each seasons strikeout leader from 2000 to 2025

	NAME	SO	SEAS	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	Albert Pujols A. Pujols	0	22	1	0	0		0	36.00	0	0	0	1.0	3	4	4	2	1	0	1	0	7	0	0.00	9.00	0.00	18.00	0.0	14.3	4.00	.250	36.00	917	32.11	822	27.00	-3.2
2	Rich Hill R. Hill	1,432	21	388	90	76	.542	250	4.02	4	2	0	1418.0	1,240	633	681	177	551	81	17	21	5,997	24	9.09	3.50	2.60	1.12	23.9	9.2	1.26	.283	4.32	94	4.09	96	7.87	27.4
3	Miguel Cabrera M. Cabrera		21
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,553	20	555	266	158	.627	555	3.32	26	9	0	3567.2	3,046	1,317	1,428	371	1,004	121	0	28	14,607	99	8.96	2.53	3.54	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.60	79	3.43	81	7.68	311.4
5	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,979	20	586	225	156	.591	541	3.49	17	5	1	3389.1	3,207	1,315	1,410	367	762	79	8	25	13,877	101	7.91	2.02	3.91	0.97	21.5	5.5	1.17	.293	3.74	83	3.51	85	8.52	235
6	Oliver Perez O. Perez	1,546	20	703	74	94	.440	195	4.37	3	2	5	1465.2	1,336	712	783	198	762	88	84	40	6,464	58	9.49	4.68	2.03	1.22	23.9	11.8	1.43	.294	4.81	105	4.48	106	8.20	-45
7	Nelson Cruz N. Cruz		19
8	Yadier Molina Y. Molina	1	19	2	0	0		0	18.00	0	0	0	2.0	6	4	4	2	0	0	2	0	12	0	4.50	0.00		9.00	8.3	0.0	3.00	.444	18.00	458	15.11	387	27.00	-2.5
9	CC Sabathia	3,093	19	561	251	161	.609	560	3.74	38	12	0	3577.1	3,404	1,485	1,623	382	1,099	123	0	44	14,989	74	7.78	2.76	2.81	0.96	20.6	7.3	1.26	.294	4.08	87	3.77	87	8.56	223.7
10	Ichiro Suzuki I. Suzuki	0	19	1	0	0		0	9.00	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	2.00	.400	9.00	238	3.13	83	18.00	0.1
11	Adrian Beltre A. Beltre		19
12	Jesse Chavez J. Chavez	1,044	18	657	51	66	.436	85	4.27	0	0	9	1142.0	1,159	542	591	167	363	30	180	30	4,878	34	8.23	2.86	2.88	1.32	21.4	7.4	1.33	.303	4.66	103	4.24	103	9.13	-15.4
13	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3,052	18	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	25	15	0	2855.1	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.7
14	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,196	18	416	147	134	.523	409	4.13	3	2	0	2267.2	2,143	1,040	1,139	226	859	200	1	27	9,755	72	8.72	3.41	2.56	0.90	22.5	8.8	1.32	.306	4.52	103	3.89	97	8.51	37.5
15	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,489	18	483	220	117	.653	474	3.22	12	5	0	2963.0	2,433	1,059	1,132	354	779	114	2	20	11,987	80	10.60	2.37	4.48	1.08	29.1	6.5	1.08	.287	3.44	77	3.23	78	7.39	302.8
16	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	2,202	18	478	200	128	.610	411	3.53	28	11	3	2668.1	2,577	1,047	1,117	233	736	81	13	40	11,116	51	7.43	2.48	2.99	0.79	19.8	6.6	1.24	.298	3.77	88	3.53	87	8.69	152.8
17	Carlos Beltran C. Beltran		18
18	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,150	18	483	211	167	.558	472	4.11	30	10	0	2958.2	3,096	1,351	1,465	388	748	51	2	36	12,487	32	6.54	2.28	2.87	1.18	17.2	6.0	1.30	.296	4.46	96	4.14	97	9.42	44.8
19	Andrew McCutchen A. McCutchen		17
20	Justin Turner J. Turner	0	17	1	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	2.00	.400	0.00	0	3.16	74	18.00	0.1
21	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	1,857	17	370	144	113	.560	365	3.52	18	8	0	2256.1	2,094	883	955	253	637	120	1	22	9,373	36	7.41	2.54	2.92	1.01	19.8	6.8	1.21	.283	3.81	86	3.93	96	8.35	31.6
22	David Robertson D. Robertson	1,176	17	881	68	46	.596	1	2.93	0	0	179	894.1	674	291	315	81	365	25	358	38	3,690	57	11.83	3.67	3.22	0.82	31.9	9.9	1.16	.290	3.17	70	2.98	70	6.78	122
23	Ian Kennedy I. Kennedy	1,775	17	497	104	114	.477	290	4.16	2	1	66	1904.1	1,806	881	948	280	647	84	125	28	8,100	80	8.39	3.06	2.74	1.32	21.9	8.0	1.29	.287	4.48	103	4.31	108	8.54	-68.6
24	Joey Votto J. Votto		17
25	Robinson Cano R. Cano		17

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MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

29

Schwarber

25

Alvarez

25

Buxton

RBI Leaders

61

Kurtz

58

Walker

57

Pages

Batting Average Leaders

.336

Lopez

.327

Lee

.326

Díaz

Hit Leaders

103

Lopez

95

Arraez

92

Alvarez

Run Leaders

70

Wood

56

Kurtz

56

Turang

OBP Leaders

.439

Kurtz

.431

Alvarez

.418

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.639

Alvarez

.607

Rice

.596

Buxton

SB Leaders

29

Nuñez

28

Witt

24

Ramírez

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

10

Ashby

9

Burns

9

Williams

Strikeout Leaders

138

Misiorowski

121

Sánchez

118

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.45

Misiorowski

1.71

Schlittler

1.80

Sánchez

WHIP Leaders

0.75

Misiorowski

0.87

Yamamoto

0.88

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.50

Cease

13.35

Misiorowski

10.94

Skenes

K/BB Leaders

6.06

Schlittler

6.05

Sánchez

6.00

Misiorowski

Walk Leaders

15

Rasmussen

16

Woo

16

Wrobleski

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,484.8

Ohtani

1,151.5

Wood

1,121.7

Kurtz

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,021.2

Ohtani

857

Wood

828

Kurtz

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-29

46-30

44-33

43-33

44-34

Worst Record ATS

29-49

29-48

30-49

31-45

32-45

33-44

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	48	29	.623
Phillies	42	36	.538	6.5
Nationals	41	38	.519	8.0
Marlins	40	39	.506	9.0
Mets	34	43	.442	14.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	47	29	.618
Cardinals	42	34	.553	5.0
Cubs	40	37	.519	7.5
Pirates	39	39	.500	9.0
Reds	37	40	.481	10.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	50	29	.633
Padres	40	37	.519	9.0
Diamondbacks	39	39	.500	10.5
Giants	31	46	.403	18.0
Rockies	31	48	.392	19.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Yankees	46	31	.597
Rays	43	32	.573	2.0
Blue Jays	39	39	.500	7.5
Orioles	38	42	.475	9.5
Red Sox	31	45	.408	14.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	40	37	.519
Guardians	41	38	.519
Twins	38	42	.475	3.5
Tigers	34	44	.436	6.5
Royals	33	46	.418	8.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	40	39	.506
Athletics	38	40	.487	1.5
Rangers	38	40	.487	1.5
Astros	37	43	.463	3.5
Angels	32	48	.400	8.5