most games with 10+ strikeouts by a pitcher in a season before 2001

Before 2001, Randy Johnson and Nolan Ryan were tied for the most games pitched with 10+ strikeouts in a season, with 23 games.

	NAME	G	SO	SEASON	TM	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	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	23	268	2000	ARI	14	2	.875	23	2.14	7	2	0	177.0	136	42	49	16	42	3	0	1	692	2	13.63	2.14	6.38	0.81	38.7	6.1	1.01	.331	2.49	6.92
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	23	272	1999	ARI	12	7	.632	23	2.30	9	2	0	184.0	128	47	55	21	45	6	0	3	718	3	13.30	2.20	6.04	1.03	37.9	6.3	0.94	.286	2.69	6.26
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	23	278	1973	CAL	16	7	.696	23	2.30	20	3	0	203.1	127	52	54	8	103	2	0	1	828	8	12.30	4.56	2.70	0.35	33.6	12.4	1.13	.272	2.39	5.62
4	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	21	250	1965	LAD	19	2	.905	21	1.70	19	5	0	191.0	105	36	39	14	36	1	0	0	717	5	11.78	1.70	6.94	0.66	34.9	5.0	0.74	.219	1.84	4.95
5	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	20	245	1998	TOT	14	5	.737	20	2.40	9	5	0	161.1	111	43	49	11	47	7	0	1	644	6	13.67	2.62	5.21	0.61	38.0	7.3	0.98	.299	2.73	6.19
6	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	20	241	1977	CAL	10	8	.556	20	2.94	12	1	0	171.2	120	56	69	8	112	4	0	7	741	17	12.63	5.87	2.15	0.42	32.5	15.1	1.35	.298	3.62	6.29
7	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	19	241	1999	BOS	14	4	.778	19	1.60	5	1	0	146.2	98	26	29	4	27	6	0	1	566	5	14.79	1.66	8.93	0.25	42.6	4.8	0.85	.326	1.78	6.01
8	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	18	208	1997	MON	9	5	.643	18	1.73	9	2	0	146.0	89	28	34	9	40	4	0	5	568	2	12.82	2.47	5.20	0.55	36.6	7.0	0.88	.261	2.10	5.49
9	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	18	211	1989	TEX	11	5	.688	18	2.49	6	2	0	144.2	85	40	47	7	45	5	0	3	575	11	13.13	2.80	4.69	0.44	36.7	7.8	0.90	.254	2.92	5.29
10	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	17	197	1997	PHI	10	3	.769	17	2.35	3	0	0	130.0	95	34	37	13	29	1	0	2	504	1	13.64	2.01	6.79	0.90	39.1	5.8	0.95	.311	2.56	6.58
11	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	17	208	1972	CAL	13	4	.765	17	0.58	15	8	0	154.0	67	10	16	2	68	5	0	1	588	8	12.16	3.97	3.06	0.12	35.4	11.6	0.88	.213	0.94	3.92
12	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	17	196	1965	CLE	11	2	.846	17	1.45	11	2	0	149.0	82	24	30	5	63	4	0	2	589	5	11.84	3.81	3.11	0.30	33.3	10.7	0.97	.240	1.81	4.95
13	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	16	193	1995	SEA	12	1	.923	16	1.97	5	2	0	123.1	80	27	29	6	30	2	0	0	482	2	14.08	2.19	6.43	0.44	40.0	6.2	0.89	.295	2.12	5.84
14	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	15	177	2000	BOS	12	1	.923	15	1.09	4	3	0	116.0	61	14	15	7	16	5	0	0	433	0	13.73	1.24	11.06	0.54	40.9	3.7	0.66	.237	1.16	4.73
15	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	15	175	1998	PHI	8	6	.571	15	2.51	7	1	0	118.1	85	33	37	10	23	1	0	1	465	4	13.31	1.75	7.61	0.76	37.6	4.9	0.91	.293	2.81	6.46
16	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	15	176	1984	NYM	10	3	.769	15	1.31	6	3	0	123.1	69	18	21	5	33	0	0	1	467	2	12.84	2.41	5.33	0.36	37.7	7.1	0.83	.253	1.53	5.04
17	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	15	164	1966	LAD	13	1	.929	15	1.15	12	1	0	133.0	77	17	19	6	31	0	0	1	500	2	11.10	2.10	5.29	0.41	32.8	6.2	0.81	.237	1.29	5.21
18	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	14	163	1997	TOR	10	3	.769	14	1.63	8	3	0	116.0	76	21	21	3	20	6	0	0	437	3	12.65	1.55	8.15	0.23	37.3	4.6	0.83	.298	1.63	5.90
19	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	14	186	1997	SEA	10	3	.769	14	2.48	4	1	0	109.0	76	30	31	13	33	4	0	2	430	0	15.36	2.72	5.64	1.07	43.3	7.7	1.00	.325	2.56	6.28
20	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	14	173	1993	SEA	12	1	.923	14	2.01	5	2	0	116.2	67	26	27	8	35	7	0	0	453	4	13.35	2.70	4.94	0.62	38.2	7.7	0.87	.257	2.08	5.17
21	J.R. Richard	14	168	1979	HOU	8	4	.667	14	1.83	10	2	0	122.2	83	25	29	4	43	3	0	4	495	13	12.33	3.15	3.91	0.29	33.9	8.7	1.03	.285	2.13	6.09
22	J.R. Richard	14	159	1978	HOU	8	3	.727	14	2.27	8	0	0	119.0	66	30	35	1	61	2	0	2	482	7	12.03	4.61	2.61	0.08	33.0	12.7	1.07	.251	2.65	4.99
23	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	14	165	1978	CAL	8	1	.889	14	1.39	9	3	0	123.0	65	19	25	4	68	2	0	2	493	6	12.07	4.98	2.43	0.29	33.5	13.8	1.08	.240	1.83	4.76
24	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	13	164	1976	CAL	9	3	.750	13	1.89	10	5	0	114.0	63	24	27	5	71	0	0	0	465	3	12.95	5.61	2.31	0.39	35.3	15.3	1.18	.258	2.13	4.97
25	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	13	179	1974	CAL	8	4	.667	13	2.04	12	1	0	123.2	68	28	35	5	74	5	0	1	506	4	13.03	5.39	2.42	0.36	35.4	14.6	1.15	.259	2.55	4.95