most games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2015 to 2022

Between the 2015 and 2022 seasons, Max Scherzer had the most games pitched when striking out 9+ batters, with 113 games.

Interpreted as:
most regular-season games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2015 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
113
1,196
64
22
.744
113
1.97
11
4
0
792.1
472
173
186
83
137
31
0
8
2,995
16
13.59
1.56
8.73
0.94
39.9
4.6
0.77
.251
2.11
5.36
2 Chris Sale
C. Sale
78
857
43
16
.729
78
2.10
7
2
0
549.0
341
128
145
43
101
31
0
0
2,110
8
14.05
1.66
8.49
0.70
40.6
4.8
0.81
.276
2.38
5.59
3 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
78
822
36
19
.655
78
1.81
2
1
0
527.1
337
106
120
42
96
4
0
5
1,990
13
14.03
1.64
8.56
0.72
41.3
4.8
0.82
.288
2.05
5.75
4 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
73
791
44
10
.815
73
2.21
4
3
0
481.1
310
118
134
53
86
8
0
1
1,830
13
14.79
1.61
9.20
0.99
43.2
4.7
0.82
.288
2.51
5.80
5 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
64
669
41
6
.872
64
1.89
4
2
0
434.1
242
91
95
51
67
12
0
0
1,613
11
13.86
1.39
9.99
1.06
41.5
4.2
0.71
.235
1.97
5.01
6 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
7 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
57
610
37
8
.822
57
1.82
7
5
0
410.0
249
83
93
31
49
8
0
0
1,516
12
13.39
1.08
12.45
0.68
40.2
3.2
0.73
.267
2.04
5.47
8 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
9 Trevor Bauer
T. Bauer
51
532
28
7
.800
51
2.07
2
1
0
351.1
202
81
90
35
98
15
0
2
1,354
13
13.63
2.51
5.43
0.90
39.3
7.2
0.85
.248
2.31
5.17
10 Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
47
503
32
6
.842
47
1.98
8
4
0
354.1
214
78
85
32
56
13
0
2
1,322
6
12.78
1.42
8.98
0.81
38.0
4.2
0.76
.253
2.16
5.44
11 Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
45
451
21
12
.636
45
2.34
0
0
0
296.1
187
77
78
35
55
13
0
0
1,137
12
13.70
1.67
8.20
1.06
39.7
4.8
0.82
.261
2.37
5.68
12 Stephen Strasburg
S. Strasburg
41
437
28
5
.848
41
2.45
0
0
0
283.0
188
77
81
30
50
12
0
3
1,087
7
13.90
1.59
8.74
0.95
40.2
4.6
0.84
.283
2.58
5.98
13 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
14 Charlie Morton
C. Morton
40
405
22
5
.815
40
2.66
0
0
0
254.0
168
75
78
26
60
21
0
0
998
6
14.35
2.13
6.75
0.92
40.6
6.0
0.90
.292
2.76
5.95
15 Chris Archer
C. Archer
38
397
13
11
.542
38
2.60
1
1
0
246.0
187
71
83
20
54
9
0
0
979
18
14.52
1.98
7.35
0.73
40.6
5.5
0.98
.335
3.04
6.84
16 Carlos Carrasco
C. Carrasco
37
395
28
5
.848
37
1.73
4
1
0
260.0
180
50
54
18
44
5
0
0
987
12
13.67
1.52
8.98
0.62
40.0
4.5
0.86
.309
1.87
6.23
17 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
18 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
19 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
20 Madison Bumgarner
M. Bumgarner
31
314
19
6
.760
31
2.20
6
3
0
225.1
137
55
58
20
29
7
0
2
837
3
12.54
1.16
10.83
0.80
37.5
3.5
0.74
.251
2.32
5.47
21 Corbin Burnes
C. Burnes
30
317
17
4
.810
30
1.42
0
0
0
196.0
106
31
33
13
27
9
0
0
725
6
14.56
1.24
11.74
0.60
43.7
3.7
0.68
.259
1.52
4.87
22 Luis Castillo
L. Castillo
30
294
18
7
.720
30
1.96
0
0
0
192.2
122
42
46
17
63
6
0
2
758
4
13.73
2.94
4.67
0.79
38.8
8.3
0.96
.278
2.15
5.70
23 James Paxton
J. Paxton
29
294
16
6
.727
29
2.39
0
0
0
188.1
131
50
52
18
32
4
0
0
721
7
14.05
1.53
9.19
0.86
40.8
4.4
0.87
.303
2.48
6.26
24 Lance Lynn
L. Lynn
29
284
18
6
.750
29
1.65
1
1
0
191.1
122
35
38
9
50
4
0
2
748
14
13.36
2.35
5.68
0.42
38.0
6.7
0.90
.282
1.79
5.74
25 Lucas Giolito
L. Giolito
28
285
16
5
.762
28
2.53
3
3
0
185.1
118
52
52
25
49
5
0
0
712
7
13.84
2.38
5.82
1.21
40.0
6.9
0.90
.267
2.53
5.73
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HR

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R

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SO

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TEAM W L PCT GB
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34
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
6/8
TEX TEX
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WSH WSH
1:35 PM
Tue
6/10
WSH WSH
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM
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6/11
WSH WSH
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NYM NYM
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6/12
WSH WSH
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NYM NYM
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6/13
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
5/23
BAL BAL
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BOS BOS
5-6
Fri
5/23
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@
MIN MIN
4-5
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5/23
AZ AZ
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STL STL
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5/23
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
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@
WSH WSH
1:35 PM
Sun
6/8
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@
CWS CWS
2:10 PM
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