strikeouts per 9 leaders 2026 starters and relivers

Jack Dreyer and Juan Mejia are tied for the best K/9 by a starting pitcher this season, with 27.00 per nine innings.

	NAME	K/9	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Jack Dreyer J. Dreyer	27.00	2026	LAD	1	0	0		1	0.00	3	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.00		0.00	100.0	0.0	0.00		0.00	0.00
2	Juan Mejia J. Mejia	27.00	2026	COL	1	0	0		1	27.00	2	0	0	0	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0.00		0.00	33.3	0.0	4.50	1.000	27.00	40.50
3	Didier Fuentes D. Fuentes	21.00	2026	ATL	1	0	0		1	12.00	7	0	0	0	3.0	7	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	18	0	3.00	7.00	3.00	38.9	5.6	2.67	.667	12.00	21.00
4	Steven Cruz S. Cruz	19.29	2026	KCR	2	0	0		2	3.86	5	0	0	0	2.1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	9	0	3.86	5.00	3.86	55.6	11.1	0.86	.000	3.86	3.86
5	Yohan Ramírez Y. Ramírez	18.00	2026	PIT	1	0	0		1	0.00	4	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	4.50	4.00	0.00	50.0	12.5	1.00	.333	0.00	4.50
6	Tanner Banks T. Banks	18.00	2026	PHI	1	0	1	.000	1	9.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	18.00	1.00	0.00	33.3	33.3	3.00	.500	9.00	9.00
7	Lyon Richardson L. Richardson	18.00	2026	CIN	1	0	1	.000	1	36.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	1	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	7	0	18.00	1.00	9.00	28.6	28.6	3.00	.000	36.00	9.00
8	Tyler Samaniego T. Samaniego	18.00	2026	BOS	1	0	1	.000	1	36.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0.00		0.00	22.2	0.0	6.00	.857	36.00	54.00
9	Keegan Akin K. Akin	18.00	2026	BAL	2	0	0		2	4.50	4	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0.00		4.50	57.1	0.0	0.50	.000	4.50	4.50
10	Jovani Morán J. Morán	18.00	2026	BOS	3	0	2	.000	3	15.00	6	0	0	0	3.0	7	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	18	0	6.00	3.00	6.00	33.3	11.1	3.00	.625	15.00	21.00
11	Zach Eflin Z. Eflin	17.18	2026	BAL	1	0	0		1	2.45	7	0	0	0	3.2	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	17	0	4.91	3.50	2.45	41.2	11.8	1.64	.429	2.45	9.82
12	Aaron Ashby A. Ashby	15.43	2026	MIL	1	0	0		1	7.71	4	0	0	0	2.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0.00		0.00	40.0	0.0	1.29	.500	7.71	11.57
13	Blake Snell B. Snell	15.00	2026	LAD	1	0	1	.000	1	12.00	5	0	0	0	3.0	6	4	5	0	2	0	0	0	18	0	6.00	2.50	0.00	27.8	11.1	2.67	.545	15.00	18.00
14	Mason Montgomery M. Montgomery	14.40	2026	PIT	5	0	0		5	0.00	8	0	0	0	5.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	21	0	5.40	2.67	0.00	38.1	14.3	1.20	.300	0.00	5.40
15	José Suarez J. Suarez	14.40	2026	TOT	2	0	1	.000	2	7.20	8	0	0	0	5.0	5	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	22	0	5.40	2.67	0.00	36.4	13.6	1.60	.455	7.20	9.00
16	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	13.82	2026	MIL	21	11	5	.688	21	1.63	195	1	1	0	127.0	64	23	31	11	29	9	0	0	480	5	2.06	6.72	0.78	40.6	6.0	0.73	.225	2.20	4.54
17	Danny Young D. Young	13.50	2026	ATL	1	0	0		1	13.50	1	0	0	0	0.2	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	27.00	0.50	0.00	20.0	40.0	4.50	.500	13.50	13.50
18	Cionel Pérez C. Pérez	13.50	2026	NYM	2	0	0		2	0.00	3	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0.00		0.00	37.5	0.0	1.00	.400	0.00	9.00
19	Chris Murphy C. Murphy	13.50	2026	CWS	2	0	0		2	13.50	3	0	0	0	2.0	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	10	1	4.50	3.00	4.50	30.0	10.0	2.00	.400	13.50	13.50
20	Tyler Gilbert T. Gilbert	13.50	2026	CWS	1	0	0		1	13.50	1	0	0	0	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.00		0.00	25.0	0.0	3.00	.667	13.50	27.00
21	Sammy Peralta S. Peralta	13.50	2026	COL	1	0	1	.000	1	27.00	1	0	0	0	0.2	2	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	7	0	27.00	0.50	0.00	14.3	28.6	6.00	.667	27.00	27.00
22	Steven Okert S. Okert	13.50	2026	HOU	1	0	0		1	13.50	1	0	0	0	0.2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	13.50	1.00	0.00	16.7	16.7	6.00	.750	13.50	40.50
23	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	13.50	2026	SDP	4	1	2	.333	4	4.50	24	0	0	0	16.0	12	8	8	0	6	0	0	0	66	0	3.38	4.00	0.00	36.4	9.1	1.13	.333	4.50	6.75
24	Dylan Cease D. Cease	13.11	2026	TOR	21	7	5	.583	21	2.28	184	1	1	0	126.1	80	32	37	7	52	3	0	0	505	5	3.70	3.54	0.50	36.4	10.3	1.04	.282	2.64	5.70
25	Mason Barnett M. Barnett	12.54	2026	ATH	2	0	1	.000	2	7.71	13	0	0	0	9.1	9	8	8	3	4	2	0	0	42	0	3.86	3.25	2.89	31.0	9.5	1.39	.300	7.71	8.68

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Dodgers	69	47	.595
Diamondbacks	62	55	.530	7.5
Padres	61	57	.517	9.0
Giants	49	68	.419	20.5
Rockies	46	71	.393	23.5

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Sun 8/9	LAD	@	AZ	4:10 PM
Mon 8/10	KCR	@	LAD	10:10 PM
Tue 8/11	KCR	@	LAD	10:10 PM
Wed 8/12	KCR	@	LAD	10:10 PM
Thu 8/13	MIL	@	LAD	10:10 PM

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Braves	70	47	.598
Phillies	62	56	.525	8.5
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Nationals	58	61	.487	13.0
Mets	51	67	.432	19.5
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Brewers	73	44	.624
Cubs	68	50	.576	5.5
Cardinals	58	59	.496	15.0
Pirates	58	61	.487	16.0
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