most strikeouts in april by a pitcher all-time in a season

Shane Bieber has struck out the most hitters in a season in the month of April, with 68 strikeouts in 2021.

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 Shane Bieber
S. Bieber
68
2021
CLE CLE
6
3
2
.600
6
2.76
0
0
0
42.1
28
13
13
5
14
1
0
0
172
3
14.46
2.98
4.86
1.06
39.5
8.1
0.99
.274
2.76
5.95
2 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
64
2000
ARI 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
3 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
63
1999
ARI 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
4 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
62
2021
NYY NYY
6
4
1
.800
6
1.43
0
0
0
37.2
24
6
7
1
3
1
0
0
140
2
14.81
0.72
20.67
0.24
44.3
2.1
0.72
.315
1.67
5.73
5 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
61
2018
HOU HOU
6
2
1
.667
6
1.73
0
0
0
41.2
25
8
9
3
8
2
0
0
155
3
13.18
1.73
7.63
0.65
39.4
5.2
0.79
.272
1.94
5.40
6 Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
61
2002
ARI ARI
6
5
1
.833
6
3.07
1
1
0
44.0
35
15
15
5
6
0
0
0
169
0
12.48
1.23
10.17
1.02
36.1
3.6
0.93
.309
3.07
7.16
7 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
61
2002
ARI ARI
6
6
0
1.000
6
1.37
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
8 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
61
2001
ARI 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
9 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
60
1988
BOS 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
10 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
59
2021
NYM NYM
5
2
2
.500
5
0.51
1
1
0
35.0
16
2
5
2
4
0
0
0
123
0
15.17
1.03
14.75
0.51
48.0
3.3
0.57
.241
1.29
4.11
11 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
59
1978
CAL 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
12 Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
58
2013
TEX TEX
6
5
1
.833
6
2.33
0
0
0
38.2
23
10
10
1
13
3
0
0
151
1
13.50
3.03
4.46
0.23
38.4
8.6
0.93
.289
2.33
5.35
13 Javier Vazquez
J. Vazquez
58
2003
MON MON
6
3
1
.750
6
2.50
0
0
0
39.2
31
11
11
6
5
0
0
0
153
2
13.16
1.13
11.60
1.36
37.9
3.3
0.91
.298
2.50
7.03
14 Vida Blue
V. Blue
58
1971
OAK 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
15 Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
57
1998
BOS 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
16 Tyler Glasnow
T. Glasnow
56
2021
TBR TBR
6
3
1
.750
6
1.67
0
0
0
37.2
19
7
7
2
11
0
0
0
143
4
13.38
2.63
5.09
0.48
39.2
7.7
0.80
.230
1.67
4.54
17 Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
56
1998
PHI 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
18 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
55
2019
HOU HOU
6
2
3
.400
6
4.34
0
0
0
37.1
25
18
19
5
15
0
0
0
148
1
13.26
3.62
3.67
1.21
37.2
10.1
1.07
.274
4.58
6.03
19 Kevin Gausman
K. Gausman
54
2023
TOR TOR
6
2
2
.500
6
2.33
0
0
0
38.2
33
10
14
4
6
0
0
0
154
0
12.57
1.40
9.00
0.93
35.1
3.9
1.01
.322
3.26
7.68
20 Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
54
2001
BOS 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
21 Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
54
1983
PHI 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
22 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
54
1973
CAL 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
23 Mark Langston
M. Langston
53
1988
SEA 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
24 Chris Sale
C. Sale
52
2017
BOS BOS
5
1
2
.333
5
1.19
0
0
0
37.2
23
5
6
1
6
1
0
0
139
0
12.42
1.43
8.67
0.24
37.4
4.3
0.77
.278
1.43
5.50
25 Mickey Lolich
M. Lolich
52
1970
DET 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
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