detroit tigers single season k leaders since 2008

Since 2008, Justin Verlander has fanned the most batters for the Tigers in a season, with 269 strikeouts in 2009.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	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	269	2009	DET	35	19	9	.679	35	3.45	3	1	0	240.0	219	92	99	20	63	6	0	5	982	8	10.09	2.36	4.27	0.75	27.4	6.4	1.18	.319	3.71	76	2.79	63	8.21	43.9
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	254	2016	DET	34	16	9	.640	34	3.04	2	0	0	227.2	171	77	81	30	57	8	0	1	903	6	10.04	2.25	4.46	1.19	28.1	6.3	1.00	.255	3.20	72	3.48	81	6.76	20.3
3	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	252	2014	DET	33	18	5	.783	33	3.15	1	1	0	220.1	196	77	80	18	63	6	0	1	904	10	10.29	2.57	4.00	0.74	27.9	7.0	1.18	.315	3.27	82	2.84	74	8.01	23.9
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	250	2011	DET	34	24	5	.828	34	2.40	4	2	0	251.0	174	67	73	24	57	3	0	0	969	7	8.96	2.04	4.39	0.86	25.8	5.9	0.92	.236	2.62	58	2.99	74	6.24	29.4
5	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	241	2025	DET	31	13	6	.684	31	2.21	1	1	0	195.1	141	48	55	18	33	5	0	0	748	3	11.10	1.52	7.30	0.83	32.2	4.4	0.89	.273	2.53	54	2.44	58	6.50	38.1
6	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	240	2013	DET	32	21	3	.875	32	2.90	0	0	0	214.1	152	69	73	18	56	4	0	0	836	6	10.08	2.35	4.29	0.76	28.7	6.7	0.97	.259	3.07	72	2.74	69	6.38	29.2
7	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	239	2012	DET	33	17	8	.680	33	2.64	6	1	0	238.1	192	70	81	19	60	5	0	2	956	2	9.03	2.27	3.98	0.72	25.0	6.3	1.06	.273	3.06	64	2.94	70	7.25	32.4
8	Matthew Boyd M. Boyd	238	2019	DET	32	9	12	.429	32	4.56	0	0	0	185.1	178	94	101	39	50	8	0	1	788	6	11.56	2.43	4.76	1.89	30.2	6.3	1.23	.307	4.90	99	4.31	94	8.64	5.3
9	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	231	2012	DET	32	16	7	.696	32	3.74	0	0	0	187.2	179	78	82	23	60	5	0	2	787	2	11.08	2.88	3.85	1.10	29.4	7.6	1.27	.333	3.93	90	3.26	78	8.58	18.9
10	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	228	2024	DET	31	18	4	.818	31	2.39	0	0	0	192.0	142	51	54	15	35	9	0	0	753	2	10.69	1.64	6.51	0.70	30.3	4.6	0.92	.273	2.53	60	2.49	61	6.66	34.1
11	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	219	2010	DET	33	18	9	.667	33	3.37	4	0	0	224.1	190	84	89	14	71	6	0	0	925	11	8.79	2.85	3.08	0.56	23.7	7.7	1.16	.286	3.57	80	2.96	70	7.62	30.9
12	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	217	2013	DET	34	13	12	.520	34	3.46	0	0	0	218.1	212	84	94	19	75	4	0	1	925	3	8.95	3.09	2.89	0.78	23.5	8.1	1.31	.316	3.87	86	3.27	83	8.74	16.7
13	Anibal Sanchez A. Sanchez	202	2013	DET	29	14	8	.636	29	2.57	1	1	0	182.0	156	52	56	9	54	2	0	1	746	7	9.99	2.67	3.74	0.45	27.1	7.2	1.15	.307	2.77	64	2.39	60	7.71	31.8
14	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	188	2025	DET	31	8	15	.348	31	4.64	0	0	0	161.0	147	83	85	23	59	5	0	1	681	4	10.51	3.30	3.19	1.29	27.6	8.7	1.28	.305	4.75	112	3.84	91	8.22	6.6
15	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	184	2010	DET	31	12	11	.522	31	3.50	0	0	0	195.2	174	76	84	20	70	7	0	1	800	8	8.46	3.22	2.63	0.92	23.0	8.8	1.25	.297	3.86	83	3.70	88	8.00	11
16	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	176	2017	DET	28	10	8	.556	28	3.82	0	0	0	172.0	153	73	76	23	67	3	0	4	729	5	9.21	3.51	2.63	1.20	24.1	9.2	1.28	.283	3.98	87	4.06	92	8.01	7
17	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	174	2011	DET	33	15	9	.625	33	4.43	0	0	0	195.0	207	96	101	29	56	7	0	1	833	12	8.03	2.58	3.11	1.34	20.9	6.7	1.35	.314	4.66	107	4.14	102	9.55	-2.1
18	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	164	2021	DET	31	8	12	.400	29	4.34	0	0	0	149.1	141	72	76	35	47	6	1	0	634	4	9.88	2.83	3.49	2.11	25.9	7.4	1.26	.277	4.58	100	5.08	120	8.50	-14.2
19	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	163	2008	DET	33	11	17	.393	33	4.84	1	0	0	201.0	195	108	119	18	87	14	0	8	880	6	7.30	3.90	1.87	0.81	18.5	9.9	1.40	.296	5.33	110	4.17	96	8.73	4.2
20	Edwin Jackson E. Jackson	161	2009	DET	33	13	9	.591	33	3.62	1	0	0	214.0	200	86	93	27	70	5	0	3	890	6	6.77	2.94	2.30	1.14	18.1	7.9	1.26	.276	3.91	80	4.27	96	8.41	4.3
21	Matthew Boyd M. Boyd	159	2018	DET	31	9	13	.409	31	4.39	0	0	0	170.1	146	83	87	27	51	11	0	0	709	6	8.40	2.69	3.12	1.43	22.4	7.2	1.16	.258	4.60	101	4.44	103	7.71	-2.2
22	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	159	2014	DET	32	15	12	.556	32	4.54	0	0	0	206.0	223	104	114	18	65	5	0	1	893	5	6.95	2.84	2.45	0.79	17.8	7.3	1.40	.317	4.98	118	3.74	98	9.74	2
23	Doug Fister D. Fister	159	2013	DET	33	14	9	.609	32	3.67	1	0	0	208.2	229	85	91	14	44	16	0	2	881	7	6.86	1.90	3.61	0.60	18.0	5.0	1.31	.332	3.92	91	3.25	82	9.88	16.4
24	Spencer Turnbull S. Turnbull	146	2019	DET	30	3	17	.150	30	4.61	0	0	0	148.1	154	76	86	14	59	16	0	1	656	9	8.86	3.58	2.47	0.85	22.3	9.0	1.44	.333	5.22	100	3.98	87	9.34	9.7
25	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	143	2023	DET	26	13	9	.591	26	3.30	0	0	0	152.2	128	56	59	15	48	3	0	0	621	3	8.43	2.83	2.98	0.88	23.0	7.7	1.15	.274	3.48	78	3.66	86	7.55	9.9

