most pitcher strikeouts in al since 2020

Since 2020, Framber Valdez has struck out the most hitters in the AL, with 1,038 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	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	1,038	173	78	50	.609	172	3.31	9	3	0	1080.2	922	398	437	86	357	60	0	1	4,469	55	8.64	2.97	2.91	0.72	23.2	8.0	1.18	.286	3.64	81	3.43	83	7.68	86.1
2	Logan Gilbert L. Gilbert	998	164	53	41	.564	164	3.53	2	1	0	942.2	783	370	390	125	203	30	0	6	3,796	44	9.53	1.94	4.92	1.19	26.3	5.3	1.05	.270	3.72	91	3.51	88	7.48	51.4
3	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	973	149	59	41	.590	146	3.07	1	1	0	837.1	671	286	314	100	182	29	1	0	3,332	11	10.46	1.96	5.35	1.07	29.2	5.5	1.02	.279	3.38	74	3.13	75	7.21	93.6
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	962	134	62	32	.660	134	3.17	6	4	0	808.0	641	285	301	110	196	20	0	1	3,225	13	10.72	2.18	4.91	1.23	29.8	6.1	1.04	.274	3.35	78	3.36	79	7.14	79.3
5	Yusei Kikuchi Y. Kikuchi	928	174	42	50	.457	162	4.33	0	0	1	857.1	826	412	446	132	320	24	4	3	3,664	34	9.74	3.36	2.90	1.39	25.3	8.7	1.34	.307	4.68	106	4.20	101	8.67	-2.5
6	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	901	144	52	49	.515	144	3.59	3	2	0	840.0	772	335	365	90	218	10	0	3	3,464	10	9.65	2.34	4.13	0.96	26.0	6.3	1.18	.304	3.91	89	3.22	77	8.27	88.6
7	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	897	155	65	37	.637	155	3.50	5	3	0	896.0	807	348	370	111	198	38	0	3	3,655	26	9.01	1.99	4.53	1.11	24.5	5.4	1.12	.289	3.72	83	3.56	84	8.11	66.7
8	José Berríos J. Berríos	896	171	65	48	.575	170	4.01	2	0	0	975.0	916	434	461	141	278	58	0	6	4,071	17	8.27	2.57	3.22	1.30	22.0	6.8	1.22	.287	4.26	98	4.24	101	8.46	-4.6
9	Dylan Cease D. Cease	859	126	45	32	.584	126	3.44	2	2	0	683.1	554	261	291	72	303	29	0	6	2,895	37	11.31	3.99	2.83	0.95	29.7	10.5	1.25	.295	3.83	81	3.48	80	7.30	63.7
10	Joe Ryan J. Ryan	841	134	52	41	.559	133	3.66	1	1	0	745.2	619	303	327	111	171	38	0	0	3,027	10	10.15	2.06	4.92	1.34	27.8	5.6	1.06	.272	3.95	89	3.67	89	7.47	37.8
11	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	800	132	43	40	.518	132	4.14	2	1	0	742.0	663	341	369	117	270	18	0	4	3,113	27	9.70	3.27	2.96	1.42	25.7	8.7	1.26	.286	4.48	98	4.23	98	8.04	7.6
12	Chris Bassitt C. Bassitt	771	146	58	41	.586	143	3.72	3	2	0	818.0	783	338	366	95	259	62	0	5	3,479	19	8.48	2.85	2.98	1.05	22.2	7.4	1.27	.300	4.03	91	3.98	95	8.61	20.9
13	George Kirby G. Kirby	719	130	51	42	.548	130	3.61	2	0	0	747.2	737	300	320	83	117	27	0	1	3,057	13	8.65	1.41	6.15	1.00	23.5	3.8	1.14	.310	3.85	94	3.26	82	8.87	61.2
14	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	718	131	37	41	.474	107	4.29	1	0	2	633.0	558	302	312	103	229	17	4	4	2,658	28	10.21	3.26	3.14	1.46	27.0	8.6	1.24	.286	4.44	99	4.18	100	7.93	-0.3
15	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	710	123	42	38	.525	120	3.62	0	0	0	701.0	624	282	309	91	193	26	2	2	2,897	8	9.12	2.48	3.68	1.17	24.5	6.7	1.17	.284	3.97	93	3.77	94	8.01	17.7
16	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	705	116	54	35	.607	114	3.65	1	1	0	621.1	486	252	272	85	223	33	0	1	2,574	27	10.21	3.23	3.16	1.23	27.4	8.7	1.14	.262	3.94	88	3.90	91	7.04	26.8
17	Bailey Ober B. Ober	655	128	37	33	.529	128	4.11	3	1	0	689.1	626	315	327	116	152	23	0	0	2,816	4	8.55	1.98	4.31	1.51	23.3	5.4	1.13	.273	4.27	99	4.21	101	8.17	-3.9
18	Brady Singer B. Singer	645	127	36	44	.450	124	4.28	1	0	0	685.1	695	326	347	82	214	42	2	1	2,934	16	8.47	2.81	3.01	1.08	22.0	7.3	1.33	.314	4.56	99	3.97	96	9.13	13.8
19	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	627	92	40	22	.645	92	3.09	2	0	0	567.1	490	195	206	64	139	11	0	0	2,294	24	9.95	2.21	4.51	1.02	27.3	6.1	1.11	.293	3.27	76	3.21	78	7.77	57.8
20	Reid Detmers R. Detmers	621	155	24	36	.400	94	4.69	1	1	3	558.0	522	291	306	73	215	31	7	8	2,393	19	10.02	3.47	2.89	1.18	26.0	9.0	1.32	.309	4.94	113	3.96	94	8.42	16.4
21	Hunter Brown H. Brown	620	106	37	31	.544	98	3.48	1	0	0	560.2	484	217	235	65	196	23	1	1	2,314	8	9.95	3.15	3.16	1.04	26.8	8.5	1.21	.297	3.77	85	3.64	87	7.77	32.2
22	Cristian Javier C. Javier	606	129	35	22	.614	93	3.81	0	0	2	550.1	413	233	243	79	231	25	6	1	2,280	23	9.91	3.78	2.62	1.29	26.6	10.1	1.17	.249	3.97	92	4.23	102	6.75	-5.4
23	Dean Kremer D. Kremer	602	130	42	42	.500	127	4.26	1	1	0	693.2	663	328	356	104	226	16	0	0	2,922	25	7.81	2.93	2.66	1.35	20.6	7.7	1.28	.283	4.62	104	4.42	107	8.60	-22.5
24	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	592	131	42	35	.545	125	3.84	1	1	0	710.2	671	303	313	87	186	22	1	2	2,931	17	7.50	2.36	3.18	1.10	20.2	6.3	1.21	.286	3.96	92	3.94	96	8.50	13.2
25	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	586	142	30	27	.526	70	3.17	1	1	0	454.1	378	160	174	50	130	15	18	2	1,863	17	11.61	2.58	4.51	0.99	31.5	7.0	1.12	.303	3.45	76	2.95	70	7.49	63.6

