most so by a pitcher between 2016 to 2018

Between the 2016 and 2018 seasons, Max Scherzer fanned the most batters, with 852 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	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	852	98	54	20	.730	98	2.67	5	1	0	649.2	441	193	205	76	162	29	0	8	2,548	10	11.80	2.24	5.26	1.05	33.4	6.4	0.93	.255	2.84	63	2.93	70	6.11	91.9
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	778	91	46	22	.676	91	2.85	7	1	0	599.0	457	190	200	62	122	39	0	2	2,375	9	11.69	1.83	6.38	0.93	32.8	5.1	0.97	.287	3.01	65	2.70	63	6.87	104.6
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	763	101	47	26	.644	101	2.97	3	1	0	647.2	497	214	224	85	166	20	0	5	2,585	16	10.60	2.31	4.60	1.18	29.5	6.4	1.02	.266	3.11	70	3.36	78	6.91	66.6
4	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	714	94	56	20	.737	94	2.77	10	6	0	633.2	490	195	213	68	127	15	0	3	2,479	11	10.14	1.80	5.62	0.97	28.8	5.1	0.97	.271	3.03	63	2.96	69	6.96	93.9
5	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	651	87	32	27	.542	87	2.70	3	1	0	566.1	474	170	188	53	141	10	0	8	2,266	13	10.35	2.24	4.62	0.84	28.7	6.2	1.09	.298	2.99	68	2.87	70	7.53	77.8
6	Chris Archer C. Archer	644	94	25	39	.391	94	4.12	0	0	0	550.2	531	252	278	76	176	14	0	3	2,340	32	10.53	2.88	3.66	1.24	27.5	7.5	1.28	.318	4.54	100	3.64	88	8.68	31.7
7	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	607	89	46	24	.657	87	3.33	4	1	0	538.1	480	199	215	63	123	19	1	8	2,181	23	10.15	2.06	4.93	1.05	27.8	5.6	1.12	.305	3.59	75	3.21	75	8.02	65.5
8	Robbie Ray R. Ray	601	84	29	22	.569	84	3.93	1	1	0	460.0	398	201	217	66	212	16	0	10	1,967	21	11.76	4.15	2.83	1.29	30.6	10.8	1.33	.310	4.25	91	3.89	93	7.79	14.9
9	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	585	95	41	23	.641	86	3.57	1	0	1	541.2	494	215	231	54	187	23	5	3	2,277	18	9.72	3.11	3.13	0.90	25.7	8.2	1.26	.308	3.84	80	3.45	80	8.21	51.3
10	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	570	86	34	27	.557	86	3.64	2	1	0	519.1	473	210	223	57	155	17	0	4	2,154	21	9.88	2.69	3.68	0.99	26.5	7.2	1.21	.307	3.86	87	3.37	80	8.20	48
11	Rick Porcello R. Porcello	560	99	50	28	.641	99	3.99	6	0	0	617.2	606	274	307	88	128	35	0	1	2,583	11	8.16	1.87	4.38	1.28	21.7	5.0	1.19	.292	4.47	89	3.98	94	8.83	18
12	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	555	102	30	33	.476	89	4.03	1	1	1	545.1	547	244	276	65	175	13	6	13	2,327	27	9.16	2.89	3.17	1.07	23.9	7.5	1.32	.317	4.56	93	3.70	88	9.03	29
13	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	548	91	45	25	.643	91	3.53	2	1	0	568.2	514	223	237	76	129	6	0	6	2,307	17	8.67	2.04	4.25	1.20	23.8	5.6	1.13	.283	3.75	82	3.67	88	8.13	31.2
14	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	546	96	37	34	.521	96	3.77	1	1	0	571.0	524	239	249	70	179	17	0	8	2,366	21	8.61	2.82	3.05	1.10	23.1	7.6	1.23	.292	3.92	91	3.86	92	8.26	22.7
15	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	543	74	40	15	.727	74	3.22	1	1	0	453.0	368	162	173	46	129	17	0	8	1,843	10	10.79	2.56	4.21	0.91	29.5	7.0	1.10	.291	3.44	76	3.04	72	7.31	59.8
16	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	529	74	39	13	.750	74	2.26	4	3	0	485.1	372	122	135	48	70	4	0	1	1,873	19	9.81	1.30	7.56	0.89	28.2	3.7	0.91	.265	2.50	57	2.71	66	6.90	76.1
17	Aaron Nola A. Nola	529	80	35	26	.574	80	3.32	0	0	0	491.1	419	181	192	45	136	15	0	8	2,007	7	9.69	2.49	3.89	0.82	26.4	6.8	1.13	.292	3.52	80	3.11	73	7.68	61.9
18	Jon Lester J. Lester	526	96	50	19	.725	96	3.33	3	0	0	565.0	507	209	233	71	176	16	0	4	2,320	11	8.38	2.80	2.99	1.13	22.7	7.6	1.21	.285	3.71	80	3.94	95	8.08	13.2
19	Masahiro Tanaka M. Tanaka	518	88	39	22	.639	88	3.83	2	2	0	534.0	500	227	243	82	112	17	0	1	2,192	17	8.73	1.89	4.63	1.38	23.6	5.1	1.15	.286	4.10	89	3.93	89	8.43	27.8
20	Luis Severino L. Severino	516	85	36	22	.621	74	3.59	1	1	0	455.2	401	182	197	51	122	14	3	1	1,875	17	10.19	2.41	4.23	1.01	27.5	6.5	1.15	.299	3.89	84	3.24	74	7.92	58
21	Carlos Martinez C. Martinez	508	96	36	26	.581	81	3.29	2	2	5	519.0	448	190	209	47	201	30	9	8	2,188	22	8.81	3.49	2.53	0.82	23.2	9.2	1.25	.286	3.62	81	3.70	90	7.77	24
22	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	507	96	36	31	.537	96	3.87	0	0	0	549.1	504	236	251	57	218	18	0	9	2,338	19	8.31	3.57	2.33	0.93	21.7	9.3	1.31	.291	4.11	91	3.94	93	8.26	17.6
23	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	501	95	30	35	.462	95	4.07	0	0	0	550.0	580	249	260	83	168	17	0	2	2,349	22	8.20	2.75	2.98	1.36	21.3	7.2	1.36	.315	4.25	95	4.30	98	9.49	6.9
24	J.A. Happ	498	88	47	21	.691	88	3.44	0	0	0	518.0	463	198	217	67	157	15	0	1	2,155	11	8.65	2.73	3.17	1.16	23.1	7.3	1.20	.279	3.77	80	3.90	91	8.04	23.4
25	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	493	88	35	23	.603	88	3.72	2	0	0	539.1	486	223	250	71	195	38	0	2	2,268	17	8.23	3.25	2.53	1.18	21.7	8.6	1.26	.282	4.17	81	4.33	98	8.11	4.7

