most games with 17 strikeouts by a pitcher in a season

Nolan Ryan has the most games pitched with 17+ strikeouts in a season, with 3 games in 1974.

Interpreted as:

most games with 17 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	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
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2	34	2002	ARI	2	0	1.000	2	0.00	2	1	0	18.0	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	63	0	17.00	1.50	11.33	0.00	54.0	4.8	0.44	.192	0.50	2.50
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2	38	1997	SEA	1	1	.500	2	2.00	2	1	0	18.0	16	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	72	0	19.00	1.50	12.67	1.00	52.8	4.2	1.06	.483	2.00	8.00
4	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
5	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
6	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	1	20	2016	WSH	1	0	1.000	1	2.00	1	0	0	9.0	6	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	33	0	20.00	0.00		2.00	60.6	0.0	0.67	.364	2.00	6.00
7	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	1	17	2015	WSH	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	0	17.00	0.00		0.00	60.7	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
8	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	1	18	2015	CLE	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	8.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	26	0	20.25	0.00		0.00	69.2	0.0	0.13	.143	0.00	1.13
9	Anibal Sanchez A. Sanchez	1	17	2013	DET	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	8.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	29	0	19.13	1.13	17.00	0.00	58.6	3.4	0.75	.455	0.00	5.63
10	Brandon Morrow B. Morrow	1	17	2010	TOR	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	31	0	17.00	2.00	8.50	0.00	54.8	6.5	0.33	.083	0.00	1.00
11	Johan Santana J. Santana	1	17	2007	MIN	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	8.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	0	19.13	0.00		0.00	65.4	0.0	0.25	.222	0.00	2.25
12	Ben Sheets B. Sheets	1	18	2004	MIL	1	0	1.000	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	31	0	18.00	1.00	18.00	1.00	58.1	3.2	0.44	.182	1.00	3.00
13	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	1	17	2002	ARI	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	29	0	17.00	2.00	8.50	0.00	58.6	6.9	0.33	.100	0.00	1.00
14	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	1	20	2001	ARI	0	0		1	1.00	0	0	0	9.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	29	0	20.00	0.00		0.00	69.0	0.0	0.33	.333	1.00	3.00
15	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	1	17	2000	BOS	0	1	.000	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	34	0	17.00	1.00	17.00	0.00	50.0	2.9	0.78	.375	1.00	6.00
16	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	1	17	1999	BOS	1	0	1.000	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	28	0	17.00	0.00		1.00	60.7	0.0	0.11	.000	1.00	1.00
17	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	1	17	1999	ARI	0	1	.000	1	2.25	1	0	0	8.0	7	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	30	0	19.13	0.00		1.13	56.7	0.0	0.88	.500	2.25	7.88
18	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1	18	1998	TOR	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	60.0	0.0	0.33	.250	0.00	3.00
19	Kerry Wood K. Wood	1	20	1998	CHC	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	29	0	20.00	0.00		0.00	69.0	0.0	0.11	.125	0.00	1.00
20	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1	20	1996	BOS	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	1	20.00	0.00		0.00	62.5	0.0	0.56	.417	0.00	5.00
21	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	1	17	1996	LAD	1	0	1.000	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	31	0	17.00	3.00	5.67	1.00	54.8	9.7	0.67	.200	1.00	3.00
22	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	1	18	1992	SEA	0	0		1	2.25	0	0	0	8.0	6	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	34	0	20.25	4.50	4.50	0.00	52.9	11.8	1.25	.500	2.25	6.75
23	David Cone D. Cone	1	19	1991	NYM	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	31	0	19.00	1.00	19.00	0.00	61.3	3.2	0.44	.273	0.00	3.00
24	Ramon Martinez R. Martinez	1	18	1990	LAD	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	31	0	18.00	1.00	18.00	0.00	58.1	3.2	0.44	.250	0.00	3.00
25	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1	20	1986	BOS	1	0	1.000	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	30	0	20.00	0.00		1.00	66.7	0.0	0.33	.222	1.00	3.00