most games with 9 or more strikeouts 1 or less walks by a pitcher since 1997

Since 1997, Max Scherzer has the most games pitched when striking out 9+ batters with at most 1 walk allowed, with 104 games.

Interpreted as:
most regular-season games with 9 or more strikeouts 1 or less walks by a pitcher since 1997
NAME G SO BB W L W% GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR 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
104
1,096
61
60
14
.811
104
2.06
10
4
0
738.1
486
169
182
74
19
0
5
2,750
12
13.36
0.74
17.97
0.90
39.9
2.2
0.74
.275
2.22
5.92
2 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
81
853
39
55
12
.821
81
1.66
15
8
0
601.0
370
111
123
42
7
0
0
2,188
15
12.77
0.58
21.87
0.63
39.0
1.8
0.68
.263
1.84
5.54
3 Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
79
854
51
54
12
.818
79
1.66
20
7
0
606.2
376
112
121
44
26
0
0
2,243
9
12.67
0.76
16.75
0.65
38.1
2.3
0.70
.262
1.80
5.58
4 Chris Sale
C. Sale
75
817
47
40
20
.667
75
1.82
10
2
0
545.1
348
110
120
34
29
0
0
2,044
13
13.48
0.78
17.38
0.56
40.0
2.3
0.72
.281
1.98
5.74
5 Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
71
769
43
49
12
.803
71
2.27
22
6
0
558.0
398
141
145
56
6
0
0
2,094
11
12.40
0.69
17.88
0.90
36.7
2.1
0.79
.280
2.34
6.42
6 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
71
829
36
48
8
.857
70
1.53
23
10
0
547.0
382
93
107
43
19
1
2
2,047
9
13.64
0.59
23.03
0.71
40.5
1.8
0.76
.303
1.76
6.29
7 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
69
729
41
44
6
.880
69
1.93
6
2
0
480.1
315
103
113
54
13
0
0
1,804
11
13.66
0.77
17.78
1.01
40.4
2.3
0.74
.270
2.12
5.90
8 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
60
633
33
33
11
.750
60
1.71
2
1
0
410.0
264
78
86
34
3
0
1
1,509
9
13.90
0.72
19.18
0.75
41.9
2.2
0.72
.285
1.89
5.80
9 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
54
589
24
33
4
.892
54
1.89
3
3
0
367.0
229
77
86
33
6
0
0
1,346
12
14.44
0.59
24.54
0.81
43.8
1.8
0.69
.282
2.11
5.62
10 Stephen Strasburg
S. Strasburg
47
489
29
30
6
.833
47
1.99
1
1
0
326.0
216
72
80
28
11
0
0
1,222
6
13.50
0.80
16.86
0.77
40.0
2.4
0.75
.283
2.21
5.96
11 Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
46
472
30
19
11
.633
46
2.28
0
0
0
316.0
198
80
81
40
9
0
0
1,176
9
13.44
0.85
15.73
1.14
40.1
2.6
0.72
.253
2.31
5.64
12 Felix Hernandez
F. Hernandez
45
454
31
28
6
.824
45
1.55
8
4
0
342.2
223
59
68
16
9
0
0
1,274
21
11.92
0.81
14.65
0.42
35.6
2.4
0.74
.271
1.79
5.86
13 Madison Bumgarner
M. Bumgarner
44
450
21
31
4
.886
44
1.49
8
5
0
326.1
196
54
61
19
10
0
1
1,190
4
12.41
0.58
21.43
0.52
37.8
1.8
0.66
.257
1.68
5.41
14 Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
43
434
22
31
3
.912
43
2.05
5
3
0
311.0
220
71
73
25
3
0
2
1,156
5
12.56
0.64
19.73
0.72
37.5
1.9
0.78
.290
2.11
6.37
15 Aaron Nola
A. Nola
42
413
27
25
8
.758
42
2.08
3
3
0
285.2
192
66
72
26
11
0
1
1,085
3
13.01
0.85
15.30
0.82
38.1
2.5
0.77
.273
2.27
6.05
16 Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
42
456
29
28
4
.875
42
1.76
7
2
0
317.0
188
62
66
22
11
0
1
1,158
3
12.95
0.82
15.72
0.62
39.4
2.5
0.68
.259
1.87
5.34
17 Javier Vazquez
J. Vazquez
42
425
20
26
8
.765
42
1.92
9
3
0
323.2
222
69
78
28
10
0
0
1,206
8
11.82
0.56
21.25
0.78
35.2
1.7
0.75
.268
2.17
6.17
18 Johan Santana
J. Santana
41
437
27
26
7
.788
40
1.85
4
2
0
301.0
189
62
65
32
4
0
0
1,111
7
13.07
0.81
16.19
0.96
39.3
2.4
0.72
.257
1.94
5.65
19 Mike Mussina
M. Mussina
40
403
22
26
5
.839
40
1.71
11
7
0
310.2
198
59
60
16
1
0
0
1,138
5
11.67
0.64
18.32
0.46
35.4
1.9
0.71
.261
1.74
5.74
20 Cole Hamels
C. Hamels
38
378
25
22
8
.733
38
1.83
2
1
0
279.2
208
57
62
26
9
0
0
1,052
0
12.16
0.80
15.12
0.84
35.9
2.4
0.83
.296
2.00
6.69
21 David Price
D. Price
37
382
20
23
10
.697
37
2.12
5
1
0
284.2
211
67
75
22
6
0
0
1,077
6
12.08
0.63
19.10
0.70
35.5
1.9
0.81
.292
2.37
6.67
22 Cliff Lee
C. Lee
35
376
17
19
10
.655
35
2.00
7
2
0
275.0
219
61
68
22
4
0
0
1,058
3
12.31
0.56
22.12
0.72
35.5
1.6
0.86
.308
2.23
7.17
23 CC Sabathia
CC Sabathia
35
339
25
27
5
.844
35
2.11
10
2
0
272.2
215
64
74
16
8
0
1
1,047
1
11.19
0.83
13.56
0.53
32.4
2.4
0.88
.302
2.44
7.10
24 Kevin Gausman
K. Gausman
34
339
14
16
4
.800
34
1.79
1
1
0
230.2
159
46
51
25
1
0
0
858
0
13.23
0.55
24.21
0.98
39.5
1.6
0.75
.280
1.99
6.20
25 Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
33
334
12
20
5
.800
33
1.44
1
1
0
231.2
154
37
46
13
4
0
0
860
3
12.98
0.47
27.83
0.51
38.8
1.4
0.72
.284
1.79
5.98
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