most strikeouts by a pitcher in a month after 1985

Since 1986, Chris Sale has fanned the most batters in a month, with 75 strikeouts in June 2015.

	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	Chris Sale C. Sale	75	June 2015	6	2	2	.500	6	1.83	0	0	0	44.1	28	9	10	2	8	1	0	0	170	1	15.23	1.62	9.38	0.41	44.1	4.7	0.81	.310	2.03	5.68
2	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	74	September 2019	6	5	0	1.000	6	1.07	0	0	0	42.0	20	5	6	4	7	1	0	0	152	2	15.86	1.50	10.57	0.86	48.7	4.6	0.64	.242	1.29	4.29
3	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	72	June 1997	6	2	2	.500	6	1.78	4	1	0	50.2	29	10	10	3	15	0	0	3	198	0	12.79	2.66	4.80	0.53	36.4	7.6	0.87	.241	1.78	5.15
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	70	August 2002	6	4	1	.800	6	2.14	2	2	0	46.1	29	11	13	3	14	4	0	1	184	1	13.60	2.72	5.00	0.58	38.0	7.6	0.93	.280	2.53	5.63
5	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	70	September 1999	5	4	0	1.000	5	0.88	2	1	0	41.0	20	4	5	1	6	3	0	0	150	1	15.37	1.32	11.67	0.22	46.7	4.0	0.63	.271	1.10	4.39
6	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	70	June 1999	6	3	3	.500	6	3.68	2	0	0	44.0	36	18	18	7	8	1	0	0	173	1	14.32	1.64	8.75	1.43	40.5	4.6	1.00	.333	3.68	7.36
7	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	69	May 1999	6	6	0	1.000	6	1.84	0	0	0	44.0	38	9	10	1	9	1	0	0	180	3	14.11	1.84	7.67	0.20	38.3	5.0	1.07	.370	2.05	7.77
8	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	69	July 1988	6	4	0	1.000	6	1.64	3	1	0	49.1	36	9	10	2	8	2	0	1	193	1	12.59	1.46	8.63	0.36	35.8	4.1	0.89	.304	1.82	6.57
9	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	68	April 2021	6	3	2	.600	6	2.76	0	0	0	42.1	28	13	13	5	14	1	0	0	172	3	14.46	2.98	4.86	1.06	39.5	8.1	0.99	.274	2.76	5.95
10	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	68	June 2019	6	6	0	1.000	6	1.00	0	0	0	45.0	25	5	5	3	5	3	0	1	168	0	13.60	1.00	13.60	0.60	40.5	3.0	0.67	.247	1.00	5.00
11	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	68	August 1998	6	4	0	1.000	6	0.90	3	3	0	50.0	25	5	7	0	10	0	0	0	184	0	12.24	1.80	6.80	0.00	37.0	5.4	0.70	.236	1.26	4.50
12	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	68	June 1997	6	4	1	.800	6	0.92	2	1	0	49.0	25	5	8	3	14	1	0	0	180	0	12.49	2.57	4.86	0.55	37.8	7.8	0.80	.234	1.47	4.59
13	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	67	May 2001	6	5	1	.833	6	1.17	1	0	0	46.0	25	6	6	2	10	2	0	0	170	1	13.11	1.96	6.70	0.39	39.4	5.9	0.76	.258	1.17	4.89
14	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	67	May 2000	6	3	1	.750	6	1.94	2	0	0	46.1	38	10	13	7	10	0	0	1	180	1	13.01	1.94	6.70	1.36	37.2	5.6	1.04	.323	2.53	7.38
15	Chris Sale C. Sale	66	May 2019	6	1	2	.333	6	2.82	0	0	0	38.1	23	12	14	4	9	5	0	0	153	2	15.50	2.11	7.33	0.94	43.1	5.9	0.83	.275	3.29	5.40
16	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	66	June 2001	6	5	1	.833	6	2.41	0	0	0	41.0	35	11	14	4	13	3	0	0	171	3	14.49	2.85	5.08	0.88	38.6	7.6	1.17	.365	3.07	7.68
17	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	66	August 1997	6	4	1	.800	6	1.09	3	0	0	49.1	24	6	10	2	18	1	0	1	191	1	12.04	3.28	3.67	0.36	34.6	9.4	0.85	.212	1.82	4.38
18	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
19	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	65	June 1993	6	4	1	.800	6	3.11	1	0	0	46.1	31	16	17	4	19	3	0	0	188	3	12.63	3.69	3.42	0.78	34.6	10.1	1.08	.278	3.30	6.02
20	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	64	June 2017	6	4	0	1.000	6	1.26	1	1	0	43.0	22	6	8	1	7	1	0	1	156	0	13.40	1.47	9.14	0.21	41.0	4.5	0.67	.253	1.67	4.60
21	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	64	August 2013	6	3	1	.750	6	2.51	0	0	0	43.0	30	12	12	6	13	0	0	0	166	1	13.40	2.72	4.92	1.26	38.6	7.8	1.00	.289	2.51	6.28
22	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	64	April 2000	6	6	0	1.000	6	0.91	3	2	0	49.1	26	5	6	2	10	0	0	0	181	0	11.68	1.82	6.40	0.36	35.4	5.5	0.73	.229	1.09	4.74
23	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	64	July 1999	6	2	3	.400	6	1.13	3	1	0	48.0	35	6	7	3	12	2	0	1	186	1	12.00	2.25	5.33	0.56	34.4	6.5	0.98	.305	1.31	6.56
24	Mike Scott M. Scott	64	May 1986	7	1	2	.333	7	2.57	0	0	0	49.0	40	14	15	5	16	0	0	2	197	0	11.76	2.94	4.00	0.92	32.5	8.1	1.14	.313	2.76	7.35
25	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