most pitcher strikeouts from 2007 to 2016

Between the 2007 and 2016 seasons, Justin Verlander struck out the most hitters, with 2,066 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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,066	320	156	95	.622	320	3.44	22	6	0	2141.2	1,870	818	894	195	634	73	0	22	8,834	67	8.68	2.66	3.26	0.82	23.4	7.2	1.17	.286	3.76	82	3.35	80	7.86	200.1
2	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,011	316	138	91	.603	316	3.06	23	10	0	2140.1	1,901	727	815	175	612	73	0	14	8,762	118	8.46	2.57	3.29	0.74	23.0	7.0	1.17	.293	3.43	77	3.25	80	7.99	193.5
3	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	1,977	316	127	88	.591	315	3.26	15	7	0	2082.0	1,862	755	803	227	544	60	0	37	8,506	38	8.55	2.35	3.63	0.98	23.2	6.4	1.16	.287	3.47	80	3.49	85	8.05	140.2
4	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1,918	265	126	60	.677	263	2.37	24	15	0	1760.0	1,295	463	505	105	477	29	1	27	6,923	67	9.81	2.44	4.02	0.54	27.7	6.9	1.01	.271	2.58	62	2.55	65	6.62	263.7
5	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	1,881	274	125	69	.644	265	3.39	6	4	0	1696.1	1,463	639	689	191	479	55	2	11	6,939	57	9.98	2.54	3.93	1.01	27.1	6.9	1.14	.294	3.66	82	3.28	81	7.76	146.3
6	James Shields J. Shields	1,873	331	127	108	.540	330	3.85	22	9	0	2169.2	2,134	929	1,011	282	577	80	0	14	9,066	82	7.77	2.39	3.25	1.17	20.7	6.4	1.25	.296	4.19	96	3.97	98	8.85	20.8
7	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	1,802	330	141	72	.662	292	3.15	13	5	1	1919.0	1,750	671	729	168	467	38	7	15	7,823	63	8.45	2.19	3.86	0.79	23.0	6.0	1.16	.296	3.42	78	3.15	78	8.21	188.4
8	Jon Lester J. Lester	1,801	302	139	82	.629	301	3.38	14	4	0	1922.1	1,738	723	776	175	601	64	0	3	7,940	46	8.43	2.81	3.00	0.82	22.7	7.6	1.22	.295	3.63	80	3.44	85	8.14	126.4
9	CC Sabathia	1,793	297	142	85	.626	297	3.55	26	8	0	2003.0	1,923	791	871	204	532	69	0	30	8,335	38	8.06	2.39	3.37	0.92	21.5	6.4	1.23	.300	3.91	84	3.54	83	8.64	167.9
10	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	1,736	278	110	89	.553	270	3.74	10	7	1	1682.0	1,506	699	746	147	669	44	3	33	7,120	107	9.29	3.58	2.59	0.79	24.4	9.4	1.29	.300	3.99	99	3.44	90	8.06	81.5
11	A.J. Burnett	1,642	280	105	99	.515	278	4.11	8	1	0	1742.0	1,662	796	866	183	684	104	1	16	7,496	111	8.48	3.53	2.40	0.95	21.9	9.1	1.35	.303	4.47	101	3.94	96	8.59	34.8
12	David Price D. Price	1,600	253	121	65	.651	248	3.21	16	3	0	1671.2	1,488	597	657	159	421	42	0	12	6,817	33	8.61	2.27	3.80	0.86	23.5	6.2	1.14	.289	3.54	80	3.24	81	8.01	144.5
13	Dan Haren D. Haren	1,599	295	119	96	.553	293	3.64	11	6	1	1861.0	1,792	753	828	235	363	44	2	26	7,680	78	7.73	1.76	4.40	1.14	20.8	4.7	1.16	.286	4.00	91	3.68	92	8.67	73.4
14	Ubaldo Jimenez U. Jimenez	1,578	296	108	106	.505	289	4.13	9	3	1	1719.2	1,583	790	855	152	787	73	2	31	7,416	90	8.26	4.12	2.01	0.80	21.3	10.6	1.38	.297	4.47	98	3.91	93	8.28	59.5
15	Ervin Santana E. Santana	1,498	290	105	100	.512	287	4.03	15	7	0	1834.1	1,779	822	886	238	561	73	1	28	7,734	70	7.35	2.75	2.67	1.17	19.4	7.3	1.28	.287	4.35	99	4.19	103	8.73	-25.7
16	Jered Weaver J. Weaver	1,493	303	139	91	.604	303	3.61	14	8	0	1902.0	1,767	763	802	231	506	48	0	16	7,850	35	7.06	2.39	2.95	1.09	19.0	6.4	1.20	.276	3.79	90	3.98	98	8.36	15.9
17	Yovani Gallardo Y. Gallardo	1,432	270	108	83	.565	267	3.79	4	3	0	1591.2	1,525	670	726	167	603	20	1	21	6,793	65	8.10	3.41	2.37	0.94	21.1	8.9	1.34	.297	4.11	94	3.83	94	8.62	46.4
18	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	1,415	257	132	75	.638	254	3.16	22	10	0	1691.1	1,584	593	645	119	426	43	2	22	6,949	33	7.53	2.27	3.32	0.63	20.4	6.1	1.19	.296	3.43	80	3.18	80	8.43	149.4
19	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	1,412	249	102	77	.570	243	3.73	4	2	0	1442.0	1,303	598	649	118	600	39	3	14	6,150	40	8.81	3.74	2.35	0.74	23.0	9.8	1.32	.298	4.05	94	3.52	89	8.13	66
20	Matt Cain M. Cain	1,410	276	86	94	.478	270	3.54	13	5	0	1724.1	1,511	678	720	171	557	54	2	34	7,132	57	7.36	2.91	2.53	0.89	19.8	7.8	1.20	.271	3.76	92	3.82	98	7.89	13.7
21	John Lackey J. Lackey	1,392	267	116	86	.574	267	3.80	10	3	0	1732.1	1,735	732	794	193	460	79	0	14	7,280	51	7.23	2.39	3.03	1.00	19.1	6.3	1.27	.299	4.13	91	3.89	96	9.01	35.4
22	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	1,381	217	100	67	.599	214	2.99	14	6	0	1397.2	1,212	464	512	131	322	44	1	25	5,662	19	8.89	2.07	4.29	0.84	24.4	5.7	1.10	.286	3.30	81	3.12	84	7.80	91.3
23	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	1,380	251	83	87	.488	236	4.19	3	1	0	1368.1	1,249	637	683	133	616	49	4	12	5,889	76	9.08	4.05	2.24	0.87	23.4	10.5	1.36	.301	4.49	104	3.80	95	8.22	26.2
24	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	1,369	258	114	75	.603	258	3.23	17	8	0	1640.0	1,463	588	641	160	455	91	0	16	6,758	26	7.51	2.50	3.01	0.88	20.3	6.7	1.17	.278	3.52	79	3.70	91	8.03	64.3
25	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	1,357	250	95	81	.540	239	3.71	10	3	0	1513.0	1,360	623	651	161	428	45	3	17	6,229	32	8.07	2.55	3.17	0.96	21.8	6.9	1.18	.283	3.87	92	3.64	90	8.09	74.8

