mlb strike out leaders from 2016 to 2018

Between the 2016 and 2018 seasons, Max Scherzer fanned the most batters, with 852 strikeouts.

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	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	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	852	98	54	20	.730	98	2.67	5	1	0	649.2	441	193	205	76	162	29	0	8	2,548	10	11.80	2.24	5.26	1.05	33.4	6.4	0.93	.255	2.84	63	2.93	70	6.11	91.9
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	778	91	46	22	.676	91	2.85	7	1	0	599.0	457	190	200	62	122	39	0	2	2,375	9	11.69	1.83	6.38	0.93	32.8	5.1	0.97	.287	3.01	65	2.70	63	6.87	104.6
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	763	101	47	26	.644	101	2.97	3	1	0	647.2	497	214	224	85	166	20	0	5	2,585	16	10.60	2.31	4.60	1.18	29.5	6.4	1.02	.266	3.11	70	3.36	78	6.91	66.6
4	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	714	94	56	20	.737	94	2.77	10	6	0	633.2	490	195	213	68	127	15	0	3	2,479	11	10.14	1.80	5.62	0.97	28.8	5.1	0.97	.271	3.03	63	2.96	69	6.96	93.9
5	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	651	87	32	27	.542	87	2.70	3	1	0	566.1	474	170	188	53	141	10	0	8	2,266	13	10.35	2.24	4.62	0.84	28.7	6.2	1.09	.298	2.99	68	2.87	70	7.53	77.8
6	Chris Archer C. Archer	644	94	25	39	.391	94	4.12	0	0	0	550.2	531	252	278	76	176	14	0	3	2,340	32	10.53	2.88	3.66	1.24	27.5	7.5	1.28	.318	4.54	100	3.64	88	8.68	31.7
7	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	607	89	46	24	.657	87	3.33	4	1	0	538.1	480	199	215	63	123	19	1	8	2,181	23	10.15	2.06	4.93	1.05	27.8	5.6	1.12	.305	3.59	75	3.21	75	8.02	65.5
8	Robbie Ray R. Ray	601	84	29	22	.569	84	3.93	1	1	0	460.0	398	201	217	66	212	16	0	10	1,967	21	11.76	4.15	2.83	1.29	30.6	10.8	1.33	.310	4.25	91	3.89	93	7.79	14.9
9	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	585	95	41	23	.641	86	3.57	1	0	1	541.2	494	215	231	54	187	23	5	3	2,277	18	9.72	3.11	3.13	0.90	25.7	8.2	1.26	.308	3.84	80	3.45	80	8.21	51.3
10	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	570	86	34	27	.557	86	3.64	2	1	0	519.1	473	210	223	57	155	17	0	4	2,154	21	9.88	2.69	3.68	0.99	26.5	7.2	1.21	.307	3.86	87	3.37	80	8.20	48
11	Rick Porcello R. Porcello	560	99	50	28	.641	99	3.99	6	0	0	617.2	606	274	307	88	128	35	0	1	2,583	11	8.16	1.87	4.38	1.28	21.7	5.0	1.19	.292	4.47	89	3.98	94	8.83	18
12	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	555	102	30	33	.476	89	4.03	1	1	1	545.1	547	244	276	65	175	13	6	13	2,327	27	9.16	2.89	3.17	1.07	23.9	7.5	1.32	.317	4.56	93	3.70	88	9.03	29
13	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	548	91	45	25	.643	91	3.53	2	1	0	568.2	514	223	237	76	129	6	0	6	2,307	17	8.67	2.04	4.25	1.20	23.8	5.6	1.13	.283	3.75	82	3.67	88	8.13	31.2
14	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	546	96	37	34	.521	96	3.77	1	1	0	571.0	524	239	249	70	179	17	0	8	2,366	21	8.61	2.82	3.05	1.10	23.1	7.6	1.23	.292	3.92	91	3.86	92	8.26	22.7
15	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	543	74	40	15	.727	74	3.22	1	1	0	453.0	368	162	173	46	129	17	0	8	1,843	10	10.79	2.56	4.21	0.91	29.5	7.0	1.10	.291	3.44	76	3.04	72	7.31	59.8
16	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	529	74	39	13	.750	74	2.26	4	3	0	485.1	372	122	135	48	70	4	0	1	1,873	19	9.81	1.30	7.56	0.89	28.2	3.7	0.91	.265	2.50	57	2.71	66	6.90	76.1
17	Aaron Nola A. Nola	529	80	35	26	.574	80	3.32	0	0	0	491.1	419	181	192	45	136	15	0	8	2,007	7	9.69	2.49	3.89	0.82	26.4	6.8	1.13	.292	3.52	80	3.11	73	7.68	61.9
18	Jon Lester J. Lester	526	96	50	19	.725	96	3.33	3	0	0	565.0	507	209	233	71	176	16	0	4	2,320	11	8.38	2.80	2.99	1.13	22.7	7.6	1.21	.285	3.71	80	3.94	95	8.08	13.2
19	Masahiro Tanaka M. Tanaka	518	88	39	22	.639	88	3.83	2	2	0	534.0	500	227	243	82	112	17	0	1	2,192	17	8.73	1.89	4.63	1.38	23.6	5.1	1.15	.286	4.10	89	3.93	89	8.43	27.8
20	Luis Severino L. Severino	516	85	36	22	.621	74	3.59	1	1	0	455.2	401	182	197	51	122	14	3	1	1,875	17	10.19	2.41	4.23	1.01	27.5	6.5	1.15	.299	3.89	84	3.24	74	7.92	58
21	Carlos Martinez C. Martinez	508	96	36	26	.581	81	3.29	2	2	5	519.0	448	190	209	47	201	30	9	8	2,188	22	8.81	3.49	2.53	0.82	23.2	9.2	1.25	.286	3.62	81	3.70	90	7.77	24
22	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	507	96	36	31	.537	96	3.87	0	0	0	549.1	504	236	251	57	218	18	0	9	2,338	19	8.31	3.57	2.33	0.93	21.7	9.3	1.31	.291	4.11	91	3.94	93	8.26	17.6
23	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	501	95	30	35	.462	95	4.07	0	0	0	550.0	580	249	260	83	168	17	0	2	2,349	22	8.20	2.75	2.98	1.36	21.3	7.2	1.36	.315	4.25	95	4.30	98	9.49	6.9
24	J.A. Happ	498	88	47	21	.691	88	3.44	0	0	0	518.0	463	198	217	67	157	15	0	1	2,155	11	8.65	2.73	3.17	1.16	23.1	7.3	1.20	.279	3.77	80	3.90	91	8.04	23.4
25	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	493	88	35	23	.603	88	3.72	2	0	0	539.1	486	223	250	71	195	38	0	2	2,268	17	8.23	3.25	2.53	1.18	21.7	8.6	1.26	.282	4.17	81	4.33	98	8.11	4.7

