most strikeouts as a pitcher in may 2018

Max Scherzer struck out the most hitters in May 2018, with 63 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	63	May 2018	6	4	0	1.000	6	2.21	0	0	0	40.2	26	10	10	4	10	2	0	1	160	0	13.94	2.21	6.30	0.89	39.4	6.3	0.89	.272	2.21	5.75
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	59	May 2018	6	3	1	.750	6	3.15	0	0	0	40.0	26	14	16	5	12	5	0	0	161	0	13.27	2.70	4.92	1.13	36.6	7.5	0.95	.263	3.60	5.85
3	James Paxton J. Paxton	51	May 2018	6	3	0	1.000	6	1.67	2	1	0	43.0	21	8	8	3	9	0	0	0	156	1	10.67	1.88	5.67	0.63	32.7	5.8	0.70	.194	1.67	4.40
4	Luis Severino L. Severino	50	May 2018	6	4	0	1.000	6	2.03	1	1	0	40.0	32	9	9	2	10	0	0	0	160	1	11.25	2.25	5.00	0.45	31.3	6.3	1.05	.306	2.03	7.20
5	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	50	May 2018	6	3	2	.600	6	0.86	1	1	0	41.2	22	4	5	1	7	2	0	0	155	0	10.80	1.51	7.14	0.22	32.3	4.5	0.70	.221	1.08	4.75
6	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	48	May 2018	5	3	0	1.000	5	2.45	1	1	0	33.0	18	9	9	4	11	1	0	0	122	0	13.09	3.00	4.36	1.09	39.3	9.0	0.88	.241	2.45	4.91
7	Aaron Nola A. Nola	46	May 2018	6	4	1	.800	6	1.80	0	0	0	40.0	28	8	8	2	8	0	0	0	150	1	10.35	1.80	5.75	0.45	30.7	5.3	0.90	.277	1.80	6.30
8	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	43	May 2018	6	3	1	.750	6	3.18	0	0	0	34.0	29	12	12	5	9	1	0	0	140	0	11.38	2.38	4.78	1.32	30.7	6.4	1.12	.293	3.18	7.68
9	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	43	May 2018	6	1	2	.333	6	3.82	0	0	0	35.1	28	15	15	5	13	1	0	0	146	3	10.95	3.31	3.31	1.27	29.5	8.9	1.16	.274	3.82	7.13
10	Ross Stripling R. Stripling	41	May 2018	6	3	0	1.000	5	1.20	0	0	0	30.0	24	4	5	1	4	0	0	0	116	1	12.30	1.20	10.25	0.30	35.3	3.4	0.93	.329	1.50	7.20
11	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	41	May 2018	6	4	1	.800	6	1.83	0	0	0	39.1	35	8	10	6	1	1	0	0	152	1	9.38	0.23	41.00	1.37	27.0	0.7	0.92	.282	2.29	8.01
12	Jon Gray J. Gray	41	May 2018	6	3	2	.600	6	5.57	0	0	0	32.1	38	20	20	3	10	1	0	0	147	1	11.41	2.78	4.10	0.84	27.9	6.8	1.48	.380	5.57	10.58
13	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	40	May 2018	5	2	1	.667	5	2.81	0	0	0	32.0	29	10	13	1	9	0	0	0	132	4	11.25	2.53	4.44	0.28	30.3	6.8	1.19	.341	3.66	8.16
14	Charlie Morton C. Morton	40	May 2018	5	3	0	1.000	5	2.90	0	0	0	31.0	24	10	10	5	9	1	0	0	124	0	11.61	2.61	4.44	1.45	32.3	7.3	1.06	.275	2.90	6.97
15	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	40	May 2018	5	4	1	.800	5	2.51	0	0	0	32.1	26	9	10	3	9	2	0	0	130	2	11.13	2.51	4.44	0.84	30.8	6.9	1.08	.303	2.78	7.24
16	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	39	May 2018	5	2	2	.500	5	4.98	1	0	0	34.1	35	19	19	5	9	1	0	1	145	0	10.22	2.36	4.33	1.31	26.9	6.2	1.28	.330	4.98	9.17
17	Dylan Bundy D. Bundy	39	May 2018	6	2	4	.333	6	6.12	1	0	0	32.1	32	22	24	13	10	1	0	0	138	1	10.86	2.78	3.90	3.62	28.3	7.2	1.30	.253	6.68	8.91
18	Mike Clevinger M. Clevinger	39	May 2018	6	2	2	.500	6	3.60	0	0	0	40.0	35	16	16	3	14	1	0	0	159	1	8.78	3.15	2.79	0.68	24.5	8.8	1.23	.314	3.60	7.88
19	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	37	May 2018	5	2	1	.667	5	2.32	0	0	0	31.0	18	8	9	2	5	1	0	0	117	1	10.74	1.45	7.40	0.58	31.6	4.3	0.74	.222	2.61	5.23
20	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	37	May 2018	6	3	2	.600	6	3.48	0	0	0	33.2	30	13	15	6	12	0	0	1	140	1	9.89	3.21	3.08	1.60	26.4	8.6	1.25	.282	4.01	8.02
21	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	37	May 2018	5	1	0	1.000	5	0.69	0	0	0	26.0	17	2	2	1	8	2	0	0	104	0	12.81	2.77	4.63	0.35	35.6	7.7	0.96	.286	0.69	5.88
22	Jakob Junis J. Junis	37	May 2018	6	2	2	.500	6	3.86	0	0	0	35.0	39	15	15	4	10	1	0	1	154	2	9.51	2.57	3.70	1.03	24.0	6.5	1.40	.343	3.86	10.03
23	Tyson Ross T. Ross	37	May 2018	6	2	1	.667	6	3.25	0	0	0	36.0	29	13	13	3	14	2	0	1	150	1	9.25	3.50	2.64	0.75	24.7	9.3	1.19	.277	3.25	7.25
24	Vince Velasquez V. Velasquez	36	May 2018	5	3	1	.750	5	2.30	0	0	0	27.1	20	7	8	4	12	1	0	0	113	0	11.85	3.95	3.00	1.32	31.9	10.6	1.17	.267	2.63	6.59
25	Ryan Yarbrough R. Yarbrough	36	May 2018	6	3	1	.750	2	2.91	0	0	0	34.0	28	11	11	5	7	1	0	2	135	1	9.53	1.85	5.14	1.32	26.7	5.2	1.03	.267	2.91	7.41