most strikeouts with less than 17 wins in a season by a pitcher

Clayton Kershaw and Nolan Ryan are tied for striking out the most hitters with fewer than 17 pitcher wins in a season, with 301 strikeouts.

	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	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	301	16	2015	LAD	7	.696	33	33	2.13	4	3	0	232.2	163	55	62	15	42	5	0	1	890	9	11.64	1.62	7.17	0.58	33.8	4.7	0.88	.281	2.40	57	1.98	52	6.31	47.7
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	301	16	1989	TEX	10	.615	32	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
3	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	300	15	1998	PHI	14	.517	35	35	3.25	15	2	0	268.2	236	97	101	23	61	6	0	3	1,089	12	10.05	2.04	4.92	0.77	27.5	5.6	1.11	.305	3.38	76	2.76	65	7.91	45.1
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	290	16	2018	HOU	9	.640	34	34	2.52	1	1	0	214.0	156	60	63	28	37	8	0	0	833	5	12.20	1.56	7.84	1.18	34.8	4.4	0.90	.272	2.65	62	2.78	67	6.56	33
5	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	290	16	2004	ARI	14	.533	35	35	2.60	4	2	0	245.2	177	71	88	18	44	10	0	1	964	3	10.62	1.61	6.59	0.66	30.1	4.6	0.90	.264	3.22	57	2.29	51	6.48	59.7
6	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	283	15	1968	CLE	14	.517	38	37	1.81	11	3	0	269.0	181	54	78	13	110	10	0	9	1,098	7	9.47	3.68	2.57	0.43	25.8	10.0	1.08	.246	2.61	59	2.25	70	6.06	28.3
7	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	277	13	2013	TEX	9	.591	32	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
8	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	276	15	2018	HOU	5	.750	32	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
9	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	276	14	2015	WSH	12	.538	33	33	2.79	4	3	0	228.2	176	71	74	27	34	5	0	2	899	10	10.86	1.34	8.12	1.06	30.7	3.8	0.92	.268	2.91	71	2.76	72	6.93	27.6
10	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	275	15	1983	PHI	16	.484	37	37	3.11	8	3	0	283.2	277	98	117	20	84	3	0	10	1,183	13	8.73	2.67	3.27	0.63	23.2	7.1	1.27	.321	3.71	85	2.64	71	8.79	33.6
11	Chris Sale C. Sale	274	13	2015	CWS	11	.542	31	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
12	Mario Soto M. Soto	274	14	1982	CIN	13	.519	35	34	2.79	13	2	0	257.2	202	80	88	19	71	4	1	3	1,033	6	9.57	2.48	3.86	0.66	26.5	6.9	1.06	.275	3.07	75	2.41	66	7.06	34.7
13	David Price D. Price	271	15	2014	TOT	12	.556	34	34	3.26	3	0	0	248.1	230	90	100	25	38	5	0	1	1,009	2	9.82	1.38	7.13	0.91	26.9	3.8	1.08	.306	3.62	87	2.77	75	8.34	26.2
14	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	270	8	1987	HOU	16	.333	34	34	2.76	0	0	0	211.2	154	65	75	14	87	4	0	2	873	10	11.48	3.70	3.10	0.60	30.9	10.0	1.14	.281	3.19	70	2.46	63	6.55	34.5
15	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	269	10	2018	NYM	9	.526	32	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
16	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	269	16	1975	CAL	9	.640	34	33	2.62	16	5	0	257.1	211	75	80	21	73	7	1	6	1,029	8	9.41	2.55	3.68	0.73	26.1	7.1	1.10	.288	2.80	73	2.48	67	7.38	35.3
17	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	268	16	2017	WSH	6	.727	31	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
18	Kerry Wood K. Wood	266	14	2003	CHC	11	.560	32	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
19	Ben Sheets B. Sheets	264	12	2004	MIL	14	.462	34	34	2.70	5	0	0	237.0	201	71	85	25	32	4	0	1	937	8	10.03	1.22	8.25	0.95	28.2	3.4	0.98	.288	3.23	63	2.64	59	7.63	47.2
20	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	262	16	1977	ATL	20	.444	44	43	4.03	20	2	0	330.1	315	148	166	26	164	8	1	12	1,428	17	7.14	4.47	1.60	0.71	18.3	11.5	1.45	.299	4.52	95	3.73	88	8.58	18.1
21	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	261	15	2009	SFG	7	.682	32	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
22	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	260	10	1978	CAL	13	.435	31	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
23	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	259	15	2019	CLE	8	.652	34	33	3.28	3	2	0	214.1	186	78	86	31	40	6	1	1	859	6	10.88	1.68	6.48	1.30	30.2	4.7	1.05	.296	3.61	71	3.31	73	7.81	29
24	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	257	13	2022	NYY	8	.619	33	33	3.50	0	0	0	200.2	154	78	81	33	50	2	0	0	793	2	11.53	2.24	5.14	1.48	32.4	6.3	1.02	.268	3.63	92	3.46	87	6.91	11.5
25	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	257	10	1996	BOS	13	.435	34	34	3.63	6	2	0	242.2	216	98	106	19	106	4	0	2	1,032	8	9.53	3.93	2.42	0.70	24.9	10.3	1.33	.305	3.93	71	3.42	70	8.01	39.1