most games with 8 strikeouts by a pitcher in a season

Randy Johnson and Sandy Koufax are tied for the most games pitched with 8+ strikeouts in a season, with 30 games.

Interpreted as:
most games with 8 or more strikeouts by a pitcher in a season
NAMEGSOSEASONTMWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
30
324
2000
ARI ARI
19
2
.905
30
2.10
8
3
0
226.2
171
53
60
21
58
4
0
1
881
2
12.86
2.30
5.59
0.83
36.8
6.6
1.01
.316
2.38
6.79
2Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
30
330
1999
ARI ARI
16
7
.696
30
2.08
11
2
0
238.0
162
55
63
24
59
7
0
3
923
3
12.48
2.23
5.59
0.91
35.8
6.4
0.93
.274
2.38
6.13
3Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
30
325
1965
LAD LAD
24
4
.857
30
1.68
25
7
0
268.0
151
50
56
18
54
2
0
3
1,010
9
10.91
1.81
6.02
0.60
32.2
5.3
0.76
.218
1.88
5.07
4Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
29
338
2001
ARI ARI
18
4
.818
28
2.08
3
2
0
212.0
144
49
52
15
60
13
1
1
835
7
14.35
2.55
5.63
0.64
40.5
7.2
0.96
.315
2.21
6.11
5Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
29
329
1973
CAL CAL
17
11
.607
29
2.72
22
3
0
251.2
166
76
80
15
126
6
0
2
1,037
11
11.77
4.51
2.61
0.54
31.7
12.2
1.16
.269
2.86
5.94
6Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
27
289
2002
ARI ARI
20
3
.870
27
1.78
8
4
0
207.2
138
41
47
16
56
11
0
1
810
2
12.52
2.43
5.16
0.69
35.7
6.9
0.93
.279
2.04
5.98
7Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
26
288
2019
HOU 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
8Chris Sale
C. Sale
26
274
2017
BOS 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
9Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
26
277
1997
MON MON
14
7
.667
26
1.64
12
4
0
208.1
126
38
45
10
60
7
0
5
810
3
11.97
2.59
4.62
0.43
34.2
7.4
0.89
.254
1.94
5.44
10Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
25
267
1995
SEA SEA
16
2
.889
25
2.43
5
2
0
181.1
133
49
55
9
56
5
0
1
737
4
13.25
2.78
4.77
0.45
36.2
7.6
1.04
.310
2.73
6.60
11Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
25
283
1977
CAL CAL
12
11
.522
25
2.78
16
3
0
213.2
140
66
79
10
135
5
0
7
903
17
11.92
5.69
2.10
0.42
31.3
15.0
1.29
.277
3.33
5.90
12Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
25
266
1976
CAL CAL
13
10
.565
25
2.79
17
6
0
206.2
130
64
69
10
124
2
0
1
849
4
11.58
5.40
2.15
0.44
31.3
14.6
1.23
.268
3.00
5.66
13Spencer Strider
S. Strider
24
236
2023
ATL ATL
14
3
.824
24
3.05
0
0
0
147.2
103
50
55
14
35
8
0
1
583
2
14.38
2.13
6.74
0.85
40.5
6.0
0.93
.307
3.35
6.28
14Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
24
249
2002
ARI ARI
16
4
.800
24
2.87
3
1
0
178.2
130
57
57
18
23
2
0
1
683
5
12.54
1.16
10.83
0.91
36.5
3.4
0.86
.286
2.87
6.55
15Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
24
279
1998
TOT
18
5
.783
24
2.16
10
6
0
191.1
131
46
52
13
61
9
0
1
764
6
13.12
2.87
4.57
0.61
36.5
8.0
1.00
.294
2.45
6.16
16Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
24
255
1997
PHI PHI
13
6
.684
24
2.70
6
1
0
183.0
138
55
58
18
34
2
0
2
706
2
12.54
1.67
7.50
0.89
36.1
4.8
0.94
.302
2.85
6.79
17Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
24
260
1989
TEX TEX
13
7
.650
24
2.71
6
2
0
186.0
117
56
66
9
69
6
0
3
755
15
12.58
3.34
3.77
0.44
34.4
9.1
1.00
.263
3.19
5.66
18Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
24
273
1974
CAL CAL
15
8
.652
24
2.13
20
2
0
220.0
133
52
62
11
121
8
0
2
894
7
11.17
4.95
2.26
0.45
30.5
13.5
1.15
.254
2.54
5.44
19Sam McDowell
S. McDowell
24
254
1965
CLE CLE
14
5
.737
24
1.77
12
2
0
198.0
118
39
46
7
90
6
0
3
798
10
11.55
4.09
2.82
0.32
31.8
11.3
1.05
.252
2.09
5.36
20Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
23
223
2018
HOU 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
21Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
23
246
2018
WSH 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
22Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
23
239
2015
LAD LAD
13
5
.722
23
1.72
4
3
0
167.2
107
32
38
11
23
3
0
0
624
7
12.83
1.23
10.39
0.59
38.3
3.7
0.78
.276
2.04
5.74
23Kerry Wood
K. Wood
23
227
2003
CHC CHC
10
8
.556
23
2.25
4
2
0
164.0
102
41
43
14
67
16
0
2
663
7
12.46
3.68
3.39
0.77
34.2
10.1
1.03
.260
2.36
5.60
24Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
23
233
2001
ARI ARI
18
2
.900
23
2.46
6
1
0
182.2
147
50
51
24
24
1
0
0
706
3
11.48
1.18
9.71
1.18
33.0
3.4
0.94
.290
2.51
7.24
25Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
23
276
1999
BOS BOS
18
4
.818
23
1.79
5
1
0
175.2
121
35
38
5
30
7
0
1
678
5
14.14
1.54
9.20
0.26
40.7
4.4
0.86
.322
1.95
6.20
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