who has the most 17 strikeout games as a pitcher

Nolan Ryan had the most games pitched when striking out 17+ batters, with 8 games.

Interpreted as:

Who has the most 17 or more strikeout regular-season games as a pitcher?

	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	8	145	5	1	.833	8	1.46	5	1	0	80.0	42	13	15	2	43	0	0	1	326	4	16.31	4.84	3.37	0.23	44.5	13.2	1.06	.294	1.69	4.72
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	7	127	3	2	.600	7	1.33	5	2	0	61.0	37	9	10	3	10	0	0	0	228	0	18.74	1.48	12.70	0.44	55.7	4.4	0.77	.386	1.48	5.46
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3	58	3	0	1.000	3	0.33	3	2	0	27.0	11	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	92	1	19.33	0.00		0.33	63.0	0.0	0.41	.303	0.33	3.67
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2	37	2	0	1.000	2	1.00	2	1	0	18.0	6	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	61	0	18.50	0.00		1.00	60.7	0.0	0.33	.182	1.00	3.00
5	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2	34	1	1	.500	2	1.00	2	0	0	18.0	7	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	62	0	17.00	0.50	34.00	0.50	54.8	1.6	0.44	.240	1.00	3.50
6	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2	36	2	0	1.000	2	2.00	2	0	0	18.0	13	4	4	2	6	0	0	0	72	0	18.00	3.00	6.00	1.00	50.0	8.3	1.06	.393	2.00	6.50
7	Bob Feller B. Feller	2	35	1	1	.500	2	3.00	2	0	0	18.0	9	6	6	0	16	2	0		81	1	17.50	8.00	2.19	0.00	43.2	19.8	1.39	.321	3.00	4.50
8	Chris Sale C. Sale	1	17	0	0		1	2.57	0	0	0	7.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	24	0	21.86	0.00		1.29	70.8	0.0	0.43	.333	2.57	3.86
9	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	1	18	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	8.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	26	0	20.25	0.00		0.00	69.2	0.0	0.13	.143	0.00	1.13
10	Anibal Sanchez A. Sanchez	1	17	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	8.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	29	0	19.13	1.13	17.00	0.00	58.6	3.4	0.75	.455	0.00	5.63
11	Brandon Morrow B. Morrow	1	17	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	31	0	17.00	2.00	8.50	0.00	54.8	6.5	0.33	.083	0.00	1.00
12	Johan Santana J. Santana	1	17	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	8.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	0	19.13	0.00		0.00	65.4	0.0	0.25	.222	0.00	2.25
13	Ben Sheets B. Sheets	1	18	1	0	1.000	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	31	0	18.00	1.00	18.00	1.00	58.1	3.2	0.44	.182	1.00	3.00
14	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	1	17	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	29	0	17.00	2.00	8.50	0.00	58.6	6.9	0.33	.100	0.00	1.00
15	Kerry Wood K. Wood	1	20	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	29	0	20.00	0.00		0.00	69.0	0.0	0.11	.125	0.00	1.00
16	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	1	17	1	0	1.000	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	31	0	17.00	3.00	5.67	1.00	54.8	9.7	0.67	.200	1.00	3.00
17	David Cone D. Cone	1	19	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	31	0	19.00	1.00	19.00	0.00	61.3	3.2	0.44	.273	0.00	3.00
18	Ramon Martinez R. Martinez	1	18	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	31	0	18.00	1.00	18.00	0.00	58.1	3.2	0.44	.250	0.00	3.00
19	Bill Gullickson B. Gullickson	1	18	1	0	1.000	1	2.00	1	0	0	9.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	33	1	18.00	2.00	9.00	0.00	54.5	6.1	0.67	.308	2.00	4.00
20	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	1	18	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	33	0	18.00	2.00	9.00	0.00	54.5	6.1	0.67	.308	0.00	4.00
21	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	1	17	1	0	1.000	1	2.00	1	0	0	9.0	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	35	0	17.00	0.00		0.00	48.6	0.0	1.00	.500	2.00	9.00
22	Vida Blue V. Blue	1	17	0	0		1	0.00	0	0	0	11.0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	1	13.91	0.00		0.00	42.5	0.0	0.64	.304	0.00	5.73
23	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1	19	1	0	1.000	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	31	0	19.00	2.00	9.50	1.00	61.3	6.5	0.44	.111	1.00	2.00
24	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	1	19	0	1	.000	1	4.00	1	0	0	9.0	9	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	38	1	19.00	2.00	9.50	2.00	50.0	5.3	1.22	.467	4.00	9.00
25	Don Wilson D. Wilson	1	18	1	0	1.000	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	33	1	18.00	2.00	9.00	0.00	54.5	6.1	0.78	.385	1.00	5.00