most games with 12 strikeouts by a pitcher in a season

Nolan Ryan has the most games pitched with 12+ strikeouts in a season, with 15 games in 1973.

Interpreted as:

most games with 12 or more strikeouts by a pitcher in a season

	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	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	15	195	1973	CAL	11	4	.733	15	2.31	13	2	0	136.1	83	35	37	5	67	2	0	1	549	7	12.87	4.42	2.91	0.33	35.5	12.2	1.10	.279	2.44	5.48
2	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	14	178	1965	LAD	14	0	1.000	14	1.26	13	5	0	128.1	65	18	21	8	23	1	0	0	473	3	12.48	1.61	7.74	0.56	37.6	4.9	0.69	.217	1.47	4.56
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	13	185	2001	ARI	7	3	.700	12	2.70	0	0	0	93.1	59	28	31	8	23	7	1	0	367	5	17.84	2.22	8.04	0.77	50.4	6.3	0.88	.354	2.99	5.69
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	13	172	1998	TOT	9	3	.750	13	1.98	8	4	0	109.1	79	24	27	9	25	5	0	1	434	5	14.16	2.06	6.88	0.74	39.6	5.8	0.95	.314	2.22	6.50
5	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	11	158	1999	BOS	9	1	.900	11	1.11	4	1	0	89.0	49	11	13	3	15	5	0	0	333	2	15.98	1.52	10.53	0.30	47.4	4.5	0.72	.303	1.31	4.96
6	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	11	146	1977	CAL	6	3	.667	11	2.57	8	1	0	98.0	61	28	31	3	62	2	0	2	409	10	13.41	5.69	2.35	0.28	35.7	15.2	1.26	.296	2.85	5.60
7	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	10	129	2000	ARI	5	1	.833	10	2.45	3	1	0	77.0	60	21	24	7	17	2	0	1	300	1	15.08	1.99	7.59	0.82	43.0	5.7	1.00	.366	2.81	7.01
8	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	10	126	1997	MON	4	4	.500	10	1.44	6	2	0	81.0	49	13	16	4	25	2	0	3	317	1	14.00	2.78	5.04	0.44	39.7	7.9	0.91	.281	1.78	5.44
9	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	9	120	2019	HOU	5	0	1.000	9	2.11	0	0	0	59.2	30	14	16	9	7	1	0	0	219	2	18.10	1.06	17.14	1.36	54.8	3.2	0.62	.256	2.41	4.53
10	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	9	123	1999	ARI	4	4	.500	9	2.55	6	1	0	74.0	55	21	22	8	15	1	0	1	283	1	14.96	1.82	8.20	0.97	43.5	5.3	0.95	.346	2.68	6.69
11	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	9	121	1995	SEA	7	0	1.000	9	1.73	5	2	0	73.0	45	14	15	3	18	0	0	0	282	0	14.92	2.22	6.72	0.37	42.9	6.4	0.86	.300	1.85	5.55
12	Chris Sale C. Sale	8	100	2017	BOS	4	1	.800	8	1.36	0	0	0	59.2	29	9	9	4	11	0	0	0	219	1	15.08	1.66	9.09	0.60	45.7	5.0	0.67	.240	1.36	4.37
13	Chris Sale C. Sale	8	106	2015	CWS	5	1	.833	8	1.06	0	0	0	59.1	27	7	7	3	10	2	0	0	219	1	16.08	1.52	10.60	0.46	48.4	4.6	0.62	.245	1.06	4.10
14	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	8	116	2002	ARI	7	0	1.000	8	0.83	4	2	0	65.0	41	6	8	3	18	2	0	0	252	1	16.06	2.49	6.44	0.42	46.0	7.1	0.91	.336	1.11	5.68
15	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	8	99	2001	ARI	8	0	1.000	8	2.36	0	0	0	61.0	49	16	17	9	8	0	0	0	234	2	14.61	1.18	12.38	1.33	42.3	3.4	0.93	.339	2.51	7.23
16	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	8	123	1997	SEA	5	2	.714	8	1.91	4	1	0	66.0	41	14	15	6	21	2	0	2	258	0	16.77	2.86	5.86	0.82	47.7	8.1	0.94	.330	2.05	5.59
17	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	8	110	1993	SEA	6	1	.857	8	1.98	3	1	0	68.1	35	15	16	5	25	4	0	0	264	1	14.49	3.29	4.40	0.66	41.7	9.5	0.88	.250	2.11	4.61
18	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	8	105	1989	TEX	5	2	.714	8	1.09	4	2	0	66.1	29	8	12	0	21	1	0	1	255	4	14.25	2.85	5.00	0.00	41.2	8.2	0.75	.227	1.63	3.93
19	J.R. Richard	8	104	1979	HOU	6	1	.857	8	1.64	6	2	0	71.1	46	13	14	1	26	3	0	2	288	8	13.12	3.28	4.00	0.13	36.1	9.0	1.01	.292	1.77	5.80
20	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	8	103	1978	CAL	3	1	.750	8	1.41	4	1	0	70.0	37	11	17	3	39	2	0	2	283	3	13.24	5.01	2.64	0.39	36.4	13.8	1.09	.250	2.19	4.76
21	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	8	127	1974	CAL	5	2	.714	8	1.83	7	1	0	78.2	38	16	18	3	49	2	0	0	322	1	14.53	5.61	2.59	0.34	39.4	15.2	1.11	.248	2.06	4.35
22	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	7	88	2017	CLE	3	1	.750	7	2.29	0	0	0	51.0	32	13	15	8	8	2	0	2	194	0	15.53	1.41	11.00	1.41	45.4	4.1	0.78	.273	2.65	5.65
23	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	7	92	2016	MIA	5	1	.833	7	1.69	0	0	0	48.0	29	9	9	3	10	0	0	0	182	0	17.25	1.88	9.20	0.56	50.5	5.5	0.81	.338	1.69	5.44
24	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	7	90	2001	BOS	6	1	.857	7	1.19	1	0	0	53.0	33	7	8	2	13	2	0	0	203	0	15.28	2.21	6.92	0.34	44.3	6.4	0.87	.323	1.36	5.60
25	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	7	92	1998	PHI	5	2	.714	7	1.64	3	0	0	55.0	36	10	12	4	13	1	0	0	214	4	15.05	2.13	7.08	0.65	43.0	6.1	0.89	.308	1.96	5.89