which pitcher has the most strikeouts in august a month of

Nolan Ryan has struck out the most batters in a month in the month of August, with 85 strikeouts in August 1974.

	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	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	85	August 1974	7	4	3	.571	7	1.88	6	0	0	62.1	40	13	15	2	24	2	0	1	250	1	12.27	3.47	3.54	0.29	34.0	9.6	1.03	.277	2.17	5.78
2	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	81	August 1904	8	5	3	.625	8	1.85	7	1	0	78.0	56	16	18	1	25	7	0			0	9.35	2.88	3.24	0.12		8.7	1.04	.320	2.08	6.46
3	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	80	August 1905	11	8	1	.889	8		6	4	0	74.1	51		18	2	23	1	3			1	9.69	2.78	3.48	0.24		12.1	1.00	.583	2.18	6.17
4	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	75	August 1973	8	4	3	.571	7	3.22	4	1	0	58.2	43	21	23	3	29	2	1	1	251	3	11.51	4.45	2.59	0.46	29.9	11.6	1.23	.282	3.53	6.60
5	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	73	August 1965	8	4	2	.667	7	2.55	5	1	1	60.0	38	17	18	5	14	0	1	3	233	4	10.95	2.10	5.21	0.75	31.3	6.0	0.87	.234	2.70	5.70
6	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	71	August 1965	9	4	3	.571	8	2.73	4	0	1	59.1	45	18	23	1	25	4	1	2	247	2	10.77	3.79	2.84	0.15	28.7	10.1	1.18	.301	3.49	6.83
7	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	71	August 1903	10	9	1	.900	10		8	0	0	83.1	85		35	1	19	3	0		358	4	7.67	2.05	3.74	0.11	19.8	5.3	1.25	.318	3.78	9.18
8	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
9	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	68	August 1998	6	4	0	1.000	6	0.90	3	3	0	50.0	25	5	7	0	10	0	0	0	184	0	12.24	1.80	6.80	0.00	37.0	5.4	0.70	.236	1.26	4.50
10	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	68	August 1903	8	2	6	.250	8	2.77	7	1	0	65.0	51	20	23	0	22	1	0			1	9.42	3.05	3.09	0.00		9.1	1.12	.340	3.18	7.06
11	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	66	August 1997	6	4	1	.800	6	1.09	3	0	0	49.1	24	6	10	2	18	1	0	1	191	1	12.04	3.28	3.67	0.36	34.6	9.4	0.85	.212	1.82	4.38
12	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	66	August 1983	7	3	3	.500	7	1.65	4	1	0	60.0	56	11	17	3	20	1	0	5	250	3	9.90	3.00	3.30	0.45	26.4	8.0	1.27	.331	2.55	8.40
13	Dazzy Vance D. Vance	66	August 1924	7	7	0	1.000	7	2.00	7	2	0	63.0	41	14	16	1	18	2	0		246	0	9.43	2.57	3.67	0.14	26.8	7.3	0.94	.252	2.29	5.86
14	Jack Powell J. Powell	66	August 1903	10	7	2	.778	9	0.93	9	2	1	87.1	63		17	1	14	1	1			0	6.80	1.44	4.71	0.10		4.2	0.88	.248	1.75	6.49
15	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	66	August 1902	9	6	3	.667	8	1.42	8	2	0	82.2	57	13	24	1	21	3	1			3	7.19	2.29	3.14	0.11		7.3	0.94	.283	2.61	6.21
16	Jack Coombs J. Coombs	65	August 1910	10	7	2	.778	9		8	3	0	86.1	60		13	0	27	1	1			2	6.78	2.81	2.41	0.00		8.1	1.01	.251	1.36	6.25
17	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
18	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	64	August 1977	8	3	5	.375	8	3.02	5	0	0	65.2	58	22	32	3	38	2	0	2	286	2	8.77	5.21	1.68	0.41	22.4	13.3	1.46	.307	4.39	7.95
19	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	64	August 1910	9	4	2	.667	7		6	5	2	67.2	37		10	0	14	0	2		255	1	8.51	1.86	4.57	0.00	25.1	5.5	0.75	.209	1.33	4.92
20	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
21	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	63	August 1999	6	3	1	.750	6	1.88	1	0	0	48.0	33	10	12	5	14	2	0	1	190	0	11.81	2.63	4.50	0.94	33.2	7.4	0.98	.264	2.25	6.19
22	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	63	August 1965	8	5	0	1.000	8	2.40	2	2	0	63.2	52	17	17	5	13	2	0	2	254	0	8.91	1.84	4.85	0.71	24.8	5.1	1.02	.275	2.40	7.35
23	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
24	J.R. Richard	62	August 1979	6	5	1	.833	6	0.67	6	1	0	54.0	30	4	5	0	18	1	0	1	208	1	10.33	3.00	3.44	0.00	29.8	8.7	0.89	.236	0.83	5.00
25	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	62	August 1972	7	3	3	.500	7	1.47	3	3	0	55.0	32	9	10	0	31	2	0	3	222	1	10.15	5.07	2.00	0.00	27.9	14.0	1.15	.252	1.64	5.24