oldest starting pitchers this mlb season

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

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	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	17	3	9	.250	17	6.14	61	0	0	0	77.2	72	53	53	15	34	2	0	0	337	3	7.07	3.94	1.79	1.74	18.1	10.1	1.36	.253	6.14	8.34
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	38	2026	TEX	30	11	10	.524	30	3.86	196	0	0	0	158.2	131	68	68	20	43	2	0	3	645	4	11.12	2.44	4.56	1.13	30.4	6.7	1.10	.289	3.86	7.43
4	Merrill Kelly M. Kelly	37	2026	AZ	28	9	14	.391	28	5.00	111	1	0	0	156.2	162	87	91	28	69	4	0	2	683	1	6.38	3.96	1.61	1.61	16.3	10.1	1.47	.285	5.23	9.31
5	Chris Bassitt C. Bassitt	37	2026	BAL	18	7	5	.583	18	4.71	64	0	0	0	91.2	110	48	49	10	37	8	0	0	417	2	6.28	3.63	1.73	0.98	15.3	8.9	1.60	.336	4.81	10.80
6	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	37	2026	COL	10	2	3	.400	10	5.40	22	0	0	0	45.0	50	27	30	8	18	1	0	0	199	1	4.40	3.60	1.22	1.60	11.1	9.0	1.51	.280	6.00	10.00
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	26	14	9	.609	26	2.18	190	1	1	0	157.0	125	38	43	9	31	14	0	0	627	0	10.89	1.78	6.13	0.52	30.3	4.9	0.99	.303	2.46	7.17
9	Robert Stock R. Stock	36	2026	NYM	7	1	3	.250	7	6.00	29	0	0	0	30.0	37	20	21	2	15	4	0	0	145	1	8.70	4.50	1.93	0.60	20.0	10.3	1.73	.368	6.30	11.10
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	27	13	5	.722	27	3.06	188	0	0	0	156.0	118	53	54	20	47	4	0	0	622	2	10.85	2.71	4.00	1.15	30.2	7.6	1.06	.270	3.12	6.81
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	28	12	11	.522	28	5.36	91	0	0	0	147.2	161	88	91	31	36	3	0	0	631	1	5.55	2.19	2.53	1.89	14.4	5.7	1.33	.277	5.55	9.81
18	Seth Lugo S. Lugo	36	2026	KCR	31	7	9	.438	31	5.06	131	0	0	0	169.0	193	95	103	23	54	7	0	0	732	2	6.98	2.88	2.43	1.22	17.9	7.4	1.46	.329	5.49	10.28
19	Sonny Gray S. Gray	36	2026	BOS	28	17	5	.773	28	2.82	146	0	0	0	163.0	144	51	52	16	45	5	0	0	661	1	8.06	2.48	3.24	0.88	22.1	6.8	1.16	.285	2.87	7.95
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	Derek Law D. Law	35	2026	AZ	1	0	0		1	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	0.50	.167	0.00	4.50
22	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	35	2026	NYY	21	9	9	.500	21	3.63	123	0	0	0	121.1	112	49	50	21	22	2	0	0	497	0	9.12	1.63	5.59	1.56	24.7	4.4	1.10	.277	3.71	8.31
23	Martín Pérez M. Pérez	35	2026	ATL	26	9	9	.500	26	3.12	91	0	0	0	132.2	114	46	51	12	62	3	0	1	564	1	6.17	4.21	1.47	0.81	16.1	11.0	1.33	.258	3.46	7.73
24	Nick Martinez N. Martinez	35	2026	TBR	30	15	5	.750	30	2.94	108	1	0	0	177.1	164	58	58	22	25	3	0	0	706	5	5.48	1.27	4.32	1.12	15.3	3.5	1.07	.259	2.94	8.32
25	Steven Matz S. Matz	35	2026	TBR	11	4	3	.571	11	5.36	38	0	0	0	47.0	44	28	28	9	17	1	0	0	198	2	7.28	3.26	2.24	1.72	19.2	8.6	1.30	.263	5.36	8.43

