most games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2012 to 2021 including playoffs

Between the 2012 and 2021 seasons, Max Scherzer had the most games pitched in the regular-season and playoffs when striking out 9+ batters, with 144 games.

NAMEGSOWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
144
1,518
83
26
.761
144
2.10
11
4
0
1006.1
633
235
250
104
194
32
0
8
3,840
21
13.58
1.74
7.82
0.93
39.5
5.1
0.82
.266
2.24
5.66
2Chris Sale
C. Sale
100
1,104
55
22
.714
100
1.97
10
2
0
712.2
436
156
178
56
136
37
0
3
2,729
14
13.94
1.72
8.12
0.71
40.5
5.0
0.80
.272
2.25
5.51
3Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
93
972
59
19
.756
93
1.91
12
6
0
673.0
435
143
157
48
106
11
0
2
2,526
21
13.00
1.42
9.17
0.64
38.5
4.2
0.80
.279
2.10
5.82
4Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
79
834
46
10
.821
79
1.94
8
4
0
553.1
331
119
125
59
93
16
0
1
2,083
11
13.57
1.51
8.97
0.96
40.0
4.5
0.77
.252
2.03
5.38
5Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
76
806
36
16
.692
76
1.68
2
1
0
520.1
336
97
112
35
100
4
0
6
1,970
14
13.94
1.73
8.06
0.61
40.9
5.1
0.84
.294
1.94
5.81
6Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
74
771
38
20
.655
74
2.15
1
1
0
507.1
310
121
125
51
124
17
0
1
1,947
20
13.68
2.20
6.22
0.90
39.6
6.4
0.86
.263
2.22
5.50
7Stephen Strasburg
S. Strasburg
72
750
47
9
.839
72
2.19
1
1
0
489.1
330
119
132
44
84
21
0
3
1,878
9
13.79
1.54
8.93
0.81
39.9
4.5
0.85
.292
2.43
6.07
8Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
70
765
46
8
.852
70
2.05
4
3
0
461.2
287
105
121
47
85
11
0
1
1,747
15
14.91
1.66
9.00
0.92
43.8
4.9
0.81
.286
2.36
5.59
9Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
63
674
43
6
.878
63
1.72
9
4
0
475.0
289
91
100
35
76
14
0
2
1,773
6
12.77
1.44
8.87
0.66
38.0
4.3
0.77
.261
1.89
5.48
10Trevor Bauer
T. Bauer
55
572
29
7
.806
55
1.97
2
1
0
379.2
220
83
92
35
106
17
0
2
1,464
14
13.56
2.51
5.40
0.83
39.1
7.2
0.86
.252
2.18
5.22
11Madison Bumgarner
M. Bumgarner
54
547
35
6
.854
54
1.82
9
6
0
390.0
240
79
86
26
55
11
0
4
1,453
6
12.62
1.27
9.95
0.60
37.6
3.8
0.76
.263
1.98
5.54
12Robbie Ray
R. Ray
51
525
24
10
.706
51
2.85
1
1
0
316.0
225
100
109
46
99
9
0
3
1,270
12
14.95
2.82
5.30
1.31
41.3
7.8
1.03
.303
3.10
6.41
13David Price
D. Price
50
509
28
12
.700
50
2.28
5
0
0
363.0
272
92
100
33
55
5
0
1
1,404
6
12.62
1.36
9.25
0.82
36.3
3.9
0.90
.298
2.48
6.74
14Chris Archer
C. Archer
43
449
15
11
.577
43
2.52
1
1
0
279.0
208
78
90
22
67
10
0
1
1,109
19
14.48
2.16
6.70
0.71
40.5
6.0
0.99
.332
2.90
6.71
15Lance Lynn
L. Lynn
43
420
28
8
.778
43
1.73
1
1
0
281.1
181
54
58
17
75
11
0
3
1,104
16
13.44
2.40
5.60
0.54
38.0
6.8
0.91
.282
1.86
5.79
16Aaron Nola
A. Nola
42
413
24
9
.727
42
2.02
2
2
0
281.1
191
63
70
24
58
12
0
2
1,097
2
13.21
1.86
7.12
0.77
37.6
5.3
0.89
.283
2.24
6.11
17Carlos Carrasco
C. Carrasco
38
406
26
7
.788
38
1.64
5
2
0
269.2
187
49
54
17
47
4
0
0
1,026
13
13.55
1.57
8.64
0.57
39.6
4.6
0.87
.308
1.80
6.24
18Blake Snell
B. Snell
37
372
23
4
.852
37
1.41
0
0
0
229.2
117
36
37
15
61
1
0
1
845
13
14.58
2.39
6.10
0.59
44.0
7.2
0.78
.258
1.45
4.58
19Charlie Morton
C. Morton
37
369
22
7
.759
37
2.81
0
0
0
234.0
158
73
77
24
61
22
0
0
935
5
14.19
2.35
6.05
0.92
39.5
6.5
0.94
.292
2.96
6.08
20Felix Hernandez
F. Hernandez
37
375
18
5
.783
37
1.39
4
4
0
271.1
158
42
44
10
50
7
0
0
1,011
17
12.44
1.66
7.50
0.33
37.1
4.9
0.77
.260
1.46
5.24
21Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
36
361
23
3
.885
36
1.95
1
1
0
249.0
173
54
55
22
34
2
0
2
942
5
13.05
1.23
10.62
0.80
38.3
3.6
0.83
.289
1.99
6.25
22Cole Hamels
C. Hamels
33
328
23
4
.852
33
1.61
2
1
0
235.0
160
42
48
20
45
9
0
1
901
2
12.56
1.72
7.29
0.77
36.4
5.0
0.87
.281
1.84
6.13
23James Paxton
J. Paxton
32
322
19
6
.760
32
2.20
0
0
0
208.1
141
51
53
18
38
4
0
0
795
8
13.91
1.64
8.47
0.78
40.5
4.8
0.86
.298
2.29
6.09
24Patrick Corbin
P. Corbin
32
315
16
10
.615
32
2.18
2
0
0
214.2
150
52
59
19
48
4
0
4
839
6
13.21
2.01
6.56
0.80
37.5
5.7
0.92
.289
2.47
6.29
25Shane Bieber
S. Bieber
31
330
20
3
.870
31
1.77
2
2
0
209.0
125
41
43
12
57
6
0
0
809
9
14.21
2.45
5.79
0.52
40.8
7.0
0.87
.280
1.85
5.38
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