mlb pitchers with most strikeouts since 2016

Since 2016, Aaron Nola has struck out the most batters, with 1,946 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	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	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,946	297	107	96	.527	297	3.95	6	4	0	1768.0	1,591	776	817	236	476	55	0	17	7,288	20	9.91	2.42	4.09	1.20	26.7	6.5	1.17	.296	4.16	93	3.59	84	8.10	136.7
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	1,923	253	116	60	.659	253	3.08	7	1	0	1536.0	1,178	525	550	205	373	66	0	11	6,131	26	11.27	2.19	5.16	1.20	31.4	6.1	1.01	.273	3.22	73	3.25	77	6.90	169.3
3	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	1,898	258	119	65	.647	258	3.22	8	5	0	1571.1	1,278	562	598	199	405	40	0	5	6,318	38	10.87	2.32	4.69	1.14	30.0	6.4	1.07	.286	3.43	78	3.24	76	7.32	178.6
4	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,852	321	104	105	.498	305	3.81	3	2	0	1776.2	1,703	752	808	218	493	36	7	9	7,427	45	9.38	2.50	3.76	1.10	24.9	6.6	1.24	.308	4.09	91	3.56	83	8.63	136.6
5	Chris Sale C. Sale	1,719	218	100	55	.645	217	3.00	8	2	0	1323.2	1,058	441	475	135	300	94	0	3	5,326	21	11.69	2.04	5.73	0.92	32.3	5.6	1.03	.300	3.23	68	2.78	65	7.19	215
6	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,709	257	92	72	.561	255	3.83	2	1	0	1416.1	1,196	603	648	219	613	44	0	16	5,970	61	10.86	3.90	2.79	1.39	28.6	10.3	1.28	.289	4.12	91	4.13	101	7.60	-3.9
7	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,686	254	105	63	.625	254	3.21	4	2	0	1558.1	1,304	556	595	156	394	64	0	9	6,315	27	9.74	2.28	4.28	0.90	26.7	6.2	1.09	.286	3.44	77	3.18	75	7.53	181.1
8	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,649	219	81	59	.579	219	2.69	4	2	0	1329.0	1,017	397	427	140	295	22	0	12	5,227	26	11.17	2.00	5.59	0.95	31.5	5.6	0.99	.281	2.89	67	2.75	66	6.89	210.2
9	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,616	285	106	85	.555	278	3.74	2	1	0	1552.2	1,383	645	699	169	501	53	2	3	6,471	77	9.37	2.90	3.23	0.98	25.0	7.7	1.21	.294	4.05	88	3.56	84	8.02	117.6
10	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1,611	238	109	62	.637	238	3.06	5	2	0	1460.0	1,151	497	533	185	364	49	0	6	5,865	33	9.93	2.24	4.43	1.14	27.5	6.2	1.04	.264	3.29	73	3.45	82	7.10	126.7
11	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,594	265	87	93	.483	262	3.66	1	0	0	1521.1	1,322	618	678	191	488	53	2	9	6,308	21	9.43	2.89	3.27	1.13	25.3	7.7	1.19	.284	4.01	89	3.77	90	7.82	73.5
12	Charlie Morton C. Morton	1,585	258	102	64	.614	252	3.87	0	0	0	1392.0	1,208	598	639	156	530	124	1	7	5,898	33	10.25	3.43	2.99	1.01	26.9	9.0	1.25	.300	4.13	92	3.75	90	7.81	66.8
13	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,581	322	87	125	.410	304	4.73	4	2	2	1727.1	1,880	907	981	254	559	42	8	21	7,498	50	8.24	2.91	2.83	1.32	21.1	7.5	1.41	.321	5.11	112	4.29	101	9.80	-8.3
14	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,481	275	108	82	.568	273	4.08	5	1	0	1571.2	1,474	713	765	219	473	98	0	7	6,607	35	8.48	2.71	3.13	1.25	22.4	7.2	1.24	.289	4.38	97	4.18	98	8.44	16.3
15	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,455	224	81	63	.563	224	3.16	1	1	0	1167.0	900	410	446	111	524	11	0	6	4,831	87	11.22	4.04	2.78	0.86	30.1	10.8	1.22	.289	3.44	77	3.29	79	6.94	115.4
16	Dylan Cease D. Cease	1,422	210	72	63	.533	210	3.71	4	4	0	1146.2	939	473	522	130	486	38	0	9	4,833	60	11.16	3.81	2.93	1.02	29.4	10.1	1.24	.293	4.10	89	3.52	82	7.37	93.3
17	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	1,395	214	76	68	.528	214	3.82	0	0	0	1232.2	1,026	523	545	178	345	63	0	5	5,043	54	10.19	2.52	4.04	1.30	27.7	6.8	1.11	.277	3.98	91	3.77	89	7.49	65.5
18	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	1,353	258	70	78	.473	213	4.47	2	0	3	1227.0	1,119	610	639	197	433	34	13	7	5,173	53	9.92	3.18	3.12	1.44	26.2	8.4	1.26	.292	4.69	105	4.18	99	8.21	5.7
19	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,322	214	88	68	.564	212	3.72	2	1	0	1189.0	987	491	531	151	432	58	0	5	4,965	61	10.01	3.27	3.06	1.14	26.6	8.7	1.19	.278	4.02	90	3.81	90	7.47	56.6
20	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1,306	211	109	40	.732	209	2.67	4	3	0	1244.1	995	369	407	138	247	19	0	2	4,900	46	9.45	1.79	5.29	1.00	26.7	5.0	1.00	.269	2.94	65	3.15	74	7.20	150
21	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	1,300	244	95	64	.597	238	4.06	0	0	0	1326.1	1,289	598	633	167	465	28	1	8	5,647	13	8.82	3.16	2.80	1.13	23.0	8.2	1.32	.304	4.30	92	3.95	94	8.75	38.2
22	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	1,290	268	83	71	.539	221	4.09	3	3	0	1349.2	1,253	613	666	185	382	73	11	4	5,650	38	8.60	2.55	3.38	1.23	22.8	6.8	1.21	.287	4.44	100	4.03	98	8.36	14.8
23	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	1,274	235	75	51	.595	186	3.79	1	0	1	1054.1	829	444	473	138	410	53	6	3	4,408	38	10.88	3.50	3.11	1.18	28.9	9.3	1.18	.273	4.04	91	3.76	90	7.08	52.1
24	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	1,249	214	82	60	.577	212	3.99	2	1	0	1215.0	1,117	538	598	172	413	55	0	11	5,167	42	9.25	3.06	3.02	1.27	24.2	8.0	1.26	.288	4.43	92	4.12	95	8.27	32.2
25	Kyle Gibson K. Gibson	1,239	261	85	84	.503	255	4.65	2	1	0	1453.0	1,504	750	804	196	522	54	0	9	6,253	50	7.67	3.23	2.37	1.21	19.8	8.3	1.39	.308	4.98	109	4.41	103	9.32	-20.3

