most pitcher strikeouts from 2012 to 2021

Between the 2012 and 2021 seasons, Max Scherzer fanned the most batters, with 2,422 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	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,422	297	154	62	.713	297	2.91	12	5	0	1919.2	1,477	621	656	213	467	67	0	16	7,655	46	11.36	2.19	5.19	1.00	31.6	6.1	1.01	.282	3.08	70	2.89	70	6.92	264.1
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	1,948	242	110	71	.608	241	3.06	16	3	0	1578.0	1,290	536	582	170	349	100	0	12	6,347	35	11.11	1.99	5.58	0.97	30.7	5.5	1.04	.296	3.32	72	2.91	69	7.36	226
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1,925	261	138	56	.711	260	2.33	19	12	0	1738.1	1,297	450	496	150	328	25	0	9	6,736	67	9.97	1.70	5.87	0.78	28.6	4.9	0.93	.266	2.57	60	2.64	66	6.72	261.6
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1,798	255	119	72	.623	255	3.16	12	4	0	1672.2	1,377	588	637	192	441	43	0	10	6,762	32	9.67	2.37	4.08	1.03	26.6	6.5	1.09	.276	3.43	76	3.34	80	7.41	157.6
5	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	1,677	292	143	59	.708	291	3.13	5	2	0	1830.1	1,610	636	672	197	387	29	0	13	7,336	57	8.25	1.90	4.33	0.97	22.9	5.3	1.09	.280	3.30	77	3.38	84	7.92	133.5
6	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	1,673	234	117	63	.650	234	3.20	6	3	0	1449.1	1,238	515	557	153	373	46	0	6	5,857	52	10.39	2.32	4.49	0.95	28.6	6.4	1.11	.300	3.46	79	3.08	75	7.69	168.1
7	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	1,661	269	107	87	.552	269	3.35	16	7	0	1708.1	1,474	636	692	204	405	69	0	30	6,954	26	8.75	2.13	4.10	1.07	23.9	5.8	1.10	.275	3.65	86	3.57	93	7.77	49.1
8	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	1,602	229	107	57	.652	229	3.26	2	2	0	1373.1	1,138	497	545	143	373	52	0	20	5,577	41	10.50	2.44	4.29	0.94	28.7	6.7	1.10	.292	3.57	81	3.08	77	7.46	145.2
9	Jon Lester J. Lester	1,594	297	124	83	.599	297	3.73	9	2	0	1782.1	1,737	738	823	209	530	50	0	11	7,468	38	8.05	2.68	3.01	1.06	21.3	7.1	1.27	.300	4.16	89	3.84	94	8.77	43.5
10	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	1,591	212	79	67	.541	212	3.56	2	1	0	1293.1	1,047	512	542	165	442	54	0	8	5,333	72	11.07	3.08	3.60	1.15	29.8	8.3	1.15	.286	3.77	83	3.48	82	7.29	107.8
11	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	1,551	270	114	76	.600	262	3.49	4	2	0	1549.0	1,410	601	648	149	563	65	2	19	6,553	50	9.01	3.27	2.75	0.87	23.7	8.6	1.27	.298	3.77	86	3.60	88	8.19	86.7
12	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	1,539	222	103	61	.628	220	3.18	18	8	0	1418.1	1,233	501	551	140	323	49	1	9	5,717	27	9.77	2.05	4.76	0.89	26.9	5.6	1.10	.298	3.50	76	3.03	73	7.82	174.8
13	David Price D. Price	1,519	266	114	56	.671	233	3.32	15	2	1	1528.0	1,402	563	614	160	353	44	6	8	6,247	31	8.95	2.08	4.30	0.94	24.3	5.7	1.15	.298	3.62	80	3.28	80	8.26	136.6
14	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,505	198	77	53	.592	198	2.50	4	2	0	1261.2	981	350	385	108	295	21	0	13	4,978	26	10.74	2.10	5.10	0.77	30.2	5.9	1.01	.286	2.75	64	2.63	65	7.00	203.1
15	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	1,469	242	89	68	.567	242	3.45	7	3	0	1536.2	1,391	589	639	169	475	75	0	17	6,380	40	8.60	2.78	3.09	0.99	23.0	7.4	1.21	.292	3.74	83	3.72	90	8.15	70.2
