pitchers with the highest era this season mlb

Seth Lugo has the worst ERA this season, with an ERA of 4.99.

Regular season
Min. 1 Innings Pitched Per Team Game

	NAME	ERA	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	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	Seth Lugo S. Lugo	4.99	2026	KCR	30	7	8	.467	30	126	0	0	0	164.0	185	91	99	19	53	7	0	0	709	2	6.91	2.91	2.38	1.04	17.8	7.5	1.45	.329	5.43	117	4.16	99	10.15	0.6
2	Merrill Kelly M. Kelly	4.97	2026	AZ	27	9	13	.409	27	102	1	0	0	152.0	155	84	87	27	67	4	0	2	660	1	6.04	3.97	1.52	1.60	15.5	10.2	1.46	.278	5.15	118	5.46	132	9.18	-23
3	Andrew Abbott A. Abbott	4.78	2026	CIN	30	6	11	.353	30	120	0	0	0	154.1	156	82	88	24	70	0	0	0	679	0	7.00	4.08	1.71	1.40	17.7	10.3	1.46	.284	5.13	111	4.92	112	9.10	-8.5
4	Aaron Nola A. Nola	4.69	2026	PHI	30	6	10	.375	30	165	0	0	0	161.1	166	84	86	34	55	2	0	2	690	2	9.20	3.07	3.00	1.90	23.9	8.0	1.37	.304	4.80	108	4.84	112	9.26	-8.5
5	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	4.67	2026	TOT	30	9	11	.450	30	146	0	0	0	158.0	153	82	90	23	58	8	0	0	685	7	8.32	3.30	2.52	1.31	21.3	8.5	1.34	.289	5.13	113	4.39	104	8.72	-3.2
6	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	4.62	2026	TEX	31	8	11	.421	31	172	0	0	0	161.2	153	83	83	18	66	7	0	2	704	2	9.58	3.67	2.61	1.00	24.4	9.4	1.35	.306	4.62	114	3.76	91	8.52	6.8
7	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	4.55	2026	TOT	31	9	12	.429	31	177	0	0	0	172.0	173	87	94	25	46	1	0	1	728	2	9.26	2.41	3.85	1.31	24.3	6.3	1.27	.309	4.92	111	3.74	90	9.05	8.1
8	Logan Webb L. Webb	4.31	2026	SFG	27	8	9	.471	27	134	1	0	0	160.2	147	77	80	13	41	11	0	0	668	1	7.51	2.30	3.27	0.73	20.1	6.1	1.17	.286	4.48	105	3.45	84	8.23	11.6
9	George Kirby G. Kirby	4.25	2026	SEA	28	9	11	.450	28	138	1	0	0	165.1	186	78	83	21	39	3	0	1	695	1	7.51	2.12	3.54	1.14	19.9	5.6	1.36	.334	4.52	110	3.83	96	10.13	2.4
10	Trevor Rogers T. Rogers	4.22	2026	BAL	28	10	10	.500	28	143	0	0	0	157.2	154	74	79	19	38	3	0	0	655	2	8.16	2.17	3.76	1.08	21.8	5.8	1.22	.299	4.51	104	3.62	87	8.79	9.1
11	Tanner Bibee T. Bibee	4.16	2026	CLE	31	6	15	.286	31	140	0	0	0	177.1	156	82	86	28	54	6	0	0	730	4	7.11	2.74	2.59	1.42	19.2	7.4	1.18	.255	4.36	101	4.58	113	7.92	-10.6
12	Kyle Bradish K. Bradish	4.12	2026	BAL	29	7	14	.333	29	142	0	0	0	155.0	156	71	83	20	70	3	0	1	669	9	8.25	4.06	2.03	1.16	21.2	10.5	1.46	.313	4.82	102	4.35	105	9.06	-3.5
13	Shane Baz S. Baz	4.11	2026	BAL	30	6	15	.286	30	152	1	0	0	173.0	174	79	89	15	60	6	0	1	742	6	7.91	3.12	2.53	0.78	20.5	8.1	1.35	.312	4.63	101	3.60	87	9.05	10.3
14	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	4.01	2026	DET	29	10	10	.500	29	121	0	0	0	163.2	163	73	82	15	60	14	0	0	713	4	6.65	3.30	2.02	0.82	17.0	8.4	1.36	.294	4.51	96	4.16	99	8.96	0.5
15	Landen Roupp L. Roupp	4.01	2026	SFG	29	9	14	.391	29	143	0	0	0	155.0	126	69	74	11	75	5	0	0	657	2	8.30	4.35	1.91	0.64	21.8	11.4	1.30	.272	4.30	98	3.72	91	7.32	6.4
16	Bryan Woo B. Woo	3.88	2026	SEA	28	12	9	.571	28	163	0	0	0	162.1	135	70	76	18	35	7	0	1	657	3	9.04	1.94	4.66	1.00	24.8	5.3	1.05	.270	4.21	101	3.30	83	7.48	12.4
17	Shota Imanaga S. Imanaga	3.88	2026	CHC	29	10	10	.500	29	156	0	0	0	162.1	145	70	72	34	37	6	0	0	661	4	8.65	2.05	4.22	1.89	23.6	5.6	1.12	.259	3.99	95	4.69	113	8.04	-10.3
18	Sandy Alcantara S. Alcantara	3.86	2026	MIA	32	13	10	.565	32	149	1	1	0	205.0	195	88	93	23	57	9	0	0	858	2	6.54	2.50	2.61	1.01	17.4	6.6	1.23	.277	4.08	91	4.06	96	8.56	3.5
19	Noah Cameron N. Cameron	3.84	2026	KCR	29	9	8	.529	28	149	1	1	0	166.1	146	71	76	17	52	5	1	1	692	3	8.06	2.81	2.87	0.92	21.5	7.5	1.19	.275	4.11	90	3.66	87	7.90	9.7
20	Michael McGreevy M. McGreevy	3.83	2026	STL	29	7	9	.438	29	112	0	0	0	160.0	154	68	73	20	45	1	0	0	658	2	6.30	2.53	2.49	1.13	17.0	6.8	1.24	.279	4.11	93	4.18	101	8.66	-1
21	Taj Bradley T. Bradley	3.81	2026	MIN	29	11	6	.647	29	190	0	0	0	165.1	134	70	70	23	72	4	0	0	697	6	10.34	3.92	2.64	1.25	27.3	10.3	1.25	.272	3.81	92	3.98	97	7.29	2.2
22	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	3.79	2026	TEX	29	11	9	.550	29	194	0	0	0	154.1	126	65	65	20	39	1	0	3	622	4	11.31	2.27	4.97	1.17	31.2	6.3	1.07	.288	3.79	93	3.04	73	7.35	18.9
23	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	3.78	2026	PIT	30	10	11	.476	30	185	0	0	0	162.0	137	68	76	17	46	11	0	0	665	2	10.28	2.56	4.02	0.94	27.8	6.9	1.13	.296	4.22	87	3.23	77	7.61	17.8
24	Gavin Williams G. Williams	3.78	2026	CLE	30	13	8	.619	30	235	0	0	0	174.0	136	73	77	27	56	6	0	0	705	9	12.16	2.90	4.20	1.40	33.3	7.9	1.10	.286	3.98	91	3.48	86	7.03	11.4
25	Logan Gilbert L. Gilbert	3.69	2026	SEA	30	12	10	.545	30	194	0	0	0	178.0	143	73	73	28	46	7	0	1	713	5	9.81	2.33	4.22	1.42	27.2	6.5	1.06	.263	3.69	96	3.85	97	7.23	2.3

