most strikeouts as a pitcher in august 2014

Madison Bumgarner and Chris Sale were tied for striking out the most hitters in August 2014, with 56 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	MONTH	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	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	56	August 2014	6	4	1	.800	6	1.57	3	2	0	46.0	26	8	9	4	3	1	0	0	164	0	10.96	0.59	18.67	0.78	34.1	1.8	0.63	.220	1.76	5.09
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	56	August 2014	6	1	2	.333	6	2.77	0	0	0	39.0	33	12	17	5	12	4	0	1	164	0	12.92	2.77	4.67	1.15	34.1	7.3	1.15	.322	3.92	7.62
3	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	53	August 2014	6	2	2	.500	6	3.24	0	0	0	41.2	36	15	16	3	9	2	0	0	168	2	11.45	1.94	5.89	0.65	31.5	5.4	1.08	.327	3.46	7.78
4	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	44	August 2014	5	3	1	.750	5	1.80	1	0	0	40.0	27	8	9	2	8	0	0	0	149	2	9.90	1.80	5.50	0.45	29.5	5.4	0.88	.263	2.03	6.08
5	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	43	August 2014	5	2	2	.500	5	2.10	0	0	0	34.1	30	8	8	1	11	2	0	0	146	0	11.27	2.88	3.91	0.26	29.5	7.5	1.19	.326	2.10	7.86
6	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	43	August 2014	6	4	1	.800	6	3.26	0	0	0	38.2	30	14	15	8	8	0	0	0	151	1	10.01	1.86	5.38	1.86	28.5	5.3	0.98	.239	3.49	6.98
7	Chris Archer C. Archer	42	August 2014	6	2	1	.667	6	3.53	0	0	0	35.2	36	14	19	1	13	1	0	0	157	1	10.60	3.28	3.23	0.25	26.8	8.3	1.37	.350	4.79	9.08
8	A.J. Burnett	42	August 2014	6	1	5	.167	6	5.50	0	0	0	34.1	37	21	25	5	14	4	0	0	156	1	11.01	3.67	3.00	1.31	26.9	9.0	1.49	.352	6.55	9.70
9	Mike Fiers M. Fiers	41	August 2014	5	4	1	.800	5	1.80	0	0	0	35.0	17	7	7	2	6	0	0	1	126	0	10.54	1.54	6.83	0.51	32.5	4.8	0.66	.195	1.80	4.37
10	Alex Wood A. Wood	40	August 2014	6	3	2	.600	6	1.96	0	0	0	41.1	28	9	12	3	12	2	0	1	161	0	8.71	2.61	3.33	0.65	24.8	7.5	0.97	.240	2.61	6.10
11	Brandon McCarthy B. McCarthy	40	August 2014	6	2	4	.333	6	2.95	1	1	0	39.2	37	13	16	4	7	1	0	0	163	0	9.08	1.59	5.71	0.91	24.5	4.3	1.11	.297	3.63	8.39
12	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	39	August 2014	6	4	2	.667	6	3.05	1	0	0	44.1	39	15	16	7	13	4	0	1	184	0	7.92	2.64	3.00	1.42	21.2	7.1	1.17	.264	3.25	7.92
13	Ian Kennedy I. Kennedy	39	August 2014	6	2	2	.500	6	3.63	0	0	0	34.2	34	14	16	2	18	0	0	1	154	0	10.13	4.67	2.17	0.52	25.3	11.7	1.50	.337	4.15	8.83
14	Matt Shoemaker M. Shoemaker	38	August 2014	7	6	1	.857	6	1.31	0	0	0	41.1	26	6	7	2	6	3	1	0	157	1	8.27	1.31	6.33	0.44	24.2	3.8	0.77	.222	1.52	5.66
15	Clay Buchholz C. Buchholz	37	August 2014	6	1	1	.500	6	4.36	1	1	0	43.1	35	21	21	2	13	0	0	0	173	1	7.68	2.70	2.85	0.42	21.4	7.5	1.11	.273	4.36	7.27
16	Jon Lester J. Lester	37	August 2014	6	3	2	.600	6	2.66	1	1	0	40.2	35	12	14	3	8	0	0	0	163	1	8.19	1.77	4.63	0.66	22.7	4.9	1.06	.278	3.10	7.75
17	Ervin Santana E. Santana	37	August 2014	6	3	1	.750	6	3.16	0	0	0	37.0	36	13	13	4	15	3	0	2	160	1	9.00	3.65	2.47	0.97	23.1	9.4	1.38	.317	3.16	8.76
18	Chris Capuano C. Capuano	37	August 2014	6	1	2	.333	6	4.17	0	0	0	36.2	41	17	19	4	4	2	0	0	158	2	9.08	0.98	9.25	0.98	23.4	2.5	1.23	.333	4.66	10.06
19	Alex Cobb A. Cobb	36	August 2014	6	2	1	.667	6	1.49	0	0	0	36.1	32	6	7	0	11	1	0	1	150	3	8.92	2.72	3.27	0.00	24.0	7.3	1.18	.314	1.73	7.93
20	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	36	August 2014	6	0	3	.000	6	3.75	0	0	0	36.0	29	15	17	3	15	1	0	1	151	1	9.00	3.75	2.40	0.75	23.8	9.9	1.22	.271	4.25	7.25
21	J.A. Happ	36	August 2014	6	1	3	.250	6	4.10	0	0	0	37.1	35	17	18	6	8	1	0	0	154	1	8.68	1.93	4.50	1.45	23.4	5.2	1.15	.282	4.34	8.44
22	David Price D. Price	35	August 2014	5	1	2	.333	5	4.41	1	0	0	32.2	29	16	17	3	7	0	0	0	133	0	9.64	1.93	5.00	0.83	26.3	5.3	1.10	.295	4.68	7.99
23	Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	35	August 2014	6	2	3	.400	6	3.92	1	0	0	39.0	37	17	19	4	6	1	0	0	162	3	8.08	1.38	5.83	0.92	21.6	3.7	1.10	.284	4.38	8.54
24	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	35	August 2014	6	1	1	.500	6	3.34	0	0	0	35.0	27	13	15	1	20	3	0	1	150	2	9.00	5.14	1.75	0.26	23.3	13.3	1.34	.286	3.86	6.94
25	Shane Greene S. Greene	35	August 2014	5	2	0	1.000	5	2.93	0	0	0	30.2	32	10	10	3	9	3	0	0	133	0	10.27	2.64	3.89	0.88	26.3	6.8	1.34	.349	2.93	9.39