most games with 9 strikeouts by a pitcher in a season

Nolan Ryan has the most games pitched with 9+ strikeouts in a season, with 26 games in 1973.

Interpreted as:

most games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher in a season

	NAME	G	SO	SEASON	TM	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	26	305	1973	CAL	17	8	.680	26	2.39	22	3	0	230.0	148	61	64	11	117	4	0	2	942	10	11.93	4.58	2.61	0.43	32.4	12.4	1.15	.271	2.50	5.79
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	25	290	1999	ARI	13	7	.650	25	2.27	9	2	0	198.0	139	50	58	22	54	7	0	3	777	3	13.18	2.45	5.37	1.00	37.3	6.9	0.97	.290	2.64	6.32
3	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	24	272	2019	HOU	17	3	.850	24	2.04	0	0	0	159.0	91	36	42	21	28	3	0	0	594	4	15.40	1.58	9.71	1.19	45.8	4.7	0.75	.259	2.38	5.15
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	24	258	2017	BOS	14	5	.737	24	2.23	1	0	0	169.2	111	42	44	14	32	6	0	0	653	2	13.69	1.70	8.06	0.74	39.5	4.9	0.84	.283	2.33	5.89
5	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	24	298	2001	ARI	15	4	.789	23	2.20	3	2	0	176.0	119	43	46	12	49	11	1	1	692	7	15.24	2.51	6.08	0.61	43.1	7.1	0.95	.332	2.35	6.09
6	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	24	277	1965	LAD	21	2	.913	24	1.63	21	6	0	216.0	118	39	43	14	43	1	0	1	811	7	11.54	1.79	6.44	0.58	34.2	5.3	0.75	.218	1.79	4.92
7	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	23	268	2000	ARI	14	2	.875	23	2.14	7	2	0	177.0	136	42	49	16	42	3	0	1	692	2	13.63	2.14	6.38	0.81	38.7	6.1	1.01	.331	2.49	6.92
8	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	23	253	1997	MON	11	7	.611	23	1.70	11	4	0	185.0	110	35	41	10	56	7	0	5	722	2	12.31	2.72	4.52	0.49	35.0	7.8	0.90	.253	1.99	5.35
9	Spencer Strider S. Strider	22	220	2023	ATL	13	3	.813	22	2.47	0	0	0	138.2	90	38	43	11	30	7	0	1	537	2	14.28	1.95	7.33	0.71	41.0	5.6	0.87	.294	2.79	5.84
10	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	22	238	2018	WSH	12	4	.750	22	1.98	2	1	0	154.1	90	34	35	12	32	9	0	4	591	3	13.88	1.87	7.44	0.70	40.3	5.4	0.79	.260	2.04	5.25
11	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	22	268	1999	BOS	17	4	.810	22	1.77	5	1	0	167.2	116	33	36	5	29	6	0	1	647	5	14.39	1.56	9.24	0.27	41.4	4.5	0.86	.327	1.93	6.23
12	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	22	263	1998	TOT	16	5	.762	22	2.31	9	5	0	175.1	118	45	51	12	54	9	0	1	701	6	13.50	2.77	4.87	0.62	37.5	7.7	0.98	.292	2.62	6.06
13	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	22	259	1977	CAL	10	10	.500	22	2.99	13	1	0	186.2	128	62	75	8	121	5	0	7	802	17	12.49	5.83	2.14	0.39	32.3	15.1	1.33	.293	3.62	6.17
14	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	21	231	2000	BOS	14	5	.737	21	1.38	6	4	0	163.0	87	25	26	13	22	9	0	0	606	0	12.75	1.21	10.50	0.72	38.1	3.6	0.67	.224	1.44	4.80
15	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	21	218	1966	LAD	16	3	.842	21	1.22	17	2	0	184.1	111	25	29	11	39	0	0	2	693	4	10.64	1.90	5.59	0.54	31.5	5.6	0.81	.235	1.42	5.42
16	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	20	217	2002	ARI	13	4	.765	20	3.07	3	1	0	149.1	107	51	51	18	17	2	0	1	568	5	13.08	1.02	12.76	1.08	38.2	3.0	0.83	.283	3.07	6.45
17	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	20	235	1972	CAL	13	7	.650	20	0.83	15	8	0	173.0	78	16	22	3	79	5	0	2	666	9	12.23	4.11	2.97	0.16	35.3	11.9	0.91	.218	1.14	4.06
18	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	19	199	2017	WSH	11	3	.786	19	1.86	2	0	0	135.2	75	28	34	17	33	8	0	1	516	4	13.20	2.19	6.03	1.13	38.6	6.4	0.80	.224	2.26	4.98
19	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	19	211	1998	PHI	10	7	.588	19	2.36	10	1	0	152.1	106	40	44	12	29	1	0	1	591	4	12.47	1.71	7.28	0.71	35.7	4.9	0.89	.278	2.60	6.26
20	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	19	215	1997	PHI	11	4	.733	19	2.47	4	0	0	146.0	101	40	43	15	30	2	0	2	560	2	13.25	1.85	7.17	0.92	38.4	5.4	0.90	.289	2.65	6.23
21	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	19	220	1989	TEX	11	5	.688	19	2.48	6	2	0	152.2	89	42	51	7	51	5	0	3	609	11	12.97	3.01	4.31	0.41	36.1	8.4	0.92	.252	3.01	5.25
22	Mike Scott M. Scott	19	198	1986	HOU	11	5	.688	19	2.02	5	4	0	147.1	93	33	35	12	36	1	0	3	562	1	12.10	2.20	5.50	0.73	35.2	6.4	0.88	.257	2.14	5.68
23	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	19	218	1976	CAL	12	5	.706	19	1.92	15	6	0	164.0	94	35	39	5	95	0	0	0	659	4	11.96	5.21	2.29	0.27	33.1	14.4	1.15	.261	2.14	5.16
24	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	19	233	1974	CAL	13	5	.722	19	2.10	17	1	0	176.0	106	41	49	7	102	8	0	2	727	7	11.91	5.22	2.28	0.36	32.0	14.0	1.18	.263	2.51	5.42
25	Vida Blue V. Blue	19	202	1971	OAK	14	3	.824	19	1.31	16	5	0	171.2	100	25	26	10	47	2	0	1	655	7	10.59	2.46	4.30	0.52	30.8	7.2	0.86	.228	1.36	5.24