Rich Hill was the oldest starting pitcher in 2025. He was 45 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	Rich Hill R. Hill	45	2025	KCR	2	0	2	.000	2	5.00	4	0	0	0	9.0	9	5	7	2	8	0	0	0	43	0	4.00	8.00	0.50	2.00	9.3	18.6	1.89	.241	7.00	9.00
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	42	2025	SFG	29	4	11	.267	29	3.85	137	0	0	0	152.0	155	65	74	16	52	6	0	1	662	2	8.11	3.08	2.63	0.95	20.7	7.9	1.36	.308	4.38	9.18
3	Charlie Morton C. Morton	41	2025	TOT	27	9	10	.474	27	6.09	132	0	0	0	125.2	139	85	86	20	64	14	0	2	584	3	9.45	4.58	2.06	1.43	22.6	11.0	1.62	.336	6.16	9.95
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	40	2025	TOR	17	5	5	.500	17	5.19	82	0	0	0	85.0	87	49	49	19	23	2	0	0	358	2	8.68	2.44	3.57	2.01	22.9	6.4	1.29	.293	5.19	9.21
5	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	38	2025	SDP	15	5	5	.500	15	5.38	68	0	0	0	72.0	66	43	44	14	19	6	0	0	296	4	8.50	2.38	3.58	1.75	23.0	6.4	1.18	.275	5.50	8.25
6	Wade Miley W. Miley	38	2025	CIN	2	1	0	1.000	2	4.50	7	0	0	0	10.0	9	5	5	2	6	1	0	0	42	0	6.30	5.40	1.17	1.80	16.7	14.3	1.50	.269	4.50	8.10
7	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	38	2025	TOT	9	2	2	.500	9	6.86	29	0	0	0	40.2	51	31	31	9	16	0	0	0	186	1	6.42	3.54	1.81	1.99	15.6	8.6	1.65	.318	6.86	11.29
8	Ryan Brasier R. Brasier	37	2025	CHC	1	0	0		1	0.00	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	9.00	0.00		0.00	33.3	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
9	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	37	2025	LAD	22	11	2	.846	22	3.39	84	0	0	0	111.2	102	42	46	8	35	2	0	0	460	5	6.77	2.82	2.40	0.64	18.3	7.6	1.23	.284	3.71	8.22
10	Kyle Gibson K. Gibson	37	2025	BAL	4	0	3	.000	4	16.78	10	0	0	0	12.1	29	23	23	7	7	0	0	0	73	1	7.30	5.11	1.43	5.11	13.7	9.6	2.92	.449	16.78	21.16
11	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	37	2025	TEX	30	12	8	.600	30	2.97	185	0	0	0	172.2	122	57	57	26	37	3	0	0	669	3	9.64	1.93	5.00	1.36	27.7	5.5	0.92	.230	2.97	6.36
12	Drew Pomeranz D. Pomeranz	36	2025	CHC	4	0	0		4	5.40	4	0	0	0	3.1	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	13	0	10.80	5.40	2.00	0.00	30.8	15.4	1.20	.286	5.40	5.40
13	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	36	2025	MIL	24	11	7	.611	24	3.96	89	0	0	0	131.2	120	58	65	18	50	5	0	0	556	1	6.08	3.42	1.78	1.23	16.0	9.0	1.29	.259	4.44	8.20
14	Miles Mikolas M. Mikolas	36	2025	STL	31	8	11	.421	31	4.84	100	0	0	0	156.1	169	84	87	29	37	3	0	1	669	1	5.76	2.13	2.70	1.67	14.9	5.5	1.32	.280	5.01	9.73
15	Chris Bassitt C. Bassitt	36	2025	TOR	31	11	9	.550	31	3.99	165	1	0	0	169.1	174	75	80	22	52	13	0	0	733	4	8.77	2.76	3.17	1.17	22.5	7.1	1.33	.316	4.25	9.25
16	Merrill Kelly M. Kelly	36	2025	TOT	32	12	9	.571	32	3.52	167	0	0	0	184.0	157	72	79	23	48	2	0	0	748	1	8.17	2.35	3.48	1.13	22.3	6.4	1.11	.264	3.86	7.68
17	Chris Sale C. Sale	36	2025	ATL	20	6	5	.545	20	2.63	156	0	0	0	120.0	98	35	37	11	30	11	0	0	488	3	11.70	2.25	5.20	0.83	32.0	6.1	1.07	.311	2.78	7.35
18	Albert Suárez A. Suárez	35	2025	BAL	1	0	0		1	3.00	5	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	12	0	15.00	3.00	5.00	0.00	41.7	8.3	1.00	.333	3.00	6.00
19	Anthony DeSclafani A. DeSclafani	35	2025	AZ	4	0	2	.000	4	6.59	13	0	0	0	13.2	15	10	10	3	5	3	0	0	64	0	8.56	3.29	2.60	1.98	20.3	7.8	1.46	.300	6.59	9.88
20	Danny Coulombe D. Coulombe	35	2025	MIN	1	0	0		1	9.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	40.0	0.0	2.00	.667	9.00	18.00
21	Brent Suter B. Suter	35	2025	CIN	3	0	0		3	2.25	4	0	0	0	8.0	9	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	32	0	4.50	1.13	4.00	1.13	12.5	3.1	1.25	.308	3.38	10.13
22	Huascar Brazobán H. Brazobán	35	2025	NYM	3	0	0		3	0.00	5	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	15	0	11.25	6.75	1.67	0.00	33.3	20.0	0.75	.000	0.00	0.00
23	Colin Rea C. Rea	35	2025	CHC	27	10	7	.588	27	4.33	119	0	0	0	143.1	142	69	72	20	43	5	0	0	602	2	7.47	2.70	2.77	1.26	19.8	7.1	1.29	.294	4.52	8.92
24	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	35	2025	TEX	30	7	10	.412	30	4.32	131	1	0	0	154.1	158	74	76	21	51	3	0	1	657	5	7.64	2.97	2.57	1.22	19.9	7.8	1.35	.304	4.43	9.21
25	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	35	2025	LAA	31	8	10	.444	31	4.76	114	0	0	0	164.2	167	87	92	25	43	5	0	3	695	0	6.23	2.35	2.65	1.37	16.4	6.2	1.28	.280	5.03	9.13

