most games with 6 strikeouts by a pitcher in a season

Nolan Ryan and Sandy Koufax are tied for the most games pitched with 6+ strikeouts in a season, with 36 games.

Interpreted as:

most games with 6 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	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	36	349	1974	CAL	20	13	.606	36	2.42	26	3	0	308.2	193	83	99	13	175	9	0	3	1,267	8	10.18	5.10	1.99	0.38	27.5	13.8	1.19	.250	2.89	5.63
2	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	36	363	1965	LAD	26	6	.813	36	1.86	27	8	0	309.2	190	64	71	22	65	4	0	3	1,184	11	10.55	1.89	5.58	0.64	30.7	5.5	0.82	.230	2.06	5.52
3	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
4	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	35	368	1973	CAL	21	13	.618	35	2.66	26	4	0	304.2	214	90	95	18	150	7	0	2	1,259	12	10.87	4.43	2.45	0.53	29.2	11.9	1.19	.274	2.81	6.32
5	Bob Feller B. Feller	34	298	1946	CLE	21	11	.656	33	1.70	30	8	1	295.2	202	56	65	7	117	2	1		1,179	2	9.07	3.56	2.55	0.21	25.3	9.9	1.08	.258	1.98	6.15
6	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
7	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	32	337	2000	ARI	19	4	.826	32	2.26	8	3	0	239.1	181	60	69	22	67	5	0	1	939	3	12.67	2.52	5.03	0.83	35.9	7.1	1.04	.313	2.59	6.81
8	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	32	308	1997	PHI	17	8	.680	32	2.61	7	2	0	241.0	184	70	74	21	49	4	0	3	936	5	11.50	1.83	6.29	0.78	32.9	5.2	0.97	.294	2.76	6.87
9	Mike Scott M. Scott	32	289	1986	HOU	16	7	.696	32	2.10	5	4	0	240.1	154	56	60	16	65	2	0	5	926	2	10.82	2.43	4.45	0.60	31.2	7.0	0.91	.249	2.25	5.77
10	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	32	264	1970	STL	21	7	.750	32	3.29	21	2	0	276.0	252	101	110	12	84	4	0	9	1,146	4	8.61	2.74	3.14	0.39	23.0	7.3	1.22	.307	3.59	8.22
11	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	32	291	1966	LAD	25	4	.862	32	1.23	25	5	0	277.1	192	38	43	14	58	0	0	3	1,065	6	9.44	1.88	5.02	0.45	27.3	5.4	0.90	.254	1.40	6.23
12	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	31	273	2016	WSH	19	6	.760	31	2.71	1	0	0	212.1	143	64	66	29	50	5	0	2	824	1	11.57	2.12	5.46	1.23	33.1	6.1	0.91	.244	2.80	6.06
13	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	31	297	2002	ARI	20	6	.769	31	3.00	4	1	0	228.0	182	76	76	24	29	3	0	1	883	6	11.72	1.14	10.24	0.95	33.6	3.3	0.93	.298	3.00	7.18
14	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	31	315	2002	ARI	22	5	.815	31	2.08	8	4	0	234.0	169	54	62	19	65	13	0	1	926	3	12.12	2.50	4.85	0.73	34.0	7.0	1.00	.292	2.38	6.50
15	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	31	300	1965	CLE	16	8	.667	31	1.86	14	3	0	246.1	155	51	65	9	120	6	0	5	1,003	16	10.96	4.38	2.50	0.33	29.9	12.0	1.12	.257	2.37	5.66
16	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	30	315	2019	HOU	18	5	.783	30	2.56	0	0	0	193.1	127	55	62	27	42	3	0	0	743	4	14.66	1.96	7.50	1.26	42.4	5.7	0.87	.281	2.89	5.91
17	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	30	282	2019	HOU	19	6	.760	30	2.39	2	1	0	203.2	116	54	56	33	33	4	0	0	759	4	12.46	1.46	8.55	1.46	37.2	4.3	0.73	.204	2.47	5.13
18	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	30	273	2018	HOU	13	8	.619	30	2.47	1	1	0	193.1	138	53	56	24	32	6	0	0	750	5	12.71	1.49	8.53	1.12	36.4	4.3	0.88	.275	2.61	6.42
19	Chris Sale C. Sale	30	300	2017	BOS	17	7	.708	30	2.44	1	0	0	206.1	150	56	59	22	39	8	0	0	808	2	13.09	1.70	7.69	0.96	37.1	4.8	0.92	.292	2.57	6.54
20	David Price D. Price	30	255	2014	TOT	14	9	.609	30	2.93	3	0	0	227.2	196	74	84	24	32	4	0	1	910	2	10.08	1.27	7.97	0.95	28.0	3.5	1.00	.289	3.32	7.75
21	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	30	293	1993	SEA	19	5	.792	30	2.78	10	3	0	236.2	163	73	77	20	83	14	0	1	951	6	11.14	3.16	3.53	0.76	30.8	8.7	1.04	.264	2.93	6.20
22	Mario Soto M. Soto	30	253	1982	CIN	13	10	.565	29	2.34	12	2	0	230.1	169	60	67	14	55	4	1	2	904	5	9.89	2.15	4.60	0.55	28.0	6.1	0.97	.268	2.62	6.60
23	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	30	314	1977	CAL	15	13	.536	30	2.54	21	4	0	258.2	164	73	88	11	165	7	0	7	1,085	19	10.93	5.74	1.90	0.38	28.9	15.2	1.27	.260	3.06	5.71
24	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	30	300	1976	CAL	15	13	.536	30	2.94	19	6	0	241.2	151	79	86	13	146	3	0	1	995	5	11.17	5.44	2.05	0.48	30.2	14.7	1.23	.259	3.20	5.62
25	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	30	261	1971	DET	19	8	.704	30	2.37	23	3	0	273.2	222	72	76	22	64	5	0	1	1,094	7	8.58	2.10	4.08	0.72	23.9	5.9	1.05	.270	2.50	7.30