most strikeouts by a pitcher in history in may

Nolan Ryan has fanned the most career batters in the month of May, with 957 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	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	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	957	135	57	48	.543	133	3.14	43	14	1	920.0	650	321	357	53	502	25	1	10	3,846	45	9.36	4.91	1.91	0.52	24.9	13.1	1.25	.259	3.49	6.36
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	837	113	63	29	.685	113	3.13	25	9	0	823.0	654	286	307	57	256	24	0	12	3,335	20	9.15	2.80	3.27	0.62	25.1	7.7	1.11	.276	3.36	7.15
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	811	110	56	29	.659	110	3.59	12	5	0	707.2	602	282	313	65	273	34	0	6	2,959	23	10.31	3.47	2.97	0.83	27.4	9.2	1.24	.302	3.98	7.66
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	730	133	63	44	.589	126	2.86	48	14	0	930.2	808	296	338	59	304	8	1	19	3,812	27	7.06	2.94	2.40	0.57	19.2	8.0	1.19	.276	3.27	7.81
5	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	689	121	50	41	.549	118	3.40	43	13	0	858.1	800	324	360	72	220	19	1	16	3,534	23	7.22	2.31	3.13	0.75	19.5	6.2	1.19	.287	3.77	8.39
6	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	644	144	61	40	.604	127	3.16	50	10	2	996.1	908	350	393	78	273	26	5	30	4,070	25	5.82	2.47	2.36	0.70	15.8	6.7	1.19	.272	3.55	8.20
7	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	630	130	53	40	.570	130	3.14	17	5	0	886.2	835	309	347	62	187	20	0	39	3,635	15	6.39	1.90	3.37	0.63	17.3	5.1	1.15	.283	3.52	8.48
8	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	629	83	39	20	.661	80	3.37	3	0	0	516.0	423	193	201	67	140	23	1	3	2,089	11	10.97	2.44	4.49	1.17	30.1	6.7	1.09	.289	3.51	7.38
9	Don Sutton D. Sutton	628	138	57	50	.533	138	3.65	29	13	0	934.1	868	379	411	91	237	15	0	20	3,856	19	6.05	2.28	2.65	0.88	16.3	6.1	1.18	.269	3.96	8.36
10	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	611	83	43	12	.782	72	2.36	9	4	1	523.1	388	137	156	38	121	21	3	4	2,060	13	10.51	2.08	5.05	0.65	29.7	5.9	0.97	.276	2.68	6.67
11	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	604	115	46	44	.511	113	3.42	39	7	0	811.1	726	308	335	84	276	15	1	25	3,365	24	6.70	3.06	2.19	0.93	17.9	8.2	1.24	.269	3.72	8.05
12	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	581	95	50	29	.633	95	3.19	8	5	0	632.1	504	224	232	60	172	27	0	2	2,541	21	8.27	2.45	3.38	0.85	22.9	6.8	1.07	.261	3.30	7.17
13	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	581	97	43	21	.672	80	3.18	17	4	3	594.2	550	210	229	65	130	9	12	8	2,431	10	8.79	1.97	4.47	0.98	23.9	5.3	1.14	.295	3.47	8.32
14	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	565	139	66	52	.559	111	2.00	82	19	7	969.2	851		344	16	247	41	27			24	5.24	2.29	2.29	0.15		6.3	1.13	.273	3.19	7.90
15	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	561	97	42	37	.532	88	2.84	46	12	0	706.2	589	223	250	52	224	24	5	23	2,907	20	7.14	2.85	2.50	0.66	19.3	7.7	1.15	.262	3.18	7.50
16	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	552	115	41	45	.477	108	3.70	47	6	2	802.2	772	330	354	107	187	18	6	22	3,316	10	6.19	2.10	2.95	1.20	16.6	5.6	1.19	.271	3.97	8.66
17	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	552	161	53	54	.495	119	3.61	42	5	3	933.2	885	374	430	78	355	25	23	25	3,950	32	5.32	3.42	1.55	0.75	14.0	9.0	1.33	.274	4.14	8.53
18	Chuck Finley C. Finley	526	94	37	35	.514	87	3.73	13	4	0	586.2	569	243	282	48	238	15	3	6	2,505	33	8.07	3.65	2.21	0.74	21.0	9.5	1.38	.310	4.33	8.73
19	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	522	103	37	33	.529	93	3.16	28	2	4	671.1	611	236	267	69	189	26	5	21	2,800	13	7.00	2.53	2.76	0.93	18.6	6.8	1.19	.272	3.58	8.19
20	CC Sabathia	513	101	46	30	.605	101	3.68	6	3	0	648.2	646	265	292	81	182	20	0	7	2,734	14	7.12	2.53	2.82	1.12	18.8	6.7	1.28	.292	4.05	8.96
21	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	506	114	44	32	.579	92	3.75	38	11	1	673.2	607	281	312	67	243	19	7		2,839	18	6.76	3.25	2.08	0.90	17.8	8.6	1.26	.269	4.17	8.11
22	Chris Sale C. Sale	505	68	34	8	.810	57	2.30	3	1	1	388.0	260	99	110	30	94	24	2	0	1,527	7	11.71	2.18	5.37	0.70	33.1	6.2	0.91	.263	2.55	6.03
23	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	505	121	59	34	.634	121	3.65	14	5	0	786.0	721	319	340	78	271	12	0	27	3,283	15	5.78	3.10	1.86	0.89	15.4	8.3	1.26	.266	3.89	8.26
24	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	504	100	33	28	.541	91	3.58	5	1	0	572.2	538	228	241	64	110	8	1	2	2,326	10	7.92	1.73	4.58	1.01	21.7	4.7	1.13	.289	3.79	8.46
25	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	496	76	36	16	.692	76	2.98	6	5	0	479.2	390	159	163	39	130	8	0	3	1,914	12	9.31	2.44	3.82	0.73	25.9	6.8	1.08	.283	3.06	7.32

