most strikeouts as a guardians pitcher in the 1980s

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Len Barker fanned the most hitters for the Cleveland Indians, with 606 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	Len Barker L. Barker	606	115	50	43	.538	115	4.21	31	6	0	795.0	748	372	408	57	278	9	0	8	3,366	35	6.86	3.15	2.18	0.65	18.0	8.3	1.29	.286	4.62	105	3.19	80	8.47	71.7
2	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	548	104	48	37	.565	103	3.23	41	9	0	760.2	688	273	302	52	218	28	0	10	3,140	15	6.48	2.58	2.51	0.62	17.5	6.9	1.19	.277	3.57	80	3.12	78	8.14	74.6
3	Tom Candiotti T. Candiotti	539	130	50	48	.510	128	3.67	39	6	0	876.2	840	357	410	71	307	22	1	10	3,716	34	5.53	3.15	1.76	0.73	14.5	8.3	1.31	.277	4.21	88	3.73	91	8.62	34.1
4	Greg Swindell G. Swindell	452	86	39	30	.565	85	3.69	22	7	0	590.1	573	242	265	61	148	3	0	5	2,433	11	6.89	2.26	3.05	0.93	18.6	6.1	1.22	.289	4.04	90	3.35	84	8.74	42.2
5	Rick Sutcliffe R. Sutcliffe	360	85	35	24	.593	77	3.92	18	3	1	553.2	536	241	272	46	246	12	3	10	2,376	16	5.85	4.00	1.46	0.75	15.2	10.4	1.41	.286	4.42	96	3.91	96	8.71	9.4
6	Dan Spillner D. Spillner	320	205	34	39	.466	43	4.26	8	1	37	568.2	615	269	297	45	218	5	120	23	2,491	22	5.06	3.45	1.47	0.71	12.8	8.8	1.46	.300	4.70	106	3.79	94	9.73	13.8
7	Neal Heaton N. Heaton	270	133	35	47	.427	99	4.77	15	5	7	661.0	737	350	389	60	249	9	23	21	2,904	12	3.68	3.39	1.08	0.82	9.3	8.6	1.49	.292	5.30	115	4.26	104	10.03	-13.2
8	John Farrell J. Farrell	252	72	28	25	.528	70	3.86	12	2	0	487.1	480	209	232	36	160	21	1	8	2,087	7	4.65	2.95	1.58	0.66	12.1	7.7	1.31	.274	4.28	96	3.81	97	8.86	7
9	John Denny J. Denny	247	56	24	23	.511	56	4.15	15	4	0	392.2	381	181	196	24	186	14	0	7	1,696	19	5.66	4.26	1.33	0.55	14.6	11.0	1.44	.291	4.49	104	3.74	94	8.73	10.6
10	Doug Jones D. Jones	236	170	17	19	.472	0	2.60	0	0	78	273.1	264	79	101	9	59	10	133	13	1,148	3	7.77	1.94	4.00	0.30	20.6	5.1	1.18	.306	3.33	62	2.25	55	8.69	55.4
11	Rich Yett R. Yett	227	131	22	24	.478	48	4.97	4	1	2	409.2	437	226	239	52	188	7	35	9	1,818	28	4.99	4.13	1.21	1.14	12.5	10.3	1.53	.286	5.25	120	4.75	116	9.60	-31.4
12	Scott Bailes S. Bailes	225	172	31	41	.431	59	4.70	5	2	13	491.2	533	257	291	62	165	10	53	10	2,141	12	4.12	3.02	1.36	1.13	10.5	7.7	1.42	.281	5.33	113	4.58	112	9.76	-27
13	Rick Waits R. Waits	217	88	23	38	.377	75	4.80	16	3	0	485.1	555	259	279	39	192	3	3	11	2,134	15	4.02	3.56	1.13	0.72	10.2	9.0	1.54	.307	5.17	121	4.05	101	10.29	-3
14	Jamie Easterly J. Easterly	170	146	12	7	.632	8	4.04	0	0	5	274.1	292	123	141	23	123	8	54	12	1,211	19	5.58	4.04	1.38	0.75	14.0	10.2	1.51	.303	4.63	96	4.02	97	9.58	3
15	Ken Schrom K. Schrom	148	66	20	20	.500	62	5.38	7	2	0	359.2	402	215	244	63	106	15	1	4	1,578	6	3.70	2.65	1.40	1.58	9.4	6.7	1.41	.272	6.11	123	5.27	123	10.06	-39.3
16	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	138	56	18	22	.450	54	4.90	7	0	0	334.0	383	182	209	42	148	10	1	2	1,512	18	3.72	3.99	0.93	1.13	9.1	9.8	1.59	.290	5.63	113	5.02	118	10.32	-28.1
17	Lary Sorensen L. Sorensen	138	68	22	26	.458	64	4.87	14	2	0	412.0	489	223	242	40	120	5	2	15	1,790	14	3.01	2.62	1.15	0.87	7.7	6.7	1.48	.302	5.29	118	4.23	104	10.68	-7.5
18	Bud Black B. Black	132	49	14	14	.500	39	3.71	6	3	1	281.1	272	116	130	20	75	5	4	1	1,172	18	4.22	2.40	1.76	0.64	11.3	6.4	1.23	.268	4.16	94	3.59	95	8.70	6.4
19	Tom Waddell T. Waddell	118	113	15	11	.577	9	4.30	1	0	15	215.1	179	103	106	33	83	3	56	12	893	2	4.93	3.47	1.42	1.38	13.2	9.3	1.22	.223	4.43	103	4.82	117	7.48	-16.8
20	Don Schulze D. Schulze	109	57	11	20	.355	45	5.30	4	0	0	264.2	321	156	176	28	80	9	3	2	1,180	14	3.71	2.72	1.36	0.95	9.2	6.8	1.52	.307	5.98	127	4.29	104	10.92	-5.2
21	Mike Stanton M. Stanton	108	75	4	6	.400	0	5.09	0	0	7	129.0	141	73	79	9	62	3	42	5	570	4	7.53	4.33	1.74	0.63	18.9	10.9	1.57	.340	5.51	129	3.44	87	9.84	7.3
22	Sid Monge S. Monge	102	98	6	10	.375	0	3.84	0	0	18	152.1	138	65	70	21	61	3	62	8	645	4	6.03	3.60	1.67	1.24	15.8	9.5	1.31	.255	4.14	99	4.40	112	8.15	-7.7
23	Ernie Camacho E. Camacho	97	141	7	16	.304	0	3.66	0	0	44	179.2	173	73	77	9	76	7	98	12	785	11	4.86	3.81	1.28	0.45	12.4	9.7	1.39	.275	3.86	87	3.72	91	8.67	7.8
24	Victor Cruz V. Cruz	88	55	6	7	.462	0	3.45	0	0	12	86.0	71	33	36	10	27	3	40	8	355	4	9.21	2.83	3.26	1.05	24.8	7.6	1.14	.269	3.77	86	3.26	81	7.43	7.4
25	Steve Farr S. Farr	83	31	3	11	.214	16	4.58	0	0	1	116.0	106	59	61	14	46	5	4	3	488	2	6.44	3.57	1.80	1.09	17.0	9.4	1.31	.271	4.73	114	4.22	104	8.22	-2.1

