2009 AL Strikeouts / 9 Leaders

Justin Verlander led the AL in strikeouts / 9 in 2009 with 10.09, 0.13 ahead of Jon Lester (9.96).

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Led the AL in 2009 Justin Verlander Detroit Tigers

10.09 Strikeouts / 9 0.13 clear of Jon Lester

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

#	Player	Team	K/9	W	L	ERA	IP
1	Justin Verlander	DET	10.09	19	9	3.45	240.0
2	Jon Lester	BOS	9.96	15	8	3.41	203.1
3	Zack Greinke	KCA	9.50	16	8	2.16	229.1
4	A. J. Burnett	NYA	8.48	13	9	4.04	207.0
5	Josh Beckett	BOS	8.43	17	6	3.86	212.1
6	Matt Garza	TBA	8.38	8	12	3.95	203.0
7	Felix Hernandez	SEA	8.18	19	5	2.49	238.2
8	Roy Halladay	TOR	7.83	17	10	2.79	239.0
9	CC Sabathia	NYA	7.71	19	8	3.37	230.0
10	Brett Anderson	OAK	7.70	11	11	4.06	175.1
11	Gavin Floyd	CHA	7.60	11	11	4.06	193.0
12	Jered Weaver	LAA	7.42	16	8	3.75	211.0
13	Scott Baker	MIN	7.29	15	9	4.37	200.0
14	Ricky Romero	TOR	7.13	13	9	4.30	178.0
15	John Lackey	LAA	7.09	11	8	3.83	176.1
16	Cliff Lee	CLE +1	7.03	14	13	3.22	231.2
17	James Shields	TBA	6.84	11	12	4.14	219.2
18	Andy Pettitte	NYA	6.84	14	8	4.16	194.2
19	Edwin Jackson	DET	6.77	13	9	3.62	214.0
20	John Danks	CHA	6.69	13	11	3.77	200.1
21	Carl Pavano	CLE +1	6.64	14	12	5.10	199.1
22	Jeff Niemann	TBA	6.23	13	6	3.94	180.2
23	Brad Penny	BOS +1	5.66	11	9	4.88	173.1
24	Kevin Millwood	TEX	5.57	13	10	3.67	198.2
25	Scott Feldman	TEX	5.36	17	8	4.08	189.2
26	Jarrod Washburn	SEA +1	5.11	9	9	3.78	176.0
27	Jeremy Guthrie	BAL	4.95	10	17	5.04	200.0
28	Joe Saunders	LAA	4.89	16	7	4.60	186.0
29	Rick Porcello	DET	4.69	14	9	3.96	170.2
30	Trevor Cahill	OAK	4.53	10	13	4.63	178.2
31	Mark Buehrle	CHA	4.43	13	10	3.84	213.1
32	Nick Blackburn	MIN	4.29	11	11	4.03	205.2