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	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	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