which pitcher has the most 8 strikeout games

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

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Which pitcher has the most 8 or more strikeout regular-season games?

	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	219	2,161	123	39	.759	219	2.30	12	5	0	1491.2	1,010	382	406	161	317	48	0	12	5,779	29	13.04	1.91	6.82	0.97	37.4	5.5	0.89	.275	2.45	6.09
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	188	1,777	117	28	.807	188	2.15	13	6	0	1308.1	879	313	340	120	275	34	0	7	5,060	38	12.22	1.89	6.46	0.83	35.1	5.4	0.88	.266	2.34	6.05
8	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	170	1,636	114	25	.820	170	1.74	16	9	0	1208.1	769	234	263	80	210	20	0	6	4,549	34	12.19	1.56	7.79	0.60	36.0	4.6	0.81	.265	1.96	5.73
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	Chris Sale C. Sale	160	1,629	86	34	.717	159	2.15	11	2	0	1091.0	748	261	288	94	221	59	0	4	4,248	20	13.44	1.82	7.37	0.78	38.3	5.2	0.89	.291	2.38	6.17
12	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
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	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	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	121	1,191	56	27	.675	121	1.85	2	1	0	806.1	514	166	184	67	145	11	0	5	3,038	17	13.29	1.62	8.21	0.75	39.2	4.8	0.82	.275	2.05	5.74
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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

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