most strikeouts by a pitcher in a month since 2000

Since 2000, 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	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	63	August 2002	7	3	2	.600	7	2.45	1	0	0	51.1	41	14	14	5	9	0	0	1	201	1	11.05	1.58	7.00	0.88	31.3	4.5	0.97	.290	2.45	7.19
16	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	62	April 2021	6	4	1	.800	6	1.43	0	0	0	37.2	24	6	7	1	3	1	0	0	140	2	14.81	0.72	20.67	0.24	44.3	2.1	0.72	.315	1.67	5.73
17	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	62	June 2018	6	3	3	.500	6	2.18	0	0	0	41.1	31	10	14	1	11	2	0	0	167	4	13.50	2.40	5.64	0.22	37.1	6.6	1.02	.330	3.05	6.75
18	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	62	August 2004	6	2	3	.400	6	2.45	1	0	0	44.0	27	12	13	4	8	1	0	0	168	0	12.68	1.64	7.75	0.82	36.9	4.8	0.80	.247	2.66	5.52
19	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	62	May 2002	6	5	0	1.000	6	2.80	0	0	0	45.0	34	14	14	4	2	2	0	0	172	3	12.40	0.40	31.00	0.80	36.0	1.2	0.80	.294	2.80	6.80
20	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	62	July 2001	5	3	0	1.000	4	2.04	0	0	0	35.1	20	8	9	3	8	3	1	1	137	1	15.79	2.04	7.75	0.76	45.3	5.8	0.79	.279	2.29	5.09
21	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	62	May 2001	6	2	1	.667	6	1.54	0	0	0	41.0	21	7	7	1	16	2	0	0	157	1	13.61	3.51	3.88	0.22	39.5	10.2	0.90	.263	1.54	4.61
22	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	62	July 2000	6	3	1	.750	6	4.07	1	0	0	42.0	34	19	20	5	17	0	0	0	175	1	13.29	3.64	3.65	1.07	35.4	9.7	1.21	.319	4.29	7.29
23	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	61	April 2018	6	2	1	.667	6	1.73	0	0	0	41.2	25	8	9	3	8	2	0	0	155	3	13.18	1.73	7.63	0.65	39.4	5.2	0.79	.272	1.94	5.40
24	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	61	June 2014	6	6	0	1.000	6	0.82	2	1	0	44.0	26	4	4	2	4	0	0	0	162	2	12.48	0.82	15.25	0.41	37.7	2.5	0.68	.253	0.82	5.32
25	Johan Santana J. Santana	61	July 2004	6	3	2	.600	6	1.17	1	1	0	46.0	14	6	7	4	15	2	0	0	165	3	11.93	2.93	4.07	0.78	37.0	9.1	0.63	.120	1.37	2.74

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