Since 1980, J.R. Richard has the best ERA, with an ERA of 1.90.

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lowest career era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a player in MLB since 1980

	NAME	ERA	G	W	L	W%	GS	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	J.R. Richard	1.90	17	10	4	.714	17	119	4	4	0	113.2	65	24	31	2	40	0	0	1	438	2	9.42	3.17	2.98	0.16	27.2	9.1	0.92	.227	2.45	56	1.93	56	5.15	19.9
2	Tom Burgmeier T. Burgmeier	2.44	200	25	16	.610	0	180	0	0	38	380.0	350	103	122	18	99	8	106	26	1,557	5	4.26	2.34	1.82	0.43	11.6	6.4	1.18	.265	2.89	60	3.22	81	8.29	33.1
3	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	2.46	39	14	9	.609	39	266	0	0	0	219.2	163	60	67	22	62	11	0	0	883	3	10.90	2.54	4.29	0.90	30.1	7.0	1.02	.270	2.75	60	2.97	70	6.68	30.3
4	Mike Vasil M. Vasil	2.50	47	5	3	.625	3	82	0	0	4	101.0	74	28	32	8	52	8	17	5	423	4	7.31	4.63	1.58	0.71	19.4	12.3	1.25	.242	2.85	61	4.32	100	6.59	-0.1
5	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.53	455	223	96	.699	451	3,052	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
6	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	2.54	79	30	23	.566	79	548	1	0	0	450.1	339	127	140	34	110	20	0	0	1,779	6	10.95	2.20	4.98	0.68	30.8	6.2	1.00	.286	2.80	59	2.54	61	6.77	79.7
7	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	2.58	76	38	17	.691	76	589	0	0	0	471.1	357	135	150	31	140	13	0	12	1,888	16	11.25	2.67	4.21	0.59	31.2	7.4	1.05	.292	2.86	68	2.43	64	6.82	73
8	Parker Messick P. Messick	2.60	30	12	7	.632	30	174	0	0	0	176.1	150	51	55	17	44	1	0	2	707	7	8.88	2.25	3.95	0.87	24.6	6.2	1.10	.282	2.81	64	3.14	76	7.66	19.1
9	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	2.62	37	16	8	.667	36	291	1	1	0	199.0	119	58	68	21	61	12	0	0	776	6	13.16	2.76	4.77	0.95	37.5	7.9	0.90	.251	3.08	63	2.64	63	5.38	33.9
10	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.66	69	30	17	.638	69	433	1	0	0	403.0	283	119	127	36	113	8	0	1	1,585	9	9.67	2.52	3.83	0.80	27.3	7.1	0.98	.248	2.84	64	3.03	71	6.32	54
11	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.66	270	104	72	.591	270	1,995	4	2	0	1658.1	1,277	491	528	163	375	25	0	16	6,531	33	10.83	2.04	5.32	0.88	30.5	5.7	1.00	.280	2.87	68	2.74	67	6.93	250.5
12	Tim Burke T. Burke	2.72	498	49	33	.598	2	444	0	0	102	699.1	624	211	251	49	219	21	262	71	2,906	25	5.71	2.82	2.03	0.63	15.3	7.5	1.21	.265	3.23	75	3.45	93	8.03	19.9
13	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	2.74	642	53	44	.546	0	366	0	0	239	1003.1	1,022	306	340	54	155	7	532	65	4,084	3	3.28	1.39	2.36	0.48	9.0	3.8	1.17	.276	3.05	69	3.19	81	9.17	82.2
14	Walbert Ureña W. Ureña	2.83	21	7	8	.467	19	97	0	0	0	101.2	76	32	39	6	55	8	0	1	436	4	8.59	4.87	1.76	0.53	22.2	12.6	1.29	.259	3.45	68	3.80	91	6.73	4.3
15	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.86	152	41	22	.651	103	558	0	0	2	585.0	463	186	198	53	141	15	17	3	2,325	23	8.58	2.17	3.96	0.82	24.0	6.1	1.03	.263	3.05	71	3.20	78	7.12	58.9
16	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.93	476	219	100	.687	409	3,154	46	17	3	2827.1	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
17	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.96	414	157	95	.623	333	2,730	16	3	12	2207.0	1,790	727	785	221	515	140	25	15	8,883	48	11.13	2.10	5.30	0.90	30.7	5.8	1.04	.297	3.20	70	2.85	68	7.30	327.2
18	Kwang-Hyun Kim K. Kim	2.97	35	10	7	.588	28	104	0	0	2	145.2	126	48	55	15	51	4	3	4	606	5	6.43	3.15	2.04	0.93	17.2	8.4	1.22	.257	3.40	72	4.21	100	7.78	-0.4
19	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	2.97	687	59	68	.465	0	466	0	0	101	896.1	846	296	339	42	301	10	424	120	3,771	9	4.68	3.02	1.55	0.42	12.4	8.0	1.28	.272	3.40	80	3.35	91	8.49	34.2
20	Greg Minton G. Minton	2.99	637	53	56	.486	1	422	0	0	146	978.2	936	325	373	39	421	11	389	119	4,167	41	3.88	3.87	1.00	0.36	10.1	10.1	1.39	.274	3.43	83	3.72	101	8.61	-2.5
21	Al Holland A. Holland	3.00	379	34	30	.531	11	505	0	0	78	636.2	541	212	239	55	227	5	216	54	2,670	12	7.14	3.21	2.22	0.78	18.9	8.5	1.21	.259	3.38	83	3.34	93	7.65	17.5
22	Mark Eichhorn M. Eichhorn	3.00	563	48	43	.527	7	640	0	0	32	885.2	825	295	328	49	270	40	226	63	3,702	25	6.50	2.74	2.37	0.50	17.3	7.3	1.24	.287	3.33	72	3.17	76	8.38	100.3
23	Gary Lucas G. Lucas	3.01	409	29	44	.397	18	410	0	0	63	669.0	618	224	274	41	227	7	206	65	2,795	24	5.52	3.05	1.81	0.55	14.7	8.1	1.26	.273	3.69	84	3.35	91	8.31	25.5
24	Max Fried M. Fried	3.02	214	96	44	.686	197	1,127	6	4	0	1161.0	1,001	390	431	91	322	47	10	6	4,727	49	8.74	2.50	3.50	0.71	23.8	6.8	1.14	.290	3.34	72	3.18	76	7.76	127.6
25	Shane McClanahan S. McClanahan	3.04	94	42	22	.656	94	547	0	0	0	503.2	407	170	184	55	151	9	0	1	2,036	22	9.77	2.70	3.62	0.98	26.9	7.4	1.11	.276	3.29	76	3.35	83	7.27	38.6

