most games with 8 or more strikeouts by a pitcher since 1997

Since 1997, Randy Johnson has the most games pitched when striking out 8+ batters, with 222 games.

Interpreted as:
most regular-season games with 8 or more strikeouts by a pitcher since 1997
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 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
222
2,393
136
39
.777
221
2.21
55
22
0
1661.2
1,158
408
458
157
417
67
1
14
6,496
25
12.96
2.26
5.74
0.85
36.8
6.4
0.95
.289
2.48
6.27
2 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
216
2,134
122
37
.767
216
2.27
12
5
0
1474.1
999
372
396
157
312
48
0
12
5,711
29
13.03
1.90
6.84
0.96
37.4
5.5
0.89
.275
2.42
6.10
3 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
186
1,759
116
28
.806
186
2.17
13
6
0
1296.1
874
313
340
120
271
34
0
7
5,014
38
12.21
1.88
6.49
0.83
35.1
5.4
0.88
.266
2.36
6.07
4 Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
171
1,764
104
31
.770
171
1.88
33
13
0
1274.2
825
266
293
83
281
52
0
10
4,919
28
12.46
1.98
6.28
0.59
35.9
5.7
0.87
.271
2.07
5.83
5 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
169
1,628
113
25
.819
169
1.74
16
9
0
1202.2
765
232
261
80
209
20
0
6
4,527
34
12.18
1.56
7.79
0.60
36.0
4.6
0.81
.264
1.95
5.72
6 Chris Sale
C. Sale
155
1,584
85
33
.720
155
2.17
11
2
0
1059.2
727
255
282
92
217
58
0
4
4,131
19
13.45
1.84
7.30
0.78
38.3
5.3
0.89
.291
2.40
6.17
7 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
138
1,342
77
22
.778
138
2.37
5
4
0
893.1
596
235
261
89
197
19
0
1
3,434
28
13.52
1.98
6.81
0.90
39.1
5.7
0.89
.284
2.63
6.00
8 Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
137
1,397
86
27
.761
137
2.52
35
8
0
1046.2
819
293
303
101
164
13
0
6
4,069
19
12.01
1.41
8.52
0.87
34.3
4.0
0.94
.300
2.61
7.04
9 CC Sabathia
CC Sabathia
126
1,153
80
20
.800
126
2.20
21
9
0
914.1
722
224
249
65
208
27
0
6
3,623
14
11.35
2.05
5.54
0.64
31.8
5.7
1.02
.303
2.45
7.11
10 Felix Hernandez
F. Hernandez
124
1,141
66
20
.767
124
1.80
14
6
0
906.2
600
181
197
43
189
26
0
2
3,471
57
11.33
1.88
6.04
0.43
32.9
5.4
0.87
.269
1.96
5.96
11 Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
121
1,167
59
33
.641
121
2.55
1
1
0
803.1
547
228
239
97
205
26
0
2
3,149
31
13.07
2.30
5.69
1.09
37.1
6.5
0.94
.272
2.68
6.13
12 Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
116
1,050
68
17
.800
116
2.45
6
3
0
800.0
620
218
235
67
141
10
0
3
3,113
24
11.81
1.59
7.45
0.75
33.7
4.5
0.95
.300
2.64
6.98
13 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
115
1,142
55
24
.696
115
1.76
2
1
0
772.0
487
151
169
59
138
11
0
5
2,902
15
13.31
1.61
8.28
0.69
39.4
4.8
0.81
.276
1.97
5.68
14 Cole Hamels
C. Hamels
115
1,051
65
20
.765
115
2.12
6
2
0
818.1
591
193
208
71
171
27
0
12
3,186
10
11.56
1.88
6.15
0.78
33.0
5.4
0.93
.279
2.29
6.50
15 A.J. Burnett
A.J. Burnett
113
1,038
47
37
.560
113
2.89
9
4
0
777.2
605
250
273
54
272
40
0
6
3,193
42
12.01
3.15
3.82
0.62
32.5
8.5
1.13
.308
3.16
7.00
16 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
110
1,061
61
20
.753
110
2.29
14
5
0
802.0
579
204
216
41
230
26
0
12
3,184
24
11.91
2.58
4.61
0.46
33.3
7.2
1.01
.295
2.42
6.50
17 Jake Peavy
J. Peavy
104
958
58
21
.734
104
2.17
6
2
0
718.0
479
173
183
60
180
22
0
3
2,778
9
12.01
2.26
5.32
0.75
34.5
6.5
0.92
.269
2.29
6.00
18 Javier Vazquez
J. Vazquez
104
978
55
27
.671
104
2.74
15
4
0
765.1
576
233
244
90
139
17
0
6
2,985
14
11.50
1.63
7.04
1.06
32.8
4.7
0.93
.276
2.87
6.77
19 Stephen Strasburg
S. Strasburg
103
997
60
16
.789
103
2.25
2
2
0
689.0
480
172
187
63
133
29
0
6
2,666
13
13.02
1.74
7.50
0.82
37.4
5.0
0.89
.289
2.44
6.27
20 Aaron Nola
A. Nola
99
904
56
20
.737
99
2.34
5
4
0
666.0
466
173
186
67
136
20
0
5
2,587
6
12.22
1.84
6.65
0.91
34.9
5.3
0.90
.273
2.51
6.30
21 Robbie Ray
R. Ray
99
933
44
23
.657
99
3.14
1
1
0
593.0
449
207
217
81
218
21
0
7
2,432
26
14.16
3.31
4.28
1.23
38.4
9.0
1.12
.312
3.29
6.81
22 David Price
D. Price
95
902
58
18
.763
95
2.18
8
2
0
686.1
516
166
181
54
126
11
0
2
2,674
18
11.83
1.65
7.16
0.71
33.7
4.7
0.94
.292
2.37
6.77
23 Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
93
915
59
12
.831
93
2.01
14
6
0
688.1
460
154
168
52
115
23
0
4
2,610
12
11.96
1.50
7.96
0.68
35.1
4.4
0.84
.271
2.20
6.01
24 Tim Lincecum
T. Lincecum
91
862
51
13
.797
91
2.13
6
4
0
637.0
447
151
157
36
200
16
0
3
2,529
36
12.18
2.83
4.31
0.51
34.1
7.9
1.02
.290
2.22
6.32
25 Jon Lester
J. Lester
91
842
60
13
.822
91
1.83
9
3
0
638.1
430
130
146
32
153
14
0
2
2,449
19
11.87
2.16
5.50
0.45
34.4
6.2
0.91
.283
2.06
6.06
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