list of 100 oldest current mlb pitchers 2026

Justin Verlander is the oldest active player in a season this year. He was 43 years old.

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	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	2	0	1	.000	2	7.00	7	0	0	0	9.0	11	7	7	3	3	0	0	0	39	1	7.00	3.00	2.33	3.00	17.9	7.7	1.56	.308	7.00	167	6.87	164	11.00	-2.7
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	41	2026	TOR	18	4	9	.308	18	5.74	68	0	0	0	84.2	78	54	54	15	35	2	0	0	364	3	7.23	3.72	1.94	1.59	18.7	9.6	1.33	.258	5.74	139	5.10	122	8.29	-8.6
3	Caleb Thielbar C. Thielbar	39	2026	CHC	58	3	4	.429	0	4.86	60	0	0	3	50.0	47	27	30	11	18	1	9	3	212	1	10.80	3.24	3.33	1.98	28.3	8.5	1.30	.295	5.40	118	4.69	114	8.46	-3.3
4	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	38	2026	BOS	53	3	4	.429	0	1.92	71	0	0	35	51.2	35	11	13	3	23	1	44	0	213	3	12.37	4.01	3.09	0.52	33.3	10.8	1.12	.278	2.26	45	2.49	60	6.10	9.4
5	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	38	2026	TEX	31	11	11	.500	31	4.20	201	0	0	0	162.2	139	76	76	20	46	2	0	3	668	5	11.12	2.55	4.37	1.11	30.1	6.9	1.14	.298	4.20	104	3.11	75	7.69	18.6
6	Paul Goldschmidt P. Goldschmidt	38	2026	NYY
7	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	38	2026	DET	50	4	6	.400	0	3.20	51	0	0	22	45.0	24	16	18	7	23	1	39	1	180	1	10.20	4.60	2.22	1.40	28.3	12.8	1.04	.173	3.60	77	4.45	107	4.80	-1.3
8	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	38	2026	TOT	46	1	5	.167	0	4.50	40	0	0	1	46.0	40	23	27	4	22	3	18	2	196	4	7.83	4.30	1.82	0.78	20.4	11.2	1.35	.283	5.28	108	4.11	99	7.83	0.3
9	Tommy Pham T. Pham	38	2026	TOT
10	Brooks Raley B. Raley	38	2026	TOT	61	5	7	.417	0	3.25	51	0	0	1	52.2	47	19	22	6	20	3	7	1	224	1	8.72	3.42	2.55	1.03	22.8	8.9	1.27	.285	3.76	77	3.95	93	8.03	1.6
11	Blake Treinen B. Treinen	38	2026	LAD	36	4	1	.800	0	3.64	31	0	0	1	29.2	29	12	12	3	13	1	6	2	130	0	9.40	3.94	2.38	0.91	23.8	10.0	1.42	.317	3.64	87	3.73	87	8.80	1.8
12	Chris Bassitt C. Bassitt	37	2026	BAL	20	9	5	.643	18	4.41	74	0	0	0	102.0	120	50	53	10	38	9	0	0	460	2	6.53	3.35	1.95	0.88	16.1	8.3	1.55	.334	4.68	109	4.30	104	10.59	-1.8
13	Travis d'Arnaud T. d'Arnaud	37	2026	LAA
14	Merrill Kelly M. Kelly	37	2026	AZ	29	10	14	.417	29	4.94	113	1	0	0	162.0	166	89	93	28	70	4	0	2	704	1	6.28	3.89	1.61	1.56	16.1	9.9	1.46	.282	5.17	118	5.32	129	9.22	-22.1
15	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	37	2026	COL	11	2	3	.400	11	5.44	25	0	0	0	48.0	52	29	32	10	20	1	0	1	212	1	4.69	3.75	1.25	1.88	11.8	9.4	1.50	.269	6.00	115	6.07	139	9.75	-8.6
16	Chris Sale C. Sale	37	2026	ATL	27	14	9	.609	27	2.16	200	1	1	0	162.2	129	39	44	10	31	15	0	0	648	0	11.07	1.72	6.45	0.55	30.9	4.8	0.98	.304	2.43	51	2.28	55	7.14	34.3
17	Jose Altuve J. Altuve	36	2026	HOU
18	Huascar Brazobán H. Brazobán	36	2026	TOT	60	6	2	.750	6	2.96	56	0	0	0	67.0	44	22	23	5	29	1	3	1	267	1	7.52	3.90	1.93	0.67	21.0	10.9	1.09	.222	3.09	72	3.73	89	5.91	3.4
19	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	133	4.63	111	11.03	-4
20	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	76	4.17	99	6.75	0.3
21	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	36	2026	TEX	27	11	10	.524	23	4.20	144	0	0	0	145.2	142	68	71	24	35	10	1	0	613	5	8.90	2.16	4.11	1.48	23.5	5.7	1.22	.295	4.39	104	4.18	101	8.77	-0.8
22	Freddie Freeman F. Freeman	36	2026	LAD
23	Sonny Gray S. Gray	36	2026	BOS	29	18	5	.783	29	2.72	149	0	0	0	169.0	148	51	52	16	46	5	0	0	683	1	7.93	2.45	3.24	0.85	21.8	6.7	1.15	.283	2.77	64	3.47	84	7.88	12.6
24	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	518	9.43	228	24.00	-1.8
25	Tim Hill T. Hill	36	2026	NYY	67	5	2	.714	0	4.60	25	0	0	2	58.2	54	30	33	12	13	7	11	2	241	1	3.84	1.99	1.92	1.84	10.4	5.4	1.14	.228	5.06	111	5.92	140	8.28	-10.8

