most games with 9 or more strikeouts 8.0 or less innings by a pitcher all-time

Randy Johnson had the most games pitched when striking out 9+ batters and pitching 8 innings or fewer, with 178 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 9 or more strikeouts 8.0 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	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	178	1,998	1279.2	101	36	.737	177	2.63	9	0	0	934	374	415	122	400	64	1	12	5,151	33	14.05	2.81	5.00	0.86	38.8	7.8	1.04	.316	2.92	6.57
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	158	1,626	1073.1	87	26	.770	158	2.28	2	0	0	712	272	290	118	219	31	0	11	4,143	21	13.63	1.84	7.42	0.99	39.2	5.3	0.87	.276	2.43	5.97
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	123	1,267	869.2	41	53	.436	123	2.89	11	0	0	633	279	324	53	401	21	0	18	3,642	57	13.11	4.15	3.16	0.55	34.8	11.0	1.19	.305	3.35	6.55
4	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	121	1,271	869.2	62	29	.681	121	2.11	6	0	0	600	204	225	64	214	35	0	8	3,412	20	13.15	2.21	5.94	0.66	37.3	6.3	0.94	.293	2.33	6.21
5	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	117	1,176	860.0	66	23	.742	117	2.49	3	0	0	639	238	258	50	255	31	0	10	3,462	32	12.31	2.67	4.61	0.52	34.0	7.4	1.04	.302	2.70	6.69
6	Chris Sale C. Sale	113	1,220	772.1	58	25	.699	113	1.97	3	0	0	499	169	190	56	162	45	0	3	2,998	16	14.22	1.89	7.53	0.65	40.7	5.4	0.86	.292	2.21	5.81
7	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	105	1,053	727.0	65	20	.765	105	1.99	1	0	0	481	161	179	55	139	12	0	3	2,770	22	13.04	1.72	7.58	0.68	38.0	5.0	0.85	.282	2.22	5.95
8	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	100	1,034	674.2	64	9	.877	100	2.23	0	0	0	458	167	181	70	129	19	0	4	2,620	24	13.79	1.72	8.02	0.93	39.5	4.9	0.87	.284	2.41	6.11
9	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	87	940	630.1	50	25	.667	87	2.83	4	0	0	509	198	209	71	117	13	0	7	2,506	12	13.42	1.67	8.03	1.01	37.5	4.7	0.99	.321	2.98	7.27
10	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	85	891	564.0	39	19	.672	85	1.90	0	0	0	362	119	135	45	106	3	0	5	2,133	14	14.22	1.69	8.41	0.72	41.8	5.0	0.83	.291	2.15	5.78
11	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	84	894	545.1	49	10	.831	84	2.26	2	1	0	351	137	155	58	100	9	0	1	2,078	18	14.75	1.65	8.94	0.96	43.0	4.8	0.83	.288	2.56	5.79
12	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	83	845	555.2	41	22	.651	83	2.33	0	0	0	354	144	148	62	133	19	0	1	2,150	20	13.69	2.15	6.35	1.00	39.3	6.2	0.88	.268	2.40	5.73
13	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	71	739	479.1	45	9	.833	71	2.29	0	0	0	328	122	132	45	82	21	0	3	1,846	9	13.88	1.54	9.01	0.84	40.0	4.4	0.86	.295	2.48	6.16
14	David Cone D. Cone	70	715	503.0	39	14	.736	70	2.74	2	0	0	397	153	168	42	176	14	0	9	2,072	28	12.79	3.15	4.06	0.75	34.5	8.5	1.14	.316	3.01	7.10
15	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	64	635	458.1	32	14	.696	64	1.83	2	0	0	310	93	104	21	99	17	0	1	1,777	28	12.47	1.94	6.41	0.41	35.7	5.6	0.89	.288	2.04	6.09
16	Robbie Ray R. Ray	63	643	389.2	33	12	.733	63	2.93	0	0	0	278	127	136	57	120	12	0	3	1,562	15	14.85	2.77	5.36	1.32	41.2	7.7	1.02	.303	3.14	6.42
17	Johan Santana J. Santana	62	660	444.2	38	11	.776	61	1.86	2	0	0	266	92	96	44	86	6	0	0	1,676	14	13.36	1.74	7.67	0.89	39.4	5.1	0.79	.252	1.94	5.38
18	CC Sabathia	62	618	436.2	40	9	.816	62	2.18	1	0	0	358	106	119	27	112	13	0	3	1,761	7	12.74	2.31	5.52	0.56	35.1	6.4	1.08	.334	2.45	7.38
19	Aaron Nola A. Nola	57	555	374.2	30	13	.698	57	2.21	1	1	0	262	92	101	36	76	12	0	2	1,458	3	13.33	1.83	7.30	0.86	38.1	5.2	0.90	.290	2.43	6.29
20	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	56	553	372.1	34	8	.810	56	2.51	0	0	0	296	104	113	36	62	4	0	2	1,462	10	13.37	1.50	8.92	0.87	37.8	4.2	0.96	.322	2.73	7.15
21	Blake Snell B. Snell	55	570	340.2	34	7	.829	55	1.16	0	0	0	172	44	46	18	99	2	0	1	1,271	23	15.06	2.62	5.76	0.48	44.8	7.8	0.80	.265	1.22	4.54
22	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	55	557	391.1	34	10	.773	55	2.05	0	0	0	285	89	98	36	72	13	0	4	1,513	2	12.81	1.66	7.74	0.83	36.8	4.8	0.91	.298	2.25	6.55
23	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	55	561	392.2	29	15	.659	55	2.73	1	0	0	285	119	127	46	82	8	0	4	1,536	12	12.86	1.88	6.84	1.05	36.5	5.3	0.93	.285	2.91	6.53
24	Charlie Morton C. Morton	54	540	339.1	28	11	.718	54	2.73	0	0	0	234	103	107	31	87	28	0	1	1,354	7	14.32	2.31	6.21	0.82	39.9	6.4	0.95	.304	2.84	6.21
25	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	54	531	377.1	33	7	.825	54	1.98	1	0	0	254	83	90	28	59	14	0	4	1,428	8	12.67	1.41	9.00	0.67	37.2	4.1	0.83	.284	2.15	6.06