most games with 7 or more strikeouts 7.0 or less innings by a pitcher 2018 to 2023

Between the 2018 and 2023 seasons, Gerrit Cole had the most games pitched when striking out 7+ batters and pitching 7 innings or fewer, with 111 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 7 or more strikeouts 7.0 or less innings by a pitcher 2018 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	111	1,038	683.2	58	20	.744	111	2.95	2	1	0	505	224	239	91	170	13	0	0	2,693	19	13.66	2.24	6.11	1.20	38.5	6.3	0.99	.300	3.15	6.65
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	91	824	567.0	47	19	.712	91	2.83	1	0	0	435	178	185	74	132	22	0	6	2,267	10	13.08	2.10	6.24	1.17	36.3	5.8	1.00	.297	2.94	6.90
3	Charlie Morton C. Morton	83	724	509.2	42	11	.792	83	2.79	0	0	0	377	158	165	47	139	38	0	2	2,048	12	12.78	2.45	5.21	0.83	35.4	6.8	1.01	.300	2.91	6.66
4	Aaron Nola A. Nola	81	692	507.1	35	19	.648	81	3.35	1	1	0	385	189	198	63	119	23	0	5	2,015	9	12.28	2.11	5.82	1.12	34.3	5.9	0.99	.288	3.51	6.83
5	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	77	655	476.1	40	19	.678	77	2.68	0	0	0	347	142	159	53	156	13	0	2	1,907	6	12.38	2.95	4.20	1.00	34.3	8.2	1.06	.285	3.00	6.56
6	Blake Snell B. Snell	76	687	446.1	41	14	.745	76	1.83	0	0	0	271	91	96	31	158	4	0	1	1,746	31	13.85	3.19	4.35	0.63	39.3	9.0	0.96	.277	1.94	5.46
7	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	71	581	446.1	34	13	.723	71	2.68	0	0	0	357	133	142	32	93	12	0	3	1,785	4	11.72	1.88	6.25	0.65	32.5	5.2	1.01	.305	2.86	7.20
8	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
9	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	70	671	441.0	27	16	.628	70	1.90	0	0	0	281	93	106	35	79	7	0	2	1,669	4	13.69	1.61	8.49	0.71	40.2	4.7	0.82	.281	2.16	5.73
10	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	68	570	405.0	22	21	.512	68	3.71	0	0	0	319	167	178	69	135	12	0	2	1,656	14	12.67	3.00	4.22	1.53	34.4	8.2	1.12	.287	3.96	7.09
11	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	67	582	411.1	28	17	.622	67	2.60	0	0	0	284	119	123	53	100	20	0	1	1,620	12	12.73	2.19	5.82	1.16	35.9	6.2	0.93	.267	2.69	6.21
12	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	63	542	381.0	30	14	.682	63	2.67	0	0	0	317	113	123	37	82	3	0	1	1,533	7	12.80	1.94	6.61	0.87	35.4	5.3	1.05	.322	2.91	7.49
13	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
14	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	62	530	378.2	25	18	.581	62	3.23	0	0	0	317	136	147	45	99	15	0	3	1,552	18	12.60	2.35	5.35	1.07	34.1	6.4	1.10	.315	3.49	7.53
15	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	62	566	388.1	38	13	.745	62	2.29	0	0	0	263	99	105	47	70	13	0	0	1,499	9	13.12	1.62	8.09	1.09	37.8	4.7	0.86	.269	2.43	6.10
16	José Berríos J. Berríos	61	509	376.0	33	15	.688	61	3.49	2	0	0	289	146	153	43	96	21	0	2	1,513	12	12.18	2.30	5.30	1.03	33.6	6.3	1.02	.291	3.66	6.92
17	Sonny Gray S. Gray	58	471	340.0	26	12	.684	58	2.25	0	0	0	237	85	92	26	102	14	0	1	1,353	13	12.47	2.70	4.62	0.69	34.8	7.5	1.00	.285	2.44	6.27
18	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	56	462	346.2	23	16	.590	56	3.22	0	0	0	303	124	129	46	84	6	0	4	1,413	10	11.99	2.18	5.50	1.19	32.7	5.9	1.12	.315	3.35	7.87
19	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
20	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
21	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	52	437	325.0	33	11	.750	52	2.33	0	0	0	233	84	88	36	62	8	0	0	1,270	13	12.10	1.72	7.05	1.00	34.4	4.9	0.91	.271	2.44	6.45
22	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	50	444	304.1	18	10	.643	49	2.10	0	0	0	200	71	77	20	72	14	1	0	1,187	14	13.13	2.13	6.17	0.59	37.4	6.1	0.89	.283	2.28	5.91
23	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	47	388	291.2	20	10	.667	47	2.13	0	0	0	194	69	70	21	64	11	0	1	1,124	9	11.97	1.97	6.06	0.65	34.5	5.7	0.88	.270	2.16	5.99
24	Joe Musgrove J. Musgrove	47	390	287.2	23	14	.622	47	2.32	0	0	0	208	74	77	31	57	22	0	1	1,129	5	12.20	1.78	6.84	0.97	34.5	5.0	0.92	.281	2.41	6.51
25	Jon Gray J. Gray	47	390	282.1	21	10	.677	47	3.79	0	0	0	249	119	124	39	74	9	0	0	1,153	8	12.43	2.36	5.27	1.24	33.8	6.4	1.14	.328	3.95	7.94