most games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 1996 to 2004

Between the 1996 and 2004 seasons, Randy Johnson had the most games pitched when striking out 9+ batters, with 152 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 1996 to 2004

	NAME	G	SO	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	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	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	152	1,811	96	28	.774	151	2.12	42	18	0	1163.2	789	274	307	99	306	48	1	10	4,550	23	14.01	2.37	5.92	0.77	39.8	6.7	0.94	.302	2.37	6.10
2	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	129	1,414	78	29	.729	129	1.69	31	12	0	985.1	626	185	207	57	218	39	0	8	3,792	19	12.92	1.99	6.49	0.52	37.3	5.7	0.86	.276	1.89	5.72
3	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	107	1,172	72	22	.766	107	2.21	32	9	0	835.2	574	205	214	79	126	9	0	5	3,174	17	12.62	1.36	9.30	0.85	36.9	4.0	0.84	.277	2.30	6.18
4	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	78	831	44	17	.721	78	2.35	17	6	0	593.0	420	155	163	25	170	16	0	8	2,354	24	12.61	2.58	4.89	0.38	35.3	7.2	0.99	.301	2.47	6.37
5	Kerry Wood K. Wood	59	633	28	15	.651	59	2.36	7	4	0	420.1	263	110	116	31	155	27	0	5	1,676	19	13.55	3.32	4.08	0.66	37.8	9.2	0.99	.280	2.48	5.63
6	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	55	564	35	8	.814	55	1.80	16	10	0	430.1	276	86	90	22	58	2	0	2	1,602	8	11.80	1.21	9.72	0.46	35.2	3.6	0.78	.266	1.88	5.77
7	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	42	417	20	11	.645	42	2.99	6	2	0	304.0	220	101	115	31	113	4	0	4	1,233	15	12.35	3.35	3.69	0.92	33.8	9.2	1.10	.283	3.40	6.51
8	Kevin Brown K. Brown	40	395	21	9	.700	39	1.86	11	3	0	300.2	215	62	70	11	51	9	0	5	1,159	12	11.82	1.53	7.75	0.33	34.1	4.4	0.88	.294	2.10	6.44
9	Jason Schmidt J. Schmidt	37	383	26	7	.788	37	2.10	12	7	0	279.0	187	65	69	16	74	6	0	1	1,095	11	12.35	2.39	5.18	0.52	35.0	6.8	0.94	.278	2.23	6.03
10	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	32	323	21	4	.840	32	1.62	8	4	0	250.2	166	45	49	21	34	4	0	4	942	3	11.60	1.22	9.50	0.75	34.3	3.6	0.80	.259	1.76	5.96
11	Chuck Finley C. Finley	32	321	22	3	.880	32	1.88	6	2	0	244.2	168	51	55	13	89	5	0	0	977	15	11.81	3.27	3.61	0.48	32.9	9.1	1.05	.282	2.02	6.18
12	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	30	308	21	3	.875	30	1.87	9	5	0	235.1	148	49	58	17	51	4	0	2	886	10	11.78	1.95	6.04	0.65	34.8	5.8	0.85	.259	2.22	5.66
13	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	26	260	17	5	.773	26	2.23	6	2	0	193.2	140	48	51	15	67	1	0	2	770	7	12.08	3.11	3.88	0.70	33.8	8.7	1.07	.293	2.37	6.51
14	David Cone D. Cone	26	274	15	5	.750	26	2.07	4	1	0	191.2	121	44	49	16	55	7	0	1	750	9	12.87	2.58	4.98	0.75	36.5	7.3	0.92	.264	2.30	5.68
15	Pedro Astacio P. Astacio	25	251	18	3	.857	25	2.90	7	1	0	195.2	151	63	64	28	51	11	0	4	783	4	11.55	2.35	4.92	1.29	32.1	6.5	1.03	.278	2.94	6.95
16	Darryl Kile D. Kile	24	248	15	5	.750	24	2.47	3	0	0	182.0	138	50	54	19	49	8	0	1	731	4	12.26	2.42	5.06	0.94	33.9	6.7	1.03	.292	2.67	6.82
17	Al Leiter A. Leiter	22	222	15	3	.833	22	2.13	1	1	0	152.0	110	36	37	5	51	6	0	1	609	4	13.14	3.02	4.35	0.30	36.5	8.4	1.06	.323	2.19	6.51
18	Shane Reynolds S. Reynolds	21	212	11	6	.647	21	3.16	5	1	0	156.2	133	55	59	13	21	3	0	2	618	6	12.18	1.21	10.10	0.75	34.3	3.4	0.98	.325	3.39	7.64
19	Johan Santana J. Santana	20	214	15	4	.789	19	1.47	1	1	0	146.2	80	24	26	12	28	3	0	0	542	7	13.13	1.72	7.64	0.74	39.5	5.2	0.74	.239	1.60	4.91
20	Chan Ho Park C. Ho Park	20	205	15	4	.789	20	2.36	3	2	0	149.0	81	39	40	15	54	8	0	0	585	2	12.38	3.26	3.80	0.91	35.0	9.2	0.91	.218	2.42	4.89
21	Oliver Perez O. Perez	19	203	7	6	.538	19	2.57	1	1	0	129.2	82	37	39	10	49	6	0	2	518	3	14.09	3.40	4.14	0.69	39.2	9.5	1.01	.288	2.71	5.69
22	Mark Prior M. Prior	19	215	12	1	.923	19	2.28	3	1	0	138.0	102	35	37	16	29	5	0	1	544	1	14.02	1.89	7.41	1.04	39.5	5.3	0.95	.308	2.41	6.65
23	Matt Clement M. Clement	19	196	11	3	.786	19	2.65	0	0	0	132.1	92	39	42	12	42	6	0	1	537	4	13.33	2.86	4.67	0.82	36.5	7.8	1.01	.285	2.86	6.26
24	Ryan Dempster R. Dempster	18	170	7	6	.538	18	3.96	0	0	0	125.0	117	55	61	12	48	5	0	3	539	3	12.24	3.46	3.54	0.86	31.5	8.9	1.32	.345	4.39	8.42
25	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	18	176	12	1	.923	18	2.04	0	0	0	127.2	104	29	34	3	33	2	0	0	519	5	12.41	2.33	5.33	0.21	33.9	6.4	1.07	.331	2.40	7.33