most games with 4 strikeouts by a pitcher in a season

Bob Feller has the most games pitched with 4+ strikeouts in a season, with 44 games in 1946.

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most games with 4 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	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
2	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	40	290	1912	WSH	28	11	.718	36	0.16	33	7	0	337.0	237		81	2	72	15	4		1,309	10	7.74	1.92	4.03	0.05	22.2	5.5	0.92	.253	2.16	6.33
3	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	39	237	1978	ATL	16	17	.485	37	2.68	21	3	1	305.1	264	91	110	12	89	13	1	3	1,258	10	6.99	2.62	2.66	0.35	18.8	7.1	1.16	.278	3.24	7.78
4	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
5	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
6	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	38	303	1972	PHI	25	9	.735	38	1.90	28	8	0	322.1	241	68	76	17	77	1	0	7	1,255	7	8.46	2.15	3.94	0.47	24.1	6.1	0.99	.261	2.12	6.73
7	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	38	373	1965	LAD	26	7	.788	38	1.89	27	8	0	323.2	198	68	76	22	70	5	0	4	1,240	11	10.37	1.95	5.33	0.61	30.1	5.6	0.83	.229	2.11	5.51
8	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	38	305	1963	LAD	25	4	.862	38	1.62	20	11	0	310.1	205	56	59	16	56	3	0	7	1,197	5	8.85	1.62	5.45	0.46	25.5	4.7	0.84	.231	1.71	5.95
9	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	38	230	1908	CWS	27	8	.771	32		30	10	1	317.1	213		65	2	35	10	6		1,188	4	6.52	0.99	6.57	0.06	19.4	2.9	0.78	.232	1.84	6.04
10	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	37	377	1973	CAL	21	14	.600	36	2.61	26	4	1	313.1	217	91	100	18	158	7	1	2	1,297	13	10.83	4.54	2.39	0.52	29.1	12.2	1.20	.270	2.87	6.23
11	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	37	294	1971	DET	24	10	.706	37	2.37	28	4	0	331.0	274	87	96	27	76	6	0	1	1,328	7	7.99	2.07	3.87	0.73	22.1	5.7	1.06	.267	2.61	7.45
12	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	37	300	1970	CLE	20	10	.667	37	2.68	19	1	0	295.0	221	88	96	22	126	6	2	10	1,208	15	9.15	3.84	2.38	0.67	24.8	10.4	1.18	.264	2.93	6.74
13	Denny McLain D. McLain	37	274	1968	DET	29	4	.879	37	1.81	27	6	0	313.1	217	63	68	28	57	5	0	1	1,188	3	7.87	1.64	4.81	0.80	23.1	4.8	0.87	.229	1.95	6.23
14	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	37	229	1912	CWS	22	10	.688	32	0.35	28	6	1	307.0	254		98	4	67	2	4		1,220	10	6.71	1.96	3.42	0.12	18.8	5.5	1.05	.272	2.87	7.45
15	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	37	296	1910	WSH	21	15	.583	37		34	7	0	325.2	229		75	0	71	9	0		1,250	20	8.18	1.96	4.17	0.00	23.7	5.7	0.92	.262	2.07	6.33
16	J.R. Richard	36	307	1979	HOU	18	11	.621	36	2.50	19	4	0	288.1	210	80	86	11	92	3	0	5	1,145	19	9.58	2.87	3.34	0.34	26.8	8.0	1.05	.272	2.68	6.55
17	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	36	240	1972	DET	21	10	.677	36	2.37	22	4	0	292.2	245	77	84	24	68	9	0	5	1,177	5	7.38	2.09	3.53	0.74	20.4	5.8	1.07	.264	2.58	7.53
18	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	36	253	1968	CHC	20	14	.588	36	2.46	20	3	0	289.0	232	79	84	23	61	3	0	7	1,147	6	7.88	1.90	4.15	0.72	22.1	5.3	1.01	.259	2.62	7.22
19	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	36	309	1966	LAD	27	6	.818	36	1.36	27	5	0	304.2	214	46	52	15	68	0	0	3	1,179	7	9.13	2.01	4.54	0.44	26.2	5.8	0.93	.253	1.54	6.32
20	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	36	221	1915	PHN	26	9	.743	36	1.23	33	11	0	321.0	210	44	72	3	55	9	0		1,218	2	6.20	1.54	4.02	0.08	18.1	4.5	0.83	.223	2.02	5.89
21	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	36	247	1910	CWS	16	18	.471	33		32	7	1	336.2	219		75	4	53	4	3		1,259	5	6.60	1.42	4.66	0.11	19.6	4.2	0.81	.226	2.00	5.85
22	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	35	269	2009	DET	19	9	.679	35	3.45	3	1	0	240.0	219	92	99	20	63	6	0	5	982	8	10.09	2.36	4.27	0.75	27.4	6.4	1.18	.319	3.71	8.21
23	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	35	290	2004	ARI	16	14	.533	35	2.60	4	2	0	245.2	177	71	88	18	44	10	0	1	964	3	10.62	1.61	6.59	0.66	30.1	4.6	0.90	.264	3.22	6.48
24	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	35	334	2002	ARI	24	5	.828	35	2.32	8	4	0	260.0	197	67	78	26	71	13	0	1	1,035	3	11.56	2.46	4.70	0.90	32.3	6.9	1.03	.289	2.70	6.82
25	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	35	372	2001	ARI	21	6	.778	34	2.49	3	2	0	249.2	181	69	74	19	71	18	1	2	994	8	13.41	2.56	5.24	0.68	37.4	7.1	1.01	.315	2.67	6.52

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