most games with 10+ strikeouts by a pitcher in a single season all-time

Randy Johnson and Nolan Ryan are 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
289
2001
ARI ARI
14
4
.778
22
2.25
3
2
0
168.0
113
42
45
12
46
11
1
1
660
7
15.48
2.46
6.28
0.64
43.8
7.0
0.95
.334
2.41
6.05
2 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
23
268
2000
ARI 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
3 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
23
272
1999
ARI 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
4 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
23
278
1973
CAL 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
5 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
21
245
2019
HOU HOU
15
2
.882
21
1.87
0
0
0
139.2
77
29
35
19
23
3
0
0
518
4
15.79
1.48
10.65
1.22
47.3
4.4
0.72
.254
2.26
4.96
6 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
21
250
1965
LAD 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
7 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
8 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
20
241
1977
CAL 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
9 Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
19
241
1999
BOS 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
10 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
18
202
2018
WSH WSH
11
2
.846
18
1.82
2
1
0
128.1
73
26
27
9
22
5
0
2
483
1
14.17
1.54
9.18
0.63
41.8
4.6
0.74
.261
1.89
5.12
11 Chris Sale
C. Sale
18
204
2017
BOS BOS
10
4
.714
18
1.68
1
0
0
133.2
74
25
26
8
21
5
0
0
498
1
13.74
1.41
9.71
0.54
41.0
4.2
0.71
.254
1.75
4.98
12 Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
18
208
1997
MON 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
13 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
18
211
1989
TEX 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
14 Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
17
197
1997
PHI 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
15 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
17
208
1972
CAL 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
16 Sam McDowell
S. McDowell
17
196
1965
CLE 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
17 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
16
193
1995
SEA 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
18 Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
15
171
2017
CLE CLE
9
2
.818
15
1.67
3
1
0
113.0
66
21
25
12
18
3
0
2
419
2
13.62
1.43
9.50
0.96
40.8
4.3
0.74
.251
1.99
5.26
19 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
15
163
2017
WSH WSH
9
3
.750
15
1.40
2
0
0
109.2
54
17
23
10
25
8
0
0
411
4
13.38
2.05
6.52
0.82
39.7
6.1
0.72
.215
1.89
4.43
20 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
15
190
2002
ARI ARI
12
0
1.000
15
1.30
5
3
0
118.0
73
17
20
7
32
6
0
1
455
2
14.49
2.44
5.94
0.53
41.8
7.0
0.89
.300
1.53
5.57
21 Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
15
177
2000
BOS 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
22 Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
15
175
1998
PHI 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
23 Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
15
176
1984
NYM 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
24 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
15
164
1966
LAD 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
25 Chris Sale
C. Sale
14
160
2019
BOS BOS
6
1
.857
14
2.35
1
1
0
92.0
56
24
27
8
19
7
0
0
355
1
15.65
1.86
8.42
0.78
45.1
5.4
0.82
.298
2.64
5.48
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