current pitchers with the most career strikeouts

Justin Verlander has fanned the most career batters 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	3,520	493	221	122	.644	484	3.26	12	5	0	3004.0	2,476	1,089	1,162	365	796	115	2	20	12,168	81	10.55	2.38	4.42	1.09	28.9	6.5	1.09	.286	3.48	78	3.27	79	7.42	292.9
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,739	415	157	96	.621	334	2.96	16	3	12	2213.0	1,795	728	786	221	515	140	25	15	8,906	48	11.14	2.09	5.32	0.90	30.8	5.8	1.04	.297	3.20	69	2.84	68	7.30	329.9
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,343	332	159	86	.649	332	3.18	8	5	0	2040.2	1,702	721	772	228	519	62	0	7	8,214	58	10.33	2.29	4.51	1.01	28.5	6.3	1.09	.291	3.40	79	3.16	77	7.51	221.9
5	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	2,092	386	118	124	.488	347	3.86	4	2	0	2050.0	1,974	880	942	250	573	39	11	12	8,574	65	9.18	2.52	3.65	1.10	24.4	6.7	1.24	.307	4.14	93	3.59	85	8.67	144.5
6	Sonny Gray S. Gray	2,035	361	139	105	.570	352	3.53	7	5	0	2043.2	1,787	802	876	205	654	62	2	5	8,462	107	8.96	2.88	3.11	0.90	24.0	7.7	1.19	.287	3.86	85	3.51	85	7.87	144.1
7	Aaron Nola A. Nola	2,014	310	113	98	.536	310	3.94	6	4	0	1845.2	1,665	807	848	247	495	57	0	18	7,606	20	9.82	2.41	4.07	1.20	26.5	6.5	1.17	.296	4.14	93	3.61	84	8.12	136.4
8	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,998	271	104	73	.588	271	2.67	4	2	0	1660.1	1,283	493	530	163	376	25	0	16	6,543	33	10.83	2.04	5.31	0.88	30.5	5.7	1.00	.281	2.87	68	2.74	67	6.95	251.2
9	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,957	303	123	79	.609	303	3.26	5	3	0	1843.2	1,561	667	721	180	519	79	0	14	7,540	42	9.55	2.53	3.77	0.88	26.0	6.9	1.13	.287	3.52	81	3.27	79	7.62	179.4
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	4.2
11	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,847	289	98	88	.527	284	3.89	2	1	0	1572.2	1,360	679	730	233	673	52	1	19	6,651	65	10.57	3.85	2.74	1.33	27.8	10.1	1.29	.293	4.18	93	4.10	100	7.78	-2.8
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	1,624	338	112	93	.546	319	3.91	5	3	0	1835.0	1,789	798	845	212	498	62	5	17	7,679	59	7.97	2.44	3.26	1.04	21.1	6.5	1.25	.299	4.14	96	3.78	92	8.77	64.2
14	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,594	265	87	93	.483	262	3.66	1	0	0	1521.1	1,322	618	678	191	488	53	2	9	6,308	21	9.43	2.89	3.27	1.13	25.3	7.7	1.19	.284	4.01	89	3.77	90	7.82	73.6
15	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,533	333	115	83	.581	312	3.85	2	2	0	1778.0	1,703	761	808	212	544	47	4	19	7,458	47	7.76	2.75	2.82	1.07	20.6	7.3	1.26	.291	4.09	95	3.97	97	8.62	19.8
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	3.81	90	7.57	60.6
18	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,455	224	81	63	.563	224	3.16	1	1	0	1167.0	900	410	446	111	524	11	0	6	4,831	87	11.22	4.04	2.78	0.86	30.1	10.8	1.22	.289	3.44	77	3.29	79	6.94	115.4
19	Dylan Cease D. Cease	1,422	210	72	63	.533	210	3.71	4	4	0	1146.2	939	473	522	130	486	38	0	9	4,833	60	11.16	3.81	2.93	1.02	29.4	10.1	1.24	.293	4.10	89	3.52	82	7.37	93.4
20	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	1,398	265	105	70	.600	259	4.04	0	0	0	1448.0	1,409	650	688	180	502	32	1	9	6,169	17	8.69	3.12	2.78	1.12	22.7	8.1	1.32	.303	4.28	92	3.95	95	8.76	38.5
21	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,381	904	62	51	.549	0	2.50	0	0	394	861.0	506	239	266	56	426	34	596	7	3,509	89	14.44	4.45	3.24	0.59	39.4	12.1	1.08	.279	2.78	61	2.37	57	5.29	168.2
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	5.6
23	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,315	970	57	44	.564	0	2.62	0	0	490	960.0	630	279	299	93	302	32	727	21	3,817	22	12.33	2.83	4.35	0.87	34.5	7.9	0.97	.259	2.80	66	2.69	66	5.91	144.7
24	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	1,314	885	56	50	.528	0	2.67	0	0	440	856.1	521	254	283	79	363	42	672	12	3,453	74	13.81	3.82	3.62	0.83	38.1	10.5	1.03	.267	2.97	65	2.67	65	5.48	131.4
25	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	1,290	268	83	71	.539	221	4.09	3	3	0	1349.2	1,253	613	666	185	382	73	11	4	5,650	38	8.60	2.55	3.38	1.23	22.8	6.8	1.21	.287	4.44	101	4.03	98	8.36	14.7

