Jared Simpson and Burch Smith are tied for the worst ERA by a starting pitcher this season, with an ERA of 54.00.

2026 season
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	Jared Simpson J. Simpson	54.00	2026	WSH	1	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	6	0	0.00	108.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	66.7	15.00	.500	54.00	27.00
2	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
3	Lyon Richardson L. Richardson	36.00	2026	CIN	1	0	1	.000	1	2	0	0	0	1.0	1	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	7	0	18.00	18.00	1.00	9.00	28.6	28.6	3.00	.000	36.00	9.00
4	Tyler Samaniego T. Samaniego	36.00	2026	BOS	1	0	1	.000	1	2	0	0	0	1.0	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	22.2	0.0	6.00	.857	36.00	54.00
5	Brycen Mautz B. Mautz	27.00	2026	STL	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	3	3	1	3	2	0	0	10	0	0.00	27.00	0.00	9.00	0.0	30.0	5.00	.250	27.00	18.00
6	Sammy Peralta S. Peralta	27.00	2026	COL	1	0	1	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0.2	2	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	7	0	13.50	27.00	0.50	0.00	14.3	28.6	6.00	.667	27.00	27.00
7	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
8	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
9	Chris Murphy C. Murphy	20.25	2026	CWS	3	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	2.2	5	6	6	3	2	0	0	0	15	1	10.13	6.75	1.50	10.13	20.0	13.3	2.63	.286	20.25	16.88
10	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
11	Jedixson Paez J. Paez	19.64	2026	BOS	1	0	1	.000	1	3	0	0	0	3.2	10	8	8	2	2	0	0	0	23	0	7.36	4.91	1.50	4.91	13.0	8.7	3.27	.500	19.64	24.55
12	Kade Morris K. Morris	18.90	2026	ATH	2	0	1	.000	2	4	0	0	0	6.2	14	14	14	4	4	1	0	0	36	0	5.40	5.40	1.00	5.40	11.1	11.1	2.70	.435	18.90	18.90
13	Bailey Falter B. Falter	18.69	2026	KCR	2	0	2	.000	2	2	0	0	0	4.1	13	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	28	0	4.15	6.23	0.67	6.23	7.1	10.7	3.69	.500	18.69	27.00
14	Xzavion Curry X. Curry	18.00	2026	NYM	1	0	1	.000	1	3	0	0	0	3.0	6	6	6	4	1	0	0	0	16	0	9.00	3.00	3.00	12.00	18.8	6.3	2.33	.250	18.00	18.00
15	Beck Way B. Way	18.00	2026	KCR	1	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	3.00	.500	18.00	27.00
16	Jordan Hicks J. Hicks	16.20	2026	CWS	2	0	1	.000	2	2	0	0	0	1.2	1	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	8	0	10.80	10.80	1.00	0.00	25.0	25.0	1.80	.250	16.20	5.40
17	Jordan Wicks J. Wicks	15.63	2026	CHC	2	0	2	.000	2	6	0	0	0	6.1	13	11	11	1	1	1	0	0	34	0	8.53	1.42	6.00	1.42	17.6	2.9	2.21	.480	15.63	18.47
18	Tobias Myers T. Myers	15.43	2026	NYM	3	0	1	.000	3	3	0	0	0	4.2	6	8	8	1	5	0	0	0	24	0	5.79	9.64	0.60	1.93	12.5	20.8	2.36	.333	15.43	11.57
19	José Urquidy J. Urquidy	15.00	2026	CWS	1	0	1	.000	1	2	0	0	0	3.0	6	5	5	0	4	2	0	0	21	0	6.00	12.00	0.50	0.00	9.5	19.0	3.33	.462	15.00	18.00
20	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
21	Braxton Garrett B. Garrett	14.54	2026	MIA	2	0	1	.000	2	5	0	0	0	4.1	7	7	7	0	8	0	0	0	28	0	10.38	16.62	0.63	0.00	17.9	28.6	3.46	.467	14.54	14.54
22	Wilber Dotel W. Dotel	13.50	2026	PIT	1	0	1	.000	1	1	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	4.50	0.00		0.00	10.0	0.0	2.00	.444	13.50	18.00
23	Bennett Sousa B. Sousa	13.50	2026	HOU	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0.00	27.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	40.0	4.50	.333	13.50	13.50
24	Jacob Waguespack J. Waguespack	13.50	2026	DET	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.1	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	6.75	6.75	1.00	0.00	16.7	16.7	1.50	.250	13.50	6.75
25	Bryan King B. King	13.50	2026	HOU	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	0.2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	13.50	27.00	0.50	0.00	25.0	50.0	3.00	.000	13.50	0.00

