pitchers with the most wins in a month since 2000

Since 2000, 30 pitchers are tied for winning the most games in a month, with 6 wins. The first three are Luis Gil in May 2024, James Paxton in August 2019 and in July 2017 and Max Scherzer in June 2019.

	NAME	W	MONTH	L	W%	G	GS	ERA	SO	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	Luis Gil L. Gil	6	May 2024	0	1.000	6	6	0.70	44	0	0	0	38.2	14	3	3	2	12	0	0	0	141	1	10.24	2.79	3.67	0.47	31.2	8.5	0.67	.145	0.70	3.26
2	James Paxton J. Paxton	6	August 2019	0	1.000	6	6	3.57	39	0	0	0	35.1	24	14	14	5	14	0	0	0	141	5	9.93	3.57	2.79	1.27	27.7	9.9	1.08	.229	3.57	6.11
3	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	6	June 2019	0	1.000	6	6	1.00	68	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
4	James Paxton J. Paxton	6	July 2017	0	1.000	6	6	1.37	46	0	0	0	39.1	25	6	6	0	6	3	0	0	148	1	10.53	1.37	7.67	0.00	31.1	4.1	0.79	.269	1.37	5.72
5	Jason Vargas J. Vargas	6	June 2017	0	1.000	6	6	1.98	23	1	1	0	41.0	36	9	9	3	9	1	0	0	162	0	5.05	1.98	2.56	0.66	14.2	5.6	1.10	.262	1.98	7.90
6	Hector Santiago H. Santiago	6	July 2016	0	1.000	6	6	1.78	34	0	0	0	35.1	26	7	8	3	21	0	0	0	151	2	8.66	5.35	1.62	0.76	22.5	13.9	1.33	.247	2.04	6.62
7	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	6	May 2016	0	1.000	6	6	1.38	56	0	0	0	39.0	27	6	6	3	11	1	0	0	148	0	12.92	2.54	5.09	0.69	37.8	7.4	0.97	.312	1.38	6.23
8	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	6	August 2015	0	1.000	6	6	0.43	43	1	1	0	42.1	19	2	4	0	10	2	0	0	159	2	9.14	2.13	4.30	0.00	27.0	6.3	0.69	.183	0.85	4.04
9	Joe Kelly J. Kelly	6	August 2015	0	1.000	6	6	2.68	28	0	0	0	37.0	35	11	12	3	11	1	0	0	151	1	6.81	2.68	2.55	0.73	18.5	7.3	1.24	.296	2.92	8.51
10	Matt Shoemaker M. Shoemaker	6	August 2014	1	.857	7	6	1.31	38	0	0	0	41.1	26	6	7	2	6	3	1	0	157	1	8.27	1.31	6.33	0.44	24.2	3.8	0.77	.222	1.52	5.66
11	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	6	June 2014	0	1.000	6	6	0.82	61	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
12	Chris Tillman C. Tillman	6	June 2013	0	1.000	6	6	2.68	29	0	0	0	37.0	27	11	12	4	16	1	0	0	150	1	7.05	3.89	1.81	0.97	19.3	10.7	1.16	.230	2.92	6.57
13	Jered Weaver J. Weaver	6	July 2012	0	1.000	6	6	2.23	26	0	0	0	40.1	32	10	10	5	9	2	0	0	157	0	5.80	2.01	2.89	1.12	16.6	5.7	1.02	.235	2.23	7.14
14	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	6	June 2011	0	1.000	6	6	0.92	54	2	1	0	49.0	29	5	5	3	6	3	0	0	179	1	9.92	1.10	9.00	0.55	30.2	3.4	0.71	.230	0.92	5.33
15	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	6	August 2007	0	1.000	6	6	2.36	34	0	0	0	42.0	35	11	11	3	13	0	0	0	167	1	7.29	2.79	2.62	0.64	20.4	7.8	1.14	.274	2.36	7.50
16	Carlos Zambrano C. Zambrano	6	July 2006	0	1.000	6	6	4.15	40	0	0	0	39.0	30	18	18	4	20	1	0	0	165	5	9.23	4.62	2.00	0.92	24.2	12.1	1.28	.260	4.15	6.92
17	Jose Contreras J. Contreras	6	September 2005	0	1.000	6	6	1.99	35	1	0	0	45.1	34	10	11	3	11	0	0	1	172	4	6.95	2.18	3.18	0.60	20.3	6.4	0.99	.252	2.18	6.75
18	Barry Zito B. Zito	6	July 2005	0	1.000	6	6	2.51	30	0	0	0	43.0	30	12	12	6	13	1	0	0	167	1	6.28	2.72	2.31	1.26	18.0	7.8	1.00	.205	2.51	6.28
19	Kenny Rogers K. Rogers	6	May 2005	0	1.000	6	6	0.98	19	1	1	0	46.0	34	5	5	1	11	1	0	0	174	0	3.72	2.15	1.73	0.20	10.9	6.3	0.98	.232	0.98	6.65
20	Johan Santana J. Santana	6	August 2004	0	1.000	6	6	2.08	52	0	0	0	43.1	29	10	11	4	7	1	0	0	163	2	10.80	1.45	7.43	0.83	31.9	4.3	0.83	.253	2.28	6.02
21	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	6	May 2003	0	1.000	6	6	3.22	35	1	0	0	44.2	40	16	17	6	3	2	0	0	178	2	7.05	0.60	11.67	1.21	19.7	1.7	0.96	.258	3.43	8.06
22	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	6	August 2002	0	1.000	6	6	1.22	28	0	0	0	44.1	28	6	9	3	11	2	0	0	167	0	5.68	2.23	2.55	0.61	16.8	6.6	0.88	.203	1.83	5.68
23	Rodrigo Lopez R. Lopez	6	July 2002	0	1.000	6	6	2.57	35	0	0	0	42.0	31	12	13	7	14	2	0	0	168	0	7.50	3.00	2.50	1.50	20.8	8.3	1.07	.218	2.79	6.64
24	Mark Mulder M. Mulder	6	June 2002	0	1.000	6	6	2.51	31	1	1	0	43.0	40	12	14	2	13	1	0	0	182	2	6.49	2.72	2.38	0.42	17.0	7.1	1.23	.281	2.93	8.37
25	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	6	April 2002	0	1.000	6	6	1.37	61	2	1	0	46.0	28	7	8	2	11	1	0	0	173	0	11.93	2.15	5.55	0.39	35.3	6.4	0.85	.265	1.57	5.48

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