most postseason strikeouts by active pitchers

Justin Verlander has struck out the most career hitters by an active pitcher in the postseason, with 244 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	H/9
1	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	244	38	17	12	.586	37	3.58	2	1	0	226.0	179	90	93	32	74	5	0	0	920	8	9.72	2.95	3.30	1.27	26.5	8.0	1.12	.260	3.70	7.13
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	182	33	8	8	.500	28	3.78	0	0	1	157.1	121	66	69	23	62	9	1	4	652	8	10.41	3.55	2.94	1.32	27.9	9.5	1.16	.261	3.95	6.92
3	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	156	22	11	6	.647	22	2.77	0	0	0	133.1	100	41	50	19	36	3	0	1	537	1	10.53	2.43	4.33	1.28	29.1	6.7	1.02	.251	3.38	6.75
4	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	114	19	4	4	.500	18	3.04	0	0	1	94.2	73	32	34	9	36	2	1	2	388	3	10.84	3.42	3.17	0.86	29.4	9.3	1.15	.282	3.23	6.94
5	Blake Snell B. Snell	102	18	7	5	.583	15	3.27	0	0	1	82.2	59	30	30	10	36	1	1	0	331	5	11.10	3.92	2.83	1.09	30.8	10.9	1.15	.269	3.27	6.42
6	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	95	17	7	6	.538	16	4.34	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
7	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	94	59	3	2	.600	0	2.20	0	0	20	65.1	34	16	18	7	18	3	47	3	250	0	12.95	2.48	5.22	0.96	37.6	7.2	0.80	.211	2.48	4.68
8	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	86	16	2	6	.250	13	4.43	0	0	1	67.0	58	33	36	11	36	0	1	0	292	7	11.55	4.84	2.39	1.48	29.5	12.3	1.40	.296	4.84	7.79
9	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	82	17	9	3	.750	12	3.05	0	0	0	79.2	65	27	28	6	18	1	1	3	325	0	9.26	2.03	4.56	0.68	25.2	5.5	1.04	.271	3.16	7.34
10	Lance McCullers Jr. L. McCullers Jr.	80	19	2	3	.400	12	3.47	0	0	1	72.2	60	28	34	15	22	10	1	0	301	3	9.91	2.72	3.64	1.86	26.6	7.3	1.13	.259	4.21	7.43
11	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	77	12	4	3	.571	11	2.18	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
12	Max Fried M. Fried	73	22	2	6	.250	14	5.31	0	0	0	76.1	94	45	47	11	23	2	0	0	343	4	8.61	2.71	3.17	1.30	21.3	6.7	1.53	.355	5.54	11.08
13	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	73	46	3	4	.429	0	2.26	0	0	11	51.2	39	13	16	4	21	3	29	1	213	3	12.72	3.66	3.48	0.70	34.3	9.9	1.16	.313	2.79	6.79
14	Aaron Nola A. Nola	61	11	5	4	.556	11	3.88	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
15	Cristian Javier C. Javier	60	17	6	2	.750	5	2.68	0	0	0	43.2	22	13	13	7	23	3	0	0	177	1	12.37	4.74	2.61	1.44	33.9	13.0	1.03	.179	2.68	4.53
16	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	58	13	2	6	.250	11	5.05	0	0	0	57.0	56	32	33	9	26	2	0	0	247	3	9.16	4.11	2.23	1.42	23.5	10.5	1.44	.309	5.21	8.84
17	Luis Severino L. Severino	57	14	2	5	.286	13	4.62	0	0	0	60.1	62	31	34	10	27	2	0	0	271	0	8.50	4.03	2.11	1.49	21.0	10.0	1.48	.297	5.07	9.25
18	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	56	6	2	1	.667	6	2.04	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
19	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	56	14	2	5	.286	8	3.83	0	0	0	56.1	35	24	24	7	22	0	2	3	222	0	8.95	3.51	2.55	1.12	25.2	9.9	1.01	.204	3.83	5.59
20	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	48	10	7	1	.875	9	2.25	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
21	Chris Sale C. Sale	47	10	1	3	.250	7	6.35	0	0	0	34.0	36	24	26	7	13	2	1	0	152	1	12.44	3.44	3.62	1.85	30.9	8.6	1.44	.349	6.88	9.53
22	Blake Treinen B. Treinen	47	43	4	3	.571	0	4.36	0	0	5	43.1	42	21	21	3	13	3	10	2	187	2	9.76	2.70	3.62	0.62	25.1	7.0	1.27	.322	4.36	8.72
23	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	47	10	4	4	.500	8	5.21	0	0	0	46.2	43	27	27	9	20	1	1	4	198	1	9.06	3.86	2.35	1.74	23.7	10.1	1.35	.281	5.21	8.29
24	Ranger Suarez R. Suarez	44	11	4	1	.800	8	1.48	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
25	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	41	9	1	3	.250	6	4.32	0	0	0	33.1	21	16	16	7	13	1	0	0	133	0	11.07	3.51	3.15	1.89	30.8	9.8	1.02	.197	4.32	5.67

