highest strikeouts per game in a season by a pitcher after 1970 with 30 games played

Since 1971, Randy Johnson has the most strikeouts per game pitched with 30+ games pitched in a season, with 10.63 in 2001.

Interpreted as:
highest strikeouts per game in a season by a pitcher after 1970 with 30 or more games played
NAMESO/GGSOSEASONTMWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
10.63
35
372
2001
ARI ARI
21
6
.778
34
2.49
3
2
0
249.2
181
69
74
19
71
18
1
2
994
8
13.41
2.56
5.24
0.68
37.4
7.1
1.01
.315
2.67
55
2.12
48
6.52
63.9
2Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
10.4
35
364
1999
ARI ARI
17
9
.654
35
2.48
12
2
0
271.2
207
75
86
30
70
9
0
3
1,079
4
12.06
2.32
5.20
0.99
33.7
6.5
1.02
.292
2.85
53
2.75
59
6.86
57.2
3Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
10.1
31
313
1999
BOS BOS
23
4
.852
29
2.07
5
1
0
213.1
160
49
56
9
37
9
1
1
835
6
13.20
1.56
8.46
0.38
37.5
4.4
0.92
.323
2.36
42
1.38
30
6.75
79.4
4Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
9.91
35
347
2000
ARI ARI
19
7
.731
35
2.64
8
3
0
248.2
202
73
89
23
76
6
0
1
1,001
5
12.56
2.75
4.57
0.83
34.7
7.6
1.12
.326
3.22
56
2.53
53
7.31
61.1
5Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
9.88
33
326
2019
HOU HOU
20
5
.800
33
2.50
0
0
0
212.1
142
59
66
29
48
3
0
0
817
4
13.82
2.03
6.79
1.23
39.9
5.9
0.89
.275
2.80
55
2.63
58
6.02
45
6Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
9.84
31
305
1997
MON MON
17
8
.680
31
1.90
13
4
0
241.1
158
51
65
16
67
9
0
5
947
3
11.37
2.50
4.55
0.60
32.2
7.1
0.93
.258
2.42
45
2.38
57
5.89
49
7Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
9.8
30
294
1995
SEA SEA
18
2
.900
30
2.48
6
3
0
214.1
159
59
65
12
65
6
0
1
866
5
12.35
2.73
4.52
0.50
33.9
7.5
1.05
.301
2.73
53
2.08
44
6.68
62
8Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
9.7
30
291
1997
SEA SEA
20
4
.833
29
2.28
5
2
0
213.0
147
54
60
20
77
10
0
2
850
4
12.30
3.25
3.78
0.85
34.2
9.1
1.05
.281
2.54
50
2.82
62
6.21
41.3
9Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
9.68
34
329
1998
TOT
19
11
.633
34
3.28
10
6
0
244.1
203
89
102
23
86
14
0
1
1,014
7
12.12
3.17
3.83
0.85
32.4
8.5
1.18
.320
3.76
72
2.89
65
7.48
42.2
10Chris Sale
C. Sale
9.63
32
308
2017
BOS BOS
17
8
.680
32
2.90
1
0
0
214.1
165
69
73
24
43
8
0
0
851
3
12.93
1.81
7.16
1.01
36.2
5.1
0.97
.301
3.07
63
2.45
56
6.93
45.5
11Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
9.54
35
334
2002
ARI ARI
24
5
.828
35
2.32
8
4
0
260.0
197
67
78
26
71
13
0
1
1,035
3
11.56
2.46
4.70
0.90
32.3
6.9
1.03
.289
2.70
54
2.65
61
6.82
47
12Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
9.41
32
301
1989
TEX TEX
16
10
.615
32
3.20
6
2
0
239.1
162
85
96
17
98
9
0
3
988
19
11.32
3.69
3.07
0.64
30.5
9.9
