most games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher from 2015 to 2019

Between the 2015 and 2019 seasons, Max Scherzer had the most games pitched when striking out 9+ batters, with 86 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher from 2015 to 2019

	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	86	923	50	17	.746	86	1.99	9	4	0	609.1	364	135	147	63	111	24	0	8	2,316	10	13.63	1.64	8.32	0.93	39.9	4.8	0.78	.252	2.17	5.38
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	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
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	54	555	25	12	.676	54	1.71	1	0	0	374.0	252	71	79	22	77	4	0	5	1,428	11	13.36	1.85	7.21	0.53	38.9	5.4	0.88	.299	1.90	6.06
5	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	46	497	29	5	.853	46	1.67	7	5	0	339.0	199	63	71	25	43	6	0	0	1,245	11	13.19	1.14	11.56	0.66	39.9	3.5	0.71	.258	1.88	5.28
6	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	44	474	29	6	.829	44	2.01	7	3	0	331.1	204	74	81	31	54	12	0	2	1,240	5	12.88	1.47	8.78	0.84	38.2	4.4	0.78	.259	2.20	5.54
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	42	464	27	4	.871	42	2.13	1	1	0	279.0	175	66	75	31	54	7	0	1	1,056	9	14.97	1.74	8.59	1.00	43.9	5.1	0.82	.288	2.42	5.65
8	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
9	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
10	Robbie Ray R. Ray	37	377	16	10	.615	37	2.96	1	1	0	225.1	161	74	83	32	86	6	0	3	920	11	15.06	3.43	4.38	1.28	41.0	9.3	1.10	.308	3.32	6.43
11	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	37	386	19	6	.760	37	2.23	1	0	0	258.2	160	64	71	24	75	11	0	1	1,006	10	13.43	2.61	5.15	0.84	38.4	7.5	0.91	.267	2.47	5.57
12	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	32	344	23	5	.821	32	1.70	4	1	0	227.1	158	43	47	17	37	4	0	0	860	11	13.62	1.46	9.30	0.67	40.0	4.3	0.86	.308	1.86	6.26
13	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	29	296	17	6	.739	29	2.27	6	3	0	210.1	129	53	56	19	29	5	0	2	783	2	12.67	1.24	10.21	0.81	37.8	3.7	0.75	.253	2.40	5.52
14	James Paxton J. Paxton	28	283	16	6	.727	28	2.32	0	0	0	182.0	127	47	49	16	31	3	0	0	697	7	13.99	1.53	9.13	0.79	40.6	4.4	0.87	.305	2.42	6.28
15	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
16	David Price D. Price	28	280	14	6	.700	28	2.56	1	0	0	189.2	153	54	56	19	39	5	0	0	756	1	13.29	1.85	7.18	0.90	37.0	5.2	1.01	.324	2.66	7.26
17	Aaron Nola A. Nola	27	262	16	6	.727	27	1.94	0	0	0	181.0	130	39	41	14	45	7	0	1	715	2	13.03	2.24	5.82	0.70	36.6	6.3	0.97	.300	2.04	6.46
18	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	26	263	11	7	.611	26	2.28	0	0	0	170.0	107	43	44	20	30	6	0	0	649	8	13.92	1.59	8.77	1.06	40.5	4.6	0.81	.264	2.33	5.66
19	Charlie Morton C. Morton	26	265	16	4	.800	26	2.89	0	0	0	165.0	119	53	56	19	42	12	0	0	661	4	14.45	2.29	6.31	1.04	40.1	6.4	0.98	.310	3.05	6.49
20	Blake Snell B. Snell	25	253	19	1	.950	25	1.21	0	0	0	156.0	88	21	22	9	40	1	0	1	578	12	14.60	2.31	6.33	0.52	43.8	6.9	0.82	.287	1.27	5.08
21	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	23	227	10	7	.588	23	2.14	0	0	0	151.2	105	36	42	14	31	3	0	3	589	3	13.47	1.84	7.32	0.83	38.5	5.3	0.90	.290	2.49	6.23
22	Luis Severino L. Severino	22	213	12	4	.750	22	1.86	1	1	0	150.1	91	31	38	16	25	3	0	0	568	7	12.75	1.50	8.52	0.96	37.5	4.4	0.77	.241	2.27	5.45
23	Mike Clevinger M. Clevinger	20	198	13	3	.813	20	1.44	0	0	0	131.2	74	21	24	8	33	1	0	0	497	0	13.53	2.26	6.00	0.55	39.8	6.6	0.81	.257	1.64	5.06
24	Germán Márquez G. Márquez	20	196	9	4	.692	20	2.86	1	1	0	135.1	97	43	46	17	22	2	0	2	517	2	13.03	1.46	8.91	1.13	37.9	4.3	0.88	.286	3.06	6.45
25	Rich Hill R. Hill	20	192	14	3	.824	20	1.22	2	1	0	133.0	68	18	19	7	27	8	0	2	495	0	12.99	1.83	7.11	0.47	38.8	5.5	0.71	.234	1.29	4.60