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27

Dingler

RBI

89

Dingler

AVG

.282

Greene

Team Pitching Leaders

10

Valdez

135

Valdez

ERA

2.70

Mize

Team Rankings

177

18th

709

12th

1,280

21st

ERA

3.65

6th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	82	75	.522
White Sox	81	76	.516	1.0
Twins	75	84	.472	8.0
Tigers	74	85	.465	9.0
Royals	67	90	.427	15.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 9/25	PIT	@	DET	6:40 PM
Sat 9/26	PIT	@	DET	1:10 PM
Sun 9/27	PIT	@	DET	3:10 PM

Last Game

Nationals

75 - 84

Final

Tigers

74 - 85

Wed 23 Sep 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

45

Crow-Armstrong

45

Schwarber

41

Caminero

RBI Leaders

111

Burleson

110

Stewart

110

Alonso

Batting Average Leaders

.314

Alvarez

.314

Arraez

.309

Simpson

Hit Leaders

186

Lopez

185

Arraez

175

Díaz

Run Leaders

119

Crow-Armstrong

106

Arozarena

104

Wood

OBP Leaders

.431

Alvarez

.396

Bauers

.389

Rumfield

SLG Leaders

.601

Alvarez

.579

Crow-Armstrong

.525

Rice

SB Leaders

49

Nuñez

46

Simpson

43

Witt

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

18

Sánchez

17

Gray

16

Rasmussen

Strikeout Leaders

247

Misiorowski

244

Williams

239

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.86

Misiorowski

1.94

Schlittler

2.18

Sale

WHIP Leaders

0.80

Misiorowski

0.87

Yamamoto

0.91

Schlittler

K/9 Leaders

13.13

Misiorowski

12.73

Cease

12.13

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.13

Sale

5.88

Misiorowski

5.44

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

25

Martinez

31

Sale

32

Rasmussen

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,327.3

Crow-Armstrong

2,264.8

Ohtani

2,014.8

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,764

Crow-Armstrong

1,592.6

Ohtani

1,511

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

90-67

88-69

89-70

85-72

85-74

83-74

Worst Record ATS

58-99

67-90

68-89

73-84

74-83

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	92	65	.586
Phillies	87	70	.554	5.0
Marlins	77	80	.490	15.0
Nationals	75	84	.472	18.0
Mets	72	85	.459	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	98	59	.624
Cubs	87	70	.554	11.0
Pirates	80	77	.510	18.0
Cardinals	76	81	.484	22.0
Reds	73	84	.465	25.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	97	60	.618
Padres	87	70	.554	10.0
Diamondbacks	83	74	.529	14.0
Giants	65	94	.409	33.0
Rockies	57	100	.363	40.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	96	61	.611
Yankees - w	90	67	.573	6.0
Red Sox - w	84	73	.535	12.0
Orioles	78	81	.491	19.0
Blue Jays	77	82	.484	20.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	82	75	.522
White Sox	81	76	.516	1.0
Twins	75	84	.472	8.0
Tigers	74	85	.465	9.0
Royals	67	90	.427	15.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	78	79	.497
Rangers	78	79	.497
Mariners	73	84	.465	5.0
Athletics	62	95	.395	16.0
Angels	60	97	.382	18.0

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 9/7	NYM	@	MIA	9-4
Mon 9/7	CLE	@	BAL	4-6
Mon 9/7	MIN	@	DET	4-5
Mon 9/7	WSH	@	SDP	2-3
Tue 9/8	CLE	@	BAL	9-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 9/23	LAA	@	ATH	9:40 PM
Wed 9/23	SDP	@	LAD	10:10 PM
Wed 9/23	HOU	@	SEA	10:10 PM
Thu 9/24	STL	@	PIT	12:35 PM
Thu 9/24	CWS	@	KCR	2:10 PM

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186

185

175

119

106

104

.431

.396

.389

.601

.579

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49

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43

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

18

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247

244

239

1.86

1.94

2.18

0.80

0.87

0.91

13.13

12.73

12.13

6.13

5.88

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31

32

MLB Fantasy 2026

2,327.3

2,264.8

2,014.8

1,764

1,592.6

1,511

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