31	0	0	0	11	8	.579	0	175.1	122	59	56	2.87	3.42	158	.259	17	708	622	21	4	1	7	6	5	13	14	5	0	1	7	.196	.281	.325	.605	60	2909	1775
17	Luis Castillo	28.9%	226	79	10.1%	2019	26	CIN	NL	32	32	0	0	0	15	8	.652	0	190.2	139	76	72	3.40	3.70	133	.265	22	781	688	29	1	0	7	6	1	17	8	2	1	3	5	.202	.290	.343	.633	67	3162	1944
18	Patrick Corbin	28.5%	238	70	8.4%	2019	29	WSN	NL	33	33	1	1	0	14	7	.667	0	202.0	169	81	73	3.25	3.49	141	.295	24	835	746	37	1	2	3	8	8	14	11	6	4	0	4	.227	.293	.375	.668	73	3299	2058
19	Lance Lynn	28.1%	246	59	6.7%	2019	32	TEX	AL	33	33	0	0	0	16	11	.593	0	208.1	195	89	85	3.67	3.13	141	.322	21	875	801	42	6	0	8	1	6	12	8	3	0	0	18	.243	.300	.390	.689	74	3553	2278
20	Trevor Bauer	27.8%	253	82	9.0%	2019	28	TOT	ML	34	34	1	1	0	11	13	.458	0	213.0	184	118	106	4.48	4.34	104	.290	34	911	800	43	7	0	19	5	5	9	14	4	0	0	10	.230	.315	.429	.743	92	3687	2318
21	Jake Odorizzi	27.1%	178	53	8.1%	2019	29	MIN	AL	30	30	0	0	0	15	7	.682	0	159.0	139	65	62	3.51	3.36	131	.305	16	658	593	29	2	0	4	4	4	9	1	3	2	0	4	.234	.300	.371	.671	77	2785	1775
22	Aaron Nola	26.9%	229	80	9.4%	2019	26	PHI	NL	34	34	0	0	0	12	7	.632	0	202.1	176	91	87	3.87	4.03	116	.297	27	852	755	34	3	3	11	4	2	14	7	8	2	0	3	.233	.315	.393	.708	87	3332	2169
23	Clayton Kershaw	26.8%	189	41	5.8%	2019	31	LAD	NL	29	28	0	0	0	16	5	.762	0	178.1	145	63	60	3.03	3.86	137	.267	28	706	654	23	3	0	2	6	1	17	3	3	2	1	7	.222	.269	.394	.664	77	2672	1794
24	Eduardo Rodriguez	24.8%	213	75	8.7%	2019	26	BOS	AL	34	34	0	0	0	19	6	.760	0	203.1	195	88	86	3.81	3.86	126	.318	24	859	770	30	2	2	7	2	5	20	4	5	1	0	3	.253	.323	.391	.714	85	3495	2188
25	Noah Syndergaard	24.5%	202	50	6.1%	2019	26	NYM	NL	32	32	1	1	0	10	8	.556	0	197.2	194	101	94	4.28	3.60	95	.315	24	825	758	37	4	2	6	3	8	14	42	3	2	0	4	.256	.304	.410	.714	96	3098	2094
26	Madison Bumgarner	24.1%	203	43	5.1%	2019	29	SFG	NL	34	34	0	0	0	9	9	.500	0	207.2	191	99	90	3.90	3.90	107	.292	30	844	780	41	5	3	10	5	5	18	14	3	2	0	3	.245	.291	.426	.717	93	3244	2173
27	Zack Wheeler	23.6%	195	50	6.0%	2019	29	NYM	NL	31	31	0	0	0	11	8	.579	0	195.1	196	93	86	3.96	3.48	102	.316	22	828	760	33	1	4	2	8	7	13	6	1	0	0	5	.258	.303	.391	.694	90	3159	2120
28	Mike Minor	23.2%	200	68	7.9%	2019	31	TEX	AL	32	32	2	1	0	14	10	.583	0	208.1	190	86	83	3.59	4.25	144	.288	30	863	779	28	0	1	7	3	6	22	13	4	3	0	2	.244	.308	.395	.704	77	3358	2172
29	Jose Berrios	23.2%	195	51	6.1%	2019	25	MIN	AL	32	32	1	0	0	14	8	.636	0	200.1	194	94	82	3.68	3.85	124	.301	26	842	774	35	3	0	9	2	6	13	12	1	3	1	8	.251	.302	.404	.707	86	3132	2113
30	Zack Greinke	23.1%	187	30	3.7%	2019	35	TOT	ML	33	33	0	0	0	18	5	.783	0	208.2	175	73	68	2.93	3.22	154	.274	21	810	767	37	2	2	4	5	4	22	2	4	2	1	2	.228	.260	.364	.623	63	3109	2030