list of 100 oldest current mlb pitchers 2026

Justin Verlander is the oldest active player this season. He is 43 years old.

	NAME	Age	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	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	43	2026	DET	1	0	1	.000	1	12.27	1	0	0	0	3.2	6	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	19	1	2.45	4.91	0.50	2.45	5.3	10.5	2.18	.333	12.27	293	7.71	185	14.73	-1.4
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	41	2026	TOR	13	2	7	.222	13	6.16	46	0	0	0	57.0	53	39	39	12	26	1	0	0	248	3	7.26	4.11	1.77	1.89	18.5	10.5	1.39	.252	6.16	150	5.62	135	8.37	-9.1
3	Caleb Thielbar C. Thielbar	39	2026	CHC	49	3	2	.600	0	4.97	51	0	0	3	41.2	39	23	24	10	14	1	8	2	176	1	11.02	3.02	3.64	2.16	29.0	8.0	1.27	.290	5.18	123	4.83	118	8.42	-3.5
4	Kirby Yates K. Yates	39	2026	TOT	44	2	5	.286	0	3.40	47	0	0	3	39.2	31	15	16	3	17	4	20	0	169	1	10.66	3.86	2.76	0.68	27.8	10.1	1.21	.286	3.63	82	3.28	80	7.03	3.7
5	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	38	2026	BOS	46	2	4	.333	0	1.81	58	0	0	30	44.2	32	9	11	2	20	1	37	0	186	2	11.69	4.03	2.90	0.40	31.2	10.8	1.16	.286	2.22	42	2.47	60	6.45	8.2
6	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	38	2026	TEX	25	9	9	.500	25	4.21	159	0	0	0	130.1	117	61	61	17	37	0	0	3	540	3	10.98	2.55	4.30	1.17	29.4	6.9	1.18	.306	4.21	104	3.18	77	8.08	13.7
7	Paul Goldschmidt P. Goldschmidt	38	2026	NYY
8	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	38	2026	DET	40	4	5	.444	0	4.04	41	0	0	17	35.2	22	16	17	7	20	0	31	1	148	1	10.35	5.05	2.05	1.77	27.7	13.5	1.18	.188	4.29	96	5.01	120	5.55	-3.3
9	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	38	2026	TOT	39	1	2	.333	0	4.05	35	0	0	1	40.0	30	18	20	4	18	2	17	1	163	4	7.88	4.05	1.94	0.90	21.5	11.0	1.20	.250	4.50	98	4.13	99	6.75	0.1
10	Brooks Raley B. Raley	38	2026	TOT	54	5	5	.500	0	2.22	48	0	0	1	48.2	37	12	15	4	16	3	6	1	199	1	8.88	2.96	3.00	0.74	24.1	8.0	1.09	.258	2.77	54	3.34	80	6.84	4.5
11	Blake Treinen B. Treinen	38	2026	LAD	29	4	1	.800	0	3.52	25	0	0	1	23.0	21	9	9	2	10	1	5	2	100	0	9.78	3.91	2.50	0.78	25.0	10.0	1.35	.306	3.52	85	3.47	81	8.22	2
12	Chris Bassitt C. Bassitt	37	2026	BAL	16	6	4	.600	14	4.97	55	0	0	0	79.2	97	44	45	9	29	9	0	0	362	2	6.21	3.28	1.90	1.02	15.2	8.0	1.58	.338	5.08	122	4.60	111	10.96	-4.1
13	Travis d'Arnaud T. d'Arnaud	37	2026	LAA
14	Merrill Kelly M. Kelly	37	2026	AZ	25	9	12	.429	25	5.08	95	1	0	0	141.2	146	80	83	26	64	3	0	2	616	1	6.04	4.07	1.48	1.65	15.4	10.4	1.48	.280	5.27	122	5.54	135	9.28	-23.3
15	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	37	2026	COL	9	2	3	.400	9	5.27	20	0	0	0	41.0	45	24	27	6	17	1	0	0	181	1	4.39	3.73	1.18	1.32	11.0	9.4	1.51	.285	5.93	112	5.32	121	9.88	-3.9
16	Miguel Rojas M. Rojas	37	2026	LAD	4	0	0		0	13.50	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	6	6	2	1	1	4	0	23	0	0.00	2.25	0.00	4.50	0.0	4.3	2.50	.368	13.50	328	11.08	260	20.25	-3
17	Chris Sale C. Sale	37	2026	ATL	24	13	9	.591	24	2.06	177	1	1	0	144.0	116	33	38	8	28	12	0	0	576	0	11.06	1.75	6.32	0.50	30.7	4.9	1.00	.308	2.38	50	2.17	53	7.25	31.3
18	Jose Altuve J. Altuve	36	2026	HOU
19	Huascar Brazobán H. Brazobán	36	2026	TOT	56	5	2	.714	6	3.16	54	0	0	0	62.2	42	22	23	5	29	1	3	1	252	1	7.76	4.16	1.86	0.72	21.4	11.5	1.13	.227	3.30	77	3.83	92	6.03	2.3
20	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	36	2026	TOR	19	3	4	.429	15	5.51	63	0	0	1	80.0	98	49	50	12	25	6	1	0	360	1	7.09	2.81	2.52	1.35	17.5	6.9	1.54	.339	5.63	134	4.61	111	11.03	-3.9
21	Fernando Cruz F. Cruz	36	2026	NYY	61	4	6	.400	0	3.13	67	0	0	2	54.2	41	19	23	7	32	2	9	2	234	4	11.03	5.27	2.09	1.15	28.6	13.7	1.34	.270	3.79	75	4.16	99	6.75	0.4
22	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	36	2026	TEX	22	10	9	.526	22	4.21	137	0	0	0	132.2	128	62	65	24	32	7	0	0	555	5	9.29	2.17	4.28	1.63	24.7	5.8	1.21	.293	4.41	103	4.24	103	8.68	-1.7
23	Freddie Freeman F. Freeman	36	2026	LAD
24	Sonny Gray S. Gray	36	2026	BOS	25	16	4	.800	25	2.82	128	0	0	0	143.2	132	45	46	15	37	5	0	0	586	1	8.02	2.32	3.46	0.94	21.8	6.3	1.18	.292	2.88	66	3.53	85	8.27	9.6
25	Kyle Higashioka K. Higashioka	36	2026	TEX	3	0	0		0	21.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	8	7	7	1	1	1	3	0	18	0	0.00	3.00	0.00	3.00	0.0	5.6	3.00	.467	21.00	516	9.41	228	24.00	-1.8