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Team Batting Leaders

33

Abrams

RBI

103

Abrams

AVG

.283

Ruiz

Team Pitching Leaders

13

Cavalli

200

Cavalli

ERA

3.02

Cavalli

Team Rankings

207

5th

807

3rd

1,254

24th

ERA

4.65

26th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	93	65	.589
Phillies	87	71	.551	6.0
Marlins	78	80	.494	15.0
Nationals	75	84	.472	18.5
Mets	73	85	.462	20.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 9/25	NYM	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Sat 9/26	NYM	@	WSH	4:05 PM
Sun 9/27	NYM	@	WSH	3:05 PM

Last Game

Nationals

75 - 84

Final

Tigers

74 - 85

Wed 23 Sep 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

45

Crow-Armstrong

45

Schwarber

41

Caminero

RBI Leaders

112

Burleson

110

Stewart

110

Alonso

Batting Average Leaders

.316

Alvarez

.312

Arraez

.310

Moreno

Hit Leaders

187

Lopez

185

Arraez

177

Tatis

Run Leaders

119

Crow-Armstrong

109

Arozarena

104

Wood

OBP Leaders

.432

Alvarez

.393

Bauers

.387

Contreras

SLG Leaders

.603

Alvarez

.577

Crow-Armstrong

.537

Rice

SB Leaders

49

Nuñez

46

Simpson

43

Witt

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

18

Sánchez

18

Gray

16

Rasmussen

Strikeout Leaders

247

Misiorowski

244

Williams

239

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.86

Misiorowski

1.94

Schlittler

2.16

Sale

WHIP Leaders

0.80

Misiorowski

0.87

Yamamoto

0.91

Schlittler

K/9 Leaders

13.13

Misiorowski

12.73

Cease

12.13

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.45

Sale

5.88

Misiorowski

5.44

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

25

Martinez

31

Sale

32

Rasmussen

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,330.3

Crow-Armstrong

2,270.8

Ohtani

2,033.2

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,766

Crow-Armstrong

1,597.6

Ohtani

1,525

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

90-68

89-69

89-70

86-72

85-74

84-75

Worst Record ATS

58-100

67-91

68-90

73-85

74-84

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	93	65	.589
Phillies	87	71	.551	6.0
Marlins	78	80	.494	15.0
Nationals	75	84	.472	18.5
Mets	73	85	.462	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	99	59	.627
Cubs	87	71	.551	12.0
Pirates	80	78	.506	19.0
Cardinals	77	81	.487	22.0
Reds	73	85	.462	26.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	97	61	.614
Padres	88	70	.557	9.0
Diamondbacks	84	74	.532	13.0
Giants	65	94	.409	32.5
Rockies	57	101	.361	40.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	96	62	.608
Yankees - w	91	67	.576	5.0
Red Sox - w	85	73	.538	11.0
Orioles	78	81	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	77	82	.484	19.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	82	76	.519
White Sox	81	77	.513	1.0
Twins	75	84	.472	7.5
Tigers	74	85	.465	8.5
Royals	68	90	.430	14.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	78	80	.494
Rangers	78	80	.494
Mariners	74	84	.468	4.0
Athletics	63	95	.399	15.0
Angels	60	98	.380	18.0