most strikeouts by pitcher in august all-time

Nolan Ryan has fanned the most career batters in the month of August, with 984 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	984	139	52	53	.495	136	3.26	34	8	0	934.1	695	338	391	55	466	30	2	16	3,931	48	9.48	4.49	2.11	0.53	25.0	11.9	1.24	.267	3.77	6.69
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	862	132	69	26	.726	132	3.16	24	9	0	915.1	801	321	347	69	289	25	0	11	3,773	25	8.48	2.84	2.98	0.68	22.8	7.7	1.19	.290	3.41	7.88
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	861	106	55	27	.671	99	2.92	21	11	2	718.1	559	233	258	64	229	28	3	9	2,909	16	10.79	2.87	3.76	0.80	29.6	7.9	1.10	.287	3.23	7.00
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	735	131	54	49	.524	129	3.16	46	6	0	934.0	849	328	396	79	328	12	2	30	3,909	33	7.08	3.16	2.24	0.76	18.8	8.4	1.26	.279	3.82	8.18
5	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	671	160	89	49	.645	125	1.51	100	19	6	1152.2	922		345	19	285	37	34			30	5.24	2.23	2.35	0.15		6.3	1.05	.255	2.69	7.20
6	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	665	120	54	39	.581	119	2.60	44	12	0	906.0	745	262	295	61	272	15	1	24	3,656	26	6.61	2.70	2.44	0.61	18.2	7.4	1.12	.259	2.93	7.40
7	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	645	118	59	36	.621	116	2.89	44	12	0	863.0	770	277	313	62	222	23	1	12	3,519	16	6.73	2.32	2.91	0.65	18.3	6.3	1.15	.276	3.26	8.03
8	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	635	158	61	53	.535	134	3.45	40	5	6	983.2	940	377	447	93	316	21	12	9	4,131	46	5.81	2.89	2.01	0.85	15.4	7.6	1.28	.276	4.09	8.60
9	Don Sutton D. Sutton	622	133	53	39	.576	131	3.15	27	8	1	934.0	801	327	359	85	225	11	1	22	3,792	17	5.99	2.17	2.76	0.82	16.4	5.9	1.10	.251	3.46	7.72
10	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	613	142	56	58	.491	134	3.15	60	12	1	999.2	941	350	408	89	241	15	6	29	4,106	26	5.52	2.17	2.54	0.80	14.9	5.9	1.18	.271	3.67	8.47
11	CC Sabathia	611	97	52	24	.684	97	3.60	8	3	0	635.2	593	254	266	74	189	16	0	11	2,625	12	8.65	2.68	3.23	1.05	23.3	7.2	1.23	.299	3.77	8.40
12	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	595	87	41	27	.603	87	3.55	2	1	0	555.2	505	219	233	66	140	20	0	6	2,298	10	9.64	2.27	4.25	1.07	25.9	6.1	1.16	.297	3.77	8.18
13	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	592	91	41	29	.586	83	2.94	42	11	3	668.1	590	218	254	51	228	14	5	17	2,775	18	7.97	3.07	2.60	0.69	21.3	8.2	1.22	.285	3.42	7.95
14	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	582	134	41	26	.612	87	3.36	9	1	27	643.2	559	240	263	53	182	10	37	18	2,638	26	8.14	2.54	3.20	0.74	22.1	6.9	1.15	.279	3.68	7.82
15	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	574	115	55	35	.611	106	3.34	45	13	0	786.0	758	292	318	65	176	14	3	19	3,245	15	6.57	2.02	3.26	0.74	17.7	5.4	1.19	.287	3.64	8.68
16	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	570	110	34	27	.557	76	3.27	16	5	5	597.2	547	217	231	58	130	9	23	7	2,423	19	8.58	1.96	4.38	0.87	23.5	5.4	1.13	.295	3.48	8.24
17	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	569	80	36	15	.706	78	3.19	0	0	0	479.0	400	170	185	51	117	20	0	3	1,938	18	10.69	2.20	4.86	0.96	29.4	6.0	1.08	.296	3.48	7.52
18	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	550	125	64	32	.667	123	2.87	23	8	0	859.2	803	274	302	61	172	22	2	25	3,473	9	5.76	1.80	3.20	0.64	15.8	5.0	1.13	.278	3.16	8.41
19	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	544	118	46	29	.613	95	2.98	26	8	4	735.0	652	243	280	69	181	31	15	22	3,032	5	6.66	2.22	3.01	0.84	17.9	6.0	1.13	.264	3.43	7.98
20	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	543	87	39	20	.661	74	2.82	11	2	0	511.1	406	160	175	54	136	23	4	1	2,048	7	9.56	2.39	3.99	0.95	26.5	6.6	1.06	.272	3.08	7.15
21	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	519	94	42	34	.553	94	3.73	8	7	0	623.1	616	258	273	59	144	12	0	8	2,559	15	7.49	2.08	3.60	0.85	20.3	5.6	1.22	.305	3.94	8.89
22	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	516	105	41	27	.603	95	3.47	1	1	0	607.2	583	234	256	68	151	15	2	2	2,509	27	7.64	2.24	3.42	1.01	20.6	6.0	1.21	.293	3.79	8.63
23	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	507	126	39	48	.448	97	3.38	34	9	9	726.2	652	273	293	59	222	11	21	12	2,985	3	6.28	2.75	2.28	0.73	17.0	7.4	1.20	.271	3.63	8.08
24	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	506	109	38	29	.567	87	3.57	36	6	3	646.0	599	256	267	58	186	17	12	14	2,674	21	7.05	2.59	2.72	0.81	18.9	7.0	1.22	.284	3.72	8.35
25	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	501	144	84	36	.700	123	2.53	87	10	10	1027.0	877	289	314	70	281	5	20		4,151	13	4.39	2.46	1.78	0.61	12.1	6.8	1.13	.245	2.75	7.69