most games with 9 or more strikeouts 5 hits or less allowed by a pitcher

Nolan Ryan had the most games pitched when striking out 9+ batters and allowing at most 5 hits, with 170 games.

Interpreted as:
most regular-season games with 9 or more strikeouts 5 hits or less allowed by a pitcher
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 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
170
1,914
565
116
29
.800
170
1.19
92
41
0
1388.2
184
221
37
627
30
0
10
5,316
51
12.40
4.06
3.05
0.24
36.0
11.8
0.86
.195
1.43
3.66
2 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
156
1,786
586
110
20
.846
155
1.40
53
23
0
1224.2
190
223
74
352
47
1
10
4,580
21
13.13
2.59
5.07
0.54
39.0
7.7
0.77
.221
1.64
4.31
3 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
128
1,333
452
77
18
.811
128
1.60
8
4
0
904.0
161
172
79
185
34
0
5
3,346
12
13.27
1.84
7.21
0.79
39.8
5.5
0.70
.217
1.71
4.50
4 Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
103
1,103
380
73
13
.849
103
1.25
23
11
0
792.0
110
126
43
175
32
0
7
2,924
13
12.53
1.99
6.30
0.49
37.7
6.0
0.70
.215
1.43
4.32
5 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
95
1,017
358
69
11
.863
95
1.06
34
21
0
754.1
89
104
25
183
19
0
2
2,788
18
12.13
2.18
5.56
0.30
36.5
6.6
0.72
.216
1.24
4.27
6 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
82
856
273
61
7
.897
82
1.15
10
7
0
597.1
76
84
38
106
8
0
2
2,157
15
12.90
1.60
8.08
0.57
39.7
4.9
0.63
.205
1.27
4.11
7 Chris Sale
C. Sale
81
895
268
48
10
.828
81
1.29
6
2
0
573.0
82
87
35
113
33
0
2
2,117
7
14.06
1.77
7.92
0.55
42.3
5.3
0.66
.224
1.37
4.21
8 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
75
782
238
52
5
.912
75
1.59
9
6
0
531.1
94
100
44
105
17
0
3
1,942
14
13.25
1.78
7.45
0.75
40.3
5.4
0.65
.195
1.69
4.03
9 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
72
806
269
59
9
.868
72
1.24
54
20
0
632.2
87
103
35
191
4
0
12
2,342
20
11.47
2.72
4.22
0.50
34.4
8.2
0.73
.179
1.47
3.83
10 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
69
731
255
36
13
.735
69
1.72
1
1
0
460.0
88
101
40
87
3
0
2
1,706
10
14.30
1.70
8.40
0.78
42.8
5.1
0.74
.254
1.98
4.99
11 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
68
739
237
44
6
.880
68
1.62
5
4
0
450.2
81
97
42
87
7
0
0
1,669
14
14.76
1.74
8.49
0.84
44.3
5.2
0.72
.246
1.94
4.73
12 Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
63
650
203
36
12
.750
63
1.61
0
0
0
429.1
77
78
35
103
17
0
1
1,599
14
13.63
2.16
6.31
0.73
40.7
6.4
0.71
.212
1.64
4.26
13 Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
62
671
236
47
9
.839
62
1.24
22
9
0
495.0
68
73
25
82
9
0
3
1,792
11
12.20
1.49
8.18
0.45
37.4
4.6
0.64
.210
1.33
4.29
14 Sam McDowell
S. McDowell
58
650
204
39
9
.813
58
1.28
37
14
0
492.0
70
87
24
232
12
0
9
1,896
17
11.89
4.24
2.80
0.44
34.3
12.2
0.89
.184
1.59
3.73
15 Tom Seaver
T. Seaver
55
612
209
40
7
.851
55
1.10
38
18
0
482.2
59
61
26
115
7
0
8
1,750
4
11.41
2.14
5.32
0.48
35.0
6.6
0.67
.185
1.14
3.90
16 Felix Hernandez
F. Hernandez
53
536
198
32
5
.865
53
1.00
9
5
0
404.2
45
49
11
73
13
0
0
1,480
27
11.92
1.62
7.34
0.24
36.2
4.9
0.67
.221
1.09
4.40
17 Stephen Strasburg
S. Strasburg
51
543
188
36
3
.923
51
1.55
1
1
0
353.1
61
64
25
56
16
0
2
1,300
7
13.83
1.43
9.70
0.64
41.8
4.3
0.69
.247
1.63
4.79
18 Johan Santana
J. Santana
51
545
172
32
8
.800
50
1.33
7
5
0
379.1
56
60
31
78
5
0
1
1,383
12
12.93
1.85
6.99
0.74
39.4
5.6
0.66
.195
1.42
4.08
19 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
48
523
173
25
8
.758
48
1.73
7
4
0
348.1
67
72
21
134
23
0
3
1,349
15
13.51
3.46
3.90
0.54
38.8
9.9
0.88
.235
1.86
4.47
20 Blake Snell
B. Snell
47
496
119
31
5
.861
47
0.97
1
1
0
296.2
32
33
14
85
2
0
0
1,082
17
15.05
2.58
5.84
0.42
45.8
7.9
0.69
.216
1.00
3.61
21 Robbie Ray
R. Ray
46
480
167
26
6
.813
46
2.43
1
1
0
288.2
78
79
33
96
11
0
2
1,128
10
14.97
2.99
5.00
1.03
42.6
8.5
0.91
.264
2.46
5.21
22 Aaron Nola
A. Nola
46
454
163
28
4
.875
46
1.38
3
3
0
320.0
49
54
22
63
11
0
0
1,186
1
12.77
1.77
7.21
0.62
38.3
5.3
0.71
.222
1.52
4.58
23 Trevor Bauer
T. Bauer
43
445
146
25
3
.893
43
1.69
2
1
0
298.0
56
61
22
86
16
0
2
1,127
11
13.44
2.60
5.17
0.66
39.5
7.6
0.78
.222
1.84
4.41
24 Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
43
462
148
30
3
.909
43
1.06
8
4
0
332.0
39
44
17
50
11
0
1
1,185
5
12.52
1.36
9.24
0.46
39.0
4.2
0.60
.203
1.19
4.01
25 David Cone
D. Cone
43
463
153
31
3
.912
43
1.12
10
7
0
337.2
42
50
15
111
9
0
2
1,273
15
12.34
2.96
4.17
0.40
36.4
8.7
0.78
.204
1.33
4.08
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5/24
MIA MIA
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5/25
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LAA LAA
4:07 PM
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LAA LAA
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LAA LAA
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Phillies Phillies
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Cubs Cubs
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AL Central W L PCT GB
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.580
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
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5/8
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Thu
5/8
TEX TEX
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DET DET
1-2
Thu
5/8
STL STL
@
WSH WSH
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5/8
MIL MIL
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TBR TBR
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