oldest active starting pitchers mlb player this season

Justin Verlander is the oldest active starting pitcher this season. He is 43 years old.

	NAME	Age	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	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	H/9
1	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	43	2026	DET	1	0	1	.000	1	12.27	1	0	0	0	3.2	6	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	19	1	2.45	4.91	0.50	2.45	5.3	10.5	2.18	.333	12.27	14.73
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	41	2026	TOR	8	1	4	.200	8	7.92	23	0	0	0	30.2	35	27	27	9	15	1	0	0	140	1	6.75	4.40	1.53	2.64	16.4	10.7	1.63	.283	7.92	10.27
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	38	2026	TEX	21	7	7	.500	21	3.96	135	0	0	0	113.2	101	50	50	16	29	0	0	3	468	3	10.69	2.30	4.66	1.27	28.8	6.2	1.14	.295	3.96	8.00
4	Merrill Kelly M. Kelly	37	2026	AZ	21	8	9	.471	21	4.88	80	1	0	0	120.0	126	65	68	23	50	3	0	2	519	0	6.00	3.75	1.60	1.73	15.4	9.6	1.47	.284	5.10	9.45
5	Chris Bassitt C. Bassitt	37	2026	BAL	10	2	4	.333	10	5.67	27	0	0	0	46.0	60	29	30	6	21	7	0	0	218	2	5.28	4.11	1.29	1.17	12.4	9.6	1.76	.344	5.87	11.74
6	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	37	2026	COL	9	2	3	.400	9	5.27	20	0	0	0	41.0	45	24	27	6	17	1	0	0	181	1	4.39	3.73	1.18	1.32	11.0	9.4	1.51	.285	5.93	9.88
7	Miles Mikolas M. Mikolas	37	2026	WSH	11	2	6	.250	11	8.32	30	0	0	0	53.0	74	49	52	16	15	1	0	0	245	1	5.09	2.55	2.00	2.72	12.2	6.1	1.68	.317	8.83	12.57
8	Chris Sale C. Sale	37	2026	ATL	20	12	6	.667	20	2.08	143	0	0	0	117.0	93	27	32	8	26	10	0	0	471	0	11.00	2.00	5.50	0.62	30.4	5.5	1.02	.299	2.46	7.15
9	Robert Stock R. Stock	36	2026	NYM	1	0	1	.000	1	1.80	4	0	0	0	5.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	18	0	7.20	0.00		1.80	22.2	0.0	0.60	.154	1.80	5.40
10	Burch Smith B. Smith	36	2026	DET	1	0	1	.000	1	54.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.00	0.00		27.00	0.0	0.0	9.00	.667	54.00	81.00
11	Huascar Brazobán H. Brazobán	36	2026	NYM	6	0	1	.000	6	5.14	4	0	0	0	7.0	4	4	4	1	7	1	0	0	32	0	5.14	9.00	0.57	1.29	12.5	21.9	1.57	.158	5.14	5.14
12	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	36	2026	PHI	19	10	3	.769	19	2.69	132	0	0	0	110.1	80	33	33	14	28	2	0	0	431	1	10.77	2.28	4.71	1.14	30.6	6.5	0.98	.259	2.69	6.53
13	Brent Suter B. Suter	36	2026	LAA	3	0	1	.000	3	4.76	4	0	0	0	5.2	5	3	3	1	6	0	0	0	27	0	6.35	9.53	0.67	1.59	14.8	22.2	1.94	.250	4.76	7.94
14	Cole Sulser C. Sulser	36	2026	TBR	2	0	0		2	2.25	2	0	0	0	4.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	16	0	4.50	2.25	2.00	0.00	12.5	6.3	1.50	.385	2.25	11.25
15	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	36	2026	TOR	15	2	4	.333	15	5.09	52	0	0	0	69.0	83	39	39	9	24	6	0	0	311	1	6.78	3.13	2.17	1.17	16.7	7.7	1.55	.336	5.09	10.83
16	Colin Rea C. Rea	36	2026	CHC	19	7	7	.500	19	4.47	75	0	0	0	100.2	101	50	52	15	37	6	0	0	436	1	6.71	3.31	2.03	1.34	17.2	8.5	1.37	.284	4.65	9.03
17	Tomoyuki Sugano T. Sugano	36	2026	COL	20	11	5	.688	20	4.51	61	0	0	0	107.2	110	54	56	22	26	2	0	0	451	1	5.10	2.17	2.35	1.84	13.5	5.8	1.26	.259	4.68	9.20
18	Seth Lugo S. Lugo	36	2026	KCR	23	4	7	.364	23	4.41	99	0	0	0	128.2	134	63	71	15	45	6	0	0	548	2	6.92	3.15	2.20	1.05	18.1	8.2	1.39	.311	4.97	9.37
19	Sonny Gray S. Gray	36	2026	BOS	21	14	2	.875	21	2.78	106	0	0	0	119.2	106	37	38	12	32	4	0	0	484	0	7.97	2.41	3.31	0.90	21.9	6.6	1.15	.285	2.86	7.97
20	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	36	2026	TEX	22	10	9	.526	22	4.21	137	0	0	0	132.2	128	62	65	24	32	7	0	0	555	5	9.29	2.17	4.28	1.63	24.7	5.8	1.21	.293	4.41	8.68
21	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	35	2026	NYY	13	5	5	.500	13	3.42	78	0	0	0	73.2	64	28	28	11	17	1	0	0	302	0	9.53	2.08	4.59	1.34	25.8	5.6	1.10	.272	3.42	7.82
22	Martín Pérez M. Pérez	35	2026	ATL	18	7	6	.538	18	3.26	67	0	0	0	91.0	70	33	34	9	40	2	0	1	375	0	6.63	3.96	1.68	0.89	17.9	10.7	1.21	.237	3.36	6.92
23	Nick Martinez N. Martinez	35	2026	TBR	22	11	3	.786	22	2.65	73	0	0	0	129.0	122	38	38	15	20	3	0	0	519	2	5.09	1.40	3.65	1.05	14.1	3.9	1.10	.262	2.65	8.51
24	Steven Matz S. Matz	35	2026	TBR	10	4	3	.571	10	5.48	37	0	0	0	46.0	44	28	28	9	17	1	0	0	195	2	7.24	3.33	2.18	1.76	19.0	8.7	1.33	.267	5.48	8.61
25	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	35	2026	KCR	23	5	8	.385	23	3.44	112	0	0	0	144.0	125	55	59	17	41	5	0	1	585	4	7.00	2.56	2.73	1.06	19.1	7.0	1.15	.263	3.69	7.81

