most games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2017 to 2018

Between the 2017 and 2018 seasons, Max Scherzer had the most games pitched when striking out 9+ batters, with 41 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2017 to 2018

	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	41	437	23	7	.767	41	1.92	4	1	0	290.0	165	62	69	29	65	17	0	5	1,107	7	13.56	2.02	6.72	0.90	39.5	5.9	0.79	.243	2.14	5.12
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	40	431	24	7	.774	40	1.86	1	0	0	276.1	167	57	60	19	55	14	0	0	1,056	4	14.04	1.79	7.84	0.62	40.8	5.2	0.80	.276	1.95	5.44
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	27	287	12	7	.632	27	1.84	1	0	0	190.1	133	39	46	11	41	2	0	5	728	6	13.57	1.94	7.00	0.52	39.4	5.6	0.91	.315	2.18	6.29
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	27	279	15	3	.833	27	2.11	0	0	0	179.1	111	42	44	22	24	4	0	0	671	4	14.00	1.20	11.63	1.10	41.6	3.6	0.75	.260	2.21	5.57
5	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	26	282	19	3	.864	26	1.80	4	2	0	194.2	113	39	43	19	32	6	0	2	722	3	13.04	1.48	8.81	0.88	39.1	4.4	0.74	.245	1.99	5.22
6	Robbie Ray R. Ray	19	196	12	3	.800	19	1.79	1	1	0	120.2	71	24	26	10	44	4	0	1	473	5	14.62	3.28	4.45	0.75	41.4	9.3	0.95	.279	1.94	5.30
7	Luis Severino L. Severino	19	186	11	2	.846	19	1.63	1	1	0	132.2	78	24	31	12	21	2	0	0	500	7	12.62	1.42	8.86	0.81	37.2	4.2	0.75	.237	2.10	5.29
8	James Paxton J. Paxton	18	179	10	3	.769	18	2.19	0	0	0	119.0	79	29	29	9	24	2	0	0	454	4	13.54	1.82	7.46	0.68	39.4	5.3	0.87	.292	2.19	5.97
9	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	17	181	13	2	.867	17	1.41	2	0	0	121.2	90	19	21	7	17	1	0	0	461	8	13.39	1.26	10.65	0.52	39.3	3.7	0.88	.325	1.55	6.66
10	Aaron Nola A. Nola	16	157	11	3	.786	16	1.74	0	0	0	108.2	70	21	21	9	25	3	0	1	416	1	13.00	2.07	6.28	0.75	37.7	6.0	0.87	.275	1.74	5.80
11	Germán Márquez G. Márquez	16	159	7	4	.636	16	2.96	0	0	0	106.1	82	35	38	13	18	1	0	2	412	1	13.46	1.52	8.83	1.10	38.6	4.4	0.94	.312	3.22	6.94
12	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	15	164	7	1	.875	15	2.49	1	1	0	97.2	67	27	27	9	23	3	0	1	380	3	15.11	2.12	7.13	0.83	43.2	6.1	0.92	.320	2.49	6.17
13	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	15	165	9	2	.818	15	2.26	0	0	0	103.1	72	26	30	10	27	5	0	1	407	3	14.37	2.35	6.11	0.87	40.5	6.6	0.96	.310	2.61	6.27
14	Blake Snell B. Snell	15	150	12	0	1.000	15	1.22	0	0	0	96.0	56	13	14	6	27	0	0	1	362	6	14.06	2.53	5.56	0.56	41.4	7.5	0.86	.279	1.31	5.25
15	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	14	149	10	2	.833	14	2.75	0	0	0	95.0	73	29	32	12	16	6	0	1	376	3	14.12	1.52	9.31	1.14	39.6	4.3	0.94	.316	3.03	6.92
16	Charlie Morton C. Morton	13	138	10	1	.909	13	2.95	0	0	0	82.1	58	27	28	10	27	7	0	0	334	3	15.09	2.95	5.11	1.09	41.3	8.1	1.03	.316	3.06	6.34
17	Chris Archer C. Archer	13	137	4	3	.571	13	2.89	0	0	0	84.0	69	27	33	9	17	4	0	0	340	8	14.68	1.82	8.06	0.96	40.3	5.0	1.02	.347	3.54	7.39
18	J.A. Happ	13	120	10	1	.909	13	2.49	0	0	0	83.0	64	23	24	8	9	4	0	0	324	0	13.01	0.98	13.33	0.87	37.0	2.8	0.88	.306	2.60	6.94
19	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	12	118	6	4	.600	12	2.54	0	0	0	78.0	59	22	25	7	13	0	0	3	304	3	13.62	1.50	9.08	0.81	38.8	4.3	0.92	.313	2.88	6.81
20	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	12	128	8	0	1.000	12	1.81	1	0	0	89.2	48	18	20	10	14	0	0	0	329	2	12.85	1.41	9.14	1.00	38.9	4.3	0.69	.215	2.01	4.82
21	Masahiro Tanaka M. Tanaka	11	117	6	3	.667	11	1.53	1	1	0	76.2	49	13	13	7	8	0	0	0	282	1	13.73	0.94	14.63	0.82	41.5	2.8	0.74	.280	1.53	5.75
22	José Berríos J. Berríos	11	110	9	1	.900	11	1.26	1	0	0	78.1	38	11	13	2	18	5	0	0	289	0	12.64	2.07	6.11	0.23	38.1	6.2	0.71	.234	1.49	4.37
23	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	11	111	7	2	.778	11	2.43	0	0	0	74.0	52	20	20	11	10	1	0	0	279	2	13.50	1.22	11.10	1.34	39.8	3.6	0.84	.281	2.43	6.32
24	Rich Hill R. Hill	10	95	5	3	.625	10	1.37	1	0	0	65.2	37	10	10	5	12	4	0	0	247	0	13.02	1.64	7.92	0.69	38.5	4.9	0.75	.244	1.37	5.07
25	Mike Clevinger M. Clevinger	10	97	6	2	.750	10	1.92	0	0	0	65.2	39	14	17	6	19	0	0	0	252	0	13.29	2.60	5.11	0.82	38.5	7.5	0.88	.254	2.33	5.35