players with most games with 10 strikeouts as a pitcher in the 1980s

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Nolan Ryan had the most games pitched when striking out 10+ batters, with 71 games.

Interpreted as:

players with most regular-season games with 10 or more strikeouts as a pitcher in the 1980s

	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	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	71	791	39	18	.684	71	2.02	22	10	0	552.2	348	124	142	23	191	15	0	12	2,191	34	12.88	3.11	4.14	0.37	36.1	8.7	0.98	.278	2.31	5.67
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	40	452	27	9	.750	40	2.08	20	4	0	333.2	260	77	92	16	105	2	0	11	1,358	17	12.19	2.83	4.30	0.43	33.3	7.7	1.09	.312	2.48	7.01
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	38	448	29	2	.935	38	1.47	23	11	0	325.0	208	53	61	19	65	3	0	1	1,233	4	12.41	1.80	6.89	0.53	36.3	5.3	0.84	.271	1.69	5.76
4	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	38	431	26	5	.839	38	1.49	20	10	0	321.0	196	53	57	16	84	4	0	5	1,230	8	12.08	2.36	5.13	0.45	35.0	6.8	0.87	.259	1.60	5.50
5	Mark Langston M. Langston	33	378	23	6	.793	33	2.35	18	4	0	279.1	203	73	79	22	99	3	0	2	1,123	9	12.18	3.19	3.82	0.71	33.7	8.8	1.08	.291	2.55	6.54
6	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	27	302	19	7	.731	27	1.82	19	7	0	237.2	149	48	52	5	82	1	0	3	927	14	11.44	3.11	3.68	0.19	32.6	8.8	0.97	.268	1.97	5.64
7	Mario Soto M. Soto	27	298	19	3	.864	27	1.92	18	3	0	234.0	134	50	52	22	61	3	0	0	889	7	11.46	2.35	4.89	0.85	33.5	6.9	0.83	.222	2.00	5.15
8	Jack Morris J. Morris	23	243	13	8	.619	23	2.34	17	2	0	196.1	136	51	53	21	63	1	0	1	777	10	11.14	2.89	3.86	0.96	31.3	8.1	1.01	.256	2.43	6.23
9	Mike Scott M. Scott	22	251	17	3	.850	22	1.27	7	6	0	177.0	88	25	27	8	37	4	0	2	661	3	12.76	1.88	6.78	0.41	38.0	5.6	0.71	.222	1.37	4.47
10	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	21	241	11	6	.647	21	2.03	6	2	0	163.2	87	37	38	9	53	2	0	3	621	0	13.25	2.91	4.55	0.49	38.8	8.5	0.86	.247	2.09	4.78
11	Jose DeLeon J. DeLeon	18	195	13	1	.929	18	1.84	6	2	0	146.2	77	30	31	5	47	3	0	1	556	4	11.97	2.88	4.15	0.31	35.1	8.5	0.85	.235	1.90	4.72
12	Bobby Witt B. Witt	15	161	8	2	.800	15	2.82	6	2	0	115.0	63	36	40	3	71	1	0	1	472	10	12.60	5.56	2.27	0.23	34.1	15.0	1.17	.254	3.13	4.93
13	Bruce Hurst B. Hurst	15	169	10	4	.714	15	1.97	11	2	0	132.1	90	29	31	12	23	0	0	0	493	1	11.49	1.56	7.35	0.82	34.3	4.7	0.85	.270	2.11	6.12
14	Floyd Bannister F. Bannister	15	157	8	4	.667	15	2.78	6	3	0	119.2	86	37	41	8	28	3	0	1	467	1	11.81	2.11	5.61	0.60	33.6	6.0	0.95	.288	3.08	6.47
15	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	15	172	9	3	.750	15	1.79	10	2	0	131.0	81	26	27	10	21	3	0	1	495	4	11.82	1.44	8.19	0.69	34.7	4.2	0.78	.246	1.85	5.56
16	Teddy Higuera T. Higuera	14	156	8	3	.727	14	1.98	8	1	0	127.0	86	28	30	10	30	0	0	2	489	2	11.06	2.13	5.20	0.71	31.9	6.1	0.91	.259	2.13	6.09
17	Frank Viola F. Viola	13	135	7	3	.700	13	2.41	2	0	0	101.0	80	27	31	9	24	1	0	1	404	3	12.03	2.14	5.63	0.80	33.4	5.9	1.03	.302	2.76	7.13
18	Rick Sutcliffe R. Sutcliffe	12	137	10	1	.909	12	2.20	7	3	0	106.1	82	26	26	9	17	1	0	2	414	4	11.60	1.44	8.06	0.76	33.1	4.1	0.93	.292	2.20	6.94
19	David Cone D. Cone	11	119	6	2	.750	11	1.94	2	2	0	88.1	62	19	22	7	31	1	0	2	356	3	12.12	3.16	3.84	0.71	33.4	8.7	1.05	.278	2.24	6.32
20	Mike Moore M. Moore	10	118	4	2	.667	10	1.97	5	1	0	87.0	70	19	22	5	13	1	0	2	342	2	12.21	1.34	9.08	0.52	34.5	3.8	0.95	.317	2.28	7.24
21	Mike Witt M. Witt	10	116	7	2	.778	10	2.33	6	1	0	85.0	53	22	28	4	22	2	0	1	334	4	12.28	2.33	5.27	0.42	34.7	6.6	0.88	.258	2.96	5.61
22	Len Barker L. Barker	10	108	8	2	.800	10	2.12	7	2	0	85.0	56	20	20	4	22	0	0	0	329	4	11.44	2.33	4.91	0.42	32.8	6.7	0.92	.267	2.12	5.93
23	Mark Gubicza M. Gubicza	7	75	6	1	.857	7	0.59	5	4	0	61.0	33	4	4	1	15	3	0	1	229	2	11.07	2.21	5.00	0.15	32.8	6.6	0.79	.237	0.59	4.87
24	Jose Rijo J. Rijo	7	84	4	2	.667	7	1.86	2	0	0	58.0	31	12	15	3	21	0	0	2	223	2	13.03	3.26	4.00	0.47	37.7	9.4	0.90	.243	2.33	4.81
25	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	7	72	3	3	.500	7	1.76	4	2	0	56.1	46	11	17	2	12	4	0	1	229	2	11.50	1.92	6.00	0.32	31.4	5.2	1.03	.317	2.72	7.35