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Team Batting Leaders

26

Dingler

RBI

79

Dingler

AVG

.289

McGonigle

Team Pitching Leaders

8

Montero

116

Skubal

ERA

1.58

Melton

Team Rankings

144

10th

528

12th

963

18th

ERA

3.55

4th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	59	56	.513
Guardians	58	59	.496	2.0
Twins	58	59	.496	2.0
Tigers	56	60	.483	3.5
Royals	48	69	.410	12.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/8	DET	@	SFG	7:15 PM
Sun 8/9	DET	@	SFG	4:05 PM
Tue 8/11	CLE	@	DET	6:40 PM
Wed 8/12	CLE	@	DET	6:40 PM
Thu 8/13	CLE	@	DET	1:10 PM

Last Game

Tigers

56 - 60

Final

Giants

49 - 67

Fri 7 Aug 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

35

Alvarez

33

Caminero

33

Goodman

RBI Leaders

88

Abrams

87

Stewart

86

Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

.328

Alvarez

.323

Arraez

.315

Lopez

Hit Leaders

143

Lopez

141

Arraez

137

Alvarez

Run Leaders

100

Wood

82

Crow-Armstrong

82

Olson

OBP Leaders

.442

Alvarez

.400

Ohtani

.396

Kurtz

SLG Leaders

.636

Alvarez

.556

García

.556

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

0.91

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.82

Misiorowski

13.11

Cease

11.53

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.72

Misiorowski

5.91

Rasmussen

5.52

Schlittler

Walk Leaders

20

Martinez

22

Rasmussen

24

Wrobleski

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,995.6

Ohtani

1,661.5

Wood

1,629.4

Crow-Armstrong

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,388.6

Ohtani

1,242

Crow-Armstrong

1,234

Wood

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

68-47

68-50

65-50

64-53

63-53

Worst Record ATS

44-73

47-70

49-67

51-65

53-64

53-63

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	70	46	.603
Phillies	62	55	.530	8.5
Marlins	58	59	.496	12.5
Nationals	57	61	.483	14.0
Mets	51	66	.436	19.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	72	44	.621
Cubs	68	49	.581	4.5
Cardinals	58	58	.500	14.0
Reds	56	59	.487	15.5
Pirates	57	61	.483	16.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	69	47	.595
Diamondbacks	62	55	.530	7.5
Padres	60	57	.513	9.5
Giants	49	67	.422	20.0
Rockies	45	71	.388	24.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	69	46	.600
Yankees	65	51	.560	4.5
Red Sox	64	51	.557	5.0
Orioles	56	60	.483	13.5
Blue Jays	55	62	.470	15.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	59	56	.513
Twins	58	59	.496	2.0
Guardians	58	59	.496	2.0
Tigers	56	60	.483	3.5
Royals	48	69	.410	12.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	60	57	.513
Rangers	58	58	.500	1.5
Mariners	56	61	.479	4.0
Athletics	45	71	.388	14.5
Angels	45	71	.388	14.5

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 7/24	CHC	@	PIT	3-2
Fri 7/24	KCR	@	DET	1-2
Fri 7/24	AZ	@	WSH	3-2
Fri 7/24	ATL	@	BAL	7-6
Fri 7/24	SDP	@	MIA	4-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/8	ATL	@	NYY	3:05 PM
Sat 8/8	LAA	@	MIA	4:10 PM
Sat 8/8	ATH	@	BOS	4:10 PM
Sat 8/8	TOR	@	PHI	6:05 PM
Sat 8/8	NYM	@	PIT	6:40 PM

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143

141

137

100

82

82

.442

.400

.396

.636

.556

.556

40

31

30

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

15

14

13

195

184

178

1.63

2.08

2.26

0.73

0.88

0.91

13.82

13.11

11.53

6.72

5.91

5.52

20

22

24

MLB Fantasy 2026

1,995.6

1,661.5

1,629.4

1,388.6

1,242

1,234

MLB 2026 Betting

MLB 2026 Standings

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

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