most strikeouts as a royals pitcher in 2009

Zack Greinke fanned the most hitters for the Royals in 2009, with 242 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	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	242	2009	KCR	33	16	8	.667	33	2.16	6	3	0	229.1	195	55	64	11	51	4	0	0	915	5	9.50	2.00	4.75	0.43	26.4	5.6	1.07	.303	2.51	48	2.32	53	7.65	52.5
2	Luke Hochevar L. Hochevar	106	2009	KCR	25	7	13	.350	25	6.55	2	1	0	143.0	167	104	109	23	46	8	0	0	631	9	6.67	2.90	2.30	1.45	16.8	7.3	1.49	.321	6.86	146	4.83	111	10.51	-7.5
3	Brian Bannister B. Bannister	98	2009	KCR	26	7	12	.368	26	4.73	0	0	0	154.0	161	81	94	15	50	4	0	4	668	12	5.73	2.92	1.96	0.88	14.7	7.5	1.37	.291	5.49	105	4.13	95	9.41	3.9
4	Gil Meche G. Meche	95	2009	KCR	23	6	10	.375	23	5.09	1	1	0	129.0	144	73	81	17	58	3	0	0	581	7	6.63	4.05	1.64	1.19	16.4	10.0	1.57	.311	5.65	113	4.75	109	10.05	-5.6
5	Robinson Tejeda R. Tejeda	87	2009	KCR	35	4	2	.667	6	3.54	0	0	0	73.2	43	29	30	4	50	3	5	2	313	6	10.63	6.11	1.74	0.49	27.8	16.0	1.26	.231	3.67	79	3.59	82	5.25	6.4
6	Kyle Davies K. Davies	86	2009	KCR	22	8	9	.471	22	5.27	1	0	0	123.0	122	72	76	18	66	4	0	1	538	10	6.29	4.83	1.30	1.32	16.0	12.3	1.53	.286	5.56	117	5.30	121	8.93	-13
7	Joakim Soria J. Soria	69	2009	KCR	47	3	2	.600	0	2.21	0	0	30	53.0	44	13	14	5	16	2	41	1	222	3	11.72	2.72	4.31	0.85	31.1	7.2	1.13	.300	2.38	49	2.73	63	7.47	9.7
8	Jamey Wright J. Wright	60	2009	KCR	65	3	5	.375	0	4.33	0	0	0	79.0	73	38	51	8	44	7	14	5	350	7	6.84	5.01	1.36	0.91	17.1	12.6	1.48	.281	5.81	96	4.82	110	8.32	-4.1
9	Bruce Chen B. Chen	45	2009	KCR	17	1	6	.143	9	5.78	0	0	0	62.1	74	40	42	12	25	4	4	3	279	4	6.50	3.61	1.80	1.73	16.1	9.0	1.59	.321	6.06	128	5.54	127	10.68	-8.3
10	Kyle Farnsworth K. Farnsworth	42	2009	KCR	41	1	5	.167	0	4.58	0	0	0	37.1	43	19	22	3	14	1	18	2	168	2	10.13	3.38	3.00	0.72	25.0	8.3	1.53	.370	5.30	102	3.09	71	10.37	5.3
11	Juan Cruz J. Cruz	38	2009	KCR	46	3	4	.429	0	5.72	0	0	2	50.1	46	32	34	6	29	1	18	1	219	6	6.79	5.19	1.31	1.07	17.4	13.2	1.49	.276	6.08	127	4.91	113	8.23	-3.1
12	Ron Mahay R. Mahay	34	2009	KCR	41	1	1	.500	0	4.79	0	0	0	41.1	55	22	26	9	19	2	11	1	200	4	7.40	4.14	1.79	1.96	17.0	9.5	1.79	.338	5.66	107	5.80	133	11.98	-6.7
13	Sidney Ponson S. Ponson	32	2009	KCR	14	1	7	.125	9	7.36	0	0	0	58.2	79	48	50	6	25	2	0	1	273	2	4.91	3.84	1.28	0.92	11.7	9.2	1.77	.351	7.67	164	4.71	108	12.12	-2.3
