most games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2012 to 2022

Between the 2012 and 2022 seasons, Max Scherzer had the most games pitched when striking out 9+ batters, with 148 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2012 to 2022

	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	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	148	1,554	85	26	.766	148	2.08	11	4	0	1032.0	651	239	254	106	192	33	0	8	3,934	20	13.55	1.67	8.09	0.92	39.5	4.9	0.82	.266	2.22	5.68
2	Chris 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
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	89	928	59	16	.787	89	1.73	12	6	0	643.2	412	124	139	44	93	11	0	2	2,406	19	12.98	1.30	9.98	0.62	38.6	3.9	0.78	.277	1.94	5.76
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	83	876	39	19	.672	83	1.81	2	1	0	561.2	359	113	128	43	102	4	0	5	2,119	14	14.04	1.63	8.59	0.69	41.3	4.8	0.82	.289	2.05	5.75
5	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	81	837	41	22	.651	81	2.26	1	1	0	553.1	349	139	143	58	132	19	0	1	2,133	21	13.61	2.15	6.34	0.94	39.2	6.2	0.87	.268	2.33	5.68
6	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	78	843	47	10	.825	78	2.19	4	3	0	513.1	329	125	142	53	94	10	0	1	1,952	16	14.78	1.65	8.97	0.93	43.2	4.8	0.82	.290	2.49	5.77
7	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	77	810	48	7	.873	77	1.91	6	3	0	528.1	317	112	118	56	90	16	0	1	1,993	12	13.80	1.53	9.00	0.95	40.6	4.5	0.77	.256	2.01	5.40
8	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	68	706	44	8	.846	68	2.30	1	1	0	462.1	314	118	128	44	81	21	0	3	1,778	9	13.74	1.58	8.72	0.86	39.7	4.6	0.85	.292	2.49	6.11
9	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	63	675	43	6	.878	63	1.80	9	4	0	475.0	293	95	104	36	76	15	0	2	1,778	6	12.79	1.44	8.88	0.68	38.0	4.3	0.78	.263	1.97	5.55
10	Robbie Ray R. Ray	59	608	30	11	.732	59	2.89	1	1	0	367.0	263	118	127	54	112	11	0	3	1,471	14	14.91	2.75	5.43	1.32	41.3	7.6	1.02	.305	3.11	6.45
11	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	54	560	29	7	.806	54	2.01	2	1	0	372.0	218	83	92	35	106	16	0	2	1,437	14	13.55	2.56	5.28	0.85	39.0	7.4	0.87	.254	2.23	5.27
12	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	54	546	35	6	.854	54	1.87	8	5	0	389.0	240	81	88	27	54	13	0	4	1,449	7	12.63	1.25	10.11	0.62	37.7	3.7	0.76	.263	2.04	5.55
13	Aaron Nola A. Nola	52	509	28	12	.700	52	2.00	3	3	0	350.2	239	78	85	28	66	14	0	2	1,357	3	13.06	1.69	7.71	0.72	37.5	4.9	0.87	.285	2.18	6.13
14	David Price D. Price	49	500	27	12	.692	49	2.32	5	0	0	357.0	269	92	100	33	55	5	0	1	1,383	6	12.61	1.39	9.09	0.83	36.2	4.0	0.91	.299	2.52	6.78
15	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	44	431	29	8	.784	44	1.69	1	1	0	288.1	184	54	59	17	76	11	0	3	1,129	17	13.45	2.37	5.67	0.53	38.2	6.7	0.90	.281	1.84	5.74
16	Charlie Morton C. Morton	43	434	23	6	.793	43	2.63	0	0	0	274.0	177	80	84	26	67	25	0	0	1,080	6	14.26	2.20	6.48	0.85	40.2	6.2	0.89	.286	2.76	5.81
17	Chris 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
18	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	41	436	29	7	.806	41	1.68	5	2	0	289.1	203	54	59	18	50	5	0	0	1,104	13	13.56	1.56	8.72	0.56	39.5	4.5	0.87	.311	1.84	6.31
19	Blake Snell B. Snell	40	410	26	5	.839	40	1.33	0	0	0	250.0	132	37	38	16	64	1	0	1	925	15	14.76	2.30	6.41	0.58	44.3	6.9	0.78	.267	1.37	4.75
20	Felix 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
21	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	36	380	21	5	.808	36	1.89	2	2	0	243.1	152	51	56	16	63	6	0	0	942	10	14.05	2.33	6.03	0.59	40.3	6.7	0.88	.285	2.07	5.62
22	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	34	347	20	5	.800	34	1.79	1	0	0	211.2	121	42	45	7	57	8	0	0	821	12	14.75	2.42	6.09	0.30	42.3	6.9	0.84	.284	1.91	5.14
23	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	34	342	23	2	.920	34	1.88	1	1	0	234.1	163	49	50	21	32	2	0	2	887	5	13.14	1.23	10.69	0.81	38.6	3.6	0.83	.290	1.92	6.26
24	Cole 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
25	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	31	296	15	6	.714	31	2.35	0	0	0	195.1	154	51	55	22	36	1	0	0	770	4	13.64	1.66	8.22	1.01	38.4	4.7	0.97	.318	2.53	7.10