most strikeouts by pitcher in postseason since 2000

Since 2000, Justin Verlander has fanned the most batters in the postseason, with 244 strikeouts.

NAMESOGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
244
38
17
12
.586
37
3.58
2
1
0
226.0
179
90
93
32
74
5
0
0
920
8
9.72
2.95
3.30
1.27
26.5
8.0
1.12
.260
3.70
7.13
2Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
213
41
13
13
.500
32
4.62
0
0
1
196.2
171
101
107
32
54
4
2
6
803
11
9.75
2.47
3.94
1.46
26.5
6.7
1.14
.278
4.90
7.83
3Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
182
33
8
8
.500
28
3.78
0
0
1
157.1
121
66
69
23
62
9
1
4
652
8
10.41
3.55
2.94
1.32
27.9
9.5
1.16
.261
3.95
6.92
4Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
156
22
11
6
.647
22
2.77
0
0
0
133.1
100
41
50
19
36
3
0
1
537
1
10.53
2.43
4.33
1.28
29.1
6.7
1.02
.251
3.38
6.75
5Andy Pettitte
A. Pettitte
139
30
13
7
.650
30
3.34
0
0
0
188.2
195
70
74
17
49
3
0
4
789
2
6.63
2.34
2.84
0.81
17.6
6.2
1.29
.306
3.53
9.30
6Jon Lester
J. Lester
133
26
9
7
.563
22
2.51
0
0
0
154.0
117
43
46
15
40
3
2
0
610
4
7.77
2.34
3.33
0.88
21.8
6.6
1.02
.243
2.69
6.84
7Adam Wainwright
A. Wainwright
123
29
4
5
.444
16
2.83
1
0
4
114.1
105
36
39
11
22
2
9
1
464
4
9.68
1.73
5.59
0.87
26.5
4.7
1.11
.307
3.07
8.27
8CC Sabathia
CC Sabathia
121
26
10
7
.588
23
4.28
1
0
0
130.1
137
62
67
15
63
8
0
9
586
5
8.36
4.35
1.92
1.04
20.6
10.8
1.53
.322
4.63
9.46
9Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
120
23
9
5
.643
22
3.77
1
1
0
126.2
111
53
55
14
45
4
1
1
537
8
8.53
3.20
2.67
0.99
22.3
8.4
1.23
.274
3.91
7.89
10Walker Buehler
W. Buehler
114
19
4
4
.500
18
3.04
0
0
1
94.2
73
32
34
9
36
2
1
2
388
3
10.84
3.42
3.17
0.86
29.4
9.3
1.15
.282
3.23
6.94
11John Lackey
J. Lackey
114
29
8
6
.571
23
3.44
0
0
0
144.0
135
55
58
7
47
4
2
6
601
10
7.13
2.94
2.43
0.44
19.0
7.8
1.26
.298
3.63
8.44
12Blake Snell
B. Snell
102
18
7
5
.583
15
3.27
0
0
1
82.2
59
30
30
10
36
1
1
0
331
5
11.10
3.92
2.83
1.09
30.8
10.9
1.15
.269
3.27
6.42
13Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
100
22
4
6
.400
21
4.14
0
0
0
113.0
103
52
55
19
33
3
0
0
469
2
7.96
2.63
3.03
1.51
21.3
7.0
1.20
.268
4.38
8.20
14Josh Beckett
J. Beckett
99
14
7
3
.700
13
3.07
3
3
0
93.2
67
32
32
11
21
4
0
1
366
3
9.51
2.02
4.71
1.06
27.0
5.7
0.94
.242
3.07
6.44
15Framber Valdez
F. Valdez
95
17
7
6
.538
16
4.34
0
0
0
85.0
82
41
45
14
34
4
1
0
360
0
10.06
3.60
2.79
1.48
26.4
9.4
1.36
.319
4.76
8.68
16Kenley Jansen
K. Jansen
94
59
3
2
.600
0
2.20
0
0
20
65.1
34
16
18
7
18
3
47
3
250
0
12.95
2.48
5.22
0.96
37.6
7.2
0.80
.211
2.48
4.68
17Cole Hamels
C. Hamels
93
17
7
6
.538
16
3.41
1
1
0
100.1
83
38
45
12
27
2
0
2
411
1
8.34
2.42
3.44
1.08
22.6
6.6
1.10
.256
4.04
7.45
18Charlie Morton
C. Morton
92
18
7
5
.583
17
3.60
0
0
0
80.0
67
32
34
8
33
7
1
0
343
5
10.35
3.71
2.79
0.90
26.8
9.6
1.25
.291
3.83
7.54
19Mike Mussina
M. Mussina
92
17
5
7
.417
15
3.80
0
0
0
97.0
95
41
43
14
22
3
0
7
407
2
8.54
2.04
4.18
1.30
22.6
5.4
1.21
.293
3.99
8.81
20Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
92
15
10
1
.909
15
2.12
3
1
0
102.0
80
24
26
10
15
3
0
0
401
0
8.12
1.32
6.13
0.88
22.9
3.7
0.93
.249
2.29
7.06
21David Price
D. Price
91
23
5
9
.357
14
4.62
0
0
1
99.1
91
51
53
16
28
3
5
1
414
1
8.24
2.54
3.25
1.45
22.0
6.8
1.20
.272
4.80
8.24
22Cliff Lee
C. Lee
89
11
7
3
.700
11
2.52
3
0
0
82.0
66
23
27
2
10
1
0
0
320
2
9.77
1.10
8.90
0.22
27.8
3.1
0.93
.294
2.96
7.24
23Madison Bumgarner
M. Bumgarner
87
16
8
3
.727
14
2.11
3
3
1
102.1
74
24
25
8
18
5
1
2
398
0
7.65
1.58
4.83
0.70
21.9
4.5
0.90
.236
2.20
6.51
24Tyler Glasnow
T. Glasnow
86
16
2
6
.250
13
4.43
0
0
1
67.0
58
33
36
11
36
0
1
0
292
7
11.55
4.84
2.39
1.48
29.5
12.3
1.40
.296
4.84
7.79
25Nathan Eovaldi
N. Eovaldi
82
17
9
3
.750
12
3.05
0
0
0
79.2
65
27
28
6
18
1
1
3
325
0
9.26
2.03
4.56
0.68
25.2
5.5
1.04
.271
3.16
7.34
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Team Batting Leaders

