mlb pitchers with most strikeouts in the month of may since 2020

Since 2020, Dylan Cease has fanned the most batters in the month of May, with 248 strikeouts.

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Data note: Strikeouts: player game data complete from 1901
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	NAME	SO	G	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	Dylan Cease D. Cease	248	34	9	10	.474	34	3.96	0	0	0	191.0	157	84	87	25	66	8	0	1	787	6	11.69	3.11	3.76	1.18	31.5	8.4	1.17	.300	4.10	7.40
2	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	242	33	17	5	.773	33	2.34	1	1	0	215.1	155	56	62	16	41	7	0	1	833	8	10.11	1.71	5.90	0.67	29.1	4.9	0.91	.264	2.59	6.48
3	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	215	32	18	5	.783	32	2.75	0	0	0	189.2	170	58	62	11	35	1	0	0	764	4	10.20	1.66	6.14	0.52	28.1	4.6	1.08	.317	2.94	8.07
4	Sonny Gray S. Gray	197	31	15	3	.833	31	2.89	0	0	0	171.0	141	55	60	14	54	4	0	0	701	8	10.37	2.84	3.65	0.74	28.1	7.7	1.14	.294	3.16	7.42
5	Aaron Nola A. Nola	185	30	10	10	.500	30	4.42	1	1	0	177.0	165	87	91	29	42	7	0	0	731	2	9.41	2.14	4.40	1.47	25.3	5.7	1.17	.291	4.63	8.39
6	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	180	29	11	9	.550	29	3.90	1	0	0	157.0	137	68	75	20	64	7	0	0	670	8	10.32	3.67	2.81	1.15	26.9	9.6	1.28	.293	4.30	7.85
7	Chris Bassitt C. Bassitt	176	32	14	7	.667	30	3.57	2	2	0	191.1	172	76	81	24	48	17	0	0	797	4	8.28	2.26	3.67	1.13	22.1	6.0	1.15	.278	3.81	8.09
8	Mitch Keller M. Keller	176	33	15	12	.556	31	3.90	2	1	0	187.0	173	81	87	15	49	13	0	0	779	5	8.47	2.36	3.59	0.72	22.6	6.3	1.19	.300	4.19	8.33
9	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	175	27	9	13	.409	27	4.32	0	0	0	145.2	136	70	80	20	46	6	0	2	611	6	10.81	2.84	3.80	1.24	28.6	7.5	1.25	.319	4.94	8.40
10	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	174	25	7	10	.412	25	2.42	0	0	0	156.1	117	42	48	15	45	4	0	1	625	4	10.02	2.59	3.87	0.86	27.8	7.2	1.04	.264	2.76	6.74
11	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	173	32	8	16	.333	30	4.28	0	0	0	170.1	155	81	89	19	60	7	1	2	725	2	9.14	3.17	2.88	1.00	23.9	8.3	1.26	.292	4.70	8.19
12	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	172	21	9	4	.692	21	2.30	1	1	0	129.1	91	33	33	12	22	3	0	0	493	2	11.97	1.53	7.82	0.84	34.9	4.5	0.87	.278	2.30	6.33
13	Pablo López P. López	167	27	8	8	.500	27	3.68	0	0	0	156.2	141	64	66	23	41	8	0	1	649	5	9.59	2.36	4.07	1.32	25.7	6.3	1.16	.288	3.79	8.10
14	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	165	27	5	8	.385	26	2.96	0	0	0	143.0	125	47	53	13	52	4	0	0	595	10	10.38	3.27	3.17	0.82	27.7	8.7	1.24	.310	3.34	7.87
15	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	163	28	13	9	.591	28	3.36	3	1	0	179.2	147	67	70	18	50	7	0	0	725	7	8.17	2.50	3.26	0.90	22.5	6.9	1.10	.265	3.51	7.36
16	Logan Webb L. Webb	163	26	11	7	.611	26	2.93	0	0	0	156.2	132	51	59	11	41	8	0	0	641	2	9.36	2.36	3.98	0.63	25.4	6.4	1.10	.289	3.39	7.58
17	Merrill Kelly M. Kelly	163	28	11	8	.579	28	3.83	1	0	0	169.1	153	72	77	19	47	1	0	4	696	2	8.66	2.50	3.47	1.01	23.4	6.8	1.18	.288	4.09	8.13
18	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	160	25	11	9	.550	25	3.39	0	0	0	140.2	119	53	55	18	42	7	0	1	583	5	10.24	2.69	3.81	1.15	27.4	7.2	1.14	.284	3.52	7.61
19	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	159	31	13	10	.565	31	4.37	0	0	0	171.0	162	83	91	18	59	8	0	1	730	7	8.37	3.11	2.69	0.95	21.8	8.1	1.29	.296	4.79	8.53
20	Chris Sale C. Sale	157	19	13	2	.867	19	1.40	0	0	0	122.1	87	19	22	6	24	10	0	0	480	2	11.55	1.77	6.54	0.44	32.7	5.0	0.91	.286	1.62	6.40
21	Ranger Suarez R. Suarez	154	33	10	7	.588	25	3.61	0	0	0	144.2	132	58	64	10	56	7	2	0	622	1	9.58	3.48	2.75	0.62	24.8	9.0	1.30	.309	3.98	8.21
22	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	154	28	11	6	.647	24	4.30	1	0	0	142.1	126	68	70	21	39	4	2	1	588	3	9.74	2.47	3.95	1.33	26.2	6.6	1.16	.284	4.43	7.97
23	Joe Ryan J. Ryan	153	25	11	5	.688	24	2.43	0	0	0	140.2	103	38	39	10	31	7	0	0	559	4	9.79	1.98	4.94	0.64	27.4	5.5	0.95	.260	2.50	6.59
24	Charlie Morton C. Morton	152	28	8	8	.500	24	4.39	0	0	0	135.1	135	66	75	18	51	13	1	1	588	0	10.11	3.39	2.98	1.20	25.9	8.7	1.37	.331	4.99	8.98
25	Robbie Ray R. Ray	151	22	8	8	.500	22	4.22	0	0	0	128.0	110	60	65	24	40	3	0	0	529	8	10.62	2.81	3.78	1.69	28.5	7.6	1.17	.277	4.57	7.73

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