most games with 12 or more strikeouts by a pitcher from 1972 to 1979

Between the 1972 and 1979 seasons, Nolan Ryan had the most games pitched when striking out 12+ batters, with 62 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 12 or more strikeouts by a pitcher from 1972 to 1979

	NAME	G	SO	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	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	62	851	41	14	.745	62	1.96	50	11	0	560.2	309	122	142	22	303	13	0	6	2,263	28	13.66	4.86	2.81	0.35	37.6	13.4	1.09	.267	2.28	4.96
2	J.R. Richard	16	205	12	2	.857	16	2.11	12	2	0	140.2	85	33	35	5	53	3	0	3	563	12	13.12	3.39	3.87	0.32	36.4	9.4	0.98	.269	2.24	5.44
3	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	14	186	10	2	.833	14	1.60	8	3	0	129.0	70	23	23	11	25	1	0	1	481	2	12.98	1.74	7.44	0.77	38.7	5.2	0.74	.229	1.60	4.88
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	14	178	12	1	.923	14	1.70	13	4	0	127.1	71	24	24	8	44	2	0	2	479	2	12.58	3.11	4.05	0.57	37.2	9.2	0.90	.255	1.70	5.02
5	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	13	175	8	2	.800	13	1.42	8	1	0	126.1	76	20	20	9	31	3	0	5	480	3	12.47	2.21	5.65	0.64	36.5	6.5	0.85	.256	1.42	5.41
6	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	12	151	9	2	.818	12	1.23	11	3	0	109.2	68	15	21	1	24	1	0	1	418	0	12.39	1.97	6.29	0.08	36.1	5.7	0.84	.278	1.72	5.58
7	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	8	100	4	4	.500	8	2.00	6	1	0	67.1	43	15	17	5	15	1	0	0	257	3	13.37	2.00	6.67	0.67	38.9	5.8	0.86	.279	2.27	5.75
8	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	7	92	4	2	.667	7	2.11	5	1	0	68.1	46	16	16	4	14	3	0	0	259	1	12.12	1.84	6.57	0.53	35.5	5.4	0.88	.288	2.11	6.06
9	John Montefusco J. Montefusco	5	63	2	1	.667	5	2.47	1	0	0	43.2	38	12	14	0	10	2	0	1	181	1	12.98	2.06	6.30	0.00	34.8	5.5	1.10	.358	2.89	7.83
10	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	5	63	2	1	.667	5	0.98	2	0	0	46.0	27	5	8	2	12	1	0	0	175	1	12.33	2.35	5.25	0.39	36.0	6.9	0.85	.258	1.57	5.28
11	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	4	51	3	1	.750	4	1.03	3	2	0	35.0	24	4	5	1	13	1	0	1	140	1	13.11	3.34	3.92	0.26	36.4	9.3	1.06	.311	1.29	6.17
12	Don Wilson D. Wilson	4	52	3	1	.750	4	2.06	4	0	0	35.0	26	8	8	3	8	0	0	0	135	0	13.37	2.06	6.50	0.77	38.5	5.9	0.97	.319	2.06	6.69
13	Mike Flanagan M. Flanagan	3	38	2	0	1.000	3	1.20	2	0	0	30.0	20	4	4	2	4	0	0	0	112	3	11.40	1.20	9.50	0.60	33.9	3.6	0.80	.265	1.20	6.00
14	Dennis Leonard D. Leonard	3	38	2	1	.667	3	3.60	2	0	0	25.0	16	10	10	1	9	0	0	0	99	1	13.68	3.24	4.22	0.36	38.4	9.1	1.00	.294	3.60	5.76
15	Ed Halicki E. Halicki	3	36	2	1	.667	3	2.66	1	0	0	23.2	20	7	8	0	10	0	0	0	100	0	13.69	3.80	3.60	0.00	36.0	10.0	1.27	.370	3.04	7.61
16	Jim Bibby J. Bibby	3	41	2	1	.667	3	1.88	2	1	0	28.2	12	6	6	1	14	0	0	0	111	0	12.87	4.40	2.93	0.31	36.9	12.6	0.91	.200	1.88	3.77
17	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3	36	2	0	1.000	3	1.00	2	0	0	27.0	18	3	4	2	5	0	0	0	104	1	12.00	1.67	7.20	0.67	34.6	4.8	0.85	.262	1.33	6.00
18	Balor Moore B. Moore	3	38	2	1	.667	3	1.04	2	1	0	26.0	13	3	4	2	5	0	0	2	98	2	13.15	1.73	7.60	0.69	38.8	5.1	0.69	.208	1.38	4.50
19	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	3	39	1	2	.333	3	3.46	2	0	0	26.0	24	10	10	0	8	0	0	1	109	1	13.50	2.77	4.88	0.00	35.8	7.3	1.23	.387	3.46	8.31
20	Rudy May R. May	3	41	2	0	1.000	3	1.08	2	1	0	25.0	15	3	3	2	8	0	0	1	97	1	14.76	2.88	5.13	0.72	42.3	8.2	0.92	.283	1.08	5.40
21	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	2	31	2	0	1.000	2	1.00	2	1	0	18.0	13	2	2	1	3	0	0	0	67	0	15.50	1.50	10.33	0.50	46.3	4.5	0.89	.375	1.00	6.50
22	Pete Vuckovich P. Vuckovich	2	24	2	0	1.000	2	2.00	2	1	0	18.0	13	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	70	0	12.00	1.00	12.00	1.00	34.3	2.9	0.83	.262	2.00	6.50
23	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	2	25	2	0	1.000	2	2.00	2	0	0	18.0	11	4	4	4	3	0	0	1	66	0	12.50	1.50	8.33	2.00	37.9	4.5	0.78	.206	2.00	5.50
24	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2	24	2	0	1.000	2	1.00	2	0	0	18.0	10	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	68	0	12.00	2.50	4.80	0.00	35.3	7.4	0.83	.256	1.00	5.00
25	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	2	24	2	0	1.000	2	0.50	2	1	0	18.0	11	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	71	0	12.00	2.00	6.00	0.00	33.8	5.6	0.83	.256	0.50	5.50