who has the most pitching starts in the postseason since 2000

Since 2000, Justin Verlander has the most starts in the postseason, with 37 starts.

	NAME	GS	G	W	L	W%	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	37	38	17	12	.586	3.58	244	2	1	0	226.0	179	90	93	32	74	5	0	0	920	8	9.72	2.95	3.30	1.27	26.5	8.0	1.12	.260	3.70	7.13
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	32	41	13	13	.500	4.62	213	0	0	1	196.2	171	101	107	32	54	4	2	6	803	11	9.75	2.47	3.94	1.46	26.5	6.7	1.14	.278	4.90	7.83
3	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	30	30	13	7	.650	3.34	139	0	0	0	188.2	195	70	74	17	49	3	0	4	789	2	6.63	2.34	2.84	0.81	17.6	6.2	1.29	.306	3.53	9.30
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	28	33	8	8	.500	3.78	182	0	0	1	157.1	121	66	69	23	62	9	1	4	652	8	10.41	3.55	2.94	1.32	27.9	9.5	1.16	.261	3.95	6.92
5	John Lackey J. Lackey	23	29	8	6	.571	3.44	114	0	0	0	144.0	135	55	58	7	47	4	2	6	601	10	7.13	2.94	2.43	0.44	19.0	7.8	1.26	.298	3.63	8.44
6	CC Sabathia	23	26	10	7	.588	4.28	121	1	0	0	130.1	137	62	67	15	63	8	0	9	586	5	8.36	4.35	1.92	1.04	20.6	10.8	1.53	.322	4.63	9.46
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	22	22	11	6	.647	2.77	156	0	0	0	133.1	100	41	50	19	36	3	0	1	537	1	10.53	2.43	4.33	1.28	29.1	6.7	1.02	.251	3.38	6.75
8	Jon Lester J. Lester	22	26	9	7	.563	2.51	133	0	0	0	154.0	117	43	46	15	40	3	2	0	610	4	7.77	2.34	3.33	0.88	21.8	6.6	1.02	.243	2.69	6.84
9	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	22	23	9	5	.643	3.77	120	1	1	0	126.2	111	53	55	14	45	4	1	1	537	8	8.53	3.20	2.67	0.99	22.3	8.4	1.23	.274	3.91	7.89
10	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	21	22	4	6	.400	4.14	100	0	0	0	113.0	103	52	55	19	33	3	0	0	469	2	7.96	2.63	3.03	1.51	21.3	7.0	1.20	.268	4.38	8.20
11	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	18	19	4	4	.500	3.04	114	0	0	1	94.2	73	32	34	9	36	2	1	2	388	3	10.84	3.42	3.17	0.86	29.4	9.3	1.15	.282	3.23	6.94
12	Chris Carpenter C. Carpenter	18	18	10	4	.714	3.00	68	1	1	0	108.0	104	36	43	11	36	6	0	2	461	1	5.67	3.00	1.89	0.92	14.8	7.8	1.30	.274	3.58	8.67
13	Charlie Morton C. Morton	17	18	7	5	.583	3.60	92	0	0	0	80.0	67	32	34	8	33	7	1	0	343	5	10.35	3.71	2.79	0.90	26.8	9.6	1.25	.291	3.83	7.54
14	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	16	17	7	6	.538	4.34	95	0	0	0	85.0	82	41	45	14	34	4	1	0	360	0	10.06	3.60	2.79	1.48	26.4	9.4	1.36	.319	4.76	8.68
15	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	16	17	7	6	.538	3.41	93	1	1	0	100.1	83	38	45	12	27	2	0	2	411	1	8.34	2.42	3.44	1.08	22.6	6.6	1.10	.256	4.04	7.45
16	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	16	29	4	5	.444	2.83	123	1	0	4	114.1	105	36	39	11	22	2	9	1	464	4	9.68	1.73	5.59	0.87	26.5	4.7	1.11	.307	3.07	8.27
17	Blake Snell B. Snell	15	18	7	5	.583	3.27	102	0	0	1	82.2	59	30	30	10	36	1	1	0	331	5	11.10	3.92	2.83	1.09	30.8	10.9	1.15	.269	3.27	6.42
18	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	15	17	5	7	.417	3.80	92	0	0	0	97.0	95	41	43	14	22	3	0	7	407	2	8.54	2.04	4.18	1.30	22.6	5.4	1.21	.293	3.99	8.81
19	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	15	15	10	1	.909	2.12	92	3	1	0	102.0	80	24	26	10	15	3	0	0	401	0	8.12	1.32	6.13	0.88	22.9	3.7	0.93	.249	2.29	7.06
20	Max Fried M. Fried	14	22	2	6	.250	5.31	73	0	0	0	76.1	94	45	47	11	23	2	0	0	343	4	8.61	2.71	3.17	1.30	21.3	6.7	1.53	.355	5.54	11.08
21	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	14	14	5	8	.385	3.96	62	0	0	0	72.2	62	32	34	18	15	8	0	1	296	1	7.68	1.86	4.13	2.23	20.9	5.1	1.06	.228	4.21	7.68
22	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	14	16	8	3	.727	2.11	87	3	3	1	102.1	74	24	25	8	18	5	1	2	398	0	7.65	1.58	4.83	0.70	21.9	4.5	0.90	.236	2.20	6.51
23	David Price D. Price	14	23	5	9	.357	4.62	91	0	0	1	99.1	91	51	53	16	28	3	5	1	414	1	8.24	2.54	3.25	1.45	22.0	6.8	1.20	.272	4.80	8.24
24	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	13	16	2	6	.250	4.43	86	0	0	1	67.0	58	33	36	11	36	0	1	0	292	7	11.55	4.84	2.39	1.48	29.5	12.3	1.40	.296	4.84	7.79
25	Luis Severino L. Severino	13	14	2	5	.286	4.62	57	0	0	0	60.1	62	31	34	10	27	2	0	0	271	0	8.50	4.03	2.11	1.49	21.0	10.0	1.48	.297	5.07	9.25

