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.

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most regular-season games with 8 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2017 to 2022
NAMEGSOWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Gerrit 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
2Max 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
3Jacob 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
4Aaron 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
5Robbie 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
6Justin 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
7Chris 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
8Trevor 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
9Charlie 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
10Yu 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
11Shane 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
12Luis 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
13Blake 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
14Patrick 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
15Lucas 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
16Clayton 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
17Kevin 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
18Zack 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
19Lance 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
20José 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
21Carlos 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
22Corey 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
23Brandon 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
24Germán 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
25Stephen 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
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