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	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	40	8	3	2	.600	7	4.42	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

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26

Dingler

RBI

78

Dingler

AVG

.284

McGonigle

Team Pitching Leaders

8

Montero

116

Skubal

ERA

1.58

Melton

Team Rankings

144

9th

526

12th

955

18th

ERA

3.53

4th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	59	55	.518
Guardians	57	59	.491	3.0
Twins	57	59	.491	3.0
Tigers	56	59	.487	3.5
Royals	48	68	.414	12.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 8/7	DET	@	SFG	10:15 PM
Sat 8/8	DET	@	SFG	7:15 PM
Sun 8/9	DET	@	SFG	4:05 PM
Tue 8/11	CLE	@	DET	6:40 PM
Wed 8/12	CLE	@	DET	6:40 PM

Last Game

Tigers

56 - 59

Final

Mariners

56 - 60

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

MLB 2026 Betting

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	55	.526	8.5
Padres	60	56	.517	9.5
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	63	51	.553	5.0
Orioles	56	59	.487	12.5
Blue Jays	54	62	.466	15.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	59	55	.518
Twins	57	59	.491	3.0
Guardians	57	59	.491	3.0
Tigers	56	59	.487	3.5
Royals	48	68	.414	12.0
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

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 7/22	PIT	@	NYY	5-3
Wed 7/22	BAL	@	BOS	3-6
Wed 7/22	NYM	@	MIL	3-4
Wed 7/22	TBR	@	TOR	4-2
Thu 7/23	SDP	@	ATL	5-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 8/7	TOR	@	PHI	6:40 PM
Fri 8/7	NYM	@	PIT	6:40 PM
Fri 8/7	CIN	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Fri 8/7	ATL	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Fri 8/7	ATH	@	BOS	7:10 PM

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