most games with 5 strikeouts by a pitcher in a season

Bob Feller has the most games pitched with 5+ strikeouts in a season, with 41 games in 1946.

Interpreted as:

most games with 5 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	41	333	1946	CLE	26	13	.667	40	1.96	36	10	1	353.2	254	77	86	10	144	3	1		1,429	2	8.47	3.66	2.31	0.25	23.3	10.1	1.13	.260	2.19	6.46
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	38	359	1974	CAL	21	13	.618	38	2.48	26	3	0	322.2	204	89	105	14	187	9	0	3	1,330	9	10.01	5.22	1.92	0.39	27.0	14.1	1.21	.250	2.93	5.69
3	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
4	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	37	278	1912	WSH	27	10	.730	34	0.17	31	7	0	317.1	216		74	2	68	15	3		1,224	10	7.88	1.93	4.09	0.06	22.7	5.6	0.89	.249	2.10	6.13
5	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	36	373	1973	CAL	21	14	.600	36	2.63	26	4	0	311.1	217	91	100	18	157	7	0	2	1,290	13	10.78	4.54	2.38	0.52	28.9	12.2	1.20	.271	2.89	6.27
6	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	35	364	1999	ARI	17	9	.654	35	2.48	12	2	0	271.2	207	75	86	30	70	9	0	3	1,079	4	12.06	2.32	5.20	0.99	33.7	6.5	1.02	.292	2.85	6.86
7	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	35	274	1980	PHI	21	9	.700	35	2.38	12	3	0	280.1	228	74	81	14	82	2	0	12	1,134	17	8.80	2.63	3.34	0.45	24.2	7.2	1.11	.281	2.60	7.32
8	J.R. Richard	35	303	1979	HOU	18	11	.621	35	2.46	19	4	0	281.1	203	77	83	10	90	3	0	5	1,116	19	9.69	2.88	3.37	0.32	27.2	8.1	1.04	.272	2.66	6.49
9	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	35	286	1971	DET	23	9	.719	35	2.36	27	4	0	316.0	262	83	92	26	72	6	0	1	1,265	7	8.15	2.05	3.97	0.74	22.6	5.7	1.06	.270	2.62	7.46
10	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	34	312	2002	ARI	23	6	.793	34	2.94	5	1	0	251.0	201	82	83	27	32	3	0	1	974	6	11.19	1.15	9.75	0.97	32.0	3.3	0.93	.290	2.98	7.21
11	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	34	330	2002	ARI	23	5	.821	34	2.39	8	4	0	252.0	191	67	75	25	70	13	0	1	1,005	3	11.79	2.50	4.71	0.89	32.8	7.0	1.04	.293	2.68	6.82
12	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	34	347	2000	ARI	19	6	.760	34	2.56	8	3	0	246.1	196	70	83	23	74	6	0	1	985	5	12.68	2.70	4.69	0.84	35.2	7.5	1.10	.323	3.03	7.16
13	J.R. Richard	34	299	1978	HOU	18	9	.667	34	2.82	16	3	0	265.1	179	83	92	11	132	2	0	4	1,087	16	10.14	4.48	2.27	0.37	27.5	12.1	1.17	.261	3.12	6.07
14	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	34	287	1972	PHI	22	9	.710	34	1.82	26	7	0	291.1	205	59	65	14	69	1	0	7	1,122	6	8.87	2.13	4.16	0.43	25.6	6.1	0.94	.254	2.01	6.33
15	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	34	274	1970	STL	23	7	.767	34	3.12	23	3	0	294.0	262	102	111	13	88	4	0	9	1,213	5	8.39	2.69	3.11	0.40	22.6	7.3	1.19	.299	3.40	8.02
16	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	34	301	1966	LAD	26	5	.839	34	1.22	27	5	0	294.1	201	40	46	14	63	0	0	3	1,131	6	9.20	1.93	4.78	0.43	26.6	5.6	0.90	.248	1.41	6.15
17	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	33	288	2018	HOU	16	8	.667	33	2.29	1	1	0	212.0	149	54	57	25	37	8	0	0	820	5	12.23	1.57	7.78	1.06	35.1	4.5	0.88	.268	2.42	6.33
18	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	33	301	2015	LAD	16	7	.696	33	2.13	4	3	0	232.2	163	55	62	15	42	5	0	1	890	9	11.64	1.62	7.17	0.58	33.8	4.7	0.88	.281	2.40	6.31
19	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	33	364	2001	ARI	21	4	.840	32	2.11	3	2	0	239.0	165	56	61	16	67	16	1	2	944	8	13.71	2.52	5.43	0.60	38.6	7.1	0.97	.310	2.30	6.21
20	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	33	313	1997	PHI	17	9	.654	33	2.80	7	2	0	247.2	194	77	81	21	51	4	0	3	966	5	11.37	1.85	6.14	0.76	32.4	5.3	0.99	.300	2.94	7.05
21	Mike Scott M. Scott	33	294	1986	HOU	17	7	.708	33	2.02	6	5	0	249.1	158	56	60	16	66	2	0	5	957	3	10.61	2.38	4.45	0.58	30.7	6.9	0.90	.245	2.17	5.70
22	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	33	315	1976	CAL	16	14	.533	33	3.02	20	6	0	262.0	172	88	98	13	159	3	0	1	1,086	5	10.82	5.46	1.98	0.45	29.0	14.6	1.26	.267	3.37	5.91
23	Vida Blue V. Blue	33	286	1971	OAK	23	6	.793	33	1.65	24	8	0	283.1	182	52	58	16	78	4	0	3	1,087	9	9.08	2.48	3.67	0.51	26.3	7.2	0.92	.236	1.84	5.78
24	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	33	261	1969	STL	18	13	.581	33	2.28	26	3	0	296.0	237	75	83	12	92	10	0	7	1,201	3	7.94	2.80	2.84	0.36	21.7	7.7	1.11	.272	2.52	7.21
25	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	33	310	1965	CLE	16	9	.640	32	2.01	14	3	1	254.2	166	57	71	9	121	6	1	5	1,039	16	10.96	4.28	2.56	0.32	29.8	11.6	1.13	.265	2.51	5.87