most games with 8 or more strikeouts 3 or less earn runs by a pitcher 1997 to 2003

Between the 1997 and 2003 seasons, Randy Johnson had the most games pitched when striking out 8+ batters and allowing at most 3 earned runs, with 141 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 8 or more strikeouts 3 or less earn runs by a pitcher 1997 to 2003

	NAME	G	SO	ER	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	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	141	1,568	169	98	14	.875	140	1.39	41	20	0	1090.2	700	197	74	271	43	1	8	4,188	14	12.94	2.24	5.79	0.61	37.4	6.5	0.89	.280	1.63	5.78
2	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	119	1,281	138	81	21	.794	119	1.37	29	11	0	908.2	556	162	38	194	36	0	7	3,465	19	12.69	1.92	6.60	0.38	37.0	5.6	0.83	.270	1.60	5.51
3	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	96	1,006	140	72	12	.857	96	1.66	31	8	0	759.2	508	150	55	117	6	0	3	2,866	16	11.92	1.39	8.60	0.65	35.1	4.1	0.82	.269	1.78	6.02
4	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	70	695	95	46	9	.836	70	1.60	14	5	0	533.1	360	105	20	139	16	0	3	2,077	14	11.73	2.35	5.00	0.34	33.5	6.7	0.94	.282	1.77	6.08
5	Kerry Wood K. Wood	59	604	79	30	13	.698	59	1.69	9	5	0	420.1	247	86	31	169	27	0	6	1,675	18	12.93	3.62	3.57	0.66	36.1	10.1	0.99	.256	1.84	5.29
6	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	56	544	64	35	8	.814	56	1.33	16	10	0	434.1	260	73	19	62	3	0	1	1,606	10	11.27	1.28	8.77	0.39	33.9	3.9	0.74	.246	1.51	5.39
7	Kevin Brown K. Brown	53	491	61	30	7	.811	52	1.36	16	5	0	404.2	271	74	12	70	12	0	5	1,539	9	10.92	1.56	7.01	0.27	31.9	4.5	0.84	.271	1.65	6.03
8	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	49	444	92	26	11	.703	49	2.40	6	3	0	345.0	233	100	32	149	7	0	3	1,400	16	11.58	3.89	2.98	0.83	31.7	10.6	1.11	.262	2.61	6.08
9	Al Leiter A. Leiter	40	356	48	25	6	.806	40	1.49	5	3	0	290.2	189	51	11	92	11	0	4	1,138	3	11.02	2.85	3.87	0.34	31.3	8.1	0.97	.266	1.58	5.85
10	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	39	361	59	28	4	.875	39	1.87	6	2	0	284.2	201	65	12	92	2	0	2	1,122	10	11.41	2.91	3.92	0.38	32.2	8.2	1.03	.289	2.06	6.35
11	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	36	351	50	24	4	.857	36	1.60	8	4	0	280.2	185	54	24	39	4	0	4	1,053	3	11.26	1.25	9.00	0.77	33.3	3.7	0.80	.254	1.73	5.93
12	Jason Schmidt J. Schmidt	34	315	58	24	7	.774	34	2.06	8	5	0	253.0	175	62	18	61	5	0	1	979	9	11.21	2.17	5.16	0.64	32.2	6.2	0.93	.271	2.21	6.23
13	Pedro Astacio P. Astacio	31	284	50	21	4	.840	31	1.85	8	1	0	243.0	174	55	17	59	20	0	3	960	3	10.52	2.19	4.81	0.63	29.6	6.1	0.96	.271	2.04	6.44
14	Chan Ho Park C. Ho Park	31	291	51	21	7	.750	31	2.03	4	2	0	225.2	136	55	17	83	14	0	2	896	6	11.61	3.31	3.51	0.68	32.5	9.3	0.97	.242	2.19	5.42
15	David Cone D. Cone	31	303	39	21	5	.808	31	1.55	4	1	0	227.0	145	45	10	70	9	0	3	897	11	12.01	2.78	4.33	0.40	33.8	7.8	0.95	.267	1.78	5.75
16	Chuck Finley C. Finley	29	271	36	21	2	.913	29	1.46	4	2	0	221.1	144	40	11	72	6	0	1	869	11	11.02	2.93	3.76	0.45	31.2	8.3	0.98	.261	1.63	5.86
17	Kevin Millwood K. Millwood	28	255	33	22	2	.917	28	1.44	5	3	0	206.0	120	35	9	43	4	0	3	774	1	11.14	1.88	5.93	0.39	32.9	5.6	0.79	.240	1.53	5.24
18	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	26	236	38	15	3	.833	26	1.78	5	3	0	192.2	137	46	8	41	2	0	3	746	8	11.02	1.92	5.76	0.37	31.6	5.5	0.92	.281	2.15	6.40
19	Shawn Estes S. Estes	25	223	35	12	3	.800	25	1.68	4	3	0	187.2	121	42	11	58	1	0	3	720	8	10.69	2.78	3.84	0.53	31.0	8.1	0.95	.258	2.01	5.80
20	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	25	230	27	14	7	.667	25	1.24	10	6	0	195.2	149	37	3	21	5	0	6	747	1	10.58	0.97	10.95	0.14	30.8	2.8	0.87	.299	1.70	6.85
21	Livan Hernandez L. Hernandez	23	200	32	15	5	.750	23	1.52	12	3	0	189.0	152	42	9	45	4	0	2	756	2	9.52	2.14	4.44	0.43	26.5	6.0	1.04	.287	2.00	7.24
22	Matt Clement M. Clement	22	198	37	17	3	.850	22	2.13	2	2	0	156.0	98	39	7	53	8	0	2	625	9	11.42	3.06	3.74	0.40	31.7	8.5	0.97	.253	2.25	5.65
23	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	22	199	27	17	2	.895	22	1.49	2	1	0	162.2	116	33	5	37	2	0	0	645	5	11.01	2.05	5.38	0.28	30.9	5.7	0.94	.276	1.83	6.42
24	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	21	188	22	16	1	.941	21	1.31	2	1	0	151.2	113	26	8	26	4	0	1	595	1	11.16	1.54	7.23	0.47	31.6	4.4	0.92	.285	1.54	6.71
25	Randy Wolf R. Wolf	21	194	26	14	3	.824	21	1.49	3	3	0	156.2	99	26	7	45	3	0	2	613	2	11.14	2.59	4.31	0.40	31.6	7.3	0.92	.253	1.49	5.69