most games with 5.0 innings pitched 8 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2016 to 2021

Between the 2016 and 2021 seasons, Max Scherzer had the most games pitched when pitching at least 5 innings and striking out 8+ batters, with 105 games.

Interpreted as:
most regular-season games with 5.0 or more innings pitched 8 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2016 to 2021
NAMEGIPSOWLW%GSERACGSHOSVHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
105
722.2
1,069
59
20
.747
105
2.13
7
1
0
454
171
184
82
144
31
0
7
2,770
14
13.31
1.79
7.42
1.02
38.6
5.2
0.83
.258
2.29
5.65
2Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
78
505.1
791
45
14
.763
78
2.24
4
3
0
319
126
139
56
116
10
0
1
1,939
16
14.09
2.07
6.82
1.00
40.8
6.0
0.86
.272
2.48
5.68
3Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
78
530.1
787
32
19
.627
78
1.75
2
1
0
347
103
117
43
104
9
0
5
2,010
10
13.36
1.76
7.57
0.73
39.2
5.2
0.85
.285
1.99
5.89
4Chris Sale
C. Sale
76
519.2
786
44
13
.772
76
2.18
7
2
0
344
126
138
48
99
31
0
0
2,013
5
13.61
1.71
7.94
0.83
39.0
4.9
0.85
.282
2.39
5.96
5Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
74
506.0
733
43
12
.782
74
2.12
4
1
0
308
119
126
66
87
15
0
2
1,906
11
13.04
1.55
8.43
1.17
38.5
4.6
0.78
.241
2.24
5.48
6Trevor Bauer
T. Bauer
67
457.0
651
38
13
.745
67
2.21
3
2
0
284
112
132
45
126
25
0
3
1,789
15
12.82
2.48
5.17
0.89
36.4
7.0
0.90
.254
2.60
5.59
7Robbie Ray
R. Ray
65
400.0
633
32
14
.696
65
2.95
1
1
0
287
131
139
57
143
13
0
6
1,623
17
14.24
3.22
4.43
1.28
39.0
8.8
1.08
.296
3.13
6.46
8Aaron Nola
A. Nola
60
406.1
554
39
9
.813
60
1.97
2
2
0
268
89
98
36
97
14
0
4
1,580
4
12.27
2.15
5.71
0.80
35.1
6.1
0.90
.264
2.17
5.94
9Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
53
340.2
504
23
15
.605
53
2.56
0
0
0
225
97
100
49
70
15
0
0
1,323
15
13.32
1.85
7.20
1.29
38.1
5.3
0.87
.257
2.64
5.94
10Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
51
378.1
496
37
6
.860
51
2.00
9
5
0
234
84
92
31
70
10
0
2
1,422
7
11.80
1.67
7.09
0.74
34.9
4.9
0.80
.249
2.19
5.57
11Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
51
358.0
497
36
5
.878
51
1.94
3
2
0
225
77
83
28
46
9
0
0
1,340
11
12.49
1.16
10.80
0.70
37.1
3.4
0.76
.259
2.09
5.66
12Stephen Strasburg
S. Strasburg
50
337.1
486
31
7
.816
50
2.29
1
1
0
228
86
91
32
69
16
0
5
1,306
7
12.97
1.84
7.04
0.85
37.2
5.3
0.88
.279
2.43
6.08
13Charlie Morton
C. Morton
49
304.0
457
29
6
.829
49
2.81
0
0
0
222
95
99
27
84
19
0
0
1,217
7
13.53
2.49
5.44
0.80
37.6
6.9
1.01
.310
2.93
6.57
14Patrick Corbin
P. Corbin
45
292.0
404
22
12
.647
45
2.47
1
1
0
224
80
87
28
65
3
0
5
1,155
5
12.45
2.00
6.22
0.86
35.0
5.6
0.99
.299
2.68
6.90
15Chris Archer
C. Archer
45
279.1
420
13
12
.520
45
3.48
0
0
0
244
108
119
35
79
10
0
1
1,157
18
13.53
2.55
5.32
1.13
36.3
6.8
1.16
.341
3.83
7.86
16Shane Bieber
S. Bieber
44
300.1
434
25
7
.781
44
2.04
3
2
0
201
68
71
27
74
7
0
0
1,164
11
13.01
2.22
5.86
0.81
37.3
6.4
0.92
.280
2.13
6.02
17Blake Snell
B. Snell
43
265.2
417
28
6
.824
43
1.63
0
0
0
144
48
50
18
82
1
0
2
999
17
14.13
2.78
5.09
0.61
41.7
8.2
0.85
.262
1.69
4.88
18Luis Castillo
L. Castillo
40
254.2
365
23
11
.676
40
2.58
0
0
0
175
73
78
25
86
5
0
2
1,011
4
12.90
3.04
4.24
0.88
36.1
8.5
1.02
.283
2.76
6.18
19José Berríos
J. Berríos
40
266.1
364
29
6
.829
40
2.30
3
0
0
164
68
73
20
66
13
0
0
1,025
9
12.30
2.23
5.52
0.68
35.5
6.4
0.86
.256
2.47
5.54
20Carlos Carrasco
C. Carrasco
40
277.1
393
27
6
.818
40
1.91
2
0
0
214
59
64
24
47
6
0
1
1,070
14
12.75
1.53
8.36
0.78
36.7
4.4
0.94
.317
2.08
6.94
21Lance Lynn
L. Lynn
38
243.1
348
18
10
.643
38
2.18
1
1
0
177
59
63
21
71
6
0
2
974
14
12.87
2.63
4.90
0.78
35.7
7.3
1.02
.295
2.33
6.55
22Walker Buehler
W. Buehler
37
248.1
347
23
1
.958
37
1.67
2
0
0
150
46
50
20
46
9
0
1
943
6
12.58
1.67
7.54
0.72
36.8
4.9
0.79
.250
1.81
5.44
23Lucas Giolito
L. Giolito
37
252.1
352
22
5
.815
37
2.10
4
3
0
147
59
62
27
59
6
0
0
951
9
12.55
2.10
5.97
0.96
37.0
6.2
0.82
.237
2.21
5.24
24Germán Márquez
G. Márquez
37
246.2
336
20
5
.800
37
2.99
1
1
0
196
82
84
29
48
3
0
2
965
8
12.26
1.75
7.00
1.06
34.8
5.0
0.99
.304
3.06
7.15
25James Paxton
J. Paxton
37
240.1
357
22
6
.786
37
2.28
1
0
0
164
61
64
19
45
6
0
0
920
8
13.37
1.69
7.93
0.71
38.8
4.9
0.87
.294
2.40
6.14
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