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Team Batting Leaders

30

Wood

RBI

82

Abrams

AVG

.289

Abrams

Team Pitching Leaders

12

Griffin

130

Cavalli

ERA

2.76

Griffin

Team Rankings

162

1st

600

1st

844

25th

ERA

4.76

27th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	64	45	.587
Phillies	57	52	.523	7.0
Nationals	55	55	.500	9.5
Marlins	55	55	.500	9.5
Mets	47	63	.427	17.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 7/31	WSH	@	ATL	7:15 PM
Sat 8/1	WSH	@	ATL	7:15 PM
Sun 8/2	WSH	@	ATL	1:35 PM
Mon 8/3	WSH	@	PHI	6:40 PM
Tue 8/4	WSH	@	PHI	6:40 PM

Last Game

Nationals

55 - 55

Final

Braves

64 - 45

Thu 30 Jul 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

35

Alvarez

33

Schwarber

31

Rice

RBI Leaders

82

Abrams

80

Stewart

80

Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

.328

Arraez

.325

Lopez

.321

Alvarez

Hit Leaders

138

Lopez

135

Arraez

126

Alvarez

Run Leaders

99

Wood

74

Alvarez

74

Reynolds

OBP Leaders

.432

Alvarez

.408

Soto

.400

Wood

SLG Leaders

.640

Alvarez

.572

Rice

.566

García

SB Leaders

39

Nuñez

30

Chisholm

30

Witt

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

13

Sánchez

13

Gray

12

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

185

Misiorowski

168

Williams

167

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.58

Misiorowski

2.04

Schlittler

2.08

Sale

WHIP Leaders

0.75

Misiorowski

0.90

Yamamoto

0.91

Schlittler

K/9 Leaders

13.87

Misiorowski

13.26

Cease

11.34

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.61

Misiorowski

6.35

Schlittler

5.89

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

19

Rasmussen

20

Martinez

21

Wrobleski

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,887.1

Ohtani

1,645.8

Wood

1,512.8

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,305.6

Ohtani

1,222

Wood

1,134

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

66-44

64-44

62-46

60-48

60-49

Worst Record ATS

42-68

42-67

49-60

50-59

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	64	45	.587
Phillies	57	52	.523	7.0
Marlins	55	55	.500	9.5
Nationals	55	55	.500	9.5
Mets	47	63	.427	17.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	67	41	.620
Cubs	62	47	.569	5.5
Pirates	55	55	.500	13.0
Cardinals	54	55	.495	13.5
Reds	51	57	.472	16.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	69	40	.633
Diamondbacks	57	52	.523	12.0
Padres	55	54	.505	14.0
Giants	47	62	.431	22.0
Rockies	42	67	.385	27.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	64	44	.593
Yankees	61	48	.560	3.5
Red Sox	57	51	.528	7.0
Orioles	53	56	.486	11.5
Blue Jays	50	59	.459	14.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	57	51	.528
Guardians	56	54	.509	2.0
Twins	55	55	.500	3.0
Tigers	51	58	.468	6.5
Royals	46	64	.418	12.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	55	54	.505
Astros	55	55	.500	0.5
Mariners	53	57	.482	2.5
Athletics	45	64	.413	10.0
Angels	42	67	.385	13.0