most strikeouts as a pitcher in may 2012

Max Scherzer fanned the most hitters in May 2012, with 51 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	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	51	May 2012	6	4	0	1.000	6	4.04	0	0	0	35.2	34	16	17	8	8	0	0	0	145	0	12.87	2.02	6.38	2.02	35.2	5.5	1.18	.333	4.29	8.58
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	47	May 2012	6	3	2	.600	6	2.66	2	1	0	44.0	32	13	13	2	8	1	0	0	170	0	9.61	1.64	5.88	0.41	27.6	4.7	0.91	.268	2.66	6.55
3	James Shields J. Shields	46	May 2012	6	2	3	.400	6	4.54	0	0	0	37.2	39	19	26	6	14	0	0	0	164	3	10.99	3.35	3.29	1.43	28.0	8.5	1.41	.337	6.21	9.32
4	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	45	May 2012	5	5	0	1.000	5	2.25	0	0	0	32.0	17	8	8	1	13	1	0	0	127	1	12.66	3.66	3.46	0.28	35.4	10.2	0.94	.239	2.25	4.78
5	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	42	May 2012	6	5	0	1.000	6	2.25	0	0	0	44.0	33	11	11	5	11	1	0	0	173	1	8.59	2.25	3.82	1.02	24.3	6.4	1.00	.246	2.25	6.75
6	Brandon Morrow B. Morrow	41	May 2012	6	4	2	.667	6	3.50	2	2	0	36.0	24	14	14	0	14	1	0	0	144	2	10.25	3.50	2.93	0.00	28.5	9.7	1.06	.273	3.50	6.00
7	Matt Moore M. Moore	41	May 2012	6	1	4	.200	6	4.83	0	0	0	31.2	30	17	22	5	14	3	0	1	142	1	11.65	3.98	2.93	1.42	28.9	9.9	1.39	.316	6.25	8.53
8	Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	40	May 2012	6	3	2	.600	6	2.48	0	0	0	40.0	31	11	11	4	11	2	0	1	157	2	9.00	2.47	3.64	0.90	25.5	7.0	1.05	.270	2.48	6.98
9	Matt Cain M. Cain	40	May 2012	6	4	1	.800	6	3.10	0	0	0	40.2	39	14	15	2	8	3	0	1	168	1	8.85	1.77	5.00	0.44	23.8	4.8	1.16	.322	3.32	8.63
10	James McDonald J. McDonald	39	May 2012	5	3	1	.750	5	1.54	0	0	0	35.0	23	6	6	0	8	0	0	0	129	0	10.03	2.06	4.88	0.00	30.2	6.2	0.89	.280	1.54	5.91
11	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	39	May 2012	6	3	1	.750	6	3.06	0	0	0	35.1	38	12	13	1	7	0	0	0	147	0	9.93	1.78	5.57	0.25	26.5	4.8	1.27	.370	3.31	9.68
12	Felix Doubront F. Doubront	37	May 2012	6	4	2	.667	6	3.71	0	0	0	34.0	30	14	17	3	14	1	0	0	146	2	9.79	3.71	2.64	0.79	25.3	9.6	1.29	.297	4.50	7.94
13	Cliff Lee C. Lee	36	May 2012	5	0	1	.000	5	3.71	0	0	0	34.0	34	14	14	5	8	0	0	0	135	2	9.53	2.12	4.50	1.32	26.7	5.9	1.24	.337	3.71	9.00
14	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	36	May 2012	5	3	1	.750	5	4.50	0	0	0	26.0	25	13	16	4	11	0	0	0	110	0	12.46	3.81	3.27	1.38	32.7	10.0	1.38	.356	5.54	8.65
15	Dan Haren D. Haren	36	May 2012	6	2	4	.333	6	3.66	1	1	0	39.1	37	16	18	3	9	1	0	1	163	2	8.24	2.06	4.00	0.69	22.1	5.5	1.17	.298	4.12	8.47
16	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	36	May 2012	6	2	3	.400	6	2.86	1	1	0	44.0	35	14	15	5	12	0	0	1	173	1	7.36	2.45	3.00	1.02	20.8	6.9	1.07	.250	3.07	7.16
17	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	36	May 2012	6	4	1	.800	6	3.44	0	0	0	36.2	32	14	14	1	14	3	0	0	155	0	8.84	3.44	2.57	0.25	23.2	9.0	1.25	.307	3.44	7.85
18	Bud Norris B. Norris	35	May 2012	6	4	1	.800	6	3.62	0	0	0	32.1	30	13	14	2	16	0	0	1	142	0	9.74	4.45	2.19	0.56	24.6	11.3	1.42	.315	3.90	8.35
19	Chad Billingsley C. Billingsley	35	May 2012	6	0	3	.000	6	5.52	0	0	0	31.0	42	19	21	2	18	2	0	1	151	1	10.16	5.23	1.94	0.58	23.2	11.9	1.94	.426	6.10	12.19
20	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	35	May 2012	6	0	4	.000	6	5.88	0	0	0	33.2	32	22	23	3	21	1	0	2	152	4	9.36	5.61	1.67	0.80	23.0	13.8	1.57	.315	6.15	8.55
21	Chris Sale C. Sale	35	May 2012	6	4	1	.800	5	1.71	0	0	0	31.2	21	6	7	1	9	0	0	0	125	0	9.95	2.56	3.89	0.28	28.0	7.2	0.95	.250	1.99	5.97
22	Felipe Paulino F. Paulino	34	May 2012	5	2	1	.667	5	2.03	0	0	0	31.0	27	7	7	3	12	0	0	0	130	1	9.87	3.48	2.83	0.87	26.2	9.2	1.26	.296	2.03	7.84
23	Dillon Gee D. Gee	34	May 2012	6	2	1	.667	6	4.58	0	0	0	37.1	37	19	19	5	12	2	0	0	161	0	8.20	2.89	2.83	1.21	21.1	7.5	1.31	.296	4.58	8.92
24	David Price D. Price	34	May 2012	5	2	2	.500	5	2.75	0	0	0	36.0	34	11	12	4	10	1	0	1	147	0	8.50	2.50	3.40	1.00	23.1	6.8	1.22	.306	3.00	8.50
25	Anibal Sanchez A. Sanchez	34	May 2012	6	2	3	.400	6	2.45	0	0	0	40.1	35	11	14	2	9	1	0	1	160	2	7.59	2.01	3.78	0.45	21.3	5.6	1.09	.289	3.12	7.81