most games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher all-time including playoffs

Nolan Ryan had the most games pitched in the regular-season and playoffs when striking out 9+ batters, with 283 games.

	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	283	3,162	162	80	.669	283	1.97	149	48	0	2325.0	1,385	509	595	98	1,042	55	0	30	9,316	116	12.24	4.03	3.03	0.38	33.9	11.2	1.04	.260	2.30	5.36
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	258	2,979	168	46	.785	257	2.07	78	32	0	1993.1	1,307	458	515	156	546	74	1	15	7,774	42	13.45	2.47	5.46	0.70	38.3	7.0	0.93	.286	2.33	5.90
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	181	1,909	119	29	.804	181	1.95	60	26	0	1429.1	979	310	336	69	344	39	0	13	5,569	41	12.02	2.17	5.55	0.43	34.3	6.2	0.93	.284	2.12	6.16
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	174	1,816	99	28	.780	174	2.15	11	4	0	1205.0	763	288	306	124	232	36	0	11	4,598	22	13.56	1.73	7.83	0.93	39.5	5.0	0.83	.267	2.29	5.70
5	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	156	1,678	92	32	.742	156	1.73	35	14	0	1182.0	737	227	252	74	256	48	0	10	4,527	24	12.78	1.95	6.55	0.56	37.1	5.7	0.84	.268	1.92	5.61
6	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	140	1,475	96	30	.762	140	2.25	85	15	0	1185.1	908	296	336	65	394	10	0	34	4,779	52	11.20	2.99	3.74	0.49	30.9	8.2	1.10	.297	2.55	6.89
7	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	131	1,402	85	26	.766	131	2.19	37	11	0	1018.0	717	248	261	92	162	14	0	7	3,897	19	12.39	1.43	8.65	0.81	36.0	4.2	0.86	.281	2.31	6.34
8	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	129	1,330	83	24	.776	129	1.89	15	8	0	925.2	581	194	212	65	160	14	0	3	3,473	27	12.93	1.56	8.31	0.63	38.3	4.6	0.80	.271	2.06	5.65
9	Chris Sale C. Sale	127	1,365	66	27	.710	126	1.92	10	2	0	884.0	559	189	212	64	168	47	0	3	3,395	19	13.90	1.71	8.13	0.65	40.2	4.9	0.82	.283	2.16	5.69
10	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	123	1,283	81	13	.862	123	1.98	13	7	0	862.2	534	190	205	79	164	25	0	4	3,290	25	13.39	1.71	7.82	0.82	39.0	5.0	0.81	.262	2.14	5.57
11	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	123	1,377	95	19	.833	123	1.60	91	24	0	1085.1	634	193	222	68	299	5	0	19	4,168	32	11.42	2.48	4.61	0.56	33.0	7.2	0.86	.234	1.84	5.26
12	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	112	1,201	83	22	.790	112	1.91	89	21	0	1006.0	720	213	245	57	259	28	0	24	3,965	22	10.74	2.32	4.64	0.51	30.3	6.5	0.97	.274	2.19	6.44
13	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	108	1,156	74	19	.796	108	1.64	69	23	0	939.2	597	171	180	57	222	18	0	17	3,594	13	11.07	2.13	5.21	0.55	32.2	6.2	0.87	.252	1.72	5.72
14	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	103	1,122	59	18	.766	103	1.92	55	14	0	859.0	539	183	221	44	376	21	1	15	3,465	31	11.76	3.94	2.98	0.46	32.4	10.9	1.07	.260	2.32	5.65
15	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	94	1,010	58	10	.853	94	2.07	5	4	0	622.2	382	143	162	63	112	11	0	1	2,347	20	14.60	1.62	9.02	0.91	43.0	4.8	0.79	.277	2.34	5.52
16	David Cone D. Cone	94	976	60	14	.811	94	2.28	19	9	0	715.0	517	181	200	54	229	19	0	10	2,880	38	12.29	2.88	4.26	0.68	33.9	8.0	1.04	.289	2.52	6.51
17	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	90	948	44	19	.698	90	1.81	2	1	0	605.2	387	122	139	48	108	4	0	6	2,284	14	14.09	1.60	8.78	0.71	41.5	4.7	0.82	.288	2.07	5.75
18	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	88	903	45	23	.662	88	2.21	1	1	0	598.2	377	147	151	63	140	19	0	1	2,302	21	13.58	2.10	6.45	0.95	39.2	6.1	0.86	.267	2.27	5.67
19	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	87	900	50	25	.667	87	1.84	58	13	0	745.0	547	152	180	40	160	21	0	5	2,913	12	10.87	1.93	5.63	0.48	30.9	5.5	0.95	.283	2.17	6.61
20	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	83	874	57	16	.781	83	1.84	57	15	0	719.0	512	147	168	41	206	28	0	7	2,860	21	10.94	2.58	4.24	0.51	30.6	7.2	1.00	.275	2.10	6.41
21	CC Sabathia	79	779	56	9	.862	79	1.99	16	5	0	584.1	443	129	143	36	134	15	0	4	2,296	7	12.00	2.06	5.81	0.55	33.9	5.8	0.99	.306	2.20	6.82
22	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	78	804	47	21	.691	77	1.90	54	8	0	712.1	511	150	177	41	174	22	0	17	2,804	16	10.16	2.20	4.62	0.52	28.7	6.2	0.96	.267	2.24	6.46
23	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	77	781	46	19	.708	77	1.86	19	9	0	589.0	398	122	142	42	150	7	0	15	2,286	21	11.93	2.29	5.21	0.64	34.2	6.6	0.93	.273	2.17	6.08
24	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	77	787	48	12	.800	77	1.88	40	9	0	662.0	489	138	158	45	143	21	0	10	2,618	4	10.70	1.94	5.50	0.61	30.1	5.5	0.95	.274	2.15	6.65
25	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	76	793	49	10	.831	76	2.15	1	1	0	515.1	348	123	136	45	86	21	0	3	1,975	9	13.85	1.50	9.22	0.79	40.2	4.4	0.84	.294	2.38	6.08

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