most games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2014 to 2021

Between the 2014 and 2021 seasons, Max Scherzer had the most games pitched when striking out 9+ batters, with 116 games.

Interpreted as:
most regular-season games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2014 to 2021
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
116
1,230
66
23
.742
116
2.12
11
4
0
815.1
509
192
206
86
149
31
0
8
3,110
18
13.58
1.64
8.26
0.95
39.5
4.8
0.81
.262
2.27
5.62
2 Chris Sale
C. Sale
89
973
49
18
.731
89
1.97
9
2
0
630.0
380
138
155
49
117
35
0
2
2,406
10
13.90
1.67
8.32
0.70
40.4
4.9
0.79
.269
2.21
5.43
3 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
75
793
35
16
.686
75
1.70
2
1
0
513.1
331
97
112
35
99
4
0
5
1,943
14
13.90
1.74
8.01
0.61
40.8
5.1
0.84
.292
1.96
5.80
4 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
69
730
46
10
.821
69
1.80
12
6
0
504.1
321
101
111
37
63
9
0
0
1,876
15
13.03
1.12
11.59
0.66
38.9
3.4
0.76
.274
1.98
5.73
5 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
62
676
39
8
.830
62
2.17
4
3
0
406.2
261
98
114
42
73
10
0
1
1,546
13
14.96
1.62
9.26
0.93
43.7
4.7
0.82
.294
2.52
5.78
6 Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
60
645
42
6
.875
60
1.74
9
4
0
456.0
277
88
97
34
72
13
0
2
1,701
6
12.73
1.42
8.96
0.67
37.9
4.2
0.77
.259
1.91
5.47
7 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
58
609
35
6
.854
58
2.01
4
2
0
398.1
226
89
93
50
61
11
0
0
1,482
9
13.76
1.38
9.98
1.13
41.1
4.1
0.72
.234
2.10
5.11
8 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
9 Stephen Strasburg
S. Strasburg
52
545
33
7
.825
52
2.57
0
0
0
353.1
249
101
109
40
63
13
0
3
1,370
7
13.88
1.60
8.65
1.02
39.8
4.6
0.88
.295
2.78
6.34
10 Robbie 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
11 Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
47
479
24
12
.667
47
1.95
1
1
0
319.0
188
69
71
33
67
12
0
1
1,213
17
13.51
1.89
7.15
0.93
39.5
5.5
0.80
.249
2.00
5.30
12 Aaron 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
13 Chris Archer
C. Archer
42
438
15
11
.577
42
2.51
1
1
0
272.0
204
76
88
21
65
9
0
1
1,083
19
14.49
2.15
6.74
0.69
40.4
6.0
0.99
.333
2.91
6.75
14 David Price
D. Price
42
426
22
11
.667
42
2.37
4
0
0
304.0
235
80
88
31
50
5
0
1
1,192
3
12.61
1.48
8.52
0.92
35.7
4.2
0.94
.300
2.61
6.96
15 Madison Bumgarner
M. Bumgarner
40
406
26
6
.813
40
1.99
8
5
0
289.2
173
64
68
23
40
8
0
2
1,074
5
12.61
1.24
10.15
0.71
37.8
3.7
0.74
.251
2.11
5.38
16 Carlos 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
17 Blake Snell
B. Snell
34
345
22
4
.846
34
1.39
0
0
0
214.0
112
33
34
14
55
1
0
1
788
13
14.51
2.31
6.27
0.59
43.8
7.0
0.78
.263
1.43
4.71
18 Charlie Morton
C. Morton
34
342
21
6
.778
34
2.89
0
0
0
215.0
150
69
73
22
55
21
0
0
862
5
14.32
2.30
6.22
0.92
39.7
6.4
0.95
.303
3.06
6.28
19 Lance Lynn
L. Lynn
32
311
19
8
.704
32
1.80
1
1
0
209.2
134
42
45
12
60
5
0
2
827
13
13.35
2.58
5.18
0.52
37.6
7.3
0.93
.278
1.93
5.75
20 Shane 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
21 James Paxton
J. Paxton
30
303
17
6
.739
30
2.30
0
0
0
195.1
133
50
52
18
34
4
0
0
745
7
13.96
1.57
8.91
0.83
40.7
4.6
0.85
.298
2.40
6.13
22 Noah Syndergaard
N. Syndergaard
28
281
16
2
.889
28
2.30
2
1
0
191.2
143
49
58
15
21
4
0
0
739
7
13.19
0.99
13.38
0.70
38.0
2.8
0.86
.306
2.72
6.71
23 Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
27
268
13
4
.765
27
1.72
1
1
0
188.2
124
36
42
12
26
4
0
0
720
3
12.78
1.24
10.31
0.57
37.2
3.6
0.80
.273
2.00
5.92
24 Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
27
270
18
2
.900
27
2.05
0
0
0
184.2
129
42
43
19
22
1
0
2
697
3
13.16
1.07
12.27
0.93
38.7
3.2
0.82
.286
2.10
6.29
25 Sonny Gray
S. Gray
27
260
15
8
.652
27
1.66
2
1
0
178.2
105
33
44
14
55
8
0
1
693
13
13.10
2.77
4.73
0.71
37.5
7.9
0.90
.256
2.22
5.29
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