most games with 10 or more strikeouts by a pitcher all-time from 1940 to 1990

Between the 1940 and 1990 seasons, Nolan Ryan had the most games pitched when striking out 10+ batters, with 207 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 10 or more strikeouts by a pitcher all-time from 1940 to 1990

	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	207	2,452	126	53	.704	207	1.85	124	41	0	1744.0	1,001	359	422	69	809	45	0	25	6,975	90	12.65	4.17	3.03	0.36	35.2	11.6	1.04	.259	2.18	5.17
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	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	84	970	56	19	.747	84	2.06	52	11	0	715.0	526	164	186	37	240	6	0	24	2,868	31	12.21	3.02	4.04	0.47	33.8	8.4	1.07	.303	2.34	6.62
4	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
5	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
6	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	70	807	50	11	.820	70	1.56	46	17	0	619.0	372	107	114	40	137	8	0	11	2,345	10	11.73	1.99	5.89	0.58	34.4	5.8	0.82	.245	1.66	5.41
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	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	52	585	33	14	.702	52	1.54	37	9	0	450.0	317	77	97	18	87	13	0	4	1,746	10	11.70	1.74	6.72	0.36	33.5	5.0	0.90	.287	1.94	6.34
9	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
10	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
11	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	44	497	31	5	.861	44	1.49	21	10	0	369.1	231	61	67	17	96	5	0	5	1,415	10	12.11	2.34	5.18	0.41	35.1	6.8	0.89	.268	1.63	5.63
12	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	44	498	27	13	.675	44	2.08	31	2	0	406.0	290	94	106	24	97	13	0	9	1,592	8	11.04	2.15	5.13	0.53	31.3	6.1	0.95	.277	2.35	6.43
13	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	41	480	32	2	.941	41	1.50	24	12	0	348.2	228	58	66	19	68	6	0	1	1,330	5	12.39	1.76	7.06	0.49	36.1	5.1	0.85	.276	1.70	5.89
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	Mark Langston M. Langston	37	422	24	8	.750	37	2.25	20	4	0	312.1	225	78	85	23	112	3	0	2	1,252	10	12.16	3.23	3.77	0.66	33.7	8.9	1.08	.292	2.45	6.48
18	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
19	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	33	380	20	7	.741	33	1.92	22	7	0	295.2	208	63	70	20	66	10	0	6	1,155	9	11.57	2.01	5.76	0.61	32.9	5.7	0.93	.277	2.13	6.33
20	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
21	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
22	Don Sutton D. Sutton	29	307	18	6	.750	29	1.52	18	4	0	255.0	152	43	46	14	51	3	0	2	965	3	10.84	1.80	6.02	0.49	31.8	5.3	0.80	.234	1.62	5.36
23	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
24	Vida Blue V. Blue	28	307	17	7	.708	28	2.12	18	7	0	238.0	172	56	59	17	65	3	0	2	947	7	11.61	2.46	4.72	0.64	32.4	6.9	1.00	.279	2.23	6.50
25	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	27	302	19	7	.731	27	1.82	19	7	0	237.2	149	48	52	5	82	1	0	3	927	14	11.44	3.11	3.68	0.19	32.6	8.8	0.97	.268	1.97	5.64