most games with 8 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2016 to 2020

Between 2016 and 2020, Max Scherzer had the most games pitched when striking out 8+ batters, with 88 games.

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

	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	88	907	49	18	.731	88	2.24	6	1	0	606.1	393	151	163	68	124	25	0	7	2,342	12	13.46	1.84	7.31	1.01	38.7	5.3	0.85	.267	2.42	5.83
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	75	778	41	14	.745	75	2.26	7	2	0	513.1	339	129	141	46	99	32	0	0	1,993	5	13.64	1.74	7.86	0.81	39.0	5.0	0.85	.282	2.47	5.94
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	74	733	43	12	.782	74	2.12	4	1	0	506.0	308	119	126	66	87	15	0	2	1,906	11	13.04	1.55	8.43	1.17	38.5	4.6	0.78	.241	2.24	5.48
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	68	673	27	17	.614	68	1.85	1	0	0	463.1	316	95	106	37	101	9	0	5	1,776	10	13.07	1.96	6.66	0.72	37.9	5.7	0.90	.292	2.06	6.14
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	65	652	34	12	.739	65	2.49	2	2	0	418.2	269	116	128	52	106	9	0	1	1,619	14	14.02	2.28	6.15	1.12	40.3	6.5	0.90	.271	2.75	5.78
6	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	56	549	31	11	.738	56	2.17	3	2	0	386.1	239	93	109	34	105	23	0	2	1,508	12	12.79	2.45	5.23	0.79	36.4	7.0	0.89	.257	2.54	5.57
7	Robbie Ray R. Ray	54	513	22	16	.579	54	3.42	1	1	0	316.0	242	120	130	46	145	10	0	6	1,328	18	14.61	4.13	3.54	1.31	38.6	10.9	1.22	.319	3.70	6.89
8	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	50	486	31	8	.795	50	2.41	1	1	0	336.0	235	90	95	32	68	16	0	5	1,308	7	13.02	1.82	7.15	0.86	37.2	5.2	0.90	.288	2.54	6.29
9	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	49	477	35	6	.854	49	2.09	8	4	0	361.1	232	84	92	31	68	10	0	2	1,367	6	11.88	1.69	7.01	0.77	34.9	5.0	0.83	.257	2.29	5.78
10	Aaron Nola A. Nola	48	441	32	7	.821	48	1.77	1	1	0	326.1	213	64	71	28	86	11	0	4	1,269	4	12.16	2.37	5.13	0.77	34.8	6.8	0.92	.263	1.96	5.87
11	Chris Archer C. Archer	45	420	13	12	.520	45	3.48	0	0	0	279.1	244	108	119	35	79	10	0	1	1,157	18	13.53	2.55	5.32	1.13	36.3	6.8	1.16	.341	3.83	7.86
12	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	44	394	21	11	.656	44	2.63	1	1	0	281.0	221	82	89	28	65	3	0	4	1,120	6	12.62	2.08	6.06	0.90	35.2	5.8	1.02	.306	2.85	7.08
13	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	44	417	19	13	.594	44	2.76	0	0	0	277.1	192	85	89	42	61	10	0	0	1,092	12	13.53	1.98	6.84	1.36	38.2	5.6	0.91	.267	2.89	6.23
14	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	42	409	27	8	.771	41	2.05	2	0	0	285.2	226	65	74	25	52	6	1	2	1,115	15	12.89	1.64	7.87	0.79	36.7	4.7	0.97	.323	2.33	7.12
15	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	41	406	29	3	.906	41	1.83	3	2	0	295.0	181	60	65	24	38	6	0	0	1,098	8	12.39	1.16	10.68	0.73	37.0	3.5	0.74	.252	1.98	5.52
16	James Paxton J. Paxton	40	382	22	8	.733	40	2.74	1	0	0	253.0	191	77	82	24	46	6	0	0	988	10	13.59	1.64	8.30	0.85	38.7	4.7	0.94	.315	2.92	6.79
17	Charlie Morton C. Morton	38	360	24	5	.828	38	2.78	0	0	0	236.0	178	73	77	21	64	13	0	0	950	6	13.73	2.44	5.63	0.80	37.9	6.7	1.03	.319	2.94	6.79
18	Blake Snell B. Snell	35	335	24	5	.828	35	1.86	0	0	0	212.1	132	44	46	16	66	1	0	1	811	19	14.20	2.80	5.08	0.68	41.3	8.1	0.93	.295	1.95	5.59
19	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	34	329	20	4	.833	34	1.70	3	2	0	232.2	144	44	46	17	50	4	0	0	880	7	12.73	1.93	6.58	0.66	37.4	5.7	0.83	.265	1.78	5.57
20	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	34	311	20	9	.690	34	2.59	0	0	0	215.2	141	62	67	20	71	5	0	0	851	5	12.98	2.96	4.38	0.83	36.5	8.3	0.98	.273	2.80	5.88
21	Germán Márquez G. Márquez	32	293	17	5	.773	32	3.04	1	1	0	213.0	166	72	76	28	39	2	0	3	831	5	12.38	1.65	7.51	1.18	35.3	4.7	0.96	.294	3.21	7.01
22	J.A. Happ	32	285	25	4	.862	32	2.99	0	0	0	198.1	174	66	68	23	36	5	0	1	806	0	12.93	1.63	7.92	1.04	35.4	4.5	1.06	.330	3.09	7.90
23	Jon Gray J. Gray	32	299	16	8	.667	32	3.65	1	1	0	202.0	176	82	84	25	49	12	0	1	826	6	13.32	2.18	6.10	1.11	36.2	5.9	1.11	.342	3.74	7.84
24	Luis Severino L. Severino	31	284	20	4	.833	31	2.11	1	1	0	205.0	139	48	57	22	35	5	0	0	791	9	12.47	1.54	8.11	0.97	35.9	4.4	0.85	.263	2.50	6.10
25	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	31	282	18	4	.818	31	2.99	0	0	0	205.0	162	68	70	24	33	1	0	1	796	5	12.38	1.45	8.55	1.05	35.4	4.1	0.95	.303	3.07	7.11

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RBI

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	94	68	.580
Phillies	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0

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Thu 3/25	PHI	@	WSH	4:05 PM
Sat 3/27	PHI	@	WSH	4:05 PM
Sun 3/28	PHI	@	WSH	1:35 PM
Mon 3/29	NYM	@	WSH	6:45 PM
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Schwarber

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Alonso

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Burleson

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Alonso

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Stewart

Batting Average Leaders

.316

Alvarez

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Moreno

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Arraez

Hit Leaders

191

Lopez

185

Arraez

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Tatis

Run Leaders

119

Crow-Armstrong

113

Arozarena

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Vargas

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Alvarez

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Rumfield

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Bauers

SLG Leaders

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Alvarez

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Crow-Armstrong

.534

Rice

SB Leaders

49

Nuñez

46

Simpson

45

Witt

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Win Leaders

18

Sánchez

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Gray

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Misiorowski

Strikeout Leaders

252

Misiorowski

248

Williams

239

Schlittler

ERA Leaders

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Misiorowski

1.95

Schlittler

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WHIP Leaders

0.80

Misiorowski

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Misiorowski

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Cease

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

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Rays - y	98	64	.605
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0