most games with 8 or more strikeouts by a pitcher vs the american league 2017 to 2019

Between 2017 and 2019, Chris Sale had the most games pitched against the AL and when striking out 8+ batters, with 59 games.

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Data note: Games Pitched: player game data complete from 1908
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	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	Chris Sale C. Sale	59	620	32	9	.780	59	2.14	1	1	0	392.0	255	93	102	33	84	26	0	0	1,528	5	14.23	1.93	7.38	0.76	40.6	5.5	0.86	.290	2.34	5.85
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	47	470	27	6	.818	47	2.20	2	1	0	315.2	194	77	81	40	51	9	0	1	1,188	8	13.40	1.45	9.22	1.14	39.6	4.3	0.78	.249	2.31	5.53
3	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	39	403	24	6	.800	39	2.61	0	0	0	252.0	156	73	80	29	70	8	0	0	977	8	14.39	2.50	5.76	1.04	41.2	7.2	0.90	.272	2.86	5.57
4	Charlie Morton C. Morton	32	309	21	5	.808	32	2.87	0	0	0	200.2	149	64	67	19	50	11	0	0	804	3	13.86	2.24	6.18	0.85	38.4	6.2	0.99	.313	3.00	6.68
5	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	32	307	19	7	.731	32	2.33	1	1	0	216.1	142	56	71	21	62	13	0	1	854	8	12.77	2.58	4.95	0.87	35.9	7.3	0.94	.268	2.95	5.91
6	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	31	315	24	3	.889	31	1.99	5	3	0	226.0	144	50	55	21	41	5	0	2	853	3	12.54	1.63	7.68	0.84	36.9	4.8	0.82	.261	2.19	5.73
7	James Paxton J. Paxton	28	274	16	4	.800	28	2.45	1	0	0	180.0	131	49	50	16	32	3	0	0	694	7	13.70	1.60	8.56	0.80	39.5	4.6	0.91	.312	2.50	6.55
8	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	27	262	17	5	.773	26	2.01	1	0	0	183.1	147	41	45	18	31	5	1	1	716	9	12.86	1.52	8.45	0.88	36.6	4.3	0.97	.323	2.21	7.22
9	Mike Clevinger M. Clevinger	25	235	16	4	.800	25	1.50	0	0	0	161.2	92	27	31	12	42	1	0	0	614	0	13.08	2.34	5.60	0.67	38.3	6.8	0.83	.247	1.73	5.12
10	Blake Snell B. Snell	24	233	17	3	.850	24	1.83	0	0	0	147.1	89	30	31	10	38	0	0	0	555	16	14.23	2.32	6.13	0.61	42.0	6.8	0.86	.288	1.89	5.44
11	Luis Severino L. Severino	24	221	16	3	.842	24	2.28	1	1	0	158.0	110	40	46	17	25	4	0	0	611	5	12.59	1.42	8.84	0.97	36.2	4.1	0.85	.270	2.62	6.27
12	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	23	213	10	8	.556	23	2.77	0	0	0	149.1	125	46	49	15	40	4	0	0	605	11	12.84	2.41	5.33	0.90	35.2	6.6	1.10	.330	2.95	7.53
13	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	21	199	11	3	.786	21	1.71	3	2	0	147.1	94	28	29	9	29	3	0	0	555	2	12.16	1.77	6.86	0.55	35.9	5.2	0.83	.270	1.77	5.74
14	José Berríos J. Berríos	21	190	15	3	.833	21	2.16	2	0	0	146.0	97	35	38	7	32	5	0	0	561	6	11.71	1.97	5.94	0.43	33.9	5.7	0.88	.275	2.34	5.98
15	Dylan Bundy D. Bundy	21	185	8	7	.533	21	3.49	2	1	0	131.2	112	51	53	22	32	5	0	0	538	3	12.65	2.19	5.78	1.50	34.4	5.9	1.09	.306	3.62	7.66
16	Chris Archer C. Archer	20	189	6	5	.545	20	3.49	0	0	0	126.1	113	49	56	15	35	3	0	0	521	13	13.46	2.49	5.40	1.07	36.3	6.7	1.17	.351	3.99	8.05
17	Masahiro Tanaka M. Tanaka	19	183	13	3	.813	19	1.31	2	2	0	130.1	81	19	21	12	21	2	0	0	487	2	12.64	1.45	8.71	0.83	37.6	4.3	0.78	.257	1.45	5.59
18	Matthew Boyd M. Boyd	18	171	5	7	.417	18	4.10	0	0	0	112.0	99	51	52	18	24	4	0	0	454	3	13.74	1.93	7.13	1.45	37.7	5.3	1.10	.342	4.18	7.96
19	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	17	163	12	3	.800	17	2.04	2	2	0	119.0	75	27	27	11	25	4	0	0	450	4	12.33	1.89	6.52	0.83	36.2	5.6	0.84	.259	2.04	5.67
20	J.A. Happ	17	152	13	1	.929	17	3.11	0	0	0	104.1	89	36	37	13	15	5	0	0	421	0	13.11	1.29	10.13	1.12	36.1	3.6	1.00	.322	3.19	7.68
21	Andrew Heaney A. Heaney	15	145	5	4	.556	15	3.39	0	0	0	95.2	67	36	39	14	19	4	0	0	373	5	13.64	1.79	7.63	1.32	38.9	5.1	0.90	.277	3.67	6.30
22	David Price D. Price	15	134	8	2	.800	15	2.90	1	0	0	93.0	81	30	31	11	20	4	0	0	379	2	12.97	1.94	6.70	1.06	35.4	5.3	1.09	.333	3.00	7.84
23	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	15	130	8	2	.800	15	3.05	0	0	0	94.1	68	32	32	12	35	2	0	0	378	0	12.40	3.34	3.71	1.14	34.4	9.3	1.09	.281	3.05	6.49
24	Jake Odorizzi J. Odorizzi	14	121	7	1	.875	14	1.86	0	0	0	82.1	55	17	21	4	26	1	0	1	319	1	13.23	2.84	4.65	0.44	37.9	8.2	0.98	.305	2.30	6.01
25	Lance McCullers Jr. L. McCullers Jr.	14	130	7	1	.875	14	2.51	0	0	0	86.0	57	24	29	8	19	3	0	0	334	7	13.60	1.99	6.84	0.84	38.9	5.7	0.88	.282	3.03	5.97

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