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Team Batting Leaders

26

Dingler

RBI

82

Dingler

AVG

.276

McGonigle

Team Pitching Leaders

9

Montero

116

Skubal

ERA

1.86

Melton

Team Rankings

155

16th

596

18th

1,099

21st

ERA

3.58

5th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	72	64	.529
Guardians	69	68	.504	3.5
Twins	65	72	.474	7.5
Tigers	63	73	.463	9.0
Royals	62	76	.449	11.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 8/31	DET	@	MIN	7:40 PM
Tue 9/1	DET	@	MIN	7:40 PM
Wed 9/2	DET	@	MIN	7:40 PM
Fri 9/4	DET	@	CLE	2:10 PM
Fri 9/4	DET	@	CLE	7:15 PM

Last Game

Dodgers

82 - 55

Final

Tigers

63 - 73

Sun 30 Aug 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

40

Schwarber

38

Crow-Armstrong

37

Caminero

RBI Leaders

105

Stewart

100

Burleson

97

Walker

Batting Average Leaders

.317

Alvarez

.317

Arraez

.309

Simpson

Hit Leaders

163

Lopez

163

Arraez

157

Díaz

Run Leaders

100

Wood

99

Crow-Armstrong

93

Olson

OBP Leaders

.432

Alvarez

.396

Kurtz

.393

Wood

SLG Leaders

.607

Alvarez

.577

Crow-Armstrong

.554

García

SB Leaders

43

Nuñez

40

Chisholm

37

Simpson

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

16

Sánchez

16

Gray

15

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

222

Misiorowski

217

Cease

204

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.73

Misiorowski

2.06

Sale

2.09

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.75

Misiorowski

0.89

Yamamoto

0.93

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.23

Misiorowski

12.99

Cease

11.77

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.34

Misiorowski

6.32

Sale

5.52

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

22

Martinez

27

Rasmussen

28

Sale

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,231.2

Ohtani

1,985.3

Crow-Armstrong

1,810.5

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,568.6

Ohtani

1,506

Crow-Armstrong

1,357

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

81-55

78-59

79-60

76-62

74-62

75-63

Worst Record ATS

51-86

55-82

58-79

59-78

62-75

63-74

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	82	55	.599
Phillies	77	60	.562	5.0
Marlins	69	68	.504	13.0
Nationals	65	74	.468	18.0
Mets	61	76	.445	21.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	85	52	.620
Cubs	77	60	.562	8.0
Cardinals	68	70	.493	17.5
Pirates	67	71	.486	18.5
Reds	65	72	.474	20.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	82	55	.599
Diamondbacks	73	65	.529	9.5
Padres	72	65	.526	10.0
Giants	56	81	.409	26.0
Rockies	52	85	.380	30.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	82	54	.603
Yankees	78	59	.569	4.5
Red Sox	74	63	.540	8.5
Orioles	68	69	.496	14.5
Blue Jays	68	70	.493	15.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	72	64	.529
Guardians	69	68	.504	3.5
Twins	65	72	.474	7.5
Tigers	63	73	.463	9.0
Royals	62	76	.449	11.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	69	68	.504
Rangers	67	70	.489	2.0
Mariners	64	73	.467	5.0
Athletics	53	84	.387	16.0
Angels	52	85	.380	17.0

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 8/16	BAL	@	TBR	10-2
Sun 8/16	AZ	@	ATL	3-5
Sun 8/16	NYY	@	TOR	4-3
Sun 8/16	SDP	@	CLE	5-0
Sun 8/16	WSH	@	NYM	3-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 8/31	SFG	@	ATL	6:05 PM
Mon 8/31	NYM	@	TBR	6:40 PM
Mon 8/31	SDP	@	CIN	6:40 PM
Mon 8/31	MIA	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Mon 8/31	SEA	@	BOS	6:45 PM

Justin Verlander is the oldest active player this season. He is 43 years old.

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97

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163

163

157

100

99

93

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.396

.393

.607

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43

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MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

16

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222

217

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1.73

2.06

2.09

0.75

0.89

0.93

13.23

12.99

11.77

6.34

6.32

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27

28

MLB Fantasy 2026

2,231.2

1,985.3

1,810.5

1,568.6

1,506

1,357

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