most 8 or more strikeout games by a pitcher 2016 to 2021

Between the 2016 and 2021 seasons, Max Scherzer had the most games pitched when striking out 8+ batters, with 106 games.

Interpreted as:
most 8 or more strikeout regular-season games by a pitcher 2016 to 2021
NAMEGSOWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
106
1,077
59
20
.747
106
2.14
7
1
0
727.0
460
173
186
83
145
31
0
7
2,790
14
13.33
1.80
7.43
1.03
38.6
5.2
0.83
.259
2.30
5.69
2Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
80
809
45
15
.750
80
2.40
4
3
0
514.1
334
137
151
58
120
10
0
1
1,985
16
14.16
2.10
6.74
1.01
40.8
6.0
0.88
.279
2.64
5.84
3Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
79
795
32
19
.627
79
1.74
2
1
0
533.1
347
103
117
43
104
9
0
5
2,019
10
13.42
1.76
7.64
0.73
39.4
5.2
0.85
.285
1.97
5.86
4Chris Sale
C. Sale
78
802
44
14
.759
78
2.30
7
2
0
528.2
353
135
147
49
103
33
0
0
2,056
5
13.65
1.75
7.79
0.83
39.0
5.0
0.86
.284
2.50
6.01
5Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
74
733
43
12
.782
74
2.12
4
1
0
506.0
308
119
126
66
87
15
0
2
1,906
11
13.04
1.55
8.43
1.17
38.5
4.6
0.78
.241
2.24
5.48
6Robbie Ray
R. Ray
72
693
32
16
.667
72
3.18
1
1
0
430.2
328
152
162
63
166
13
0
6
1,777
19
14.48
3.47
4.17
1.32
39.0
9.3
1.15
.315
3.39
6.85
7Trevor Bauer
T. Bauer
67
651
38
13
.745
67
2.21
3
2
0
457.0
284
112
132
45
126
25
0
3
1,789
15
12.82
2.48
5.17
0.89
36.4
7.0
0.90
.254
2.60
5.59
8Aaron Nola
A. Nola
61
565
39
10
.796
61
2.10
2
2
0
411.0
277
96
105
38
97
14
0
4
1,604
4
12.37
2.12
5.82
0.83
35.2
6.0
0.91
.269
2.30
6.07
9Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
55
521
23
17
.575
55
2.68
0
0
0
349.1
234
104
108
52
77
15
0
0
1,367
15
13.42
1.98
6.77
1.34
38.1
5.6
0.89
.259
2.78
6.03
10Stephen Strasburg
S. Strasburg
51
494
31
8
.795
51
2.37
1
1
0
342.0
236
90
95
32
70
16
0
5
1,329
7
13.00
1.84
7.06
0.84
37.2
5.3
0.89
.285
2.50
6.21
11Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
51
496
37
6
.860
51
2.00
9
5
0
378.1
234
84
92
31
70
10
0
2
1,422
7
11.80
1.67
7.09
0.74
34.9
4.9
0.80
.249
2.19
5.57
12Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
51
497
36
5
.878
51
1.94
3
2
0
358.0
225
77
83
28
46
9
0
0
1,340
11
12.49
1.16
10.80
0.70
37.1
3.4
0.76
.259
2.09
5.66
13Charlie Morton
C. Morton
49
457
29
6
.829
49
2.81
0
0
0
304.0
222
95
99
27
84
19
0
0
1,217
7
13.53
2.49
5.44
0.80
37.6
6.9
1.01
.310
2.93
6.57
14Patrick Corbin
P. Corbin
47
420
22
13
.629
47
2.66
1
1
0
301.0
238
89
96
32
69
3
0
5
1,200
6
12.56
2.06
6.09
0.96
35.0
5.8
1.02
.305
2.87
7.12
15Blake Snell
B. Snell
45
433
28
7
.800
45
1.77
0
0
0
274.2
155
54
56
19
86
1
0
2
1,042
19
14.19
2.82
5.03
0.62
41.6
8.3
0.88
.270
1.83
5.08
16Chris Archer
C. Archer
45
420
13
12
.520
45
3.48
0
0
0
279.1
244
108
119
35
79
10
0
1
1,157
18
13.53
2.55
5.32
1.13
36.3
6.8
1.16
.341
3.83
7.86
17Shane Bieber
S. Bieber
44
434
25
7
.781
44
2.04
3
2
0
300.1
201
68
71
27
74
7
0
0
1,164
11
13.01
2.22
5.86
0.81
37.3
6.4
0.92
.280
2.13
6.02
18Carlos Carrasco
C. Carrasco
42
409
27
8
.771
41
2.05
2
0
0
285.2
226
65
74
25
52
6
1
2
1,115
15
12.89
1.64
7.87
0.79
36.7
4.7
0.97
.323
2.33
7.12
19Luis Castillo
L. Castillo
41
373
23
12
.657
41
2.61
0
0
0
258.2
179
75
80
25
88
6
0
2
1,030
5
12.98
3.06
4.24
0.87
36.2
8.5
1.03
.286
2.78
6.23
20Lucas Giolito
L. Giolito
40
377
22
7
.759
40
2.38
4
3
0
264.2
163
70
74
33
67
6
0
0
1,013
9
12.82
2.28
5.63
1.12
37.2
6.6
0.87
.245
2.52
5.54
21James Paxton
J. Paxton
40
382
22
8
.733
40
2.74
1
0
0
253.0
191
77
82
24
46
6
0
0
988
10
13.59
1.64
8.30
0.85
38.7
4.7
0.94
.315
2.92
6.79
22José Berríos
J. Berríos
40
364
29
6
.829
40
2.30
3
0
0
266.1
164
68
73
20
66
13
0
0
1,025
9
12.30
2.23
5.52
0.68
35.5
6.4
0.86
.256
2.47
5.54
23Kevin Gausman
K. Gausman
39
346
19
8
.704
39
2.45
0
0
0
246.1
195
67
71
26
53
1
0
1
978
8
12.64
1.94
6.53
0.95
35.4
5.4
1.01
.306
2.59
7.12
24Lance Lynn
L. Lynn
38
348
18
10
.643
38
2.18
1
1
0
243.1
177
59
63
21
71
6
0
2
974
14
12.87
2.63
4.90
0.78
35.7
7.3
1.02
.295
2.33
6.55
25Germán Márquez
G. Márquez
38
345
20
6
.769
38
3.01
1
1
0
251.1
201
84
88
31
50
3
0
3
987
8
12.35
1.79
6.90
1.11
35.0
5.1
1.00
.305
3.15
7.20
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