most games with at least 16 strikeouts by a pitcher

Nolan Ryan had the most games pitched when striking out 16+ batters, with 16 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with at least 16 strikeouts by a pitcher

	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	16	273	13	1	.929	16	1.29	12	4	0	153.0	73	22	26	2	66	4	0	1	597	8	16.06	3.88	4.14	0.12	45.7	11.1	0.91	.282	1.53	4.29
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	14	239	9	3	.750	13	1.68	9	5	0	117.2	75	22	23	6	22	0	1	0	448	1	18.28	1.68	10.86	0.46	53.3	4.9	0.82	.381	1.76	5.74
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	6	106	6	0	1.000	6	0.34	5	3	0	53.0	23	2	3	1	2	2	0	0	187	1	18.00	0.34	53.00	0.17	56.7	1.1	0.47	.289	0.51	3.91
4	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	5	84	4	0	1.000	5	1.53	4	0	0	47.0	32	8	10	5	14	0	0	1	185	0	16.09	2.68	6.00	0.96	45.4	7.6	0.98	.329	1.91	6.13
5	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	4	66	3	1	.750	4	0.77	3	0	0	35.0	13	3	3	2	6	1	0	0	123	1	16.97	1.54	11.00	0.51	53.7	4.9	0.54	.229	0.77	3.34
6	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4	67	1	2	.333	4	3.18	3	0	0	34.0	36	12	12	4	9	0	0	0	142	2	17.74	2.38	7.44	1.06	47.2	6.3	1.32	.516	3.18	9.53
7	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3	53	3	0	1.000	3	0.67	3	2	0	27.0	7	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	90	0	17.67	0.33	53.00	0.67	58.9	1.1	0.30	.147	0.67	2.33
8	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	3	48	2	1	.667	3	0.35	3	2	0	26.0	19	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	98	1	16.62	1.04	16.00	0.00	49.0	3.1	0.85	.404	0.69	6.58
9	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3	51	2	0	1.000	3	1.20	2	0	0	30.0	8	4	4	3	6	0	0	1	104	0	15.30	1.80	8.50	0.90	49.0	5.8	0.47	.114	1.20	2.40
10	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	3	51	3	0	1.000	3	0.96	3	1	0	28.0	18	3	3	2	6	0	0	0	106	0	16.39	1.93	8.50	0.64	48.1	5.7	0.86	.340	0.96	5.79
11	Bob Feller B. Feller	3	51	2	1	.667	3	2.00	3	0	0	27.0	13	6	7	0	20	2	0		113	1	17.00	6.67	2.55	0.00	45.1	17.7	1.22	.325	2.33	4.33
12	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	2	32	0	1	.000	2	1.29	0	0	0	14.0	5	2	2	1	4	0	0	0	50	0	20.57	2.57	8.00	0.64	64.0	8.0	0.64	.308	1.29	3.21
13	Mark Prior M. Prior	2	32	0	0		2	1.59	0	0	0	17.0	7	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	58	1	16.94	0.53	32.00	1.06	55.2	1.7	0.47	.217	1.59	3.71
14	Kerry Wood K. Wood	2	36	2	0	1.000	2	0.53	1	1	0	17.0	4	1	2	1	3	1	0	0	59	0	19.06	1.59	12.00	0.53	61.0	5.1	0.41	.167	1.06	2.12
15	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2	33	2	0	1.000	2	0.53	1	1	0	17.0	8	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	60	0	17.47	1.06	16.50	0.00	55.0	3.3	0.59	.320	0.53	4.24
16	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	2	33	2	0	1.000	2	1.59	1	0	0	17.0	9	3	4	1	5	1	0	0	64	1	17.47	2.65	6.60	0.53	51.6	7.8	0.82	.333	2.12	4.76
17	David Cone D. Cone	2	35	2	0	1.000	2	1.06	1	1	0	17.0	7	2	2	2	3	0	0	0	61	1	18.53	1.59	11.67	1.06	57.4	4.9	0.59	.238	1.06	3.71
18	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2	32	1	0	1.000	2	2.00	1	0	0	18.0	8	4	4	2	3	1	0	0	66	0	16.00	1.50	10.67	1.00	48.5	4.5	0.61	.214	2.00	4.00
19	Don Wilson D. Wilson	2	34	2	0	1.000	2	1.50	2	0	0	18.0	11	3	3	1	4	0	0	1	68	2	17.00	2.00	8.50	0.50	50.0	5.9	0.83	.345	1.50	5.50
20	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2	32	1	0	1.000	2	0.00	1	0	0	19.0	5	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	64	0	15.16	1.89	8.00	0.00	50.0	6.3	0.47	.185	0.47	2.37
21	Bob Veale B. Veale	2	32	1	0	1.000	2	0.00	1	1	0	21.1	12	0	0	0	10	0	0	3	86	0	13.50	4.22	3.20	0.00	37.2	11.6	1.03	.273	0.00	5.06
22	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	2	34	1	1	.500	2	0.47	1	0	0	19.1	4	1	1	1	5	0	0	0	66	1	15.83	2.33	6.80	0.47	51.5	7.6	0.47	.115	0.47	1.86
23	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	2	33	2	0	1.000	2		2	0	0	19.0	13		5	0	7	0	0		76	0	15.63	3.32	4.71	0.00	43.4	9.2	1.05	.361	2.37	6.16
24	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	1	16	0	1	.000	1	3.86	0	0	0	7.0	4	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	27	0	20.57	2.57	8.00	0.00	59.3	7.4	0.86	.444	3.86	5.14
25	Spencer Strider S. Strider	1	16	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	8.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	59.3	0.0	0.25	.182	0.00	2.25