most pitcher strikeouts in a single season by a rookie since 2015

Since 2015, Kodai Senga and Spencer Strider are tied for fanning the most hitters by a rookie, with 202 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	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	Kodai Senga K. Senga	202	2023	NYM	29	12	7	.632	29	2.98	0	0	0	166.1	126	55	60	17	77	5	0	0	694	14	10.93	4.17	2.62	0.92	29.1	11.1	1.22	.277	3.25	71	3.63	84	6.82	13
2	Spencer Strider S. Strider	202	2022	ATL	31	11	5	.688	20	2.67	0	0	0	131.2	86	39	42	7	45	3	3	1	528	6	13.81	3.08	4.49	0.48	38.3	8.5	0.99	.292	2.87	65	1.82	46	5.88	31.3
3	Jon Gray J. Gray	185	2016	COL	29	10	10	.500	29	4.61	1	1	0	168.0	153	86	92	18	59	12	0	2	712	7	9.91	3.16	3.14	0.96	26.0	8.3	1.26	.308	4.93	95	3.60	82	8.20	14.6
4	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	182	2018	STL	28	8	9	.471	28	3.34	0	0	0	151.0	108	56	59	20	59	11	0	3	615	6	10.85	3.52	3.08	1.19	29.6	9.6	1.11	.257	3.52	86	3.86	97	6.44	2
5	Kenta Maeda K. Maeda	179	2016	LAD	32	16	11	.593	32	3.48	0	0	0	175.2	150	68	72	20	50	8	0	6	716	6	9.17	2.56	3.58	1.02	25.0	7.0	1.14	.283	3.69	87	3.57	88	7.69	9.2
6	Hunter Brown H. Brown	178	2023	HOU	31	11	13	.458	29	5.09	0	0	0	155.2	157	88	94	26	55	9	1	0	665	4	10.29	3.18	3.24	1.50	26.8	8.3	1.36	.330	5.43	120	4.37	103	9.08	-2.3
7	Shota Imanaga S. Imanaga	174	2024	CHC	29	15	3	.833	29	2.91	0	0	0	173.1	149	56	66	27	28	3	0	0	694	3	9.03	1.45	6.21	1.40	25.1	4.0	1.02	.264	3.43	72	3.71	93	7.74	5
8	Will Warren W. Warren	171	2025	NYY	33	9	8	.529	33	4.44	0	0	0	162.1	158	80	90	22	65	4	0	0	711	2	9.48	3.60	2.63	1.22	24.1	9.1	1.37	.303	4.99	110	4.06	95	8.76	3.6
9	Luis Gil L. Gil	171	2024	NYY	29	15	7	.682	29	3.50	0	0	0	151.2	104	59	60	18	77	8	0	0	637	6	10.15	4.57	2.22	1.07	26.8	12.1	1.19	.237	3.56	88	4.13	99	6.17	0.8
10	Spencer Arrighetti S. Arrighetti	171	2024	HOU	29	7	13	.350	28	4.53	0	0	0	145.0	139	73	80	21	65	7	0	0	632	3	10.61	4.03	2.63	1.30	27.1	10.3	1.41	.321	4.97	114	4.17	102	8.63	-1.4
11	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	170	2024	PIT	23	11	3	.786	23	1.96	0	0	0	133.0	94	29	31	10	32	6	0	0	514	2	11.50	2.17	5.31	0.68	33.1	6.2	0.95	.284	2.10	47	2.44	60	6.36	23.9
12	Luis Garcia L. Garcia	167	2021	HOU	30	11	8	.579	28	3.48	0	0	0	155.1	133	60	62	19	50	3	1	1	633	9	9.68	2.90	3.34	1.10	26.4	7.9	1.18	.289	3.59	81	3.63	86	7.71	10.5
13	Noah Syndergaard N. Syndergaard	166	2015	NYM	24	9	7	.563	24	3.24	0	0	0	150.0	126	54	60	19	31	3	0	2	603	6	9.96	1.86	5.35	1.14	27.5	5.1	1.05	.279	3.60	87	3.24	84	7.56	10.6
14	Hunter Greene H. Greene	164	2022	CIN	24	5	13	.278	24	4.44	1	1	0	125.2	104	62	64	24	48	10	0	0	531	4	11.75	3.44	3.42	1.72	30.9	9.0	1.21	.281	4.58	104	4.36	104	7.45	-2.1
15	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	164	2021	DET	31	8	12	.400	29	4.34	0	0	0	149.1	141	72	76	35	47	6	1	0	634	4	9.88	2.83	3.49	2.11	25.9	7.4	1.26	.277	4.58	100	5.08	120	8.50	-14.2
16	Merrill Kelly M. Kelly	158	2019	ARI	32	13	14	.481	32	4.42	0	0	0	183.1	184	90	95	29	57	2	0	4	777	4	7.76	2.80	2.77	1.42	20.3	7.3	1.31	.292	4.66	100	4.50	104	9.03	-3.6
17	Trevor Rogers T. Rogers	157	2021	MIA	25	7	8	.467	25	2.64	0	0	0	133.0	107	39	46	6	46	5	0	2	550	4	10.62	3.11	3.41	0.41	28.5	8.4	1.15	.301	3.11	63	2.54	61	7.24	24.3
18	Chris Paddack C. Paddack	153	2019	SDP	26	9	7	.563	26	3.33	0	0	0	140.2	107	52	58	23	31	6	0	1	568	1	9.79	1.98	4.94	1.47	26.9	5.5	0.98	.237	3.71	79	3.94	90	6.85	6.8
19	Joe Ryan J. Ryan	151	2022	MIN	27	13	8	.619	27	3.55	0	0	0	147.0	115	58	60	20	47	10	0	0	604	2	9.24	2.88	3.21	1.22	25.0	7.8	1.10	.253	3.67	93	3.98	102	7.04	-1.5
20	Sandy Alcantara S. Alcantara	151	2019	MIA	32	6	14	.300	32	3.88	2	2	0	197.1	179	85	94	23	81	8	0	5	838	4	6.89	3.69	1.86	1.05	18.0	9.7	1.32	.271	4.29	93	4.54	106	8.16	-5.9
21	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	151	2018	LAD	24	8	5	.615	23	2.62	0	0	0	137.1	95	40	43	12	37	6	0	1	541	4	9.90	2.42	4.08	0.79	27.9	6.8	0.96	.248	2.82	69	3.03	75	6.23	15.2
22	Anthony DeSclafani A. DeSclafani	151	2015	CIN	31	9	13	.409	31	4.05	0	0	0	184.2	194	83	93	17	55	5	0	5	785	6	7.36	2.68	2.75	0.83	19.2	7.0	1.35	.318	4.53	103	3.66	93	9.45	6
23	Trent Thornton T. Thornton	149	2019	TOR	32	6	9	.400	29	4.84	0	0	0	154.1	156	83	87	24	61	5	0	0	677	5	8.69	3.56	2.44	1.40	22.0	9.0	1.41	.301	5.07	106	4.58	99	9.10	0.6
24	Jack Leiter J. Leiter	148	2025	TEX	29	10	10	.500	29	3.86	0	0	0	151.2	127	65	69	18	67	5	0	0	646	10	8.78	3.98	2.21	1.07	22.9	10.4	1.28	.267	4.09	95	4.14	98	7.54	1.2
25	Germán Márquez G. Márquez	147	2017	COL	29	11	7	.611	29	4.39	0	0	0	162.0	174	79	82	25	49	8	0	3	701	6	8.17	2.72	3.00	1.39	21.0	7.0	1.38	.316	4.56	88	4.40	96	9.67	3.4