14	Roman Colon R. Colon	29	2009	KCR	43	2	3	.400	0	4.83	0	0	0	50.1	50	27	27	7	22	2	13	1	220	1	5.19	3.93	1.32	1.25	13.2	10.0	1.43	.269	4.83	107	5.17	119	8.94	-4.6
15	John Bale J. Bale	24	2009	KCR	43	0	1	.000	0	5.72	0	0	1	28.1	34	18	19	3	18	1	12	2	136	2	7.62	5.72	1.33	0.95	17.6	13.2	1.84	.344	6.04	127	4.78	110	10.80	-1.3
16	Dusty Hughes D. Hughes	15	2009	KCR	8	0	2	.000	1	5.14	0	0	0	14.0	13	8	9	2	8	2	0	0	63	1	9.64	5.14	1.88	1.29	23.8	12.7	1.50	.306	5.79	114	4.94	113	8.36	-0.9
17	Horacio Ramirez H. Ramirez	13	2009	KCR	19	0	2	.000	1	5.96	0	0	0	22.2	27	15	16	3	11	0	1	3	104	1	5.16	4.37	1.18	1.19	12.5	10.6	1.68	.312	6.35	132	5.12	117	10.72	-1.9
18	Yasuhiko Yabuta Y. Yabuta	9	2009	KCR	12	2	1	.667	0	13.50	0	0	0	14.0	29	21	21	3	7	0	3	0	77	4	5.79	4.50	1.29	1.93	11.7	9.1	2.57	.448	13.50	300	6.09	140	18.64	-2.7
19	Lenny DiNardo L. DiNardo	8	2009	KCR	5	0	3	.000	5	10.13	0	0	0	21.1	41	24	28	2	15	1	0	0	117	1	3.38	6.33	0.53	0.84	6.8	12.8	2.63	.429	11.81	225	5.81	133	17.30	-3.5
20	Anthony Lerew A. Lerew	7	2009	KCR	3	0	1	.000	2	4.05	0	0	0	13.1	14	6	8	4	8	0	0	0	62	0	4.72	5.40	0.88	2.70	11.3	12.9	1.65	.233	5.40	90	7.74	177	9.45	-5.1
21	Victor Marte V. Marte	7	2009	KCR	8	0	0		0	8.25	0	0	0	12.0	13	11	12	2	12	0	4	1	58	1	5.25	9.00	0.58	1.50	12.1	20.7	2.08	.297	9.00	183	7.09	162	9.75	-3.7
22	Carlos Rosa C. Rosa	4	2009	KCR	7	0	0		0	3.38	0	0	1	10.2	10	4	4	1	3	0	5	0	43	0	3.38	2.53	1.33	0.84	9.3	7.0	1.22	.257	3.38	75	4.40	101	8.44	0
23	Doug Waechter D. Waechter	3	2009	KCR	5	0	0		0	8.44	0	0	0	5.1	9	5	5	2	3	0	3	0	28	1	5.06	5.06	1.00	3.38	10.7	10.7	2.25	.350	8.44	188	8.52	195	15.19	-2.5

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Team Batting Leaders

18

Caglianone

RBI

54

Jensen

AVG

.286

Witt

Team Pitching Leaders

6

Cameron

116

Cameron

ERA

3.44

Wacha

Team Rankings

116

25th

480

23rd

859

28th

ERA

4.80

28th

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	CHC	@	KCR	8:10 PM
Sat 8/8	CHC	@	KCR	7:10 PM
Sun 8/9	CHC	@	KCR	2:10 PM
Mon 8/10	KCR	@	LAD	10:10 PM
Tue 8/11	KCR	@	LAD	10:10 PM

Last Game

Twins

57 - 59

Final

Royals

48 - 68

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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1,609.1

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