most games with 10 or more strikeouts by an active pitcher

Max Scherzer has the most games pitched by an active pitcher when striking out 10+ batters, with 114 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 10 or more strikeouts by an active pitcher

	NAME	G	SO	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	H/9
1	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	114	1,266	64	20	.762	114	2.05	9	4	0	802.1	492	183	196	79	144	24	0	3	3,048	18	14.20	1.62	8.79	0.89	41.5	4.7	0.79	.269	2.20	5.52
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	92	1,052	45	21	.682	92	1.80	7	1	0	654.0	409	131	144	43	121	30	0	2	2,498	16	14.48	1.67	8.69	0.59	42.1	4.8	0.81	.292	1.98	5.63
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	73	817	49	9	.845	73	1.83	8	5	0	512.0	318	104	113	47	93	11	0	3	1,943	14	14.36	1.63	8.78	0.83	42.0	4.8	0.80	.278	1.99	5.59
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	63	703	32	11	.744	63	1.84	1	1	0	424.2	261	87	100	36	82	2	0	4	1,597	10	14.90	1.74	8.57	0.76	44.0	5.1	0.81	.291	2.12	5.53
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	63	718	36	7	.837	63	1.89	4	3	0	423.1	255	89	104	40	70	8	0	1	1,584	13	15.26	1.49	10.26	0.85	45.3	4.4	0.77	.287	2.21	5.42
6	Robbie Ray R. Ray	40	437	22	6	.786	40	2.40	1	1	0	255.0	169	68	74	30	65	5	0	2	996	12	15.42	2.29	6.72	1.06	43.9	6.5	0.92	.303	2.61	5.96
7	Blake Snell B. Snell	38	424	24	4	.857	38	0.74	1	1	0	243.2	96	20	20	9	71	1	0	0	890	15	15.66	2.62	5.97	0.33	47.6	8.0	0.69	.226	0.74	3.55
8	Aaron Nola A. Nola	31	328	19	5	.792	31	1.63	3	3	0	215.0	128	39	47	17	33	11	0	1	814	1	13.73	1.38	9.94	0.71	40.3	4.1	0.75	.261	1.97	5.36
9	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	31	334	16	5	.762	31	1.96	2	1	0	215.2	146	47	55	17	27	8	0	0	822	8	13.94	1.13	12.37	0.71	40.6	3.3	0.80	.296	2.30	6.09
10	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	29	307	14	2	.875	29	1.22	1	1	0	199.2	112	27	31	15	25	1	0	0	730	1	13.84	1.13	12.28	0.68	42.1	3.4	0.69	.254	1.40	5.05
11	Dylan Cease D. Cease	28	299	16	1	.941	28	1.70	0	0	0	169.0	101	32	32	9	47	5	0	0	653	9	15.92	2.50	6.36	0.48	45.8	7.2	0.88	.314	1.70	5.38
12	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	28	299	14	5	.737	28	1.82	1	0	0	178.0	98	36	37	11	37	5	0	0	674	6	15.12	1.87	8.08	0.56	44.4	5.5	0.76	.270	1.87	4.96
13	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	28	319	22	2	.917	28	1.26	3	2	0	200.1	130	28	31	6	36	4	0	0	756	10	14.33	1.62	8.86	0.27	42.2	4.8	0.83	.317	1.39	5.84
14	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	26	291	18	2	.900	26	0.99	0	0	0	173.1	83	19	21	10	27	7	0	0	635	7	15.11	1.40	10.78	0.52	45.8	4.3	0.63	.243	1.09	4.31
15	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	25	283	19	3	.864	25	1.57	2	2	0	172.1	102	30	32	10	43	3	0	0	661	9	14.78	2.25	6.58	0.52	42.8	6.5	0.84	.286	1.67	5.33
16	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	23	250	12	4	.750	23	1.73	0	0	0	150.2	90	29	31	13	33	3	0	2	572	6	14.93	1.97	7.58	0.78	43.7	5.8	0.82	.282	1.85	5.38
17	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	21	237	12	4	.750	21	1.93	0	0	0	140.0	82	30	31	13	27	1	0	0	522	11	15.24	1.74	8.78	0.84	45.4	5.2	0.78	.283	1.99	5.27
18	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	20	210	14	2	.875	20	1.47	0	0	0	128.2	66	21	21	12	19	4	0	0	467	1	14.69	1.33	11.05	0.84	45.0	4.1	0.66	.243	1.47	4.62
19	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	20	211	9	8	.529	18	2.52	0	0	0	128.1	73	36	37	15	28	3	0	0	485	4	14.80	1.96	7.54	1.05	43.5	5.8	0.79	.254	2.59	5.12
20	Sonny Gray S. Gray	20	213	13	5	.722	20	1.51	1	1	0	131.0	80	22	29	8	33	3	0	0	501	5	14.63	2.27	6.45	0.55	42.5	6.6	0.86	.295	1.99	5.50
21	Spencer Strider S. Strider	19	218	11	3	.786	19	2.06	0	0	0	122.1	64	28	32	11	23	6	0	1	460	2	16.04	1.69	9.48	0.81	47.4	5.0	0.71	.262	2.35	4.71
22	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	19	200	12	4	.750	19	2.23	0	0	0	121.0	76	30	32	14	38	2	0	1	476	1	14.88	2.83	5.26	1.04	42.0	8.0	0.94	.279	2.38	5.65
23	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	18	200	11	1	.917	18	1.45	1	1	0	118.1	68	19	24	7	15	5	0	0	438	1	15.21	1.14	13.33	0.53	45.7	3.4	0.70	.289	1.83	5.17
24	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	18	196	11	3	.786	18	2.90	0	0	0	115.0	87	37	40	9	32	4	0	0	471	5	15.34	2.50	6.13	0.70	41.6	6.8	1.03	.339	3.13	6.81
25	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	17	191	13	3	.813	17	1.85	2	2	0	116.2	55	24	26	12	26	3	0	0	430	4	14.73	2.01	7.35	0.93	44.4	6.0	0.69	.217	2.01	4.24

