most wins by a pitcher in a single season including playoffs since 1997

Since 1997, Justin Verlander, Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling are tied for winning the most games in a combined regular-season and postseason, with 26 wins.

	NAME	W	SEASON	TM	L	W%	G	GS	ERA	SO	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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	26	2011	DET	6	.813	38	38	2.62	275	4	2	0	271.1	193	79	85	26	67	4	0	0	1,060	9	9.12	2.22	4.10	0.86	25.9	6.3	0.96	.243	2.82	53	2.76	68	6.40	29.4
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	26	2001	ARI	7	.788	41	39	2.35	419	5	4	0	291.0	206	76	81	21	79	18	2	2	1,150	8	12.96	2.44	5.30	0.65	36.4	6.9	0.98	.302	2.51	47	1.82	41	6.37	63.9
3	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	26	2001	ARI	6	.813	41	41	2.69	349	9	2	0	305.0	262	91	92	40	45	2	0	0	1,197	4	10.30	1.33	7.76	1.18	29.2	3.8	1.01	.292	2.71	55	2.61	59	7.73	38
4	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	25	1999	BOS	4	.862	34	31	1.91	336	5	1	0	230.1	165	49	56	9	43	9	2	1	897	6	13.13	1.68	7.81	0.35	37.5	4.8	0.90	.312	2.19	39	1.28	28	6.45	79.4
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	24	2019	HOU	6	.800	38	38	2.39	373	0	0	0	249.0	163	66	73	33	59	3	0	0	955	4	13.48	2.13	6.32	1.19	39.1	6.2	0.89	.267	2.64	47	2.24	50	5.89	45
6	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	24	2015	CHC	7	.774	36	36	1.92	264	5	4	0	248.2	164	53	60	12	52	9	0	3	948	6	9.55	1.88	5.08	0.43	27.8	5.5	0.87	.249	2.17	42	2.16	56	5.94	39
7	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	24	2007	BOS	7	.774	34	34	3.00	229	2	1	0	230.2	208	77	80	18	42	6	0	0	932	5	8.93	1.64	5.45	0.70	24.6	4.5	1.08	.298	3.12	61	2.67	62	8.12	28
8	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	24	2004	BOS	7	.774	36	36	3.28	216	3	0	0	249.1	229	91	95	26	40	5	0	0	1,008	3	7.80	1.44	5.40	0.94	21.4	4.0	1.08	.282	3.43	63	2.82	64	8.27	33.1
9	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	24	2003	NYY	9	.727	38	38	3.75	214	1	0	0	242.2	260	101	119	24	61	1	0	4	1,042	6	7.94	2.26	3.51	0.89	20.5	5.9	1.32	.318	4.41	77	2.87	64	9.64	25.9
10	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	24	2002	ARI	6	.800	36	36	2.44	338	8	4	0	266.0	207	72	84	28	73	13	0	2	1,065	3	11.44	2.47	4.63	0.95	31.7	6.9	1.05	.292	2.84	53	2.59	60	7.00	47
11	Barry Zito B. Zito	24	2002	OAK	5	.828	36	36	2.79	190	1	0	0	235.1	187	73	82	24	82	9	0	2	966	3	7.27	3.14	2.32	0.92	19.7	8.5	1.14	.247	3.14	61	3.77	86	7.15	12.6
12	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	23	2019	WSH	6	.793	39	38	3.12	298	0	0	0	245.1	191	85	88	28	60	10	0	5	983	9	10.93	2.20	4.97	1.03	30.3	6.1	1.02	.278	3.23	64	2.76	62	7.01	28.3
13	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	23	2013	DET	4	.852	36	35	2.89	274	0	0	0	236.2	164	76	80	19	67	6	0	1	925	8	10.42	2.55	4.09	0.72	29.6	7.2	0.98	.259	3.04	65	2.48	63	6.24	29.2
14	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	23	2010	PHI	11	.676	36	36	2.44	239	10	5	0	272.2	245	74	80	26	33	6	0	1	1,076	5	7.89	1.09	7.24	0.86	22.2	3.1	1.02	.284	2.64	56	2.76	69	8.09	27.6
15	CC Sabathia	23	2010	NYY	7	.767	37	37	3.34	212	2	0	0	253.2	231	94	103	23	81	8	0	6	1,045	9	7.52	2.87	2.62	0.82	20.3	7.8	1.23	.288	3.65	70	3.31	76	8.20	20.7
16	Chris Carpenter C. Carpenter	23	2005	STL	5	.821	36	36	2.78	225	7	4	0	262.2	221	81	88	20	58	4	0	0	1,038	5	7.71	1.99	3.88	0.69	21.7	5.6	1.06	.275	3.02	63	2.65	64	7.57	34.8
17	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	23	2005	HOU	12	.657	39	39	2.98	206	4	1	0	269.0	265	89	95	20	59	12	0	3	1,119	5	6.89	1.97	3.49	0.67	18.4	5.3	1.20	.298	3.18	63	2.83	66	8.87	30.4
18	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	23	2002	ARI	7	.767	37	36	3.18	323	5	1	0	266.1	225	94	96	30	34	4	0	1	1,047	6	10.91	1.15	9.50	1.01	30.9	3.2	0.97	.297	3.24	73	2.32	54	7.60	54.3
19	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	23	2001	SEA	6	.793	36	36	3.31	134	1	0	0	228.2	199	84	88	25	47	11	0	4	922	1	5.27	1.85	2.85	0.98	14.5	5.1	1.08	.247	3.46	73	3.82	88	7.83	3.8
20	Kyle Wright K. Wright	22	2022	ATL	5	.815	31	31	3.09	180	0	0	0	186.1	158	64	67	19	54	9	0	0	759	7	8.69	2.61	3.33	0.92	23.7	7.1	1.14	.280	3.24	76	3.46	88	7.63	7.4
21	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	22	2019	HOU	10	.688	40	40	2.82	338	2	1	0	258.1	167	81	83	44	56	6	0	0	993	4	11.78	1.95	6.04	1.53	34.0	5.6	0.86	.224	2.89	49	2.81	62	5.82	31.5
22	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	22	2016	CLE	10	.688	38	38	2.96	262	3	2	0	249.1	198	82	89	25	65	10	0	1	998	5	9.46	2.35	4.03	0.90	26.3	6.5	1.05	.272	3.21	62	2.80	65	7.15	24.5
23	Jon Lester J. Lester	22	2016	CHC	6	.786	38	37	2.38	227	2	0	0	238.1	181	63	66	24	58	7	0	0	932	5	8.57	2.19	3.91	0.91	24.4	6.2	1.00	.255	2.49	50	2.89	70	6.83	16.3
24	Rick Porcello R. Porcello	22	2016	BOS	5	.815	34	34	3.29	195	3	0	0	227.1	199	83	90	26	32	14	0	0	909	3	7.72	1.27	6.09	1.03	21.5	3.5	1.02	.269	3.56	70	3.33	79	7.88	20.1
25	Dallas Keuchel D. Keuchel	22	2015	HOU	8	.733	36	35	2.49	230	3	2	0	246.0	195	68	72	19	56	2	1	2	969	10	8.41	2.05	4.11	0.70	23.7	5.8	1.02	.266	2.63	60	2.74	69	7.13	28.3

