Between the 2016 and 2021 seasons, Max Scherzer had his most games pitched with 9+ strikeouts in a season in 2018, with 22 games.
Interpreted as:
most 9 or more strikeout games in a regular season for Max Scherzer 2016 to 2021| NAME | G | SO | SEASON | TM | W | L | W% | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | K/9 | BB/9 | K/BB | HR/9 | K% | BB% | WHIP | BABIP | RA | H/9 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | M. Scherzer | 22 | 238 | 2018 | 12 | 4 | .750 | 22 | 1.98 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 154.1 | 90 | 34 | 35 | 12 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 591 | 3 | 13.88 | 1.87 | 7.44 | 0.70 | 40.3 | 5.4 | 0.79 | .260 | 2.04 | 5.25 | |
| 2 | | M. Scherzer | 19 | 199 | 2017 | 11 | 3 | .786 | 19 | 1.86 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 135.2 | 75 | 28 | 34 | 17 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 516 | 4 | 13.20 | 2.19 | 6.03 | 1.13 | 38.6 | 6.4 | 0.80 | .224 | 2.26 | 4.98 | |
| 3 | | M. Scherzer | 16 | 168 | 2019 | 9 | 4 | .692 | 16 | 2.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107.2 | 77 | 27 | 30 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 421 | 0 | 14.04 | 1.34 | 10.50 | 1.00 | 39.9 | 3.8 | 0.86 | .293 | 2.51 | 6.44 | |
| 4 | | M. Scherzer | 15 | 162 | 2016 | 10 | 3 | .769 | 15 | 1.92 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 107.2 | 56 | 23 | 25 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 395 | 1 | 13.54 | 1.34 | 10.13 | 1.17 | 41.0 | 4.1 | 0.67 | .209 | 2.09 | 4.68 | |
| 5 | | M. Scherzer | 13 | 130 | 2021 | TOT | 7 | 2 | .778 | 13 | 1.26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 92.2 | 47 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 331 | 2 | 12.63 | 0.87 | 14.44 | 0.97 | 39.3 | 2.7 | 0.60 | .209 | 1.36 | 4.56 |
| 6 | | M. Scherzer | 5 | 52 | 2020 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5 | 4.65 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 4 | 15.10 | 2.90 | 5.20 | 1.74 | 39.1 | 7.5 | 1.35 | .400 | 4.65 | 9.29 |
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 Blue Jays - y | 94 | 68 | .580 | |
 Yankees - w | 94 | 68 | .580 | |
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 Tigers - w | 87 | 75 | .537 | 1.0 |
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