most strikeouts by a pitcher in the month of april in a season before 2002

Before 2002, Randy Johnson struck out the most hitters in a season in the month of April, with 64 strikeouts in 2000.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	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	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	64	2000	ARI	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
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	63	1999	ARI	6	2	1	.667	6	3.40	1	0	0	45.0	33	17	18	6	19	1	0	1	183	0	12.60	3.80	3.32	1.20	34.4	10.4	1.16	.287	3.60	6.60
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	61	2001	ARI	6	3	3	.500	6	4.03	2	1	0	44.2	38	20	20	7	11	4	0	0	180	1	12.29	2.22	5.55	1.41	33.9	6.1	1.10	.320	4.03	7.66
4	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	60	1988	BOS	6	4	0	1.000	6	1.75	2	2	0	51.1	33	10	11	3	8	0	0	0	194	1	10.52	1.40	7.50	0.53	30.9	4.1	0.80	.244	1.93	5.79
5	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	59	1978	CAL	5	1	1	.500	5	1.98	1	1	0	41.0	19	9	10	1	25	1	0	0	164	5	12.95	5.49	2.36	0.22	36.0	15.2	1.07	.231	2.20	4.17
6	Vida Blue V. Blue	58	1971	OAK	7	6	1	.857	7	1.20	6	3	0	52.2	29	7	10	1	18	2	0	0	208	4	9.91	3.08	3.22	0.17	27.9	8.7	0.89	.217	1.71	4.96
7	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	57	1998	BOS	6	2	0	1.000	6	2.28	1	1	0	43.1	31	11	11	3	12	1	0	1	171	1	11.84	2.49	4.75	0.62	33.3	7.0	0.99	.286	2.28	6.44
8	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	56	1998	PHI	5	3	2	.600	5	2.25	2	1	0	40.0	26	10	10	4	11	0	0	0	155	2	12.60	2.47	5.09	0.90	36.1	7.1	0.93	.262	2.25	5.85
9	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	54	2001	BOS	5	2	0	1.000	5	1.80	0	0	0	35.0	28	7	8	0	8	1	0	0	137	2	13.89	2.06	6.75	0.00	39.4	5.8	1.03	.378	2.06	7.20
10	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	54	1983	PHI	6	3	2	.600	6	2.05	1	1	0	48.1	44	11	15	1	13	0	0	1	194	1	10.06	2.42	4.15	0.19	27.8	6.7	1.18	.341	2.79	8.19
11	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	54	1973	CAL	5	3	1	.750	5	2.72	3	0	0	43.0	35	13	13	5	20	1	0	1	179	0	11.30	4.19	2.70	1.05	30.2	11.2	1.28	.303	2.72	7.33
12	Mark Langston M. Langston	53	1988	SEA	6	1	3	.250	6	4.40	1	0	0	45.0	48	22	26	9	17	0	0	0	193	4	10.60	3.40	3.12	1.80	27.5	8.8	1.44	.342	5.20	9.60
13	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	52	1970	DET	7	4	2	.667	7	2.16	5	2	0	58.1	59	14	15	3	22	1	0	0	250	2	8.02	3.39	2.36	0.46	20.8	8.8	1.39	.326	2.31	9.10
14	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	51	1996	ATL	6	5	1	.833	6	2.70	1	0	0	46.2	28	14	15	3	10	0	0	0	175	2	9.84	1.93	5.10	0.58	29.1	5.7	0.81	.225	2.89	5.40
15	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	51	1974	CAL	7	3	3	.500	7	5.12	2	0	0	45.2	36	26	32	5	37	3	0	0	208	0	10.05	7.29	1.38	0.99	24.5	17.8	1.60	.277	6.31	7.09
16	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	50	2001	ARI	5	3	0	1.000	5	3.29	1	1	0	38.1	34	14	15	8	3	0	0	0	150	0	11.74	0.70	16.67	1.88	33.3	2.0	0.97	.292	3.52	7.98
17	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	50	2000	BOS	5	5	0	1.000	5	1.27	0	0	0	35.1	22	5	6	2	8	3	0	0	139	0	12.74	2.04	6.25	0.51	36.0	5.8	0.85	.263	1.53	5.60
18	David Cone D. Cone	49	1997	NYY	6	2	2	.500	6	2.93	0	0	0	40.0	33	13	14	5	27	3	0	1	174	2	11.03	6.08	1.81	1.13	28.2	15.5	1.50	.311	3.15	7.43
19	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	49	1989	TEX	5	3	1	.750	5	2.06	1	0	0	35.0	19	8	9	0	18	2	0	1	141	4	12.60	4.63	2.72	0.00	34.8	12.8	1.06	.264	2.31	4.89
20	Mike Scott M. Scott	49	1987	HOU	6	3	1	.750	6	2.05	1	1	0	44.0	31	10	11	5	8	0	0	1	171	0	10.02	1.64	6.13	1.02	28.7	4.7	0.89	.239	2.25	6.34
21	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	48	1999	BOS	5	4	1	.800	5	2.21	1	0	0	36.2	29	9	10	1	7	1	0	0	144	0	11.78	1.72	6.86	0.25	33.3	4.9	0.98	.322	2.45	7.12
22	J.R. Richard	48	1980	HOU	5	4	0	1.000	5	1.67	1	1	0	37.2	13	7	8	0	14	0	0	0	141	1	11.47	3.35	3.43	0.00	34.0	9.9	0.72	.165	1.91	3.11
23	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	48	1977	CAL	6	3	3	.500	6	2.68	5	2	0	50.1	36	15	15	2	39	1	0	2	220	0	8.58	6.97	1.23	0.36	21.8	17.7	1.49	.262	2.68	6.44
24	Jose Rijo J. Rijo	47	1986	OAK	5	1	2	.333	5	4.89	0	0	0	35.0	23	19	19	6	14	1	0	2	140	1	12.09	3.60	3.36	1.54	33.6	10.0	1.06	.236	4.89	5.91
25	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	47	1962	LAD	5	4	1	.800	5	2.63	3	0	0	41.0	31	12	13	2	14	0	0	0	167	1	10.32	3.07	3.36	0.44	28.1	8.4	1.10	.279	2.85	6.80