which pitcher in american league has the most strikeouts

Gavin Williams has fanned the most batters in the AL this season, with 178 strikeouts.

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Which pitcher in american league has the most strikeouts this regular season?

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	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	Gavin Williams G. Williams	178	2026	CLE	23	11	6	.647	23	3.56	0	0	0	139.0	106	55	58	21	39	3	0	0	551	5	11.53	2.53	4.56	1.36	32.3	7.1	1.04	.274	3.76	87	3.40	83	6.86	10.9
2	Dylan Cease D. Cease	174	2026	TOR	20	7	5	.583	20	2.41	1	1	0	119.1	78	32	37	7	51	3	0	0	481	4	13.12	3.85	3.41	0.53	36.2	10.6	1.08	.289	2.79	59	2.29	55	5.88	24.9
3	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	165	2026	NYY	23	10	6	.625	23	2.04	0	0	0	136.2	98	31	38	12	26	6	0	0	538	0	10.87	1.71	6.35	0.79	30.7	4.8	0.91	.261	2.50	50	2.52	60	6.45	25.6
4	Reid Detmers R. Detmers	145	2026	LAA	22	3	7	.300	22	4.03	0	0	0	125.0	99	56	59	15	38	4	0	0	513	3	10.44	2.74	3.82	1.08	28.3	7.4	1.10	.270	4.25	96	3.34	80	7.13	11.7
5	Taj Bradley T. Bradley	141	2026	MIN	22	9	4	.692	22	3.69	0	0	0	126.2	104	52	52	17	53	2	0	0	533	5	10.02	3.77	2.66	1.21	26.5	9.9	1.24	.272	3.69	88	3.91	94	7.39	3.3
6	Sean Burke S. Burke	140	2026	CWS	22	7	5	.583	18	3.04	0	0	0	124.1	100	42	44	13	37	8	1	0	505	7	10.13	2.68	3.78	0.94	27.7	7.3	1.10	.283	3.18	73	3.28	77	7.24	13.4
7	Logan Gilbert L. Gilbert	139	2026	SEA	22	8	6	.571	22	3.46	0	0	0	132.2	103	51	51	17	28	5	0	1	522	3	9.43	1.90	4.96	1.15	26.6	5.4	0.99	.258	3.46	89	3.41	86	6.99	8.6
8	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	136	2026	TEX	23	6	9	.400	23	4.77	0	0	0	122.2	110	65	65	16	44	6	0	0	523	1	9.98	3.23	3.09	1.17	26.0	8.4	1.26	.293	4.77	116	3.79	91	8.07	5.4
9	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	135	2026	TEX	21	7	7	.500	21	3.96	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	96	3.31	79	8.00	11
10	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	135	2026	TEX	21	10	9	.526	21	4.31	0	0	0	127.1	124	61	64	24	30	7	0	0	533	5	9.54	2.12	4.50	1.70	25.3	5.6	1.21	.297	4.52	105	4.29	102	8.76	-1.4
11	Joe Ryan J. Ryan	135	2026	MIN	22	6	7	.462	22	3.52	0	0	0	120.1	109	47	58	17	25	5	0	0	498	2	10.10	1.87	5.40	1.27	27.1	5.0	1.11	.291	4.34	84	3.43	83	8.15	9.6
12	Parker Messick P. Messick	128	2026	CLE	22	8	6	.571	22	2.57	0	0	0	129.2	100	37	41	11	37	1	0	2	516	5	8.88	2.57	3.46	0.76	24.8	7.2	1.06	.263	2.85	62	3.10	75	6.94	14.6
13	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	127	2026	TOR	23	5	10	.333	23	4.38	0	0	0	127.1	128	62	68	15	36	1	0	1	540	1	8.98	2.54	3.53	1.06	23.5	6.7	1.29	.313	4.81	106	3.50	84	9.05	9.7
14	José Soriano J. Soriano	127	2026	LAA	22	9	6	.600	22	3.29	0	0	0	123.0	97	45	49	12	57	4	0	1	511	1	9.29	4.17	2.23	0.88	24.9	11.2	1.25	.273	3.59	78	3.78	90	7.10	5.6
15	Ryan Weathers R. Weathers	126	2026	NYY	21	4	7	.364	21	3.99	0	0	0	115.0	110	51	57	17	33	3	0	0	482	5	9.86	2.58	3.82	1.33	26.1	6.8	1.24	.307	4.46	97	3.76	89	8.61	6
16	Joey Cantillo J. Cantillo	124	2026	CLE	23	8	6	.571	23	3.88	0	0	0	113.2	111	49	55	13	54	2	0	0	492	5	9.82	4.28	2.30	1.03	25.2	11.0	1.45	.328	4.35	94	3.87	94	8.79	2.9
17	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	122	2026	TBR	21	10	5	.667	21	2.91	0	0	0	117.1	89	38	40	12	20	6	0	0	461	3	9.36	1.53	6.10	0.92	26.5	4.3	0.93	.256	3.07	69	3.00	71	6.83	15.7
18	Bryan Woo B. Woo	122	2026	SEA	21	7	8	.467	21	4.56	0	0	0	120.1	112	61	65	13	26	3	0	1	497	2	9.12	1.94	4.69	0.97	24.5	5.2	1.15	.297	4.86	117	3.19	80	8.38	10.8
19	Kyle Bradish K. Bradish	117	2026	BAL	22	7	10	.412	22	3.79	0	0	0	121.0	111	51	57	13	54	2	0	1	513	8	8.70	4.02	2.17	0.97	22.8	10.5	1.36	.300	4.24	92	3.94	96	8.26	2.2
20	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	116	2026	DET	16	7	5	.583	16	2.79	0	0	0	96.2	74	30	33	10	14	4	0	0	374	0	10.80	1.30	8.29	0.93	31.0	3.7	0.91	.278	3.07	67	2.59	63	6.89	16.7
21	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	111	2026	KCR	22	5	8	.385	22	3.51	0	0	0	138.1	122	54	58	16	38	5	0	1	563	4	7.22	2.47	2.92	1.04	19.7	6.7	1.16	.270	3.77	82	3.92	95	7.94	3.5
22	Shane Baz S. Baz	111	2026	BAL	22	4	10	.286	22	3.86	0	0	0	128.1	131	55	65	9	45	3	0	1	551	5	7.78	3.16	2.47	0.63	20.1	8.2	1.37	.319	4.56	94	3.39	83	9.19	10.2
23	George Kirby G. Kirby	110	2026	SEA	21	8	9	.471	21	3.76	1	0	0	127.0	136	53	57	15	26	3	0	0	523	0	7.80	1.84	4.23	1.06	21.0	5.0	1.28	.328	4.04	96	3.58	90	9.64	5.7
24	Payton Tolle P. Tolle	110	2026	BOS	18	6	6	.500	18	3.30	0	0	0	101.0	87	37	41	12	29	3	0	1	415	2	9.80	2.58	3.79	1.07	26.5	7.0	1.15	.287	3.65	76	3.41	82	7.75	8.3
25	Will Warren W. Warren	109	2026	NYY	22	8	5	.615	21	4.14	0	0	0	108.2	112	50	62	15	36	3	0	1	473	3	9.03	2.98	3.03	1.24	23.0	7.6	1.36	.313	5.13	101	3.95	94	9.28	3.3