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26

Dingler

RBI

81

Dingler

AVG

.285

McGonigle

Team Pitching Leaders

9

Montero

116

Skubal

ERA

1.46

Melton

Team Rankings

148

12th

557

11th

1,000

19th

ERA

3.52

3rd

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	63	58	.521
Tigers	60	62	.492	3.5
Twins	60	63	.488	4.0
Guardians	59	64	.480	5.0
Royals	49	73	.402	14.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/15	CWS	@	DET	1:10 PM
Sun 8/16	CWS	@	DET	1:40 PM
Mon 8/17	DET	@	PIT	7:05 PM
Tue 8/18	DET	@	PIT	6:40 PM
Wed 8/19	DET	@	PIT	12:35 PM

Last Game

White Sox

63 - 58

Final

Tigers

60 - 62

Fri 14 Aug 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

37

Schwarber

36

Alvarez

35

Caminero

RBI Leaders

91

Abrams

89

Stewart

88

Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

.323

Alvarez

.316

Arraez

.312

Lopez

Hit Leaders

149

Lopez

147

Arraez

142

Alvarez

Run Leaders

100

Wood

86

Crow-Armstrong

86

Olson

OBP Leaders

.437

Alvarez

.396

Kurtz

.393

Wood

SLG Leaders

.626

Alvarez

.548

Caminero

.546

García

SB Leaders

40

Nuñez

35

Simpson

32

Witt

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

15

Sánchez

14

Burns

14

Gray

Strikeout Leaders

204

Misiorowski

191

Cease

190

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.76

Misiorowski

2.16

Sale

2.21

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.74

Misiorowski

0.89

Yamamoto

0.91

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.80

Misiorowski

13.09

Cease

11.48

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.80

Misiorowski

5.87

Schlittler

5.78

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

20

Martinez

23

Rasmussen

27

Ryan

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,061.4

Ohtani

1,685.7

Crow-Armstrong

1,674.2

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,438.6

Ohtani

1,282

Crow-Armstrong

1,255

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

72-49

70-51

71-53

68-55

67-55

Worst Record ATS

45-78

48-75

50-72

53-69

55-66

56-66

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	73	49	.598
Phillies	65	58	.528	8.5
Marlins	62	61	.504	11.5
Nationals	60	64	.484	14.0
Mets	54	69	.439	19.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	75	47	.615
Cubs	72	51	.585	3.5
Cardinals	61	61	.500	14.0
Reds	59	62	.488	15.5
Pirates	60	64	.484	16.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	73	49	.598
Padres	66	57	.537	7.5
Diamondbacks	65	58	.528	8.5
Giants	50	71	.413	22.5
Rockies	48	73	.397	24.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	74	47	.612
Yankees	68	54	.557	6.5
Red Sox	65	57	.533	9.5
Blue Jays	60	64	.484	15.5
Orioles	59	63	.484	15.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	63	58	.521
Tigers	60	62	.492	3.5
Twins	60	63	.488	4.0
Guardians	59	64	.480	5.0
Royals	49	73	.402	14.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	64	60	.516
Rangers	60	62	.492	3.0
Mariners	57	66	.463	6.5
Angels	48	74	.393	15.0
Athletics	47	74	.388	15.5

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 7/30	TEX	@	TBR	2-3
Thu 7/30	SFG	@	SDP	4-1
Fri 7/31	NYY	@	CHC	2-0
Fri 7/31	PIT	@	CIN	7-8
Fri 7/31	PHI	@	BAL	4-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/15	CWS	@	DET	1:10 PM
Sat 8/15	STL	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Sat 8/15	NYY	@	TOR	3:07 PM
Sat 8/15	COL	@	SFG	4:05 PM
Sat 8/15	WSH	@	NYM	4:10 PM

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