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RBI

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Team Pitching Leaders

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955

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	59	54	.522
Guardians	57	59	.491	3.5
Twins	57	59	.491	3.5
Tigers	56	59	.487	4.0
Royals	48	68	.414	12.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 8/7	DET	@	SFG	10:15 PM
Sat 8/8	DET	@	SFG	7:15 PM
Sun 8/9	DET	@	SFG	4:05 PM
Tue 8/11	CLE	@	DET	6:40 PM
Wed 8/12	CLE	@	DET	6:40 PM

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Final

Mariners

56 - 60

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MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

35

Alvarez

33

Caminero

33

Goodman

RBI Leaders

88

Abrams

87

Stewart

85

Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

.329

Alvarez

.326

Arraez

.320

Lopez

Hit Leaders

142

Lopez

141

Arraez

136

Alvarez

Run Leaders

100

Wood

80

Crow-Armstrong

78

Alvarez

OBP Leaders

.442

Alvarez

.399

Ohtani

.396

Kurtz

SLG Leaders

.640

Alvarez

.560

García

.559

Caminero

SB Leaders

40

Nuñez

31

Witt

30

Simpson

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

15

Sánchez

14

Gray

13

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

195

Misiorowski

184

Cease

178

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.63

Misiorowski

2.08

Sale

2.26

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.73

Misiorowski

0.88

Yamamoto

0.93

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.82

Misiorowski

13.11

Cease

11.53

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.72

Misiorowski

6.10

Rasmussen

5.52

Schlittler

Walk Leaders

20

Rasmussen

20

Martinez

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MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,989.6

Ohtani

1,661.5

Wood

1,609.1

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,384.6

Ohtani

1,234

Wood

1,224

Crow-Armstrong

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

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67-50

65-49

63-52

62-52

63-53

Worst Record ATS

43-73

47-69

49-66

51-64

53-63

53-62

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	69	45	.605
Phillies	62	54	.534	8.0
Marlins	58	57	.504	11.5
Nationals	56	61	.479	14.5
Mets	50	66	.431	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	72	43	.626
Cubs	67	49	.578	5.5
Cardinals	57	58	.496	15.0
Reds	56	58	.491	15.5
Pirates	57	60	.487	16.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	69	46	.600
Diamondbacks	61	54	.530	8.0
Padres	59	56	.513	10.0
Giants	48	67	.417	21.0
Rockies	45	70	.391	24.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	68	46	.596
Yankees	64	51	.557	4.5
Red Sox	62	51	.549	5.5
Orioles	56	59	.487	12.5
Blue Jays	54	62	.466	15.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	59	54	.522
Twins	57	59	.491	3.5
Guardians	57	59	.491	3.5
Tigers	56	59	.487	4.0
Royals	48	68	.414	12.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	59	57	.509
Rangers	57	58	.496	1.5
Mariners	56	60	.483	3.0
Athletics	45	70	.391	13.5
Angels	44	71	.383	14.5

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 7/22	PIT	@	NYY	5-3
Wed 7/22	BAL	@	BOS	3-6
Wed 7/22	NYM	@	MIL	3-4
Wed 7/22	PIT	@	NYY	0-2
Wed 7/22	TBR	@	TOR	4-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 8/7	TOR	@	PHI	6:40 PM
Fri 8/7	NYM	@	PIT	6:40 PM
Fri 8/7	CIN	@	WSH	6:45 PM
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