most strikeouts by a pitcher in their first 6 seasons

Toad Ramsey fanned the most batters by a pitcher in his first 6 seasons, with 1,515 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	Toad Ramsey T. Ramsey	1,515	248	113	124	.477	241	3.29	225	5	0	2100.2	1,941	769	1,373	40	671	38	7		9,018	179	6.49	2.87	2.26	0.17	16.8	7.4	1.24	.282	5.88	88	2.85	78	8.32	192.8
2	Amos Rusie A. Rusie	1,494	336	175	129	.576	305	2.99	281	20	4	2741.0	2,360	912	1,503	53	1,355	86	31		11,917	122	4.91	4.45	1.10	0.17	12.5	11.4	1.36	.258	4.94	78	3.70	93	7.75	79.5
3	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1,404	215	116	66	.637	210	2.43	103	21	1	1641.1	1,305	444	489	120	429	33	5	32	6,542	40	7.70	2.35	3.27	0.66	21.5	6.6	1.06	.260	2.68	71	2.57	78	7.16	134.9
4	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1,327	216	95	85	.528	213	2.78	97	24	0	1611.1	1,416	498	566	114	403	39	2	23	6,533	31	7.41	2.25	3.29	0.64	20.3	6.2	1.13	.280	3.16	76	2.62	71	7.91	191.3
5	Jim Whitney J. Whitney	1,324	312	145	153	.487	298	2.79	284	21	2	2656.2	2,684	823	1,489	51	285		13		11,066	191	4.49	0.97	4.65	0.17	12.0	2.6	1.12		5.04	94	2.55	85	9.09	134.2
6	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	1,317	189	79	56	.585	188	3.31	8	5	0	1214.0	1,025	447	480	89	469	29	0	23	5,073	73	9.76	3.48	2.81	0.66	26.0	9.2	1.23	.295	3.56	84	3.11	79	7.60	119.6
7	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,255	171	66	49	.574	171	2.62	3	1	0	1101.2	894	321	350	95	266	20	0	13	4,386	22	10.25	2.17	4.72	0.78	28.6	6.1	1.05	.291	2.86	68	2.77	69	7.30	156.5
8	Mark Langston M. Langston	1,253	200	86	76	.531	197	3.80	47	13	0	1374.1	1,206	580	653	146	668	26	1	16	5,866	39	8.21	4.37	1.88	0.96	21.4	11.4	1.36	.281	4.28	91	3.84	92	7.90	56
9	Mark Baldwin M. Baldwin	1,249	300	138	145	.488	288	3.27	262	12	3	2468.2	2,354	896	1,584	75	1,165	111	13		10,988	208	4.55	4.25	1.07	0.27	11.4	10.6	1.43	.272	5.77	90	3.73	101	8.58	-8.4
10	Bob Feller B. Feller	1,233	205	107	54	.665	175	3.18	117	16	10	1448.1	1,149	512	569	59	815	26	24		6,191	46	7.66	5.06	1.51	0.37	19.9	13.2	1.36	.269	3.54	73	3.45	81	7.14	127.1
11	Old Hoss Radbourn O. Hoss Radbourn	1,228	295	193	88	.687	277	1.96	272	26	3	2548.0	2,245	554	1,075	36	352		17		10,349	144	4.34	1.24	3.49	0.13	11.9	3.4	1.02		3.80	69	2.67	90	7.93	57.8
12	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	1,218	225	115	90	.561	194	1.69	169	33	6	1724.1	1,354	324	522	13	379	65	30		6,722	78	6.36	1.98	3.21	0.07	18.1	5.6	1.01	.266	2.72	63	1.92	72	7.07	145.6
13	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1,215	175	95	45	.679	174	3.06	58	21	0	1284.2	1,088	437	476	95	371	32	0	16	5,243	31	8.51	2.60	3.27	0.67	23.2	7.1	1.14	.281	3.33	73	2.79	69	7.62	178.3
14	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	1,212	183	69	61	.531	181	3.97	12	5	0	1150.2	991	508	546	137	516	26	0	15	4,898	79	9.48	4.04	2.35	1.07	24.7	10.5	1.31	.284	4.27	95	3.98	92	7.75	41.9
15	Pud Galvin P. Galvin	1,210	380	205	160	.562	371	2.51	350	36	0	3263.2	3,377	909	1,706	52	262		11		13,637	141	3.34	0.72	4.62	0.14	8.9	1.9	1.12		4.70	88	2.62	90	9.31	132.9
16	Kerry Wood K. Wood	1,209	164	67	50	.573	164	3.63	11	5	0	1043.0	804	421	447	109	512	78	0	11	4,419	45	10.43	4.42	2.36	0.94	27.4	11.6	1.26	.277	3.86	85	3.78	86	6.94	70.7
17	Gus Weyhing G. Weyhing	1,208	316	177	124	.588	301	3.16	283	21	3	2629.0	2,419	923	1,505	62	998	179	15		11,429	203	4.14	3.42	1.21	0.21	10.6	8.7	1.30	.262	5.15	83	3.52	96	8.28	50.3
18	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1,206	184	77	46	.626	182	2.60	11	7	0	1180.0	896	341	370	73	393	20	1	25	4,740	46	9.20	3.00	3.07	0.56	25.4	8.3	1.09	.270	2.82	68	2.88	73	6.83	137.6
19	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	1,203	229	91	68	.572	171	3.05	89	17	7	1418.1	1,191	480	527	139	333	25	30	48	5,725	25	7.63	2.11	3.61	0.88	21.0	5.8	1.07	.261	3.34	81	2.85	80	7.56	115.1
20	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	1,203	284	160	75	.681	233	2.18	185	53	15	2104.0	1,765	509	681	42	499	48	47		8,358	18	5.15	2.13	2.41	0.18	14.4	6.0	1.08	.262	2.91	69	2.44	77	7.55	171.3
21	Ed Morris E. Morris	1,192	293	163	115	.586	292	2.70	282	28	1	2533.2	2,290	760	1,196	37	463	22	1		10,422	109	4.23	1.64	2.57	0.13	11.4	4.4	1.09	.260	4.25	85	2.86	91	8.13	33
22	John Clarkson J. Clarkson	1,186	256	171	79	.684	254	2.49	241	18	0	2238.0	2,020	620	1,128	86	421	18	2		9,218	99	4.77	1.69	2.82	0.35	12.9	4.6	1.09	.258	4.54	73	3.00	85	8.12	171.1
23	Tim Keefe T. Keefe	1,173	272	151	116	.566	271	2.32	267	21	0	2386.0	2,037	616	1,083	25	458		1		9,722	99	4.42	1.73	2.56	0.09	12.1	4.7	1.05	.250	4.09	77	2.74	91	7.68	81.7
24	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1,168	177	100	39	.719	175	2.64	52	19	1	1291.0	1,053	379	423	65	379	18	1	17	5,215	26	8.14	2.64	3.08	0.45	22.4	7.3	1.11	.276	2.95	75	2.52	70	7.34	155.6
25	Don Sutton D. Sutton	1,152	226	83	85	.494	212	3.29	57	19	3	1485.0	1,345	543	587	116	392	29	9	47	6,119	35	6.98	2.38	2.94	0.70	18.8	6.4	1.17	.277	3.56	100	2.83	89	8.15	52