16	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	1,416	222	83	69	.546	212	3.79	6	3	1	1297.2	1,122	547	592	160	491	66	6	10	5,463	50	9.82	3.41	2.88	1.11	25.9	9.0	1.24	.289	4.11	88	3.86	91	7.78	56.9
17	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,395	283	83	80	.509	257	3.84	2	2	0	1558.0	1,544	664	717	166	457	38	7	22	6,541	64	8.06	2.64	3.05	0.96	21.3	7.0	1.28	.307	4.14	93	3.68	88	8.92	86.2
18	Chris Archer C. Archer	1,370	218	61	81	.430	215	3.87	3	3	0	1254.1	1,145	540	598	153	428	38	1	8	5,286	69	9.83	3.07	3.20	1.10	25.9	8.1	1.25	.301	4.29	97	3.65	90	8.22	54.6
19	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	1,349	249	93	69	.574	239	3.61	3	2	0	1397.2	1,253	561	599	116	551	34	1	16	5,909	46	8.69	3.55	2.45	0.75	22.8	9.3	1.29	.295	3.86	89	3.53	88	8.07	75.6
20	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,338	247	81	84	.491	229	4.09	5	2	2	1385.0	1,390	629	677	178	419	34	9	21	5,879	50	8.69	2.72	3.19	1.16	22.8	7.1	1.31	.310	4.40	97	3.86	93	9.03	45.5
21	J.A. Happ	1,307	266	108	76	.587	256	4.16	0	0	0	1448.1	1,408	670	706	206	466	32	5	7	6,132	37	8.12	2.90	2.80	1.28	21.3	7.6	1.29	.292	4.39	100	4.21	101	8.75	-3.4
22	Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	1,307	236	68	97	.412	236	4.12	9	4	0	1475.2	1,400	676	720	189	391	51	0	18	6,126	47	7.97	2.38	3.34	1.15	21.3	6.4	1.21	.289	4.39	104	3.92	99	8.54	3.9
23	Ian Kennedy I. Kennedy	1,301	345	69	88	.439	213	4.26	1	0	56	1362.0	1,321	645	697	214	456	60	96	23	5,806	46	8.60	3.01	2.85	1.41	22.4	7.9	1.30	.293	4.61	106	4.39	110	8.73	-63
24	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,290	193	62	58	.517	189	4.00	1	1	0	1035.2	915	460	492	156	453	34	1	19	4,419	43	11.21	3.94	2.85	1.36	29.2	10.3	1.32	.305	4.28	92	4.04	97	7.95	16.6
25	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	1,288	245	99	79	.556	239	3.84	6	5	0	1392.2	1,229	594	660	151	464	56	1	18	5,783	74	8.32	3.00	2.78	0.98	22.3	8.0	1.22	.282	4.27	93	3.82	92	7.94	48.2

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Team Batting Leaders

30

Wood

RBI

88

Abrams

AVG

.287

Abrams

Team Pitching Leaders

12

Griffin

133

Cavalli

ERA

3.06

Griffin

Team Rankings

168

1st

623

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879

26th

ERA

4.78

27th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	70	45	.609
Phillies	62	54	.534	8.5
Marlins	58	58	.500	12.5
Nationals	56	61	.479	15.0
Mets	50	66	.431	20.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 8/7	CIN	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Sat 8/8	CIN	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Sun 8/9	CIN	@	WSH	12:15 PM
Tue 8/11	CHC	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Wed 8/12	CHC	@	WSH	6:45 PM

Last Game

Nationals

56 - 61

Final

Phillies

62 - 54

Thu 6 Aug 2026

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

.318

Lopez

Hit Leaders

143

Lopez

141

Arraez

136

Alvarez

Run Leaders

100

Wood

81

Olson

80

Crow-Armstrong

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

24

Wrobleski

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

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Best Record ATS

68-46

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	70	45	.609
Phillies	62	54	.534	8.5
Marlins	58	58	.500	12.5
Nationals	56	61	.479	15.0
Mets	50	66	.431	20.5
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