active pitcher with the most games with 9+ strikeouts

Max Scherzer has the most games pitched by an active pitcher when striking out 9+ batters, with 170 games.

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	NAME	G	SO	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	H/9
1	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	170	1,771	97	27	.782	170	2.16	11	4	0	1178.1	753	283	301	122	224	35	0	11	4,500	22	13.53	1.71	7.91	0.93	39.4	5.0	0.83	.269	2.30	5.75
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	135	1,445	71	29	.710	134	1.89	11	3	0	935.2	592	196	220	65	175	52	0	3	3,593	19	13.90	1.68	8.26	0.63	40.2	4.9	0.82	.284	2.12	5.69
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	113	1,177	75	10	.882	113	2.01	11	6	0	787.2	495	176	191	74	151	22	0	4	3,013	24	13.45	1.73	7.79	0.85	39.1	5.0	0.82	.265	2.18	5.66
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	97	1,013	50	19	.725	97	1.85	2	1	0	647.1	409	133	150	54	116	4	0	7	2,437	16	14.08	1.61	8.73	0.75	41.6	4.8	0.81	.284	2.09	5.69
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	91	972	55	10	.846	91	2.13	5	4	0	601.1	377	142	161	60	105	10	0	1	2,271	19	14.55	1.57	9.26	0.90	42.8	4.6	0.80	.282	2.41	5.64
6	Aaron Nola A. Nola	66	643	38	13	.745	66	2.00	3	3	0	446.0	296	99	109	40	83	14	0	2	1,717	3	12.98	1.67	7.75	0.81	37.4	4.8	0.85	.273	2.20	5.97
7	Robbie Ray R. Ray	64	653	34	12	.739	64	2.87	1	1	0	398.2	282	127	136	57	120	12	0	3	1,592	15	14.74	2.71	5.44	1.29	41.0	7.5	1.01	.300	3.07	6.37
8	Blake Snell B. Snell	60	624	37	7	.841	60	1.11	1	1	0	373.2	182	46	48	18	110	2	0	1	1,391	24	15.03	2.65	5.67	0.43	44.9	7.9	0.78	.257	1.16	4.38
9	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	60	604	33	8	.805	60	1.87	2	1	0	403.2	269	84	96	30	60	11	0	0	1,540	9	13.47	1.34	10.07	0.67	39.2	3.9	0.82	.286	2.14	6.00
10	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	56	550	27	8	.771	56	1.78	2	2	0	364.2	245	72	78	35	61	1	0	0	1,386	5	13.57	1.51	9.02	0.86	39.7	4.4	0.84	.284	1.93	6.05
11	Dylan Cease D. Cease	55	552	29	6	.829	55	1.95	3	3	0	336.2	193	73	74	17	108	7	0	2	1,303	18	14.76	2.89	5.11	0.45	42.4	8.3	0.89	.284	1.98	5.16
12	Sonny Gray S. Gray	49	476	28	12	.700	49	1.99	3	2	0	321.2	202	71	86	27	82	11	0	1	1,243	17	13.32	2.29	5.80	0.76	38.3	6.6	0.88	.270	2.41	5.65
13	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	44	426	25	11	.694	44	2.11	0	0	0	282.0	183	66	73	28	75	10	0	2	1,099	4	13.60	2.39	5.68	0.89	38.8	6.8	0.91	.277	2.33	5.84
14	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	44	443	25	6	.806	44	1.99	1	0	0	272.0	159	60	65	17	75	9	0	0	1,062	15	14.66	2.48	5.91	0.56	41.7	7.1	0.86	.274	2.15	5.26
15	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	42	422	28	4	.875	42	1.68	1	1	0	268.0	158	50	58	24	39	13	0	0	1,001	4	14.17	1.31	10.82	0.81	42.2	3.9	0.74	.266	1.95	5.31
16	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	41	427	26	5	.839	41	1.71	2	2	0	274.1	174	52	57	17	66	7	0	0	1,060	10	14.01	2.17	6.47	0.56	40.3	6.2	0.87	.289	1.87	5.71
17	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	40	411	21	7	.750	40	2.15	0	0	0	251.2	148	60	63	23	61	2	0	1	953	17	14.70	2.18	6.74	0.82	43.1	6.4	0.83	.274	2.25	5.29
18	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	39	408	23	5	.821	39	1.31	0	0	0	253.2	130	37	40	16	40	11	0	0	935	10	14.48	1.42	10.20	0.57	43.6	4.3	0.67	.248	1.42	4.61
19	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	36	362	20	8	.714	36	2.37	3	3	0	235.1	151	62	69	33	59	8	0	0	907	7	13.84	2.26	6.14	1.26	39.9	6.5	0.89	.265	2.64	5.77
20	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	35	341	17	6	.739	35	2.18	0	0	0	214.2	124	52	56	21	62	9	0	1	825	5	14.30	2.60	5.50	0.88	41.3	7.5	0.87	.263	2.35	5.20
21	Spencer Strider S. Strider	34	353	21	4	.840	34	2.28	0	0	0	213.0	126	54	60	18	51	8	0	1	819	3	14.92	2.15	6.92	0.76	43.1	6.2	0.83	.278	2.54	5.32
22	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	33	340	17	6	.739	33	2.05	0	0	0	210.1	133	48	51	22	51	7	0	2	815	12	14.55	2.18	6.67	0.94	41.7	6.3	0.87	.281	2.18	5.69
23	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	33	328	14	11	.560	31	2.56	0	0	0	207.2	128	59	62	23	42	6	0	1	794	7	14.22	1.82	7.81	1.00	41.3	5.3	0.82	.266	2.69	5.55
24	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	33	324	18	9	.667	33	2.04	2	0	0	224.2	157	51	57	21	43	5	0	4	870	6	12.98	1.72	7.53	0.84	37.2	4.9	0.89	.285	2.28	6.29
25	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	31	310	19	5	.792	31	1.72	0	0	0	193.2	104	37	37	18	33	4	0	0	711	2	14.41	1.53	9.39	0.84	43.6	4.6	0.71	.249	1.72	4.83

