most games with 7 or more strikeouts 7.0 or less innings by a pitcher 2018 to 2021

Between the 2018 and 2021 seasons, Gerrit Cole had the most games pitched when striking out 7+ batters and pitching 7 innings or fewer, with 80 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 7 or more strikeouts 7.0 or less innings by a pitcher 2018 to 2021

	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	80	761	489.2	43	17	.717	80	3.00	2	1	0	362	163	176	64	128	12	0	0	1,943	16	13.99	2.35	5.95	1.18	39.2	6.6	1.00	.305	3.23	6.65
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	64	585	396.2	32	14	.696	64	2.88	1	0	0	307	127	133	52	98	18	0	6	1,601	10	13.27	2.22	5.97	1.18	36.5	6.1	1.02	.301	3.02	6.97
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	57	542	363.0	20	13	.606	57	1.69	0	0	0	232	68	79	25	73	7	0	2	1,381	3	13.44	1.81	7.42	0.62	39.2	5.3	0.84	.282	1.96	5.75
4	Charlie Morton C. Morton	55	477	338.1	29	7	.806	55	2.93	0	0	0	258	110	115	31	84	22	0	0	1,356	7	12.69	2.23	5.68	0.82	35.2	6.2	1.01	.306	3.06	6.86
5	Robbie Ray R. Ray	55	491	315.1	23	8	.742	55	3.40	0	0	0	250	119	125	56	131	7	0	6	1,315	12	14.01	3.74	3.75	1.60	37.3	10.0	1.21	.308	3.57	7.14
6	Aaron Nola A. Nola	53	459	328.2	25	10	.714	53	3.09	1	1	0	242	113	119	35	86	20	0	5	1,312	6	12.57	2.35	5.34	0.96	35.0	6.6	1.00	.291	3.26	6.63
7	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	53	478	337.2	24	15	.615	53	2.53	2	2	0	231	95	118	39	114	24	0	3	1,380	17	12.74	3.04	4.19	1.04	34.6	8.3	1.02	.265	3.15	6.16
8	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	50	421	308.0	25	16	.610	50	2.92	0	0	0	229	100	111	36	110	6	0	2	1,241	6	12.30	3.21	3.83	1.05	33.9	8.9	1.10	.289	3.24	6.69
9	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	50	415	311.0	20	13	.606	50	3.10	0	0	0	265	107	110	41	75	5	0	4	1,260	8	12.01	2.17	5.53	1.19	32.9	6.0	1.09	.309	3.18	7.67
10	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	46	402	279.0	17	12	.586	46	2.61	0	0	0	185	81	85	38	71	15	0	1	1,095	11	12.97	2.29	5.66	1.23	36.7	6.5	0.92	.258	2.74	5.97
11	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	44	363	281.1	19	9	.679	44	2.75	0	0	0	232	86	90	18	59	6	0	2	1,131	2	11.61	1.89	6.15	0.58	32.1	5.2	1.03	.312	2.88	7.42
12	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	44	373	265.1	16	13	.552	44	3.09	0	0	0	223	91	95	27	83	10	0	2	1,098	14	12.65	2.82	4.49	0.92	34.0	7.6	1.15	.324	3.22	7.56
13	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	44	415	278.1	25	10	.714	44	2.59	0	0	0	188	80	84	41	49	7	0	0	1,069	5	13.42	1.58	8.47	1.33	38.8	4.6	0.85	.264	2.72	6.08
14	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	43	384	267.0	19	12	.613	43	2.76	0	0	0	226	82	90	31	79	5	0	0	1,097	10	12.94	2.66	4.86	1.04	35.0	7.2	1.14	.326	3.03	7.62
15	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	42	359	250.2	12	13	.480	42	3.99	0	0	0	200	111	115	46	85	5	0	1	1,028	12	12.89	3.05	4.22	1.65	34.9	8.3	1.14	.289	4.13	7.18
16	Blake Snell B. Snell	42	388	246.0	22	8	.733	42	2.12	0	0	0	146	58	61	20	82	1	0	1	949	18	14.20	3.00	4.73	0.73	40.9	8.6	0.93	.275	2.23	5.34
17	José Berríos J. Berríos	41	342	250.1	25	9	.735	41	3.42	2	0	0	182	95	100	27	67	15	0	0	1,004	10	12.30	2.41	5.10	0.97	34.1	6.7	0.99	.280	3.60	6.54
18	Sonny Gray S. Gray	40	323	231.2	18	9	.667	40	2.64	0	0	0	166	68	73	22	75	11	0	1	931	12	12.55	2.91	4.31	0.85	34.7	8.1	1.04	.288	2.84	6.45
19	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	39	331	248.2	20	4	.833	39	1.77	0	0	0	165	49	62	22	55	8	0	1	971	5	11.98	1.99	6.02	0.80	34.1	5.7	0.88	.258	2.24	5.97
20	Germán Márquez G. Márquez	38	313	239.2	20	6	.769	38	3.12	0	0	0	208	83	90	30	66	4	0	2	975	18	11.75	2.48	4.74	1.13	32.1	6.8	1.14	.317	3.38	7.81
21	Chris Sale C. Sale	37	360	212.0	17	6	.739	37	2.97	0	0	0	153	70	76	22	61	17	0	1	862	3	15.28	2.59	5.90	0.93	41.8	7.1	1.01	.326	3.23	6.50
22	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	36	298	208.0	18	5	.783	36	3.55	0	0	0	181	82	84	22	60	4	0	0	854	1	12.89	2.60	4.97	0.95	34.9	7.0	1.16	.338	3.63	7.83
23	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	35	297	207.1	12	8	.600	35	2.47	0	0	0	124	57	58	28	64	13	0	3	806	3	12.89	2.78	4.64	1.22	36.8	7.9	0.91	.238	2.52	5.38
24	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	35	294	221.1	21	9	.700	35	2.52	0	0	0	155	62	66	25	47	7	0	0	874	13	11.95	1.91	6.26	1.02	33.6	5.4	0.91	.259	2.68	6.30
25	Matthew Boyd M. Boyd	33	287	199.2	6	14	.300	33	4.15	1	0	0	174	92	95	35	41	15	0	1	823	6	12.94	1.85	7.00	1.58	34.9	5.0	1.08	.312	4.28	7.84