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27

Dingler

RBI

91

Dingler

AVG

.280

Greene

Team Pitching Leaders

10

Valdez

135

Valdez

ERA

2.70

Mize

Team Rankings

181

18th

723

14th

1,312

21st

ERA

3.67

6th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	85	77	.525
White Sox	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0

Last Game

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82 - 80

Final

Tigers

76 - 86

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Playoffs HR Leaders

4

Rice

3

Contreras

3

Muncy

Playoffs RBI Leaders

9

Rice

8

Adell

8

Ramírez

Playoffs Batting Average Leaders

1.000

Taylor

.500

Hoerner

.500

Genao

Playoffs Hit Leaders

11

Harris

9

Contreras

8

DeLauter

Playoffs Run Leaders

8

Ramírez

5

DeLauter

5

Vargas

Playoffs OBP Leaders

1.000

Sánchez

1.000

Taylor

.667

De Paula

Playoffs SLG Leaders

1.333

Mullins

1.333

Velázquez

1.333

Sheets

Playoffs SB Leaders

4

Chisholm

3

Acuña

2

Merrill

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Playoffs Win Leaders

2

Hall

2

Lee

1

Yamamoto

Playoffs Strikeout Leaders

24

Williams

19

Sale

18

Burke

Playoffs ERA Leaders

0.00

Sasaki

0.00

Suarez

0.00

Wrobleski

Playoffs WHIP Leaders

0.00

Chapman

0.00

VanWey

0.00

Weissert

Playoffs K/9 Leaders

27.00

Brown

27.00

Chapman

27.00

Bibee

Playoffs K/BB Leaders

19.00

Sale

18.00

Burke

13.00

Fried

Playoffs Walk Leaders

0

Suarez

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Warren

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Duran

MLB Fantasy 2026

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

122.6

Ramírez

119.5

Rice

107

Williams

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

90

Ramírez

88

Rice

76

Harris

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

97-72

96-72

91-71

88-74

87-75

85-76

Worst Record ATS

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69-96

72-96

75-87

76-88

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	98	64	.605
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 9/15	CWS	@	CLE	6-7
Tue 9/15	ATH	@	TBR	1-2
Tue 9/15	MIL	@	PIT	5-1
Tue 9/15	PHI	@	WSH	3-6
Tue 9/15	BAL	@	NYM	7-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/13	CLE	@	TBR	8:00 PM
Wed 10/14	MIL	@	LAD	8:00 PM
Thu 10/15	TBR	@	CLE	6:00 PM
Thu 10/15	MIL	@	LAD	9:00 PM
Fri 10/16	TBR	@	CLE	6:00 PM

Since 1997, Justin Verlander, Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling are tied for winning the most games in a combined regular-season and postseason, with 26 wins.

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5

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1.000

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1.333

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