most games with 9 or more strikeouts 4 hits or less allowed by a pitcher 2015 to 2019

Between the 2015 and 2019 seasons, Max Scherzer had the most games pitched when striking out 9+ batters and allowing 4 or fewer hits, with 52 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 9 or more strikeouts 4 hits or less allowed by a pitcher 2015 to 2019

	NAME	G	SO	H	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	52	558	156	34	10	.773	52	1.30	5	4	0	374.1	54	63	29	75	18	0	3	1,373	7	13.42	1.80	7.44	0.70	40.6	5.5	0.62	.183	1.51	3.75
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	47	529	141	34	2	.944	47	1.14	4	2	0	331.2	42	44	16	66	22	0	0	1,221	5	14.35	1.79	8.02	0.43	43.3	5.4	0.62	.213	1.19	3.83
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	39	411	112	26	2	.929	39	1.40	3	2	0	277.0	43	45	32	38	10	0	0	982	5	13.35	1.23	10.82	1.04	41.9	3.9	0.54	.163	1.46	3.64
4	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	27	296	79	18	2	.900	27	1.07	4	4	0	201.0	24	25	11	28	2	0	0	707	8	13.25	1.25	10.57	0.49	41.9	4.0	0.53	.184	1.12	3.54
5	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	25	270	77	20	2	.909	25	1.07	6	3	0	192.2	23	26	10	28	9	0	1	681	2	12.61	1.31	9.64	0.47	39.6	4.1	0.54	.184	1.21	3.60
6	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	24	250	79	13	3	.813	24	1.03	0	0	0	166.2	19	21	7	39	1	0	1	608	5	13.50	2.11	6.41	0.38	41.1	6.4	0.71	.232	1.13	4.27
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	23	265	66	17	2	.895	23	1.48	1	1	0	152.0	25	28	15	37	4	0	0	557	4	15.69	2.19	7.16	0.89	47.6	6.6	0.68	.216	1.66	3.91
8	Robbie Ray R. Ray	21	218	63	12	3	.800	21	1.93	1	1	0	130.2	28	29	13	52	5	0	1	508	6	15.02	3.58	4.19	0.90	42.9	10.2	0.88	.227	2.00	4.34
9	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	20	204	61	11	1	.917	20	1.32	1	0	0	142.2	21	23	4	47	9	0	1	534	6	12.87	2.96	4.34	0.25	38.2	8.8	0.76	.211	1.45	3.85
10	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	19	213	56	16	0	1.000	19	1.13	0	0	0	136.0	17	18	10	22	4	0	0	484	2	14.10	1.46	9.68	0.66	44.0	4.5	0.57	.196	1.19	3.71
11	Blake Snell B. Snell	16	170	36	12	1	.923	16	0.80	0	0	0	100.2	9	9	4	28	1	0	0	361	9	15.20	2.50	6.07	0.36	47.1	7.8	0.64	.203	0.80	3.22
12	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	15	148	41	7	2	.778	15	1.57	0	0	0	97.1	17	17	7	19	5	0	0	358	4	13.68	1.76	7.79	0.65	41.3	5.3	0.62	.190	1.57	3.79
13	Chris Archer C. Archer	15	155	50	7	2	.778	15	1.51	1	1	0	101.0	17	24	5	24	5	0	0	378	7	13.81	2.14	6.46	0.45	41.0	6.3	0.73	.238	2.14	4.46
14	Mike Clevinger M. Clevinger	14	134	40	9	1	.900	14	1.10	0	0	0	90.0	11	13	5	24	1	0	0	330	0	13.40	2.40	5.58	0.50	40.6	7.3	0.71	.211	1.30	4.00
15	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	14	153	41	12	1	.923	14	0.52	2	1	0	104.0	6	8	3	17	2	0	0	369	9	13.24	1.47	9.00	0.26	41.5	4.6	0.56	.196	0.69	3.55
16	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	13	128	39	8	4	.667	13	1.81	0	0	0	89.1	18	18	9	25	4	0	0	333	3	12.90	2.52	5.12	0.91	38.4	7.5	0.72	.180	1.81	3.93
17	Luis Severino L. Severino	13	122	41	9	2	.818	13	1.32	0	0	0	88.2	13	20	9	17	2	0	0	330	5	12.38	1.73	7.18	0.91	37.0	5.2	0.65	.178	2.03	4.16
18	James Paxton J. Paxton	13	132	35	10	1	.909	13	1.00	0	0	0	90.0	10	10	4	18	2	0	0	322	4	13.20	1.80	7.33	0.40	41.0	5.6	0.59	.187	1.00	3.50
19	Charlie Morton C. Morton	13	134	42	11	1	.917	13	1.93	0	0	0	84.0	18	21	6	29	6	0	0	325	1	14.36	3.11	4.62	0.64	41.2	8.9	0.85	.240	2.25	4.50
20	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	13	130	42	7	4	.636	13	1.31	0	0	0	89.1	13	14	6	15	3	0	0	325	1	13.10	1.51	8.67	0.60	40.0	4.6	0.64	.211	1.41	4.23
21	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	12	121	28	6	1	.857	12	1.75	0	0	0	77.1	15	15	10	24	4	0	0	286	2	14.08	2.79	5.04	1.16	42.3	8.4	0.67	.142	1.75	3.26
22	Rich Hill R. Hill	12	117	25	8	2	.800	12	0.64	2	1	0	84.0	6	7	3	15	3	0	2	296	0	12.54	1.61	7.80	0.32	39.5	5.1	0.48	.139	0.75	2.68
23	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	12	126	32	9	1	.900	12	1.10	4	3	0	89.2	11	11	4	15	2	0	2	313	2	12.65	1.51	8.40	0.40	40.3	4.8	0.52	.169	1.10	3.21
24	Carlos Martinez C. Martinez	12	125	44	7	1	.875	12	1.19	2	2	0	83.1	11	12	1	37	4	0	1	330	4	13.50	4.00	3.38	0.11	37.9	11.2	0.97	.264	1.30	4.75
25	José Berríos J. Berríos	11	112	31	10	1	.909	11	0.81	0	0	0	78.0	7	9	2	16	5	0	0	281	0	12.92	1.85	7.00	0.23	39.9	5.7	0.60	.199	1.04	3.58

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