most games with 9 or more strikeouts 2 or less earned runs by a pitcher 2012 to 2022 including playoffs

Between the 2012 and 2022 seasons, Max Scherzer had the most games pitched in the regular-season and playoffs when striking out 9+ batters and allowing at most 2 earned runs, with 120 games.

NAME G SO ER W L W% GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H 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
120
1,279
114
76
16
.826
120
1.21
9
4
0
851.1
452
127
57
157
30
0
4
3,161
13
13.52
1.66
8.15
0.60
40.5
5.0
0.72
.241
1.34
4.78
2 Chris Sale
C. Sale
75
834
64
46
13
.780
75
1.06
9
2
0
542.0
289
80
27
97
28
0
3
2,025
8
13.85
1.61
8.60
0.45
41.2
4.8
0.71
.252
1.33
4.80
3 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
75
796
64
57
6
.905
75
1.04
11
6
0
554.0
321
78
26
77
5
0
2
2,031
17
12.93
1.25
10.34
0.42
39.2
3.8
0.72
.262
1.27
5.21
4 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
70
736
67
47
6
.887
70
1.22
8
4
0
495.1
258
71
41
80
16
0
1
1,823
10
13.37
1.45
9.20
0.74
40.4
4.4
0.68
.228
1.29
4.69
5 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
69
723
68
39
13
.750
69
1.29
2
1
0
475.2
286
83
26
82
4
0
4
1,772
10
13.68
1.55
8.82
0.49
40.8
4.6
0.77
.277
1.57
5.41
6 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
67
736
63
47
5
.904
67
1.26
4
3
0
450.1
249
78
35
81
9
0
0
1,668
12
14.71
1.62
9.09
0.70
44.1
4.9
0.73
.265
1.56
4.98
7 Stephen Strasburg
S. Strasburg
58
609
58
45
3
.938
58
1.30
1
1
0
401.0
242
70
21
64
16
0
2
1,504
8
13.67
1.44
9.52
0.47
40.5
4.3
0.76
.278
1.57
5.43
8 Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
56
582
50
36
7
.837
56
1.16
1
1
0
387.1
206
51
20
91
14
0
1
1,452
14
13.52
2.11
6.40
0.46
40.1
6.3
0.77
.250
1.19
4.79
9 Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
49
526
40
37
2
.949
49
0.97
8
4
0
372.1
197
48
15
52
11
0
1
1,353
6
12.71
1.26
10.12
0.36
38.9
3.8
0.67
.243
1.16
4.76
10 Madison Bumgarner
M. Bumgarner
45
458
44
34
3
.919
45
1.19
9
6
0
332.0
186
51
11
39
10
0
4
1,214
6
12.42
1.06
11.74
0.30
37.7
3.2
0.68
.251
1.38
5.04
11 Trevor Bauer
T. Bauer
42
433
38
23
3
.885
42
1.16
2
1
0
295.2
151
43
14
76
16
0
1
1,112
10
13.18
2.31
5.70
0.43
38.9
6.8
0.77
.239
1.31
4.60
12 Blake Snell
B. Snell
41
419
34
27
3
.900
41
1.20
0
0
0
255.0
129
35
14
65
1
0
1
940
14
14.79
2.29
6.45
0.49
44.6
6.9
0.76
.261
1.24
4.55
13 Aaron Nola
A. Nola
41
404
33
27
4
.871
41
1.02
3
3
0
290.0
165
36
11
55
12
0
1
1,089
1
12.54
1.71
7.35
0.34
37.1
5.1
0.76
.254
1.12
5.12
14 Lance Lynn
L. Lynn
38
372
30
28
3
.903
38
1.07
1
1
0
251.2
144
35
10
65
8
0
3
966
13
13.30
2.32
5.72
0.36
38.5
6.7
0.83
.262
1.25
5.15
15 Robbie Ray
R. Ray
35
374
36
24
2
.923
35
1.43
1
1
0
226.1
131
39
18
58
6
0
1
862
10
14.87
2.31
6.45
0.72
43.4
6.7
0.84
.278
1.55
5.21
16 Carlos Carrasco
C. Carrasco
35
379
28
29
3
.906
35
1.02
4
2
0
247.1
161
32
7
42
4
0
0
932
13
13.79
1.53
9.02
0.25
40.7
4.5
0.82
.308
1.16
5.86
17 David Price
D. Price
34
350
38
24
5
.828
34
1.38
4
0
0
247.2
163
46
10
38
2
0
1
933
6
12.72
1.38
9.21
0.36
37.5
4.1
0.81
.287
1.67
5.92
18 Charlie Morton
C. Morton
33
333
36
19
5
.792
33
1.51
0
0
0
214.1
117
39
13
47
17
0
0
816
5
13.98
1.97
7.09
0.55
40.8
5.8
0.77
.256
1.64
4.91
19 Felix Hernandez
F. Hernandez
33
339
27
16
3
.842
33
1.00
4
4
0
243.2
123
29
8
46
6
0
0
892
16
12.52
1.70
7.37
0.30
38.0
5.2
0.69
.233
1.07
4.54
20 Carlos Rodón
C. Rodón
30
308
25
20
2
.909
30
1.17
1
0
0
192.0
97
28
4
45
7
0
0
724
10
14.44
2.11
6.84
0.19
42.5
6.2
0.74
.258
1.31
4.55
21 Cole Hamels
C. Hamels
29
291
30
21
3
.875
29
1.29
2
1
0
209.1
129
33
13
43
9
0
1
794
2
12.51
1.85
6.77
0.56
36.6
5.4
0.82
.265
1.42
5.55
22 Shane Bieber
S. Bieber
27
287
24
18
2
.900
27
1.17
2
2
0
184.0
101
28
8
48
3
0
0
694
4
14.04
2.35
5.98
0.39
41.4
6.9
0.81
.267
1.37
4.94
23 Sonny Gray
S. Gray
27
262
19
18
5
.783
27
0.93
2
1
0
183.0
105
30
9
54
6
0
0
702
12
12.89
2.66
4.85
0.44
37.3
7.7
0.87
.259
1.48
5.16
24 Chris Archer
C. Archer
27
283
23
12
5
.706
27
1.14
1
1
0
182.1
116
33
7
39
7
0
1
697
13
13.97
1.93
7.26
0.35
40.6
5.6
0.85
.302
1.63
5.73
25 Adam Wainwright
A. Wainwright
27
260
21
21
2
.913
27
0.95
9
4
0
199.2
118
24
6
28
5
0
1
740
7
11.72
1.26
9.29
0.27
35.1
3.8
0.73
.254
1.08
5.32
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HR

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SO

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37
42
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45
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WSH WSH
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Final

0

WSH Nationals

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Wed 25 Jun 2025

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