most games with 3 strikeouts by a pitcher in a season

Ed Walsh has the most games pitched with 3+ strikeouts in a season, with 45 games in 1908.

Interpreted as:

most games with 3 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	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	45	251	1908	CWS	34	8	.810	39		37	10	1	380.1	266		77	2	44	10	6		1,436	5	5.94	1.04	5.70	0.05	17.5	3.1	0.82	.234	1.82	6.29
2	Bob Feller B. Feller	44	345	1946	CLE	26	14	.650	41	1.95	36	10	2	365.1	262	79	90	10	150	3	3		1,477	3	8.50	3.70	2.30	0.25	23.4	10.2	1.13	.260	2.22	6.45
3	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	44	245	1911	CWS	23	14	.622	35	0.51	31	4	2	337.1	298		113	3	71	6	9		1,357	8	6.54	1.89	3.45	0.08	18.1	5.2	1.09	.286	3.01	7.95
4	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	42	311	1910	WSH	25	16	.610	41		38	8	0	364.2	258		86	1	75	11	1		1,394	21	7.68	1.85	4.15	0.02	22.3	5.4	0.91	.258	2.12	6.37
5	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	41	243	1978	ATL	17	18	.486	39	2.76	21	3	1	316.0	276	97	118	13	99	13	1	5	1,311	11	6.92	2.82	2.45	0.37	18.5	7.6	1.19	.279	3.36	7.86
6	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	41	236	1915	PHN	29	9	.763	41	1.27	35	12	0	360.0	243	51	81	3	61	9	0		1,373	2	5.90	1.53	3.87	0.08	17.2	4.4	0.84	.226	2.03	6.08
7	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	41	293	1912	WSH	29	11	.725	36	0.16	33	7	0	345.2	247		83	2	72	15	5		1,342	10	7.63	1.87	4.07	0.05	21.8	5.4	0.92	.255	2.16	6.43
8	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	40	201	1979	ATL	20	18	.526	40	3.13	22	1	0	319.2	283	111	137	35	102	10	0	8	1,328	17	5.66	2.87	1.97	0.99	15.1	7.7	1.20	.253	3.86	7.97
9	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	40	210	1973	DET	16	13	.552	40	3.61	16	3	0	297.0	299	119	131	32	72	5	0	7	1,233	12	6.36	2.18	2.92	0.97	17.0	5.8	1.25	.292	3.97	9.06
10	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	40	303	1971	DET	25	11	.694	40	2.62	28	4	0	351.0	302	102	112	31	85	6	0	2	1,425	7	7.77	2.18	3.56	0.79	21.3	6.0	1.10	.271	2.87	7.74
11	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	40	379	1965	LAD	26	8	.765	40	2.01	27	8	0	331.2	209	74	83	25	70	5	0	4	1,275	11	10.28	1.90	5.41	0.68	29.7	5.5	0.84	.231	2.25	5.67
12	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	40	239	1908	NYG	32	6	.842	36		31	10	1	324.2	217		54	4	26	3	4		1,219	2	6.63	0.72	9.19	0.11	19.6	2.1	0.75	.225	1.50	6.02
13	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	39	363	1974	CAL	21	14	.600	39	2.63	26	3	0	325.2	212	95	112	16	189	9	0	3	1,349	9	10.03	5.22	1.92	0.44	26.9	14.0	1.23	.254	3.10	5.86
14	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	39	383	1973	CAL	21	15	.583	38	2.68	26	4	1	325.1	231	97	106	18	160	7	1	2	1,345	13	10.60	4.43	2.39	0.50	28.5	11.9	1.20	.274	2.93	6.39
15	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	39	306	1972	PHI	25	10	.714	39	1.95	28	8	0	328.1	244	71	79	17	81	1	0	7	1,280	7	8.39	2.22	3.78	0.47	23.9	6.3	0.99	.259	2.17	6.69
16	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	39	216	1916	WSH	24	13	.649	34	1.52	34	3	0	332.0	235	56	81	0	79	8	5		1,286	8	5.86	2.14	2.73	0.00	16.8	6.1	0.95	.239	2.20	6.37
17	Dave Davenport D. Davenport	39	212	1915	SLF	19	13	.594	36	1.96	26	9	1	312.0	222	68	84	4	79	4	2			6	6.12	2.28	2.68	0.12		9.0	0.96	.377	2.42	6.40
18	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	39	235	1912	CWS	22	11	.667	33	0.43	29	6	2	317.1	261		101	5	71	2	5		1,261	10	6.66	2.01	3.31	0.14	18.6	5.6	1.05	.270	2.86	7.40
19	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	38	286	1980	PHI	24	9	.727	38	2.34	13	3	0	304.0	243	79	87	15	90	2	0	12	1,228	17	8.47	2.66	3.18	0.44	23.3	7.3	1.10	.273	2.58	7.19
20	J.R. Richard	38	313	1979	HOU	18	13	.581	38	2.71	19	4	0	292.1	220	88	98	13	98	3	0	5	1,175	19	9.64	3.02	3.19	0.40	26.6	8.3	1.09	.277	3.02	6.77
21	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	38	255	1977	ATL	15	16	.484	38	3.55	19	2	0	307.0	279	121	137	22	151	7	0	12	1,311	16	7.48	4.43	1.69	0.64	19.5	11.5	1.40	.293	4.02	8.18
22	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	38	235	1973	CLE	18	17	.514	38	3.21	28	7	0	322.2	288	115	129	32	105	5	0	8	1,316	18	6.55	2.93	2.24	0.89	17.9	8.0	1.22	.273	3.60	8.03
23	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	38	246	1972	DET	22	11	.667	38	2.37	23	4	0	307.2	263	81	88	25	72	9	0	5	1,240	6	7.20	2.11	3.42	0.73	19.8	5.8	1.09	.268	2.57	7.69
24	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	38	176	1972	CWS	22	11	.667	38	2.15	19	8	0	310.0	253	74	86	22	61	6	0	4	1,222	8	5.11	1.77	2.89	0.64	14.4	5.0	1.01	.241	2.50	7.35
25	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	38	207	1971	CWS	21	11	.656	38	1.97	21	6	0	306.0	247	67	84	19	58	7	0	2	1,206	3	6.09	1.71	3.57	0.56	17.2	4.8	1.00	.249	2.47	7.26

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