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RBI

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Team Pitching Leaders

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Cavalli

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ERA

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Team Rankings

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5th

778

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1,197

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ERA

4.71

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	89	64	.582
Phillies	84	68	.553	4.5
Marlins	75	77	.493	13.5
Nationals	71	82	.464	18.0
Mets	69	83	.454	19.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 9/18	WSH	@	STL	8:15 PM
Sat 9/19	WSH	@	STL	7:15 PM
Sun 9/20	WSH	@	STL	2:15 PM
Mon 9/21	WSH	@	DET	6:40 PM
Tue 9/22	WSH	@	DET	6:40 PM

Last Game

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84 - 68

Final

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71 - 82

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MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

45

Schwarber

44

Crow-Armstrong

41

Caminero

RBI Leaders

111

Burleson

108

Stewart

105

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Batting Average Leaders

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Arraez

.310

Alvarez

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Simpson

Hit Leaders

180

Lopez

180

Arraez

173

Díaz

Run Leaders

115

Crow-Armstrong

102

Wood

101

Reynolds

OBP Leaders

.428

Alvarez

.394

Bauers

.392

Rumfield

SLG Leaders

.594

Alvarez

.581

Crow-Armstrong

.538

García

SB Leaders

46

Nuñez

42

Simpson

42

Witt

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Win Leaders

17

Sánchez

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Gray

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Misiorowski

Strikeout Leaders

243

Misiorowski

236

Cease

235

Williams

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1.89

Misiorowski

1.95

Schlittler

2.18

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WHIP Leaders

0.81

Misiorowski

0.87

Yamamoto

0.90

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K/9 Leaders

13.15

Misiorowski

12.77

Cease

12.16

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.13

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5.93

Rasmussen

5.79

Misiorowski

Walk Leaders

24

Martinez

27

Rasmussen

31

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FanDuel Points Leaders

2,264.8

Ohtani

2,259.5

Crow-Armstrong

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Alvarez

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Crow-Armstrong

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Ohtani

1,451

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62-90

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71-82

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	89	64	.582
Phillies	84	68	.553	4.5
Marlins	75	77	.493	13.5
Nationals	71	82	.464	18.0
Mets	69	83	.454	19.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	95	57	.625
Cubs	85	68	.556	10.5
Pirates	75	77	.493	20.0
Cardinals	75	78	.490	20.5
Reds	71	81	.467	24.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - x	92	60	.605
Padres	83	69	.546	9.0
Diamondbacks	80	72	.526	12.0
Giants	64	89	.418	28.5
Rockies	56	96	.368	36.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - x	92	59	.609
Yankees - x	88	64	.579	4.5
Red Sox	82	70	.539	10.5
Blue Jays	76	77	.497	17.0
Orioles	75	78	.490	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	67	85	.441	10.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	76	76	.500
Rangers	76	76	.500
Mariners	70	82	.461	6.0
Athletics	61	91	.401	15.0
Angels	58	93	.384	17.5

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 9/1	SEA	@	BOS	9-6
Wed 9/2	SDP	@	CIN	3-7
Wed 9/2	ATL	@	WSH	9-0
Wed 9/2	ATH	@	TEX	9-2
Wed 9/2	BAL	@	COL	5-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/17	MIL	@	PIT	12:35 PM
Thu 9/17	LAD	@	CIN	12:40 PM
Thu 9/17	ATH	@	TBR	1:10 PM
Thu 9/17	SDP	@	COL	3:10 PM
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Jared Simpson and Burch Smith are tied for the worst ERA by a starting pitcher this season, with an ERA of 54.00.

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