mlb pitcher with the most 8 strikeouts games 2012 to 2019

Between the 2012 and 2019 seasons, Max Scherzer had the most games pitched when striking out 8+ batters, with 146 games.

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MLB pitcher with the most 8 or more strikeouts regular-season games 2012 to 2019
NAMEGSOWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
146
1,481
82
27
.752
146
2.23
10
5
0
1013.0
683
251
268
103
213
32
0
9
3,926
19
13.16
1.89
6.95
0.92
37.7
5.4
0.88
.277
2.38
6.07
2Chris Sale
C. Sale
123
1,288
67
29
.698
123
2.22
11
2
0
862.1
582
213
238
79
170
45
0
4
3,351
15
13.44
1.77
7.58
0.82
38.4
5.1
0.87
.284
2.48
6.07
3Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
108
1,055
74
16
.822
108
1.65
13
7
0
792.0
504
145
164
51
122
13
0
3
2,963
25
11.99
1.39
8.65
0.58
35.6
4.1
0.79
.263
1.86
5.73
4Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
106
1,030
62
15
.805
106
2.03
7
3
0
735.0
478
166
178
79
135
19
0
3
2,800
14
12.61
1.65
7.63
0.97
36.8
4.8
0.83
.260
2.18
5.85
5Stephen Strasburg
S. Strasburg
96
930
56
15
.789
96
2.31
2
2
0
645.2
456
166
181
60
123
29
0
6
2,503
13
12.96
1.71
7.56
0.84
37.2
4.9
0.90
.291
2.52
6.36
6Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
88
870
56
12
.824
88
2.01
13
5
0
653.1
442
146
160
49
112
19
0
4
2,480
10
11.98
1.54
7.77
0.68
35.1
4.5
0.85
.275
2.20
6.09
7Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
87
849
41
24
.631
87
2.63
1
1
0
582.1
402
170
181
68
162
17
0
2
2,297
26
13.12
2.50
5.24
1.05
37.0
7.1
0.97
.278
2.80
6.21
8Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
81
785
38
17
.691
81
1.74
1
0
0
559.2
374
108
118
35
113
10
0
5
2,131
13
12.62
1.82
6.95
0.56
36.8
5.3
0.87
.285
1.90
6.01
9Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
78
764
44
13
.772
78
2.38
1
1
0
506.2
339
134
151
48
124
16
0
1
1,956
19
13.57
2.20
6.16
0.85
39.1
6.3
0.91
.290
2.68
6.02
10David Price
D. Price
77
724
46
14
.767
77
2.25
7
1
0
556.1
418
139
152
49
96
9
0
2
2,159
17
11.71
1.55
7.54
0.79
33.5
4.4
0.92
.288
2.46
6.76
11Madison Bumgarner
M. Bumgarner
70
672
42
12
.778
70
1.93
10
6
0
503.2
316
108
116
42
80
14
0
6
1,885
7
12.01
1.43
8.40
0.75
35.6
4.2
0.79
.254
2.07
5.65
12Chris Archer
C. Archer
69
657
22
18
.550
69
2.90
2
2
0
438.0
353
141
156
43
122
14
0
2
1,776
26
13.50
2.51
5.39
0.88
37.0
6.9
1.08
.330
3.21
7.25
13Cole Hamels
C. Hamels
65
584
39
8
.830
65
1.91
3
1
0
456.0
322
97
109
35
103
20
0
5
1,781
10
11.53
2.03
5.67
0.69
32.8
5.8
0.93
.276
2.15
6.36
14Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
64
580
39
7
.848
64
2.21
1
1
0
443.1
328
109
113
38
73
5
0
3
1,703
14
11.77
1.48
7.95
0.77
34.1
4.3
0.90
.288
2.29
6.66
15Felix Hernandez
F. Hernandez
64
591
32
7
.821
64
1.59
5
5
0
458.2
288
81
84
21
97
12
0
0
1,734
32
11.60
1.90
6.09
0.41
34.1
5.6
0.84
.264
1.65
5.65
16Trevor Bauer
T. Bauer
63
598
32
15
.681
63
2.41
2
1
0
430.1
282
115
132
40
130
23
0
1
1,699
15
12.51
2.72
4.60
0.84
35.2
7.7
0.96
.267
2.76
5.90
17Robbie Ray
R. Ray
58
545
22
16
.579
58
3.34
1
1
0
340.0
268
126
136
48
144
13
0
7
1,425
17
14.43
3.81
3.78
1.27
38.2
10.1
1.21
.326
3.60
7.09
18Carlos Carrasco
C. Carrasco
56
545
35
12
.745
55
1.95
5
2
0
388.0
296
84
95
31
65
8
1
2
1,500
17
12.64
1.51
8.38
0.72
36.3
4.3
0.93
.311
2.20
6.87
19Lance Lynn
L. Lynn
54
496
30
13
.698
54
2.18
0
0
0
350.1
244
85
92
27
95
15
0
1
1,382
16
12.74
2.44
5.22
0.69
35.9
6.9
0.97
.290
2.36
6.27
20Johnny Cueto
J. Cueto
53
474
30
11
.732
53
2.43
7
5
0
377.2
280
102
107
33
75
12
0
5
1,476
4
11.30
1.79
6.32
0.79
32.1
5.1
0.94
.280
2.55
6.67
21Jeff Samardzija
J. Samardzija
51
457
18
19
.486
51
2.79
3
1
0
358.0
279
111
122
36
69
7
0
2
1,402
12
11.49
1.73
6.62
0.91
32.6
4.9
0.97
.292
3.07
7.01
22Jon Lester
J. Lester
49
450
31
10
.756
49
1.89
4
1
0
342.0
242
72
80
18
66
8
0
2
1,306
10
11.84
1.74
6.82
0.47
34.5
5.1
0.90
.293
2.11
6.37
23Patrick Corbin
P. Corbin
48
435
25
12
.676
48
2.36
3
1
0
316.2
232
83
90
30
71
5
0
4
1,246
9
12.36
2.02
6.13
0.85
34.9
5.7
0.96
.287
2.56
6.59
24Gio Gonzalez
G. Gonzalez
48
425
20
13
.606
48
2.64
2
2
0
309.2
218
91
94
19
112
5
0
3
1,236
10
12.35
3.26
3.79
0.55
34.4
9.1
1.07
.295
2.73
6.34
25James Shields
J. Shields
45
405
22
11
.667
45
2.66
4
2
0
304.2
245
90
100
35
75
9
0
3
1,217
14
11.96
2.22
5.40
1.03
33.3
6.2
1.05
.303
2.95
7.24
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