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RBI

73

Jensen

AVG

.280

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Team Pitching Leaders

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Cameron

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ERA

3.34

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Team Rankings

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636

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ERA

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	78	75	.510
White Sox	77	75	.507	0.5
Tigers	72	80	.474	5.5
Twins	71	81	.467	6.5
Royals	66	85	.437	11.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 9/16	KCR	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Thu 9/17	KCR	@	HOU	7:15 PM
Fri 9/18	KCR	@	PIT	6:40 PM
Sat 9/19	KCR	@	PIT	6:40 PM
Sun 9/20	KCR	@	PIT	1:35 PM

Last Game

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66 - 85

Final

Astros

76 - 75

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MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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Schwarber

42

Crow-Armstrong

41

Caminero

RBI Leaders

111

Burleson

107

Stewart

102

Crow-Armstrong

Batting Average Leaders

.315

Arraez

.310

Alvarez

.308

Simpson

Hit Leaders

180

Lopez

179

Arraez

173

Díaz

Run Leaders

112

Crow-Armstrong

102

Wood

101

Reynolds

OBP Leaders

.429

Alvarez

.394

Wood

.393

Bauers

SLG Leaders

.594

Alvarez

.566

Crow-Armstrong

.538

García

SB Leaders

46

Nuñez

41

Simpson

41

Witt

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

17

Sánchez

17

Gray

15

Misiorowski

Strikeout Leaders

243

Misiorowski

236

Cease

235

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.89

Misiorowski

1.95

Schlittler

2.18

Sale

WHIP Leaders

0.81

Misiorowski

0.87

Yamamoto

0.90

Schlittler

K/9 Leaders

13.15

Misiorowski

12.77

Cease

12.16

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.13

Sale

5.93

Rasmussen

5.79

Misiorowski

Walk Leaders

24

Martinez

27

Rasmussen

31

Sale

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,264.8

Ohtani

2,203.4

Crow-Armstrong

1,931.2

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,670

Crow-Armstrong

1,592.6

Ohtani

1,446

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

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85-67

84-67

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80-70

81-71

Worst Record ATS

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62-89

64-87

69-82

70-81

71-82

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	89	63	.586
Phillies	83	68	.550	5.5
Marlins	75	77	.493	14.0
Nationals	71	81	.467	18.0
Mets	69	82	.457	19.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	94	57	.623
Cubs	84	68	.553	10.5
Pirates	75	76	.497	19.0
Cardinals	75	78	.490	20.0
Reds	70	81	.464	24.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - x	92	59	.609
Padres	82	69	.543	10.0
Diamondbacks	80	72	.526	12.5
Giants	64	89	.418	29.0
Rockies	56	95	.371	36.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - x	91	59	.607
Yankees - x	88	64	.579	4.0
Red Sox	82	69	.543	9.5
Blue Jays	76	77	.497	16.5
Orioles	74	78	.487	18.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	78	75	.510
White Sox	77	75	.507	0.5
Tigers	72	80	.474	5.5
Twins	71	81	.467	6.5
Royals	66	85	.437	11.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	76	75	.503
Rangers	75	76	.497	1.0
Mariners	70	82	.461	6.5
Athletics	61	90	.404	15.0
Angels	58	93	.384	18.0

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 9/1	TOR	@	CLE	1-6
Tue 9/1	NYM	@	TBR	2-6
Tue 9/1	ATL	@	WSH	5-9
Tue 9/1	SEA	@	BOS	9-6
Tue 9/1	DET	@	MIN	2-15

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 9/16	BAL	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Wed 9/16	ATL	@	CHC	7:40 PM
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180

179

173

112

102

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.429

.394

.393

.594

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MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

17

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243

236

235

1.89

1.95

2.18

0.81

0.87

0.90

13.15

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1,931.2

1,670

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