most games with 7 or more strikeouts by a pitcher in a season 2017 to 2023

Between the 2017 and 2023 seasons, Gerrit Cole had the most games pitched with 7+ strikeouts in a season, with 29 games in 2019.

NAME G SO SEASON TM 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
29
309
2019
HOU HOU
18
5
.783
29
2.51
0
0
0
186.1
123
52
59
26
39
3
0
0
716
4
14.92
1.88
7.92
1.26
43.2
5.4
0.87
.286
2.85
5.94
2 Chris Sale
C. Sale
28
288
2017
BOS BOS
16
6
.727
28
2.31
1
0
0
194.2
137
50
52
18
36
8
0
0
757
2
13.32
1.66
8.00
0.83
38.0
4.8
0.89
.292
2.40
6.33
3 Spencer Strider
S. Strider
27
257
2023
ATL ATL
16
3
.842
27
3.24
0
0
0
163.2
118
59
64
17
45
8
0
1
654
3
14.13
2.47
5.71
0.93
39.3
6.9
1.00
.309
3.52
6.49
4 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
27
264
2019
HOU HOU
19
4
.826
27
2.21
2
1
0
183.2
97
45
46
28
30
4
0
0
676
1
12.94
1.47
8.80
1.37
39.1
4.4
0.69
.197
2.25
4.75
5 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
27
251
2018
HOU HOU
13
3
.813
27
2.89
1
1
0
168.0
116
54
55
17
55
6
0
0
666
8
13.45
2.95
4.56
0.91
37.7
8.3
1.02
.294
2.95
6.21
6 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
26
267
2018
WSH WSH
15
5
.750
26
2.03
2
1
0
177.2
112
40
44
14
38
9
0
4
685
4
13.53
1.92
7.03
0.71
39.0
5.5
0.84
.275
2.23
5.67
7 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
26
249
2017
WSH WSH
15
5
.750
26
2.55
2
0
0
180.1
117
51
57
20
49
10
0
2
704
4
12.43
2.45
5.08
1.00
35.4
7.0
0.92
.258
2.84
5.84
8 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
25
224
2019
NYM NYM
9
6
.600
25
1.92
0
0
0
164.0
110
35
38
13
32
5
0
1
630
1
12.29
1.76
7.00
0.71
35.6
5.1
0.87
.272
2.09
6.04
9 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
25
243
2018
HOU HOU
11
7
.611
25
2.20
1
1
0
163.1
112
40
43
18
25
5
0
0
629
4
13.39
1.38
9.72
0.99
38.6
4.0
0.84
.278
2.37
6.17
10 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
25
233
2018
NYM NYM
9
7
.563
25
1.44
1
0
0
181.0
124
29
35
7
35
4
0
3
686
2
11.59
1.74
6.66
0.35
34.0
5.1
0.88
.287
1.74
6.17
11 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
24
228
2019
WSH WSH
11
6
.647
24
2.92
0
0
0
157.1
126
51
54
17
29
7
0
2
627
0
13.04
1.66
7.86
0.97
36.4
4.6
0.99
.315
3.09
7.21
12 Patrick Corbin
P. Corbin
24
201
2018
ARI ARI
11
5
.688
24
2.94
1
1
0
153.0
119
50
50
13
26
3
0
2
598
7
11.82
1.53
7.73
0.76
33.6
4.3
0.95
.299
2.94
7.00
13 Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
24
244
2017
CLE CLE
17
2
.895
24
1.87
5
3
0
178.1
110
37
41
15
30
5
0
2
667
4
12.31
1.51
8.13
0.76
36.6
4.5
0.79
.255
2.07
5.55
14 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
23
205
2021
TOT
14
2
.875
23
1.94
1
0
0
148.1
85
32
33
17
29
9
0
0
563
2
12.44
1.76
7.07
1.03
36.4
5.2
0.77
.224
2.00
5.16
15 Shane Bieber
S. Bieber
23
205
2019
CLE CLE
11
6
.647
23
2.29
3
2
0
161.0
119
41
46
17
25
3
0
0
618
2
11.46
1.40
8.20
0.95
33.2
4.0
0.89
.277
2.57
6.65
16 Carlos Rodón
C. Rodón
22
203
2022
SFG SFG
12
3
.800
22
2.17
1
0
0
132.2
80
32
33
7
36
3
0
0
510
6
13.77
2.44
5.64
0.47
39.8
7.1
0.87
.280
2.24
5.43
17 Aaron Nola
A. Nola
22
188
2022
PHI PHI
8
8
.500
22
2.75
2
1
0
150.1
110
46
46
15
21
5
0
1
577
1
11.25
1.26
8.95
0.90
32.6
3.6
0.87
.273
2.75
6.59
18 Trevor Bauer
T. Bauer
22
198
2019
TOT
9
8
.529
22
2.80
1
1
0
151.0
99
47
57
20
45
14
0
0
610
6
11.80
2.68
4.40
1.19
32.5
7.4
0.95
.237
3.40
5.90
19 Pablo López
P. López
21
178
2023
MIN MIN
7
6
.538
21
3.03
1
1
0
133.2
107
45
46
13
30
7
0
1
535
5
11.99
2.02
5.93
0.88
33.3
5.6
1.02
.306
3.10
7.20
20 Blake Snell
B. Snell
21
183
2023
SDP SDP
12
3
.800
21
1.39
0
0
0
123.1
72
19
20
6
55
2
0
0
492
9
13.35
4.01
3.33
0.44
37.2
11.2
1.03
.268
1.46
5.25
21 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
21
200
2022
NYY NYY
9
4
.692
21
3.03
0
0
0
136.2
95
46
47
21
28
0
0
0
524
2
13.17
1.84
7.14
1.38
38.2
5.3
0.90
.269
3.10
6.26
22 Jack Flaherty
J. Flaherty
21
178
2019
STL STL
7
4
.636
21
2.03
0
0
0
133.0
77
30
31
15
31
6
0
2
505
4
12.05
2.10
5.74
1.02
35.2
6.1
0.81
.225
2.10
5.21
23 Lance Lynn
L. Lynn
21
192
2019
TEX TEX
11
7
.611
21
2.81
0
0
0
137.2
115
43
45
14
35
4
0
0
558
13
12.55
2.29
5.49
0.92
34.4
6.3
1.09
.323
2.94
7.52
24 Matthew Boyd
M. Boyd
21
191
2019
DET DET
4
8
.333
21
4.22
0
0
0
128.0
116
60
62
22
30
5
0
1
533
4
13.43
2.11
6.37
1.55
35.8
5.6
1.14
.330
4.36
8.16
25 Trevor Bauer
T. Bauer
21
196
2018
CLE CLE
10
5
.667
21
2.03
0
0
0
142.0
98
32
39
6
45
7
0
1
571
8
12.42
2.85
4.36
0.38
34.3
7.9
1.01
.290
2.47
6.21
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