most so by a pitcher between 2016 to 2018

Between the 2016 and 2018 seasons, Max Scherzer struck out 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

17

Wood

RBI

49

Abrams

AVG

.286

Abrams

Team Pitching Leaders

7

Griffin

76

Cavalli

ERA

2.45

Lord

Team Rankings

5th

352

1st

517

24th

ERA

4.61

26th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	45	21	.682
Phillies	35	30	.538	9.5
Nationals	33	33	.500	12.0
Marlins	31	35	.470	14.0
Mets	29	36	.446	15.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 6/8	WSH	@	SFG	9:45 PM
Tue 6/9	WSH	@	SFG	9:45 PM
Wed 6/10	WSH	@	SFG	3:45 PM
Fri 6/12	SEA	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Sat 6/13	SEA	@	WSH	4:05 PM

Last Game

Nationals

33 - 33

Final

Diamondbacks

34 - 31

Sun 7 Jun 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

23

Schwarber

22

Alvarez

20

Murakami

RBI Leaders

53

Pages

49

Abrams

48

Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

.338

Marsh

.336

Lopez

.325

Díaz

Hit Leaders

86

Lopez

80

Arraez

77

Clement

Run Leaders

57

Wood

50

Turang

47

Rice

OBP Leaders

.431

Kurtz

.431

Alvarez

.417

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.650

Alvarez

.640

Rice

.579

Schwarber

SB Leaders

23

Witt

23

Ramírez

23

Nuñez

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

9

Williams

9

Ashby

8

Sale

Strikeout Leaders

116

Misiorowski

103

Sánchez

94

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.46

Sánchez

1.50

Misiorowski

1.87

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.81

Misiorowski

0.87

Schlittler

0.91

Skenes

K/9 Leaders

13.38

Misiorowski

10.74

Sánchez

10.70

Detmers

K/BB Leaders

6.36

Schlittler

6.31

Skenes

6.06

Sánchez

Walk Leaders

12

Rasmussen

13

Skenes

13

Martinez

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,247.3

Ohtani

955.4

Wood

927

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

863.1

Ohtani

709

Wood

694

Alvarez

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41-25

38-25

39-26

37-28

Worst Record ATS

22-43

24-42

25-41

27-36

28-37

29-37

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	45	21	.682
Phillies	35	30	.538	9.5
Nationals	33	33	.500	12.0
Marlins	31	35	.470	14.0
Mets	29	36	.446	15.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	40	23	.635
Cardinals	35	28	.556	5.0
Pirates	34	32	.515	7.5
Cubs	34	32	.515	7.5
Reds	31	33	.484	9.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	42	24	.636
Diamondbacks	34	31	.523	7.5
Padres	33	31	.516	8.0
Giants	27	39	.409	15.0
Rockies	24	42	.364	18.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	37	25	.597
Yankees	38	26	.594
Blue Jays	32	34	.485	7.0
Orioles	31	35	.470	8.0
Red Sox	27	36	.429	10.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	37	30	.552
White Sox	34	31	.523	2.0
Twins	30	37	.448	7.0
Tigers	27	39	.409	9.5
Royals	27	39	.409	9.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	34	32	.515
Rangers	32	33	.492	1.5
Athletics	31	34	.477	2.5
Astros	30	37	.448	4.5
Angels	25	41	.379	9.0