worst era in mlb currently among starters

Burch Smith has the highest ERA by an active starting pitcher this season, with an ERA of 54.00.

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worst era in MLB currently among starters this regular season

	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	H/9
1	Burch Smith B. Smith	54.00	2026	DET	1	0	1	.000	1	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
2	Juan Mejia J. Mejia	27.00	2026	COL	1	0	0		1	2	0	0	0	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	6	1	27.00	0.00		0.00	33.3	0.0	4.50	1.000	27.00	40.50
3	Pete Fairbanks P. Fairbanks	27.00	2026	MIA	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	7	0	9.00	9.00	1.00	9.00	14.3	14.3	4.00	.500	27.00	27.00
4	Brennan Bernardino B. Bernardino	20.25	2026	COL	2	0	1	.000	2	1	0	0	0	1.1	4	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	10	1	6.75	13.50	0.50	6.75	10.0	20.0	4.50	.500	20.25	27.00
5	Jovani Morán J. Morán	15.00	2026	BOS	3	0	2	.000	3	6	0	0	0	3.0	7	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	18	0	18.00	6.00	3.00	6.00	33.3	11.1	3.00	.625	15.00	21.00
6	Luinder Avila L. Avila	15.00	2026	KCR	1	0	1	.000	1	4	0	0	0	3.0	8	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	18	0	12.00	9.00	1.33	3.00	22.2	16.7	3.67	.700	15.00	24.00
7	Steven Okert S. Okert	13.50	2026	HOU	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	0.2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	13.50	13.50	1.00	0.00	16.7	16.7	6.00	.750	13.50	40.50
8	Cristian Javier C. Javier	12.54	2026	HOU	3	0	1	.000	3	4	0	0	0	9.1	13	13	13	2	9	2	0	0	48	0	3.86	8.68	0.44	1.93	8.3	18.8	2.36	.355	12.54	12.54
9	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	12.27	2026	DET	1	0	1	.000	1	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
10	Blake Snell B. Snell	12.00	2026	LAD	1	0	1	.000	1	5	0	0	0	3.0	6	4	5	0	2	0	0	0	18	0	15.00	6.00	2.50	0.00	27.8	11.1	2.67	.545	15.00	18.00
11	Didier Fuentes D. Fuentes	12.00	2026	ATL	1	0	0		1	7	0	0	0	3.0	7	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	18	0	21.00	3.00	7.00	3.00	38.9	5.6	2.67	.667	12.00	21.00
12	Grayson Rodriguez G. Rodriguez	10.61	2026	LAA	2	1	1	.500	2	9	0	0	0	9.1	14	11	11	1	6	0	0	0	46	0	8.68	5.79	1.50	0.96	19.6	13.0	2.14	.433	10.61	13.50
13	Shane Drohan S. Drohan	10.13	2026	MIL	1	0	1	.000	1	2	0	0	0	2.2	3	3	3	0	4	0	0	0	15	0	6.75	13.50	0.50	0.00	13.3	26.7	2.63	.333	10.13	10.13
14	Matt Waldron M. Waldron	9.88	2026	SDP	3	0	1	.000	3	8	0	0	0	13.2	22	15	15	3	5	2	0	0	69	0	5.27	3.29	1.60	1.98	11.6	7.2	1.98	.373	9.88	14.49
15	José Suarez J. Suarez	9.82	2026	ATL	1	0	1	.000	1	6	0	0	0	3.2	5	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	18	0	14.73	7.36	2.00	0.00	33.3	16.7	2.18	.556	9.82	12.27
16	Brayan Bello B. Bello	9.68	2026	BOS	7	1	5	.167	7	18	0	0	0	30.2	51	33	35	10	18	0	0	0	159	2	5.28	5.28	1.00	2.93	11.3	11.3	2.25	.363	10.27	14.97
17	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	9.64	2026	TOR	5	1	3	.250	5	10	0	0	0	18.2	22	20	20	7	8	1	0	0	84	0	4.82	3.86	1.25	3.38	11.9	9.5	1.61	.259	9.64	10.61
18	Bailey Falter B. Falter	9.00	2026	KCR	1	0	1	.000	1	2	0	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	12	0	9.00	13.50	0.67	0.00	16.7	25.0	3.50	.571	9.00	18.00
19	Griffin Canning G. Canning	9.00	2026	SDP	4	0	2	.000	4	19	0	0	0	16.0	19	16	16	2	10	0	0	0	75	0	10.69	5.63	1.90	1.13	25.3	13.3	1.81	.386	9.00	10.69
20	Kyle Backhus K. Backhus	9.00	2026	PHI	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	9.00	0.00		0.00	20.0	0.0	2.00	.500	9.00	18.00
21	Kodai Senga K. Senga	9.00	2026	NYM	5	0	4	.000	5	23	0	0	0	20.0	26	20	21	5	13	1	0	0	97	0	10.35	5.85	1.77	2.25	23.7	13.4	1.95	.382	9.45	11.70
22	Tatsuya Imai T. Imai	8.31	2026	HOU	5	1	2	.333	5	21	0	0	0	17.1	17	16	16	4	14	3	0	0	83	1	10.90	7.27	1.50	2.08	25.3	16.9	1.79	.317	8.31	8.83
23	Miles Mikolas M. Mikolas	8.28	2026	WSH	6	1	3	.250	6	19	0	0	0	25.0	31	23	26	7	10	0	0	0	118	1	6.84	3.60	1.90	2.52	16.1	8.5	1.64	.293	9.36	11.16
24	Chris Paddack C. Paddack	7.75	2026	TOT	8	0	6	.000	8	31	0	0	0	36.0	51	31	31	6	10	2	0	0	171	2	7.75	2.50	3.10	1.50	18.1	5.8	1.69	.369	7.75	12.75
25	Aaron Ashby A. Ashby	7.71	2026	MIL	1	0	0		1	4	0	0	0	2.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	15.43	0.00		0.00	40.0	0.0	1.29	.500	7.71	11.57

