most games with 7 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2017 to 2022

Between the 2017 and 2022 seasons, Gerrit Cole and Max Scherzer were tied for the most games pitched when striking out 7+ batters, with 121 games.

Interpreted as:
most regular-season games with 7 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2017 to 2022
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 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
121
1,149
61
26
.701
121
2.91
4
3
0
767.1
555
248
265
100
184
14
0
1
3,006
23
13.48
2.16
6.24
1.17
38.2
6.1
0.96
.292
3.11
6.51
2 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
121
1,151
68
23
.747
121
2.40
6
1
0
802.1
546
214
228
83
175
39
0
8
3,126
15
12.91
1.96
6.58
0.93
36.8
5.6
0.90
.276
2.56
6.12
3 Aaron Nola
A. Nola
102
879
51
23
.689
102
2.66
4
3
0
673.0
479
199
208
66
153
26
0
7
2,634
8
11.75
2.05
5.75
0.88
33.4
5.8
0.94
.274
2.78
6.41
4 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
99
953
41
25
.621
99
1.85
2
1
0
660.0
430
136
154
55
121
11
0
6
2,499
10
13.00
1.65
7.88
0.75
38.1
4.8
0.83
.276
2.10
5.86
5 Robbie Ray
R. Ray
89
816
41
16
.719
89
2.97
1
1
0
533.1
390
176
184
79
208
12
0
7
2,175
22
13.77
3.51
3.92
1.33
37.5
9.6
1.12
.293
3.10
6.58
6 Charlie Morton
C. Morton
82
717
44
9
.830
82
2.83
0
0
0
506.1
364
159
166
46
133
40
0
0
2,022
13
12.74
2.36
5.39
0.82
35.5
6.6
0.98
.293
2.95
6.47
7 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
82
769
50
14
.781
82
2.13
3
2
0
540.0
341
128
135
66
92
14
0
1
2,046
11
12.82
1.53
8.36
1.10
37.6
4.5
0.80
.249
2.25
5.68
8 Trevor Bauer
T. Bauer
81
732
43
20
.683
81
2.53
3
3
0
534.0
376
150
175
59
153
31
0
3
2,141
20
12.34
2.58
4.78
0.99
34.2
7.1
0.99
.272
2.95
6.34
9 Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
77
672
35
18
.660
77
2.49
0
0
0
484.1
322
134
139
63
112
22
0
1
1,888
17
12.49
2.08
6.00
1.17
35.6
5.9
0.90
.254
2.58
5.98
10 Luis Castillo
L. Castillo
72
610
34
21
.618
72
2.62
0
0
0
449.2
314
131
145
48
147
12
0
2
1,790
7
12.21
2.94
4.15
0.96
34.1
8.2
1.03
.273
2.90
6.28
11 Shane Bieber
S. Bieber
71
641
39
14
.736
71
2.29
4
2
0
476.1
361
121
132
47
105
9
0
0
1,872
13
12.11
1.98
6.10
0.89
34.2
5.6
0.98
.293
2.49
6.82
12 Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
71
591
35
13
.729
71
2.37
2
2
0
468.0
354
123
133
33
92
10
0
4
1,838
4
11.37
1.77
6.42
0.63
32.2
5.0
0.95
.289
2.56
6.81
13 Chris Sale
C. Sale
71
721
36
13
.735
71
2.49
2
1
0
456.1
314
126
135
42
100
28
0
1
1,795
5
14.22
1.97
7.21
0.83
40.2
5.6
0.91
.301
2.66
6.19
14 Patrick Corbin
P. Corbin
70
588
33
20
.623
70
2.80
1
1
0
447.0
370
139
148
50
103
7
0
7
1,801
11
11.84
2.07
5.71
1.01
32.6
5.7
1.06
.304
2.98
7.45
15 Lucas Giolito
L. Giolito
66
569
28
17
.622
66
3.45
4
3
0
412.1
304
158
162
64
125
9
0
2
1,642
14
12.42
2.73
4.55
1.40
34.7
7.6
1.04
.274
3.54
6.64
16 José Berríos
J. Berríos
65
553
39
15
.722
65
3.18
3
0
0
413.1
302
146
154
44
97
24
0
0
1,639
11
12.04
2.11
5.70
0.96
33.7
5.9
0.97
.280
3.35
6.58
17 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
65
569
43
10
.811
65
2.13
1
0
0
426.1
287
101
109
42
75
8
0
0
1,643
18
12.01
1.58
7.59
0.89
34.6
4.6
0.85
.258
2.30
6.06
18 Kevin Gausman
K. Gausman
64
536
30
14
.682
64
2.64
0
0
0
403.0
326
118
125
36
78
4
0
1
1,598
10
11.97
1.74
6.87
0.80
33.5
4.9
1.00
.307
2.79
7.28
19 Blake Snell
B. Snell
64
586
34
11
.756
64
2.02
0
0
0
382.2
238
86
90
30
116
2
0
2
1,481
27
13.78
2.73
5.05
0.71
39.6
7.8
0.93
.278
2.12
5.60
20 Germán Márquez
G. Márquez
62
514
33
11
.750
62
3.11
1
1
0
404.2
327
140
150
51
98
7
0
3
1,614
21
11.43
2.18
5.24
1.13
31.8
6.1
1.05
.292
3.34
7.27
21 Lance Lynn
L. Lynn
60
511
27
15
.643
60
2.72
1
1
0
373.1
284
113
121
39
101
14
0
3
1,500
18
12.32
2.43
5.06
0.94
34.1
6.7
1.03
.293
2.92
6.85
22 Carlos Carrasco
C. Carrasco
59
516
38
9
.809
58
2.53
2
0
0
384.2
311
108
112
40
81
12
1
3
1,517
14
12.07
1.90
6.37
0.94
34.0
5.3
1.02
.312
2.62
7.28
23 Sonny Gray
S. Gray
57
472
27
12
.692
57
2.26
1
0
0
342.0
234
86
100
32
100
14
0
1
1,353
17
12.42
2.63
4.72
0.84
34.9
7.4
0.98
.275
2.63
6.16
24 Stephen Strasburg
S. Strasburg
52
469
31
11
.738
52
2.44
1
1
0
343.1
239
93
101
34
79
15
0
4
1,343
7
12.29
2.07
5.94
0.89
34.9
5.9
0.93
.275
2.65
6.27
25 Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
50
469
36
4
.900
50
1.91
8
5
0
363.1
227
77
82
29
55
12
0
2
1,360
6
11.62
1.36
8.53
0.72
34.5
4.0
0.78
.249
2.03
5.62
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