most games with 7 or more strikeouts 7.0 or less innings by a pitcher 2018 to 2022

Between the 2018 and 2022 seasons, Gerrit Cole had the most games pitched when striking out 7+ batters and pitching 7 innings or fewer, with 98 games.

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most regular-season games with 7 or more strikeouts 7.0 or less innings by a pitcher 2018 to 2022

	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	98	927	603.2	51	20	.718	98	3.01	2	1	0	445	202	216	83	151	12	0	0	2,381	17	13.82	2.25	6.14	1.24	38.9	6.3	0.99	.300	3.22	6.63
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	78	713	485.1	40	17	.702	78	2.73	1	0	0	363	147	153	59	113	22	0	6	1,936	10	13.22	2.10	6.31	1.09	36.8	5.8	0.98	.295	2.84	6.73
3	Robbie Ray R. Ray	71	634	416.0	31	12	.721	71	3.22	0	0	0	315	149	155	68	165	9	0	6	1,709	15	13.72	3.57	3.84	1.47	37.1	9.7	1.15	.297	3.35	6.81
4	Aaron Nola A. Nola	70	600	437.1	30	17	.638	70	3.23	1	1	0	330	157	163	50	104	23	0	5	1,740	7	12.35	2.14	5.77	1.03	34.5	6.0	0.99	.291	3.35	6.79
5	Charlie Morton C. Morton	70	611	431.0	34	8	.810	70	2.84	0	0	0	312	136	141	41	108	32	0	0	1,715	10	12.76	2.26	5.66	0.86	35.6	6.3	0.97	.294	2.94	6.52
6	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	66	633	418.1	25	16	.610	66	1.81	0	0	0	263	84	95	33	77	7	0	2	1,581	3	13.62	1.66	8.22	0.71	40.0	4.9	0.81	.277	2.04	5.66
7	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	61	518	377.1	31	16	.660	61	2.74	0	0	0	273	115	129	42	130	9	0	2	1,514	6	12.36	3.10	3.98	1.00	34.2	8.6	1.07	.283	3.08	6.51
8	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	59	513	362.1	24	15	.615	59	2.66	0	0	0	244	107	111	49	88	18	0	1	1,422	12	12.74	2.19	5.83	1.22	36.1	6.2	0.92	.259	2.76	6.06
9	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	57	466	360.0	28	10	.737	57	2.58	0	0	0	290	103	111	24	79	9	0	3	1,442	3	11.65	1.98	5.90	0.60	32.3	5.5	1.02	.308	2.78	7.25
10	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	56	493	353.1	25	14	.641	56	2.60	0	0	0	298	102	113	39	94	6	0	0	1,437	11	12.56	2.39	5.24	0.99	34.3	6.5	1.11	.322	2.88	7.59
11	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	56	521	351.1	34	11	.756	56	2.28	0	0	0	235	89	95	43	62	9	0	0	1,349	8	13.35	1.59	8.40	1.10	38.6	4.6	0.85	.269	2.43	6.02
12	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	55	460	323.0	17	17	.500	55	4.21	0	0	0	273	151	155	59	113	6	0	2	1,336	13	12.82	3.15	4.07	1.64	34.4	8.5	1.20	.307	4.32	7.61
13	Blake Snell B. Snell	55	504	323.0	29	11	.725	55	2.01	0	0	0	199	72	76	25	103	2	0	1	1,254	22	14.04	2.87	4.89	0.70	40.2	8.2	0.93	.281	2.12	5.54
14	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
15	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	53	438	327.0	20	16	.556	53	3.28	0	0	0	286	119	124	44	80	6	0	4	1,336	8	12.06	2.20	5.48	1.21	32.8	6.0	1.12	.315	3.41	7.87
16	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	51	431	309.2	20	15	.571	51	3.05	0	0	0	254	105	113	34	86	14	0	2	1,268	16	12.53	2.50	5.01	0.99	34.0	6.8	1.10	.313	3.28	7.38
17	José Berríos J. Berríos	49	413	300.2	28	10	.737	49	3.50	2	0	0	230	117	123	34	75	18	0	0	1,210	10	12.36	2.25	5.51	1.02	34.1	6.2	1.01	.293	3.68	6.88
18	Sonny Gray S. Gray	47	380	272.0	22	9	.710	47	2.38	0	0	0	190	72	78	24	86	12	0	1	1,087	12	12.57	2.85	4.42	0.79	35.0	7.9	1.01	.284	2.58	6.29
19	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	46	384	277.0	22	10	.688	46	3.05	0	0	0	237	94	100	29	56	2	0	1	1,120	7	12.48	1.82	6.86	0.94	34.3	5.0	1.06	.320	3.25	7.70
20	Germán Márquez G. Márquez	45	363	280.2	22	9	.710	45	3.46	0	0	0	252	108	117	37	84	5	0	2	1,156	19	11.64	2.69	4.32	1.19	31.4	7.3	1.20	.322	3.75	8.08
21	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	44	370	275.1	27	9	.750	44	2.42	0	0	0	195	74	78	30	53	7	0	0	1,080	13	12.09	1.73	6.98	0.98	34.3	4.9	0.90	.266	2.55	6.37
22	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	42	373	251.1	24	7	.774	42	2.15	0	0	0	156	60	61	19	62	7	0	0	962	2	13.36	2.22	6.02	0.68	38.8	6.4	0.87	.273	2.18	5.59
23	Joe Musgrove J. Musgrove	42	350	256.2	19	14	.576	42	2.45	0	0	0	187	70	73	30	54	17	0	1	1,012	5	12.27	1.89	6.48	1.05	34.6	5.3	0.94	.280	2.56	6.56
24	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	40	338	254.2	20	4	.833	40	1.87	0	0	0	172	53	66	24	56	8	0	1	996	5	11.95	1.98	6.04	0.85	33.9	5.6	0.90	.260	2.33	6.08
25	Jon Gray J. Gray	40	336	238.0	19	9	.679	40	4.08	0	0	0	219	108	113	31	66	8	0	0	985	7	12.71	2.50	5.09	1.17	34.1	6.7	1.20	.346	4.27	8.28

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