highest strikeout percentage by mlb starting pitcher 2025

Reed Garrett, Rob Zastryzny and Brad Keller were tied for the best strikeout percentage by a starting pitcher in 2025, with a strikeout percentage of 66.7.

	NAME	K%	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Reed Garrett R. Garrett	66.7	2025	NYM	1	0	0		1	0.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
2	Rob Zastryzny R. Zastryzny	66.7	2025	MIL	1	0	0		1	0.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
3	Brad Keller B. Keller	66.7	2025	CHC	1	0	0		1	0.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
4	Louis Varland L. Varland	50.0	2025	TOR	1	0	0		1	0.00	3	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	13.50	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
5	Aaron Ashby A. Ashby	50.0	2025	MIL	1	0	0		1	0.00	3	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	13.50	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
6	Wandy Peralta W. Peralta	50.0	2025	SDP	1	0	0		1	0.00	2	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	13.50	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
7	Ryan Zeferjahn R. Zeferjahn	50.0	2025	LAA	1	0	0		1	9.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	18.00	0.00		9.00	0.0	1.00	.000	9.00	9.00
8	Elvis Peguero E. Peguero	42.9	2025	CWS	1	0	0		1	5.40	3	0	0	0	1.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	16.20	0.00		0.00	0.0	1.80	.750	5.40	16.20
9	Shawn Armstrong S. Armstrong	42.9	2025	TEX	2	0	1	.000	2	4.50	6	0	0	0	4.0	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	14	0	13.50	2.25	6.00	2.25	7.1	0.50	.000	4.50	2.25
10	Albert Suárez A. Suárez	41.7	2025	BAL	1	0	0		1	3.00	5	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	12	0	15.00	3.00	5.00	0.00	8.3	1.00	.333	3.00	6.00
11	Danny Coulombe D. Coulombe	40.0	2025	MIN	1	0	0		1	9.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	2.00	.667	9.00	18.00
12	Beau Brieske B. Brieske	40.0	2025	DET	1	0	0		1	0.00	2	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	13.50	6.75	2.00	0.00	20.0	0.75	.000	0.00	0.00
13	Bobby Miller B. Miller	38.9	2025	LAD	1	0	0		1	18.00	7	0	0	0	3.0	8	6	6	2	1	0	0	0	18	0	21.00	3.00	7.00	6.00	5.6	3.00	.750	18.00	24.00
14	Cole Ragans C. Ragans	38.1	2025	KCR	13	3	3	.500	13	4.67	98	0	0	0	61.2	53	32	33	7	20	2	0	0	257	3	14.30	2.92	4.90	1.02	7.8	1.18	.354	4.82	7.74
15	Chase Burns C. Burns	37.7	2025	CIN	8	0	3	.000	8	5.24	57	0	0	0	34.1	33	20	23	4	13	0	0	0	151	0	14.94	3.41	4.38	1.05	8.6	1.34	.377	6.03	8.65
16	Kyle Bradish K. Bradish	37.3	2025	BAL	6	1	1	.500	6	2.53	47	0	0	0	32.0	23	9	9	3	10	1	0	0	126	0	13.22	2.81	4.70	0.84	7.9	1.03	.308	2.53	6.47
17	Connelly Early C. Early	36.7	2025	BOS	4	1	2	.333	4	2.33	29	0	0	0	19.1	17	5	6	0	4	1	0	0	79	0	13.50	1.86	7.25	0.00	5.1	1.09	.378	2.79	7.91
18	Anthony Banda A. Banda	33.3	2025	LAD	1	0	0		1	27.00	1	0	0	0	0.1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	27.00	27.00	1.00	27.00	33.3	6.00		27.00	27.00
19	Jonathan Bowlan J. Bowlan	33.3	2025	KCR	1	0	0		1	9.00	3	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	9	1	13.50	4.50	3.00	4.50	11.1	2.00	.500	9.00	13.50
20	Steven Okert S. Okert	33.3	2025	HOU	1	0	0		1	5.40	2	0	0	0	1.2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	10.80	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.60	.250	5.40	5.40
21	Matt Gage M. Gage	33.3	2025	SFG	2	0	0		2	0.00	2	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	9.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
22	Ryan Brasier R. Brasier	33.3	2025	CHC	1	0	0		1	0.00	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	9.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
23	Grant Taylor G. Taylor	33.3	2025	CWS	2	0	1	.000	2	9.00	3	0	0	0	2.0	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	9	0	13.50	4.50	3.00	0.00	11.1	1.50	.400	9.00	9.00
24	Tyler Holton T. Holton	33.3	2025	DET	6	0	2	.000	6	7.56	11	0	0	0	8.1	9	7	7	4	0	0	0	0	33	0	11.88	0.00		4.32	0.0	1.08	.278	7.56	9.72
25	Keegan Akin K. Akin	33.3	2025	BAL	3	0	0		3	0.00	5	0	0	0	3.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	15	0	12.27	7.36	1.67	0.00	20.0	1.09	.143	0.00	2.45

