most games with 9 or more strikeouts 7.0 or less innings by a pitcher all-time

Max Scherzer has the most games pitched when striking out 9+ batters and pitching 7 innings or fewer, with 121 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 9 or more strikeouts 7.0 or less innings by a pitcher all-time

	NAME	G	SO	IP	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	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	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	121	1,225	782.0	61	23	.726	121	2.65	1	0	0	576	230	243	100	180	20	0	11	3,098	17	14.10	2.07	6.81	1.15	39.5	5.8	0.97	.303	2.80	6.63
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	103	1,114	687.0	58	18	.763	102	3.17	0	0	0	558	242	265	74	233	36	1	8	2,843	12	14.59	3.05	4.78	0.97	39.2	8.2	1.15	.349	3.47	7.31
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	80	835	511.2	44	15	.746	80	2.36	0	0	0	359	134	148	40	122	38	0	2	2,038	12	14.69	2.15	6.84	0.70	41.0	6.0	0.94	.318	2.60	6.31
4	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	79	801	537.1	33	19	.635	79	2.65	0	0	0	405	158	171	46	149	24	0	5	2,176	19	13.42	2.50	5.38	0.77	36.8	6.8	1.03	.311	2.86	6.78
5	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	77	788	492.1	46	8	.852	77	2.58	0	0	0	365	141	150	57	105	13	0	4	1,953	18	14.40	1.92	7.50	1.04	40.3	5.4	0.95	.311	2.74	6.67
6	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	75	792	475.0	42	9	.824	75	2.37	2	1	0	319	125	141	53	92	9	0	1	1,828	15	15.01	1.74	8.61	1.00	43.3	5.0	0.87	.302	2.67	6.04
7	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	75	740	489.2	42	18	.700	75	2.39	1	0	0	336	130	144	46	111	10	0	3	1,902	18	13.60	2.04	6.67	0.85	38.9	5.8	0.91	.291	2.65	6.18
8	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	73	766	469.2	33	16	.673	73	2.03	0	0	0	309	106	120	42	98	3	0	3	1,795	10	14.68	1.88	7.82	0.80	42.7	5.5	0.87	.301	2.30	5.92
9	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	73	733	476.2	36	21	.632	73	2.42	0	0	0	312	128	132	54	120	18	0	0	1,861	19	13.84	2.27	6.11	1.02	39.4	6.4	0.91	.276	2.49	5.89
10	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	67	666	430.2	20	32	.385	67	3.36	0	0	0	334	161	183	30	213	7	0	11	1,838	32	13.92	4.45	3.13	0.63	36.2	11.6	1.27	.330	3.82	6.98
11	Robbie Ray R. Ray	61	618	374.0	32	12	.727	61	3.03	0	0	0	270	126	135	57	120	12	0	3	1,507	14	14.87	2.89	5.15	1.37	41.0	8.0	1.04	.304	3.25	6.50
12	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	59	598	385.2	37	7	.841	59	2.57	0	0	0	289	110	120	41	71	19	0	3	1,520	7	13.96	1.66	8.42	0.96	39.3	4.7	0.93	.314	2.80	6.74
13	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	56	546	379.0	25	16	.610	56	3.35	0	0	0	315	141	145	20	129	17	0	7	1,580	15	12.97	3.06	4.23	0.47	34.6	8.2	1.17	.340	3.44	7.48
14	Charlie Morton C. Morton	52	521	323.2	27	11	.711	52	2.81	0	0	0	230	101	105	31	82	28	0	1	1,299	7	14.49	2.28	6.35	0.86	40.1	6.3	0.96	.312	2.92	6.40
15	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	52	548	352.0	31	15	.674	52	3.04	0	0	0	309	119	126	42	71	8	0	3	1,431	6	14.01	1.82	7.72	1.07	38.3	5.0	1.08	.350	3.22	7.90
16	Blake Snell B. Snell	51	532	311.0	31	7	.816	51	1.16	0	0	0	154	40	42	16	94	2	0	0	1,162	22	15.40	2.72	5.66	0.46	45.8	8.1	0.80	.266	1.22	4.46
17	Aaron Nola A. Nola	48	468	304.1	24	11	.686	48	2.45	1	1	0	224	83	91	31	64	11	0	2	1,198	3	13.84	1.89	7.31	0.92	39.1	5.3	0.95	.309	2.69	6.62
18	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	44	427	271.2	21	8	.724	44	2.09	0	0	0	206	63	68	28	55	0	0	0	1,064	4	14.15	1.82	7.76	0.93	40.1	5.2	0.96	.321	2.25	6.82
19	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	44	420	277.2	25	8	.758	44	2.85	0	0	0	240	88	97	32	54	3	0	2	1,124	8	13.61	1.75	7.78	1.04	37.4	4.8	1.06	.338	3.14	7.78
20	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	44	440	291.1	25	12	.676	44	2.13	0	0	0	180	69	73	24	87	11	0	2	1,140	5	13.59	2.69	5.06	0.74	38.6	7.6	0.92	.270	2.26	5.56
21	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	42	414	264.2	24	10	.706	42	2.04	0	0	0	182	60	66	17	74	12	0	2	1,056	15	14.08	2.52	5.59	0.58	39.2	7.0	0.97	.306	2.24	6.19
22	Dylan Cease D. Cease	41	409	245.1	22	4	.846	41	2.05	1	1	0	153	56	57	15	72	6	0	2	959	14	15.00	2.64	5.68	0.55	42.6	7.5	0.92	.302	2.09	5.61
23	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	41	409	247.1	23	6	.793	41	2.07	0	0	0	148	57	62	16	70	9	0	0	972	14	14.88	2.55	5.84	0.58	42.1	7.2	0.88	.282	2.26	5.39
24	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	41	407	265.1	22	5	.815	41	2.07	0	0	0	193	61	71	20	42	8	0	0	1,032	7	13.81	1.42	9.69	0.68	39.4	4.1	0.89	.312	2.41	6.55
25	Sonny Gray S. Gray	40	388	251.2	21	11	.656	40	2.40	0	0	0	168	67	81	24	73	10	0	1	992	15	13.88	2.61	5.32	0.86	39.1	7.4	0.96	.290	2.90	6.01