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Team Batting Leaders

13

DeLauter

RBI

57

DeLauter

AVG

.281

DeLauter

Team Pitching Leaders

11

Williams

185

Williams

ERA

2.57

Messick

Team Rankings

116

28th

477

28th

1,112

4th

ERA

3.85

9th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	61	57	.517
Tigers	59	60	.496	2.5
Twins	59	62	.488	3.5
Guardians	58	62	.483	4.0
Royals	49	72	.405	13.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 8/12	CLE	@	DET	6:40 PM
Thu 8/13	CLE	@	DET	1:10 PM
Fri 8/14	SDP	@	CLE	7:10 PM
Sat 8/15	SDP	@	CLE	7:10 PM
Sun 8/16	SDP	@	CLE	1:40 PM

Last Game

Guardians

58 - 62

Final

Tigers

59 - 60

Tue 11 Aug 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

35

Caminero

35

Alvarez

35

Schwarber

RBI Leaders

91

Abrams

87

Stewart

87

Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

.322

Alvarez

.318

Lopez

.314

Arraez

Hit Leaders

148

Lopez

143

Arraez

139

Alvarez

Run Leaders

100

Wood

86

Olson

85

Crow-Armstrong

OBP Leaders

.435

Alvarez

.396

Kurtz

.393

Wood

SLG Leaders

.623

Alvarez

.555

García

.554

Caminero

SB Leaders

40

Nuñez

33

Simpson

32

Witt

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

15

Sánchez

14

Gray

13

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

204

Misiorowski

191

Cease

185

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.76

Misiorowski

2.20

Sale

2.21

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.74

Misiorowski

0.89

Yamamoto

0.91

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.80

Misiorowski

13.09

Cease

11.51

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.80

Misiorowski

5.91

Rasmussen

5.87

Schlittler

Walk Leaders

20

Martinez

22

Rasmussen

27

Wrobleski

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,030.2

Ohtani

1,673

Crow-Armstrong

1,661.5

Wood

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,414.6

Ohtani

1,273

Crow-Armstrong

1,234

Wood

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

70-48

69-50

70-51

67-54

66-54

66-55

Worst Record ATS

44-76

47-74

49-71

53-67

55-65

56-65

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	72	48	.600
Phillies	64	57	.529	8.5
Marlins	61	59	.508	11.0
Nationals	59	62	.488	13.5
Mets	53	68	.438	19.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	74	46	.617
Cubs	70	50	.583	4.0
Cardinals	60	60	.500	14.0
Reds	57	61	.483	16.0
Pirates	58	63	.479	16.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	72	48	.600
Diamondbacks	64	57	.529	8.5
Padres	64	57	.529	8.5
Giants	50	70	.417	22.0
Rockies	47	73	.392	25.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	73	46	.613
Yankees	67	52	.563	6.0
Red Sox	64	55	.538	9.0
Orioles	58	62	.483	15.5
Blue Jays	58	63	.479	16.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	61	57	.517
Tigers	59	60	.496	2.5
Twins	59	62	.488	3.5
Guardians	58	62	.483	4.0
Royals	49	72	.405	13.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	61	60	.504
Rangers	60	60	.500	0.5
Mariners	56	64	.467	4.5
Athletics	47	73	.392	13.5
Angels	46	74	.383	14.5

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 7/28	CLE	@	CIN	6-5
Tue 7/28	AZ	@	PIT	8-7
Tue 7/28	BAL	@	DET	0-14
Tue 7/28	TEX	@	TBR	4-1
Tue 7/28	TOR	@	WSH	6-8

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 8/12	BAL	@	MIN	1:40 PM
Wed 8/12	PHI	@	STL	2:15 PM
Wed 8/12	TBR	@	ATH	3:05 PM
Wed 8/12	COL	@	AZ	3:40 PM
Wed 8/12	HOU	@	SFG	3:45 PM

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Len Barker fanned the most hitters for the Cleveland Indians, with 606 strikeouts.

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87

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.314

148

143

139

100

86

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.435

.396

.393

.623

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MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

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204

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0.89

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13.80

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