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

	NAME	G	SO	SEASON	TM	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	30	324	2000	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
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	30	330	1999	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
3	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	30	325	1965	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
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	29	338	2001	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
5	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	29	329	1973	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
6	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	27	289	2002	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
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	26	288	2019	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
8	Chris Sale C. Sale	26	274	2017	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
9	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	26	277	1997	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
10	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	25	267	1995	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
11	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	25	283	1977	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
12	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	25	266	1976	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
13	Spencer Strider S. Strider	24	236	2023	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
14	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	24	249	2002	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
15	Randy 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
16	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	24	255	1997	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
17	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	24	260	1989	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
18	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	24	273	1974	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
19	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	24	254	1965	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
20	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	23	223	2018	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
21	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	23	246	2018	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
22	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	23	239	2015	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
23	Kerry Wood K. Wood	23	227	2003	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
24	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	23	233	2001	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
25	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	23	276	1999	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