most games of 11 or more strikeouts by a pitcher in a season

Randy Johnson has the most games pitched with 11+ strikeouts in a season, with 19 games in 2000.

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  • Data note: Games Pitched: player game data complete from 1908
  • Data note: Data: Retrosheet
NAMEGSOSEASONTMWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
19
228
2000
ARI ARI
11
2
.846
19
2.29
6
1
0
145.2
113
37
42
13
33
3
0
1
570
2
14.09
2.04
6.91
0.80
40.0
5.8
1.00
.341
2.59
6.98
2Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
18
222
1999
ARI ARI
9
6
.600
18
2.30
8
1
0
145.0
98
37
44
17
35
3
0
2
560
3
13.78
2.17
6.34
1.06
39.6
6.3
0.92
.286
2.73
6.08
3Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
18
228
1973
CAL CAL
13
5
.722
18
2.47
15
2
0
160.1
104
44
46
6
82
2
0
1
657
7
12.80
4.60
2.78
0.34
34.7
12.5
1.16
.289
2.58
5.84
4Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
17
229
2001
ARI ARI
9
4
.692
16
2.43
1
0
0
122.1
78
33
36
10
35
7
1
0
481
6
16.85
2.57
6.54
0.74
47.6
7.3
0.92
.340
2.65
5.74
5Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
16
205
1998
TOT
12
3
.800
16
2.18
9
5
0
132.1
92
32
35
9
35
6
0
1
526
5
13.94
2.38
5.86
0.61
39.0
6.7
0.96
.306
2.38
6.26
6Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
16
201
1977
CAL CAL
8
6
.571
16
3.06
10
1
0
141.0
98
48
56
7
95
3
0
6
608
15
12.83
6.06
2.12
0.45
33.1
15.6
1.37
.301
3.57
6.26
7Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
16
200
1965
LAD LAD
15
1
.938
16
1.56
14
5
0
144.1
76
25
28
9
27
1
0
0
537
4
12.47
1.68
7.41
0.56
37.2
5.0
0.71
.223
1.75
4.74
8Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
14
175
2019
HOU HOU
10
0
1.000
14
1.71
0
0
0
94.2
48
18
21
11
14
1
0
0
345
3
16.64
1.33
12.50
1.05
50.7
4.1
0.65
.257
2.00
4.56
9Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
14
191
1999
BOS BOS
11
2
.846
14
1.40
4
1
0
109.0
70
17
19
4
20
5
0
0
421
5
15.77
1.65
9.55
0.33
45.4
4.8
0.83
.328
1.57
5.78
10Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
14
171
1989
TEX TEX
10
3
.769
14
1.71
6
2
0
116.0
58
22
27
1
35
4
0
2
450
8
13.27
2.72
4.89
0.08
38.0
7.8
0.80
.238
2.09
4.50
11Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
12
144
2019
HOU HOU
7
2
.778
12
2.30
2
1
0
82.0
43
21
22
14
8
1
0
0
299
1
15.80
0.88
18.00
1.54
48.2
2.7
0.62
.220
2.41
4.72
12Chris Sale
C. Sale
12
144
2017
BOS BOS
8
1
.889
12
1.12
0
0
0
88.2
42
11
11
5
15
3
0
0
326
1
14.62
1.52
9.60
0.51
44.2
4.6
0.64
.233
1.12
4.26
13Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
12
160
2002
ARI ARI
10
0
1.000
12
1.02
5
3
0
97.0
56
11
14
6
24
4
0
1
369
1
14.85
2.23
6.67
0.56
43.4
6.5
0.82
.286
1.30
5.20
14Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
12
148
1997
MON MON
4
5
.444
12
1.74
6
2
0
98.0
61
19
22
7
29
3
0
4
385
1
13.59
2.66
5.10
0.64
38.4
7.5
0.92
.273
2.02
5.60
15Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
12
147
1997
PHI PHI
7
2
.778
12
2.20
2
0
0
94.0
63
23
24
9
22
1
0
1
358
1
14.07
2.11
6.68
0.86
41.1
6.1
0.90
.302
2.30
6.03
16J.R. Richard
J.R. Richard
12
148
1979
HOU HOU
7
3
.700
12
1.93
8
2
0
102.2
68
22
24
2
37
3
0
3
415
12
12.97
3.24
4.00
0.18
35.7
8.9
1.02
.293
2.10
5.96
17J.R. Richard
J.R. Richard
12
139
1978
HOU HOU
7
3
.700
12
2.64
7
0
0
99.0
58
29
31
1
52
2
0
2
406
7
12.64
4.73
2.67
0.09
34.2
12.8
1.11
.269
2.82
5.27
18Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
11
132
2018
WSH WSH
6
0
1.000
11
1.88
1
0
0
81.1
46
17
18
6
12
3
0
2
304
0
14.61
1.33
11.00
0.66
43.4
3.9
0.71
.265
1.99
5.09
19Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
11
156
1997
SEA SEA
8
2
.800
11
1.92
4
1
0
89.0
59
19
20
10
24
2
0
2
347
0
15.78
2.43
6.50
1.01
45.0
6.9
0.93
.316
2.02
5.97
20Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
11
143
1995
SEA SEA
9
0
1.000
11
1.55
5
2
0
87.0
53
15
16
3
20
0
0
0
333
1
14.79
2.07
7.15
0.31
42.9
6.0
0.84
.299
1.66
5.48
21Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
11
143
1993
SEA SEA
9
1
.900
11
1.62
5
2
0
94.1
48
17
18
6
31
6
0
0
362
4
13.64
2.96
4.61
0.57
39.5
8.6
0.84
.239
1.72
4.58
22Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
11
144
1976
CAL CAL
7
3
.700
11
2.25
8
3
0
96.0
55
24
27
5
64
0
0
0
397
3
13.50
6.00
2.25
0.47
36.3
16.1
1.24
.272
2.53
5.16
23Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
11
148
1972
CAL CAL
8
3
.727
11
0.74
9
4
0
97.0
40
8
13
1
45
4
0
1
373
7
13.73
4.18
3.29
0.09
39.7
12.1
0.88
.223
1.21
3.71
24Sam McDowell
S. McDowell
11
136
1965
CLE CLE
8
1
.889
11
1.08
8
0
0
99.2
43
12
16
5
43
3
0
1
381
3
12.28
3.88
3.16
0.45
35.7
11.3
0.86
.196
1.44
3.88
25Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
10
121
2017
CLE CLE
6
1
.857
10
1.73
3
1
0
78.0
41
15
17
10
9
2
0
2
283
0
13.96
1.04
13.44
1.15
42.8
3.2
0.64
.220
1.96
4.73
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