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Between the 2020 and 2029 seasons, Framber Valdez had the most starts in the postseason, with 16 starts.

	NAME	GS	G	W	L	W%	ERA	SO	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	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	16	17	7	6	.538	4.34	95	0	0	0	85.0	82	41	45	14	34	4	1	0	360	0	10.06	3.60	2.79	1.48	26.4	9.4	1.36	.319	4.76	8.68
2	Max Fried M. Fried	14	14	2	6	.250	5.14	66	0	0	0	70.0	88	40	42	10	19	2	0	0	314	3	8.49	2.44	3.47	1.29	21.0	6.1	1.53	.359	5.40	11.31
3	Blake Snell B. Snell	14	15	7	4	.636	3.38	95	0	0	0	77.1	55	29	29	9	36	1	0	0	311	5	11.06	4.19	2.64	1.05	30.5	11.6	1.18	.271	3.38	6.40
4	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	12	13	3	3	.500	3.24	70	0	0	1	58.1	52	21	23	6	26	1	1	1	250	2	10.80	4.01	2.69	0.93	28.0	10.4	1.34	.313	3.55	8.02
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	12	12	5	2	.714	2.93	78	0	0	0	67.2	59	22	30	10	20	3	0	1	287	1	10.37	2.66	3.90	1.33	27.2	7.0	1.17	.278	3.99	7.85
6	Aaron Nola A. Nola	11	11	5	4	.556	3.88	61	0	0	0	55.2	53	24	25	8	11	3	0	0	231	0	9.86	1.78	5.55	1.29	26.4	4.8	1.15	.304	4.04	8.57
7	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	11	12	4	3	.571	2.18	77	0	0	0	70.1	37	17	19	5	14	5	0	0	264	1	9.85	1.79	5.50	0.64	29.2	5.3	0.73	.196	2.43	4.73
8	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	11	14	2	4	.333	4.05	78	0	0	1	60.0	49	27	30	10	33	0	1	0	259	7	11.70	4.95	2.36	1.50	30.1	12.7	1.37	.283	4.50	7.35
9	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	10	11	7	2	.778	3.61	66	0	0	0	57.1	50	23	23	5	15	1	0	3	240	0	10.36	2.35	4.40	0.78	27.5	6.3	1.13	.294	3.61	7.85
10	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	10	11	1	3	.250	4.76	45	0	0	1	45.1	40	24	24	11	16	2	1	1	189	3	8.93	3.18	2.81	2.18	23.8	8.5	1.24	.252	4.76	7.94
11	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	9	10	7	1	.875	2.25	48	2	0	0	56.0	35	14	16	5	12	4	1	0	218	1	7.71	1.93	4.00	0.80	22.0	5.5	0.84	.201	2.57	5.63
12	Charlie Morton C. Morton	9	9	3	3	.500	3.49	48	0	0	0	38.2	33	15	16	4	16	4	0	0	169	2	11.17	3.72	3.00	0.93	28.4	9.5	1.27	.299	3.72	7.68
13	Ranger Suarez R. Suarez	8	11	4	1	.800	1.48	44	0	0	1	42.2	32	7	8	3	13	1	1	0	173	0	9.28	2.74	3.38	0.63	25.4	7.5	1.05	.259	1.69	6.75
14	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	8	10	2	5	.286	4.08	45	0	0	0	46.1	29	21	21	6	18	0	1	3	185	0	8.74	3.50	2.50	1.17	24.3	9.7	1.01	.198	4.08	5.63
15	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	8	8	3	4	.429	2.91	37	0	0	0	46.1	35	15	15	10	11	5	0	1	182	1	7.19	2.14	3.36	1.94	20.3	6.0	0.99	.210	2.91	6.80
16	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	8	10	1	4	.200	5.40	36	0	0	0	40.0	39	24	25	7	22	1	0	0	175	0	8.10	4.95	1.64	1.58	20.6	12.6	1.53	.294	5.63	8.78
17	Lance McCullers Jr. L. McCullers Jr.	8	8	1	3	.250	4.20	50	0	0	0	40.2	41	19	24	13	9	4	0	0	174	1	11.07	1.99	5.56	2.88	28.7	5.2	1.23	.286	5.31	9.07
18	Ian Anderson I. Anderson	8	8	4	0	1.000	1.26	40	0	0	0	35.2	20	5	5	1	17	2	0	0	145	1	10.09	4.29	2.35	0.25	27.6	11.7	1.04	.224	1.26	5.05
19	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	7	7	3	1	.750	4.46	39	0	0	0	38.1	39	19	19	6	14	2	0	0	166	0	9.16	3.29	2.79	1.41	23.5	8.4	1.38	.314	4.46	9.16
20	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	7	9	4	2	.667	5.40	43	0	0	0	38.1	41	23	24	8	9	0	0	1	158	1	10.10	2.11	4.78	1.88	27.2	5.7	1.30	.337	5.63	9.63
21	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	7	8	1	3	.250	7.53	36	0	0	0	28.2	35	24	24	7	10	3	0	2	133	2	11.30	3.14	3.60	2.20	27.1	7.5	1.57	.364	7.53	10.99
22	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	7	8	3	2	.600	4.42	40	0	0	0	36.2	38	18	19	7	12	0	1	0	159	2	9.82	2.95	3.33	1.72	25.2	7.5	1.36	.310	4.66	9.33
23	José Urquidy J. Urquidy	7	11	3	2	.600	4.95	32	0	0	0	36.1	35	20	22	11	11	0	1	0	157	2	7.93	2.72	2.91	2.72	20.4	7.0	1.27	.233	5.45	8.67
24	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	6	6	2	1	.667	2.04	56	0	0	0	39.2	23	9	9	3	6	2	0	1	148	0	12.71	1.36	9.33	0.68	37.8	4.1	0.73	.247	2.04	5.22
25	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	6	6	2	3	.400	4.54	24	0	0	0	33.2	31	17	17	6	14	1	0	0	141	2	6.42	3.74	1.71	1.60	17.0	9.9	1.34	.260	4.54	8.29

