most games with 9 or more strikeouts 5 hits or less allowed by a pitcher 2015 to 2021

Between the 2015 and 2021 seasons, Max Scherzer had the most games pitched when striking out 9+ batters and allowing 5 or fewer hits, with 85 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 9 or more strikeouts 5 hits or less allowed by a pitcher 2015 to 2021

	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	85	900	300	51	15	.773	85	1.54	8	4	0	609.0	104	113	55	112	28	0	4	2,248	10	13.30	1.66	8.04	0.81	40.0	5.0	0.68	.212	1.67	4.43
2	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	54	577	205	27	10	.730	54	1.52	1	1	0	367.1	62	72	27	75	3	0	2	1,367	10	14.14	1.84	7.69	0.66	42.2	5.5	0.76	.260	1.76	5.02
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	54	611	176	36	5	.878	54	1.34	5	2	0	382.0	57	62	23	74	24	0	0	1,417	5	14.40	1.74	8.26	0.54	43.1	5.2	0.65	.223	1.46	4.15
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	46	482	147	29	4	.879	46	1.65	4	2	0	322.1	59	61	35	50	10	0	0	1,164	7	13.46	1.40	9.64	0.98	41.4	4.3	0.61	.191	1.70	4.10
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	44	490	156	30	6	.833	44	1.62	4	3	0	289.1	52	65	30	55	5	0	0	1,076	8	15.24	1.71	8.91	0.93	45.5	5.1	0.73	.254	2.02	4.85
6	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	41	427	138	24	3	.889	41	1.71	2	1	0	284.0	54	59	22	81	15	0	2	1,074	11	13.53	2.57	5.27	0.70	39.8	7.5	0.77	.219	1.87	4.37
7	Robbie Ray R. Ray	39	411	142	20	6	.769	39	2.39	1	1	0	244.2	65	66	28	85	8	0	2	961	8	15.12	3.13	4.84	1.03	42.8	8.8	0.93	.266	2.43	5.22
8	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	37	400	125	25	4	.862	37	1.33	4	4	0	271.0	40	44	18	38	4	0	0	974	9	13.28	1.26	10.53	0.60	41.1	3.9	0.60	.208	1.46	4.15
9	Aaron Nola A. Nola	31	307	111	19	4	.826	31	1.47	2	2	0	214.0	35	37	13	47	9	0	0	802	1	12.91	1.98	6.53	0.55	38.3	5.9	0.74	.230	1.56	4.67
10	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	31	337	99	23	3	.885	31	1.08	7	4	0	241.2	29	32	13	34	9	0	1	852	5	12.55	1.27	9.91	0.48	39.6	4.0	0.55	.187	1.19	3.69
11	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	29	294	87	15	4	.789	29	1.66	0	0	0	190.0	35	35	17	39	10	0	0	706	8	13.93	1.85	7.54	0.81	41.6	5.5	0.66	.202	1.66	4.12
12	Blake Snell B. Snell	28	289	74	19	3	.864	28	1.27	0	0	0	177.1	25	25	10	44	1	0	0	640	9	14.67	2.23	6.57	0.51	45.2	6.9	0.67	.216	1.27	3.76
13	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	28	307	101	22	2	.917	28	1.64	0	0	0	197.2	36	37	18	33	10	0	2	729	5	13.98	1.50	9.30	0.82	42.1	4.5	0.68	.230	1.68	4.60
14	Chris Archer C. Archer	27	279	110	11	6	.647	27	2.13	1	1	0	177.2	42	51	14	42	7	0	0	685	16	14.13	2.13	6.64	0.71	40.7	6.1	0.86	.280	2.58	5.57
15	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	24	257	78	15	2	.882	24	1.38	2	2	0	162.2	25	26	8	49	5	0	0	615	8	14.22	2.71	5.24	0.44	41.8	8.0	0.78	.236	1.44	4.32
16	Charlie Morton C. Morton	24	243	88	18	2	.900	24	2.38	0	0	0	155.1	41	44	12	44	15	0	0	607	2	14.08	2.55	5.52	0.70	40.0	7.2	0.85	.259	2.55	5.10
17	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	22	209	75	14	3	.824	22	1.11	1	1	0	146.1	18	20	6	39	3	0	2	555	8	12.85	2.40	5.36	0.37	37.7	7.0	0.78	.232	1.23	4.61
18	James Paxton J. Paxton	21	218	74	14	2	.875	21	1.52	0	0	0	142.0	24	26	9	24	3	0	0	523	5	13.82	1.52	9.08	0.57	41.7	4.6	0.69	.242	1.65	4.69
19	Sonny Gray S. Gray	21	202	74	13	7	.650	21	1.46	2	1	0	141.1	23	30	12	44	8	0	1	543	11	12.86	2.80	4.59	0.76	37.2	8.1	0.83	.224	1.91	4.71
20	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	21	219	76	14	4	.778	21	1.38	6	3	0	156.0	24	25	8	20	3	0	2	560	2	12.63	1.15	10.95	0.46	39.1	3.6	0.62	.219	1.44	4.38
21	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	21	226	72	18	2	.900	21	0.96	3	1	0	150.2	16	18	6	28	3	0	0	546	10	13.50	1.67	8.07	0.36	41.4	5.1	0.66	.233	1.08	4.30
22	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	20	210	72	13	3	.813	20	1.92	3	3	0	140.1	30	30	14	34	2	0	0	518	4	13.47	2.18	6.18	0.90	40.5	6.6	0.76	.225	1.92	4.62
23	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	20	193	70	12	6	.667	20	1.76	0	0	0	133.0	26	28	12	45	4	0	1	510	3	13.06	3.05	4.29	0.81	37.8	8.8	0.86	.227	1.89	4.74
24	Rich Hill R. Hill	20	191	60	14	3	.824	20	1.09	2	1	0	132.0	16	17	6	32	9	0	2	489	0	13.02	2.18	5.97	0.41	39.1	6.5	0.70	.215	1.16	4.09
25	José Berríos J. Berríos	18	181	52	12	4	.750	18	1.09	0	0	0	123.1	15	18	3	27	6	0	0	448	0	13.21	1.97	6.70	0.22	40.4	6.0	0.64	.212	1.31	3.79