Since 1912, Cristopher Sánchez has struck out the most batters by a starting pitcher when allowing exactly 0 earned runs in a month, with 45 strikeouts in May 2026.
| NAME | SO | ER | MONTH | G | W | L | W% | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | K/9 | BB/9 | K/BB | HR/9 | K% | BB% | WHIP | BABIP | RA | H/9 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | C. Sánchez | 45 | 0 | May 2026 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39.0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 0 | 10.38 | 0.69 | 15.00 | 0.00 | 31.5 | 2.1 | 0.72 | .266 | 0.00 | 5.77 |
| 2 |  | D. Gooden | 39 | 0 | September 1985 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 44.0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 164 | 0 | 7.98 | 1.84 | 4.33 | 0.00 | 23.8 | 5.5 | 0.75 | .207 | 0.20 | 4.91 |
| 3 | | O. Hershiser | 34 | 0 | September 1988 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0.00 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 55.0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 201 | 1 | 5.56 | 1.47 | 3.78 | 0.00 | 16.9 | 4.5 | 0.71 | .190 | 0.00 | 4.91 |
| 4 |  | S. Bieber | 27 | 0 | July 2020 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 17.36 | 0.64 | 27.00 | 0.00 | 54.0 | 2.0 | 0.57 | .333 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| 5 | | K. Spooner | 27 | 0 | September 1954 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 13.50 | 3.00 | 4.50 | 0.00 | 39.7 | 8.8 | 0.72 | .200 | 0.00 | 3.50 | |
| 6 | | T. Cheney | 26 | 0 | April 1963 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 27.0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 8.67 | 0.67 | 13.00 | 0.00 | 28.6 | 2.2 | 0.37 | .127 | 0.33 | 2.67 |
| 7 | | T. Greene | 24 | 0 | May 1991 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 9.00 | 3.38 | 2.67 | 0.00 | 28.6 | 10.7 | 0.58 | .100 | 0.00 | 1.88 |
| 8 | | M. Clevinger | 22 | 0 | April 2019 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 16.50 | 3.00 | 5.50 | 0.00 | 52.4 | 9.5 | 0.50 | .125 | 0.00 | 1.50 |
| 9 | | L. Tiant | 21 | 0 | April 1966 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 10.50 | 3.00 | 3.50 | 0.00 | 31.3 | 9.0 | 0.89 | .250 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 10 | | P. Sandoval | 20 | 0 | April 2022 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 12.00 | 3.60 | 3.33 | 0.00 | 33.3 | 10.0 | 1.00 | .265 | 1.20 | 5.40 |
| 11 | | J. Merritt | 20 | 0 | May 1967 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 1 | 10.00 | 1.00 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 30.8 | 3.1 | 0.50 | .163 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| 12 | | J. Horlen | 19 | 0 | September 1966 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 91 | 2 | 7.13 | 1.88 | 3.80 | 0.00 | 20.9 | 5.5 | 0.79 | .212 | 0.00 | 5.25 |
| 13 | | J. Kralick | 19 | 0 | April 1964 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 0 | 9.68 | 2.55 | 3.80 | 0.00 | 27.1 | 7.1 | 0.96 | .261 | 2.04 | 6.11 |
| 14 |  | S. Ohtani | 18 | 0 | September 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 11.05 | 1.23 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 34.0 | 3.8 | 0.68 | .242 | 0.00 | 4.91 | |
| 15 |  | L. Gil | 18 | 0 | August 2021 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 10.34 | 4.02 | 2.57 | 0.00 | 28.1 | 10.9 | 1.02 | .231 | 0.00 | 5.17 |
| 16 | | J. Nelson | 18 | 0 | September 2017 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 3 | 13.50 | 3.75 | 3.60 | 0.00 | 37.5 | 10.4 | 1.00 | .304 | 0.00 | 5.25 |
| 17 | | C. Short | 18 | 0 | October 1965 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 0 | 10.80 | 1.80 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 32.1 | 5.4 | 0.80 | .257 | 0.00 | 5.40 | |
| 18 | | L. Lynn | 17 | 0 | July 2020 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 12.75 | 4.50 | 2.83 | 0.00 | 37.8 | 13.3 | 0.75 | .136 | 0.00 | 2.25 |
| 19 |  | F. Peralta | 17 | 0 | June 2018 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 11.77 | 0.69 | 17.00 | 0.00 | 38.6 | 2.3 | 0.31 | .115 | 0.00 | 2.08 |
| 20 |  | M. Scherzer | 17 | 0 | October 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 17.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 60.7 | 0.0 | 0.00 | .000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 21 | | B. Woodruff | 16 | 0 | June 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 12.34 | 1.54 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 41.0 | 5.1 | 0.34 | .095 | 0.00 | 1.54 | |
| 22 |  | N. Martinez | 16 | 0 | September 2023 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 12.00 | 3.75 | 3.20 | 0.00 | 35.6 | 11.1 | 0.83 | .208 | 0.00 | 3.75 |
| 23 |  | M. Fried | 16 | 0 | April 2023 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16.2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 8.64 | 2.16 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 26.2 | 6.6 | 0.84 | .244 | 0.00 | 5.40 |
| 24 |  | R. Suarez | 16 | 0 | July 2022 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 9.00 | 1.13 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 26.2 | 3.3 | 0.81 | .262 | 1.69 | 6.19 |
| 25 | | A. Heaney | 16 | 0 | April 2022 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 13.94 | 2.61 | 5.33 | 0.00 | 40.0 | 7.5 | 0.68 | .200 | 0.87 | 3.48 |
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69 | 45 | .605 | ||
61 | 54 | .530 | 8.5 | |
58 | 57 | .504 | 11.5 | |
56 | 60 | .483 | 14.0 | |
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71 | 43 | .623 | ||
66 | 49 | .574 | 5.5 | |
57 | 58 | .496 | 14.5 | |
57 | 59 | .491 | 15.0 | |
55 | 58 | .487 | 15.5 | |
| NL West | W | L | PCT | GB |
69 | 46 | .600 | ||
61 | 54 | .530 | 8.0 | |
59 | 56 | .513 | 10.0 | |
48 | 67 | .417 | 21.0 | |
45 | 70 | .391 | 24.0 |
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68 | 46 | .596 | ||
64 | 51 | .557 | 4.5 | |
62 | 51 | .549 | 5.5 | |
56 | 58 | .491 | 12.0 | |
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| AL Central | W | L | PCT | GB |
59 | 54 | .522 | ||
57 | 58 | .496 | 3.0 | |
56 | 59 | .487 | 4.0 | |
55 | 59 | .482 | 4.5 | |
48 | 67 | .417 | 12.0 | |
| AL West | W | L | PCT | GB |
59 | 57 | .509 | ||
57 | 58 | .496 | 1.5 | |
56 | 59 | .487 | 2.5 | |
45 | 69 | .395 | 13.0 | |
43 | 71 | .377 | 15.0 |
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