most games with 8 or more strikeouts 5 hits or less allowed by a pitcher

Nolan Ryan had the most games pitched when striking out 8+ batters and allowing 5 or fewer hits, with 216 games.

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Data note: Games Pitched: player game data complete from 1908
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	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	216	2,282	733	140	43	.765	216	1.38	105	45	0	1726.1	264	316	47	788	35	0	14	6,640	67	11.90	4.11	2.90	0.25	34.4	11.9	0.88	.197	1.65	3.82
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	197	2,114	722	134	25	.843	195	1.47	60	28	1	1516.2	247	283	92	462	59	2	10	5,683	24	12.54	2.74	4.58	0.55	37.2	8.1	0.78	.213	1.68	4.28
3	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	158	1,578	564	95	24	.798	158	1.75	9	5	0	1099.0	214	231	99	252	42	0	6	4,110	17	12.92	2.06	6.26	0.81	38.4	6.1	0.74	.217	1.89	4.62
4	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	136	1,345	511	95	16	.856	136	1.16	39	23	0	1052.2	136	159	37	293	24	0	5	3,933	24	11.50	2.51	4.59	0.32	34.2	7.4	0.76	.212	1.36	4.37
5	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	129	1,311	474	90	15	.857	129	1.24	25	12	0	978.2	135	155	49	229	44	0	9	3,633	21	12.06	2.11	5.72	0.45	36.1	6.3	0.72	.213	1.43	4.36
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	121	1,152	415	85	11	.885	121	1.58	10	6	0	849.1	149	164	70	191	24	0	3	3,146	20	12.21	2.02	6.03	0.74	36.6	6.1	0.71	.202	1.74	4.40
7	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	114	1,112	387	86	7	.925	114	1.14	11	8	0	819.2	104	122	47	147	11	0	3	2,974	20	12.21	1.61	7.56	0.52	37.4	4.9	0.65	.205	1.34	4.25
8	Chris Sale C. Sale	112	1,166	383	67	16	.807	111	1.43	8	3	0	773.2	123	131	45	161	45	0	2	2,878	8	13.56	1.87	7.24	0.52	40.5	5.6	0.70	.231	1.52	4.46
9	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	107	1,056	380	65	12	.844	107	1.81	5	4	0	702.1	141	160	65	163	13	0	0	2,621	21	13.53	2.09	6.48	0.83	40.3	6.2	0.77	.238	2.05	4.87
10	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	106	1,041	376	58	17	.773	106	1.56	1	1	0	696.0	121	135	60	131	10	0	3	2,569	15	13.46	1.69	7.95	0.78	40.5	5.1	0.73	.238	1.75	4.86
11	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	84	902	318	64	13	.831	84	1.36	58	23	0	721.2	109	126	41	219	4	0	15	2,688	28	11.25	2.73	4.12	0.51	33.6	8.1	0.74	.182	1.57	3.97
12	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	83	810	277	46	16	.742	83	1.77	0	0	0	558.0	110	113	51	140	22	0	1	2,095	17	13.06	2.26	5.79	0.82	38.7	6.7	0.75	.211	1.82	4.47
13	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	81	760	300	48	8	.857	81	1.07	10	6	0	606.0	72	78	18	126	18	0	0	2,227	35	11.29	1.87	6.03	0.27	34.1	5.7	0.70	.216	1.16	4.46
14	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	78	810	279	51	14	.785	78	1.37	47	19	0	652.1	99	118	31	294	17	0	10	2,515	24	11.18	4.06	2.76	0.43	32.2	11.7	0.88	.182	1.63	3.85
15	Aaron Nola A. Nola	76	697	280	48	7	.873	76	1.48	5	4	0	524.0	86	92	42	109	16	0	2	1,952	2	11.97	1.87	6.39	0.72	35.7	5.6	0.74	.219	1.58	4.81
16	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	76	780	296	53	12	.815	76	1.17	47	24	0	652.0	85	91	33	158	9	0	11	2,380	11	10.77	2.18	4.94	0.46	32.8	6.6	0.70	.188	1.26	4.09
17	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	75	698	268	44	9	.830	75	1.53	4	3	0	507.0	86	97	33	101	18	0	1	1,887	10	12.39	1.79	6.91	0.59	37.0	5.4	0.73	.227	1.72	4.76
18	Blake Snell B. Snell	74	725	207	48	8	.857	74	1.23	1	1	0	453.0	62	63	22	149	3	0	1	1,700	26	14.40	2.96	4.87	0.44	42.6	8.8	0.79	.231	1.25	4.11
19	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	74	767	282	57	11	.838	74	1.20	28	12	0	592.1	79	84	31	89	11	0	3	2,136	12	11.65	1.35	8.62	0.47	35.9	4.2	0.63	.203	1.28	4.28
20	Robbie Ray R. Ray	73	698	263	37	15	.712	72	2.52	1	1	0	447.0	125	126	46	172	18	0	5	1,774	17	14.05	3.46	4.06	0.93	39.3	9.7	0.97	.258	2.54	5.30
21	Dylan Cease D. Cease	70	659	219	38	10	.792	70	1.86	3	3	0	425.1	88	91	30	150	6	0	2	1,628	15	13.94	3.17	4.39	0.63	40.5	9.2	0.87	.241	1.93	4.63
22	Sonny Gray S. Gray	69	624	238	39	14	.736	69	1.73	3	2	0	441.1	85	99	39	118	13	0	1	1,671	17	12.73	2.41	5.29	0.80	37.3	7.1	0.81	.227	2.02	4.85
23	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	69	687	249	47	5	.904	69	1.52	1	1	0	469.0	79	87	34	92	21	0	3	1,743	10	13.18	1.77	7.47	0.65	39.4	5.3	0.73	.237	1.67	4.78
24	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	67	638	225	41	8	.837	67	1.32	5	2	0	471.1	69	74	28	125	14	0	1	1,751	4	12.18	2.39	5.10	0.53	36.4	7.1	0.74	.208	1.41	4.30
25	David Cone D. Cone	67	655	252	45	11	.804	67	1.26	18	9	0	529.0	74	85	25	173	13	0	3	1,998	27	11.14	2.94	3.79	0.43	32.8	8.7	0.80	.201	1.45	4.29

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