Steven Cruz has the best strikeout percentage by a starting pitcher this season, with a strikeout percentage of 60.0.

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highest k% starting pitchers qualified this regular season

	NAME	K%	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Steven Cruz S. Cruz	60.0	2026	KCR	1	0	0		1	0.00	3	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	20.25	6.75	3.00	0.00	20.0	0.75	.000	0.00	0.00
2	Keegan Akin K. Akin	57.1	2026	BAL	2	0	0		2	4.50	4	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	18.00	0.00		4.50	0.0	0.50	.000	4.50	4.50
3	Chris Murphy C. Murphy	50.0	2026	CWS	1	0	0		1	0.00	2	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	13.50	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
4	Sean Newcomb S. Newcomb	44.4	2026	CWS	1	0	0		1	0.00	4	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	12.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
5	Mason Montgomery M. Montgomery	41.2	2026	PIT	4	0	0		4	0.00	7	0	0	0	4.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	17	0	15.75	4.50	3.50	0.00	11.8	1.25	.375	0.00	6.75
6	Zach Eflin Z. Eflin	41.2	2026	BAL	1	0	0		1	2.45	7	0	0	0	3.2	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	17	0	17.18	4.91	3.50	2.45	11.8	1.64	.429	2.45	9.82
7	Drew Anderson D. Anderson	40.0	2026	DET	2	0	0		2	1.23	12	0	0	0	7.1	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	30	0	14.73	4.91	3.00	0.00	13.3	1.09	.286	1.23	4.91
8	Aaron Ashby A. Ashby	40.0	2026	MIL	1	0	0		1	7.71	4	0	0	0	2.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	15.43	0.00		0.00	0.0	1.29	.500	7.71	11.57
9	Didier Fuentes D. Fuentes	38.9	2026	ATL	1	0	0		1	12.00	7	0	0	0	3.0	7	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	18	0	21.00	3.00	7.00	3.00	5.6	2.67	.667	12.00	21.00
10	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	38.8	2026	MIL	16	9	3	.750	16	1.45	146	1	1	0	99.0	49	16	19	5	27	7	0	0	376	5	13.27	2.45	5.41	0.45	7.2	0.77	.230	1.73	4.45
11	Dean Kremer D. Kremer	37.2	2026	BAL	2	0	1	.000	2	4.09	16	0	0	0	11.0	8	5	7	4	2	0	0	0	43	0	13.09	1.64	8.00	3.27	4.7	0.91	.190	5.73	6.55
12	Dylan Cease D. Cease	36.7	2026	TOR	15	4	4	.500	15	3.02	128	0	0	0	83.1	63	28	31	5	40	3	0	0	349	3	13.82	4.32	3.20	0.54	11.5	1.24	.335	3.35	6.80
13	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	36.4	2026	SDP	4	1	2	.333	4	4.50	24	0	0	0	16.0	12	8	8	0	6	0	0	0	66	0	13.50	3.38	4.00	0.00	9.1	1.13	.333	4.50	6.75
14	Hunter Brown H. Brown	34.6	2026	HOU	4	1	0	1.000	4	1.40	28	0	0	0	19.1	12	3	3	1	11	2	0	0	81	0	13.03	5.12	2.55	0.47	13.6	1.19	.282	1.40	5.59
15	Bryce Miller B. Miller	34.5	2026	SEA	7	2	2	.500	7	1.77	50	0	0	0	40.2	23	8	8	6	5	0	0	1	145	0	11.07	1.11	10.00	1.33	3.4	0.69	.202	1.77	5.09
16	Tanner Banks T. Banks	33.3	2026	PHI	1	0	1	.000	1	9.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	18.00	18.00	1.00	0.00	33.3	3.00	.500	9.00	9.00
17	Jovani Morán J. Morán	33.3	2026	BOS	3	0	2	.000	3	15.00	6	0	0	0	3.0	7	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	18	0	18.00	6.00	3.00	6.00	11.1	3.00	.625	15.00	21.00
18	Juan Mejia J. Mejia	33.3	2026	COL	1	0	0		1	27.00	2	0	0	0	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	6	1	27.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	4.50	1.000	27.00	40.50
19	Riley Martin R. Martin	33.3	2026	CHC	1	0	0		1	0.00	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	9.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
20	Logan Henderson L. Henderson	33.3	2026	MIL	5	2	1	.667	5	2.74	30	0	0	0	23.0	18	7	7	2	6	0	0	0	90	1	11.74	2.35	5.00	0.78	6.7	1.04	.308	2.74	7.04
21	José Suarez J. Suarez	33.3	2026	ATL	1	0	1	.000	1	9.82	6	0	0	0	3.2	5	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	18	0	14.73	7.36	2.00	0.00	16.7	2.18	.556	9.82	12.27
22	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	33.1	2026	LAD	7	3	0	1.000	7	2.72	49	0	0	0	39.2	20	12	12	5	13	0	0	1	148	0	11.12	2.95	3.77	1.13	8.8	0.83	.185	2.72	4.54
23	Grant Taylor G. Taylor	31.3	2026	CWS	4	0	0		4	0.00	5	0	0	0	5.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	9.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.20	.091	0.00	1.80
24	Kyle Harrison K. Harrison	31.1	2026	MIL	15	8	1	.889	15	2.57	96	0	0	0	77.0	61	22	22	9	19	4	0	0	309	2	11.22	2.22	5.05	1.05	6.1	1.04	.287	2.57	7.13
25	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	30.6	2026	PIT	17	6	7	.462	17	3.10	114	0	0	0	93.0	70	32	38	9	20	6	0	0	373	1	11.03	1.94	5.70	0.87	5.4	0.97	.272	3.68	6.77

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White Sox	43	38	.531
Guardians	43	40	.518	1.0
Twins	39	45	.464	5.5
Tigers	35	48	.422	9.0
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Sun 6/28	KCR	@	CWS	2:10 PM
Tue 6/30	TBR	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Wed 7/1	TBR	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Thu 7/2	TBR	@	KCR	7:40 PM
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Schwarber

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RBI Leaders

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Kurtz

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Hit Leaders

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Run Leaders

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OBP Leaders

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SB Leaders

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Nuñez

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WHIP Leaders

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Braves	49	31	.613
Phillies	46	37	.554	4.5
Marlins	44	39	.530	6.5
Nationals	41	42	.494	9.5
Mets	35	48	.422	15.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	50	30	.625
Cubs	45	38	.542	6.5
Cardinals	42	38	.525	8.0
Pirates	41	42	.494	10.5
Reds	39	42	.481	11.5
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Dodgers	52	30	.634
Padres	43	37	.538	8.0
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Giants	33	48	.407	18.5
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Rays	47	33	.588
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Orioles	39	44	.470	9.5
Red Sox	35	46	.432	12.5
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White Sox	43	38	.531
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Twins	39	45	.464	5.5
Tigers	35	48	.422	9.0
Royals	34	50	.405	10.5
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Mariners	42	42	.500
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Athletics	40	42	.488	1.0
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Fri 6/12	SEA	@	WSH	10-2
Fri 6/12	SDP	@	BAL	3-7
Fri 6/12	AZ	@	CIN	5-2
Fri 6/12	LAD	@	CWS	2-8
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Sun 6/28	CIN	@	PIT	1:35 PM
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