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
NAMEGSOWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Max 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
2Chris 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
3Clayton 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
4Justin 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
5Yu 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
6Jacob 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
7Gerrit 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
8Stephen 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
9Corey 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
10Trevor 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
11Robbie 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
12David 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
13Madison 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
14Chris 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
15Zack 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
16Lance 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
17Cole 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
18Felix 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
19Aaron 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
20Carlos 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
21Patrick 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
22Charlie 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
23Johnny 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
24Jeff 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
25Jon 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
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