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AVG

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Team Pitching Leaders

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	84	76	.525
White Sox	83	77	.519	1.0
Twins	76	84	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	85	.472	8.5
Royals	68	92	.425	16.0

Schedule

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Sun 9/27	PIT	@	DET	3:10 PM

Last Game

Pirates

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Final

Tigers

76 - 85

Sat 26 Sep 2026

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HR Leaders

45

Crow-Armstrong

45

Schwarber

43

Alonso

RBI Leaders

115

Burleson

113

Alonso

111

Stewart

Batting Average Leaders

.315

Alvarez

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Moreno

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Arraez

Hit Leaders

191

Lopez

185

Arraez

181

Tatis

Run Leaders

119

Crow-Armstrong

111

Arozarena

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Rice

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Alvarez

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Bauers

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SB Leaders

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Nuñez

46

Simpson

44

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Win Leaders

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Gray

16

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Strikeout Leaders

248

Williams

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Misiorowski

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Misiorowski

1.95

Schlittler

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WHIP Leaders

0.80

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0.87

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Misiorowski

12.73

Cease

12.11

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K/BB Leaders

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5.88

Misiorowski

5.44

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Walk Leaders

25

Martinez

31

Sale

32

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MLB Fantasy 2026

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2,354.3

Crow-Armstrong

2,286.3

Ohtani

2,048.4

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DraftKings Points Leaders

1,786

Crow-Armstrong

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Ohtani

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90-70

90-71

87-73

86-74

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Worst Record ATS

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74-86

75-86

76-85

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	67	.584
Phillies	87	73	.544	6.5
Marlins	79	82	.491	15.0
Nationals	76	85	.472	18.0
Mets	74	87	.460	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	101	59	.631
Cubs - w	88	73	.547	13.5
Pirates	81	80	.503	20.5
Cardinals	77	83	.481	24.0
Reds	75	86	.466	26.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	99	62	.615
Padres - w	89	71	.556	9.5
Diamondbacks	86	74	.538	12.5
Giants	65	96	.404	34.0
Rockies	57	103	.356	41.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	97	63	.606
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	74	.540	10.5
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	78	83	.484	19.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians - x	84	76	.525
White Sox - x	83	77	.519	1.0
Twins	76	84	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	85	.472	8.5
Royals	68	92	.425	16.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	79	81	.494
Rangers	79	81	.494
Mariners	74	86	.463	5.0
Athletics	64	96	.400	15.0
Angels	62	98	.388	17.0

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Fri 9/11	PIT	@	CHC	2-12
Fri 9/11	BAL	@	TOR	7-4
Fri 9/11	LAD	@	MIA	6-2
Fri 9/11	KCR	@	BOS	3-2
Fri 9/11	PHI	@	ATL	5-6

Schedule

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Sat 9/26	AZ	@	SDP	8:40 PM
Sat 9/26	HOU	@	ATH	9:40 PM
Sat 9/26	LAA	@	SEA	9:40 PM
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