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Team Batting Leaders

17

Wood

RBI

49

Abrams

AVG

.286

Abrams

Team Pitching Leaders

7

Griffin

76

Cavalli

ERA

2.45

Lord

Team Rankings

5th

352

1st

517

24th

ERA

4.61

26th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	45	21	.682
Phillies	35	30	.538	9.5
Nationals	33	33	.500	12.0
Marlins	31	35	.470	14.0
Mets	29	36	.446	15.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 6/8	WSH	@	SFG	9:45 PM
Tue 6/9	WSH	@	SFG	9:45 PM
Wed 6/10	WSH	@	SFG	3:45 PM
Fri 6/12	SEA	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Sat 6/13	SEA	@	WSH	4:05 PM

Last Game

Nationals

33 - 33

Final

Diamondbacks

34 - 31

Sun 7 Jun 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

23

Schwarber

22

Alvarez

20

Murakami

RBI Leaders

53

Pages

49

Abrams

48

Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

.338

Marsh

.336

Lopez

.325

Díaz

Hit Leaders

86

Lopez

80

Arraez

77

Clement

Run Leaders

57

Wood

50

Turang

47

Rice

OBP Leaders

.431

Kurtz

.431

Alvarez

.417

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.650

Alvarez

.640

Rice

.579

Schwarber

SB Leaders

23

Witt

23

Ramírez

23

Nuñez

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

9

Williams

9

Ashby

8

Sale

Strikeout Leaders

116

Misiorowski

103

Sánchez

94

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.46

Sánchez

1.50

Misiorowski

1.87

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.81

Misiorowski

0.87

Schlittler

0.91

Skenes

K/9 Leaders

13.38

Misiorowski

10.74

Sánchez

10.70

Detmers

K/BB Leaders

6.36

Schlittler

6.31

Skenes

6.06

Sánchez

Walk Leaders

12

Rasmussen

13

Skenes

13

Martinez

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,247.3

Ohtani

955.4

Wood

927

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

863.1

Ohtani

709

Wood

694

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

41-25

38-25

39-26

37-28

Worst Record ATS

22-43

24-42

25-41

27-36

28-37

29-37

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	45	21	.682
Phillies	35	30	.538	9.5
Nationals	33	33	.500	12.0
Marlins	31	35	.470	14.0
Mets	29	36	.446	15.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	40	23	.635
Cardinals	35	28	.556	5.0
Pirates	34	32	.515	7.5
Cubs	34	32	.515	7.5
Reds	31	33	.484	9.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	42	24	.636
Diamondbacks	34	31	.523	7.5
Padres	33	31	.516	8.0
Giants	27	39	.409	15.0
Rockies	24	42	.364	18.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	37	25	.597
Yankees	38	26	.594
Blue Jays	32	34	.485	7.0
Orioles	31	35	.470	8.0
Red Sox	27	36	.429	10.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	37	30	.552
White Sox	34	31	.523	2.0
Twins	30	37	.448	7.0
Tigers	27	39	.409	9.5
Royals	27	39	.409	9.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	34	32	.515
Rangers	32	33	.492	1.5
Athletics	31	34	.477	2.5
Astros	30	37	.448	4.5
Angels	25	41	.379	9.0