most strikeouts in a season by a pitcher with a maximum of 32 games played

Pedro Martinez has struck out the most hitters with 32 or fewer games pitched in a season, with 313 strikeouts in 1999.

	NAME	SO	G	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	313	31	1999	BOS	23	4	.852	29	2.07	5	1	0	213.1	160	49	56	9	37	9	1	1	835	6	13.20	1.56	8.46	0.38	37.5	4.4	0.92	.323	2.36	42	1.38	30	6.75	79.4
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	308	32	2017	BOS	17	8	.680	32	2.90	1	0	0	214.1	165	69	73	24	43	8	0	0	851	3	12.93	1.81	7.16	1.01	36.2	5.1	0.97	.301	3.07	63	2.45	56	6.93	45.5
3	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	305	31	1997	MON	17	8	.680	31	1.90	13	4	0	241.1	158	51	65	16	67	9	0	5	947	3	11.37	2.50	4.55	0.60	32.2	7.1	0.93	.258	2.42	45	2.38	57	5.89	49
4	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	301	32	1989	TEX	16	10	.615	32	3.20	6	2	0	239.1	162	85	96	17	98	9	0	3	988	19	11.32	3.69	3.07	0.64	30.5	9.9	1.09	.258	3.61	82	2.50	65	6.09	35.1
5	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	294	30	1995	SEA	18	2	.900	30	2.48	6	3	0	214.1	159	59	65	12	65	6	0	1	866	5	12.35	2.73	4.52	0.50	33.9	7.5	1.05	.301	2.73	53	2.08	44	6.68	62
6	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	291	30	1997	SEA	20	4	.833	29	2.28	5	2	0	213.0	147	54	60	20	77	10	0	2	850	4	12.30	3.25	3.78	0.85	34.2	9.1	1.05	.281	2.54	50	2.82	62	6.21	41.3
7	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	284	29	2000	BOS	18	6	.750	29	1.74	7	4	0	217.0	128	42	44	17	32	14	0	0	817	1	11.78	1.33	8.88	0.71	34.8	3.9	0.74	.236	1.82	35	2.16	47	5.31	61.5
8	Spencer Strider S. Strider	281	32	2023	ATL	19	5	.792	32	3.86	0	0	0	186.2	146	80	85	22	58	9	0	1	763	6	13.55	2.80	4.84	1.06	36.8	7.6	1.09	.316	4.10	87	2.85	66	7.04	30.3
9	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	277	32	2013	TEX	13	9	.591	32	2.83	0	0	0	209.2	145	66	68	26	80	8	0	1	841	7	11.89	3.43	3.46	1.12	32.9	9.5	1.07	.264	2.92	67	3.27	80	6.22	18.5
10	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	276	32	2018	HOU	15	5	.750	32	2.88	1	1	0	200.1	143	64	68	19	64	7	0	0	799	9	12.40	2.88	4.31	0.85	34.5	8.0	1.03	.286	3.05	70	2.70	65	6.42	32.7
11	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	276	31	1984	NYM	17	9	.654	31	2.60	7	3	0	218.0	161	63	72	7	73	2	0	2	879	3	11.39	3.01	3.78	0.29	31.4	8.3	1.07	.296	2.97	74	1.68	48	6.65	44.6
12	Chris Sale C. Sale	274	31	2015	CWS	13	11	.542	31	3.41	1	0	0	208.2	185	79	88	23	42	13	0	0	854	7	11.82	1.81	6.52	0.99	32.1	4.9	1.09	.323	3.80	86	2.72	66	7.98	31.8
13	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	269	32	2018	NYM	10	9	.526	32	1.70	1	0	0	217.0	152	41	48	10	46	5	0	3	835	2	11.16	1.91	5.85	0.41	32.2	5.5	0.91	.281	1.99	44	1.98	50	6.30	49
14	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	268	31	2017	WSH	16	6	.727	31	2.51	2	0	0	200.2	126	56	62	22	55	11	0	2	780	4	12.02	2.47	4.87	0.99	34.4	7.1	0.90	.245	2.78	57	2.89	66	5.65	33.2
15	Kerry Wood K. Wood	266	32	2003	CHC	14	11	.560	32	3.20	4	2	0	211.0	152	75	77	24	100	21	0	2	887	10	11.35	4.27	2.66	1.02	30.0	11.3	1.19	.269	3.28	75	3.70	85	6.48	15.8
16	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	265	29	2017	CLE	18	4	.818	29	2.25	5	3	0	203.2	141	51	56	21	36	5	0	2	777	4	11.71	1.59	7.36	0.93	34.1	4.6	0.87	.267	2.47	50	2.49	57	6.23	42.8
17	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	261	32	2009	SFG	15	7	.682	32	2.48	4	2	0	225.1	168	62	69	10	68	6	0	2	905	11	10.42	2.72	3.84	0.40	28.8	7.5	1.05	.282	2.76	60	2.33	57	6.71	45.4
18	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	260	31	1978	CAL	10	13	.435	31	3.72	14	3	0	234.2	183	97	106	12	148	3	0	7	1,008	13	9.97	5.68	1.76	0.46	25.8	14.7	1.41	.292	4.07	103	2.95	79	7.02	20.3
19	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	255	32	2025	BOS	18	5	.783	32	2.59	1	1	0	205.1	165	59	62	24	46	3	0	0	814	7	11.18	2.02	5.54	1.05	31.3	5.7	1.03	.290	2.72	60	2.88	68	7.23	30.2
20	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	255	32	2019	NYM	11	8	.579	32	2.43	0	0	0	204.0	154	55	59	19	44	7	0	1	804	2	11.25	1.94	5.80	0.84	31.7	5.5	0.97	.282	2.60	60	2.66	62	6.79	37.8
21	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	253	29	2016	MIA	16	8	.667	29	2.86	0	0	0	182.1	149	58	63	13	55	6	0	6	737	9	12.49	2.71	4.60	0.64	34.3	7.5	1.12	.332	3.11	72	2.29	57	7.35	35.4
22	Jason Schmidt J. Schmidt	251	32	2004	SFG	18	7	.720	32	3.20	4	3	0	225.0	165	80	84	18	77	3	0	3	907	7	10.04	3.08	3.26	0.72	27.7	8.5	1.08	.263	3.36	75	2.92	69	6.60	33.7
23	Robbie Ray R. Ray	248	32	2021	TOR	13	7	.650	32	2.84	0	0	0	193.1	150	61	62	33	52	4	0	0	773	5	11.54	2.42	4.77	1.54	32.1	6.7	1.04	.268	2.89	63	3.68	87	6.98	11.8
24	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	247	32	2021	PHI	14	10	.583	32	2.78	3	2	0	213.1	169	66	72	16	46	8	0	1	849	6	10.42	1.94	5.37	0.68	29.1	5.4	1.01	.288	3.04	66	2.58	60	7.13	40.7
25	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	245	32	2015	CLE	9	16	.360	32	3.49	4	0	0	222.0	189	86	92	22	45	11	0	3	886	6	9.93	1.82	5.44	0.89	27.7	5.1	1.05	.297	3.73	85	2.96	73	7.66	26.4