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Witt

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Pasquantino

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Witt

Team Pitching Leaders

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Team Rankings

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230

28th

489

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ERA

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	34	27	.557
White Sox	32	28	.533	1.5
Twins	28	33	.459	6.0
Royals	23	37	.383	10.5
Tigers	23	38	.377	11.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 6/3	KCR	@	CIN	7:10 PM
Thu 6/4	KCR	@	MIN	7:40 PM
Fri 6/5	KCR	@	MIN	8:15 PM
Sat 6/6	KCR	@	MIN	2:10 PM
Sun 6/7	KCR	@	MIN	2:10 PM

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Final

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30 - 29

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22

Schwarber

20

Murakami

20

Alvarez

RBI Leaders

50

Pages

47

Abrams

46

Hicks

Batting Average Leaders

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Arraez

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Marsh

Hit Leaders

78

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71

Edwards

71

Arraez

Run Leaders

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Wood

46

Turang

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Trout

OBP Leaders

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Alvarez

.410

Trout

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Rice

.634

Alvarez

.593

Schwarber

SB Leaders

22

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20

Ramírez

19

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MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

9

Ashby

8

Williams

8

Sale

Strikeout Leaders

108

Misiorowski

95

Sánchez

92

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.47

Sánchez

1.50

Schlittler

1.62

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WHIP Leaders

0.79

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0.85

Schlittler

0.86

Skenes

K/9 Leaders

13.69

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13.35

Cease

10.86

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K/BB Leaders

6.25

Skenes

6.23

Schlittler

6.00

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Walk Leaders

12

Skenes

12

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1,111.1

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Wood

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Alvarez

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766.4

Ohtani

673

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MLB 2026 Betting

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37-23

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35-23

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Worst Record ATS

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MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	40	20	.667
Phillies	30	29	.508	9.5
Nationals	31	30	.508	9.5
Marlins	27	34	.443	13.5
Mets	26	34	.433	14.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	36	21	.632
Cardinals	31	27	.534	5.5
Pirates	32	28	.533	5.5
Cubs	32	28	.533	5.5
Reds	30	29	.508	7.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	38	22	.633
Padres	32	26	.552	5.0
Diamondbacks	32	27	.542	5.5
Giants	23	37	.383	15.0
Rockies	23	38	.377	15.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	36	21	.632
Yankees	36	23	.610	1.0
Blue Jays	29	31	.483	8.5
Orioles	28	32	.467	9.5
Red Sox	25	33	.431	11.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	34	27	.557
White Sox	32	28	.533	1.5
Twins	28	33	.459	6.0
Royals	23	37	.383	10.5
Tigers	23	38	.377	11.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	32	29	.525
Rangers	29	31	.483	2.5
Athletics	28	31	.475	3.0
Astros	27	34	.443	5.0
Angels	23	38	.377	9.0

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 5/17	BAL	@	WSH	7-3
Sun 5/17	TEX	@	HOU	8-0
Sun 5/17	AZ	@	COL	8-6
Mon 5/18	BAL	@	TBR	6-16
Mon 5/18	ATL	@	MIA	0-12

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 6/2	ATH	@	CHC	8:05 PM
Tue 6/2	PIT	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Tue 6/2	COL	@	LAA	9:38 PM
Tue 6/2	LAD	@	AZ	9:40 PM
Tue 6/2	NYM	@	SEA	9:40 PM

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