best k/9 seasons by a player since 2000

Interpreted as:

	NAME	K/9	SEAS	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Albert Pujols A. Pujols	0.00	22	1	0	0		0	36.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	4	4	2	1	0	1	0	7	0	9.00	0.00	18.00	0.0	14.3	4.00	.250	36.00	917	32.11	822	27.00	-3.2
2	Rich Hill R. Hill	9.09	21	388	90	76	.542	250	4.02	1,432	4	2	0	1418.0	1,240	633	681	177	551	81	17	21	5,997	24	3.50	2.60	1.12	23.9	9.2	1.26	.283	4.32	94	4.09	96	7.87	27.4
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	8.96	21	556	266	159	.626	556	3.33	3,554	26	9	0	3571.1	3,052	1,322	1,433	372	1,006	121	0	28	14,626	100	2.54	3.53	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	79	3.44	81	7.69	309.9
4	Miguel Cabrera M. Cabrera		21
5	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	7.91	20	586	225	156	.591	541	3.49	2,979	17	5	1	3389.1	3,207	1,315	1,410	367	762	79	8	25	13,877	101	2.02	3.91	0.97	21.5	5.5	1.17	.293	3.74	83	3.51	85	8.52	235
6	Oliver Perez O. Perez	9.49	20	703	74	94	.440	195	4.37	1,546	3	2	5	1465.2	1,336	712	783	198	762	88	84	40	6,464	58	4.68	2.03	1.22	23.9	11.8	1.43	.294	4.81	105	4.48	106	8.20	-45
7	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	10.56	19	488	221	120	.648	479	3.26	3,499	12	5	0	2981.2	2,455	1,079	1,152	361	787	115	2	20	12,071	80	2.38	4.45	1.09	29.0	6.5	1.09	.286	3.48	78	3.26	78	7.41	294.2
8	Nelson Cruz N. Cruz		19
9	Yadier Molina Y. Molina	4.50	19	2	0	0		0	18.00	1	0	0	0	2.0	6	4	4	2	0	0	2	0	12	0	0.00		9.00	8.3	0.0	3.00	.444	18.00	458	15.11	387	27.00	-2.5
10	CC Sabathia	7.78	19	561	251	161	.609	560	3.74	3,093	38	12	0	3577.1	3,404	1,485	1,623	382	1,099	123	0	44	14,989	74	2.76	2.81	0.96	20.6	7.3	1.26	.294	4.08	87	3.77	87	8.56	223.7
11	Ichiro Suzuki I. Suzuki	0.00	19	1	0	0		0	9.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	2.00	.400	9.00	238	3.13	83	18.00	0.1
12	Adrian Beltre A. Beltre		19
13	Andrew McCutchen A. McCutchen		18
14	Jesse Chavez J. Chavez	8.23	18	657	51	66	.436	85	4.27	1,044	0	0	9	1142.0	1,159	542	591	167	363	30	180	30	4,878	34	2.86	2.88	1.32	21.4	7.4	1.33	.303	4.66	103	4.24	103	9.13	-15.4
15	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	9.62	18	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	3,052	25	15	0	2855.1	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.7
16	Charlie Morton C. Morton	8.72	18	416	147	134	.523	409	4.13	2,196	3	2	0	2267.2	2,143	1,040	1,139	226	859	200	1	27	9,755	72	3.41	2.56	0.90	22.5	8.8	1.32	.306	4.52	103	3.89	97	8.51	37.5
17	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	7.43	18	478	200	128	.610	411	3.53	2,202	28	11	3	2668.1	2,577	1,047	1,117	233	736	81	13	40	11,116	51	2.48	2.99	0.79	19.8	6.6	1.24	.298	3.77	88	3.53	87	8.69	152.8
18	Carlos Beltran C. Beltran		18
19	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	6.54	18	483	211	167	.558	472	4.11	2,150	30	10	0	2958.2	3,096	1,351	1,465	388	748	51	2	36	12,487	32	2.28	2.87	1.18	17.2	6.0	1.30	.296	4.46	96	4.14	97	9.42	44.8
20	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	14.53	17	882	60	48	.556	0	2.48	1,356	0	0	379	840.0	484	231	256	54	415	34	578	7	3,413	88	4.45	3.27	0.58	39.7	12.2	1.07	.277	2.74	60	2.34	56	5.19	166.7
21	Freddie Freeman F. Freeman		17
22	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	12.39	17	952	55	43	.561	0	2.61	1,297	0	0	482	942.1	619	273	292	92	291	32	714	20	3,742	21	2.78	4.46	0.88	34.7	7.8	0.97	.260	2.79	66	2.67	66	5.91	143.7
23	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	13.96	17	866	56	50	.528	0	2.64	1,299	0	0	440	837.2	509	246	275	78	352	40	666	12	3,374	71	3.78	3.69	0.84	38.5	10.4	1.03	.269	2.95	65	2.64	65	5.47	131.3
24	Carlos Santana C. Santana		17
25	Giancarlo Stanton G. Stanton		17

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MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

22

Schwarber

20

Murakami

20

Alvarez

RBI Leaders

50

Pages

47

Abrams

45

Hicks

Batting Average Leaders

.326

Lopez

.321

Arraez

.317

Marsh

Hit Leaders

75

Lopez

70

Edwards

70

Arraez

Run Leaders

52

Wood

45

Trout

44

Rice

OBP Leaders

.439

Kurtz

.416

Alvarez

.411

Wood

SLG Leaders

.658

Rice

.634

Alvarez

.593

Schwarber

SB Leaders

22

Nuñez

20

Ramírez

19

Cruz

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

9

Ashby

8

Williams

8

Sale

Strikeout Leaders

108

Misiorowski

95

Sánchez

92

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.47

Sánchez

1.50

Schlittler

1.62

Martinez

WHIP Leaders

0.79

Misiorowski

0.85

Schlittler

0.86

Skenes

K/9 Leaders

13.69

Misiorowski

13.35

Cease

10.85

Detmers

K/BB Leaders

6.25

Skenes

6.23

Schlittler

5.94

Sánchez

Walk Leaders

12

Skenes

12

Rasmussen

12

Martinez

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,095.9

Ohtani

899.9

Wood

810.3

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

753.4

Ohtani

668

Wood

608

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

39-21

37-23

35-23

34-23

35-24

Worst Record ATS

19-40

23-37

24-36

24-35

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	40	20	.667
Nationals	31	29	.517	9.0
Phillies	30	29	.508	9.5
Mets	26	33	.441	13.5
Marlins	26	34	.433	14.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	35	21	.625
Cardinals	31	26	.544	4.5
Pirates	32	28	.533	5.0
Cubs	32	28	.533	5.0
Reds	30	28	.517	6.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	38	21	.644
Padres	32	26	.552	5.5
Diamondbacks	31	27	.534	6.5
Giants	23	36	.390	15.0
Rockies	22	38	.367	16.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	36	20	.643
Yankees	36	23	.610	1.5
Blue Jays	29	31	.483	9.0
Orioles	28	32	.467	10.0
Red Sox	25	33	.431	12.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	34	27	.557
White Sox	32	27	.542	1.0
Twins	27	33	.450	6.5
Royals	22	37	.373	11.0
Tigers	22	38	.367	11.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	31	29	.517
Athletics	28	31	.475	2.5
Rangers	28	31	.475	2.5
Astros	27	34	.443	4.5
Angels	23	37	.383	8.0