In the modern baseball era, Blake Snell leads the majors in strikeouts per nine innings (11.17) for pitchers with at least 1,000 innings pitched. Chris Sale sits second (11.11) while reaching the 2,500 plateau in Ks on Thursday.

Atlanta Braves ace Chris Sale became the fastest in Major League Baseball history to reach 2,500 strikeouts in the team's win over the Philadelphia Phillies Thursday.

Chris Sale's 2,500th strikeout came in his 2,026th inning, the fastest time frame in which a pitcher has reached that mark.