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27

Dingler

RBI

88

Dingler

AVG

.284

Greene

Team Pitching Leaders

10

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121

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ERA

2.52

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Team Rankings

169

18th

672

15th

1,203

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ERA

3.66

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	77	73	.513
Guardians	76	75	.503	1.5
Tigers	71	79	.473	6.0
Twins	70	80	.467	7.0
Royals	66	84	.440	11.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 9/15	DET	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Wed 9/16	DET	@	TOR	3:07 PM
Thu 9/17	DET	@	CWS	7:40 PM
Fri 9/18	DET	@	CWS	7:40 PM
Sat 9/19	DET	@	CWS	7:10 PM

Last Game

Tigers

71 - 79

Final

Blue Jays

75 - 76

Mon 14 Sep 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

44

Schwarber

42

Crow-Armstrong

40

Caminero

RBI Leaders

110

Burleson

107

Stewart

102

Crow-Armstrong

Batting Average Leaders

.313

Arraez

.310

Alvarez

.309

Lopez

Hit Leaders

180

Lopez

177

Arraez

173

Díaz

Run Leaders

112

Crow-Armstrong

102

Wood

101

Reynolds

OBP Leaders

.427

Alvarez

.395

Wood

.394

Bauers

SLG Leaders

.589

Alvarez

.571

Crow-Armstrong

.546

García

SB Leaders

46

Nuñez

41

Simpson

40

Chisholm

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

17

Sánchez

17

Gray

15

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

236

Misiorowski

236

Cease

235

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.95

Schlittler

1.95

Misiorowski

2.18

Sale

WHIP Leaders

0.80

Misiorowski

0.88

Yamamoto

0.90

Schlittler

K/9 Leaders

13.17

Misiorowski

12.77

Cease

12.16

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.13

Sale

5.93

Rasmussen

5.76

Misiorowski

Walk Leaders

24

Martinez

27

Rasmussen

31

Sale

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,264.8

Ohtani

2,203.4

Crow-Armstrong

1,903

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,670

Crow-Armstrong

1,592.6

Ohtani

1,426

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

85-65

84-66

84-67

80-69

80-70

Worst Record ATS

57-94

61-89

64-86

68-82

70-81

70-80

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	88	63	.583
Phillies	83	67	.553	4.5
Marlins	74	76	.493	13.5
Nationals	70	81	.464	18.0
Mets	69	81	.460	18.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - x	93	57	.620
Cubs	84	67	.556	9.5
Pirates	75	75	.500	18.0
Cardinals	75	76	.497	18.5
Reds	70	80	.467	23.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	91	59	.607
Padres	82	68	.547	9.0
Diamondbacks	79	71	.527	12.0
Giants	62	89	.411	29.5
Rockies	55	95	.367	36.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - x	90	59	.604
Yankees	87	63	.580	3.5
Red Sox	82	68	.547	8.5
Blue Jays	75	76	.497	16.0
Orioles	73	78	.483	18.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	77	73	.513
Guardians	76	75	.503	1.5
Tigers	71	79	.473	6.0
Twins	70	80	.467	7.0
Royals	66	84	.440	11.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	75	75	.500
Rangers	74	76	.493	1.0
Mariners	70	81	.464	5.5
Athletics	61	89	.407	14.0
Angels	57	93	.380	18.0

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 8/30	BOS	@	NYY	1-16
Sun 8/30	CWS	@	MIN	1-5
Sun 8/30	PIT	@	STL	5-4
Mon 8/31	SFG	@	ATL	7-3
Mon 8/31	NYM	@	TBR	3-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 9/15	LAD	@	CIN	6:40 PM
Tue 9/15	CWS	@	CLE	6:40 PM
Tue 9/15	ATH	@	TBR	6:40 PM
Tue 9/15	MIL	@	PIT	6:40 PM
Tue 9/15	PHI	@	WSH	6:45 PM

Since 2008, Justin Verlander has fanned the most batters for the Tigers in a season, with 269 strikeouts in 2009.

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MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

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1,903

1,670

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