pitcher with the most 8 or more strikeout games by a pitcher since 2008

Since 2008, Max Scherzer has the most games pitched when striking out 8+ batters, with 216 games.

Interpreted as:

pitcher with the most 8 or more strikeout regular-season games by a pitcher since 2008

	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	216	2,134	122	37	.767	216	2.27	12	5	0	1474.1	999	372	396	157	312	48	0	12	5,711	29	13.03	1.90	6.84	0.96	37.4	5.5	0.89	.275	2.42	6.10
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	182	1,718	112	28	.800	182	2.20	12	5	0	1267.0	859	310	337	117	262	34	0	7	4,903	38	12.20	1.86	6.56	0.83	35.0	5.3	0.88	.268	2.39	6.10
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	169	1,628	113	25	.819	169	1.74	16	9	0	1202.2	765	232	261	80	209	20	0	6	4,527	34	12.18	1.56	7.79	0.60	36.0	4.6	0.81	.264	1.95	5.72
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	154	1,573	84	33	.718	154	2.17	11	2	0	1052.2	722	254	281	92	215	58	0	4	4,104	19	13.45	1.84	7.32	0.79	38.3	5.2	0.89	.291	2.40	6.17
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	138	1,342	77	22	.778	138	2.37	5	4	0	893.1	596	235	261	89	197	19	0	1	3,434	28	13.52	1.98	6.81	0.90	39.1	5.7	0.89	.284	2.63	6.00
6	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	121	1,167	59	33	.641	121	2.55	1	1	0	803.1	547	228	239	97	205	26	0	2	3,149	31	13.07	2.30	5.69	1.09	37.1	6.5	0.94	.272	2.68	6.13
7	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	114	1,134	54	24	.692	114	1.78	2	1	0	765.0	485	151	169	59	138	10	0	5	2,879	15	13.34	1.62	8.22	0.69	39.4	4.8	0.81	.277	1.99	5.71
8	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	114	1,032	67	16	.807	114	2.44	6	3	0	786.2	611	213	230	67	140	9	0	3	3,063	24	11.81	1.60	7.37	0.77	33.7	4.6	0.95	.300	2.63	6.99
9	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	109	1,007	60	14	.811	109	1.69	13	6	0	800.0	519	150	162	38	168	22	0	1	3,051	51	11.33	1.89	5.99	0.43	33.0	5.5	0.86	.265	1.82	5.84
10	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	103	997	60	16	.789	103	2.25	2	2	0	689.0	480	172	187	63	133	29	0	6	2,666	13	13.02	1.74	7.50	0.82	37.4	5.0	0.89	.289	2.44	6.27
11	Aaron Nola A. Nola	99	904	56	20	.737	99	2.34	5	4	0	666.0	466	173	186	67	136	20	0	5	2,587	6	12.22	1.84	6.65	0.91	34.9	5.3	0.90	.273	2.51	6.30
12	Robbie Ray R. Ray	99	933	44	23	.657	99	3.14	1	1	0	593.0	449	207	217	81	218	21	0	7	2,432	26	14.16	3.31	4.28	1.23	38.4	9.0	1.12	.312	3.29	6.81
13	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	98	885	53	17	.757	98	2.04	5	2	0	696.2	507	158	171	58	144	25	0	10	2,709	10	11.43	1.86	6.15	0.75	32.7	5.3	0.93	.281	2.21	6.55
14	David Price D. Price	95	902	58	18	.763	95	2.18	8	2	0	686.1	516	166	181	54	126	11	0	2	2,674	18	11.83	1.65	7.16	0.71	33.7	4.7	0.94	.292	2.37	6.77
15	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	93	915	59	12	.831	93	2.01	14	6	0	688.1	460	154	168	52	115	23	0	4	2,610	12	11.96	1.50	7.96	0.68	35.1	4.4	0.84	.271	2.20	6.01
16	Jon Lester J. Lester	89	823	59	13	.819	89	1.79	9	3	0	628.0	420	125	140	30	148	14	0	2	2,403	19	11.79	2.12	5.56	0.43	34.2	6.2	0.90	.281	2.01	6.02
17	CC Sabathia	86	790	57	15	.792	86	2.27	13	5	0	621.1	505	157	175	45	144	21	0	4	2,484	10	11.44	2.09	5.49	0.65	31.8	5.8	1.04	.310	2.53	7.31
18	Charlie Morton C. Morton	85	784	43	14	.754	85	2.72	1	1	0	526.1	377	159	171	46	156	45	0	5	2,128	13	13.41	2.67	5.03	0.79	36.8	7.3	1.01	.302	2.92	6.45
19	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	83	795	52	14	.788	83	1.85	10	6	0	597.0	382	123	131	47	94	18	0	7	2,236	9	11.98	1.42	8.46	0.71	35.6	4.2	0.80	.261	1.97	5.76
20	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	83	792	49	12	.803	83	2.17	6	4	0	581.2	415	140	145	32	180	15	0	2	2,315	34	12.25	2.79	4.40	0.50	34.2	7.8	1.02	.296	2.24	6.42
21	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	81	776	43	18	.705	81	2.33	3	2	0	548.2	351	142	163	56	161	28	0	3	2,159	18	12.73	2.64	4.82	0.92	35.9	7.5	0.93	.259	2.67	5.76
22	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	80	736	42	13	.764	80	1.98	3	3	0	535.2	360	118	133	37	105	18	0	2	2,067	10	12.37	1.76	7.01	0.62	35.6	5.1	0.87	.276	2.23	6.05
23	Blake Snell B. Snell	78	755	47	12	.797	78	1.49	1	1	0	477.0	256	79	82	26	156	3	0	2	1,816	30	14.25	2.94	4.84	0.49	41.6	8.6	0.86	.263	1.55	4.83
24	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	78	719	41	19	.683	78	2.19	1	1	0	501.2	340	122	135	43	127	21	0	3	1,971	19	12.90	2.28	5.66	0.77	36.5	6.4	0.93	.280	2.42	6.10
25	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	77	708	41	14	.745	77	2.05	2	1	0	500.2	360	114	122	45	95	2	0	1	1,937	10	12.73	1.71	7.45	0.81	36.6	4.9	0.91	.290	2.19	6.47