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29

Alvarez

RBI

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Alvarez

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Alvarez

Team Pitching Leaders

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Arrighetti

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ERA

3.26

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Team Rankings

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432

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	47	46	.505
Mariners	47	47	.500	0.5
Astros	46	49	.484	2.0
Athletics	41	52	.441	6.0
Angels	37	57	.394	10.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 7/10	HOU	@	TEX	8:05 PM
Sat 7/11	HOU	@	TEX	7:05 PM
Sun 7/12	HOU	@	TEX	2:35 PM
Fri 7/17	BAL	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Sat 7/18	BAL	@	HOU	4:10 PM

Last Game

Astros

46 - 49

Final

Nationals

48 - 46

Wed 8 Jul 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

32

Schwarber

29

Alvarez

28

Rice

RBI Leaders

73

Walker

68

García

67

Abrams

Batting Average Leaders

.345

Lopez

.326

Díaz

.326

Arraez

Hit Leaders

127

Lopez

114

Arraez

108

Díaz

Run Leaders

85

Wood

65

Neto

65

Turang

OBP Leaders

.416

Alvarez

.414

Soto

.405

Kurtz

SLG Leaders

.614

Alvarez

.590

Rice

.579

Soto

SB Leaders

33

Nuñez

30

Witt

26

Chisholm

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Win Leaders

12

Ashby

11

Burns

10

Misiorowski

Strikeout Leaders

167

Misiorowski

148

Cease

137

Sánchez

ERA Leaders

1.62

Misiorowski

2.01

Schlittler

2.25

Rodriguez

WHIP Leaders

0.76

Misiorowski

0.88

Yamamoto

0.93

Schlittler

K/9 Leaders

13.55

Cease

13.54

Misiorowski

11.09

Luzardo

K/BB Leaders

6.24

Schlittler

6.19

Misiorowski

5.76

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Walk Leaders

17

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Martinez

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MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,731.4

Ohtani

1,403.5

Wood

1,254.9

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,186.6

Ohtani

1,041

Wood

953

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57-37

54-38

53-38

53-39

51-41

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Worst Record ATS

35-59

37-57

40-53

41-53

42-51

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	54	38	.587
Phillies	52	42	.553	3.0
Marlins	52	42	.553	3.0
Nationals	48	46	.511	7.0
Mets	40	54	.426	15.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	59	34	.634
Cubs	52	41	.559	7.0
Cardinals	48	44	.522	10.5
Pirates	47	47	.500	12.5
Reds	42	50	.457	16.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	61	33	.649
Diamondbacks	46	47	.495	14.5
Padres	46	47	.495	14.5
Giants	39	54	.419	21.5
Rockies	38	57	.400	23.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	54	37	.593
Yankees	51	42	.548	4.0
Blue Jays	44	49	.473	11.0
Red Sox	43	48	.473	11.0
Orioles	43	51	.457	12.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	47	45	.511
Guardians	48	46	.511
Twins	46	48	.489	2.0
Tigers	43	50	.462	4.5
Royals	38	56	.404	10.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	47	46	.505
Mariners	47	47	.500	0.5
Astros	46	49	.484	2.0
Athletics	41	52	.441	6.0
Angels	37	57	.394	10.5

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Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 6/24	LAD	@	MIN	4-3
Thu 6/25	KCR	@	TBR	2-13
Thu 6/25	SEA	@	PIT	1-5
Thu 6/25	ATH	@	SFG	9-6
Thu 6/25	HOU	@	DET	2-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 7/10	PHI	@	DET	6:40 PM
Fri 7/10	MIL	@	PIT	6:40 PM
Fri 7/10	NYY	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Fri 7/10	KCR	@	BAL	7:05 PM
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Since 2020, Framber Valdez has struck out the most hitters in the AL, with 1,038 strikeouts.

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