most games with 7 or more strikeouts by a pitcher since 1997

Since 1997, Max Scherzer has the most games pitched when striking out 7+ batters, with 287 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 7 or more strikeouts by a pitcher since 1997

	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	287	2,631	159	54	.746	286	2.55	12	5	0	1923.1	1,374	544	578	211	439	65	0	16	7,528	41	12.31	2.05	5.99	0.99	34.9	5.8	0.94	.278	2.70	6.43
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	261	2,666	150	54	.735	260	2.47	57	22	0	1918.0	1,397	526	587	194	511	79	1	19	7,576	27	12.51	2.40	5.22	0.91	35.2	6.7	0.99	.292	2.75	6.56
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	255	2,242	156	45	.776	255	2.28	18	8	0	1764.0	1,224	446	485	160	382	51	0	9	6,853	49	11.44	1.95	5.87	0.82	32.7	5.6	0.91	.265	2.47	6.24
4	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	232	2,069	145	40	.784	232	1.89	20	13	0	1615.2	1,073	339	371	111	319	25	0	8	6,162	54	11.53	1.78	6.49	0.62	33.6	5.2	0.86	.264	2.07	5.98
5	Chris Sale C. Sale	202	1,913	104	44	.703	202	2.43	13	3	0	1358.1	991	366	399	121	290	79	0	6	5,352	28	12.68	1.92	6.60	0.80	35.7	5.4	0.94	.295	2.64	6.57
6	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	196	1,939	115	37	.757	196	2.04	35	13	0	1439.2	974	326	362	92	327	62	0	10	5,599	30	12.12	2.04	5.93	0.58	34.6	5.8	0.90	.277	2.26	6.09
7	CC Sabathia	183	1,552	113	31	.785	183	2.37	26	11	0	1297.2	1,017	341	382	99	319	40	0	12	5,158	22	10.76	2.21	4.87	0.69	30.1	6.2	1.03	.292	2.65	7.05
8	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	183	1,719	104	46	.693	183	2.80	40	9	0	1367.2	1,157	426	441	130	230	22	0	9	5,410	28	11.31	1.51	7.47	0.86	31.8	4.3	1.01	.310	2.90	7.61
9	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	180	1,636	101	32	.759	180	2.58	5	4	0	1153.0	838	331	362	122	262	29	0	1	4,504	35	12.77	2.05	6.24	0.95	36.3	5.8	0.95	.292	2.83	6.54
10	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	178	1,492	90	34	.726	178	2.40	7	2	0	1239.1	934	331	360	122	300	40	0	21	4,896	19	10.83	2.18	4.97	0.89	30.5	6.1	1.00	.276	2.61	6.78
11	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	173	1,449	100	27	.787	173	2.28	7	3	0	1183.0	903	300	321	90	211	19	0	4	4,588	31	11.02	1.61	6.87	0.68	31.6	4.6	0.94	.288	2.44	6.87
12	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	170	1,463	87	33	.725	170	2.18	14	6	0	1220.0	878	295	325	83	281	43	0	6	4,764	70	10.79	2.07	5.21	0.61	30.7	5.9	0.95	.275	2.40	6.48
13	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	168	1,426	82	46	.641	168	2.77	25	8	0	1208.2	950	372	393	131	237	26	0	13	4,762	22	10.62	1.76	6.02	0.98	29.9	5.0	0.98	.278	2.93	7.07
14	A.J. Burnett	165	1,402	74	50	.597	165	2.98	13	8	0	1126.1	892	373	400	80	413	58	0	8	4,643	62	11.20	3.30	3.39	0.64	30.2	8.9	1.16	.302	3.20	7.13
15	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	158	1,426	74	39	.655	158	2.58	1	1	0	1024.0	713	293	309	113	284	34	0	3	4,046	36	12.53	2.50	5.02	0.99	35.2	7.0	0.97	.274	2.72	6.27
16	Jon Lester J. Lester	155	1,290	89	26	.774	155	2.13	9	3	0	1040.0	773	246	277	70	264	25	0	2	4,082	29	11.16	2.28	4.89	0.61	31.6	6.5	1.00	.289	2.40	6.69
17	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	149	1,380	70	31	.693	149	1.84	3	2	0	991.2	639	203	225	75	179	15	0	6	3,744	18	12.52	1.62	7.71	0.68	36.9	4.8	0.82	.269	2.04	5.80
18	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	149	1,334	79	29	.731	149	2.35	16	6	0	1063.2	793	278	303	62	318	32	0	15	4,259	31	11.29	2.69	4.19	0.52	31.3	7.5	1.04	.291	2.56	6.71
19	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	142	1,270	83	28	.748	142	2.46	2	2	0	930.0	677	254	281	85	202	33	0	7	3,640	21	12.29	1.95	6.29	0.82	34.9	5.5	0.95	.289	2.72	6.55
20	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	142	1,224	73	38	.658	141	2.51	9	3	0	968.0	696	270	281	93	250	31	0	5	3,798	13	11.38	2.32	4.90	0.86	32.2	6.6	0.98	.274	2.61	6.47
21	Aaron Nola A. Nola	141	1,198	70	33	.680	141	2.87	5	4	0	922.0	687	294	308	100	199	28	0	7	3,627	11	11.69	1.94	6.02	0.98	33.0	5.5	0.96	.279	3.01	6.71
22	David Price D. Price	141	1,224	89	25	.781	141	2.32	9	2	0	997.1	765	257	283	81	195	17	0	4	3,909	26	11.05	1.76	6.28	0.73	31.3	5.0	0.96	.286	2.55	6.90
23	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	133	1,110	62	24	.721	133	2.18	3	3	0	861.1	610	209	231	61	189	28	0	6	3,380	11	11.60	1.97	5.87	0.64	32.8	5.6	0.93	.276	2.41	6.37
24	Johan Santana J. Santana	132	1,189	75	26	.743	129	2.21	12	8	0	933.2	617	229	244	88	206	18	1	7	3,590	33	11.46	1.99	5.77	0.85	33.1	5.7	0.88	.253	2.35	5.95
25	James Shields J. Shields	128	1,072	68	34	.667	128	3.12	14	7	0	890.2	767	309	332	108	185	31	0	8	3,569	30	10.83	1.87	5.79	1.09	30.0	5.2	1.07	.303	3.35	7.75