most games with 8 or more strikeouts 4 hits or less allowed by a pitcher

Nolan Ryan had the most games pitched when striking out 8+ batters and allowing 4 or fewer hits, with 161 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 8 or more strikeouts 4 hits or less allowed by a pitcher

	NAME	G	SO	H	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	161	1,712	458	108	29	.788	161	1.20	78	38	0	1291.2	172	206	34	612	28	0	10	4,911	54	11.93	4.26	2.80	0.24	34.9	12.5	0.83	.168	1.44	3.19
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	131	1,388	392	95	14	.872	129	1.21	38	21	1	1003.1	135	154	52	316	44	2	4	3,699	20	12.45	2.83	4.39	0.47	37.5	8.5	0.71	.179	1.38	3.52
3	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	111	1,117	337	69	15	.821	111	1.36	6	5	0	783.0	118	132	58	186	30	0	4	2,880	11	12.84	2.14	6.01	0.67	38.8	6.5	0.67	.187	1.52	3.87
4	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	93	920	296	67	10	.870	93	0.98	26	18	0	724.2	79	96	26	202	18	0	2	2,651	15	11.43	2.51	4.55	0.32	34.7	7.6	0.69	.182	1.19	3.68
5	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	89	872	263	71	2	.973	89	0.92	10	8	0	642.2	66	74	32	108	8	0	3	2,287	18	12.21	1.51	8.07	0.45	38.1	4.7	0.58	.182	1.04	3.68
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	88	855	255	66	5	.930	88	1.25	9	6	0	628.2	87	99	53	126	22	0	1	2,264	13	12.24	1.80	6.79	0.76	37.8	5.6	0.61	.167	1.42	3.65
7	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	87	896	264	65	6	.915	87	1.00	20	11	0	664.0	74	88	30	163	27	0	5	2,414	16	12.14	2.21	5.50	0.41	37.1	6.8	0.64	.180	1.19	3.58
8	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	81	805	256	54	8	.871	81	1.53	4	4	0	540.2	92	104	39	129	9	0	0	1,983	15	13.40	2.15	6.24	0.65	40.6	6.5	0.71	.217	1.73	4.26
9	Chris Sale C. Sale	78	833	230	50	6	.893	78	1.23	5	2	0	543.2	74	78	31	121	36	0	2	2,000	6	13.79	2.00	6.88	0.51	41.7	6.1	0.65	.203	1.29	3.81
10	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	64	624	182	35	11	.761	64	1.50	0	0	0	432.0	72	74	32	107	21	0	0	1,594	9	13.00	2.23	5.83	0.67	39.1	6.7	0.67	.185	1.54	3.79
11	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	61	611	179	34	6	.850	61	1.10	1	1	0	408.1	50	59	24	75	7	0	1	1,466	5	13.47	1.65	8.15	0.53	41.7	5.1	0.62	.207	1.30	3.95
12	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	59	615	184	41	8	.837	59	1.19	35	17	0	491.1	65	81	19	230	15	0	4	1,881	15	11.27	4.21	2.67	0.35	32.7	12.2	0.84	.165	1.48	3.37
13	Blake Snell B. Snell	58	577	141	38	5	.884	58	0.95	1	1	0	361.2	38	39	14	117	3	0	1	1,333	21	14.36	2.91	4.93	0.35	43.3	8.8	0.71	.204	0.97	3.51
14	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	56	523	175	35	7	.833	56	1.02	6	4	0	415.0	47	53	15	93	17	0	0	1,511	21	11.34	2.02	5.62	0.33	34.6	6.2	0.65	.185	1.15	3.80
15	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	55	529	165	34	6	.850	55	1.18	4	1	0	387.2	51	55	22	103	12	0	1	1,422	2	12.28	2.39	5.14	0.51	37.2	7.2	0.69	.189	1.28	3.83
16	Johan Santana J. Santana	53	542	167	34	9	.791	51	1.30	8	6	0	388.2	56	60	27	91	5	1	2	1,419	12	12.55	2.11	5.96	0.63	38.2	6.4	0.66	.186	1.39	3.87
17	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	52	575	158	41	6	.872	52	1.12	37	19	0	451.1	56	62	23	143	2	0	7	1,641	11	11.47	2.85	4.02	0.46	35.0	8.7	0.67	.150	1.24	3.15
18	Aaron Nola A. Nola	49	450	152	31	2	.939	49	0.91	4	3	0	347.1	35	40	19	72	11	0	2	1,258	2	11.66	1.87	6.25	0.49	35.8	5.7	0.64	.188	1.04	3.94
19	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	48	461	146	28	6	.824	48	1.47	3	2	0	331.2	54	62	15	102	21	0	1	1,250	12	12.51	2.77	4.52	0.41	36.9	8.2	0.75	.201	1.68	3.96
20	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	47	475	139	35	3	.921	47	0.96	1	1	0	318.2	34	41	19	64	9	0	1	1,154	6	13.42	1.81	7.42	0.54	41.2	5.5	0.64	.204	1.16	3.93
21	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	47	457	137	30	6	.833	47	1.57	7	4	0	343.1	60	60	20	112	6	0	4	1,273	3	11.98	2.94	4.08	0.52	35.9	8.8	0.73	.173	1.57	3.59
22	Robbie Ray R. Ray	46	444	131	30	8	.789	46	1.94	1	1	0	283.2	61	62	26	113	11	0	2	1,094	14	14.09	3.59	3.93	0.82	40.6	10.3	0.86	.210	1.97	4.16
23	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	46	431	138	31	3	.912	46	1.10	4	3	0	319.0	39	45	15	64	11	0	0	1,155	6	12.16	1.81	6.73	0.42	37.3	5.5	0.63	.194	1.27	3.89
24	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	46	426	142	29	7	.806	46	1.21	0	0	0	297.2	40	49	15	85	12	0	3	1,126	8	12.88	2.57	5.01	0.45	37.8	7.5	0.76	.216	1.48	4.29
25	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	46	474	142	38	5	.884	46	1.07	20	10	0	371.0	44	47	17	56	9	0	1	1,309	8	11.50	1.36	8.46	0.41	36.2	4.3	0.53	.166	1.14	3.44