most strikeouts as a cubs pitcher in 2017

Jon Lester struck out the most hitters for the Cubs in 2017, with 180 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	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	Jon Lester J. Lester	180	2017	CHC	32	13	8	.619	32	4.33	1	0	0	180.2	179	87	101	26	60	4	0	3	763	3	8.97	2.99	3.00	1.30	23.6	7.9	1.32	.310	5.03	100	4.09	95	8.92	4.5
2	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	163	2017	CHC	30	14	10	.583	30	3.53	0	0	0	168.1	150	66	82	23	55	10	0	3	707	14	8.71	2.94	2.96	1.23	23.1	7.8	1.22	.279	4.38	81	4.15	96	8.02	3.1
3	John Lackey J. Lackey	149	2017	CHC	31	12	12	.500	30	4.59	0	0	0	170.2	165	87	93	36	53	12	0	3	731	11	7.86	2.79	2.81	1.90	20.4	7.3	1.28	.268	4.90	106	5.29	123	8.70	-18.4
4	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	123	2017	CHC	24	7	5	.583	24	3.03	0	0	0	139.2	126	47	49	17	40	2	0	1	570	0	7.93	2.58	3.08	1.10	21.6	7.0	1.19	.281	3.16	70	3.87	90	8.12	6.9
5	Mike Montgomery M. Montgomery	100	2017	CHC	44	7	8	.467	14	3.38	0	0	3	130.2	103	49	52	10	55	8	11	4	540	7	6.89	3.79	1.82	0.69	18.5	10.2	1.21	.253	3.58	78	4.06	94	7.09	3.7
6	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	98	2017	CHC	14	7	3	.700	14	3.74	1	1	0	84.1	72	35	37	9	21	8	0	3	346	1	10.46	2.24	4.67	0.96	28.3	6.1	1.10	.300	3.95	86	3.25	75	7.68	10
7	Carl Edwards Jr. C. Edwards Jr.	94	2017	CHC	73	5	4	.556	0	2.98	0	0	0	66.1	29	22	22	6	38	4	8	2	262	4	12.75	5.16	2.47	0.81	35.9	14.5	1.01	.192	2.98	69	3.39	79	3.93	6.8
8	Wade Davis W. Davis	79	2017	CHC	59	4	2	.667	0	2.30	0	0	32	58.2	39	15	16	6	28	3	56	1	242	7	12.12	4.30	2.82	0.92	32.6	11.6	1.14	.262	2.45	53	3.37	78	5.98	6.2
9	Hector Rondon H. Rondon	69	2017	CHC	61	4	1	.800	0	4.24	0	0	0	57.1	50	27	30	10	20	1	14	0	237	3	10.83	3.14	3.45	1.57	29.1	8.4	1.22	.292	4.71	98	4.11	95	7.85	1.3
10	Pedro Strop P. Strop	65	2017	CHC	69	5	4	.556	0	2.83	0	0	0	60.1	45	19	22	4	26	3	8	1	250	7	9.70	3.88	2.50	0.60	26.0	10.4	1.18	.270	3.28	65	3.30	76	6.71	6.8
11	Brian Duensing B. Duensing	61	2017	CHC	68	1	1	.500	0	2.74	0	0	0	62.1	58	19	19	6	18	2	12	1	257	2	8.81	2.60	3.39	0.87	23.7	7.0	1.22	.306	2.74	63	3.41	79	8.37	6.3
12	Justin Grimm J. Grimm	59	2017	CHC	50	1	2	.333	0	5.53	0	0	1	55.1	47	34	34	12	27	1	13	0	232	4	9.60	4.39	2.19	1.95	25.4	11.6	1.34	.263	5.53	128	5.35	124	7.64	-6.4
13	Koji Uehara K. Uehara	50	2017	CHC	49	3	4	.429	0	3.98	0	0	2	43.0	38	19	21	7	12	0	10	3	178	0	10.47	2.51	4.17	1.47	28.1	6.7	1.16	.284	4.40	92	3.78	88	7.95	2.6
