in the past 50 years what baseball pitcher has the highest average in express start

	NAME	GS	AVG	G	W	L	W%	ERA	SO	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	H/9
1	Victor Mederos V. Mederos	3	1.000	35	4	4	.500	5.50	50	0	0	1	54.0	51	33	33	6	32	6	13	0	245	2	8.33	5.33	1.56	1.00	20.4	13.1	1.54	.298	5.50	8.50
2	Ryne Nelson R. Nelson	93	1.000	108	29	23	.558	4.30	432	0	0	2	550.1	528	263	279	78	149	15	6	4	2,292	13	7.06	2.44	2.90	1.28	18.8	6.5	1.23	.278	4.56	8.63
3	Connor Overton C. Overton	10	1.000	18	1	2	.333	4.85	38	0	0	0	59.1	54	32	32	6	23	0	3	0	242	1	5.76	3.49	1.65	0.91	15.7	9.5	1.30	.274	4.85	8.19
4	Gregory Soto G. Soto	7	1.000	451	21	38	.356	4.11	479	0	0	70	438.0	391	200	234	39	217	35	176	10	1,933	48	9.84	4.46	2.21	0.80	24.8	11.2	1.39	.303	4.81	8.03
5	Jose Torres J. Torres	0	1.000	66	7	4	.636	4.04	66	0	0	1	71.1	66	32	34	13	18	4	17	0	298	3	8.33	2.27	3.67	1.64	22.1	6.0	1.18	.269	4.29	8.33
6	Cody Ege C. Ege	0	1.000	18	1	0	1.000	3.86	11	0	0	0	11.2	16	5	5	2	5	1	4	0	55	0	8.49	3.86	2.20	1.54	20.0	9.1	1.80	.389	3.86	12.34
7	Keith Hessler K. Hessler	0	1.000	35	1	1	.500	5.56	23	0	0	0	34.0	40	21	21	6	17	1	6	3	160	1	6.09	4.50	1.35	1.59	14.4	10.6	1.68	.301	5.56	10.59
8	Branden Pinder B. Pinder	0	1.000	26	0	2	.000	3.45	26	0	0	0	28.2	31	11	11	4	15	0	10	1	128	0	8.16	4.71	1.73	1.26	20.3	11.7	1.60	.325	3.45	9.73
9	Gus Schlosser G. Schlosser	0	1.000	15	0	1	.000	7.64	8	0	0	0	17.2	23	15	16	2	6	1	8	1	81	3	4.08	3.06	1.33	1.02	9.9	7.4	1.64	.328	8.15	11.72
10	Andrew Albers A. Albers	21	1.000	31	8	8	.500	4.58	91	1	1	1	139.2	159	71	89	27	34	5	7	1	612	2	5.86	2.19	2.68	1.74	14.9	5.6	1.38	.290	5.74	10.25
11	Will Smith W. Smith	17	1.000	618	33	45	.423	3.85	748	0	0	113	652.1	570	279	313	84	238	17	237	26	2,729	30	10.32	3.28	3.14	1.16	27.4	8.7	1.24	.296	4.32	7.86
12	Jeremy Horst J. Horst	0	1.000	72	2	2	.500	3.34	70	0	0	0	72.2	74	27	33	7	32	3	21	3	317	1	8.67	3.96	2.19	0.87	22.1	10.1	1.46	.327	4.09	9.17
13	Brian Schlitter B. Schlitter	0	1.000	84	3	6	.333	5.20	48	0	0	0	81.1	100	47	50	6	30	3	14	5	366	1	5.31	3.32	1.60	0.66	13.1	8.2	1.60	.337	5.53	11.07
14	Matt Tupman M. Tupman		1.000	0
15	Bobby Korecky B. Korecky	0	1.000	24	2	0	1.000	7.39	11	0	0	0	28.0	35	23	23	3	14	0	11	0	125	3	3.54	4.50	0.79	0.96	8.8	11.2	1.75	.330	7.39	11.25
16	Evan Meek E. Meek	0	1.000	179	7	11	.389	3.63	160	0	0	4	196.0	165	79	90	15	101	8	52	9	844	14	7.35	4.64	1.58	0.69	19.0	12.0	1.36	.268	4.13	7.58
17	David Davidson D. Davidson	0	1.000	3	0	0		30.00	3	0	0	0	3.0	10	10	11	1	6	2	1	0	28	0	9.00	18.00	0.50	3.00	10.7	21.4	5.33	.563	33.00	30.00
18	Scott Munter S. Munter	0	1.000	84	3	2	.600	4.75	22	0	0	0	72.0	84	38	42	2	34	3	23	3	315	1	2.75	4.25	0.65	0.25	7.0	10.8	1.64	.323	5.25	10.50
19	Travis Hughes T. Hughes	0	1.000	24	1	1	.500	6.31	16	0	0	0	25.2	35	18	18	6	16	4	3	2	128	1	5.61	5.61	1.00	2.10	12.5	12.5	1.99	.337	6.31	12.27
20	Cliff Bartosh C. Bartosh	0	1.000	53	1	2	.333	5.08	40	0	0	0	39.0	45	22	23	11	22	2	9	0	182	0	9.23	5.08	1.82	2.54	22.0	12.1	1.72	.318	5.31	10.38
21	Shawn Camp S. Camp	0	1.000	541	29	33	.468	4.41	403	0	0	12	592.1	682	290	321	65	176	35	143	40	2,579	14	6.12	2.67	2.29	0.99	15.6	6.8	1.45	.325	4.88	10.36
22	Jason Roach J. Roach	2	1.000	2	0	2	.000	12.00	2	0	0	0	9.0	14	12	12	3	4	1	0	0	46	2	2.00	4.00	0.50	3.00	4.3	8.7	2.00	.306	12.00	14.00
23	Kevin Ohme K. Ohme	0	1.000	2	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	4.1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	17	1	4.15	2.08	2.00	0.00	11.8	5.9	0.92	.214	0.00	6.23
24	Brandon Lyon B. Lyon	21	1.000	572	42	47	.472	4.16	465	0	0	79	681.1	721	315	338	69	220	16	241	47	2,951	22	6.14	2.91	2.11	0.91	15.8	7.5	1.38	.299	4.46	9.52
25	Eric Cammack E. Cammack	0	1.000	8	0	0		6.30	9	0	0	0	10.0	7	7	7	1	10	1	2	1	48	0	8.10	9.00	0.90	0.90	18.8	20.8	1.70	.222	6.30	6.30