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	41	36	.532
White Sox	39	36	.520	1.0
Twins	37	41	.474	4.5
Tigers	32	44	.421	8.5
Royals	32	45	.416	9.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 6/21	CWS	@	DET	1:40 PM
Mon 6/22	NYY	@	DET	6:10 PM
Tue 6/23	NYY	@	DET	6:40 PM
Wed 6/24	NYY	@	DET	6:40 PM
Thu 6/25	HOU	@	DET	6:40 PM

Last Game

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39 - 36

Final

Tigers

32 - 44

Sat 20 Jun 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

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28

Schwarber

24

Alvarez

24

Buxton

RBI Leaders

58

Kurtz

58

Walker

57

Pages

Batting Average Leaders

.332

Lopez

.331

Lee

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Díaz

Hit Leaders

100

Lopez

94

Arraez

90

Alvarez

Run Leaders

68

Wood

55

Turang

54

Kurtz

OBP Leaders

.437

Kurtz

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Alvarez

.416

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.630

Alvarez

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Rice

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Schwarber

SB Leaders

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Witt

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Nuñez

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Win Leaders

10

Ashby

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Williams

9

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Strikeout Leaders

138

Misiorowski

121

Sánchez

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Cease

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1.45

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Schlittler

1.80

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WHIP Leaders

0.75

Misiorowski

0.87

Yamamoto

0.88

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K/9 Leaders

13.35

Misiorowski

10.94

Skenes

10.67

deGrom

K/BB Leaders

6.46

Rasmussen

6.06

Schlittler

6.05

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Walk Leaders

13

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1,453.9

Ohtani

1,126.6

Wood

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Kurtz

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998.2

Ohtani

839

Wood

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48-29

45-29

42-31

43-32

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Worst Record ATS

28-48

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31-43

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33-43

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	48	27	.640
Phillies	41	35	.539	7.5
Nationals	40	37	.519	9.0
Marlins	39	38	.506	10.0
Mets	34	42	.447	14.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	45	29	.608
Cardinals	40	34	.541	5.0
Cubs	40	37	.519	6.5
Pirates	38	39	.494	8.5
Reds	36	39	.480	9.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	49	28	.636
Padres	39	36	.520	9.0
Diamondbacks	39	37	.513	9.5
Giants	31	45	.408	17.5
Rockies	30	47	.390	19.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Yankees	46	29	.613
Rays	42	31	.575	3.0
Blue Jays	38	39	.494	9.0
Orioles	36	42	.462	11.5
Red Sox	31	43	.419	14.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	41	36	.532
White Sox	39	36	.520	1.0
Twins	37	41	.474	4.5
Tigers	32	44	.421	8.5
Royals	32	45	.416	9.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	39	39	.500
Athletics	38	39	.494	0.5
Rangers	36	40	.474	2.0
Astros	36	42	.462	3.0
Angels	31	47	.397	8.0

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Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 6/5	SFG	@	CHC	18-3
Fri 6/5	CWS	@	PHI	6-8
Fri 6/5	BOS	@	NYY	5-3
Fri 6/5	BAL	@	TOR	13-3
Fri 6/5	ATH	@	HOU	1-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 6/21	MIL	@	ATL	1:35 PM
Sun 6/21	CIN	@	NYY	1:35 PM
Sun 6/21	SFG	@	MIA	1:40 PM
Sun 6/21	WSH	@	TBR	1:40 PM
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