HR

26

Dingler

Dillon Dingler

RBI

82

Dingler

Dillon Dingler

AVG

.282

McGonigle

Kevin McGonigle
Team Pitching Leaders

W

9

Montero

Keider Montero

K

116

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

ERA

1.71

Melton

Troy Melton
Team Rankings

HR

151

12th

R

573

11th

SO

1,030

19th

ERA

3.56

4th

2026 Division Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
White Sox White Sox
65
59
.524
Tigers Tigers
61
64
.488
4.5
Twins Twins
61
65
.484
5.0
Guardians Guardians
60
65
.480
5.5
Royals Royals
52
74
.413
14.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
8/18
DET DET
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Wed
8/19
DET DET
@
PIT PIT
12:35 PM
Fri
8/21
DET DET
@
KCR KCR
8:10 PM
Sat
8/22
DET DET
@
KCR KCR
7:15 PM
Sun
8/23
DET DET
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Last Game
DET Tigers

61 - 64

8

Final

5

PIT Pirates

61 - 66

Mon 17 Aug 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

37

Schwarber

Kyle Schwarber

36

Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez

36

Olson

Matt Olson
RBI Leaders

92

Burleson

Alec Burleson

91

Stewart

Sal Stewart

91

Abrams

CJ Abrams
Batting Average Leaders

.321

Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez

.314

Arraez

Luis Arraez

.310

Lopez

Otto Lopez
Hit Leaders

152

Lopez

Otto Lopez

150

Arraez

Luis Arraez

143

Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez
Run Leaders

100

Wood

James Wood

89

Crow-Armstrong

Pete Crow-Armstrong

88

Olson

Matt Olson
OBP Leaders

.435

Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez

.396

Kurtz

Nick Kurtz

.393

Wood

James Wood
SLG Leaders

.619

Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez

.556

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.552

Olson

Matt Olson
SB Leaders

40

Nuñez

Nasim Nuñez

35

Simpson

Chandler Simpson

33

Witt

Bobby Witt Jr.

