most games with 10 or more strikeouts by a pitcher all-time from 1940 to 1980

Between the 1940 and 1980 seasons, Nolan Ryan had the most games pitched when striking out 10+ batters, with 131 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 10 or more strikeouts by a pitcher all-time from 1940 to 1980

	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	131	1,591	85	32	.726	131	1.80	99	30	0	1148.1	642	230	274	44	610	26	0	13	4,632	54	12.47	4.78	2.61	0.34	34.3	13.2	1.09	.253	2.15	5.03
2	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	97	1,135	76	14	.844	97	1.64	74	17	0	868.2	502	158	179	56	240	4	0	15	3,337	25	11.76	2.49	4.73	0.58	34.0	7.2	0.85	.234	1.85	5.20
3	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	74	861	44	14	.759	74	1.71	44	11	0	636.1	380	121	147	22	267	14	1	10	2,537	20	12.18	3.78	3.22	0.31	33.9	10.5	1.02	.261	2.08	5.37
4	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	74	844	55	15	.786	74	1.62	62	17	0	677.0	460	122	147	28	154	17	0	14	2,627	12	11.22	2.05	5.48	0.37	32.1	5.9	0.91	.273	1.95	6.12
5	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	69	796	49	11	.817	69	1.53	46	17	0	610.1	365	104	111	39	134	8	0	11	2,310	10	11.74	1.98	5.94	0.58	34.5	5.8	0.82	.245	1.64	5.38
6	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	55	639	35	13	.729	55	1.93	37	8	0	471.1	328	101	113	24	163	5	0	17	1,873	18	12.20	3.11	3.92	0.46	34.1	8.7	1.04	.292	2.16	6.26
7	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	54	613	35	11	.761	54	1.85	38	9	0	476.1	343	98	113	29	138	20	0	4	1,902	15	11.58	2.61	4.44	0.55	32.2	7.3	1.01	.285	2.14	6.48
8	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	51	553	31	7	.816	51	1.61	28	6	0	448.0	317	80	95	28	94	14	0	6	1,753	3	11.11	1.89	5.88	0.56	31.5	5.4	0.92	.272	1.91	6.37
9	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	47	514	35	10	.778	47	1.93	40	8	0	418.2	290	90	98	27	88	5	0	12	1,627	10	11.05	1.89	5.84	0.58	31.6	5.4	0.90	.265	2.11	6.23
10	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	42	474	26	12	.684	42	1.96	31	2	0	389.1	270	85	97	22	91	13	0	9	1,516	7	10.96	2.10	5.21	0.51	31.3	6.0	0.93	.271	2.24	6.24
11	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	41	460	26	11	.703	41	1.45	29	8	0	354.0	257	57	76	12	71	10	0	3	1,383	6	11.69	1.81	6.48	0.31	33.3	5.1	0.93	.295	1.93	6.53
12	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	41	458	27	12	.692	41	1.97	30	8	0	365.0	252	80	91	15	116	0	0	2	1,448	12	11.29	2.86	3.95	0.37	31.6	8.0	1.01	.276	2.24	6.21
13	J.R. Richard	39	460	25	8	.758	39	1.84	25	6	0	337.2	197	69	80	9	130	5	0	6	1,337	21	12.26	3.46	3.54	0.24	34.4	9.7	0.97	.256	2.13	5.25
14	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	38	451	27	6	.818	38	1.20	24	14	0	330.2	162	44	46	4	123	8	0	4	1,256	16	12.28	3.35	3.67	0.11	35.9	9.8	0.86	.236	1.25	4.41
15	Bob Veale B. Veale	34	396	25	5	.833	34	1.19	24	11	0	295.2	217	39	48	4	104	4	0	7	1,195	11	12.05	3.17	3.81	0.12	33.1	8.7	1.09	.310	1.46	6.61
16	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	33	377	26	4	.867	32	1.24	28	8	0	291.0	175	40	46	19	77	7	0	5	1,117	4	11.66	2.38	4.90	0.59	33.8	6.9	0.87	.245	1.42	5.41
17	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	32	368	24	5	.828	32	1.76	25	4	0	290.2	193	57	71	22	47	13	0	7	1,120	6	11.39	1.46	7.83	0.68	32.9	4.2	0.83	.255	2.20	5.98
18	Bob Feller B. Feller	29	327	24	4	.857	29	1.49	27	10	0	265.2	165	44	51	5	110	2	0		1,066	5	11.08	3.73	2.97	0.17	30.7	10.3	1.04	.257	1.73	5.59
19	Don Sutton D. Sutton	27	287	16	6	.727	27	1.55	17	4	0	238.0	143	41	44	13	48	3	0	2	904	3	10.85	1.82	5.98	0.49	31.7	5.3	0.80	.235	1.66	5.41
20	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	26	308	17	4	.810	26	1.96	18	5	0	239.1	162	52	53	18	54	6	0	5	926	7	11.58	2.03	5.70	0.68	33.3	5.8	0.90	.267	1.99	6.09
21	Bill Singer B. Singer	26	280	14	9	.609	26	1.69	19	6	0	235.0	134	44	47	7	65	9	0	6	908	6	10.72	2.49	4.31	0.27	30.8	7.2	0.85	.232	1.80	5.13
22	Sam Jones S. Jones	26	291	20	5	.800	26	1.88	21	4	0	229.1	168	48	53	16	78	5	0	4	933	1	11.42	3.06	3.73	0.63	31.2	8.4	1.07	.280	2.08	6.59
23	Herb Score H. Score	26	309	19	5	.792	26	1.83	21	5	0	226.2	111	46	49	8	139	2	0	3	921	13	12.27	5.52	2.22	0.32	33.6	15.1	1.10	.222	1.95	4.41
24	Vida Blue V. Blue	25	277	17	5	.773	25	1.86	18	7	0	217.2	155	45	48	13	56	3	0	2	860	7	11.45	2.32	4.95	0.54	32.2	6.5	0.97	.278	1.98	6.41
25	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	25	286	17	3	.850	25	0.93	15	4	0	222.1	139	23	30	6	59	2	0	4	852	4	11.58	2.39	4.85	0.24	33.6	6.9	0.89	.267	1.21	5.63