Ed Cushman has the lowest FIP- in a season, with a FIP- of 8 in 1884.

Interpreted as:

lowest single season fip- with a minimum of 1 IP per team game by a player

	NAME	FIP-	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	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	H/9	PRAA
1	Ed Cushman E. Cushman	8	1884	MIL	4	4	0	1.000	4	1.00	47	4	2	0	36.0	10	4	4	0	3		0		125	1	11.75	0.75	15.67	0.00	37.6	2.4	0.36		1.00	8	0.91	2.50	17.4
2	Lady Baldwin L. Baldwin	9	1884	MIL	2	1	1	.500	2	2.65	21	2	0	0	17.0	7	5	5	0	1		0		61	0	11.12	0.53	21.00	0.00	34.4	1.6	0.47		2.65	20	0.98	3.71	8.2
3	Henry Porter H. Porter	11	1884	MIL	6	3	3	.500	6	3.00	71	6	1	0	51.0	32	17	25	1	9		0		200	6	12.53	1.59	7.89	0.18	35.5	4.5	0.80		4.41	23	1.27	5.65	24.1
4	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	30	1999	BOS	31	23	4	.852	29	2.07	313	5	1	0	213.1	160	49	56	9	37	9	1	1	835	6	13.20	1.56	8.46	0.38	37.5	4.4	0.92	.323	2.36	42	1.38	6.75	79.4
5	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	38	2021	MIL	28	11	5	.688	28	2.43	234	0	0	0	167.0	123	45	47	7	34	6	0	0	657	5	12.61	1.83	6.88	0.38	35.6	5.2	0.94	.309	2.53	58	1.62	6.63	48.9
6	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	44	1995	SEA	30	18	2	.900	30	2.48	294	6	3	0	214.1	159	59	65	12	65	6	0	1	866	5	12.35	2.73	4.52	0.50	33.9	7.5	1.05	.301	2.73	53	2.08	6.68	62
7	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	46	2020	CLE	12	8	1	.889	12	1.63	122	0	0	0	77.1	46	14	15	7	21	1	0	0	297	5	14.20	2.44	5.81	0.81	41.1	7.1	0.87	.267	1.75	37	2.06	5.35	20.5
8	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	47	2000	BOS	29	18	6	.750	29	1.74	284	7	4	0	217.0	128	42	44	17	32	14	0	0	817	1	11.78	1.33	8.88	0.71	34.8	3.9	0.74	.236	1.82	35	2.16	5.31	61.5
9	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	48	2001	ARI	35	21	6	.778	34	2.49	372	3	2	0	249.2	181	69	74	19	71	18	1	2	994	8	13.41	2.56	5.24	0.68	37.4	7.1	1.01	.315	2.67	55	2.12	6.52	63.9
10	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	48	1984	NYM	31	17	9	.654	31	2.60	276	7	3	0	218.0	161	63	72	7	73	2	0	2	879	3	11.39	3.01	3.78	0.29	31.4	8.3	1.07	.296	2.97	74	1.68	6.65	44.6
11	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	50	2018	NYM	32	10	9	.526	32	1.70	269	1	0	0	217.0	152	41	48	10	46	5	0	3	835	2	11.16	1.91	5.85	0.41	32.2	5.5	0.91	.281	1.99	44	1.98	6.30	49
12	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	50	2014	LAD	27	21	3	.875	27	1.77	239	6	2	0	198.1	139	39	42	9	31	2	0	0	749	7	10.85	1.41	7.71	0.41	31.9	4.1	0.86	.278	1.91	51	1.81	6.31	40.5
13	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	50	1997	TOR	34	21	7	.750	34	2.05	292	9	3	0	264.0	204	60	65	9	68	12	0	1	1,044	4	9.95	2.32	4.29	0.31	28.0	6.5	1.03	.294	2.22	45	2.24	6.95	66.3
14	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	50	2003	BOS	29	14	4	.778	29	2.22	206	3	0	0	186.2	147	46	52	7	47	9	0	0	749	5	9.93	2.27	4.38	0.34	27.5	6.3	1.04	.292	2.51	48	2.21	7.09	45.7
15	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	50	2020	CHC	12	8	3	.727	12	2.01	93	0	0	0	76.0	59	17	18	5	14	2	0	1	297	3	11.01	1.66	6.64	0.59	31.3	4.7	0.96	.295	2.13	46	2.22	6.99	18.6
16	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	51	2004	ARI	35	16	14	.533	35	2.60	290	4	2	0	245.2	177	71	88	18	44	10	0	1	964	3	10.62	1.61	6.59	0.66	30.1	4.6	0.90	.264	3.22	57	2.29	6.48	59.7
17	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	51	2026	MIL	25	14	5	.737	25	1.73	222	1	1	0	151.0	79	29	37	13	35	9	0	0	571	5	13.23	2.09	6.34	0.77	38.9	6.1	0.75	.226	2.21	42	2.13	4.71	34
18	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	52	1908	NYG	56	37	11	.771	44	1.43	259	34	11	5	390.2	281	62	85	5	42	3	9		1,469	2	5.97	0.97	6.17	0.12	17.6	2.9	0.83	.238	1.96	61	1.29	6.47	52.4
19	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	52	2015	LAD	33	16	7	.696	33	2.13	301	4	3	0	232.2	163	55	62	15	42	5	0	1	890	9	11.64	1.62	7.17	0.58	33.8	4.7	0.88	.281	2.40	57	1.98	6.31	47.7
20	Chris Sale C. Sale	52	2024	ATL	29	18	3	.857	29	2.38	225	0	0	0	177.2	141	47	48	9	39	8	0	0	702	4	11.40	1.98	5.77	0.46	32.1	5.6	1.01	.314	2.43	58	2.08	7.14	38.1
21	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	52	2020	NYM	12	4	2	.667	12	2.38	104	0	0	0	68.0	47	18	21	7	18	0	0	0	268	4	13.76	2.38	5.78	0.93	38.8	6.7	0.96	.288	2.78	57	2.26	6.22	15.9
22	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	52	1995	ATL	28	19	2	.905	28	1.63	181	10	3	0	209.2	147	38	39	8	23	4	0	3	785	1	7.77	0.99	7.87	0.34	23.1	2.9	0.81	.244	1.67	39	2.25	6.31	46.9
23	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	53	2002	BOS	30	20	4	.833	30	2.26	239	2	0	0	199.1	144	50	62	13	40	15	0	1	787	3	10.79	1.81	5.98	0.59	30.4	5.1	0.92	.273	2.80	50	2.23	6.50	45.4
24	Chris Sale C. Sale	53	2026	ATL	24	13	9	.591	24	2.06	177	1	1	0	144.0	116	33	38	8	28	12	0	0	576	0	11.06	1.75	6.32	0.50	30.7	4.9	1.00	.308	2.38	49	2.17	7.25	31.3
25	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	53	2000	ARI	35	19	7	.731	35	2.64	347	8	3	0	248.2	202	73	89	23	76	6	0	1	1,001	5	12.56	2.75	4.57	0.83	34.7	7.6	1.12	.326	3.22	56	2.53	7.31	61.1

