most games with 7 strikeouts by a pitcher in a season

Randy Johnson has the most games pitched with 7+ strikeouts in a season, with 34 games in 1999.

Interpreted as:
most games with 7 or more strikeouts by a pitcher in a season
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 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
34
358
1999
ARI ARI
17
8
.680
34
2.30
12
2
0
266.2
198
68
79
26
68
9
0
3
1,053
4
12.08
2.30
5.26
0.88
34.0
6.5
1.00
.291
2.67
6.68
2 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
32
350
1973
CAL CAL
20
11
.645
32
2.56
25
4
0
281.2
186
80
85
17
141
7
0
2
1,160
12
11.18
4.51
2.48
0.54
30.2
12.2
1.16
.262
2.72
5.94
3 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
32
339
1965
LAD LAD
25
4
.862
32
1.72
26
7
0
282.0
163
54
61
20
59
2
0
3
1,069
10
10.82
1.88
5.75
0.64
31.7
5.5
0.79
.220
1.95
5.20
4 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
31
352
2001
ARI ARI
19
4
.826
30
2.13
3
2
0
224.0
152
53
57
16
66
14
1
2
885
7
14.14
2.65
5.33
0.64
39.8
7.5
0.97
.311
2.29
6.11
5 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
31
331
2000
ARI ARI
19
3
.864
31
2.21
8
3
0
232.1
176
57
65
22
65
4
0
1
910
2
12.82
2.52
5.09
0.85
36.4
7.1
1.04
.316
2.52
6.82
6 Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
30
291
2002
ARI ARI
19
6
.760
30
2.97
4
1
0
221.0
172
73
73
24
29
3
0
1
854
6
11.85
1.18
10.03
0.98
34.1
3.4
0.91
.292
2.97
7.00
7 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
30
293
1993
SEA SEA
19
5
.792
30
2.78
10
3
0
236.2
163
73
77
20
83
14
0
1
951
6
11.14
3.16
3.53
0.76
30.8
8.7
1.04
.264
2.93
6.20
8 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
9 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
29
281
2015
LAD LAD
15
6
.714
29
1.73
4
3
0
207.2
133
40
46
13
31
4
0
0
778
8
12.18
1.34
9.06
0.56
36.1
4.0
0.79
.267
1.99
5.76
10 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
29
303
2002
ARI ARI
22
3
.880
29
1.83
8
4
0
221.2
151
45
51
19
62
12
0
1
868
2
12.30
2.52
4.89
0.77
34.9
7.1
0.96
.280
2.07
6.13
11 Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
29
290
1997
PHI PHI
16
8
.667
29
2.62
7
2
0
220.0
168
64
68
19
43
3
0
3
851
2
11.86
1.76
6.74
0.78
34.1
5.1
0.96
.300
2.78
6.87
12 Mike Scott
M. Scott
29
271
1986
HOU HOU
15
6
.714
29
1.95
5
4
0
221.2
137
48
51
16
56
1
0
4
844
2
11.00
2.27
4.84
0.65
32.1
6.6
0.87
.242
2.07
5.56
13 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
29
294
1976
CAL CAL
14
13
.519
29
2.97
19
6
0
236.2
148
78
85
13
143
3
0
1
975
5
11.18
5.44
2.06
0.49
30.2
14.7
1.23
.259
3.23
5.63
14 Bob Feller
B. Feller
29
268
1946
CLE CLE
19
9
.679
29
1.65
26
7
0
255.2
169
47
51
7
100
1
0
1,014
1
9.43
3.52
2.68
0.25
26.4
9.9
1.05
.254
1.80
5.95
15 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
16 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
28
307
1998
TOT
19
7
.731
28
2.74
10
6
0
217.0
164
66
73
18
74
10
0
1
882
6
12.73
3.07
4.15
0.75
34.8
8.4
1.10
.309
3.03
6.80
17 Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
28
291
1997
MON MON
16
7
.696
28
1.73
13
4
0
224.1
143
43
52
12
61
8
0
5
875
3
11.67
2.45
4.77
0.48
33.3
7.0
0.91
.260
2.09
5.74
18 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
28
301
1974
CAL CAL
17
10
.630
28
2.16
22
2
0
249.2
149
60
70
11
139
8
0
2
1,012
7
10.85
5.01
2.17
0.40
29.7
13.7
1.15
.250
2.52
5.37
19 Sam McDowell
S. McDowell
28
282
1965
CLE CLE
15
7
.682
28
1.86
13
2
0
227.2
144
47
58
8
108
6
0
4
926
13
11.15
4.27
2.61
0.32
30.5
11.7
1.11
.261
2.29
5.69
20 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
21 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
22 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
23 Tim Lincecum
T. Lincecum
27
242
2009
SFG SFG
14
5
.737
27
1.94
4
2
0
199.2
141
43
50
6
51
5
0
0
785
8
10.91
2.30
4.75
0.27
30.8
6.5
0.96
.281
2.25
6.36
24 Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
27
261
2001
ARI ARI
20
3
.870
27
2.71
6
1
0
209.0
182
63
64
29
28
1
0
0
823
4
11.24
1.21
9.32
1.25
31.7
3.4
1.00
.304
2.76
7.84
25 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
27
264
1997
TOR TOR
17
5
.773
27
1.64
9
3
0
213.2
156
39
42
6
50
8
0
1
832
3
11.12
2.11
5.28
0.25
31.7
6.0
0.96
.298
1.77
6.57
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