14	Felix Pena F. Pena	37	2017	CHC	25	1	0	1.000	0	5.24	0	0	0	34.1	35	20	21	8	18	2	15	1	155	3	9.70	4.72	2.06	2.10	23.9	11.6	1.54	.300	5.50	121	5.77	134	9.17	-5.6
15	Eddie Butler E. Butler	30	2017	CHC	13	4	3	.571	11	3.95	0	0	0	54.2	50	24	24	4	28	2	2	2	237	3	4.94	4.61	1.07	0.66	12.7	11.8	1.43	.266	3.95	91	4.65	108	8.23	-2
16	Justin Wilson J. Wilson	25	2017	CHC	23	1	0	1.000	0	5.09	0	0	0	17.2	18	10	11	0	19	1	4	1	91	1	12.74	9.68	1.32	0.00	27.5	20.9	2.09	.391	5.60	118	3.72	86	9.17	1.2
17	Brett Anderson B. Anderson	16	2017	CHC	6	2	2	.500	6	8.18	0	0	0	22.0	34	20	22	2	12	0	0	0	111	1	6.55	4.91	1.33	0.82	14.4	10.8	2.09	.395	9.00	189	4.51	105	13.91	-0.5
18	Dillon Maples D. Maples	11	2017	CHC	6	0	0		0	10.13	0	0	0	5.1	6	6	6	0	6	0	1	0	27	1	18.56	10.13	1.83	0.00	40.7	22.2	2.25	.600	10.13	234	2.40	56	10.13	1.1
19	Rob Zastryzny R. Zastryzny	11	2017	CHC	4	0	0		0	8.31	0	0	0	13.0	19	12	13	2	7	1	0	0	62	0	7.62	4.85	1.57	1.38	17.7	11.3	2.00	.415	9.00	192	5.30	123	13.15	-1.4
20	Jen-Ho Tseng J. Tseng	8	2017	CHC	2	1	0	1.000	1	7.50	0	0	0	6.0	5	5	5	2	2	1	1	0	26	0	12.00	3.00	4.00	3.00	30.8	7.7	1.17	.231	7.50	173	6.32	146	7.50	-1.3
21	Dylan Floro D. Floro	6	2017	CHC	3	0	0		0	6.52	0	0	0	9.2	15	7	7	2	2	1	2	0	45	0	5.59	1.86	3.00	1.86	13.3	4.4	1.76	.382	6.52	150	5.53	128	13.97	-1.3
22	Seth Frankoff S. Frankoff	2	2017	CHC	1	0	1	.000	0	9.00	0	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	9.00	0.00		4.50	22.2	0.0	2.00	.500	9.00	208	7.65	177	18.00	-0.7
23	Pierce Johnson P. Johnson	2	2017	CHC	1	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	18.00	9.00	2.00	0.00	28.6	14.3	3.00	.500	18.00	0	2.15	50	18.00	0.2
24	Jack Leathersich J. Leathersich	1	2017	CHC	1	0	0		0	27.00	0	0	0	0.2	1	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	7	0	13.50	54.00	0.25	0.00	14.3	57.1	7.50	.500	27.00	623	18.15	421	13.50	-1

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Team Batting Leaders

26

Crow-Armstrong

RBI

69

Crow-Armstrong

AVG

.289

Crow-Armstrong

Team Pitching Leaders

8

Imanaga

125

Imanaga

ERA

1.85

Brown

Team Rankings

144

9th

595

2nd

898

24th

ERA

4.05

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/8	CHC	@	KCR	7:10 PM
Sun 8/9	CHC	@	KCR	2:10 PM
Tue 8/11	CHC	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Wed 8/12	CHC	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Thu 8/13	CHC	@	WSH	4:05 PM

Last Game

Blue Jays

54 - 62

Final

Cubs

67 - 49

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

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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