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

Between the 2017 and 2022 seasons, Gerrit Cole and Chris Sale were tied for the most games pitched with 8+ strikeouts in a season, with 26 games.

	NAME	G	SO	SEASON	TM	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	26	288	2019	HOU	17	4	.810	26	2.39	0	0	0	169.1	106	45	52	23	34	3	0	0	645	4	15.31	1.81	8.47	1.22	44.7	5.3	0.83	.279	2.76	5.63
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	26	274	2017	BOS	15	6	.714	26	2.34	1	0	0	180.2	125	47	49	18	35	8	0	0	703	2	13.65	1.74	7.83	0.90	39.0	5.0	0.89	.291	2.44	6.23
3	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	23	223	2018	HOU	12	3	.800	23	2.59	1	1	0	146.0	91	42	42	12	48	5	0	0	570	6	13.75	2.96	4.65	0.74	39.1	8.4	0.95	.280	2.59	5.61
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	23	246	2018	WSH	13	4	.765	23	2.02	2	1	0	160.2	93	36	37	13	34	9	0	4	615	3	13.78	1.90	7.24	0.73	40.0	5.5	0.79	.256	2.07	5.21
5	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	22	229	2019	HOU	16	3	.842	22	2.01	2	1	0	152.0	77	34	35	24	25	4	0	0	559	1	13.56	1.48	9.16	1.42	41.0	4.5	0.67	.191	2.07	4.56
6	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	22	230	2017	CLE	15	2	.882	22	1.89	5	3	0	162.1	99	34	38	14	29	5	0	2	607	4	12.75	1.61	7.93	0.78	37.9	4.8	0.79	.258	2.11	5.49
7	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	21	205	2018	NYM	7	6	.538	21	1.54	1	0	0	152.1	103	26	31	7	32	4	0	3	578	2	12.11	1.89	6.41	0.41	35.5	5.5	0.89	.291	1.83	6.09
8	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	21	215	2018	HOU	9	5	.643	21	2.24	0	0	0	136.1	90	34	37	14	21	4	0	0	522	4	14.19	1.39	10.24	0.92	41.2	4.0	0.81	.284	2.44	5.94
9	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	20	200	2019	WSH	9	6	.600	20	2.63	0	0	0	130.0	101	38	41	15	25	3	0	2	517	0	13.85	1.73	8.00	1.04	38.7	4.8	0.97	.314	2.84	6.99
10	Chris Sale C. Sale	20	205	2018	BOS	11	3	.786	20	1.85	0	0	0	126.2	75	26	27	7	29	10	0	0	491	2	14.57	2.06	7.07	0.50	41.8	5.9	0.82	.283	1.92	5.33
11	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	20	207	2017	WSH	11	3	.786	20	1.97	2	0	0	141.2	84	31	37	17	33	9	0	1	543	4	13.15	2.10	6.27	1.08	38.1	6.1	0.83	.242	2.35	5.34
12	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	19	186	2022	NYY	7	4	.636	19	2.96	0	0	0	124.2	85	41	42	19	24	0	0	0	476	2	13.43	1.73	7.75	1.37	39.1	5.0	0.87	.267	3.03	6.14
13	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	19	177	2019	TOT	9	5	.643	19	2.11	1	1	0	132.1	74	31	40	13	40	12	0	0	523	6	12.04	2.72	4.43	0.88	33.8	7.6	0.86	.217	2.72	5.03
14	Aaron Nola A. Nola	18	160	2022	PHI	7	6	.538	18	2.24	2	1	0	124.1	89	31	31	9	19	4	0	1	475	1	11.58	1.38	8.42	0.65	33.7	4.0	0.87	.283	2.24	6.44
15	Dylan Cease D. Cease	18	162	2022	CWS	9	4	.692	18	1.63	0	0	0	104.2	67	19	26	7	37	1	0	1	414	5	13.93	3.18	4.38	0.60	39.1	8.9	0.99	.290	2.24	5.76
16	Robbie Ray R. Ray	18	180	2021	TOR	10	0	1.000	18	2.51	0	0	0	114.2	86	32	32	17	21	3	0	0	449	1	14.13	1.65	8.57	1.33	40.1	4.7	0.93	.303	2.51	6.75
17	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	18	170	2021	TOT	10	2	.833	18	1.64	1	0	0	120.2	67	22	23	15	21	6	0	0	448	2	12.68	1.57	8.10	1.12	37.9	4.7	0.73	.220	1.72	5.00
18	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	18	171	2019	TEX	10	6	.625	18	2.79	0	0	0	119.1	100	37	39	12	29	3	0	0	482	12	12.90	2.19	5.90	0.91	35.5	6.0	1.08	.330	2.94	7.54
19	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	18	170	2019	CLE	9	3	.750	18	2.09	3	2	0	129.0	86	30	31	10	21	3	0	0	485	2	11.86	1.47	8.10	0.70	35.1	4.3	0.83	.270	2.16	6.00
20	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	18	175	2019	NYM	8	2	.800	18	1.48	0	0	0	121.1	79	20	20	9	23	2	0	0	460	1	12.98	1.71	7.61	0.67	38.0	5.0	0.84	.279	1.48	5.86
21	Chris Archer C. Archer	18	171	2017	TBR	5	4	.556	18	3.24	0	0	0	116.2	103	42	47	13	30	2	0	0	478	10	13.19	2.31	5.70	1.00	35.8	6.3	1.14	.344	3.63	7.95
22	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	17	168	2022	SFG	11	2	.846	17	1.34	1	0	0	107.1	51	16	17	3	26	3	0	0	396	4	14.09	2.18	6.46	0.25	42.4	6.6	0.72	.245	1.43	4.28
23	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	17	155	2019	WSH	8	2	.800	17	2.31	0	0	0	109.0	74	28	31	14	35	3	0	0	434	1	12.80	2.89	4.43	1.16	35.7	8.1	1.00	.264	2.56	6.11
24	Matthew Boyd M. Boyd	17	163	2019	DET	4	6	.400	17	3.94	0	0	0	105.0	95	46	47	18	21	3	0	1	430	4	13.97	1.80	7.76	1.54	37.9	4.9	1.10	.342	4.03	8.14
25	Charlie Morton C. Morton	17	158	2019	TBR	9	3	.750	17	2.66	0	0	0	105.0	81	31	32	8	24	6	0	0	421	1	13.54	2.06	6.58	0.69	37.5	5.7	1.00	.324	2.74	6.94