most games with 8 or more strikeouts by an active pitcher

Max Scherzer has the most games pitched by an active pitcher when striking out 8+ batters, with 216 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 8 or more strikeouts by an active pitcher

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	Charlie Morton C. Morton	86	794	44	14	.759	86	2.69	1	1	0	531.1	382	159	171	46	157	45	0	5	2,149	13	13.45	2.66	5.06	0.78	36.9	7.3	1.01	.304	2.90	6.47
11	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	81	745	43	13	.768	81	1.98	3	3	0	541.2	364	119	135	37	105	18	0	2	2,089	10	12.38	1.74	7.10	0.61	35.7	5.0	0.87	.276	2.24	6.05
12	Blake Snell B. Snell	78	755	47	12	.797	78	1.49	1	1	0	477.0	256	79	82	26	156	3	0	2	1,816	30	14.25	2.94	4.84	0.49	41.6	8.6	0.86	.263	1.55	4.83
13	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	77	708	41	14	.745	77	2.05	2	1	0	500.2	360	114	122	45	95	2	0	1	1,937	10	12.73	1.71	7.45	0.81	36.6	4.9	0.91	.290	2.19	6.47
14	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	73	654	40	17	.702	73	2.54	0	0	0	457.2	324	129	140	48	137	13	0	2	1,817	5	12.86	2.69	4.77	0.94	36.0	7.5	1.01	.286	2.75	6.37
15	Sonny Gray S. Gray	73	660	39	16	.709	73	2.14	2	1	0	458.2	295	109	128	46	122	12	0	1	1,782	21	12.95	2.39	5.41	0.90	37.0	6.8	0.91	.264	2.51	5.79
16	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	70	650	40	12	.769	70	2.26	1	0	0	430.0	279	108	119	32	127	13	0	1	1,700	20	13.60	2.66	5.12	0.67	38.2	7.5	0.94	.281	2.49	5.84
17	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	63	564	33	18	.647	63	2.51	3	1	0	412.1	319	115	124	43	90	8	0	5	1,636	10	12.31	1.96	6.27	0.94	34.5	5.5	0.99	.296	2.71	6.96
18	Dylan Cease D. Cease	61	566	32	11	.744	61	2.24	2	2	0	365.2	239	91	99	26	109	8	0	1	1,436	18	13.93	2.68	5.19	0.64	39.4	7.6	0.95	.293	2.44	5.88
19	José Berríos J. Berríos	59	535	38	10	.792	59	2.44	3	0	0	387.2	251	105	112	36	100	22	0	3	1,511	11	12.42	2.32	5.35	0.84	35.4	6.6	0.91	.263	2.60	5.83
20	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	58	562	33	10	.767	58	1.96	3	2	0	390.2	268	85	91	33	89	7	0	0	1,512	12	12.95	2.05	6.31	0.76	37.2	5.9	0.91	.286	2.10	6.17
21	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	55	514	27	12	.692	55	2.62	4	3	0	353.2	234	103	114	49	91	10	0	0	1,375	10	13.08	2.32	5.65	1.25	37.4	6.6	0.92	.260	2.90	5.95
22	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	53	520	27	7	.794	52	1.52	0	0	0	337.0	189	57	67	21	68	14	1	0	1,269	14	13.89	1.82	7.65	0.56	41.0	5.4	0.76	.260	1.79	5.05
23	Jon Gray J. Gray	52	475	23	14	.622	52	3.50	2	1	0	321.2	275	125	129	39	80	18	0	2	1,310	9	13.29	2.24	5.94	1.09	36.3	6.1	1.10	.338	3.61	7.69
24	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	49	468	24	8	.750	49	2.58	0	0	0	300.1	194	86	90	33	77	2	0	1	1,157	24	14.02	2.31	6.08	0.99	40.4	6.7	0.90	.279	2.70	5.81
25	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	49	447	22	10	.688	49	2.34	0	0	0	303.1	181	79	82	38	86	12	0	2	1,168	6	13.26	2.55	5.20	1.13	38.3	7.4	0.88	.244	2.43	5.37