most games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher in the al all-time

Nolan Ryan had the most games pitched in the AL when striking out 9+ batters, with 187 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 9 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	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	187	2,150	113	53	.681	187	2.06	120	35	0	1585.1	909	363	422	67	764	40	0	20	6,363	74	12.21	4.34	2.81	0.38	33.8	12.0	1.06	.252	2.40	5.16
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	163	1,731	109	29	.790	163	2.08	59	25	0	1298.1	918	300	325	66	316	35	0	11	5,085	38	12.00	2.19	5.48	0.46	34.0	6.2	0.95	.290	2.25	6.36
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	119	1,373	83	22	.790	119	2.12	42	16	0	944.2	596	223	249	70	293	36	0	4	3,705	24	13.08	2.79	4.69	0.67	37.1	7.9	0.94	.272	2.37	5.68
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	111	1,158	74	10	.881	111	1.98	11	6	0	777.0	487	171	185	74	144	22	0	4	2,965	24	13.41	1.67	8.04	0.86	39.1	4.9	0.81	.264	2.14	5.64
5	Chris Sale C. Sale	105	1,153	56	22	.718	105	2.01	10	2	0	743.2	457	166	188	59	143	40	0	3	2,851	15	13.95	1.73	8.06	0.71	40.4	5.0	0.81	.273	2.28	5.53
6	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	102	1,113	58	18	.763	102	1.94	54	14	0	850.0	535	183	220	44	371	21	1	15	3,430	30	11.78	3.93	3.00	0.47	32.4	10.8	1.07	.261	2.33	5.66
7	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	97	1,070	63	19	.768	97	1.66	18	8	0	730.1	470	135	150	42	141	31	0	2	2,800	15	13.19	1.74	7.59	0.52	38.2	5.0	0.84	.282	1.85	5.79
8	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	79	814	45	24	.652	79	1.81	52	12	0	674.2	495	136	164	34	148	21	0	5	2,638	12	10.86	1.97	5.50	0.45	30.9	5.6	0.95	.284	2.19	6.60
9	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	79	838	54	15	.783	79	1.89	54	14	0	685.0	492	144	162	41	193	28	0	7	2,726	18	11.01	2.54	4.34	0.54	30.7	7.1	1.00	.277	2.13	6.46
10	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	77	833	47	9	.839	77	2.08	5	4	0	507.1	309	117	132	53	90	7	0	0	1,914	14	14.78	1.60	9.26	0.94	43.5	4.7	0.79	.275	2.34	5.48
11	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	76	757	43	14	.754	76	1.62	11	5	0	565.2	362	102	113	23	110	17	0	1	2,153	34	12.04	1.75	6.88	0.37	35.2	5.1	0.83	.272	1.80	5.76
12	Bob Feller B. Feller	75	804	62	10	.861	75	1.70	67	16	0	671.2	430	127	143	17	298	10	0		2,717	14	10.77	3.99	2.70	0.23	29.6	11.0	1.08	.260	1.92	5.76
13	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	70	729	51	16	.761	69	0.50	69	19	0	681.2	422		127	3	136	22	1		2,576	33	9.62	1.80	5.36	0.04	28.3	5.3	0.82	.249	1.68	5.57
14	CC Sabathia	69	684	48	9	.842	69	2.09	10	3	0	503.2	390	117	130	33	120	13	0	4	1,992	6	12.22	2.14	5.70	0.59	34.3	6.0	1.01	.313	2.32	6.97
15	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	65	665	45	14	.763	63	1.48	51	15	0	566.1	355	93	103	39	150	9	1	7	2,173	5	10.57	2.38	4.43	0.62	30.6	6.9	0.89	.241	1.64	5.64
16	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	64	655	43	8	.843	64	1.75	19	13	0	503.1	318	98	102	27	70	3	0	3	1,868	12	11.71	1.25	9.36	0.48	35.1	3.7	0.77	.261	1.82	5.69
17	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	63	675	43	6	.878	63	1.80	9	4	0	475.0	293	95	104	36	76	15	0	2	1,778	6	12.79	1.44	8.88	0.68	38.0	4.3	0.78	.263	1.97	5.55
18	David Price D. Price	63	646	38	14	.731	63	2.18	6	1	0	458.0	341	111	121	36	79	7	0	1	1,782	7	12.69	1.55	8.18	0.71	36.3	4.4	0.92	.301	2.38	6.70
19	Mark Langston M. Langston	63	664	36	13	.735	63	2.47	27	5	0	521.2	380	143	164	40	168	6	0	4	2,075	18	11.46	2.90	3.95	0.69	32.0	8.1	1.05	.284	2.83	6.56
20	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	58	611	39	16	.709	58	2.14	42	13	0	508.2	378	121	137	25	158	1	0	3	2,040	17	10.81	2.80	3.87	0.44	30.0	7.7	1.05	.284	2.42	6.69
21	Chuck Finley C. Finley	56	564	36	7	.837	56	1.78	16	6	0	444.2	303	88	100	23	165	7	0	5	1,770	20	11.42	3.34	3.42	0.47	31.9	9.3	1.05	.277	2.02	6.13
22	Johan Santana J. Santana	54	577	37	8	.822	53	1.70	4	3	0	397.1	227	75	77	39	67	6	0	0	1,471	14	13.07	1.52	8.61	0.88	39.2	4.6	0.74	.240	1.74	5.14
23	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	50	523	27	13	.675	50	2.19	1	1	0	349.1	221	85	89	34	99	8	0	1	1,355	12	13.47	2.55	5.28	0.88	38.6	7.3	0.92	.271	2.29	5.69
24	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	50	533	33	11	.750	50	1.64	36	13	0	445.0	315	81	91	30	105	10	0	11	1,724	16	10.78	2.12	5.08	0.61	30.9	6.1	0.94	.272	1.84	6.37
25	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	46	468	29	4	.879	46	2.39	0	0	0	316.1	226	84	88	30	72	4	0	2	1,228	5	13.32	2.05	6.50	0.85	38.1	5.9	0.94	.300	2.50	6.43