most games with 7 or more strikeouts by a pitcher since 2014

Since 2014, Max Scherzer has the most games pitched when striking out 7+ batters, with 210 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 7 or more strikeouts by a pitcher since 2014

	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	210	1,971	116	43	.730	210	2.50	12	5	0	1410.1	987	391	412	159	298	48	0	12	5,499	23	12.58	1.90	6.61	1.01	35.8	5.4	0.91	.274	2.63	6.30
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	189	1,791	95	40	.704	188	2.41	9	2	0	1243.2	897	333	366	103	260	82	0	4	4,905	21	12.96	1.88	6.89	0.75	36.5	5.3	0.93	.297	2.65	6.49
3	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	181	1,643	101	32	.759	181	2.59	5	4	0	1156.2	843	333	364	125	255	29	0	1	4,514	34	12.78	1.98	6.44	0.97	36.4	5.6	0.95	.292	2.83	6.56
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	167	1,527	78	37	.678	167	1.99	3	2	0	1096.2	718	243	265	92	203	15	0	8	4,159	23	12.53	1.67	7.52	0.76	36.7	4.9	0.84	.270	2.17	5.89
5	Aaron Nola A. Nola	148	1,253	73	34	.682	148	2.86	5	4	0	964.1	716	306	320	105	206	28	0	7	3,789	11	11.69	1.92	6.08	0.98	33.1	5.4	0.96	.278	2.99	6.68
6	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	146	1,232	71	27	.724	146	2.19	4	3	0	944.2	663	230	254	72	205	33	0	6	3,698	12	11.74	1.95	6.01	0.69	33.3	5.5	0.92	.274	2.42	6.32
7	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	143	1,302	96	21	.821	143	1.83	14	8	0	988.1	660	201	219	74	150	16	0	0	3,739	35	11.86	1.37	8.68	0.67	34.8	4.0	0.82	.267	1.99	6.01
8	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	139	1,239	81	25	.764	139	2.15	6	3	0	927.0	610	221	241	101	182	29	0	3	3,557	21	12.03	1.77	6.81	0.98	34.8	5.1	0.85	.254	2.34	5.92
9	Robbie Ray R. Ray	136	1,195	60	30	.667	135	3.14	2	1	0	806.2	625	281	298	109	300	24	0	11	3,318	35	13.33	3.35	3.98	1.22	36.0	9.0	1.15	.305	3.32	6.97
10	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	134	1,128	57	34	.626	134	2.47	3	2	0	848.0	642	233	250	72	193	9	0	4	3,348	14	11.97	2.05	5.84	0.76	33.7	5.8	0.98	.293	2.65	6.81
11	Sonny Gray S. Gray	126	1,042	63	27	.700	126	2.32	3	2	0	786.2	546	203	228	69	215	21	0	1	3,093	30	11.92	2.46	4.85	0.79	33.7	7.0	0.97	.273	2.61	6.25
12	Charlie Morton C. Morton	122	1,043	68	17	.800	122	2.88	0	0	0	745.0	565	238	251	68	213	66	0	2	3,027	19	12.60	2.57	4.90	0.82	34.5	7.0	1.04	.304	3.03	6.83
13	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	119	1,043	55	29	.655	119	2.49	1	1	0	755.0	533	209	220	90	185	26	0	2	2,973	31	12.43	2.21	5.64	1.07	35.1	6.2	0.95	.272	2.62	6.35
14	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	115	1,059	75	16	.824	115	2.10	17	8	0	842.2	576	197	212	60	146	25	0	5	3,212	14	11.31	1.56	7.25	0.64	33.0	4.5	0.86	.268	2.26	6.15
15	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	109	972	54	28	.659	109	2.52	4	3	0	724.0	505	203	230	73	222	35	0	3	2,890	24	12.08	2.76	4.38	0.91	33.6	7.7	1.00	.272	2.86	6.28
16	Blake Snell B. Snell	108	979	58	17	.773	108	1.82	1	1	0	642.0	383	130	136	43	219	4	0	2	2,496	45	13.72	3.07	4.47	0.60	39.2	8.8	0.94	.272	1.91	5.37
17	Dylan Cease D. Cease	107	936	52	22	.703	107	2.55	4	4	0	633.0	437	179	199	55	210	14	0	4	2,522	31	13.31	2.99	4.46	0.78	37.1	8.3	1.02	.292	2.83	6.21
18	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	106	889	52	29	.642	106	2.53	0	0	0	661.2	470	186	208	71	193	18	0	4	2,619	8	12.09	2.63	4.61	0.97	33.9	7.4	1.00	.276	2.83	6.39
19	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	104	893	54	20	.730	104	2.74	2	1	0	627.0	447	191	209	66	191	18	0	3	2,526	28	12.82	2.74	4.68	0.95	35.4	7.6	1.02	.281	3.00	6.42
20	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	101	910	61	20	.753	101	2.61	1	1	0	665.0	491	193	207	70	139	20	0	6	2,608	12	12.32	1.88	6.55	0.95	34.9	5.3	0.95	.287	2.80	6.65
21	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	98	859	60	19	.759	97	2.32	7	3	0	659.1	504	170	182	58	127	18	1	4	2,567	22	11.73	1.73	6.76	0.79	33.5	4.9	0.96	.296	2.48	6.88
22	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	91	772	42	22	.656	91	2.69	1	1	0	568.1	439	170	185	59	155	19	0	5	2,296	23	12.23	2.45	4.98	0.93	33.6	6.8	1.05	.294	2.93	6.95
23	José Berríos J. Berríos	90	754	51	21	.708	90	3.19	3	0	0	569.1	420	202	211	63	146	34	0	3	2,269	13	11.92	2.31	5.16	1.00	33.2	6.4	0.99	.281	3.34	6.64
24	Chris Archer C. Archer	89	793	30	23	.566	89	3.05	1	1	0	557.0	454	189	211	55	166	15	0	3	2,275	30	12.81	2.68	4.78	0.89	34.9	7.3	1.11	.320	3.41	7.34
25	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	88	726	44	24	.647	88	2.74	1	1	0	559.0	456	170	182	59	138	10	0	7	2,249	16	11.69	2.22	5.26	0.95	32.3	6.1	1.06	.302	2.93	7.34