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	32	23	.582
White Sox	26	26	.500	4.5
Twins	26	27	.491	5.0
Royals	22	31	.415	9.0
Tigers	21	33	.389	10.5

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 5/26	LAA	@	DET	6:40 PM
Wed 5/27	LAA	@	DET	6:40 PM
Thu 5/28	LAA	@	DET	1:10 PM
Fri 5/29	DET	@	CWS	7:40 PM
Sat 5/30	DET	@	CWS	2:10 PM

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HR Leaders

20

Schwarber

17

Murakami

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Judge

RBI Leaders

45

Pages

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Abrams

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Hicks

Batting Average Leaders

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Lopez

.325

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Marsh

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Lopez

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Edwards

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Arraez

Run Leaders

45

Wood

41

Turang

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Judge

OBP Leaders

.448

Kurtz

.415

Alvarez

.413

Turang

SLG Leaders

.624

Rice

.600

Schwarber

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SB Leaders

22

Nuñez

20

Ramírez

16

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MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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Ashby

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Williams

7

Sale

Strikeout Leaders

92

Cease

88

Misiorowski

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Sánchez

ERA Leaders

1.50

Schlittler

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Martinez

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WHIP Leaders

0.82

Skenes

0.86

Schlittler

0.87

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K/9 Leaders

13.89

Misiorowski

13.35

Cease

10.90

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K/BB Leaders

7.22

Skenes

6.10

Gausman

5.82

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Walk Leaders

9

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Rasmussen

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Wood

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DraftKings Points Leaders

668.9

Ohtani

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Wood

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MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	36	18	.667
Nationals	27	27	.500	9.0
Phillies	26	27	.491	9.5
Marlins	25	29	.463	11.0
Mets	22	31	.415	13.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	30	20	.600
Cardinals	29	22	.569	1.5
Cubs	29	24	.547	2.5
Reds	27	25	.519	4.0
Pirates	27	26	.509	4.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	33	20	.623
Padres	31	21	.596	1.5
Diamondbacks	28	24	.538	4.5
Giants	22	31	.415	11.0
Rockies	20	34	.370	13.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	34	16	.680
Yankees	31	22	.585	4.5
Blue Jays	25	28	.472	10.5
Orioles	23	30	.434	12.5
Red Sox	22	30	.423	13.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	32	23	.582
White Sox	26	26	.500	4.5
Twins	26	27	.491	5.0
Royals	22	31	.415	9.0
Tigers	21	33	.389	10.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Athletics	27	26	.509
Mariners	25	29	.463	2.5
Rangers	24	28	.462	2.5
Astros	23	31	.426	4.5
Angels	20	34	.370	7.5

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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 5/10	WSH	@	MIA	2-5
Sun 5/10	COL	@	PHI	0-6
Sun 5/10	ATH	@	BAL	1-2
Sun 5/10	TBR	@	BOS	4-1
Sun 5/10	MIN	@	CLE	5-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 5/25	CHC	@	PIT	1:35 PM
Mon 5/25	TBR	@	BAL	1:35 PM
Mon 5/25	STL	@	MIL	2:10 PM
Mon 5/25	MIN	@	CWS	2:10 PM
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Burch Smith has the highest ERA by an active starting pitcher this season, with an ERA of 54.00.

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