most strikeouts by a pitcher with less than 8 wins in a season

Yu Darvish has fanned the most hitters with fewer than 8 pitcher wins in a season, with 229 strikeouts in 2019.

	NAME	SO	W	SEASON	TM	L	W%	G	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	229	6	2019	CHC	8	.429	31	31	3.98	0	0	0	178.2	140	79	82	33	56	11	0	1	731	11	11.54	2.82	4.09	1.66	31.3	7.7	1.10	.266	4.13	90	4.17	94	7.05	5.1
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	218	6	2019	BOS	11	.353	25	25	4.40	1	1	0	147.1	123	72	80	24	37	13	0	0	612	2	13.32	2.26	5.89	1.47	35.6	6.0	1.09	.309	4.89	91	3.38	75	7.51	18.8
3	Dylan Cease D. Cease	214	7	2023	CWS	9	.438	33	33	4.58	0	0	0	177.0	172	90	98	19	79	9	0	3	784	13	10.88	4.02	2.71	0.97	27.3	10.1	1.42	.330	4.98	106	3.72	84	8.75	13.4
4	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	209	6	2024	CWS	12	.333	32	32	3.58	0	0	0	146.0	123	58	61	18	33	5	0	0	595	3	12.88	2.03	6.33	1.11	35.1	5.5	1.07	.318	3.76	88	2.68	64	7.58	24.3
5	Michael Pineda M. Pineda	207	6	2016	NYY	12	.333	32	32	4.82	0	0	0	175.2	184	94	98	27	53	6	0	1	756	7	10.61	2.72	3.91	1.38	27.4	7.0	1.35	.339	5.02	113	3.79	86	9.43	11.9
6	Cliff Lee C. Lee	207	6	2012	PHI	9	.400	30	30	3.16	0	0	0	211.0	207	74	79	26	28	0	0	0	847	4	8.83	1.19	7.39	1.11	24.4	3.3	1.11	.309	3.37	80	3.12	79	8.83	19.8
7	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	204	7	2023	TOT	15	.318	33	33	4.88	0	0	0	184.1	169	100	110	41	73	9	0	2	794	5	9.96	3.56	2.79	2.00	25.7	9.2	1.31	.274	5.37	113	5.26	120	8.25	-17.8
8	Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	202	7	2014	TOT	13	.350	33	33	2.99	2	0	0	219.2	191	73	86	20	43	10	0	3	879	10	8.28	1.76	4.70	0.82	23.0	4.9	1.07	.283	3.52	82	3.20	86	7.83	12.3
9	Andy Benes A. Benes	189	6	1994	SDP	14	.300	25	25	3.86	2	2	0	172.1	155	74	82	20	51	1	0	2	717	4	9.87	2.66	3.71	1.04	26.4	7.1	1.20	.296	4.28	93	3.34	77	8.09	19.3
10	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	188	7	2018	PHI	14	.333	33	32	4.77	0	0	0	164.0	163	87	91	24	51	5	1	0	694	8	10.32	2.80	3.69	1.32	27.1	7.3	1.30	.326	4.99	119	3.79	91	8.95	7.1
11	Bob Welch B. Welch	183	7	1986	LAD	13	.350	33	33	3.28	7	3	0	235.2	227	86	95	14	55	7	0	6	981	2	6.99	2.10	3.33	0.53	18.7	5.6	1.20	.295	3.63	91	2.77	76	8.67	22.8
12	Mike Fiers M. Fiers	180	7	2015	TOT	10	.412	31	30	3.69	1	1	0	180.1	162	74	83	24	64	6	0	5	761	8	8.98	3.19	2.81	1.20	23.7	8.4	1.25	.283	4.14	93	4.03	101	8.09	-0.6
13	Ken Johnson K. Johnson	178	7	1962	HOU	16	.304	33	31	3.84	5	1	0	197.0	195	84	100	18	46	7	0	1	826	6	8.13	2.10	3.87	0.82	21.5	5.6	1.22	.307	4.57	103	2.81	77	8.91	18.8
14	Bud Norris B. Norris	176	6	2011	HOU	11	.353	31	31	3.77	0	0	0	186.0	177	78	93	24	70	5	0	7	795	3	8.52	3.39	2.51	1.16	22.1	8.8	1.33	.294	4.50	100	4.01	103	8.56	-2.6
15	Bill Stoneman B. Stoneman	176	7	1970	MON	15	.318	40	30	4.59	5	3	0	207.2	209	106	118	26	109	14	3	8	928	3	7.63	4.72	1.61	1.13	19.0	11.7	1.53	.303	5.11	111	4.34	111	9.06	-9.5
16	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	175	7	2014	PIT	10	.412	29	29	3.38	0	0	0	162.1	130	61	68	13	81	4	0	3	691	12	9.70	4.49	2.16	0.72	25.3	11.7	1.30	.280	3.77	96	3.58	100	7.21	-0.3
17	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	172	6	2024	BOS	12	.333	27	26	4.14	0	0	0	145.2	128	67	70	28	36	1	0	1	595	4	10.63	2.22	4.78	1.73	28.9	6.1	1.13	.279	4.32	97	4.06	98	7.91	1.2
18	Tony Saunders T. Saunders	172	6	1998	TBD	15	.286	31	31	4.12	2	0	0	192.1	191	88	95	15	111	7	0	1	855	2	8.05	5.19	1.55	0.70	20.1	13.0	1.57	.320	4.45	88	4.20	92	8.94	7.9
19	Spencer Arrighetti S. Arrighetti	171	7	2024	HOU	13	.350	29	28	4.53	0	0	0	145.0	139	73	80	21	65	7	0	0	632	3	10.61	4.03	2.63	1.30	27.1	10.3	1.41	.321	4.97	114	4.17	103	8.63	-2.1
20	Shelby Miller S. Miller	171	6	2015	ATL	17	.261	33	33	3.02	2	2	0	205.1	183	69	82	13	73	6	0	8	860	5	7.50	3.20	2.34	0.57	19.9	8.5	1.25	.285	3.59	78	3.44	91	8.02	7.3
21	Blake Snell B. Snell	170	7	2021	SDP	6	.538	27	27	4.20	0	0	0	128.2	101	60	61	16	69	3	0	1	550	7	11.89	4.83	2.46	1.12	30.9	12.5	1.32	.291	4.27	106	3.82	91	7.06	5.5
22	Derek Holland D. Holland	169	7	2018	SFG	9	.438	36	30	3.57	0	0	0	171.1	154	68	74	19	67	4	1	6	727	2	8.88	3.52	2.52	1.00	23.2	9.2	1.29	.288	3.89	92	3.87	100	8.09	-0.5
23	Brandon Beachy B. Beachy	169	7	2011	ATL	3	.700	25	25	3.68	0	0	0	141.2	125	58	62	16	46	5	0	9	591	11	10.74	2.92	3.67	1.02	28.6	7.8	1.21	.307	3.94	98	3.18	84	7.94	9.3
24	Reid Detmers R. Detmers	168	4	2023	LAA	9	.308	28	28	4.48	0	0	0	148.2	141	74	81	19	60	13	0	2	644	7	10.17	3.63	2.80	1.15	26.1	9.3	1.35	.318	4.90	103	4.13	94	8.54	4.7
25	Drew Smyly D. Smyly	167	7	2016	TBR	12	.368	30	30	4.88	0	0	0	175.1	174	95	103	32	49	2	0	2	738	10	8.57	2.52	3.41	1.64	22.6	6.6	1.27	.291	5.29	120	4.48	109	8.93	-7.6