most games with 7 or more strikeouts 2 or less earn runs 2018 to 2021

Between the 2018 and 2021 seasons, Gerrit Cole and Jacob deGrom were tied for the most games pitched when striking out 7+ batters and allowing at most 2 earned runs, with 62 games.

Interpreted as:
most regular-season games by a player with 7 or more strikeouts 2 or less earn runs 2018 to 2021
NAMEGSOERWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
62
628
65
44
6
.880
62
1.45
4
3
0
402.1
239
77
33
91
7
0
0
1,523
12
14.05
2.04
6.90
0.74
41.2
6.0
0.82
.270
1.72
5.35
2Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
62
593
53
26
12
.684
62
1.13
2
1
0
421.2
253
68
21
72
6
0
2
1,566
3
12.66
1.54
8.24
0.45
37.9
4.6
0.77
.265
1.45
5.40
3Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
61
593
63
40
8
.833
61
1.39
2
1
0
407.2
247
70
29
81
18
0
4
1,556
7
13.09
1.79
7.32
0.64
38.1
5.2
0.80
.261
1.55
5.45
4Trevor Bauer
T. Bauer
50
461
49
28
8
.778
50
1.30
3
3
0
339.2
187
66
19
94
21
0
1
1,314
14
12.21
2.49
4.90
0.50
35.1
7.2
0.83
.234
1.75
4.95
5Aaron Nola
A. Nola
43
387
36
29
1
.967
43
1.09
2
2
0
296.2
154
40
12
64
16
0
2
1,107
4
11.74
1.94
6.05
0.36
35.0
5.8
0.73
.226
1.21
4.67
6Shane Bieber
S. Bieber
40
377
46
27
5
.844
40
1.51
3
2
0
274.0
182
51
22
61
4
0
0
1,050
6
12.38
2.00
6.18
0.72
35.9
5.8
0.89
.273
1.68
5.98
7Blake Snell
B. Snell
40
377
37
25
2
.926
40
1.35
0
0
0
247.0
133
39
13
70
1
0
2
927
14
13.74
2.55
5.39
0.47
40.7
7.6
0.82
.258
1.42
4.85
8Walker Buehler
W. Buehler
39
353
32
24
3
.889
39
1.10
2
0
0
260.2
145
44
15
53
8
0
0
984
6
12.19
1.83
6.66
0.52
35.9
5.4
0.76
.234
1.52
5.01
9Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
39
335
37
20
5
.800
39
1.24
2
2
0
268.0
177
41
7
43
4
0
1
1,019
3
11.25
1.44
7.79
0.24
32.9
4.2
0.82
.270
1.38
5.94
10Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
39
378
38
26
6
.813
39
1.28
3
2
0
267.1
134
40
26
43
6
0
0
975
4
12.73
1.45
8.79
0.88
38.8
4.4
0.66
.207
1.35
4.51
11Charlie Morton
C. Morton
39
345
41
27
3
.900
39
1.48
0
0
0
249.0
151
43
15
59
14
0
0
953
3
12.47
2.13
5.85
0.54
36.2
6.2
0.84
.262
1.55
5.46
12Patrick Corbin
P. Corbin
37
319
37
22
5
.815
37
1.36
1
1
0
245.0
153
40
17
55
4
0
1
933
4
11.72
2.02
5.80
0.62
34.2
5.9
0.85
.253
1.47
5.62
13Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
35
308
32
18
3
.857
35
1.32
0
0
0
219.0
127
34
16
50
15
0
1
836
9
12.66
2.05
6.16
0.66
36.8
6.0
0.81
.248
1.40
5.22
14Germán Márquez
G. Márquez
34
289
40
23
1
.958
34
1.56
1
1
0
231.0
141
47
19
44
5
0
1
868
13
11.26
1.71
6.57
0.74
33.3
5.1
0.80
.239
1.83
5.49
15Luis Castillo
L. Castillo
34
289
36
21
7
.750
34
1.49
0
0
0
217.0
141
47
15
72
6
0
1
855
5
11.99
2.99
4.01
0.62
33.8
8.4
0.98
.266
1.95
5.85
16Lance Lynn
L. Lynn
33
290
30
20
2
.909
33
1.29
1
1
0
208.2
134
33
8
56
5
0
2
814
11
12.51
2.42
5.18
0.35
35.6
6.9
0.91
.277
1.42
5.78
17Robbie Ray
R. Ray
33
301
39
16
3
.842
33
1.77
0
0
0
198.2
128
44
16
78
3
0
4
795
7
13.64
3.53
3.86
0.72
37.9
9.8
1.04
.282
1.99
5.80
18Lucas Giolito
L. Giolito
32
298
38
16
4
.800
32
1.58
4
3
0
216.0
119
42
19
57
4
0
0
813
8
12.42
2.38
5.23
0.79
36.7
7.0
0.81
.230
1.75
4.96
19Chris Sale
C. Sale
32
328
32
20
2
.909
32
1.46
1
1
0
197.2
115
36
12
44
13
0
1
755
2
14.93
2.00
7.45
0.55
43.4
5.8
0.80
.288
1.64
5.24
20José Berríos
J. Berríos
31
277
35
24
4
.857
31
1.50
2
0
0
209.2
130
40
11
42
12
0
0
800
3
11.89
1.80
6.60
0.47
34.6
5.3
0.82
.260
1.72
5.58
21Sonny Gray
S. Gray
31
257
29
17
3
.850
31
1.38
0
0
0
188.2
116
33
11
58
7
0
0
731
9
12.26
2.77
4.43
0.52
35.2
7.9
0.92
.264
1.57
5.53
22Jack Flaherty
J. Flaherty
29
253
24
13
2
.867
29
1.19
0
0
0
182.0
87
25
17
47
13
0
3
677
4
12.51
2.32
5.38
0.84
37.4
6.9
0.74
.202
1.24
4.30
23Hyun Jin Ryu
H. Jin Ryu
28
216
26
19
4
.826
28
1.32
0
0
0
177.0
144
36
12
25
3
0
0
693
1
10.98
1.27
8.64
0.61
31.2
3.6
0.95
.302
1.83
7.32
24Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
28
240
29
20
2
.909
28
1.42
0
0
0
184.0
111
32
11
29
5
0
0
697
11
11.74
1.42
8.28
0.54
34.4
4.2
0.76
.243
1.57
5.43
25Lance McCullers Jr.
L. McCullers Jr.
26
214
29
17
4
.810
26
1.61
0
0
0
161.2
100
38
7
50
7
0
0
630
5
11.91
2.78
4.28
0.39
34.0
7.9
0.93
.264
2.12
5.57
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Team Batting Leaders