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30

Wood

RBI

85

Abrams

AVG

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Team Pitching Leaders

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Griffin

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	68	45	.602
Phillies	61	53	.535	7.5
Marlins	58	56	.509	10.5
Nationals	55	60	.478	14.0
Mets	48	66	.421	20.5

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Wed 8/5	WSH	@	PHI	6:40 PM
Thu 8/6	WSH	@	PHI	6:05 PM
Fri 8/7	CIN	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Sat 8/8	CIN	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Sun 8/9	CIN	@	WSH	12:15 PM

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Final

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HR Leaders

35

Alvarez

33

Goodman

33

Schwarber

RBI Leaders

86

Stewart

85

Abrams

84

Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

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Alvarez

.325

Arraez

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Lopez

Hit Leaders

142

Lopez

138

Arraez

135

Alvarez

Run Leaders

100

Wood

78

Alvarez

78

Olson

OBP Leaders

.443

Alvarez

.408

Soto

.397

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.644

Alvarez

.564

García

.553

Caminero

SB Leaders

40

Nuñez

30

Chisholm

30

Witt

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Win Leaders

14

Sánchez

13

Burns

13

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Strikeout Leaders

195

Misiorowski

178

Williams

174

Cease

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1.63

Misiorowski

2.08

Sale

2.26

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.73

Misiorowski

0.88

Yamamoto

0.93

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.82

Misiorowski

13.12

Cease

11.53

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.72

Misiorowski

6.10

Rasmussen

5.52

Schlittler

Walk Leaders

20

Rasmussen

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FanDuel Points Leaders

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Ohtani

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Wood

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51-62

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	68	45	.602
Phillies	61	53	.535	7.5
Marlins	58	56	.509	10.5
Nationals	55	60	.478	14.0
Mets	48	66	.421	20.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	70	43	.619
Cubs	65	49	.570	5.5
Pirates	57	58	.496	14.0
Cardinals	56	58	.491	14.5
Reds	54	58	.482	15.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	69	45	.605
Diamondbacks	60	54	.526	9.0
Padres	59	55	.518	10.0
Giants	48	66	.421	21.0
Rockies	45	69	.395	24.0

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Rays	67	46	.593
Yankees	64	50	.561	3.5
Red Sox	61	51	.545	5.5
Orioles	55	58	.487	12.0
Blue Jays	53	61	.465	14.5
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White Sox	59	53	.527
Guardians	57	57	.500	3.0
Twins	56	58	.491	4.0
Tigers	55	58	.487	4.5
Royals	47	67	.412	13.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	59	56	.513
Rangers	56	58	.491	2.5
Mariners	55	59	.482	3.5
Athletics	45	68	.398	13.0
Angels	43	70	.381	15.0