which pitcher has the most strikeouts in the month of april all-time

Nolan Ryan has fanned the most career hitters in the month of April, with 805 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	805	110	51	36	.586	103	3.15	27	9	1	727.2	503	255	286	50	412	22	4	7	3,037	31	9.96	5.10	1.95	0.62	26.5	13.6	1.26	.259	3.54	6.22
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	734	98	49	25	.662	97	3.72	18	8	0	644.1	507	266	287	79	250	34	1	6	2,646	13	10.25	3.49	2.94	1.10	27.7	9.4	1.17	.276	4.01	7.08
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	693	103	56	23	.709	103	2.67	16	7	0	722.1	544	214	244	50	244	20	0	6	2,923	13	8.63	3.04	2.84	0.62	23.7	8.3	1.09	.258	3.04	6.78
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	503	106	42	36	.538	90	3.50	29	5	2	681.2	640	265	312	49	255	5	6	26	2,884	37	6.64	3.37	1.97	0.65	17.4	8.8	1.31	.285	4.12	8.45
5	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	493	68	35	8	.814	61	2.64	3	1	0	422.0	291	124	139	28	119	24	1	6	1,672	11	10.51	2.54	4.14	0.60	29.5	7.1	0.97	.261	2.96	6.21
6	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	488	82	35	21	.625	63	3.45	9	5	4	474.2	414	182	186	55	107	10	12	6	1,924	10	9.25	2.03	4.56	1.04	25.4	5.6	1.10	.284	3.53	7.85
7	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	487	96	30	36	.455	96	3.61	26	6	0	680.2	661	273	301	69	199	21	0	8	2,843	14	6.44	2.63	2.45	0.91	17.1	7.0	1.26	.286	3.98	8.74
8	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	485	91	39	24	.619	89	2.60	27	9	0	637.1	509	184	205	53	173	8	1	12	2,567	19	6.85	2.44	2.80	0.75	18.9	6.7	1.07	.247	2.89	7.19
9	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	478	68	28	18	.609	67	3.37	1	1	0	411.1	355	154	171	46	121	17	0	2	1,681	11	10.46	2.65	3.95	1.01	28.4	7.2	1.16	.303	3.74	7.77
10	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	470	109	56	30	.651	108	3.03	10	6	0	718.0	658	242	279	50	146	19	0	25	2,912	10	5.89	1.83	3.22	0.63	16.1	5.0	1.12	.273	3.50	8.25
11	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	466	78	29	26	.527	78	3.59	2	0	0	483.2	402	193	219	51	160	13	0	5	1,999	12	8.67	2.98	2.91	0.95	23.3	8.0	1.16	.268	4.08	7.48
12	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	462	103	32	26	.552	70	3.16	8	4	20	495.0	440	174	185	40	154	8	28	13	2,036	17	8.40	2.80	3.00	0.73	22.7	7.6	1.20	.292	3.36	8.00
13	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	455	94	42	32	.568	87	3.19	40	5	1	677.1	615	240	267	57	163	15	3	22	2,766	19	6.05	2.17	2.79	0.76	16.4	5.9	1.15	.269	3.55	8.17
14	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	454	64	28	18	.609	64	2.79	1	1	0	409.0	306	127	139	41	102	5	0	5	1,610	16	9.99	2.24	4.45	0.90	28.2	6.3	1.00	.263	3.06	6.73
15	Don Sutton D. Sutton	453	103	47	37	.560	103	3.27	27	9	0	707.1	634	257	288	67	192	13	0	8	2,916	14	5.76	2.44	2.36	0.85	15.5	6.6	1.17	.259	3.66	8.07
16	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	442	72	32	20	.615	72	2.87	5	2	0	466.2	403	149	172	40	134	22	0	1	1,910	22	8.52	2.58	3.30	0.77	23.1	7.0	1.15	.285	3.32	7.77
17	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	436	115	34	39	.466	91	3.43	27	9	5	671.2	624	256	301	65	225	14	11	12	2,823	30	5.84	3.01	1.94	0.87	15.4	8.0	1.26	.268	4.03	8.36
18	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	432	81	36	18	.667	81	3.07	4	1	0	492.1	463	168	180	49	102	16	0	2	2,011	14	7.90	1.86	4.24	0.90	21.5	5.1	1.15	.293	3.29	8.46
19	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	432	93	39	28	.582	87	3.90	4	2	0	553.1	547	240	259	61	147	11	1	2	2,311	6	7.03	2.39	2.94	0.99	18.7	6.4	1.25	.293	4.21	8.90
20	CC Sabathia	429	85	33	27	.550	85	4.11	4	0	0	523.1	503	239	260	55	172	22	0	7	2,206	11	7.38	2.96	2.49	0.95	19.4	7.8	1.29	.293	4.47	8.65
21	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	418	103	51	27	.654	103	2.73	9	6	0	671.2	579	204	226	44	224	8	0	15	2,761	8	5.60	3.00	1.87	0.59	15.1	8.1	1.20	.259	3.03	7.76
22	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	400	91	42	26	.618	81	3.23	35	8	0	604.2	549	217	243	62	132	6	5	13	2,451	6	5.95	1.96	3.03	0.92	16.3	5.4	1.13	.263	3.62	8.17
23	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	390	76	37	23	.617	73	3.77	14	3	1	513.2	491	215	228	51	112	17	2	7	2,105	9	6.83	1.96	3.48	0.89	18.5	5.3	1.17	.287	3.99	8.60
24	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	389	71	26	22	.542	71	4.38	1	0	0	427.1	411	208	224	45	130	15	0	8	1,804	10	8.19	2.74	2.99	0.95	21.6	7.2	1.27	.299	4.72	8.66
25	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	387	109	39	33	.542	102	4.36	1	0	0	625.0	685	303	330	86	190	29	1	13	2,729	9	5.57	2.74	2.04	1.24	14.2	7.0	1.40	.294	4.75	9.86