most games with 8 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2012 to 2021

Between the 2012 and 2021 seasons, Max Scherzer had the most games pitched when striking out 8+ batters, with 170 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 8 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2012 to 2021

	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	170	1,711	95	31	.754	170	2.22	12	5	0	1171.2	788	289	307	124	245	38	0	9	4,535	25	13.14	1.88	6.98	0.95	37.7	5.4	0.88	.275	2.36	6.05
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	126	1,312	70	29	.707	126	2.25	11	2	0	877.2	596	219	244	82	174	46	0	4	3,414	15	13.45	1.78	7.54	0.84	38.4	5.1	0.88	.286	2.50	6.11
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	121	1,174	83	19	.814	121	1.71	13	7	0	874.1	558	166	186	57	133	17	0	3	3,277	28	12.08	1.37	8.83	0.59	35.8	4.1	0.79	.264	1.91	5.74
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	106	1,030	62	15	.805	106	2.03	7	3	0	735.0	478	166	178	79	135	19	0	3	2,800	14	12.61	1.65	7.63	0.97	36.8	4.8	0.83	.260	2.18	5.85
5	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	104	1,011	49	30	.620	104	2.58	1	1	0	693.1	470	199	210	83	187	23	0	2	2,724	30	13.12	2.43	5.41	1.08	37.1	6.9	0.95	.273	2.73	6.10
6	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	100	993	46	21	.687	100	1.68	2	1	0	678.2	434	127	143	47	130	10	0	5	2,563	15	13.17	1.72	7.64	0.62	38.7	5.1	0.83	.280	1.90	5.76
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	100	985	58	18	.763	100	2.34	4	3	0	645.2	434	168	191	62	147	17	0	1	2,492	23	13.73	2.05	6.70	0.86	39.5	5.9	0.90	.290	2.66	6.05
8	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	97	938	56	15	.789	97	2.29	2	2	0	651.2	457	166	181	60	125	29	0	6	2,524	13	12.95	1.73	7.50	0.83	37.2	5.0	0.89	.289	2.50	6.31
9	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	90	889	58	12	.829	90	1.96	14	6	0	670.1	444	146	160	49	114	19	0	4	2,535	11	11.94	1.53	7.80	0.66	35.1	4.5	0.83	.270	2.15	5.96
10	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	81	776	43	18	.705	81	2.33	3	2	0	548.2	351	142	163	56	161	28	0	3	2,159	18	12.73	2.64	4.82	0.92	35.9	7.5	0.93	.259	2.67	5.76
11	Robbie Ray R. Ray	78	741	32	18	.640	78	3.18	1	1	0	463.2	363	164	174	67	176	16	0	7	1,920	20	14.38	3.42	4.21	1.30	38.6	9.2	1.16	.322	3.38	7.05
12	David Price D. Price	77	724	46	14	.767	77	2.25	7	1	0	556.1	418	139	152	49	96	9	0	2	2,159	17	11.71	1.55	7.54	0.79	33.5	4.4	0.92	.288	2.46	6.76
13	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	71	681	43	12	.782	71	1.90	10	6	0	510.2	320	108	116	42	80	14	0	6	1,910	7	12.00	1.41	8.51	0.74	35.7	4.2	0.78	.254	2.04	5.64
14	Chris Archer C. Archer	69	657	22	18	.550	69	2.90	2	2	0	438.0	353	141	156	43	122	14	0	2	1,776	26	13.50	2.51	5.39	0.88	37.0	6.9	1.08	.330	3.21	7.25
15	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	68	614	41	7	.854	68	2.28	1	1	0	470.0	349	119	123	41	75	5	0	3	1,804	14	11.76	1.44	8.19	0.79	34.0	4.2	0.90	.288	2.36	6.68
16	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	66	604	36	15	.706	66	2.03	1	1	0	425.1	287	96	104	32	118	16	0	3	1,676	18	12.78	2.50	5.12	0.68	36.0	7.0	0.95	.281	2.20	6.07
17	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	65	584	39	8	.830	65	1.91	3	1	0	456.0	322	97	109	35	103	20	0	5	1,781	10	11.53	2.03	5.67	0.69	32.8	5.8	0.93	.276	2.15	6.36
18	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	64	591	32	7	.821	64	1.59	5	5	0	458.2	288	81	84	21	97	12	0	0	1,734	32	11.60	1.90	6.09	0.41	34.1	5.6	0.84	.264	1.65	5.65
19	Aaron Nola A. Nola	62	573	39	10	.796	62	2.21	2	2	0	416.0	286	102	111	41	98	14	0	4	1,628	4	12.40	2.12	5.85	0.89	35.2	6.0	0.92	.272	2.40	6.19
20	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	60	582	38	12	.760	59	1.92	5	2	0	413.0	306	88	99	32	76	8	1	2	1,595	20	12.68	1.66	7.66	0.70	36.5	4.8	0.92	.305	2.16	6.67
21	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	55	494	27	16	.628	55	2.46	3	1	0	362.0	276	99	106	37	78	5	0	5	1,431	9	12.28	1.94	6.33	0.92	34.5	5.5	0.98	.293	2.64	6.86
22	Charlie Morton C. Morton	54	503	31	7	.816	54	2.72	0	0	0	337.0	239	102	108	29	94	26	0	0	1,351	7	13.43	2.51	5.35	0.77	37.2	7.0	0.99	.300	2.88	6.38
23	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	54	482	31	11	.738	54	2.44	7	5	0	383.1	284	104	109	33	76	12	0	5	1,498	4	11.32	1.78	6.34	0.77	32.2	5.1	0.94	.280	2.56	6.67
24	Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	51	457	18	19	.486	51	2.79	3	1	0	358.0	279	111	122	36	69	7	0	2	1,402	12	11.49	1.73	6.62	0.91	32.6	4.9	0.97	.292	3.07	7.01
25	Jon Lester J. Lester	50	458	31	10	.756	50	1.86	4	1	0	348.0	245	72	80	18	68	8	0	2	1,329	10	11.84	1.76	6.74	0.47	34.5	5.1	0.90	.292	2.07	6.34