most strikeouts by a pitcher in a month mets

Tom Seaver has fanned the most hitters for the Mets in a month, with 71 strikeouts in May 1970.

	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	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	71	May 1970	7	3	4	.429	7	2.58	4	1	0	59.1	39	17	17	7	20	1	0	3	234	1	10.77	3.03	3.55	1.06	30.3	8.5	0.99	.237	2.58	5.92
2	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	63	September 1971	7	5	2	.714	7	1.03	6	1	0	61.0	30	7	9	2	13	1	0	0	219	0	9.30	1.92	4.85	0.30	28.8	5.9	0.70	.200	1.33	4.43
3	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	62	September 1984	5	4	1	.800	5	1.29	3	2	0	42.0	24	6	7	0	10	0	0	1	157	1	13.29	2.14	6.20	0.00	39.5	6.4	0.81	.282	1.50	5.14
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	60	August 2018	6	3	2	.600	6	1.24	1	0	0	43.2	34	6	9	1	9	0	0	0	167	1	12.37	1.85	6.67	0.21	35.9	5.4	0.98	.340	1.85	7.01
5	David Cone D. Cone	60	July 1992	6	5	0	1.000	6	3.20	1	1	0	45.0	35	16	17	5	28	1	0	3	198	3	12.00	5.60	2.14	1.00	30.3	14.1	1.40	.288	3.40	7.00
6	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	59	April 2021	5	2	2	.500	5	0.51	1	1	0	35.0	16	2	5	2	4	0	0	0	123	0	15.17	1.03	14.75	0.51	48.0	3.3	0.57	.241	1.29	4.11
7	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	55	August 2022	6	4	1	.800	6	1.98	0	0	0	36.1	17	8	8	3	3	0	0	0	128	0	13.62	0.74	18.33	0.74	43.0	2.3	0.55	.209	1.98	4.21
8	R.A. Dickey	55	June 2012	6	5	0	1.000	6	0.93	3	2	0	48.1	21	5	6	1	8	2	0	0	171	1	10.24	1.49	6.88	0.19	32.2	4.7	0.60	.190	1.12	3.91
9	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	55	May 2006	6	0	1	.000	6	2.14	0	0	0	42.0	25	10	10	4	6	1	0	0	157	0	11.79	1.29	9.17	0.86	35.0	3.8	0.74	.231	2.14	5.36
10	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	55	May 1985	6	4	2	.667	6	2.14	2	1	0	46.1	38	11	11	3	10	0	0	0	182	1	10.68	1.94	5.50	0.58	30.2	5.5	1.04	.307	2.14	7.38
11	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	55	September 1972	7	4	3	.571	7	2.82	2	1	0	44.2	29	14	14	4	14	0	0	1	176	4	11.08	2.82	3.93	0.81	31.3	8.0	0.96	.243	2.82	5.84
12	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	53	August 1971	6	4	1	.800	6	1.02	4	1	0	53.0	35	6	6	2	15	1	0	0	203	1	9.00	2.55	3.53	0.34	26.1	7.4	0.94	.250	1.02	5.94
13	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	53	June 1969	6	5	0	1.000	6	2.63	2	0	0	48.0	40	14	14	6	15	2	0	3	194	0	9.94	2.81	3.53	1.13	27.3	7.7	1.15	.288	2.63	7.50
14	David Cone D. Cone	52	September 1988	6	6	0	1.000	6	2.08	3	1	0	47.2	41	11	16	2	12	1	0	0	196	3	9.82	2.27	4.33	0.38	26.5	6.1	1.11	.302	3.02	7.74
15	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	52	August 1984	6	4	2	.667	6	3.29	2	0	0	41.0	36	15	16	3	6	1	0	0	162	1	11.41	1.32	8.67	0.66	32.1	3.7	1.02	.330	3.51	7.90
16	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	52	May 1973	6	4	1	.800	6	2.20	4	1	0	49.0	31	12	14	5	11	1	0	0	189	0	9.55	2.02	4.73	0.92	27.5	5.8	0.86	.217	2.57	5.69
17	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	51	June 2019	6	1	2	.333	6	2.70	0	0	0	40.0	36	12	12	4	4	1	0	1	156	0	11.48	0.90	12.75	0.90	32.7	2.6	1.00	.333	2.70	8.10
18	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	51	May 1974	6	1	3	.250	6	3.47	3	1	0	49.1	37	19	19	6	16	0	0	3	194	1	9.30	2.92	3.19	1.09	26.3	8.2	1.07	.256	3.47	6.75
19	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	51	August 1968	7	4	2	.667	7	1.74	4	0	0	57.0	37	11	12	2	13	2	0	2	215	2	8.05	2.05	3.92	0.32	23.7	6.0	0.88	.238	1.89	5.84
20	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	50	May 2019	6	3	1	.750	6	4.35	0	0	0	41.1	42	20	20	6	7	0	0	1	172	0	10.89	1.52	7.14	1.31	29.1	4.1	1.19	.330	4.35	9.15
21	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	50	August 1973	7	3	3	.500	7	0.99	4	2	0	63.1	45	7	8	2	10	2	0	1	247	1	7.11	1.42	5.00	0.28	20.2	4.0	0.87	.235	1.14	6.39
22	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	49	June 2018	6	1	4	.200	6	2.36	0	0	0	42.0	34	11	13	3	9	1	0	1	167	0	10.50	1.93	5.44	0.64	29.3	5.4	1.02	.295	2.79	7.29
23	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	49	September 1987	7	3	3	.500	7	4.15	3	1	0	47.2	44	22	22	3	12	0	0	2	194	0	9.25	2.27	4.08	0.57	25.3	6.2	1.17	.315	4.15	8.31
24	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	49	July 1984	5	3	1	.750	5	2.58	0	0	0	38.1	31	11	12	2	17	0	0	0	163	0	11.50	3.99	2.88	0.47	30.1	10.4	1.25	.305	2.82	7.28
25	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	49	September 1975	7	3	2	.600	7	3.60	1	1	0	45.0	39	18	18	3	18	1	0	2	187	3	9.80	3.60	2.72	0.60	26.2	9.6	1.27	.310	3.60	7.80

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Nationals	65	74	.468	18.0
Mets	61	76	.445	21.0
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