HR

27

Walker

Christian Walker

RBI

88

Walker

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AVG

.304

Peña

Jeremy Peña
Team Pitching Leaders

W

13

Valdez

Framber Valdez

K

206

Brown

Hunter Brown

ERA

2.43

Brown

Hunter Brown
Team Rankings

HR

182

16th

R

686

21st

SO

1,504

2nd

ERA

3.86

11th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
90
72
.556
Astros Astros
87
75
.537
3.0
81
81
.500
9.0
76
86
.469
14.0
72
90
.444
18.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
3/26
@
4:00 AM
Fri
3/27
@
4:00 AM
Sat
3/28
@
4:00 AM
Sun
3/29
@
4:00 AM
Mon
3/30
@
4:00 AM
Last Game
HOU Astros

87 - 75

6

Final

2

LAA Angels

72 - 90

Sun 28 Sep 2025

MLB 2025 Batting Leaders

MLB 2025 Pitching Leaders

MLB Fantasy 2025

MLB 2025 Betting

MLB 2025 Standings

NL EastWLPCTGB
96
66
.593
83
79
.512
13.0
79
83
.488
17.0
76
86
.469
20.0
66
96
.407
30.0
NL CentralWLPCTGB
97
65
.599
Cubs Cubs - w
92
70
.568
5.0
Reds Reds - w
83
79
.512
14.0
78
84
.481
19.0
71
91
.438
26.0
NL WestWLPCTGB
93
69
.574
90
72
.556
3.0
81
81
.500
12.0
80
82
.494
13.0
43
119
.265
50.0
AL EastWLPCTGB
94
68
.580
94
68
.580
89
73
.549
5.0
77
85
.475
17.0
75
87
.463
19.0
AL CentralWLPCTGB
88
74
.543
87
75
.537
1.0
82
80
.506
6.0
70
92
.432
18.0
60
102
.370
28.0
AL WestWLPCTGB
90
72
.556
87
75
.537
3.0
81
81
.500
9.0
76
86
.469
14.0
72
90
.444
18.0

MLB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
9/16
@
6-2
Tue
9/16
@
9-4
Tue
9/16
@
4-5
Tue
9/16
@
1-2
Tue
9/16
@
5-7

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
3/25
@
8:05 PM
Thu
3/26
@
4:00 AM
Thu
3/26
@
4:00 AM
Thu
3/26
@
2:10 PM
Thu
3/26
@
3:05 PM