1.09
.258
3.61
82
2.50
65
6.09
35.1
13Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
9.34
41
383
1973
CAL CAL
21
16
.568
39
2.87
26
4
1
326.0
238
104
113
18
162
7
2
2
1,355
15
10.57
4.47
2.36
0.50
28.3
12.0
1.23
.280
3.12
80
2.48
69
6.57
40.9
14Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
9.22
37
341
1977
CAL CAL
19
16
.543
37
2.77
22
4
0
299.0
198
92
110
12
204
9
0
7
1,272
21
10.26
6.14
1.67
0.36
26.8
16.0
1.34
.263
3.31
72
3.11
79
5.96
27.9
15Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
9.12
33
301
2015
LAD LAD
16
7
.696
33
2.13
4
3
0
232.2
163
55
62
15
42
5
0
1
890
9
11.64
1.62
7.17
0.58
33.8
4.7
0.88
.281
2.40
57
1.98
52
6.31
47.7
16Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
9.11
35
319
1997
PHI PHI
17
11
.607
35
2.97
7
2
0
254.1
208
84
96
25
58
5
0
3
1,009
5
11.29
2.05
5.50
0.88
31.6
5.7
1.05
.304
3.40
69
2.61
62
7.36
45.8
17Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
9.09
33
300
2018
WSH WSH
18
7
.720
33
2.53
2
1
0
220.2
150
62
66
23
51
12
0
4
866
4
12.24
2.08
5.88
0.94
34.6
5.9
0.91
.265
2.69
62
2.65
64
6.12
36.1
18Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
8.9
31
276
1984
NYM NYM
17
9
.654
31
2.60
7
3
0
218.0
161
63
72
7
73
2
0
2
879
3
11.39
3.01
3.78
0.29
31.4
8.3
1.07
.296
2.97
74
1.68
48
6.65
44.6
19Chris Sale
C. Sale
8.84
31
274
2015
CWS CWS
13
11
.542
31
3.41
1
0
0
208.2
185
79
88
23
42
13
0
0
854
7
11.82
1.81
6.52
0.99
32.1
4.9
1.09
.323
3.80
86
2.72
66
7.98
31.8
20Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
8.82
34
300
2019
HOU HOU
21
6
.778
34
2.58
2
1
0
223.0
137
64
66
36
42
6
0
0
847
4
12.11
1.70
7.14
1.45
35.4
5.0
0.80
.218
2.66
57
3.26
72
5.53
31.5
21Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
8.8
35
308
1993
SEA SEA
19
8
.704
34
3.24
10
3
1
255.1
185
92
97
22
99
16
1
1
1,043
8
10.86
3.49
3.11
0.78
29.5
9.5
1.11
.273
3.42
74
3.04
70
6.52
36.2
22Spencer Strider
S. Strider
8.78
32
281
2023
ATL ATL
19
5
.792
32
3.86
0
0
0
186.2
146
80
85
22
58
9
0
1
763
6
13.55
2.80
4.84
1.06
36.8
7.6
1.09
.316
4.10
87
2.85
66
7.04
30.3
23Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
8.78
36
316
2002
ARI ARI
23
7
.767
35
3.23
5
1
0
259.1
218
93
95
29
33
3
0
1
1,017
6
10.97
1.15
9.58
1.01
31.1
3.2
0.97
.297
3.30
75
2.39
55
7.57
54.3
24Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
8.74
42
367
1974
CAL CAL
22
16
.579
41
2.89
26
3
0
332.2
221
107
127
18
202
9
1
3
1,392
9
9.93
5.46
1.82
0.49
26.4
14.5
1.27
.255
3.44
85
2.97
84
5.98
20.2
25Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
8.66
32
277
2013
TEX TEX
13
9
.591
32
2.83
0
0
0
209.2
145
66
68
26
80
8
0
1
841
7
11.89
3.43
3.46
1.12
32.9
9.5
1.07
.264
2.92
67
3.27
80
6.22
18.5
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