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MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

40

Schwarber

39

Crow-Armstrong

37

Caminero

RBI Leaders

105

Stewart

101

Burleson

99

Walker

Batting Average Leaders

.316

Alvarez

.315

Arraez

.310

Gonzales

Hit Leaders

166

Lopez

166

Arraez

162

Díaz

Run Leaders

103

Crow-Armstrong

100

Wood

95

Reynolds

OBP Leaders

.433

Alvarez

.394

Harper

.391

Wood

SLG Leaders

.602

Alvarez

.571

Crow-Armstrong

.547

García

SB Leaders

44

Nuñez

40

Chisholm

38

Simpson

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

16

Sánchez

16

Gray

15

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

227

Misiorowski

221

Cease

217

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.97

Misiorowski

2.04

Schlittler

2.06

Sale

WHIP Leaders

0.79

Misiorowski

0.90

Yamamoto

0.93

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.18

Misiorowski

12.72

Cease

11.98

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.32

Sale

5.82

Misiorowski

5.52

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

22

Martinez

27

Rasmussen

28

Sale

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,261.8

Ohtani

2,029.1

Crow-Armstrong

1,847.4

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,590.6

Ohtani

1,538

Crow-Armstrong

1,384

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

82-58

81-61

79-61

79-62

77-64

76-64

Worst Record ATS

54-87

55-85

59-81

62-79

64-76

65-76

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	83	57	.593
Phillies	79	61	.564	4.0
Marlins	71	70	.504	12.5
Nationals	67	75	.472	17.0
Mets	63	77	.450	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	87	54	.617
Cubs	79	62	.560	8.0
Cardinals	70	71	.496	17.0
Pirates	69	72	.489	18.0
Reds	67	73	.479	19.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	83	57	.593
Diamondbacks	74	67	.525	9.5
Padres	73	67	.521	10.0
Giants	58	83	.411	25.5
Rockies	54	86	.386	29.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	83	57	.593
Yankees	80	60	.571	3.0
Red Sox	76	65	.539	7.5
Blue Jays	70	71	.496	13.5
Orioles	69	72	.489	14.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	73	67	.521
Guardians	71	70	.504	2.5
Twins	67	73	.479	6.0
Tigers	64	76	.457	9.0
Royals	63	78	.447	10.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	72	69	.511
Rangers	70	71	.496	2.0
Mariners	66	75	.468	6.0
Athletics	55	86	.390	17.0
Angels	53	87	.379	18.5