best single season era starter

	NAME	ERA	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Bock Baker B. Baker	7.71	1901	TOT	2	0	2	.000	2	1	1	0	0	14.0	29	12	24	0	12	1	0		2	0.64	7.71	0.08	0.00		23.5	2.93	.784	15.43	18.64
2	Bill Bernhard B. Bernhard	4.40	1901	PHA	27	16	10	.615	27	59	26	1	0	235.0	299	115	150	6	45	2	0		6	2.26	1.72	1.31	0.23		4.5	1.46	.330	5.74	11.45
3	Ben Beville B. Beville	4.00	1901	BSA	2	0	2	.000	2	1	1	0	0	9.0	8	4	7	0	10	1	0		0	1.00	10.00	0.10	0.00		28.6	2.00	.348	7.00	8.00
4	Jack Bracken J. Bracken	6.19	1901	CLE	12	4	8	.333	12	20	12	0	0	100.1	137	69	94	4	31	10	0	472	2	1.79	2.78	0.65	0.36	4.2	6.6	1.67	.327	8.43	12.29
5	Dick Braggins D. Braggins	4.13	1901	CLE	3	1	2	.333	3	1	2	0	0	24.0	28	11	17	0	11	1	0		2	0.38	4.13	0.09	0.00		13.8	1.63	.418	6.38	10.50
6	Ted Breitenstein T. Breitenstein	6.60	1901	STL	3	0	3	.000	3	3	1	0	0	15.0	24	11	26	1	14	0	0		1	1.80	8.40	0.21	0.60		33.3	2.53	.958	15.60	14.40
7	Roger Bresnahan R. Bresnahan	12.00	1901	BAL	1	0	1	.000	1	1	0	0	0	3.0	6	4	8	0	4	0	0		0	3.00	12.00	0.25	0.00			3.33		24.00	18.00
8	Jimmy Callahan J. Callahan	2.25	1901	CWS	22	14	6	.700	22	65	20	1	0	195.2	171	49	81	4	43	7	0		4	2.99	1.98	1.51	0.18		5.7	1.09	.265	3.73	7.87
9	Bill Carrick B. Carrick	3.63	1901	WSH	37	13	22	.371	37	66	34	0	0	295.0	335	119	180	10	77	20	0		6	2.01	2.35	0.86	0.31		6.2	1.40	.303	5.49	10.22
10	Charlie Case C. Case	4.67	1901	CIN	3	1	2	.333	3	5	3	0	0	27.0	34	14	21	0	6	0	0	122	0	1.67	2.00	0.83	0.00	4.1	4.9	1.48	.306	7.00	11.33
11	Jack Chesbro J. Chesbro	2.38	1901	PIT	28	19	9	.679	28	108	26	6	0	249.1	224	66	87	3	42	11	0		3	3.90	1.52	2.57	0.11		4.5	1.07	.284	3.14	8.09
12	Bill Cristall B. Cristall	4.84	1901	CLE	6	1	5	.167	6	12	5	1	0	48.1	54	26	42	1	31	4	0		2	2.23	5.77	0.39	0.19		14.8	1.76	.329	7.82	10.06
13	Jack Cronin J. Cronin	3.88	1901	DET	28	12	16	.429	28	61	21	1	0	213.2	251	92	137	6	40	11	0		5	2.57	1.68	1.53	0.25		5.3	1.36	.382	5.77	10.57
14	Ellsworth Cunningham E. Cunningham	5.00	1901	CHO	1	0	1	.000	1	2	1	0	0	9.0	11	5	6	0	3	0	0	40	0	2.00	3.00	0.67	0.00	5.0	7.5	1.56	.314	6.00	11.00
15	Nig Cuppy N. Cuppy	4.32	1901	BSA	11	4	6	.400	11	20	9	0	0	85.1	104	41	54	1	10	2	0		1	2.11	1.05	2.00	0.11		3.1	1.34	.354	5.70	10.97
16	Dummy Deegan D. Deegan	10.13	1901	NYG	1	0	1	.000	1	1	1	0	0	8.0	17	9	13	0	4	0	0	43	1	1.13	4.50	0.25	0.00	2.3	9.3	2.63	.447	14.63	19.13
17	Roger Denzer R. Denzer	3.29	1901	NYG	9	2	6	.250	9	17	3	1	0	52.0	58	19	26	2	5	0	0		1	2.94	0.87	3.40	0.35		4.8	1.21	.691	4.50	10.04
18	Bill Dinneen B. Dinneen	2.82	1901	BSN	34	14	18	.438	34	135	31	0	0	299.2	286	94	127	7	75	6	0		8	4.05	2.25	1.80	0.21		6.4	1.20	.293	3.81	8.59
19	Ed Doheny E. Doheny	2.45	1901	TOT	16	9	6	.600	16	50	12	1	0	128.1	121	35	59	2	32	8	0		5	3.51	2.24	1.56	0.14		7.0	1.19	.327	4.14	8.49
20	Red Donahue R. Donahue	2.65	1901	PHN	33	20	13	.606	33	82	33	1	0	288.1	294	85	111	2	57	9	0	1,213	3	2.56	1.78	1.44	0.06	6.8	4.7	1.22	.275	3.46	9.18
21	Bill Donovan B. Donovan	2.77	1901	BKN	38	23	14	.622	38	215	36	2	0	331.1	303	102	140	1	142	6	0		9	5.84	3.86	1.51	0.03		10.5	1.34	.306	3.80	8.23
22	Pete Dowling P. Dowling	3.83	1901	TOT	34	12	22	.353	34	105	31	2	0	272.2	290	116	179	0	104	17	0		8	3.47	3.43	1.01	0.00		9.0	1.44	.311	5.91	9.57
23	Bill Duggleby B. Duggleby	2.47	1901	PHN	29	16	11	.593	29	79	26	5	0	247.1	253	68	98	7	34	7	0		1	2.87	1.24	2.32	0.25		3.6	1.16	.304	3.57	9.21
24	Jack Dunn J. Dunn	5.17	1901	TOT	8	3	4	.429	8	6	6	0	0	55.2	73	32	51	2	25	3	0		0	0.97	4.04	0.24	0.32		10.9	1.76	.368	8.25	11.80
25	Frank Dupee F. Dupee		1901	CWS	1	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	3	3	0	3	0	0		0			0.00