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HR Leaders

40

Schwarber

37

Olson

36

Goodman

RBI Leaders

102

Stewart

99

Burleson

97

Walker

Batting Average Leaders

.320

Arraez

.318

Alvarez

.309

Simpson

Hit Leaders

163

Arraez

161

Lopez

154

Díaz

Run Leaders

100

Wood

93

Crow-Armstrong

92

Vargas

OBP Leaders

.435

Alvarez

.396

Kurtz

.393

Wood

SLG Leaders

.607

Alvarez

.557

García

.549

Goodman

SB Leaders

43

Nuñez

38

Chisholm

37

Simpson

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

16

Sánchez

16

Gray

15

Griffin

Strikeout Leaders

222

Misiorowski

217

Cease

204

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.73

Misiorowski

2.06

Sale

2.09

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.75

Misiorowski

0.89

Yamamoto

0.93

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.23

Misiorowski

12.99

Cease

11.77

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.34

Misiorowski

6.32

Sale

5.72

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

22

Martinez

25

Rasmussen

28

Sale

MLB Fantasy 2026

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2,228.2

Ohtani

1,875.1

Crow-Armstrong

1,785.3

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,565.6

Ohtani

1,425

Crow-Armstrong

1,338

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

81-53

78-59

76-59

74-60

75-61

74-61

Worst Record ATS

51-84

54-81

56-79

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61-74

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MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	80	55	.593
Phillies	75	60	.556	5.0
Marlins	68	67	.504	12.0
Nationals	64	73	.467	17.0
Mets	60	75	.444	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	84	51	.622
Cubs	76	59	.563	8.0
Cardinals	68	68	.500	16.5
Pirates	65	71	.478	19.5
Reds	64	71	.474	20.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	81	54	.600
Padres	72	63	.533	9.0
Diamondbacks	72	64	.529	9.5
Giants	55	80	.407	26.0
Rockies	52	83	.385	29.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	80	54	.597
Yankees	76	58	.567	4.0
Red Sox	73	61	.545	7.0
Orioles	66	69	.489	14.5
Blue Jays	66	70	.485	15.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	71	63	.530
Guardians	68	67	.504	3.5
Twins	64	71	.474	7.5
Tigers	62	72	.463	9.0
Royals	61	75	.449	11.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	68	67	.504
Rangers	66	69	.489	2.0
Mariners	64	71	.474	4.0
Athletics	53	82	.393	15.0
Angels	52	83	.385	16.0