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Alvarez

RBI

86

Alvarez

AVG

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Alvarez

Team Pitching Leaders

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Lambert

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Lambert

ERA

3.09

Lambert

Team Rankings

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550

10th

1,038

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ERA

4.59

26th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	60	59	.504
Rangers	59	59	.500	0.5
Mariners	56	63	.471	4.0
Athletics	47	71	.398	12.5
Angels	45	73	.381	14.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 8/10	HOU	@	SFG	9:45 PM
Tue 8/11	HOU	@	SFG	9:45 PM
Wed 8/12	HOU	@	SFG	3:45 PM
Fri 8/14	SEA	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Sat 8/15	SEA	@	HOU	7:10 PM

Last Game

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60 - 59

Final

Padres

62 - 57

Sun 9 Aug 2026

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HR Leaders

35

Alvarez

35

Schwarber

34

Goodman

RBI Leaders

89

Abrams

87

Stewart

86

Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

.322

Alvarez

.320

Arraez

.318

Lopez

Hit Leaders

147

Lopez

143

Arraez

137

Alvarez

Run Leaders

100

Wood

84

Crow-Armstrong

83

Olson

OBP Leaders

.435

Alvarez

.396

Kurtz

.395

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.624

Alvarez

.552

Olson

.551

García

SB Leaders

40

Nuñez

31

Simpson

31

Witt

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

15

Sánchez

14

Gray

13

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

204

Misiorowski

185

Williams

184

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.76

Misiorowski

2.20

Sale

2.21

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.74

Misiorowski

0.89

Yamamoto

0.91

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.80

Misiorowski

13.11

Cease

11.51

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.80

Misiorowski

5.91

Rasmussen

5.87

Schlittler

Walk Leaders

20

Martinez

22

Rasmussen

27

Woo

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,002.1

Ohtani

1,661.5

Wood

1,654.3

Crow-Armstrong

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,393.6

Ohtani

1,259

Crow-Armstrong

1,234

Wood

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

70-47

70-50

67-50

66-53

65-54

64-54

Worst Record ATS

44-75

47-72

49-69

52-66

54-65

55-63

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	71	47	.602
Phillies	63	56	.529	8.5
Marlins	60	59	.504	11.5
Nationals	59	61	.492	13.0
Mets	52	67	.437	19.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	74	44	.627
Cubs	69	50	.580	5.5
Cardinals	59	59	.500	15.0
Pirates	58	62	.483	17.0
Reds	56	61	.479	17.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	70	48	.593
Diamondbacks	63	56	.529	7.5
Padres	62	57	.521	8.5
Giants	49	69	.415	21.0
Rockies	46	72	.390	24.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	71	46	.607
Yankees	66	52	.559	5.5
Red Sox	64	53	.547	7.0
Orioles	57	61	.483	14.5
Blue Jays	56	63	.471	16.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	61	56	.521
Tigers	58	60	.492	3.5
Twins	58	61	.487	4.0
Guardians	58	61	.487	4.0
Royals	49	70	.412	13.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	60	59	.504
Rangers	59	59	.500	0.5
Mariners	56	63	.471	4.0
Athletics	47	71	.398	12.5
Angels	45	73	.381	14.5

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 7/26	TOR	@	BOS	1-6
Sun 7/26	ATL	@	BAL	3-2
Sun 7/26	AZ	@	WSH	7-10
Sun 7/26	LAD	@	NYM	3-8
Sun 7/26	KCR	@	DET	5-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 8/10	BOS	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Mon 8/10	NYM	@	ATL	7:15 PM
Mon 8/10	BAL	@	MIN	7:40 PM
Mon 8/10	PHI	@	STL	7:45 PM
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