most games with 16 strikeouts by a pitcher in a season

Randy Johnson has the most games pitched with 16+ strikeouts in a season, with 4 games in 2001.

Interpreted as:

most games with 16 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	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4	68	2001	ARI	2	1	.667	3	3.03	0	0	0	29.2	16	10	10	2	5	0	1	0	110	1	20.63	1.52	13.60	0.61	61.8	4.5	0.71	.400	3.03	4.85
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3	50	2002	ARI	3	0	1.000	3	0.00	3	2	0	27.0	11	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	98	0	16.67	1.67	10.00	0.00	51.0	5.1	0.59	.256	0.33	3.67
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3	54	1997	SEA	2	1	.667	3	2.67	3	1	0	27.0	25	8	8	3	6	0	0	0	111	0	18.00	2.00	9.00	1.00	48.6	5.4	1.15	.458	2.67	8.33
4	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3	57	1974	CAL	1	1	.500	3	1.64	2	0	0	33.0	19	6	6	1	17	0	0	0	135	1	15.55	4.64	3.35	0.27	42.2	12.6	1.09	.300	1.64	5.18
5	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3	49	1972	CAL	3	0	1.000	3	1.67	3	1	0	27.0	11	5	5	0	7	2	0	0	99	1	16.33	2.33	7.00	0.00	49.5	7.1	0.67	.268	1.67	3.67
6	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2	33	2015	WSH	2	0	1.000	2	0.00	2	2	0	18.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	57	0	16.50	0.50	33.00	0.00	57.9	1.8	0.11	.043	0.00	0.50
7	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2	33	1999	BOS	2	0	1.000	2	1.00	2	0	0	18.0	4	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	60	1	16.50	1.00	16.50	1.00	55.0	3.3	0.33	.091	1.00	2.00
8	Kerry Wood K. Wood	2	36	1998	CHC	2	0	1.000	2	0.53	1	1	0	17.0	4	1	2	1	3	1	0	0	59	0	19.06	1.59	12.00	0.53	61.0	5.1	0.41	.167	1.06	2.12
9	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2	32	1988	BOS	2	0	1.000	2	0.00	2	1	0	18.0	8	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	65	0	16.00	1.00	16.00	0.00	49.2	3.1	0.56	.258	0.50	4.00
10	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2	32	1984	NYM	1	1	.500	2	0.53	2	1	0	17.0	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	62	1	16.94	0.00		0.00	51.6	0.0	0.71	.400	1.06	6.35
11	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2	35	1976	CAL	2	0	1.000	2	2.37	1	0	0	19.0	12	5	6	1	14	0	0	0	84	1	16.58	6.63	2.50	0.47	41.7	16.7	1.37	.324	2.84	5.68
12	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2	33	1973	CAL	2	0	1.000	2	1.35	2	1	0	20.0	10	3	4	0	11	0	0	0	80	1	14.85	4.95	3.00	0.00	41.3	13.8	1.05	.278	1.80	4.50
13	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2	32	1969	DET	1	0	1.000	2	2.00	1	0	0	18.0	8	4	4	2	3	1	0	0	66	0	16.00	1.50	10.67	1.00	48.5	4.5	0.61	.214	2.00	4.00
14	Don Wilson D. Wilson	2	34	1968	HOU	2	0	1.000	2	1.50	2	0	0	18.0	11	3	3	1	4	0	0	1	68	2	17.00	2.00	8.50	0.50	50.0	5.9	0.83	.345	1.50	5.50
15	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2	35	1968	CLE	2	0	1.000	2	0.47	2	1	0	19.0	11	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	71	0	16.58	1.42	11.67	0.47	49.3	4.2	0.74	.313	0.47	5.21
16	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2	34	1962	LAD	2	0	1.000	2	2.00	2	0	0	18.0	11	4	5	2	6	0	0	1	71	0	17.00	3.00	5.67	1.00	47.9	8.5	0.94	.310	2.50	5.50
17	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2	34	1959	LAD	2	0	1.000	2	1.50	2	0	0	18.0	17	3	4	2	5	0	0	0	75	0	17.00	2.50	6.80	1.00	45.3	6.7	1.22	.441	2.00	8.50
18	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	2	33	1908	SLA	2	0	1.000	2		2	0	0	19.0	13		5	0	7	0	0		76	0	15.63	3.32	4.71	0.00	43.4	9.2	1.05	.361	2.37	6.16
19	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	1	16	2023	CWS	0	1	.000	1	3.86	0	0	0	7.0	4	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	27	0	20.57	2.57	8.00	0.00	59.3	7.4	0.86	.444	3.86	5.14
20	Spencer Strider S. Strider	1	16	2022	ATL	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	8.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	59.3	0.0	0.25	.182	0.00	2.25
21	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	1	16	2019	LAD	1	0	1.000	1	2.00	1	0	0	9.0	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	30	0	16.00	0.00		2.00	53.3	0.0	0.33	.083	2.00	3.00
22	Chris Sale C. Sale	1	17	2019	BOS	0	0		1	2.57	0	0	0	7.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	24	0	21.86	0.00		1.29	70.8	0.0	0.43	.333	2.57	3.86
23	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	1	16	2018	HOU	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	29	0	16.00	1.00	16.00	0.00	55.2	3.4	0.22	.083	0.00	1.00
24	James Paxton J. Paxton	1	16	2018	SEA	0	0		1	0.00	0	0	0	7.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	27	0	20.57	1.29	16.00	0.00	59.3	3.7	0.86	.500	0.00	6.43
25	Jon Gray J. Gray	1	16	2016	COL	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	0	16.00	0.00		0.00	51.6	0.0	0.44	.267	0.00	4.00