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27

Dingler

RBI

91

Dingler

AVG

.280

Greene

Team Pitching Leaders

10

Valdez

135

Valdez

ERA

2.70

Mize

Team Rankings

181

18th

723

14th

1,312

21st

ERA

3.67

6th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	85	77	.525
White Sox	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0

Last Game

Pirates

82 - 80

Final

Tigers

76 - 86

Sun 27 Sep 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

Playoffs HR Leaders

4

Rice

3

Contreras

3

Muncy

Playoffs RBI Leaders

9

Rice

8

Adell

8

Ramírez

Playoffs Batting Average Leaders

1.000

Taylor

.500

Hoerner

.500

Genao

Playoffs Hit Leaders

13

DeLauter

12

Ramírez

12

Díaz

Playoffs Run Leaders

8

Ramírez

7

DeLauter

7

Kwan

Playoffs OBP Leaders

1.000

Sánchez

1.000

Taylor

.667

De Paula

Playoffs SLG Leaders

1.333

Velázquez

1.333

Sheets

1.105

Rice

Playoffs SB Leaders

4

Chisholm

3

Simpson

3

Acuña

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Playoffs Win Leaders

3

Hall

2

Williams

2

Rasmussen

Playoffs Strikeout Leaders

33

Williams

23

Rasmussen

19

Sale

Playoffs ERA Leaders

0.00

Suarez

0.00

Peterson

0.00

Hader

Playoffs WHIP Leaders

0.00

Chapman

0.00

VanWey

0.00

Weissert

Playoffs K/9 Leaders

27.00

Brown

27.00

Chapman

27.00

Bibee

Playoffs K/BB Leaders

19.00

Sale

18.00

Burke

13.00

Fried

Playoffs Walk Leaders

0

Suarez

0

Warren

0

Duran

MLB Fantasy 2026

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

155.6

Ramírez

149

Williams

147

Rasmussen

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

118

Ramírez

94.5

Williams

90

DeLauter

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

97-72

96-72

91-71

88-74

92-79

87-75

Worst Record ATS

60-102

69-96

72-98

75-87

76-88

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	98	64	.605
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 9/15	ATH	@	TBR	1-2
Tue 9/15	MIL	@	PIT	5-1
Tue 9/15	BAL	@	NYM	7-5
Tue 9/15	ATL	@	CHC	6-3
Tue 9/15	NYY	@	MIN	8-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 10/23	TBR	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Sat 10/24	TBR	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Mon 10/26	MIL	@	TBR	8:00 PM
Tue 10/27	MIL	@	TBR	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	MIL	@	TBR	8:00 PM

Justin Verlander is the oldest active player in a season this year. He was 43 years old.

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13

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7

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1.000

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1.333

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MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

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