what pitcher has the most games with eight or more strikeouts recorded

Nolan Ryan had the most games pitched when striking out 8+ batters, with 358 games.

Interpreted as:
What pitcher has the most regular-season games with eight or more strikeouts recorded?
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
358
3,758
196
107
.647
358
2.16
169
52
0
2875.1
1,771
690
798
132
1,306
66
0
37
11,583
142
11.76
4.09
2.88
0.41
32.4
11.3
1.07
.259
2.50
5.54
2 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
335
3,577
206
60
.774
333
2.22
88
36
1
2527.1
1,710
623
699
205
748
101
2
18
9,955
49
12.74
2.66
4.78
0.73
35.9
7.5
0.97
.283
2.49
6.09
3 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
264
2,561
165
49
.771
264
2.15
73
30
0
2030.0
1,468
486
531
112
546
52
0
20
8,013
51
11.35
2.42
4.69
0.50
32.0
6.8
0.99
.286
2.35
6.51
4 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
5 Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
205
1,993
139
40
.777
205
2.20
119
24
0
1723.1
1,311
421
478
96
540
13
0
45
6,897
67
10.41
2.82
3.69
0.50
28.9
7.8
1.07
.286
2.50
6.85
6 Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
198
2,010
118
38
.756
198
1.88
37
15
0
1476.1
958
308
342
94
338
62
0
13
5,704
35
12.25
2.06
5.95
0.57
35.2
5.9
0.88
.270
2.08
5.84
7 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
186
1,759
116
28
.806
186
2.17
13
6
0
1296.1
874
313
340
120
271
34
0
7
5,014
38
12.21
1.88
6.49
0.83
35.1
5.4
0.88
.266
2.36
6.07
8 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
9 Tom Seaver
T. Seaver
169
1,635
109
32
.773
169
1.82
95
30
0
1431.2
986
290
310
89
342
23
0
27
5,540
29
10.28
2.15
4.78
0.56
29.5
6.2
0.93
.260
1.95
6.20
10 Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
166
1,671
104
35
.748
166
2.41
45
13
0
1275.2
973
342
355
116
206
17
0
11
4,949
23
11.79
1.45
8.11
0.82
33.8
4.2
0.92
.292
2.50
6.86
11 Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
157
1,539
108
35
.755
157
2.02
116
29
0
1383.1
1,013
310
355
70
388
41
0
30
5,498
28
10.01
2.52
3.97
0.46
28.0
7.1
1.01
.273
2.31
6.59
12 Chris Sale
C. Sale
152
1,555
83
32
.722
152
2.19
11
2
0
1040.2
717
253
280
92
208
56
0
4
4,055
19
13.45
1.80
7.48
0.80
38.3
5.1
0.89
.292
2.42
6.20
13 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
148
1,565
109
25
.813
148
1.68
100
28
0
1273.0
799
238
273
80
348
7
0
23
4,941
45
11.06
2.46
4.50
0.57
31.7
7.0
0.90
.244
1.93
5.65
14 Sam McDowell
S. McDowell
144
1,450
80
29
.734
144
1.99
73
20
0
1186.2
760
263
308
58
512
29
1
19
4,790
47
11.00
3.88
2.83
0.44
30.3
10.7
1.07
.256
2.34
5.76
15 Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
143
1,347
84
36
.700
143
1.97
89
24
0
1209.0
872
265
302
69
288
32
0
8
4,723
21
10.03
2.14
4.68
0.51
28.5
6.1
0.96
.269
2.25
6.49
16 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
17 David Cone
D. Cone
130
1,262
81
27
.750
130
2.19
28
11
0
990.0
702
241
268
69
324
27
0
15
3,971
54
11.47
2.95
3.90
0.63
31.8
8.2
1.04
.277
2.44
6.38
18 CC Sabathia
CC Sabathia
126
1,153
80
20
.800
126
2.20
21
9
0
914.1
722
224
249
65
208
27
0
6
3,623
14
11.35
2.05
5.54
0.64
31.8
5.7
1.02
.303
2.45
7.11
19 Felix Hernandez
F. Hernandez
124
1,141
66
20
.767
124
1.80
14
6
0
906.2
600
181
197
43
189
26
0
2
3,471
57
11.33
1.88
6.04
0.43
32.9
5.4
0.87
.269
1.96
5.96
20 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
21 John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
120
1,113
69
25
.734
120
2.14
24
9
0
899.2
647
214
244
68
239
12
0
21
3,535
37
11.13
2.39
4.66
0.68
31.5
6.8
0.98
.275
2.44
6.47
22 Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
119
1,121
84
31
.730
117
0.54
115
33
0
1116.2
731
226
7
218
35
2
4,259
48
9.03
1.76
5.14
0.06
26.3
5.1
0.85
.252
1.82
5.89
23 Fergie Jenkins
F. Jenkins
118
1,108
85
26
.766
117
2.15
90
16
0
1019.2
745
244
273
89
187
23
1
21
3,984
19
9.78
1.65
5.93
0.79
27.8
4.7
0.91
.255
2.41
6.58
24 Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
116
1,050
68
17
.800
116
2.45
6
3
0
800.0
620
218
235
67
141
10
0
3
3,113
24
11.81
1.59
7.45
0.75
33.7
4.5
0.95
.300
2.64
6.98
25 Cole Hamels
C. Hamels
115
1,051
65
20
.765
115
2.12
6
2
0
818.1
591
193
208
71
171
27
0
12
3,186
10
11.56
1.88
6.15
0.78
33.0
5.4
0.93
.279
2.29
6.50
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