most games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher since 1995

Since 1995, Randy Johnson has the most games pitched when striking out 9+ batters, with 189 games.

Interpreted as:
most regular-season games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher since 1995
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 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
189
2,207
121
31
.796
188
2.12
50
20
0
1433.1
973
338
379
120
359
55
1
13
5,597
27
13.86
2.25
6.15
0.75
39.4
6.4
0.93
.299
2.38
6.11
2 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
168
1,750
96
26
.787
168
2.16
11
4
0
1164.1
749
280
298
121
223
35
0
11
4,453
21
13.53
1.72
7.85
0.94
39.3
5.0
0.83
.270
2.30
5.79
3 Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
151
1,628
90
31
.744
151
1.74
34
13
0
1145.0
716
221
244
72
245
45
0
8
4,384
22
12.80
1.93
6.64
0.57
37.1
5.6
0.84
.269
1.92
5.63
4 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
121
1,244
79
21
.790
121
1.78
15
8
0
870.2
546
172
190
60
146
14
0
3
3,263
25
12.86
1.51
8.52
0.62
38.1
4.5
0.79
.270
1.96
5.64
5 Chris Sale
C. Sale
119
1,289
64
25
.719
119
1.96
10
2
0
833.0
525
181
204
62
156
44
0
3
3,198
18
13.93
1.69
8.26
0.67
40.3
4.9
0.82
.281
2.20
5.67
6 Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
119
1,288
78
26
.750
119
2.26
32
9
0
918.2
647
231
243
85
145
13
0
7
3,517
17
12.62
1.42
8.88
0.83
36.6
4.1
0.86
.283
2.38
6.34
7 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
112
1,167
74
10
.881
112
2.02
11
6
0
782.2
492
176
191
74
147
22
0
4
2,991
24
13.42
1.69
7.94
0.85
39.0
4.9
0.82
.264
2.20
5.66
8 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
88
942
53
10
.841
88
2.12
5
4
0
580.2
363
137
156
58
105
10
0
1
2,196
19
14.60
1.63
8.97
0.90
42.9
4.8
0.81
.282
2.42
5.63
9 Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
88
903
45
23
.662
88
2.21
1
1
0
598.2
377
147
151
63
140
19
0
1
2,302
21
13.58
2.10
6.45
0.95
39.2
6.1
0.86
.267
2.27
5.67
10 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
88
924
50
17
.746
88
2.16
17
6
0
666.1
462
160
170
26
183
19
0
8
2,628
25
12.48
2.47
5.05
0.35
35.2
7.0
0.97
.295
2.30
6.24
11 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
86
907
41
19
.683
86
1.81
2
1
0
580.2
371
117
134
44
104
4
0
5
2,190
14
14.06
1.61
8.72
0.68
41.4
4.7
0.82
.289
2.08
5.75
12 CC Sabathia
CC Sabathia
77
761
55
9
.859
77
1.99
15
5
0
571.0
434
126
140
36
132
15
0
4
2,246
7
11.99
2.08
5.77
0.57
33.9
5.9
0.99
.306
2.21
6.84
13 Felix Hernandez
F. Hernandez
76
757
43
14
.754
76
1.62
11
5
0
565.2
362
102
113
23
110
17
0
1
2,153
34
12.04
1.75
6.88
0.37
35.2
5.1
0.83
.272
1.80
5.76
14 Stephen Strasburg
S. Strasburg
72
749
46
9
.836
72
2.25
1
1
0
488.1
332
122
132
45
83
21
0
3
1,875
9
13.80
1.53
9.02
0.83
39.9
4.4
0.85
.294
2.43
6.12
15 Johan Santana
J. Santana
68
720
44
11
.800
67
1.68
7
5
0
498.0
289
93
97
45
95
7
0
1
1,865
14
13.01
1.72
7.58
0.81
38.6
5.1
0.77
.244
1.75
5.22
16 Javier Vazquez
J. Vazquez
68
690
38
17
.691
68
2.35
11
4
0
509.0
353
133
143
52
90
11
0
4
1,958
12
12.20
1.59
7.67
0.92
35.2
4.6
0.87
.270
2.53
6.24
17 Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
64
634
42
8
.840
64
2.23
5
3
0
443.0
330
110
120
39
68
5
0
2
1,707
11
12.88
1.38
9.32
0.79
37.1
4.0
0.90
.303
2.44
6.70
18 Aaron Nola
A. Nola
63
616
35
13
.729
63
2.03
3
3
0
426.2
284
96
106
38
79
14
0
2
1,643
3
12.99
1.67
7.80
0.80
37.5
4.8
0.85
.275
2.24
5.99
19 Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
63
675
43
6
.878
63
1.80
9
4
0
475.0
293
95
104
36
76
15
0
2
1,778
6
12.79
1.44
8.88
0.68
38.0
4.3
0.78
.263
1.97
5.55
20 David Price
D. Price
63
646
38
14
.731
63
2.18
6
1
0
458.0
341
111
121
36
79
7
0
1
1,782
7
12.69
1.55
8.18
0.71
36.3
4.4
0.92
.301
2.38
6.70
21 Madison Bumgarner
M. Bumgarner
62
627
41
7
.854
62
1.75
8
5
0
448.2
279
87
94
30
63
14
0
4
1,670
8
12.58
1.26
9.95
0.60
37.5
3.8
0.76
.266
1.89
5.60
22 Robbie Ray
R. Ray
61
626
32
11
.744
61
2.88
1
1
0
378.2
269
121
130
56
113
12
0
3
1,514
14
14.88
2.69
5.54
1.33
41.3
7.5
1.01
.301
3.09
6.39
23 A.J. Burnett
A.J. Burnett
61
622
25
19
.568
61
2.60
5
2
0
436.0
308
126
136
28
156
19
0
3
1,757
26
12.84
3.22
3.99
0.58
35.4
8.9
1.06
.300
2.81
6.36
24 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
60
642
28
15
.651
60
2.34
7
4
0
426.1
265
111
117
32
157
27
0
5
1,698
19
13.55
3.31
4.09
0.68
37.8
9.2
0.99
.277
2.47
5.59
25 Cole Hamels
C. Hamels
59
603
38
10
.792
59
1.92
4
2
0
427.1
298
91
100
37
78
13
0
4
1,636
2
12.70
1.64
7.73
0.78
36.9
4.8
0.88
.288
2.11
6.28
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