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Trout

RBI

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Soler

AVG

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Team Pitching Leaders

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Soriano

67

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ERA

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Team Rankings

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186

26th

400

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4.91

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Athletics	23	23	.500
Rangers	22	24	.478	1.0
Mariners	22	26	.458	2.0
Astros	19	29	.396	5.0
Angels	16	31	.340	7.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 5/18	ATH	@	LAA	9:38 PM
Tue 5/19	ATH	@	LAA	9:38 PM
Wed 5/20	ATH	@	LAA	9:38 PM
Thu 5/21	ATH	@	LAA	9:38 PM
Fri 5/22	TEX	@	LAA	9:38 PM

Last Game

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29 - 18

Final

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16 - 31

Sun 17 May 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

20

Schwarber

17

Murakami

16

Judge

RBI Leaders

41

Pages

40

Hicks

38

Baldwin

Batting Average Leaders

.344

Lopez

.337

Langeliers

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Vargas

Hit Leaders

63

Lopez

57

De La Cruz

57

Langeliers

Run Leaders

39

Baldwin

39

Wood

38

Judge

OBP Leaders

.432

Kurtz

.423

Alvarez

.419

Ward

SLG Leaders

.671

Rice

.645

Moniak

.638

Alvarez

SB Leaders

20

Ramírez

19

Nuñez

16

Cruz

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

8

Ashby

6

Skenes

6

Schlittler

Strikeout Leaders

80

Misiorowski

80

Sánchez

75

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.35

Schlittler

1.51

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1.61

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WHIP Leaders

0.71

Skenes

0.78

Schlittler

0.88

McGreevy

K/9 Leaders

14.12

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12.90

Cease

11.22

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K/BB Leaders

7.88

Skenes

7.63

deGrom

6.18

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8

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8

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9

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FanDuel Points Leaders

859

Ohtani

675.6

Schwarber

673.6

Judge

DraftKings Points Leaders

585.6

Ohtani

500

Judge

497

Schwarber

MLB 2026 Betting

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27-18

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Worst Record ATS

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MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	32	15	.681
Phillies	24	23	.511	8.0
Nationals	23	24	.489	9.0
Marlins	21	26	.447	11.0
Mets	20	26	.435	11.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Cubs	29	18	.617
Brewers	26	18	.591	1.5
Cardinals	27	19	.587	1.5
Pirates	24	23	.511	5.0
Reds	24	23	.511	5.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	29	18	.617
Padres	28	18	.609	0.5
Diamondbacks	22	23	.489	6.0
Giants	20	27	.426	9.0
Rockies	18	29	.383	11.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	30	15	.667
Yankees	28	19	.596	3.0
Blue Jays	21	25	.457	9.5
Orioles	21	26	.447	10.0
Red Sox	19	27	.413	11.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	26	22	.542
White Sox	24	22	.522	1.0
Twins	21	26	.447	4.5
Tigers	20	27	.426	5.5
Royals	20	27	.426	5.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Athletics	23	23	.500
Rangers	22	24	.478	1.0
Mariners	22	26	.458	2.0
Astros	19	29	.396	5.0
Angels	16	31	.340	7.5

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Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 5/3	TOR	@	MIN	3-4
Sun 5/3	BAL	@	NYY	3-11
Sun 5/3	MIL	@	WSH	2-3
Sun 5/3	HOU	@	BOS	3-1
Sun 5/3	CIN	@	PIT	0-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 5/18	BAL	@	TBR	6:40 PM
Mon 5/18	ATL	@	MIA	6:40 PM
Mon 5/18	CLE	@	DET	6:40 PM
Mon 5/18	CIN	@	PHI	6:40 PM
Mon 5/18	NYM	@	WSH	6:45 PM

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