most games with 6 or more strikeouts by a pitcher in the american league all time

Roger Clemens had the most games pitched in the AL when striking out 6+ batters, with 396 games.

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Data note: Games Pitched: player game data complete from 1908
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	NAME	G	SO	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	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	396	3,363	230	82	.737	396	2.54	99	38	0	2974.1	2,319	839	931	194	876	83	0	33	11,977	78	10.18	2.65	3.84	0.59	28.1	7.3	1.07	.285	2.82	7.02
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	326	2,661	186	65	.741	326	2.55	20	8	0	2222.0	1,646	629	676	207	530	70	0	16	8,778	62	10.78	2.15	5.02	0.84	30.3	6.0	0.98	.271	2.74	6.67
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	304	2,974	160	102	.611	304	2.55	159	45	0	2450.2	1,541	694	788	124	1,237	64	0	27	9,986	115	10.92	4.54	2.40	0.46	29.8	12.4	1.13	.254	2.89	5.66
4	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	269	2,121	152	73	.676	269	2.26	149	40	0	2217.2	1,749	558	628	144	542	68	0	23	8,803	44	8.61	2.20	3.91	0.58	24.1	6.2	1.03	.271	2.55	7.10
5	CC Sabathia	248	1,907	135	56	.707	248	2.79	22	8	0	1715.2	1,440	531	585	147	451	49	0	21	6,930	29	10.00	2.37	4.23	0.77	27.5	6.5	1.10	.295	3.07	7.55
6	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	241	1,915	168	65	.721	236	0.96	224	60	0	2194.1	1,528		489	21	456	78	5		8,469	73	7.85	1.87	4.20	0.09	22.6	5.4	0.90	.251	2.01	6.27
7	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	235	1,853	111	53	.677	235	2.34	19	9	0	1661.1	1,271	432	482	116	402	53	0	7	6,567	93	10.04	2.18	4.61	0.63	28.2	6.1	1.01	.279	2.61	6.89
8	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	235	2,201	136	54	.716	234	2.86	55	19	1	1733.1	1,236	551	599	146	660	77	1	9	7,013	45	11.43	3.43	3.33	0.76	31.4	9.4	1.09	.277	3.11	6.42
9	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	227	1,759	129	47	.733	227	2.75	37	19	0	1629.1	1,347	497	532	139	314	24	0	7	6,422	32	9.72	1.73	5.60	0.77	27.4	4.9	1.02	.289	2.94	7.44
10	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	220	1,791	127	59	.683	220	2.58	126	29	0	1803.2	1,457	517	562	145	489	56	0	17	7,286	48	8.94	2.44	3.66	0.72	24.6	6.7	1.08	.273	2.80	7.27
11	Chuck Finley C. Finley	212	1,630	109	50	.686	208	2.88	41	12	0	1545.1	1,299	494	550	135	571	31	2	15	6,383	60	9.49	3.33	2.85	0.79	25.5	8.9	1.21	.290	3.20	7.57
12	Chris Sale C. Sale	211	1,882	102	51	.667	211	2.78	16	3	0	1416.2	1,085	437	478	149	311	81	0	7	5,638	29	11.96	1.98	6.05	0.95	33.4	5.5	0.99	.291	3.04	6.89
13	Bob Feller B. Feller	209	1,718	146	45	.764	208	2.44	165	30	1	1802.0	1,315	488	538	82	836	20	1	2	7,427	40	8.58	4.18	2.06	0.41	23.1	11.3	1.19	.258	2.69	6.57
14	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	208	1,855	110	52	.679	207	2.24	90	23	0	1634.2	1,125	407	482	93	763	35	2	44	6,714	79	10.21	4.20	2.43	0.51	27.6	11.4	1.15	.260	2.65	6.19
15	Mark Langston M. Langston	192	1,548	100	52	.658	192	3.02	60	13	0	1492.0	1,183	500	555	148	551	16	0	9	6,059	46	9.34	3.32	2.81	0.89	25.5	9.1	1.16	.273	3.35	7.14
16	David Price D. Price	184	1,482	107	35	.754	184	2.55	11	3	0	1272.2	1,017	360	396	107	284	22	0	6	5,054	28	10.48	2.01	5.22	0.76	29.3	5.6	1.02	.288	2.80	7.19
17	Jack Morris J. Morris	182	1,369	104	55	.654	182	2.75	93	13	0	1486.1	1,157	454	484	117	469	15	0	30	5,955	80	8.29	2.84	2.92	0.71	23.0	7.9	1.09	.261	2.93	7.01
18	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	177	1,403	97	39	.713	176	2.24	85	26	0	1419.1	1,118	353	412	104	349	37	0	26	5,655	32	8.90	2.21	4.02	0.66	24.8	6.2	1.03	.270	2.61	7.09
19	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	170	1,374	113	40	.739	167	1.97	109	34	0	1404.1	965	307	337	101	383	20	2	16	5,485	10	8.81	2.45	3.59	0.65	25.1	7.0	0.96	.240	2.16	6.18
20	James Shields J. Shields	165	1,252	76	50	.603	165	3.18	18	7	0	1146.2	1,022	405	436	131	238	43	0	6	4,635	46	9.83	1.87	5.26	1.03	27.0	5.1	1.10	.300	3.42	8.02
21	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	163	1,523	101	25	.802	162	2.01	20	8	0	1170.2	801	262	289	75	249	58	1	4	4,547	29	11.71	1.91	6.12	0.58	33.5	5.5	0.90	.275	2.22	6.16
22	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	162	1,451	88	29	.752	162	2.78	5	4	0	1013.2	741	313	335	126	240	17	0	0	3,979	24	12.88	2.13	6.05	1.12	36.5	6.0	0.97	.287	2.97	6.58
23	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	160	1,312	95	49	.660	158	2.55	88	31	0	1308.0	1,033	370	403	95	413	13	2	18	5,292	33	9.03	2.84	3.18	0.65	24.8	7.8	1.11	.271	2.77	7.11
24	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	159	1,341	87	31	.737	159	2.51	18	8	0	1119.1	834	312	332	94	210	33	0	5	4,336	18	10.78	1.69	6.39	0.76	30.9	4.8	0.93	.278	2.67	6.71
25	Bobby Witt B. Witt	145	1,127	68	42	.618	145	3.38	32	9	0	1028.2	867	386	428	91	535	9	0	15	4,394	57	9.86	4.68	2.11	0.80	25.6	12.2	1.36	.295	3.74	7.59

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