lowest era by a rookie pitcher since 2000 american league

Since 2000, Parker Messick has the best ERA by an AL rookie, with an ERA of 2.56 this season.

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	NAME	ERA	SEASON	TM	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	Parker Messick P. Messick	2.56	2026	CLE	32	12	9	.571	32	193	0	0	0	186.1	149	53	57	17	49	4	0	2	747	6	9.32	2.37	3.94	0.82	25.8	6.6	1.06	.273	2.75	62	3.06	76	7.20	20.8
2	Jeremy Hellickson J. Hellickson	2.95	2011	TBR	29	13	10	.565	29	117	2	1	0	189.0	146	62	64	21	72	4	0	8	774	8	5.57	3.43	1.63	1.00	15.1	9.3	1.15	.223	3.05	76	4.43	112	6.95	-10.3
3	Yordano Ventura Y. Ventura	3.20	2014	KCR	31	14	10	.583	30	159	0	0	0	183.0	168	65	70	14	69	5	0	1	782	11	7.82	3.39	2.30	0.69	20.3	8.8	1.30	.288	3.44	81	3.60	96	8.26	3
4	Jarrod Parker J. Parker	3.47	2012	OAK	29	13	8	.619	29	140	0	0	0	181.1	166	70	71	11	63	3	0	3	751	10	6.95	3.13	2.22	0.55	18.6	8.4	1.26	.290	3.52	88	3.42	85	8.24	12.6
5	Joe Blanton J. Blanton	3.53	2005	OAK	33	12	12	.500	33	116	2	0	0	201.1	178	79	86	23	67	5	0	3	835	4	5.19	3.00	1.73	1.03	13.9	8.0	1.22	.248	3.84	84	4.42	102	7.96	-2.2
6	Scott Diamond S. Diamond	3.54	2012	MIN	27	12	9	.571	27	90	1	1	0	173.0	184	68	76	17	31	4	0	2	714	10	4.68	1.61	2.90	0.88	12.6	4.3	1.24	.292	3.95	86	3.93	96	9.57	3
7	Rodrigo Lopez R. Lopez	3.57	2002	BAL	33	15	9	.625	28	136	1	0	0	196.2	172	78	83	23	62	5	0	4	809	2	6.22	2.84	2.19	1.05	16.8	7.7	1.19	.256	3.80	83	4.11	93	7.87	6.4
8	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3.63	2006	DET	30	17	9	.654	30	124	1	1	0	186.0	187	75	78	21	60	6	0	1	776	5	6.00	2.90	2.07	1.02	16.0	7.7	1.33	.294	3.77	80	4.34	96	9.05	3.6
9	Jeremy Guthrie J. Guthrie	3.70	2007	BAL	32	7	5	.583	26	123	0	0	0	175.1	165	72	78	23	47	4	3	2	723	8	6.31	2.41	2.62	1.18	17.0	6.5	1.21	.270	4.00	82	4.40	96	8.47	3.3
10	Ivan Nova I. Nova	3.70	2011	NYY	28	16	4	.800	27	98	0	0	0	165.1	163	68	74	13	57	6	1	3	704	11	5.33	3.10	1.72	0.71	13.9	8.1	1.33	.283	4.03	88	4.00	95	8.87	3.9
11	Gustavo Chacin G. Chacin	3.72	2005	TOR	34	13	9	.591	34	121	0	0	0	203.0	213	84	93	20	70	8	0	3	872	3	5.36	3.10	1.73	0.89	13.9	8.0	1.39	.296	4.12	84	4.25	97	9.44	3.6
12	Armando Galarraga A. Galarraga	3.73	2008	DET	30	13	7	.650	28	126	0	0	0	178.2	152	74	83	28	61	6	0	2	746	6	6.35	3.07	2.07	1.41	16.9	8.2	1.19	.236	4.18	85	4.88	112	7.66	-10.1
13	Michael Pineda M. Pineda	3.74	2011	SEA	28	9	10	.474	28	173	0	0	0	171.0	133	71	76	18	55	5	0	1	696	9	9.11	2.89	3.15	0.95	24.9	7.9	1.10	.258	4.00	98	3.42	87	7.00	9.6
14	Tommy Milone T. Milone	3.74	2012	OAK	31	13	10	.565	31	137	1	0	0	190.0	207	79	90	24	36	4	0	2	791	2	6.49	1.71	3.81	1.14	17.3	4.6	1.28	.310	4.26	95	3.92	97	9.81	2.6
15	Scott Kazmir S. Kazmir	3.77	2005	TBD	32	10	9	.526	32	174	0	0	0	186.0	172	78	90	12	100	10	0	3	818	7	8.42	4.84	1.74	0.58	21.3	12.2	1.46	.307	4.35	89	3.75	87	8.32	11.7
16	Matt Moore M. Moore	3.81	2012	TBR	31	11	11	.500	31	175	0	0	0	177.1	158	75	85	18	81	7	0	5	759	8	8.88	4.11	2.16	0.91	23.1	10.7	1.35	.293	4.31	98	3.92	97	8.02	2.3
17	Roenis Elias R. Elias	3.85	2014	SEA	29	10	12	.455	29	143	1	1	0	163.2	151	70	77	16	64	11	0	3	693	6	7.86	3.52	2.23	0.88	20.6	9.2	1.31	.294	4.23	105	4.03	109	8.30	-6
18	Brian Bannister B. Bannister	3.87	2007	KCR	27	12	9	.571	27	77	1	0	0	165.0	156	71	76	15	44	6	0	1	683	4	4.20	2.40	1.75	0.82	11.3	6.4	1.21	.261	4.15	84	4.39	100	8.51	0
19	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	3.90	2012	TEX	29	16	9	.640	29	221	0	0	0	191.1	156	83	89	14	89	10	0	1	816	8	10.40	4.19	2.48	0.66	27.1	10.9	1.28	.295	4.19	90	3.28	77	7.34	20.3
20	Jeff Niemann J. Niemann	3.94	2009	TBR	31	13	6	.684	30	125	2	2	0	180.2	185	79	84	17	59	9	1	1	769	6	6.23	2.94	2.12	0.85	16.3	7.7	1.35	.301	4.18	93	4.06	94	9.22	5.3
21	Rick Porcello R. Porcello	3.96	2009	DET	31	14	9	.609	31	89	0	0	0	170.2	176	75	81	23	52	3	0	0	720	6	4.69	2.74	1.71	1.21	12.4	7.2	1.34	.277	4.27	87	4.76	107	9.28	-5.8
22	Wei-Yin Chen W. Chen	4.02	2012	BAL	32	12	11	.522	32	154	0	0	0	192.2	186	86	97	29	57	5	0	0	818	2	7.19	2.66	2.70	1.35	18.8	7.0	1.26	.274	4.53	97	4.41	103	8.69	-2.1
23	Nick Blackburn N. Blackburn	4.05	2008	MIN	33	11	11	.500	33	96	0	0	0	193.1	224	87	102	23	39	7	0	4	823	2	4.47	1.82	2.46	1.07	11.7	4.7	1.36	.305	4.75	95	4.39	105	10.43	-4.7
24	Brett Anderson B. Anderson	4.06	2009	OAK	30	11	11	.500	30	150	1	1	0	175.1	180	79	94	20	45	3	0	1	735	0	7.70	2.31	3.33	1.03	20.4	6.1	1.28	.309	4.83	94	3.68	85	9.24	12.6
25	Brady Singer B. Singer	4.06	2020	KCR	12	4	5	.444	12	61	0	0	0	64.1	52	29	29	8	23	2	0	0	263	5	8.53	3.22	2.65	1.12	23.2	8.7	1.17	.260	4.06	89	4.07	93	7.27	2.3

