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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RBI

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AVG

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Team Pitching Leaders

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9th

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	36	28	.563
White Sox	33	29	.532	2.0
Twins	29	35	.453	7.0
Tigers	25	38	.397	10.5
Royals	25	38	.397	10.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 6/5	CWS	@	PHI	6:40 PM
Sat 6/6	CWS	@	PHI	4:05 PM
Sun 6/7	CWS	@	PHI	1:35 PM
Tue 6/9	ATL	@	CWS	7:40 PM
Wed 6/10	ATL	@	CWS	7:40 PM

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Final

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Schwarber

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RBI Leaders

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Pages

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Batting Average Leaders

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Arraez

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OBP Leaders

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Sale

Strikeout Leaders

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ERA Leaders

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WHIP Leaders

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Worst Record ATS

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MLB 2026 Standings

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Braves	42	21	.667
Phillies	33	29	.532	8.5
Nationals	31	32	.492	11.0
Marlins	29	34	.460	13.0
Mets	27	35	.435	14.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	37	23	.617
Pirates	34	29	.540	4.5
Cardinals	32	28	.533	5.0
Cubs	33	30	.524	5.5
Reds	31	30	.508	6.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	40	23	.635
Diamondbacks	33	29	.532	6.5
Padres	32	29	.525	7.0
Giants	25	38	.397	15.0
Rockies	24	39	.381	16.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	36	23	.610
Yankees	37	25	.597	0.5
Orioles	30	33	.476	8.0
Blue Jays	30	33	.476	8.0
Red Sox	26	35	.426	11.0
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White Sox	33	29	.532	2.0
Twins	29	35	.453	7.0
Tigers	25	38	.397	10.5
Royals	25	38	.397	10.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	33	30	.524
Athletics	30	32	.484	2.5
Rangers	30	32	.484	2.5
Astros	28	36	.438	5.5
Angels	24	39	.381	9.0

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Wed 5/20	CLE	@	DET	3-2
Wed 5/20	TOR	@	NYY	2-1
Wed 5/20	BOS	@	KCR	4-3

Schedule

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Fri 6/5	SFG	@	CHC	2:20 PM
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Fri 6/5	CWS	@	PHI	6:40 PM
Fri 6/5	BOS	@	NYY	7:05 PM
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