most games with 8 or more strikeouts by a pitcher in the al all-time

Roger Clemens had the most games pitched in the AL when striking out 8+ batters, with 243 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 8 or more strikeouts by a pitcher in the al all-time

	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	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	243	2,371	155	48	.764	243	2.21	73	30	0	1884.2	1,387	462	506	107	508	48	0	14	7,461	48	11.32	2.43	4.67	0.51	31.8	6.8	1.01	.289	2.42	6.62
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	231	2,502	127	75	.629	231	2.30	133	39	0	1915.0	1,144	489	563	91	931	48	0	24	7,730	88	11.76	4.38	2.69	0.43	32.4	12.0	1.08	.253	2.65	5.38
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	184	1,742	116	27	.811	184	2.15	13	6	0	1284.2	864	307	333	119	265	34	0	7	4,963	38	12.20	1.86	6.57	0.83	35.1	5.3	0.88	.266	2.33	6.05
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	165	1,741	101	35	.743	164	2.47	47	18	1	1255.0	831	344	378	99	440	52	1	6	5,004	29	12.49	3.16	3.96	0.71	34.8	8.8	1.01	.274	2.71	5.96
5	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	140	1,417	78	28	.736	140	1.98	71	20	0	1151.2	731	254	298	57	497	28	1	18	4,647	46	11.07	3.88	2.85	0.45	30.5	10.7	1.07	.255	2.33	5.71
6	Chris Sale C. Sale	132	1,369	72	29	.713	132	2.27	11	2	0	915.2	620	231	256	87	182	50	0	4	3,562	16	13.46	1.79	7.52	0.86	38.4	5.1	0.88	.284	2.52	6.09
7	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	126	1,190	75	33	.694	126	1.95	80	20	0	1069.2	766	232	269	60	258	29	0	7	4,172	20	10.01	2.17	4.61	0.50	28.5	6.2	0.96	.268	2.26	6.44
8	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	124	1,141	66	20	.767	124	1.80	14	6	0	906.2	600	181	197	43	189	26	0	2	3,471	57	11.33	1.88	6.04	0.43	32.9	5.4	0.87	.269	1.96	5.96
9	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	119	1,121	84	31	.730	117	0.54	115	33	0	1116.2	731		226	7	218	35	2		4,259	48	9.03	1.76	5.14	0.06	26.3	5.1	0.85	.252	1.82	5.89
10	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	117	1,230	78	21	.788	117	1.79	18	8	0	868.2	571	173	192	55	183	41	0	3	3,353	21	12.74	1.90	6.72	0.57	36.7	5.5	0.87	.280	1.99	5.92
11	CC Sabathia	116	1,060	72	20	.783	116	2.28	16	7	0	833.0	661	211	235	61	194	24	0	6	3,307	13	11.45	2.10	5.46	0.66	32.1	5.9	1.03	.305	2.54	7.14
12	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	109	1,089	62	16	.795	109	2.41	5	4	0	702.0	454	188	204	76	155	11	0	0	2,693	19	13.96	1.99	7.03	0.97	40.4	5.8	0.87	.278	2.62	5.82
13	Bob Feller B. Feller	109	1,076	85	18	.825	109	1.96	93	19	0	966.1	645	210	229	37	429	13	0		3,921	22	10.02	4.00	2.51	0.34	27.4	10.9	1.11	.257	2.13	6.01
14	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	106	1,054	72	21	.774	106	2.03	71	19	0	909.1	665	205	226	55	249	33	0	8	3,614	24	10.43	2.46	4.23	0.54	29.2	6.9	1.01	.274	2.24	6.58
15	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	104	975	64	20	.762	104	2.30	24	14	0	779.0	566	199	214	54	139	8	0	4	2,992	24	11.26	1.61	7.01	0.62	32.6	4.6	0.91	.282	2.47	6.54
16	David Price D. Price	95	902	58	18	.763	95	2.18	8	2	0	686.1	516	166	181	54	126	11	0	2	2,674	18	11.83	1.65	7.16	0.71	33.7	4.7	0.94	.292	2.37	6.77
17	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	93	915	59	12	.831	93	2.01	14	6	0	688.1	460	154	168	52	115	23	0	4	2,610	12	11.96	1.50	7.96	0.68	35.1	4.4	0.84	.271	2.20	6.01
18	Mark Langston M. Langston	93	904	48	26	.649	93	2.70	34	7	0	749.1	564	225	259	64	273	7	0	5	3,016	30	10.86	3.28	3.31	0.77	30.0	9.1	1.12	.283	3.11	6.77
19	Chuck Finley C. Finley	91	844	52	19	.732	91	2.45	23	8	0	698.2	540	190	210	55	250	12	0	9	2,834	29	10.87	3.22	3.38	0.71	29.8	8.8	1.13	.290	2.71	6.96
20	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	88	849	62	19	.765	86	1.64	66	21	0	756.1	488	138	151	52	195	12	1	9	2,905	5	10.10	2.32	4.35	0.62	29.2	6.7	0.90	.243	1.80	5.81
21	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	86	835	54	25	.684	85	2.19	57	18	0	741.0	562	180	207	41	237	3	1	10	2,990	20	10.14	2.88	3.52	0.50	27.9	7.9	1.08	.278	2.51	6.83
22	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	85	813	54	20	.730	84	1.77	59	20	0	739.0	537	145	163	52	183	13	0	16	2,888	20	9.90	2.23	4.44	0.63	28.2	6.3	0.97	.265	1.99	6.54
23	Jack Morris J. Morris	80	723	49	21	.700	80	2.33	53	8	0	679.1	479	176	188	52	210	5	0	14	2,681	29	9.58	2.78	3.44	0.69	27.0	7.8	1.01	.253	2.49	6.35
24	James Shields J. Shields	72	659	39	18	.684	72	2.56	12	5	0	519.1	411	148	162	49	91	17	0	1	2,033	20	11.42	1.58	7.24	0.85	32.4	4.5	0.97	.297	2.81	7.12
25	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	69	641	54	9	.857	69	1.78	39	15	0	565.2	395	112	119	38	130	2	0	3	2,169	17	10.20	2.07	4.93	0.60	29.6	6.0	0.93	.263	1.89	6.28