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10

Soto

RBI

27

Bichette

AVG

.294

Soto

Team Pitching Leaders

4

Holmes

69

McLean

ERA

2.39

Holmes

Team Rankings

22nd

206

27th

487

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ERA

3.84

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	36	18	.667
Nationals	27	27	.500	9.0
Phillies	26	27	.491	9.5
Marlins	25	29	.463	11.0
Mets	22	31	.415	13.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 5/25	CIN	@	NYM	4:10 PM
Tue 5/26	CIN	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Wed 5/27	CIN	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Fri 5/29	MIA	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Sat 5/30	MIA	@	NYM	4:10 PM

Last Game

Mets

22 - 31

Final

Marlins

25 - 29

Sun 24 May 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

20

Schwarber

17

Murakami

17

Judge

RBI Leaders

45

Pages

45

Abrams

44

Hicks

Batting Average Leaders

.337

Lopez

.325

Johnston

.320

Marsh

Hit Leaders

70

Lopez

63

Edwards

63

Arraez

Run Leaders

45

Wood

41

Turang

41

Judge

OBP Leaders

.448

Kurtz

.415

Alvarez

.413

Turang

SLG Leaders

.624

Rice

.600

Schwarber

.595

Alvarez

SB Leaders

22

Nuñez

20

Ramírez

16

Cruz

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

8

Ashby

7

Williams

7

Sale

Strikeout Leaders

92

Cease

88

Misiorowski

86

Sánchez

ERA Leaders

1.50

Schlittler

1.51

Martinez

1.62

Sánchez

WHIP Leaders

0.82

Skenes

0.86

Schlittler

0.87

Sale

K/9 Leaders

13.89

Misiorowski

13.35

Cease

10.90

Williams

K/BB Leaders

7.22

Skenes

6.10

Gausman

5.82

deGrom

Walk Leaders

9

Skenes

10

Rasmussen

10

Gausman

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

975.6

Ohtani

773

Wood

715.4

Walker

DraftKings Points Leaders

668.9

Ohtani

571

Wood

538

Walker

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

34-20

31-19

32-20

31-20

30-20

Worst Record ATS

16-37

19-35

20-33

20-32

21-32

22-31

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	36	18	.667
Nationals	27	27	.500	9.0
Phillies	26	27	.491	9.5
Marlins	25	29	.463	11.0
Mets	22	31	.415	13.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	30	20	.600
Cardinals	29	22	.569	1.5
Cubs	29	24	.547	2.5
Reds	27	25	.519	4.0
Pirates	27	26	.509	4.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	33	20	.623
Padres	31	21	.596	1.5
Diamondbacks	28	24	.538	4.5
Giants	22	31	.415	11.0
Rockies	20	34	.370	13.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	34	16	.680
Yankees	31	22	.585	4.5
Blue Jays	25	28	.472	10.5
Orioles	23	30	.434	12.5
Red Sox	22	30	.423	13.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	32	23	.582
White Sox	26	26	.500	4.5
Twins	26	27	.491	5.0
Royals	22	31	.415	9.0
Tigers	21	33	.389	10.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Athletics	27	26	.509
Mariners	25	29	.463	2.5
Rangers	24	28	.462	2.5
Astros	23	31	.426	4.5
Angels	20	34	.370	7.5

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 5/10	WSH	@	MIA	2-5
Sun 5/10	COL	@	PHI	0-6
Sun 5/10	ATH	@	BAL	1-2
Sun 5/10	TBR	@	BOS	4-1
Sun 5/10	MIN	@	CLE	5-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 5/25	CHC	@	PIT	1:35 PM
Mon 5/25	TBR	@	BAL	1:35 PM
Mon 5/25	STL	@	MIL	2:10 PM
Mon 5/25	MIN	@	CWS	2:10 PM
Mon 5/25	NYY	@	KCR	3:40 PM

Reed Garrett, Rob Zastryzny and Brad Keller were tied for the best strikeout percentage by a starting pitcher in 2025, with a strikeout percentage of 66.7.

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MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

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