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MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

40

Schwarber

37

Olson

36

Goodman

RBI Leaders

102

Stewart

99

Burleson

97

Walker

Batting Average Leaders

.320

Arraez

.318

Alvarez

.309

Simpson

Hit Leaders

163

Arraez

161

Lopez

154

Díaz

Run Leaders

100

Wood

93

Crow-Armstrong

92

Vargas

OBP Leaders

.435

Alvarez

.396

Kurtz

.393

Wood

SLG Leaders

.607

Alvarez

.557

García

.549

Goodman

SB Leaders

43

Nuñez

38

Chisholm

37

Simpson

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

16

Sánchez

16

Gray

15

Griffin

Strikeout Leaders

222

Misiorowski

217

Cease

204

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.73

Misiorowski

2.06

Sale

2.09

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.75

Misiorowski

0.89

Yamamoto

0.93

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.23

Misiorowski

12.99

Cease

11.77

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.34

Misiorowski

6.32

Sale

5.72

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

22

Martinez

25

Rasmussen

28

Sale

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,228.2

Ohtani

1,875.1

Crow-Armstrong

1,785.3

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,565.6

Ohtani

1,425

Crow-Armstrong

1,338

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

81-53

78-59

76-59

74-60

75-61

74-61

Worst Record ATS

51-84

54-81

56-79

58-77

61-74

63-72

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	80	55	.593
Phillies	75	60	.556	5.0
Marlins	68	67	.504	12.0
Nationals	64	73	.467	17.0
Mets	60	75	.444	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	84	51	.622
Cubs	76	59	.563	8.0
Cardinals	68	68	.500	16.5
Pirates	65	71	.478	19.5
Reds	64	71	.474	20.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	81	54	.600
Padres	72	63	.533	9.0
Diamondbacks	72	64	.529	9.5
Giants	55	80	.407	26.0
Rockies	52	83	.385	29.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	80	54	.597
Yankees	76	58	.567	4.0
Red Sox	73	61	.545	7.0
Orioles	66	69	.489	14.5
Blue Jays	66	70	.485	15.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	71	63	.530
Guardians	68	67	.504	3.5
Twins	64	71	.474	7.5
Tigers	62	72	.463	9.0
Royals	61	75	.449	11.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	68	67	.504
Rangers	66	69	.489	2.0
Mariners	64	71	.474	4.0
Athletics	53	82	.393	15.0
Angels	52	83	.385	16.0