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Soto

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Soto

Team Pitching Leaders

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2.39

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	57	41	.582
Phillies	55	45	.550	3.0
Marlins	52	48	.520	6.0
Nationals	50	50	.500	8.0
Mets	42	58	.420	16.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 7/21	NYM	@	MIL	7:40 PM
Wed 7/22	NYM	@	MIL	2:10 PM
Fri 7/24	LAD	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Sat 7/25	LAD	@	NYM	7:15 PM
Sun 7/26	LAD	@	NYM	1:40 PM

Last Game

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42 - 58

Final

Phillies

55 - 45

Sun 19 Jul 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

33

Schwarber

31

Alvarez

30

Goodman

RBI Leaders

76

Walker

73

Alvarez

70

Stewart

Batting Average Leaders

.335

Lopez

.326

Arraez

.319

Alvarez

Hit Leaders

130

Lopez

122

Arraez

115

Alvarez

Run Leaders

91

Wood

70

Reynolds

69

Neto

OBP Leaders

.429

Alvarez

.409

Soto

.405

Kurtz

SLG Leaders

.633

Alvarez

.596

Rice

.575

Buxton

SB Leaders

37

Nuñez

30

Witt

26

Chisholm

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

12

Gray

12

Ashby

11

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

167

Misiorowski

148

Cease

145

Schlittler

ERA Leaders

1.62

Misiorowski

2.06

Sale

2.20

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.76

Misiorowski

0.88

Yamamoto

0.95

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.54

Misiorowski

11.16

Luzardo

10.94

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.19

Misiorowski

5.80

Schlittler

5.76

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

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MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,803.2

Ohtani

1,503.2

Wood

1,366.5

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,241.6

Ohtani

1,116

Wood

1,025

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MLB 2026 Betting

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58-40

59-41

57-41

56-42

55-44

54-44

Worst Record ATS

38-62

39-61

43-57

44-56

44-55

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	57	41	.582
Phillies	55	45	.550	3.0
Marlins	52	48	.520	6.0
Nationals	50	50	.500	8.0
Mets	42	58	.420	16.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	62	37	.626
Cubs	56	43	.566	6.0
Cardinals	51	47	.520	10.5
Pirates	52	48	.520	10.5
Reds	45	53	.459	16.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	63	37	.630
Diamondbacks	51	48	.515	11.5
Padres	49	50	.495	13.5
Giants	42	57	.424	20.5
Rockies	40	61	.396	23.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	56	42	.571
Yankees	55	44	.556	1.5
Red Sox	50	48	.510	6.0
Orioles	49	51	.490	8.0
Blue Jays	46	53	.465	10.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	52	46	.531
Guardians	52	48	.520	1.0
Twins	49	51	.490	4.0
Tigers	46	53	.465	6.5
Royals	40	60	.400	13.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	50	49	.505
Mariners	50	50	.500	0.5
Astros	47	54	.465	4.0
Athletics	42	57	.424	8.0
Angels	39	61	.390	11.5

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 7/1	DET	@	NYY	6-2
Wed 7/1	SDP	@	CHC	3-23
Wed 7/1	NYM	@	TOR	3-9
Wed 7/1	TBR	@	KCR	4-0
Wed 7/1	CIN	@	MIL	2-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 7/20	ATH	@	AZ	9:40 PM
Mon 7/20	CIN	@	SEA	9:40 PM
Mon 7/20	STL	@	LAA	10:10 PM
Tue 7/21	MIN	@	CLE	6:40 PM
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Since 2015, Kodai Senga and Spencer Strider are tied for fanning the most hitters by a rookie, with 202 strikeouts.

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