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

16

Sánchez

Cristopher Sánchez

15

Gray

Sonny Gray

14

Burns

Chase Burns
Strikeout Leaders

210

Misiorowski

Jacob Misiorowski

201

Cease

Dylan Cease

190

Williams

Gavin Williams
ERA Leaders

1.75

Misiorowski

Jacob Misiorowski

2.16

Sale

Chris Sale

2.19

Schlittler

Cam Schlittler
WHIP Leaders

0.75

Misiorowski

Jacob Misiorowski

0.89

Yamamoto

Yoshinobu Yamamoto

0.91

Rasmussen

Drew Rasmussen
K/9 Leaders

13.60

Misiorowski

Jacob Misiorowski

13.14

Cease

Dylan Cease

11.48

Williams

Gavin Williams
K/BB Leaders

6.77

Misiorowski

Jacob Misiorowski

5.78

Rasmussen

Drew Rasmussen

5.71

Sale

Chris Sale
Walk Leaders

20

Martinez

Nick Martinez

23

Rasmussen

Drew Rasmussen

28

Wrobleski

Justin Wrobleski

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,133.2

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

1,766.8

Crow-Armstrong

Pete Crow-Armstrong

1,683.4

Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez
DraftKings Points Leaders

1,493.6

Ohtani

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1,343

Crow-Armstrong

Pete Crow-Armstrong

1,262

Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS
White Sox

74-50

Nationals

73-53

Rays

70-54

Padres

70-56

Twins

69-57

Cardinals

69-57
Worst Record ATS
Mariners

47-78

Phillies

50-76

Dodgers

52-74

Rangers

54-71

Athletics

57-68

Mets

58-68

MLB 2026 Standings

NL EastWLPCTGB
Braves Braves
74
51
.592
Phillies Phillies
68
58
.540
6.5
Marlins Marlins
64
62
.508
10.5
Nationals Nationals
60
66
.476
14.5
Mets Mets
57
69
.452
17.5
NL CentralWLPCTGB
Brewers Brewers
77
48
.616
Cubs Cubs
73
53
.579
4.5
Cardinals Cardinals
64
62
.508
13.5
Pirates Pirates
61
66
.480
17.0
Reds Reds
60
65
.480
17.0
NL WestWLPCTGB
Dodgers Dodgers
75
51
.595
Padres Padres
67
59
.532
8.0
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
66
60
.524
9.0
Giants Giants
51
73
.411
23.0
Rockies Rockies
50
75
.400
24.5
AL EastWLPCTGB
Rays Rays
75
49
.605
Yankees Yankees
69
55
.556
6.0
Red Sox Red Sox
67
58
.536
8.5
Orioles Orioles
61
64
.488
14.5
Blue Jays Blue Jays
61
65
.484
15.0
AL CentralWLPCTGB
White Sox White Sox
65
59
.524
Tigers Tigers
61
64
.488
4.5
Twins Twins
61
65
.484
5.0
Guardians Guardians
60
65
.480
5.5
Royals Royals
52
74
.413
14.0
AL WestWLPCTGB
Astros Astros
63
62
.504
Rangers Rangers
61
64
.488
2.0
Mariners Mariners
59
66
.472
4.0
Athletics Athletics
49
76
.392
14.0
Angels Angels
49
76
.392
14.0

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
8/2
AZ AZ
@
CLE CLE
0-5
Sun
8/2
KCR KCR
@
COL COL
1-8
Mon
8/3
WSH WSH
@
PHI PHI
3-6
Mon
8/3
STL STL
@
NYY NYY
13-7
Mon
8/3
PIT PIT
@
MIL MIL
4-3

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
8/18
NYY NYY
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM
Tue
8/18
SFG SFG
@
CLE CLE
6:40 PM
Tue
8/18
DET DET
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Tue
8/18
TOR TOR
@
TBR TBR
6:40 PM
Tue
8/18
STL STL
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM