pitchers with the most 12 strikeout games 2021

Gerrit Cole had the most games pitched with 12+ strikeouts in 2021, with 5 games.

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pitchers with the most 12 or more strikeout games 2021

	NAME	G	SO	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	H/9
1	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	5	64	2021	NYY	5	0	1.000	5	0.24	1	1	0	37.0	19	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	129	1	15.57	0.49	32.00	0.00	49.6	1.6	0.57	.302	0.24	4.62
2	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	4	54	2021	MIL	4	0	1.000	4	0.00	0	0	0	31.1	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	108	0	15.51	0.57	27.00	0.00	50.0	1.9	0.48	.250	0.00	3.73
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	4	57	2021	NYM	2	1	.667	4	1.20	1	1	0	30.0	15	4	7	3	1	0	0	0	106	0	17.10	0.30	57.00	0.90	53.8	0.9	0.53	.267	2.10	4.50
4	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	4	49	2021	CLE	2	1	.667	4	2.96	0	0	0	27.1	15	9	9	4	13	0	0	0	112	3	16.13	4.28	3.77	1.32	43.8	11.6	1.02	.239	2.96	4.94
5	Robbie Ray R. Ray	3	40	2021	TOR	1	0	1.000	3	1.33	0	0	0	20.1	14	3	3	2	1	1	0	0	78	0	17.70	0.44	40.00	0.89	51.3	1.3	0.74	.353	1.33	6.20
6	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	3	38	2021	PHI	1	0	1.000	3	1.61	0	0	0	22.1	11	4	4	2	3	1	0	0	81	1	15.31	1.21	12.67	0.81	46.9	3.7	0.63	.243	1.61	4.43
7	Sandy Alcantara S. Alcantara	2	26	2021	MIA	1	0	1.000	2	1.13	0	0	0	16.0	10	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	59	0	14.62	1.13	13.00	0.56	44.1	3.4	0.75	.310	1.13	5.63
8	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2	27	2021	TOT	1	0	1.000	2	0.59	0	0	0	15.1	8	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	55	1	15.85	0.59	27.00	0.59	49.1	1.8	0.59	.269	1.17	4.70
9	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2	24	2021	SDP	1	0	1.000	2	2.03	0	0	0	13.1	8	3	3	2	3	1	0	0	52	1	16.20	2.03	8.00	1.35	46.2	5.8	0.83	.273	2.03	5.40
10	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	2	25	2021	CWS	1	0	1.000	2	0.75	0	0	0	12.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	42	0	18.75	0.75	25.00	0.00	59.5	2.4	0.42	.250	0.75	3.00
11	Jordan Montgomery J. Montgomery	1	12	2021	NYY	0	0		1	1.59	0	0	0	5.2	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	23	2	19.06	1.59	12.00	1.59	52.2	4.3	1.24	.556	1.59	9.53
12	Blake Snell B. Snell	1	13	2021	SDP	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	26	0	16.71	3.86	4.33	0.00	50.0	11.5	0.71	.200	0.00	2.57
13	Patrick Sandoval P. Sandoval	1	13	2021	LAA	1	0	1.000	1	1.04	0	0	0	8.2	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	30	0	13.50	1.04	13.00	0.00	43.3	3.3	0.23	.071	1.04	1.04
14	Yusei Kikuchi Y. Kikuchi	1	12	2021	SEA	0	0		1	4.50	0	0	0	6.0	6	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	23	0	18.00	1.50	12.00	3.00	52.2	4.3	1.17	.500	4.50	9.00
15	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	1	13	2021	OAK	1	0	1.000	1	1.29	0	0	0	7.0	3	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	28	0	16.71	3.86	4.33	1.29	46.4	10.7	0.86	.200	1.29	3.86
16	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1	13	2021	LAD	1	0	1.000	1	1.13	0	0	0	8.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	28	0	14.62	1.13	13.00	1.13	46.4	3.6	0.63	.231	1.13	4.50
17	Julio Urías J. Urías	1	12	2021	LAD	0	0		1	3.38	0	0	0	5.1	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	22	0	20.25	1.69	12.00	1.69	54.5	4.5	1.13	.500	3.38	8.44
18	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1	12	2021	PHI	0	0		1	0.00	0	0	0	5.1	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	22	0	20.25	1.69	12.00	0.00	54.5	4.5	0.56	.286	0.00	3.38
19	Tyler Mahle T. Mahle	1	12	2021	CIN	1	0	1.000	1	1.50	0	0	0	6.0	3	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	25	0	18.00	3.00	6.00	0.00	48.0	8.0	0.83	.333	1.50	4.50
20	Taijuan Walker T. Walker	1	12	2021	NYM	1	0	1.000	1	2.57	0	0	0	7.0	5	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	27	0	15.43	0.00		1.29	44.4	0.0	0.71	.308	2.57	6.43
21	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	1	12	2021	CWS	1	0	1.000	1	1.29	0	0	0	7.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	27	1	15.43	3.86	4.00	1.29	44.4	11.1	0.86	.182	1.29	3.86
22	Rich Hill R. Hill	1	13	2021	TBR	0	1	.000	1	2.25	0	0	0	8.0	6	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	31	0	14.62	0.00		1.13	41.9	0.0	0.75	.313	2.25	6.75
23	Merrill Kelly M. Kelly	1	12	2021	ARI	0	1	.000	1	3.86	0	0	0	7.0	6	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	25	0	15.43	0.00		2.57	48.0	0.0	0.86	.364	3.86	7.71
24	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1	12	2021	SFG	0	0		1	1.13	0	0	0	8.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	29	0	13.50	0.00		0.00	41.4	0.0	0.63	.294	1.13	5.63
25	John Means J. Means	1	12	2021	BAL	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	1	12.00	0.00		0.00	44.4	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00

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Gerrit Cole had the most games pitched with 12+ strikeouts in 2021, with 5 games.

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