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Team Batting Leaders

37

Schwarber

RBI

72

Schwarber

AVG

.276

Marsh

Team Pitching Leaders

15

Sánchez

181

Sánchez

ERA

2.54

Sánchez

Team Rankings

152

9th

542

16th

1,208

1st

ERA

4.18

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	73	48	.603
Phillies	65	58	.528	9.0
Marlins	62	60	.508	11.5
Nationals	60	63	.488	14.0
Mets	53	69	.434	20.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/15	PHI	@	MIN	7:10 PM
Sun 8/16	PHI	@	MIN	2:10 PM
Mon 8/17	MIA	@	PHI	6:40 PM
Tue 8/18	MIA	@	PHI	6:40 PM
Wed 8/19	MIA	@	PHI	6:05 PM

Last Game

Phillies

65 - 58

Final

Twins

60 - 63

Thu 13 Aug 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

37

Schwarber

35

Caminero

35

Alvarez

RBI Leaders

91

Abrams

89

Stewart

87

Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

.322

Alvarez

.316

Arraez

.312

Lopez

Hit Leaders

148

Lopez

147

Arraez

140

Alvarez

Run Leaders

100

Wood

86

Crow-Armstrong

86

Olson

OBP Leaders

.436

Alvarez

.396

Kurtz

.393

Wood

SLG Leaders

.621

Alvarez

.553

Caminero

.552

García

SB Leaders

40

Nuñez

33

Simpson

32

Witt

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

15

Sánchez

14

Gray

13

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

204

Misiorowski

191

Cease

185

Williams

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

13.09

Cease

11.51

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.80

Misiorowski

5.87

Schlittler

5.78

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

20

Martinez

23

Rasmussen

27

Ryan

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,061.4

Ohtani

1,685.7

Crow-Armstrong

1,661.5

Wood

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,438.6

Ohtani

1,282

Crow-Armstrong

1,236

Alvarez

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Best Record ATS

71-49

70-50

71-52

67-54

68-55

67-55

Worst Record ATS

45-77

48-75

50-72

53-69

55-66

56-66

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	73	48	.603
Phillies	65	58	.528	9.0
Marlins	62	60	.508	11.5
Nationals	60	63	.488	14.0
Mets	53	69	.434	20.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	75	47	.615
Cubs	71	51	.582	4.0
Cardinals	61	60	.504	13.5
Reds	58	62	.483	16.0
Pirates	59	64	.480	16.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	73	49	.598
Padres	65	57	.533	8.0
Diamondbacks	64	58	.525	9.0
Giants	50	71	.413	22.5
Rockies	48	73	.397	24.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	74	46	.617
Yankees	68	53	.562	6.5
Red Sox	65	56	.537	9.5
Blue Jays	59	64	.480	16.5
Orioles	58	63	.479	16.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	62	58	.517
Tigers	60	61	.496	2.5
Twins	60	63	.488	3.5
Guardians	59	63	.484	4.0
Royals	49	73	.402	14.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	62	60	.508
Rangers	60	62	.492	2.0
Mariners	57	65	.467	5.0
Angels	48	74	.393	14.0
Athletics	47	74	.388	14.5