active pitchers with most career strikeouts

Justin Verlander has struck out the most career hitters by an active pitcher, with 3,554 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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,554	556	266	159	.626	556	3.33	26	9	0	3571.1	3,052	1,322	1,433	372	1,006	121	0	28	14,626	100	8.96	2.54	3.53	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	79	3.44	81	7.69	309.9
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,507	490	221	121	.646	481	3.27	12	5	0	2987.2	2,464	1,085	1,158	363	793	115	2	20	12,104	80	10.56	2.39	4.42	1.09	29.0	6.6	1.09	.287	3.49	79	3.27	79	7.42	291.9
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,722	413	157	94	.625	332	2.96	16	3	12	2201.0	1,785	724	782	221	513	140	25	15	8,860	48	11.13	2.10	5.31	0.90	30.7	5.8	1.04	.297	3.20	69	2.85	68	7.30	325.4
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,324	329	157	85	.649	329	3.19	8	5	0	2022.0	1,687	717	767	228	514	62	0	7	8,140	58	10.34	2.29	4.52	1.01	28.6	6.3	1.09	.291	3.41	79	3.17	77	7.51	217
5	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	2,077	383	116	123	.485	344	3.86	4	2	0	2032.2	1,954	871	933	248	570	39	11	12	8,501	65	9.20	2.52	3.64	1.10	24.4	6.7	1.24	.306	4.13	93	3.59	85	8.65	142.8
6	Sonny Gray S. Gray	2,023	359	138	104	.570	350	3.54	7	5	0	2031.2	1,778	800	874	204	651	60	2	5	8,413	106	8.96	2.88	3.11	0.90	24.0	7.7	1.20	.287	3.87	86	3.51	85	7.88	143
7	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,992	307	112	98	.533	307	3.94	6	4	0	1829.2	1,648	801	842	243	488	57	0	18	7,537	20	9.80	2.40	4.08	1.20	26.4	6.5	1.17	.295	4.14	93	3.60	84	8.11	137.6
8	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,983	268	103	71	.592	268	2.65	4	2	0	1650.0	1,267	485	522	162	369	25	0	15	6,491	33	10.82	2.01	5.37	0.88	30.5	5.7	0.99	.280	2.85	67	2.74	67	6.91	250.3
9	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,943	300	123	77	.615	300	3.24	5	3	0	1831.1	1,547	659	712	179	513	78	0	14	7,482	42	9.55	2.52	3.79	0.88	26.0	6.9	1.12	.287	3.50	81	3.27	79	7.60	178.5
10	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,923	392	113	146	.436	369	4.54	7	2	3	2127.2	2,277	1,074	1,152	296	655	57	11	24	9,169	68	8.13	2.77	2.94	1.25	21.0	7.1	1.38	.318	4.87	108	4.15	100	9.63	4.1
11	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,841	287	98	87	.530	282	3.87	2	1	0	1563.2	1,351	673	724	231	665	52	1	19	6,609	63	10.60	3.83	2.77	1.33	27.9	10.1	1.29	.293	4.17	92	4.08	100	7.78	0.5
12	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,836	392	115	113	.504	366	3.79	2	2	0	2142.1	2,088	901	976	225	658	59	7	23	8,993	76	7.71	2.76	2.79	0.95	20.4	7.3	1.28	.300	4.10	91	3.79	91	8.77	86.9
13	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,622	337	112	93	.546	318	3.92	5	3	0	1829.2	1,785	797	844	212	496	62	5	17	7,657	59	7.98	2.44	3.27	1.04	21.2	6.5	1.25	.299	4.15	96	3.79	92	8.78	63.6
14	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,579	263	86	93	.480	260	3.65	1	0	0	1510.1	1,315	613	673	190	485	53	2	9	6,267	21	9.41	2.89	3.26	1.13	25.2	7.7	1.19	.284	4.01	89	3.78	90	7.84	71.2
15	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,527	331	115	83	.581	310	3.86	2	2	0	1765.2	1,693	757	804	210	541	47	4	19	7,409	47	7.78	2.76	2.82	1.07	20.6	7.3	1.27	.292	4.10	95	3.96	97	8.63	20.7
16	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,481	275	108	82	.568	273	4.08	5	1	0	1571.2	1,474	713	765	219	473	98	0	7	6,607	35	8.48	2.71	3.13	1.25	22.4	7.2	1.24	.289	4.38	97	4.18	98	8.44	16.3
17	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,461	240	97	74	.567	235	3.72	3	1	0	1328.1	1,117	549	594	162	503	66	1	5	5,572	68	9.90	3.41	2.90	1.10	26.2	9.0	1.22	.283	4.02	90	3.82	90	7.57	60.5
18	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,445	223	81	63	.563	223	3.17	1	1	0	1161.0	897	409	445	111	523	11	0	6	4,809	86	11.20	4.05	2.76	0.86	30.0	10.9	1.22	.289	3.45	77	3.30	79	6.95	112.8
19	Dylan Cease D. Cease	1,405	208	72	63	.533	208	3.73	4	4	0	1134.2	932	470	519	128	481	38	0	9	4,785	59	11.14	3.82	2.92	1.02	29.4	10.1	1.25	.294	4.12	89	3.52	82	7.39	92.5
20	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	1,385	263	104	69	.601	257	4.03	0	0	0	1435.1	1,393	643	679	180	500	32	1	9	6,112	17	8.68	3.14	2.77	1.13	22.7	8.2	1.32	.302	4.26	92	3.97	95	8.73	34.9
21	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,380	901	62	50	.554	0	2.49	0	0	393	858.0	503	237	263	55	425	34	594	7	3,496	88	14.48	4.46	3.25	0.58	39.5	12.2	1.08	.280	2.76	61	2.35	57	5.28	169.4
22	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	1,353	258	70	78	.473	213	4.47	2	0	3	1227.0	1,119	610	639	197	433	34	13	7	5,173	53	9.92	3.18	3.12	1.44	26.2	8.4	1.26	.292	4.69	105	4.18	99	8.21	5.7
23	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	1,313	883	56	50	.528	0	2.65	0	0	440	854.1	520	252	281	79	360	42	671	12	3,444	74	13.83	3.79	3.65	0.83	38.1	10.5	1.03	.267	2.96	65	2.67	65	5.48	131.9
24	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,310	966	56	44	.560	0	2.61	0	0	487	956.0	627	277	297	93	300	32	724	21	3,800	21	12.33	2.82	4.37	0.88	34.5	7.9	0.97	.259	2.80	66	2.69	66	5.90	143.7
25	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	1,272	266	81	71	.533	219	4.11	3	3	0	1336.2	1,243	610	663	184	377	71	11	4	5,597	38	8.56	2.54	3.37	1.24	22.7	6.7	1.21	.287	4.46	101	4.05	98	8.37	13