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MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

37

Schwarber

36

Alvarez

35

Caminero

RBI Leaders

91

Stewart

91

Abrams

88

Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

.321

Alvarez

.316

Arraez

.309

Moreno

Hit Leaders

149

Lopez

148

Arraez

142

Alvarez

Run Leaders

100

Wood

87

Olson

86

Crow-Armstrong

OBP Leaders

.436

Alvarez

.396

Kurtz

.393

Wood

SLG Leaders

.622

Alvarez

.546

Olson

.544

Caminero

SB Leaders

40

Nuñez

35

Simpson

32

Witt

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

15

Sánchez

15

Gray

14

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

210

Misiorowski

191

Cease

190

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.75

Misiorowski

2.16

Sale

2.19

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.75

Misiorowski

0.89

Yamamoto

0.91

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.60

Misiorowski

13.09

Cease

11.48

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.77

Misiorowski

5.78

Rasmussen

5.71

Sale

Walk Leaders

20

Martinez

23

Rasmussen

27

Ryan

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,076.9

Ohtani

1,685.7

Crow-Armstrong

1,680.4

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,450.6

Ohtani

1,282

Crow-Armstrong

1,259

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

73-49

72-53

70-52

68-55

68-56

Worst Record ATS

46-78

49-75

51-73

53-70

56-66

57-67

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	73	50	.593
Phillies	66	58	.532	7.5
Marlins	63	61	.508	10.5
Nationals	60	65	.480	14.0
Mets	55	69	.444	18.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	76	48	.613
Cubs	72	52	.581	4.0
Cardinals	62	61	.504	13.5
Reds	59	63	.484	16.0
Pirates	60	65	.480	16.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	74	50	.597
Diamondbacks	66	58	.532	8.0
Padres	66	58	.532	8.0
Giants	51	72	.415	22.5
Rockies	49	74	.398	24.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	74	48	.607
Yankees	68	55	.553	6.5
Red Sox	66	57	.537	8.5
Blue Jays	61	64	.488	14.5
Orioles	60	63	.488	14.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	64	58	.525
Tigers	60	63	.488	4.5
Twins	60	64	.484	5.0
Guardians	60	64	.484	5.0
Royals	50	74	.403	15.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	63	61	.508
Rangers	60	63	.488	2.5
Mariners	58	66	.468	5.0
Angels	49	75	.395	14.0
Athletics	48	74	.393	14.0