most games with 8 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2017 to 2022

Between the 2017 and 2022 seasons, Gerrit Cole had the most games pitched when striking out 8+ batters, with 99 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 8 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2017 to 2022

	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	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	99	995	52	19	.732	99	2.51	4	3	0	639.0	419	178	193	77	144	10	0	1	2,461	18	14.01	2.03	6.91	1.08	40.4	5.9	0.88	.277	2.72	5.90
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	98	990	52	19	.732	98	2.15	6	1	0	662.2	420	158	169	71	135	31	0	7	2,549	13	13.45	1.83	7.33	0.96	38.8	5.3	0.84	.264	2.30	5.70
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	83	841	36	20	.643	83	1.81	2	1	0	555.2	354	112	126	48	103	8	0	5	2,094	10	13.62	1.67	8.17	0.78	40.2	4.9	0.82	.280	2.04	5.73
4	Aaron Nola A. Nola	75	690	44	15	.746	75	2.14	4	3	0	508.1	343	121	129	45	113	18	0	5	1,972	5	12.22	2.00	6.11	0.80	35.0	5.7	0.90	.269	2.28	6.07
5	Robbie Ray R. Ray	73	704	36	14	.720	73	2.86	1	1	0	443.1	320	141	145	61	167	12	0	5	1,800	18	14.29	3.39	4.22	1.24	39.1	9.3	1.10	.303	2.94	6.50
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	67	664	42	9	.824	67	1.96	2	1	0	446.1	270	97	104	52	69	12	0	1	1,676	11	13.39	1.39	9.62	1.05	39.6	4.1	0.76	.248	2.10	5.44
7	Chris Sale C. Sale	65	679	35	11	.761	65	2.28	2	1	0	426.2	281	108	117	38	92	27	0	0	1,665	5	14.32	1.94	7.38	0.80	40.8	5.5	0.87	.293	2.47	5.93
8	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	61	592	36	12	.750	61	2.20	2	2	0	412.2	256	101	121	43	115	25	0	3	1,621	15	12.91	2.51	5.15	0.94	36.5	7.1	0.90	.252	2.64	5.58
9	Charlie Morton C. Morton	59	556	32	6	.842	59	2.68	0	0	0	366.2	256	109	113	32	97	25	0	0	1,456	8	13.65	2.38	5.73	0.79	38.2	6.7	0.96	.300	2.77	6.28
10	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	55	518	25	15	.625	55	2.66	0	0	0	352.0	234	104	107	53	71	17	0	0	1,371	14	13.24	1.82	7.30	1.36	37.8	5.2	0.87	.254	2.74	5.98
11	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	52	508	29	9	.763	52	2.06	3	2	0	354.2	241	81	87	32	83	7	0	0	1,373	12	12.89	2.11	6.12	0.81	37.0	6.0	0.91	.281	2.21	6.12
12	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	52	470	29	12	.707	52	2.47	0	0	0	328.0	223	90	98	31	108	9	0	2	1,303	5	12.90	2.96	4.35	0.85	36.1	8.3	1.01	.280	2.69	6.12
13	Blake Snell B. Snell	50	488	30	9	.769	50	1.65	0	0	0	306.0	174	56	58	20	90	2	0	2	1,162	20	14.35	2.65	5.42	0.59	42.0	7.7	0.86	.274	1.71	5.12
14	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	50	448	23	15	.605	50	2.73	1	1	0	320.0	256	97	106	35	75	4	0	5	1,283	6	12.60	2.11	5.97	0.98	34.9	5.8	1.03	.307	2.98	7.20
15	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	46	429	23	9	.719	46	2.79	4	3	0	296.2	195	92	96	40	80	7	0	0	1,152	9	13.01	2.43	5.36	1.21	37.2	6.9	0.93	.260	2.91	5.92
16	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	46	436	32	4	.889	46	1.91	1	0	0	311.2	190	66	73	26	44	8	0	0	1,171	10	12.59	1.27	9.91	0.75	37.2	3.8	0.75	.250	2.11	5.49
17	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	45	403	24	8	.750	45	2.22	0	0	0	287.2	229	71	76	26	50	1	0	1	1,130	8	12.61	1.56	8.06	0.81	35.7	4.4	0.97	.312	2.38	7.16
18	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	44	402	24	7	.774	44	2.01	2	2	0	300.2	215	67	74	20	52	6	0	2	1,162	4	12.03	1.56	7.73	0.60	34.6	4.5	0.89	.286	2.22	6.44
19	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	44	399	21	12	.636	44	2.27	1	1	0	281.2	203	71	79	28	74	10	0	2	1,122	15	12.75	2.36	5.39	0.89	35.6	6.6	0.98	.286	2.52	6.49
20	José Berríos J. Berríos	43	399	31	6	.838	43	2.35	3	0	0	287.2	179	75	81	22	64	16	0	0	1,106	9	12.48	2.00	6.23	0.69	36.1	5.8	0.84	.260	2.53	5.60
21	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	40	383	23	6	.793	40	1.92	1	0	0	243.2	145	52	55	12	71	8	0	1	950	12	14.15	2.62	5.39	0.44	40.3	7.5	0.89	.279	2.03	5.36
22	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	40	399	29	4	.879	40	2.03	7	4	0	292.0	179	66	71	27	48	11	0	2	1,096	6	12.30	1.48	8.31	0.83	36.4	4.4	0.78	.249	2.19	5.52
23	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	39	365	24	4	.857	39	1.65	0	0	0	245.0	139	45	46	17	50	8	0	0	917	2	13.41	1.84	7.30	0.62	39.8	5.5	0.77	.256	1.69	5.11
24	Germán Márquez G. Márquez	39	353	21	6	.778	39	2.97	1	1	0	257.1	202	85	89	31	53	3	0	3	1,009	8	12.35	1.85	6.66	1.08	35.0	5.3	0.99	.301	3.11	7.06
25	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	39	378	25	6	.806	39	1.98	1	1	0	263.0	170	58	63	21	52	15	0	4	1,012	6	12.94	1.78	7.27	0.72	37.4	5.1	0.84	.273	2.16	5.82