pitcher with most 10 strikeout games since 2000

Since 2000, Max Scherzer has the most games pitched when striking out 10+ batters, with 114 games.

Interpreted as:

pitcher with most 10 or more strikeout regular-season games since 2000

	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	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	114	1,266	64	20	.762	114	2.05	9	4	0	802.1	492	183	196	79	144	24	0	3	3,048	18	14.20	1.62	8.79	0.89	41.5	4.7	0.79	.269	2.20	5.52
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	92	1,052	45	21	.682	92	1.80	7	1	0	654.0	409	131	144	43	121	30	0	2	2,498	16	14.48	1.67	8.69	0.59	42.1	4.8	0.81	.292	1.98	5.63
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	87	1,042	54	12	.818	86	1.92	20	9	0	652.1	444	139	158	52	145	26	1	5	2,522	12	14.38	2.00	7.19	0.72	41.3	5.7	0.90	.312	2.18	6.13
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	73	817	49	9	.845	73	1.83	8	5	0	512.0	318	104	113	47	93	11	0	3	1,943	14	14.36	1.63	8.78	0.83	42.0	4.8	0.80	.278	1.99	5.59
5	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	68	767	47	9	.839	68	1.54	13	8	0	514.0	292	88	96	35	64	7	0	1	1,874	13	13.43	1.12	11.98	0.61	40.9	3.4	0.69	.257	1.68	5.11
6	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	63	703	32	11	.744	63	1.84	1	1	0	424.2	261	87	100	36	82	2	0	4	1,597	10	14.90	1.74	8.57	0.76	44.0	5.1	0.81	.291	2.12	5.53
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	63	718	36	7	.837	63	1.89	4	3	0	423.1	255	89	104	40	70	8	0	1	1,584	13	15.26	1.49	10.26	0.85	45.3	4.4	0.77	.287	2.21	5.42
8	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	54	609	35	7	.833	54	1.58	11	5	0	404.2	245	71	77	27	77	15	0	0	1,529	4	13.54	1.71	7.91	0.60	39.8	5.0	0.80	.272	1.71	5.45
9	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	50	561	27	13	.675	50	1.90	1	1	0	349.2	213	74	77	33	79	8	0	1	1,333	12	14.44	2.03	7.10	0.85	42.1	5.9	0.84	.276	1.98	5.48
10	Johan Santana J. Santana	50	558	32	8	.800	50	1.92	3	2	0	365.2	223	78	81	38	68	5	0	0	1,379	8	13.73	1.67	8.21	0.94	40.5	4.9	0.80	.261	1.99	5.49
11	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	48	540	32	2	.941	48	1.61	5	1	0	363.1	219	65	73	28	54	12	0	2	1,353	5	13.38	1.34	10.00	0.69	39.9	4.0	0.75	.266	1.81	5.42
12	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	47	524	32	6	.842	47	2.20	1	1	0	323.2	205	79	87	32	57	8	0	3	1,222	6	14.57	1.58	9.19	0.89	42.9	4.7	0.81	.288	2.42	5.70
13	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	47	531	33	7	.825	47	2.39	11	4	0	361.2	259	96	98	39	40	6	0	0	1,372	7	13.21	1.00	13.28	0.97	38.7	2.9	0.83	.291	2.44	6.45
14	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	42	455	19	14	.576	42	2.47	7	2	0	316.2	209	87	92	34	60	4	0	4	1,213	8	12.93	1.71	7.58	0.97	37.5	4.9	0.85	.265	2.61	5.94
15	Robbie Ray R. Ray	40	437	22	6	.786	40	2.40	1	1	0	255.0	169	68	74	30	65	5	0	2	996	12	15.42	2.29	6.72	1.06	43.9	6.5	0.92	.303	2.61	5.96
16	David Price D. Price	40	439	25	9	.735	40	2.09	4	0	0	301.0	223	70	76	21	44	3	0	1	1,159	3	13.13	1.32	9.98	0.63	37.9	3.8	0.89	.310	2.27	6.67
17	CC Sabathia	39	419	25	5	.833	39	1.66	6	2	0	292.0	209	54	63	12	66	8	0	2	1,139	2	12.91	2.03	6.35	0.37	36.8	5.8	0.94	.311	1.94	6.44
18	Blake Snell B. Snell	38	424	24	4	.857	38	0.74	1	1	0	243.2	96	20	20	9	71	1	0	0	890	15	15.66	2.62	5.97	0.33	47.6	8.0	0.69	.226	0.74	3.55
19	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	37	407	20	5	.800	37	1.97	1	0	0	256.1	150	56	64	25	77	11	0	2	997	11	14.29	2.70	5.29	0.88	40.8	7.7	0.89	.262	2.25	5.27
20	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	36	406	23	2	.920	36	1.37	4	2	0	263.2	157	40	43	13	72	6	0	0	1,010	11	13.86	2.46	5.64	0.44	40.2	7.1	0.87	.281	1.47	5.36
21	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	36	396	23	5	.821	36	1.96	2	1	0	262.1	181	57	58	21	55	8	0	3	1,009	1	13.59	1.89	7.20	0.72	39.2	5.5	0.90	.302	1.99	6.21
22	A.J. Burnett	36	397	18	7	.720	36	2.55	2	1	0	257.2	194	73	79	15	92	11	0	3	1,054	11	13.87	3.21	4.32	0.52	37.7	8.7	1.11	.332	2.76	6.78
23	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	35	388	19	3	.864	35	1.21	5	4	0	261.0	146	35	40	9	47	10	0	0	975	20	13.38	1.62	8.26	0.31	39.8	4.8	0.74	.263	1.38	5.03
24	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	33	366	27	1	.964	33	1.47	6	4	0	244.1	145	40	45	11	32	7	0	1	908	5	13.48	1.18	11.44	0.41	40.3	3.5	0.72	.272	1.66	5.34
25	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	32	357	20	6	.769	32	1.46	3	1	0	227.1	117	37	40	14	65	9	0	1	857	2	14.13	2.57	5.49	0.55	41.7	7.6	0.80	.250	1.58	4.63

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Braves	46	26	.639
Phillies	40	34	.541	7.0
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Marlins	37	38	.493	10.5
Mets	33	41	.446	14.0
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Cubs	38	36	.514	8.0
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