most strikeouts as a pitcher in may 2016

Clayton Kershaw struck out the most hitters in May 2016, with 65 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	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	65	May 2016	6	5	0	1.000	6	0.91	3	3	0	49.2	24	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	169	0	11.78	0.36	32.50	0.18	38.5	1.2	0.52	.228	0.91	4.35
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	60	May 2016	6	3	3	.500	6	3.83	1	0	0	42.1	29	18	18	10	10	1	0	0	164	0	12.76	2.13	6.00	2.13	36.6	6.1	0.92	.229	3.83	6.17
3	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	56	May 2016	6	6	0	1.000	6	1.38	0	0	0	39.0	27	6	6	3	11	1	0	0	148	0	12.92	2.54	5.09	0.69	37.8	7.4	0.97	.312	1.38	6.23
4	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	50	May 2016	6	5	0	1.000	6	3.11	0	0	0	37.2	32	13	13	5	12	1	0	1	158	0	11.95	2.87	4.17	1.19	31.6	7.6	1.17	.300	3.11	7.65
5	Scott Kazmir S. Kazmir	46	May 2016	6	3	1	.750	6	3.49	0	0	0	38.2	26	15	17	7	16	4	0	1	161	2	10.71	3.72	2.88	1.63	28.6	9.9	1.09	.216	3.96	6.05
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	46	May 2016	6	2	3	.400	6	3.16	1	0	0	42.2	28	15	15	2	12	2	0	0	167	3	9.70	2.53	3.83	0.42	27.5	7.2	0.94	.248	3.16	5.91
7	Danny Salazar D. Salazar	46	May 2016	6	3	2	.600	6	2.41	0	0	0	37.1	30	10	10	2	15	0	0	1	154	0	11.09	3.62	3.07	0.48	29.9	9.7	1.21	.308	2.41	7.23
8	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	45	May 2016	6	4	0	1.000	6	1.05	1	0	0	42.2	29	5	7	1	12	2	0	0	171	0	9.49	2.53	3.75	0.21	26.3	7.0	0.96	.252	1.48	6.12
9	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	44	May 2016	6	2	1	.667	6	3.89	0	0	0	37.0	39	16	21	8	12	2	0	0	165	0	10.70	2.92	3.67	1.95	26.7	7.3	1.38	.313	5.11	9.49
10	Chris Sale C. Sale	44	May 2016	6	4	1	.800	6	2.88	2	0	0	40.2	32	13	13	3	11	2	0	0	164	1	9.74	2.43	4.00	0.66	26.8	6.7	1.06	.279	2.88	7.08
11	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	43	May 2016	6	4	0	1.000	6	2.08	0	0	0	39.0	24	9	10	1	15	2	0	1	159	5	9.92	3.46	2.87	0.23	27.0	9.4	1.00	.235	2.31	5.54
12	Noah Syndergaard N. Syndergaard	43	May 2016	7	3	2	.600	6	1.95	0	0	0	37.0	30	8	9	3	5	0	0	0	141	1	10.46	1.22	8.60	0.73	30.5	3.5	0.95	.300	2.19	7.30
13	Alex Wood A. Wood	41	May 2016	5	0	2	.000	5	3.18	0	0	0	28.1	24	10	12	4	7	1	0	0	116	1	13.02	2.22	5.86	1.27	35.3	6.0	1.09	.317	3.81	7.62
14	Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	40	May 2016	6	4	2	.667	6	2.08	0	0	0	43.1	34	10	11	2	8	0	0	1	168	1	8.31	1.66	5.00	0.42	23.8	4.8	0.97	.271	2.28	7.06
15	John Lackey J. Lackey	40	May 2016	6	2	1	.667	6	2.09	0	0	0	43.0	24	10	11	4	11	3	0	1	160	2	8.37	2.30	3.64	0.84	25.0	6.9	0.81	.196	2.30	5.02
16	Collin McHugh C. McHugh	39	May 2016	6	3	1	.750	6	3.83	1	0	0	40.0	40	17	17	6	9	0	0	0	165	1	8.78	2.03	4.33	1.35	23.6	5.5	1.23	.306	3.83	9.00
17	Aaron Nola A. Nola	39	May 2016	6	3	2	.600	6	2.31	0	0	0	39.0	31	10	16	4	7	1	0	2	157	2	9.00	1.62	5.57	0.92	24.8	4.5	0.97	.255	3.69	7.15
18	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	39	May 2016	6	4	0	1.000	6	2.03	2	1	0	44.1	35	10	11	2	9	1	0	0	172	1	7.92	1.83	4.33	0.41	22.7	5.2	0.99	.273	2.23	7.11
19	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	38	May 2016	6	3	3	.500	6	4.08	1	1	0	39.2	37	18	19	4	11	1	0	0	165	1	8.62	2.50	3.45	0.91	23.0	6.7	1.21	.297	4.31	8.39
20	Drew Pomeranz D. Pomeranz	38	May 2016	6	2	3	.400	6	2.25	0	0	0	36.0	18	9	9	2	17	0	0	2	143	2	9.50	4.25	2.24	0.50	26.6	11.9	0.97	.186	2.25	4.50
21	Chris Tillman C. Tillman	37	May 2016	6	5	0	1.000	6	2.72	0	0	0	39.2	27	12	12	5	19	1	0	0	158	3	8.39	4.31	1.95	1.13	23.4	12.0	1.16	.229	2.72	6.13
22	Jon Gray J. Gray	37	May 2016	6	3	2	.600	6	4.17	0	0	0	36.2	27	17	18	3	13	3	0	0	148	0	9.08	3.19	2.85	0.74	25.0	8.8	1.09	.261	4.42	6.63
23	Jeremy Hellickson J. Hellickson	37	May 2016	6	2	2	.500	6	3.58	0	0	0	37.2	34	15	17	6	8	1	0	0	149	1	8.84	1.91	4.63	1.43	24.8	5.4	1.12	.289	4.06	8.12
24	Rich Hill R. Hill	37	May 2016	6	5	1	.833	6	2.13	0	0	0	38.0	24	9	9	1	15	3	0	0	154	0	8.76	3.55	2.47	0.24	24.0	9.7	1.03	.235	2.13	5.68
25	Julio Teheran J. Teheran	37	May 2016	6	1	2	.333	6	1.38	0	0	0	39.0	24	6	8	2	9	4	0	0	152	2	8.54	2.08	4.11	0.46	24.3	5.9	0.85	.220	1.85	5.54