most strikeouts in a single playoff run by a pitcher

Justin Verlander has fanned the most career hitters in the postseason when allowing >0 runs, with 244 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	R	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	244	93	38	17	12	.586	37	3.58	2	1	0	226.0	179	90	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
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	213	107	41	13	13	.500	32	4.62	0	0	1	196.2	171	101	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
3	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	199	67	41	15	4	.789	27	2.67	2	1	4	209.0	172	62	17	67	3	11	6	856	6	8.57	2.89	2.97	0.73	23.2	7.8	1.14	.272	2.89	7.41
4	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	183	121	44	19	11	.633	44	3.81	0	0	0	276.2	285	117	31	76	3	0	4	1,157	4	5.95	2.47	2.41	1.01	15.8	6.6	1.30	.294	3.94	9.27
5	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	182	69	33	8	8	.500	28	3.78	0	0	1	157.1	121	66	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
6	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	173	87	35	12	8	.600	34	3.75	1	1	0	199.0	173	83	17	70	6	1	1	837	10	7.82	3.17	2.47	0.77	20.7	8.4	1.22	.273	3.93	7.82
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	156	50	22	11	6	.647	22	2.77	0	0	0	133.1	100	41	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
8	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	145	56	23	7	8	.467	21	3.42	0	0	0	139.2	121	53	19	33	3	0	7	571	2	9.34	2.13	4.39	1.22	25.4	5.8	1.10	.275	3.61	7.80
9	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	143	91	35	14	16	.467	35	3.30	3	0	0	218.1	191	80	21	87	7	0	11	912	3	5.89	3.59	1.64	0.87	15.7	9.5	1.27	.260	3.75	7.87
10	Jon Lester J. Lester	133	46	26	9	7	.563	22	2.51	0	0	0	154.0	117	43	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
11	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	132	51	19	7	9	.438	16	3.50	3	2	0	121.0	106	47	15	32	0	2	2	493	0	9.82	2.38	4.13	1.12	26.8	6.5	1.14	.290	3.79	7.88
12	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	125	97	35	11	14	.440	30	3.27	2	0	1	198.0	195	72	14	51	9	2	16	836	4	5.68	2.32	2.45	0.64	15.0	6.1	1.24	.284	4.41	8.86
13	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	123	39	29	4	5	.444	16	2.83	1	0	4	114.1	105	36	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
14	CC Sabathia	121	67	26	10	7	.588	23	4.28	1	0	0	130.1	137	62	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
15	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	120	37	19	11	2	.846	19	2.23	4	2	0	133.1	104	33	12	25	3	0	0	525	1	8.10	1.69	4.80	0.81	22.9	4.8	0.97	.252	2.50	7.02
16	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	114	34	19	4	4	.500	18	3.04	0	0	1	94.2	73	32	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
17	John Lackey J. Lackey	114	58	29	8	6	.571	23	3.44	0	0	0	144.0	135	55	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
18	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	110	13	96	8	1	.889	0	0.70	0	0	42	141.0	86	11	2	21	3	78	4	527	3	7.02	1.34	5.24	0.13	20.9	4.0	0.76	.215	0.83	5.49
19	Orlando Hernandez O. Hernandez	107	32	19	9	3	.750	14	2.55	0	0	0	106.0	77	30	10	55	4	0	3	443	1	9.08	4.67	1.95	0.85	24.2	12.4	1.25	.251	2.72	6.54
20	Blake Snell B. Snell	102	30	18	7	5	.583	15	3.27	0	0	1	82.2	59	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
21	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	100	55	22	4	6	.400	21	4.14	0	0	0	113.0	103	52	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
22	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	99	32	14	7	3	.700	13	3.07	3	3	0	93.2	67	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
23	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	97	43	22	8	3	.727	18	2.59	4	2	1	132.0	103	38	8	43	6	2	5	533	6	6.61	2.93	2.26	0.55	18.2	8.1	1.11	.251	2.93	7.02
24	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	96	37	16	6	4	.600	14	3.46	0	0	0	96.1	74	37	10	30	8	1	0	391	1	8.97	2.80	3.20	0.93	24.6	7.7	1.08	.259	3.46	6.91
25	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	95	45	17	7	6	.538	16	4.34	0	0	0	85.0	82	41	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

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24

Dingler

RBI

73

Dingler

AVG

.284

McGonigle

Team Pitching Leaders

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Montero

116

Skubal

ERA

1.58

Melton

Team Rankings

141

9th

513

13th

945

18th

ERA

3.56

4th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	59	53	.527
Guardians	57	57	.500	3.0
Twins	56	58	.491	4.0
Tigers	55	58	.487	4.5
Royals	47	67	.412	13.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 8/5	DET	@	SEA	9:40 PM
Thu 8/6	DET	@	SEA	4:10 PM
Fri 8/7	DET	@	SFG	10:15 PM
Sat 8/8	DET	@	SFG	7:15 PM
Sun 8/9	DET	@	SFG	4:05 PM

Last Game

Tigers

55 - 58

Final

Mariners

55 - 59

Tue 4 Aug 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

35

Alvarez

33

Goodman

33

Schwarber

RBI Leaders

86

Stewart

85

Abrams

84

Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

.329

Alvarez

.325

Arraez

.323

Lopez

Hit Leaders

142

Lopez

138

Arraez

135

Alvarez

Run Leaders

100

Wood

78

Alvarez

78

Olson

OBP Leaders

.443

Alvarez

.408

Soto

.397

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.644

Alvarez

.564

García

.553

Caminero

SB Leaders

40

Nuñez

30

Chisholm

30

Witt

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

14

Sánchez

13

Burns

13

Gray

Strikeout Leaders

195

Misiorowski

178

Williams

174

Cease

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

13.12

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

1,945.7

Ohtani

1,661.5

Wood

1,599.6

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,351.6

Ohtani

1,234

Wood

1,199

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

67-45

66-49

64-49

62-50

62-52

Worst Record ATS

42-72

46-68

49-65

50-64

51-62

53-61

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	68	45	.602
Phillies	61	53	.535	7.5
Marlins	58	56	.509	10.5
Nationals	55	60	.478	14.0
Mets	48	66	.421	20.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	70	43	.619
Cubs	65	49	.570	5.5
Pirates	57	58	.496	14.0
Cardinals	56	58	.491	14.5
Reds	54	58	.482	15.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	69	45	.605
Diamondbacks	60	54	.526	9.0
Padres	59	55	.518	10.0
Giants	48	66	.421	21.0
Rockies	45	69	.395	24.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	67	46	.593
Yankees	64	50	.561	3.5
Red Sox	61	51	.545	5.5
Orioles	55	58	.487	12.0
Blue Jays	53	61	.465	14.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	59	53	.527
Guardians	57	57	.500	3.0
Twins	56	58	.491	4.0
Tigers	55	58	.487	4.5
Royals	47	67	.412	13.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	59	56	.513
Rangers	56	58	.491	2.5
Mariners	55	59	.482	3.5
Athletics	45	68	.398	13.0
Angels	43	70	.381	15.0

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 7/21	MIN	@	CLE	2-5
Tue 7/21	LAD	@	PHI	2-1
Tue 7/21	TBR	@	TOR	12-2
Tue 7/21	SDP	@	ATL	8-3
Tue 7/21	NYM	@	MIL	4-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 8/5	TOR	@	HOU	2:10 PM
Wed 8/5	LAD	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Wed 8/5	SFG	@	TEX	2:35 PM
Wed 8/5	TBR	@	COL	3:10 PM
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