Between the 2018 and 2019 seasons, Gerrit Cole had the most games pitched when pitching at least 5 innings and striking out 7+ batters, with 55 games.
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most regular-season games with 5.0 or more innings pitched 7 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2018 to 2019| NAME | G | IP | SO | W | L | W% | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | 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 |  | G. Cole | 55 | 350.0 | 552 | 31 | 7 | .816 | 55 | 2.52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 230 | 98 | 105 | 42 | 91 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1,357 | 12 | 14.19 | 2.34 | 6.07 | 1.08 | 40.7 | 6.7 | 0.92 | .284 | 2.70 | 5.91 |
| 2 |  | J. Verlander | 52 | 347.0 | 507 | 30 | 11 | .732 | 52 | 2.20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 209 | 85 | 89 | 46 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1,305 | 5 | 13.15 | 1.43 | 9.22 | 1.19 | 38.9 | 4.2 | 0.76 | .237 | 2.31 | 5.42 |
| 3 |  | J. deGrom | 49 | 341.0 | 450 | 18 | 12 | .600 | 49 | 1.56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 229 | 59 | 68 | 20 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1,294 | 3 | 11.88 | 1.69 | 7.03 | 0.53 | 34.8 | 4.9 | 0.86 | .278 | 1.79 | 6.04 |
| 4 |  | M. Scherzer | 49 | 330.2 | 487 | 26 | 11 | .703 | 49 | 2.42 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 232 | 89 | 96 | 30 | 66 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 1,292 | 4 | 13.26 | 1.80 | 7.38 | 0.82 | 37.7 | 5.1 | 0.90 | .291 | 2.61 | 6.31 |
| 5 |  | P. Corbin | 43 | 275.2 | 369 | 20 | 8 | .714 | 43 | 2.51 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 201 | 77 | 80 | 26 | 65 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1,082 | 8 | 12.05 | 2.12 | 5.68 | 0.85 | 34.1 | 6.0 | 0.96 | .284 | 2.61 | 6.56 |
| 6 |  | T. Bauer | 42 | 289.0 | 387 | 19 | 13 | .594 | 42 | 2.34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 188 | 75 | 92 | 26 | 85 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1,156 | 13 | 12.05 | 2.65 | 4.55 | 0.81 | 33.5 | 7.4 | 0.94 | .254 | 2.87 | 5.85 |
| 7 |  | A. Nola | 36 | 243.2 | 312 | 22 | 5 | .815 | 36 | 1.99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 54 | 57 | 18 | 68 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 946 | 5 | 11.52 | 2.51 | 4.59 | 0.66 | 33.0 | 7.2 | 0.91 | .255 | 2.11 | 5.69 |
| 8 |  | C. Morton | 36 | 224.2 | 326 | 22 | 6 | .786 | 36 | 2.84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 71 | 75 | 21 | 54 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 901 | 3 | 13.06 | 2.16 | 6.04 | 0.84 | 36.2 | 6.0 | 1.01 | .310 | 3.00 | 6.89 |
| 9 |  | C. Sale | 35 | 227.0 | 372 | 17 | 5 | .773 | 35 | 2.06 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 138 | 52 | 59 | 18 | 52 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 881 | 3 | 14.75 | 2.06 | 7.15 | 0.71 | 42.2 | 5.9 | 0.84 | .284 | 2.34 | 5.47 |
| 10 |  | S. Bieber | 32 | 216.1 | 277 | 17 | 7 | .708 | 32 | 2.33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 169 | 56 | 61 | 21 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 844 | 3 | 11.52 | 1.58 | 7.29 | 0.87 | 32.8 | 4.5 | 0.96 | .293 | 2.54 | 7.03 |
| 11 |  | J. Paxton | 32 | 207.0 | 291 | 20 | 5 | .800 | 32 | 2.35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 149 | 54 | 55 | 21 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 802 | 10 | 12.65 | 1.96 | 6.47 | 0.91 | 36.3 | 5.6 | 0.94 | .289 | 2.39 | 6.48 |
| 12 |  | J. Flaherty | 32 | 201.0 | 278 | 12 | 8 | .600 | 32 | 2.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 45 | 46 | 24 | 52 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 754 | 5 | 12.45 | 2.33 | 5.35 | 1.07 | 36.9 | 6.9 | 0.78 | .206 | 2.06 | 4.66 |
| 13 |  | S. Strasburg | 32 | 210.1 | 287 | 20 | 8 | .714 | 32 | 2.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 56 | 61 | 21 | 48 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 827 | 4 | 12.28 | 2.05 | 5.98 | 0.90 | 34.7 | 5.8 | 0.94 | .280 | 2.61 | 6.42 |
| 14 |  | G. Márquez | 31 | 209.2 | 265 | 18 | 2 | .900 | 31 | 2.83 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 160 | 66 | 69 | 26 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 819 | 12 | 11.38 | 1.89 | 6.02 | 1.12 | 32.4 | 5.4 | 0.97 | .279 | 2.96 | 6.87 |
| 15 |  | L. Castillo | 31 | 196.0 | 266 | 18 | 8 | .692 | 31 | 2.98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 65 | 71 | 23 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 776 | 6 | 12.21 | 3.12 | 3.91 | 1.06 | 34.3 | 8.8 | 0.99 | .249 | 3.26 | 5.79 |
| 16 |  | Z. Wheeler | 30 | 198.2 | 246 | 16 | 5 | .762 | 30 | 2.54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 56 | 58 | 15 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 779 | 1 | 11.14 | 1.54 | 7.24 | 0.68 | 31.6 | 4.4 | 0.95 | .287 | 2.63 | 6.98 |
| 17 | | L. Lynn | 30 | 189.2 | 263 | 13 | 9 | .591 | 30 | 2.85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 60 | 63 | 15 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 772 | 14 | 12.48 | 2.51 | 4.96 | 0.71 | 34.1 | 6.9 | 1.12 | .333 | 2.99 | 7.59 |
| 18 |  | R. Ray | 30 | 171.2 | 258 | 13 | 5 | .722 | 30 | 3.46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 66 | 72 | 31 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 722 | 8 | 13.53 | 4.30 | 3.15 | 1.63 | 35.7 | 11.4 | 1.26 | .297 | 3.77 | 7.03 |
| 19 |  | M. Boyd | 29 | 180.2 | 254 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 29 | 3.79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 76 | 77 | 28 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 734 | 5 | 12.65 | 1.84 | 6.86 | 1.39 | 34.6 | 5.0 | 1.04 | .304 | 3.84 | 7.52 |
| 20 | | M. Clevinger | 29 | 188.0 | 260 | 18 | 6 | .750 | 29 | 2.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 43 | 47 | 16 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 729 | 0 | 12.45 | 2.39 | 5.20 | 0.77 | 35.7 | 6.9 | 0.94 | .274 | 2.25 | 6.03 |
| 21 |  | W. Buehler | 28 | 186.0 | 254 | 15 | 4 | .789 | 28 | 1.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 31 | 42 | 17 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 713 | 3 | 12.29 | 1.60 | 7.70 | 0.82 | 35.6 | 4.6 | 0.81 | .251 | 2.03 | 5.71 |
| 22 |  | B. Snell | 28 | 174.2 | 266 | 21 | 2 | .913 | 28 | 1.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 654 | 14 | 13.71 | 2.47 | 5.54 | 0.52 | 40.7 | 7.3 | 0.84 | .271 | 1.44 | 5.10 |
| 23 |  | J. BerrÃos | 25 | 170.1 | 218 | 17 | 4 | .810 | 25 | 2.59 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 49 | 50 | 12 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 661 | 6 | 11.52 | 2.01 | 5.74 | 0.63 | 33.0 | 5.7 | 0.90 | .269 | 2.64 | 6.13 |
| 24 |  | S. Gray | 24 | 148.0 | 195 | 12 | 5 | .706 | 24 | 2.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 34 | 34 | 11 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 574 | 5 | 11.86 | 2.61 | 4.53 | 0.67 | 34.0 | 7.5 | 0.91 | .252 | 2.07 | 5.53 |
| 25 | | L. Giolito | 24 | 158.0 | 211 | 12 | 7 | .632 | 24 | 3.25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 117 | 57 | 57 | 22 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 625 | 6 | 12.02 | 2.39 | 5.02 | 1.25 | 33.8 | 6.7 | 1.01 | .276 | 3.25 | 6.66 |
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