most games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2016 to 2022

Between the 2016 and 2022 seasons, Max Scherzer had the most games pitched when striking out 9+ batters, with 99 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2016 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	99	1,040	56	19	.747	99	1.96	7	1	0	688.1	406	150	163	75	123	29	0	7	2,602	14	13.60	1.61	8.46	0.98	40.0	4.7	0.77	.248	2.13	5.31
2	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	70	763	41	10	.804	70	2.25	4	3	0	459.0	293	115	128	52	83	7	0	1	1,748	11	14.96	1.63	9.19	1.02	43.6	4.7	0.82	.286	2.51	5.75
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	68	726	29	18	.617	68	1.87	2	1	0	457.0	296	95	108	40	82	3	0	5	1,722	9	14.30	1.61	8.85	0.79	42.2	4.8	0.83	.294	2.13	5.83
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	63	682	36	11	.766	63	2.00	7	2	0	441.1	268	98	107	33	80	26	0	0	1,685	5	13.91	1.63	8.53	0.67	40.5	4.7	0.79	.272	2.18	5.47
5	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	61	641	39	6	.867	61	1.93	3	1	0	411.1	232	88	92	50	64	12	0	0	1,534	10	14.03	1.40	10.02	1.09	41.8	4.2	0.72	.237	2.01	5.08
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	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
8	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	46	483	26	5	.839	46	1.99	2	1	0	317.0	180	70	79	30	85	15	0	2	1,219	11	13.71	2.41	5.68	0.85	39.6	7.0	0.84	.248	2.24	5.11
9	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
10	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
11	Charlie Morton C. Morton	39	396	22	5	.815	39	2.65	0	0	0	247.2	164	73	75	24	59	20	0	0	973	6	14.39	2.14	6.71	0.87	40.7	6.1	0.90	.295	2.73	5.96
12	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	39	411	26	5	.839	39	1.94	3	2	0	278.2	168	60	65	23	30	5	0	0	1,029	6	13.27	0.97	13.70	0.74	39.9	2.9	0.71	.259	2.10	5.43
13	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
14	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	36	378	28	4	.875	36	1.80	6	4	0	270.1	155	54	60	24	46	9	0	2	1,007	5	12.58	1.53	8.22	0.80	37.5	4.6	0.74	.238	2.00	5.16
15	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	35	366	24	4	.857	35	2.60	0	0	0	238.2	166	69	72	25	45	12	0	3	927	5	13.80	1.70	8.13	0.94	39.5	4.9	0.88	.294	2.72	6.26
16	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	31	317	18	5	.783	31	1.92	1	0	0	192.0	107	41	44	7	53	7	0	0	744	12	14.86	2.48	5.98	0.33	42.6	7.1	0.83	.278	2.06	5.02
17	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
18	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
19	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	30	319	23	3	.885	30	1.71	2	0	0	210.1	154	40	43	16	32	4	0	0	803	11	13.65	1.37	9.97	0.68	39.7	4.0	0.88	.319	1.84	6.59
20	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	30	286	14	6	.700	30	2.40	0	0	0	187.1	149	50	54	21	36	1	0	0	743	4	13.74	1.73	7.94	1.01	38.5	4.8	0.99	.321	2.59	7.16
21	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
22	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
23	Chris Archer C. Archer	27	276	9	7	.563	27	3.01	0	0	0	170.1	137	57	65	15	42	7	0	0	691	14	14.58	2.22	6.57	0.79	39.9	6.1	1.05	.348	3.43	7.24
24	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	26	261	17	4	.810	26	1.67	0	0	0	167.1	89	31	31	12	30	4	0	0	615	2	14.04	1.61	8.70	0.65	42.4	4.9	0.71	.250	1.67	4.79
25	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	26	258	14	4	.778	26	1.72	1	1	0	182.2	127	35	40	10	19	2	0	0	690	2	12.71	0.94	13.58	0.49	37.4	2.8	0.80	.292	1.97	6.26

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