most games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 1997 to 2004

Between the 1997 and 2004 seasons, Randy Johnson had the most games pitched when striking out 9+ batters, with 149 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 1997 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	149	1,776	94	28	.770	148	2.13	42	18	0	1141.1	779	270	303	97	300	47	1	10	4,466	21	14.00	2.37	5.92	0.76	39.8	6.7	0.95	.304	2.39	6.14
2	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	120	1,323	74	26	.740	120	1.67	29	12	0	915.1	580	170	191	52	197	38	0	7	3,522	17	13.01	1.94	6.72	0.51	37.6	5.6	0.85	.276	1.88	5.70
3	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	97	1,068	65	19	.774	97	2.27	28	7	0	757.2	527	191	200	76	112	8	0	4	2,884	16	12.69	1.33	9.54	0.90	37.0	3.9	0.84	.278	2.38	6.26
4	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	66	700	38	15	.717	66	2.39	13	4	0	497.2	351	132	139	22	140	16	0	8	1,972	21	12.66	2.53	5.00	0.40	35.5	7.1	0.99	.301	2.51	6.35
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	52	535	33	8	.805	52	1.85	14	9	0	404.1	257	83	86	22	54	1	0	2	1,502	8	11.91	1.20	9.91	0.49	35.6	3.6	0.77	.264	1.91	5.72
7	Kevin Brown K. Brown	39	385	20	9	.690	38	1.88	11	3	0	292.2	212	61	69	11	51	8	0	5	1,131	12	11.84	1.57	7.55	0.34	34.0	4.5	0.90	.297	2.12	6.52
8	Jason Schmidt J. Schmidt	36	372	26	6	.813	36	2.03	11	7	0	270.0	178	61	65	15	74	5	0	1	1,058	11	12.40	2.47	5.03	0.50	35.2	7.0	0.93	.275	2.17	5.93
9	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	33	326	14	9	.609	33	3.10	5	2	0	235.1	171	81	87	23	96	4	0	2	963	12	12.47	3.67	3.40	0.88	33.9	10.0	1.13	.288	3.33	6.54
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	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
12	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
13	David Cone D. Cone	25	265	14	5	.737	25	2.14	4	1	0	184.2	117	44	48	16	53	7	0	1	722	9	12.92	2.58	5.00	0.78	36.7	7.3	0.92	.265	2.34	5.70
14	Chuck Finley C. Finley	23	234	14	3	.824	23	2.19	3	1	0	172.1	119	42	45	9	69	1	0	0	690	11	12.22	3.60	3.39	0.47	33.9	10.0	1.09	.292	2.35	6.21
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	Shane Reynolds S. Reynolds	19	190	10	5	.667	19	3.01	5	1	0	143.1	119	48	51	13	19	3	0	2	561	5	11.93	1.19	10.00	0.82	33.9	3.4	0.96	.315	3.20	7.47
21	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
22	Al Leiter A. Leiter	18	184	11	3	.786	18	1.92	1	1	0	126.1	84	27	28	3	40	6	0	1	498	2	13.11	2.85	4.60	0.21	36.9	8.0	0.98	.306	1.99	5.98
23	Barry Zito B. Zito	17	165	11	4	.733	17	2.63	4	1	0	120.0	80	35	37	15	35	3	0	2	477	3	12.38	2.63	4.71	1.13	34.6	7.3	0.96	.251	2.78	6.00
24	Randy Wolf R. Wolf	17	167	9	3	.750	17	2.72	1	1	0	122.1	87	37	38	11	34	6	0	2	489	2	12.29	2.50	4.91	0.81	34.2	7.0	0.99	.280	2.80	6.40
25	Livan Hernandez L. Hernandez	16	148	8	3	.727	16	2.35	8	1	0	130.0	125	34	38	8	30	1	0	2	535	2	10.25	2.08	4.93	0.55	27.7	5.6	1.19	.336	2.63	8.65