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23

Dingler

RBI

72

Dingler

AVG

.285

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Team Pitching Leaders

7

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116

Skubal

ERA

1.75

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Team Rankings

134

10th

486

15th

921

18th

ERA

3.60

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	58	51	.532
Guardians	56	55	.505	3.0
Twins	56	55	.505	3.0
Tigers	52	58	.473	6.5
Royals	46	65	.414	13.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/1	DET	@	ATH	9:40 PM
Sun 8/2	DET	@	ATH	4:05 PM
Tue 8/4	DET	@	SEA	9:40 PM
Wed 8/5	DET	@	SEA	9:40 PM
Thu 8/6	DET	@	SEA	4:10 PM

Last Game

Tigers

52 - 58

Final

Athletics

45 - 65

Fri 31 Jul 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

35

Alvarez

33

Schwarber

31

Rice

RBI Leaders

84

Stewart

83

Abrams

82

Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

.328

Arraez

.324

Alvarez

.322

Lopez

Hit Leaders

138

Lopez

136

Arraez

128

Alvarez

Run Leaders

99

Wood

75

Reynolds

75

Turner

OBP Leaders

.436

Alvarez

.408

Soto

.398

Wood

SLG Leaders

.641

Alvarez

.569

Rice

.563

Abrams

SB Leaders

39

Nuñez

30

Chisholm

30

Witt

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

13

Sánchez

13

Gray

12

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

185

Misiorowski

174

Cease

168

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.58

Misiorowski

2.04

Schlittler

2.08

Sale

WHIP Leaders

0.75

Misiorowski

0.90

Yamamoto

0.91

Schlittler

K/9 Leaders

13.87

Misiorowski

13.12

Cease

11.34

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.61

Misiorowski

6.35

Schlittler

5.89

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

19

Rasmussen

20

Martinez

21

Wrobleski

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,918.5

Ohtani

1,648.8

Wood

1,531.8

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,328.6

Ohtani

1,225

Wood

1,148

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

65-44

66-45

62-47

61-48

61-49

60-50

Worst Record ATS

42-69

42-68

49-61

50-60

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	65	45	.591
Phillies	57	53	.518	8.0
Marlins	56	55	.505	9.5
Nationals	55	56	.495	10.5
Mets	47	64	.423	18.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	68	41	.624
Cubs	62	48	.564	6.5
Pirates	55	56	.495	14.0
Cardinals	54	56	.491	14.5
Reds	52	57	.477	16.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	69	41	.627
Diamondbacks	58	52	.527	11.0
Padres	56	54	.509	13.0
Giants	47	63	.427	22.0
Rockies	43	67	.391	26.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	64	45	.587
Yankees	62	48	.564	2.5
Red Sox	58	51	.532	6.0
Orioles	54	56	.491	10.5
Blue Jays	51	59	.464	13.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	58	51	.532
Twins	56	55	.505	3.0
Guardians	56	55	.505	3.0
Tigers	52	58	.473	6.5
Royals	46	65	.414	13.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	56	55	.505
Rangers	55	55	.500	0.5
Mariners	53	58	.477	3.0
Athletics	45	65	.409	10.5
Angels	42	68	.382	13.5

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 7/17	TBR	@	BOS	0-10
Fri 7/17	LAD	@	NYY	2-1
Fri 7/17	TEX	@	ATL	1-15
Fri 7/17	CWS	@	TOR	12-4
Fri 7/17	MIN	@	CHC	5-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/1	STL	@	TOR	3:07 PM
Sat 8/1	CWS	@	TBR	4:10 PM
Sat 8/1	MIA	@	NYM	4:10 PM
Sat 8/1	MIN	@	SEA	4:10 PM
Sat 8/1	PIT	@	CIN	6:40 PM

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