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Team Batting Leaders

33

Abrams

RBI

106

Abrams

AVG

.283

García

Team Pitching Leaders

13

Cavalli

200

Cavalli

ERA

3.02

Cavalli

Team Rankings

210

6th

821

3rd

1,283

24th

ERA

4.67

26th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	94	68	.580
Phillies	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0

Last Game

Mets

74 - 88

Final

Nationals

77 - 85

Sun 27 Sep 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

Playoffs HR Leaders

4

Rice

3

Muncy

2

Contreras

Playoffs RBI Leaders

9

Rice

7

Ramírez

6

Chourio

Playoffs Batting Average Leaders

1.000

Taylor

.500

Hoerner

.500

Genao

Playoffs Hit Leaders

11

Harris

8

Rice

8

Meidroth

Playoffs Run Leaders

6

Ramírez

5

Vargas

5

Rice

Playoffs OBP Leaders

1.000

Sánchez

1.000

Taylor

.600

Halpin

Playoffs SLG Leaders

2.000

Vilade

1.333

Velázquez

1.333

Sheets

Playoffs SB Leaders

4

Chisholm

3

Acuña

2

Merrill

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Playoffs Win Leaders

2

Lee

1

Yamamoto

1

Schlittler

Playoffs Strikeout Leaders

24

Williams

19

Sale

18

Burke

Playoffs ERA Leaders

0.00

Sasaki

0.00

Suarez

0.00

Rasmussen

Playoffs WHIP Leaders

0.00

Chapman

0.00

VanWey

0.00

Kelly

Playoffs K/9 Leaders

27.00

Brown

27.00

Chapman

27.00

Bibee

Playoffs K/BB Leaders

19.00

Sale

18.00

Burke

13.00

Fried

Playoffs Walk Leaders

0

Suarez

0

Warren

0

Duran

MLB Fantasy 2026

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

119.5

Rice

107

Williams

103.7

Ramírez

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

88

Rice

76

Harris

75

Ramírez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

97-72

96-72

91-71

88-74

87-75

85-76

Worst Record ATS

60-102

69-96

72-94

75-87

76-88

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	98	64	.605
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0