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12th

1,149

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	65	66	.496
Astros	65	66	.496
Mariners	62	69	.473	3.0
Angels	52	79	.397	13.0
Athletics	51	80	.389	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 8/25	HOU	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Wed 8/26	HOU	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Thu 8/27	HOU	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Fri 8/28	HOU	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Sat 8/29	HOU	@	NYM	4:10 PM

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51 - 80

Final

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65 - 66

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Schwarber

36

Alvarez

36

Olson

RBI Leaders

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Stewart

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Burleson

96

Walker

Batting Average Leaders

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159

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155

Lopez

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Díaz

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100

Wood

93

Crow-Armstrong

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Olson

OBP Leaders

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Kurtz

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SLG Leaders

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Alvarez

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Crow-Armstrong

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35

Simpson

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16

Gray

15

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Strikeout Leaders

216

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209

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201

Williams

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0.90

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13.03

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Ohtani

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Alvarez

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Braves	76	55	.580
Phillies	73	58	.557	3.0
Marlins	67	64	.511	9.0
Nationals	61	71	.462	15.5
Mets	59	72	.450	17.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	81	50	.618
Cubs	75	56	.573	6.0
Cardinals	66	66	.500	15.5
Pirates	63	69	.477	18.5
Reds	62	69	.473	19.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	80	51	.611
Padres	71	60	.542	9.0
Diamondbacks	69	62	.527	11.0
Giants	52	78	.400	27.5
Rockies	50	80	.385	29.5

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Rays	77	53	.592
Yankees	74	56	.569	3.0
Red Sox	71	59	.546	6.0
Blue Jays	64	68	.485	14.0
Orioles	63	68	.481	14.5
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White Sox	68	62	.523
Guardians	65	66	.496	3.5
Twins	63	68	.481	5.5
Tigers	61	69	.469	7.0
Royals	58	74	.439	11.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	65	66	.496
Rangers	65	66	.496
Mariners	62	69	.473	3.0
Angels	52	79	.397	13.0
Athletics	51	80	.389	14.0

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Sun 8/9	CIN	@	WSH	1-7
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Sun 8/9	NYM	@	PIT	11-1
Sun 8/9	LAA	@	MIA	3-12
Sun 8/9	CHC	@	KCR	10-2

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Mon 8/24	BOS	@	MIA	6:40 PM
Mon 8/24	TBR	@	DET	6:40 PM
Mon 8/24	COL	@	WSH	6:45 PM
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