Highs and Lows of a Strikeout Record

At least strikeout-wise, the Phillies' pitching staff had the best first month of the season in major league history. (Let that roll around in your NFL Draft-cluttered brain for a little while.)

Although that honor was earned on the mound, you need to know that their 10.193 K/9IP is also a product of the game itself: The top nine MLB teams on the list were all from 2013-16 (see list below).

And before you start asking Villanova to return the Championship Parade buses to CBP, note that among all-time Phillies teams, the 1961 club had the 14th-best K/9IP in team history. And that club went on to record an MLB-record 23 consecutive losses.