most games with 8 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2017 to 2019

Between the 2017 and 2019 seasons, Max Scherzer had the most games pitched when striking out 8+ batters, with 63 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 8 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2017 to 2019

	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	63	653	33	13	.717	63	2.19	4	1	0	432.1	278	105	115	45	92	21	0	7	1,675	7	13.59	1.92	7.10	0.94	39.0	5.5	0.86	.270	2.39	5.79
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	62	655	32	11	.744	62	2.23	2	1	0	411.1	267	102	111	35	88	26	0	0	1,602	5	14.33	1.93	7.44	0.77	40.9	5.5	0.86	.291	2.43	5.84
3	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	58	588	31	10	.756	58	2.47	1	1	0	375.1	239	103	111	44	97	9	0	1	1,449	12	14.10	2.33	6.06	1.06	40.6	6.7	0.90	.274	2.66	5.73
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	56	564	32	9	.780	56	2.20	2	1	0	376.1	228	92	97	51	60	9	0	1	1,413	8	13.49	1.43	9.40	1.22	39.9	4.2	0.77	.243	2.32	5.45
5	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	55	542	23	13	.639	55	1.82	1	0	0	381.1	263	77	85	28	82	8	0	5	1,462	8	12.79	1.94	6.61	0.66	37.1	5.6	0.90	.293	2.01	6.21
6	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	43	414	25	9	.735	43	2.26	1	1	0	294.1	187	74	90	27	84	20	0	1	1,161	12	12.66	2.57	4.93	0.83	35.7	7.2	0.92	.260	2.75	5.72
7	Robbie Ray R. Ray	41	393	20	8	.714	41	2.79	1	1	0	245.0	171	76	80	32	111	7	0	5	1,007	13	14.44	4.08	3.54	1.18	39.0	11.0	1.15	.300	2.94	6.28
8	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	40	361	20	9	.690	40	2.57	1	1	0	255.2	194	73	80	25	62	3	0	4	1,015	6	12.71	2.18	5.82	0.88	35.6	6.1	1.00	.300	2.82	6.83
9	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	38	370	25	6	.806	38	2.03	1	1	0	257.0	169	58	63	21	50	15	0	4	991	6	12.96	1.75	7.40	0.74	37.3	5.0	0.85	.277	2.21	5.92
10	Aaron Nola A. Nola	37	339	25	5	.833	37	1.83	0	0	0	251.0	164	51	54	21	74	9	0	3	983	4	12.16	2.65	4.58	0.75	34.5	7.5	0.95	.265	1.94	5.88
11	Charlie Morton C. Morton	37	352	24	5	.828	37	2.73	0	0	0	231.0	171	70	73	21	63	13	0	0	928	5	13.71	2.45	5.59	0.82	37.9	6.8	1.01	.313	2.84	6.66
12	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	35	354	26	4	.867	35	2.03	6	3	0	257.0	161	58	63	24	45	7	0	2	966	4	12.40	1.58	7.87	0.84	36.6	4.7	0.80	.256	2.21	5.64
13	James Paxton J. Paxton	33	319	19	6	.760	33	2.59	1	0	0	212.1	158	61	62	18	38	5	0	0	824	8	13.52	1.61	8.39	0.76	38.7	4.6	0.92	.315	2.63	6.70
14	Chris Archer C. Archer	33	303	8	7	.533	33	3.69	0	0	0	202.1	185	83	91	28	60	7	0	1	844	14	13.48	2.67	5.05	1.25	35.9	7.1	1.21	.352	4.05	8.23
15	Germán Márquez G. Márquez	30	276	15	5	.750	30	3.11	1	1	0	199.2	156	69	73	27	37	2	0	3	779	5	12.44	1.67	7.46	1.22	35.4	4.7	0.97	.295	3.29	7.03
16	Luis Severino L. Severino	30	275	20	3	.870	30	2.00	1	1	0	198.1	134	44	53	19	34	5	0	0	766	9	12.48	1.54	8.09	0.86	35.9	4.4	0.85	.266	2.41	6.08
17	Blake Snell B. Snell	29	283	21	3	.875	29	1.60	0	0	0	179.2	105	32	33	11	49	1	0	1	675	17	14.18	2.45	5.78	0.55	41.9	7.3	0.86	.284	1.65	5.26
18	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	29	286	19	5	.792	28	1.99	2	0	0	199.1	160	44	48	18	33	5	1	1	775	9	12.91	1.49	8.67	0.81	36.9	4.3	0.97	.328	2.17	7.22
19	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	28	255	17	7	.708	28	2.72	0	0	0	179.0	112	54	57	18	56	5	0	0	701	5	12.82	2.82	4.55	0.91	36.4	8.0	0.94	.256	2.87	5.63
20	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	28	266	11	7	.611	28	2.76	0	0	0	176.1	117	54	57	29	36	8	0	0	688	9	13.58	1.84	7.39	1.48	38.7	5.2	0.87	.252	2.91	5.97
21	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	27	259	19	1	.950	27	1.89	1	0	0	190.2	115	40	45	18	31	4	0	0	719	7	12.23	1.46	8.35	0.85	36.0	4.3	0.77	.238	2.12	5.43
22	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	26	240	12	8	.600	26	2.57	0	0	0	168.1	134	48	51	16	48	5	0	0	680	12	12.83	2.57	5.00	0.86	35.3	7.1	1.08	.318	2.73	7.16
23	Mike Clevinger M. Clevinger	26	246	16	5	.762	26	1.72	0	0	0	167.2	99	32	36	13	45	1	0	0	641	0	13.20	2.42	5.47	0.70	38.4	7.0	0.86	.256	1.93	5.31
24	José Berríos J. Berríos	25	230	19	3	.864	25	1.97	2	0	0	173.1	109	38	41	8	37	9	0	0	663	6	11.94	1.92	6.22	0.42	34.7	5.6	0.84	.266	2.13	5.66
25	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	24	222	9	5	.643	24	2.05	0	0	0	153.2	76	35	35	21	40	6	0	1	570	5	13.00	2.34	5.55	1.23	38.9	7.0	0.75	.196	2.05	4.45