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55

DeLauter

AVG

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Team Pitching Leaders

11

Williams

178

Williams

ERA

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Team Rankings

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446

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1,041

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	59	52	.532
Guardians	57	56	.504	3.0
Twins	56	57	.496	4.0
Tigers	54	58	.482	5.5
Royals	46	67	.407	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 8/4	NYM	@	CLE	6:40 PM
Wed 8/5	NYM	@	CLE	6:40 PM
Thu 8/6	NYM	@	CLE	1:10 PM
Fri 8/7	CLE	@	CWS	7:40 PM
Sat 8/8	CLE	@	CWS	7:15 PM

Last Game

Diamondbacks

59 - 53

Final

Guardians

57 - 56

Sun 2 Aug 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

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35

Alvarez

33

Goodman

33

Schwarber

RBI Leaders

85

Stewart

85

Abrams

84

Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

.330

Alvarez

.324

Arraez

.321

Lopez

Hit Leaders

140

Lopez

136

Arraez

133

Alvarez

Run Leaders

100

Wood

78

Olson

77

Alvarez

OBP Leaders

.442

Alvarez

.408

Soto

.397

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.650

Alvarez

.561

Rice

.560

García

SB Leaders

40

Nuñez

30

Chisholm

30

Witt

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

14

Sánchez

13

Burns

13

Gray

Strikeout Leaders

195

Misiorowski

178

Williams

174

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.63

Misiorowski

2.04

Schlittler

2.08

Sale

WHIP Leaders

0.73

Misiorowski

0.88

Yamamoto

0.91

Schlittler

K/9 Leaders

13.82

Misiorowski

13.12

Cease

11.53

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.72

Misiorowski

6.35

Schlittler

6.10

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

20

Rasmussen

20

Martinez

21

Wrobleski

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,933.5

Ohtani

1,658.5

Wood

1,581.4

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,340.6

Ohtani

1,231

Wood

1,185

Alvarez

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Best Record ATS

67-44

66-47

62-49

61-51

Worst Record ATS

42-71

44-68

49-63

50-62

52-61

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	67	45	.598
Phillies	59	53	.527	8.0
Marlins	58	55	.513	9.5
Nationals	55	58	.487	12.5
Mets	47	66	.416	20.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	69	42	.622
Cubs	63	49	.563	6.5
Pirates	56	57	.496	14.0
Cardinals	55	57	.491	14.5
Reds	53	58	.477	16.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	69	43	.616
Diamondbacks	59	53	.527	10.0
Padres	58	54	.518	11.0
Giants	47	65	.420	22.0
Rockies	45	67	.402	24.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	65	46	.586
Yankees	63	49	.563	2.5
Red Sox	60	51	.541	5.0
Orioles	54	58	.482	11.5
Blue Jays	52	60	.464	13.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	59	52	.532
Guardians	57	56	.504	3.0
Twins	56	57	.496	4.0
Tigers	54	58	.482	5.5
Royals	46	67	.407	14.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	58	55	.513
Rangers	55	57	.491	2.5
Mariners	55	58	.487	3.0
Athletics	45	67	.402	12.5
Angels	43	69	.384	14.5

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 7/19	CWS	@	TOR	3-0
Sun 7/19	NYM	@	PHI	6-1
Sun 7/19	TBR	@	BOS	1-6
Sun 7/19	SDP	@	KCR	19-2
Sun 7/19	MIN	@	CHC	1-10

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 8/3	WSH	@	PHI	6:40 PM
Mon 8/3	STL	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Mon 8/3	PIT	@	MIL	7:40 PM
Mon 8/3	SFG	@	TEX	8:05 PM
Mon 8/3	LAD	@	CHC	8:05 PM

Gavin Williams has fanned the most batters in the AL this season, with 178 strikeouts.

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136

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100

78

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40

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195

178

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