most games with 7 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2012 to 2019

Between the 2012 and 2019 seasons, Max Scherzer had the most games pitched when striking out 7+ batters, with 186 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 7 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2012 to 2019

	NAME	G	SO	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	186	1,761	105	36	.745	186	2.45	10	5	0	1276.0	893	348	368	132	281	40	0	13	4,970	22	12.42	1.98	6.27	0.93	35.4	5.7	0.92	.276	2.60	6.30
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	158	1,533	82	38	.683	158	2.46	13	3	0	1093.2	794	299	329	102	222	60	0	5	4,296	23	12.62	1.83	6.91	0.84	35.7	5.2	0.93	.291	2.71	6.53
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	147	1,328	93	25	.788	147	1.78	17	11	0	1055.2	690	209	231	69	181	16	0	4	3,991	41	11.32	1.54	7.34	0.59	33.3	4.5	0.83	.259	1.97	5.88
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	142	1,282	79	28	.738	142	2.25	11	4	0	981.0	670	245	264	100	194	26	0	4	3,773	18	11.76	1.78	6.61	0.92	34.0	5.1	0.88	.263	2.42	6.15
5	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	131	1,175	77	26	.748	131	2.51	2	2	0	863.2	631	241	265	81	186	33	0	7	3,383	19	12.24	1.94	6.32	0.84	34.7	5.5	0.95	.288	2.76	6.58
6	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	114	1,052	73	18	.802	114	2.07	16	7	0	837.2	586	193	211	61	146	23	0	5	3,203	12	11.30	1.57	7.21	0.66	32.8	4.6	0.87	.273	2.27	6.30
7	David Price D. Price	110	955	68	19	.782	110	2.32	8	1	0	782.0	593	202	222	68	141	14	0	3	3,042	23	10.99	1.62	6.77	0.78	31.4	4.6	0.94	.282	2.55	6.82
8	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	108	974	50	23	.685	108	1.86	2	1	0	736.2	496	152	166	49	149	14	0	6	2,814	15	11.90	1.82	6.54	0.60	34.6	5.3	0.88	.275	2.03	6.06
9	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	107	989	48	28	.632	107	2.74	1	1	0	697.0	493	212	227	78	218	22	0	2	2,787	30	12.77	2.81	4.54	1.01	35.5	7.8	1.02	.280	2.93	6.37
10	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	103	939	58	17	.773	103	2.54	1	1	0	665.1	487	188	208	65	161	24	0	1	2,611	25	12.70	2.18	5.83	0.88	36.0	6.2	0.97	.297	2.81	6.59
11	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	102	843	54	19	.740	102	2.25	4	1	0	703.2	527	176	197	66	182	31	0	7	2,791	16	10.78	2.33	4.63	0.84	30.2	6.5	1.01	.276	2.52	6.74
12	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	101	889	52	26	.667	101	2.25	11	6	0	705.0	498	176	191	61	128	20	0	10	2,717	13	11.35	1.63	6.95	0.78	32.7	4.7	0.89	.270	2.44	6.36
13	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	101	839	65	12	.844	101	2.06	2	1	0	693.2	499	159	164	54	118	8	0	4	2,646	18	10.89	1.53	7.11	0.70	31.7	4.5	0.89	.274	2.13	6.47
14	Jon Lester J. Lester	98	793	51	21	.708	98	2.25	4	1	0	646.2	509	162	184	44	146	14	0	2	2,549	18	11.04	2.03	5.43	0.61	31.1	5.7	1.01	.300	2.56	7.08
15	Chris Archer C. Archer	95	839	32	26	.552	95	3.03	2	2	0	594.2	481	200	224	60	173	17	0	3	2,420	32	12.70	2.62	4.85	0.91	34.7	7.1	1.10	.316	3.39	7.28
16	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	87	752	44	14	.759	87	2.12	5	5	0	611.0	437	144	151	39	129	24	0	1	2,366	38	11.08	1.90	5.83	0.57	31.8	5.5	0.93	.280	2.22	6.44
17	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	86	759	42	23	.646	86	2.65	2	1	0	576.1	415	170	190	55	178	29	0	1	2,309	19	11.85	2.78	4.26	0.86	32.9	7.7	1.03	.280	2.97	6.48
18	Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	82	674	27	30	.474	82	2.76	3	1	0	567.0	452	174	195	58	125	21	0	6	2,248	23	10.70	1.98	5.39	0.92	30.0	5.6	1.02	.288	3.10	7.17
19	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	81	656	32	23	.582	81	2.68	3	2	0	513.2	386	153	164	32	170	11	0	5	2,069	14	11.49	2.98	3.86	0.56	31.7	8.2	1.08	.295	2.87	6.76
20	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	80	713	48	17	.738	79	2.24	7	3	0	549.2	420	137	149	47	95	15	1	3	2,129	18	11.67	1.56	7.51	0.77	33.5	4.5	0.94	.296	2.44	6.88
21	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	78	664	45	16	.738	78	2.20	0	0	0	500.0	362	122	130	33	151	19	0	3	1,992	21	11.95	2.72	4.40	0.59	33.3	7.6	1.03	.292	2.34	6.52
22	Robbie Ray R. Ray	76	671	29	21	.580	76	3.53	1	1	0	439.0	365	172	187	65	187	15	0	11	1,858	21	13.76	3.83	3.59	1.33	36.1	10.1	1.26	.326	3.83	7.48
23	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	75	624	35	18	.660	75	2.60	3	1	0	489.0	372	141	151	47	120	9	0	7	1,944	18	11.48	2.21	5.20	0.87	32.1	6.2	1.01	.284	2.78	6.85
24	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	74	598	33	17	.660	73	2.63	2	2	0	483.1	378	141	149	40	105	16	0	4	1,910	20	11.14	1.96	5.70	0.74	31.3	5.5	1.00	.294	2.77	7.04
25	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	70	593	43	12	.782	70	2.36	9	5	0	496.0	365	130	136	41	102	23	0	5	1,948	6	10.76	1.85	5.81	0.74	30.4	5.2	0.94	.272	2.47	6.62