most games with 7 or more strikeouts 7.0 or less innings by a pitcher 2017 to 2023

Between the 2017 and 2023 seasons, Gerrit Cole had the most games pitched when striking out 7+ batters and pitching 7 innings or fewer, with 123 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 7 or more strikeouts 7.0 or less innings by a pitcher 2017 to 2023

	NAME	G	SO	IP	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	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	123	1,135	758.2	60	25	.706	123	3.05	2	1	0	576	257	274	103	187	15	0	1	3,003	22	13.46	2.22	6.07	1.22	37.8	6.2	1.01	.303	3.25	6.83
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	109	988	682.2	58	22	.725	109	2.83	1	0	0	520	215	225	86	171	27	0	8	2,736	13	13.03	2.25	5.78	1.13	36.1	6.3	1.01	.296	2.97	6.86
3	Aaron Nola A. Nola	95	807	597.0	43	22	.662	95	3.32	1	1	0	465	220	230	74	146	23	0	6	2,383	10	12.17	2.20	5.53	1.12	33.9	6.1	1.02	.293	3.47	7.01
4	Charlie Morton C. Morton	93	813	569.2	50	12	.806	93	2.84	0	0	0	424	180	189	52	162	44	0	2	2,302	15	12.84	2.56	5.02	0.82	35.3	7.0	1.03	.302	2.99	6.70
5	Robbie Ray R. Ray	86	781	508.2	39	16	.709	86	3.10	0	0	0	378	175	183	79	208	12	0	7	2,090	21	13.82	3.68	3.75	1.40	37.4	10.0	1.15	.296	3.24	6.69
6	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	84	711	517.1	41	23	.641	84	2.70	0	0	0	377	155	172	58	167	14	0	2	2,071	7	12.37	2.91	4.26	1.01	34.3	8.1	1.05	.285	2.99	6.56
7	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	84	808	529.2	32	21	.604	84	2.11	0	0	0	355	124	139	47	104	9	0	4	2,028	6	13.73	1.77	7.77	0.80	39.8	5.1	0.87	.291	2.36	6.03
8	Blake Snell B. Snell	81	731	476.1	43	14	.754	81	1.91	0	0	0	292	101	106	34	166	4	0	1	1,864	35	13.81	3.14	4.40	0.64	39.2	8.9	0.96	.278	2.00	5.52
9	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	78	679	477.2	35	19	.648	78	2.51	0	0	0	330	133	138	57	120	22	0	1	1,884	17	12.79	2.26	5.66	1.07	36.0	6.4	0.94	.271	2.60	6.22
10	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	76	689	478.1	45	15	.750	76	2.45	0	0	0	339	130	137	62	91	14	0	1	1,859	12	12.96	1.71	7.57	1.17	37.1	4.9	0.90	.276	2.58	6.38
11	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	73	623	442.1	34	17	.667	73	2.67	0	0	0	371	131	142	42	97	4	0	1	1,781	10	12.68	1.97	6.42	0.85	35.0	5.4	1.06	.324	2.89	7.55
12	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	72	588	451.1	34	13	.723	72	2.67	0	0	0	361	134	143	33	95	12	0	3	1,807	4	11.73	1.89	6.19	0.66	32.5	5.3	1.01	.304	2.85	7.20
13	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	69	580	412.0	23	21	.523	69	3.67	0	0	0	322	168	179	70	136	12	0	2	1,681	14	12.67	2.97	4.26	1.53	34.5	8.1	1.11	.285	3.91	7.03
14	José Berríos J. Berríos	68	565	418.1	37	18	.673	68	3.51	2	0	0	324	163	172	50	109	24	0	2	1,690	13	12.16	2.35	5.18	1.08	33.4	6.4	1.04	.291	3.70	6.97
15	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	68	603	431.0	36	17	.679	68	2.78	2	2	0	320	133	157	54	133	28	0	3	1,759	18	12.59	2.78	4.53	1.13	34.3	7.6	1.05	.283	3.28	6.68
16	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	66	560	402.2	28	18	.609	66	3.17	0	0	0	333	142	153	48	109	15	0	4	1,646	18	12.52	2.44	5.14	1.07	34.0	6.6	1.10	.312	3.42	7.44
17	Sonny Gray S. Gray	65	534	386.0	30	14	.682	65	2.26	0	0	0	270	97	112	32	112	16	0	1	1,536	18	12.45	2.61	4.77	0.75	34.8	7.3	0.99	.283	2.61	6.30
18	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	65	537	402.1	28	20	.583	65	3.13	0	0	0	358	140	149	51	99	6	0	7	1,650	12	12.01	2.21	5.42	1.14	32.5	6.0	1.14	.321	3.33	8.01
19	Chris Sale C. Sale	64	614	379.2	32	9	.780	64	2.99	0	0	0	282	126	133	42	99	29	0	1	1,536	5	14.55	2.35	6.20	1.00	40.0	6.4	1.00	.319	3.15	6.68
20	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	64	547	403.0	43	12	.782	64	2.23	0	0	0	281	100	106	44	78	8	0	0	1,569	15	12.22	1.74	7.01	0.98	34.9	5.0	0.89	.266	2.37	6.28
21	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	62	541	389.1	28	15	.651	62	2.54	0	0	0	323	110	121	40	100	6	0	0	1,576	12	12.51	2.31	5.41	0.92	34.3	6.3	1.09	.318	2.80	7.47
22	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	55	443	319.2	24	10	.706	55	3.43	0	0	0	270	122	128	35	99	9	0	0	1,317	2	12.47	2.79	4.47	0.99	33.6	7.5	1.15	.321	3.60	7.60
23	Jon Gray J. Gray	55	454	329.1	26	11	.703	55	3.72	0	0	0	292	136	141	44	84	11	0	0	1,344	9	12.41	2.30	5.40	1.20	33.8	6.3	1.14	.330	3.85	7.98
24	Dylan Cease D. Cease	54	475	311.2	28	10	.737	54	2.51	1	1	0	232	87	99	29	101	9	0	3	1,263	18	13.72	2.92	4.70	0.84	37.6	8.0	1.07	.313	2.86	6.70
25	Germán Márquez G. Márquez	52	427	324.2	25	11	.694	52	3.55	0	0	0	293	128	137	44	91	6	0	3	1,333	20	11.84	2.52	4.69	1.22	32.0	6.8	1.18	.325	3.80	8.12