Nolan Ryan had the most games pitched when striking out 10+ batters, with 215 games.

most career games with 10+ so by a pitcher minimum 70 games
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most career regular-season games with 10+ so by a pitcher minimum 70 games
Ryan Johnson Scherzer Clemens Martinez Koufax Schilling Carlton Sale McDowell Gibson Verlander Seaver 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 215 212 113 110 108 97 93 84 81 74 74 72 70
NAME G SO W L W% GS CG GF SHO SV IP H TBF R ER HR BB IBB HBP WP ERA WHIP K/9 H/9 BB/9 K/BB
Nolan Ryan illustration Nolan Ryan
215 2,547 132 54 .710 215 127 0 43 0 1806.2 1,027 7,208 429 366 72 827 25 48 91 1.82 1.03 12.69 5.12 4.12 3.08
Randy Johnson illustration Randy Johnson
212 2,554 138 37 .789 211 69 1 27 0 1652.2 1,087 6,435 420 371 125 437 12 59 38 2.02 0.92 13.91 5.92 2.38 5.84
Max Scherzer illustration Max Scherzer
113 1,255 64 19 .771 113 9 0 4 0 795.1 489 3,024 193 180 78 144 3 24 18 2.04 0.80 14.20 5.53 1.63 8.72
Roger Clemens illustration Roger Clemens
110 1,263 80 12 .870 110 47 0 22 0 894.2 566 3,405 165 152 38 187 4 17 19 1.53 0.84 12.71 5.69 1.88 6.75
Pedro Martinez illustration Pedro Martinez
108 1,243 67 19 .779 108 28 0 9 0 829.0 514 3,167 167 148 49 177 9 30 12 1.61 0.83 13.49 5.58 1.92 7.02
Sandy Koufax illustration Sandy Koufax
97 1,135 76 14 .844 97 74 0 17 0 868.2 502 3,337 179 158 56 240 15 4 25 1.64 0.85 11.76 5.20 2.49 4.73
Curt Schilling illustration Curt Schilling
93 1,056 60 20 .750 93 26 0 7 0 720.0 514 2,758 198 189 69 110 4 9 13 2.36 0.87 13.20 6.43 1.38 9.60
Steve Carlton illustration Steve Carlton
84 970 56 19 .747 84 52 0 11 0 715.0 526 2,868 186 164 37 240 24 6 31 2.06 1.07 12.21 6.62 3.02 4.04
Chris Sale illustration Chris Sale
81 937 41 17 .707 81 7 0 1 0 582.2 354 2,215 131 119 41 103 2 28 14 1.84 0.78 14.47 5.47 1.59 9.10
Sam McDowell illustration Sam McDowell
74 861 44 14 .759 74 44 1 11 0 636.1 380 2,537 147 121 22 267 10 14 20 1.71 1.02 12.18 5.37 3.78 3.22
Bob Gibson illustration Bob Gibson
74 844 55 15 .786 74 62 0 17 0 677.0 460 2,627 147 122 28 154 14 17 12 1.62 0.91 11.22 6.12 2.05 5.48
Justin Verlander illustration Justin Verlander
72 807 48 9 .842 72 8 0 5 0 507.0 315 1,921 113 104 47 89 3 11 14 1.85 0.80 14.33 5.59 1.58 9.07
Tom Seaver illustration Tom Seaver
70 807 50 11 .820 70 46 0 17 0 619.0 372 2,345 114 107 40 137 11 8 10 1.56 0.82 11.73 5.41 1.99 5.89
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