most games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher from 1972 to 1979

Between the 1972 and 1979 seasons, Nolan Ryan had the most games pitched when striking out 9+ batters, with 142 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher from 1972 to 1979

	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	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	142	1,644	89	41	.685	142	1.97	107	29	0	1233.0	716	270	319	45	658	28	0	17	4,997	57	12.00	4.80	2.50	0.33	32.9	13.2	1.11	.256	2.33	5.23
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	58	601	40	13	.755	58	2.17	42	6	0	497.1	359	120	131	32	160	5	0	9	1,966	14	10.88	2.90	3.76	0.58	30.6	8.1	1.04	.280	2.37	6.50
3	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	55	583	36	9	.800	55	1.63	33	12	0	481.2	310	87	90	31	117	8	0	10	1,845	6	10.89	2.19	4.98	0.58	31.6	6.3	0.89	.252	1.68	5.79
4	J.R. Richard	52	560	33	12	.733	52	2.08	31	8	0	440.1	261	102	112	13	189	7	0	7	1,757	29	11.45	3.86	2.96	0.27	31.9	10.8	1.02	.251	2.29	5.33
5	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	46	480	25	18	.581	46	1.70	35	8	0	398.0	294	75	90	15	90	15	0	3	1,563	6	10.85	2.04	5.33	0.34	30.7	5.8	0.96	.290	2.04	6.65
6	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	42	433	27	11	.711	42	1.96	33	3	0	386.0	275	84	96	23	95	16	0	7	1,518	10	10.10	2.22	4.56	0.54	28.5	6.3	0.96	.265	2.24	6.41
7	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	38	416	25	8	.758	38	1.77	28	9	0	345.2	243	68	72	26	83	6	0	8	1,337	11	10.83	2.16	5.01	0.68	31.1	6.2	0.94	.269	1.87	6.33
8	Vida Blue V. Blue	30	291	23	4	.852	30	2.00	18	7	0	252.0	203	56	64	13	79	2	0	4	1,014	4	10.39	2.82	3.68	0.46	28.7	7.8	1.12	.302	2.29	7.25
9	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	29	274	17	8	.680	29	1.91	15	5	0	240.0	181	51	54	14	56	3	0	11	942	3	10.27	2.10	4.89	0.53	29.1	5.9	0.99	.281	2.03	6.79
10	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	28	281	16	9	.640	28	2.22	22	5	0	247.1	192	61	71	13	91	6	0	6	1,014	18	10.23	3.31	3.09	0.47	27.7	9.0	1.14	.287	2.58	6.99
11	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	28	285	18	5	.783	28	1.76	12	1	0	241.0	166	47	56	11	69	2	0	5	949	3	10.64	2.58	4.13	0.41	30.0	7.3	0.98	.266	2.09	6.20
12	Don Sutton D. Sutton	28	271	19	4	.826	28	1.43	18	6	0	245.1	152	39	47	11	52	1	0	1	941	5	9.94	1.91	5.21	0.40	28.8	5.5	0.83	.233	1.72	5.58
13	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	26	266	19	4	.826	26	1.72	20	7	0	225.1	153	43	47	13	53	0	0	0	859	10	10.62	2.12	5.02	0.52	31.0	6.2	0.91	.266	1.88	6.11
14	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	23	241	16	6	.727	23	2.36	17	4	0	194.1	145	51	54	19	45	5	0	4	765	6	11.16	2.08	5.36	0.88	31.5	5.9	0.98	.277	2.50	6.72
15	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	22	219	17	5	.773	22	1.58	21	4	0	199.0	144	35	44	10	49	5	0	4	776	9	9.90	2.22	4.47	0.45	28.2	6.3	0.97	.272	1.99	6.51
16	John Montefusco J. Montefusco	20	209	12	2	.857	20	1.80	9	3	0	170.1	132	34	43	7	41	6	0	3	691	6	11.04	2.17	5.10	0.37	30.2	5.9	1.02	.292	2.27	6.97
17	Dennis Leonard D. Leonard	17	168	13	3	.813	17	2.39	11	3	0	146.2	120	39	49	9	40	6	0	2	592	9	10.31	2.45	4.20	0.55	28.4	6.8	1.09	.301	3.01	7.36
18	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	17	172	9	6	.600	17	1.90	9	2	0	142.0	105	30	32	5	33	7	0	4	561	7	10.90	2.09	5.21	0.32	30.7	5.9	0.97	.291	2.03	6.65
19	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	17	166	13	4	.765	17	1.73	16	4	0	150.2	97	29	30	11	26	2	0	1	569	0	9.92	1.55	6.38	0.66	29.2	4.6	0.82	.236	1.79	5.79
20	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	17	164	12	3	.800	17	2.24	12	3	0	148.1	107	37	41	10	30	3	0	1	581	3	9.95	1.82	5.47	0.61	28.2	5.2	0.92	.259	2.49	6.49
21	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	16	155	13	2	.867	16	2.15	12	4	0	138.1	99	33	36	6	33	1	0	0	541	2	10.08	2.15	4.70	0.39	28.7	6.1	0.95	.269	2.34	6.44
22	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	15	149	9	3	.750	15	1.98	10	1	0	136.2	106	30	32	14	31	1	0	0	541	0	9.81	2.04	4.81	0.92	27.5	5.7	1.00	.266	2.11	6.98
23	Rudy May R. May	14	142	9	1	.900	13	1.12	10	4	0	120.1	65	15	15	6	32	1	1	3	454	2	10.62	2.39	4.44	0.45	31.3	7.0	0.81	.216	1.12	4.86
24	Mike Flanagan M. Flanagan	13	133	8	4	.667	13	2.22	10	1	0	117.2	87	29	31	7	29	0	0	1	458	9	10.17	2.22	4.59	0.54	29.0	6.3	0.99	.277	2.37	6.65
25	Fred Norman F. Norman	13	132	8	4	.667	13	1.23	7	4	0	109.1	76	15	21	4	34	0	0	1	432	4	10.87	2.80	3.88	0.33	30.6	7.9	1.01	.275	1.73	6.26