The Baseball Scholar

Best Pitchers of April 2018

Dave Franks
1–2 minutes

Players who put together a good month deserve recognition despite the fact that one month is a small sampling of the season. The only qualification for eligibility is a player had to have 1 inning pitched per team game. Here are the best of the best from March and April 2018.


  • 1. Sean Manaea

    • Sean Manaea
    ERA- RE24 G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    24 15.55 6 6 4 2 1.03 43.2 1 1 0 6 5 7 37 7.6 0.62

  • 2. Johnny Cueto

    • Johnny Cueto
    ERA- RE24 G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    22 12.95 5 5 3 0 0.84 32 0 0 0 3 3 6 26 7.3 0.69

  • 3. Justin Verlander

    • Justin Verlander
    ERA- RE24 G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    33 13.39 6 6 4 0 1.36 39.2 0 0 0 7 6 8 48 10.9 0.73

  • 4. Gerrit Cole

    • Gerrit Cole
    ERA- RE24 G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    41 12.77 6 6 2 1 1.73 41.2 0 0 0 9 8 8 61 13.2 0.79

  • 5. Max Scherzer

    • Max Scherzer
    ERA- RE24 G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    41 9.86 6 6 5 1 1.62 39 1 1 0 10 7 9 57 13.2 0.82

  • 6. Corey Kluber

    • Corey Kluber
    ERA- RE24 G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    50 13.24 6 6 4 1 2.18 45.1 1 0 0 11 11 9 47 9.3 0.77

  • 7. Carlos Martinez

    • Carlos Martinez
    ERA- RE24 G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    37 11.18 6 6 2 1 1.43 37.2 0 0 0 7 6 17 40 9.6 1.06

  • 8. Patrick Corbin

    • Patrick Corbin
    ERA- RE24 G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    57 11.41 6 6 4 0 2.25 40 1 1 0 10 10 7 55 12.4 0.75

  • 9. Charlie Morton

    • Charlie Morton
    ERA- RE24 G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    41 9.75 6 6 4 0 1.72 36.2 0 0 0 8 7 13 45 11.1 0.98

  • 10. Rick Porcello

    • Rick Porcello
    ERA- RE24 G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    50 11.59 6 6 4 0 2.23 40.1 0 0 0 10 10 4 38 8.5 0.84

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