most games with 15+ strikeouts by a pitcher in a season before 2002

Before 2002, Pedro Martinez and Nolan Ryan were tied for the most games pitched with 15+ strikeouts in a season, with 6 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	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	6	93	1999	BOS	6	0	1.000	6	0.72	2	0	0	50.0	20	4	5	3	7	1	0	0	175	1	16.74	1.26	13.29	0.54	53.1	4.0	0.54	.239	0.90	3.60
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	6	102	1974	CAL	4	1	.800	6	2.07	5	1	0	61.0	29	14	14	3	36	2	0	0	248	1	15.05	5.31	2.83	0.44	41.1	14.5	1.07	.248	2.07	4.28
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	5	84	1997	SEA	4	1	.800	5	1.67	3	1	0	43.0	30	8	8	3	10	0	0	0	166	0	17.58	2.09	8.40	0.63	50.6	6.0	0.93	.391	1.67	6.28
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4	68	2001	ARI	2	1	.667	3	3.03	0	0	0	29.2	16	10	10	2	5	0	1	0	110	1	20.63	1.52	13.60	0.61	61.8	4.5	0.71	.400	3.03	4.85
5	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4	61	1998	TOT	3	0	1.000	4	0.77	3	2	0	35.0	21	3	3	1	7	3	0	0	136	0	15.69	1.80	8.71	0.26	44.9	5.1	0.80	.313	0.77	5.40
6	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	4	64	1972	CAL	3	1	.750	4	1.75	4	1	0	36.0	17	7	8	0	10	3	0	0	134	3	16.00	2.50	6.40	0.00	47.8	7.5	0.75	.298	2.00	4.25
7	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3	47	2000	BOS	2	1	.667	3	0.33	3	2	0	27.0	14	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	97	0	15.67	0.33	47.00	0.00	48.5	1.0	0.56	.292	0.33	4.67
8	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3	48	1998	TOR	2	0	1.000	3	1.08	1	1	0	25.0	16	3	3	0	4	0	0	0	95	0	17.28	1.44	12.00	0.00	50.5	4.2	0.80	.372	1.08	5.76
9	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3	46	1995	SEA	3	0	1.000	3	0.71	2	1	0	25.1	12	2	2	0	8	0	0	0	96	0	16.34	2.84	5.75	0.00	47.9	8.3	0.79	.286	0.71	4.26
10	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3	47	1988	BOS	2	0	1.000	3	0.69	2	1	0	26.0	11	2	3	1	3	1	0	0	94	0	16.27	1.04	15.67	0.35	50.0	3.2	0.54	.238	1.04	3.81
11	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3	50	1976	CAL	3	0	1.000	3	2.25	2	0	0	28.0	18	7	9	2	18	0	0	0	120	1	16.07	5.79	2.78	0.64	41.7	15.0	1.29	.320	2.89	5.79
12	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2	30	2000	BAL	2	0	1.000	2	0.00	1	1	0	16.0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	59	0	16.88	1.13	15.00	0.00	50.8	3.4	0.50	.222	0.00	3.38
13	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2	32	1999	ARI	1	1	.500	2	2.65	2	0	0	17.0	13	5	5	3	2	0	0	0	64	0	16.94	1.06	16.00	1.59	50.0	3.1	0.88	.370	2.65	6.88
14	Kerry Wood K. Wood	2	36	1998	CHC	2	0	1.000	2	0.53	1	1	0	17.0	4	1	2	1	3	1	0	0	59	0	19.06	1.59	12.00	0.53	61.0	5.1	0.41	.167	1.06	2.12
15	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2	31	1997	PHI	1	1	.500	2	2.25	0	0	0	16.0	13	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	61	0	17.44	0.56	31.00	1.13	50.8	1.6	0.88	.407	2.25	7.31
16	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2	30	1994	SEA	2	0	1.000	2	0.50	2	1	0	18.0	10	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	68	1	15.00	2.50	6.00	0.00	44.1	7.4	0.83	.313	0.50	5.00
17	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2	30	1993	SEA	2	0	1.000	2	2.35	0	0	0	15.1	7	4	4	1	6	3	0	0	60	0	17.61	3.52	5.00	0.59	50.0	10.0	0.85	.300	2.35	4.11
18	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2	33	1992	SEA	0	0		2	1.06	0	0	0	17.0	7	2	3	0	5	0	0	0	65	2	17.47	2.65	6.60	0.00	50.8	7.7	0.71	.259	1.59	3.71
19	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2	31	1990	TEX	1	0	1.000	2	0.00	1	1	0	19.0	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	63	1	14.68	0.95	15.50	0.00	49.2	3.2	0.32	.138	0.00	1.89
20	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2	32	1984	NYM	1	1	.500	2	0.53	2	1	0	17.0	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	62	1	16.94	0.00		0.00	51.6	0.0	0.71	.400	1.06	6.35
21	J.R. Richard	2	30	1979	HOU	1	0	1.000	2	1.35	1	0	0	20.0	13	3	3	1	4	0	0	1	78	1	13.50	1.80	7.50	0.45	38.5	5.1	0.85	.279	1.35	5.85
22	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2	34	1977	CAL	1	0	1.000	2	1.45	0	0	0	18.2	12	3	5	0	12	1	0	1	81	3	16.39	5.79	2.83	0.00	42.0	14.8	1.29	.353	2.41	5.79
23	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2	32	1975	CAL	2	0	1.000	2	2.50	2	0	0	18.0	17	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	72	0	16.00	1.00	16.00	1.00	44.4	2.8	1.06	.429	2.50	8.50
24	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2	33	1973	CAL	2	0	1.000	2	1.35	2	1	0	20.0	10	3	4	0	11	0	0	0	80	1	14.85	4.95	3.00	0.00	41.3	13.8	1.05	.278	1.80	4.50
25	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2	30	1970	CLE	1	1	.500	2	2.65	1	0	0	17.0	16	5	6	1	7	0	1	1	71	1	15.88	3.71	4.29	0.53	42.3	9.9	1.35	.455	3.18	8.47