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2

Ramírez

RBI

8

Adell

AVG

.500

Genao

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2

Williams

33

Williams

ERA

1.04

Armstrong

Team Rankings

162

27th

678

24th

1,530

3rd

ERA

3.77

8th

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

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Playoffs HR Leaders

4

Rice

3

Contreras

3

Muncy

Playoffs RBI Leaders

9

Rice

8

Chourio

8

Hicks

Playoffs Batting Average Leaders

1.000

Taylor

.500

Hoerner

.500

Genao

Playoffs Hit Leaders

15

Contreras

13

DeLauter

13

Aranda

Playoffs Run Leaders

8

Ramírez

8

Díaz

7

DeLauter

Playoffs OBP Leaders

1.000

Taylor

.667

De Paula

.500

Rice

Playoffs SLG Leaders

1.333

Velázquez

1.333

Sheets

1.105

Rice

Playoffs SB Leaders

5

Simpson

4

Chisholm

3

Frelick

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Playoffs Win Leaders

3

Hall

2

Williams

2

Rasmussen

Playoffs Strikeout Leaders

33

Williams

27

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

161

Rasmussen

155.6

Ramírez

149

Williams

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

118

Ramírez

109

Contreras

94.5

Williams

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

97-72

96-72

91-71

88-74

93-80

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

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Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 9/15	ATH	@	TBR	1-2
Tue 9/15	MIL	@	PIT	5-1
Tue 9/15	NYY	@	MIN	8-1
Tue 9/15	SEA	@	LAA	1-2
Wed 9/16	CWS	@	CLE	3-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 10/26	MIL	@	TBR	8:00 PM
Tue 10/27	MIL	@	TBR	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	MIL	@	TBR	8:00 PM
Fri 10/30	TBR	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Sat 10/31	TBR	@	MIL	8:00 PM

Since 2000, Parker Messick has the best ERA by an AL rookie, with an ERA of 2.56 this season.

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15

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8

8

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1.000

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.500

1.333

1.333

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2

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33

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0.00

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0.00

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27.00

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