most strike outs of all-time current player pitcher

Justin Verlander has fanned the most career batters by an active pitcher, with 3,554 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	G	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,554	556	266	159	.626	556	3.33	26	9	0	3571.1	3,052	1,322	1,433	372	1,006	121	0	28	14,626	100	8.96	2.54	3.53	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	79	3.44	81	7.69	309.9
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,503	489	221	121	.646	480	3.27	12	5	0	2985.0	2,460	1,084	1,157	363	790	115	2	20	12,089	80	10.56	2.38	4.43	1.09	29.0	6.5	1.09	.287	3.49	79	3.27	79	7.42	291.8
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,671	406	153	93	.622	325	2.98	16	3	12	2162.1	1,754	717	772	219	507	138	25	15	8,708	48	11.12	2.11	5.27	0.91	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.21	70	2.87	69	7.30	314.6
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,275	322	155	81	.657	322	3.17	8	5	0	1982.0	1,647	698	748	221	508	62	0	7	7,973	58	10.33	2.31	4.48	1.00	28.5	6.4	1.09	.291	3.40	79	3.17	77	7.48	213.4
5	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	2,040	376	116	117	.498	337	3.80	4	2	0	1998.0	1,909	843	901	243	551	39	11	11	8,335	65	9.19	2.48	3.70	1.09	24.5	6.6	1.23	.305	4.06	92	3.58	84	8.60	144.4
6	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,976	351	133	103	.564	342	3.56	7	5	0	1980.1	1,734	784	858	198	637	60	2	5	8,208	106	8.98	2.89	3.10	0.90	24.1	7.8	1.20	.288	3.90	86	3.51	85	7.88	140.3
7	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,947	299	112	93	.546	299	3.91	6	4	0	1786.1	1,602	776	815	230	473	56	0	16	7,348	19	9.81	2.38	4.12	1.16	26.5	6.4	1.16	.296	4.11	93	3.54	83	8.07	145.3
8	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,940	262	101	69	.594	262	2.60	4	2	0	1616.1	1,234	467	504	159	360	25	0	14	6,350	32	10.80	2.00	5.39	0.89	30.6	5.7	0.99	.278	2.81	66	2.74	67	6.87	244.5
9	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,903	386	112	145	.436	367	4.51	7	2	2	2108.2	2,249	1,056	1,133	291	650	56	10	24	9,079	68	8.12	2.77	2.93	1.24	21.0	7.2	1.37	.317	4.84	107	4.14	99	9.60	6.9
10	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,882	293	119	76	.610	293	3.24	5	3	0	1791.0	1,513	644	697	173	505	78	0	14	7,322	42	9.46	2.54	3.73	0.87	25.7	6.9	1.13	.286	3.50	81	3.29	80	7.60	170.7
11	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,836	392	115	113	.504	366	3.79	2	2	0	2142.1	2,088	901	976	225	658	59	7	23	8,993	76	7.71	2.76	2.79	0.95	20.4	7.3	1.28	.300	4.10	91	3.79	91	8.77	86.7
12	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,808	280	93	87	.517	275	3.95	2	1	0	1520.2	1,318	667	714	230	646	51	1	19	6,434	63	10.70	3.82	2.80	1.36	28.1	10.0	1.29	.294	4.23	94	4.11	100	7.80	-3.8
13	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	1,702	341	112	105	.516	286	4.22	11	4	2	1700.1	1,687	797	837	222	469	58	28	21	7,127	61	9.01	2.48	3.63	1.18	23.9	6.6	1.27	.313	4.43	101	3.76	90	8.93	74.2
14	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,570	330	108	91	.543	311	3.91	5	3	0	1789.2	1,742	777	823	205	487	61	5	17	7,487	59	7.90	2.45	3.22	1.03	21.0	6.5	1.25	.298	4.14	96	3.79	93	8.76	61.2
15	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,558	257	85	90	.486	255	3.62	1	0	0	1477.1	1,275	594	653	183	478	53	1	8	6,122	20	9.49	2.91	3.26	1.11	25.4	7.8	1.19	.284	3.98	88	3.74	89	7.77	76.3
16	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,488	324	114	80	.588	303	3.87	2	2	0	1721.1	1,653	741	786	204	531	46	4	19	7,228	46	7.78	2.78	2.80	1.07	20.6	7.3	1.27	.292	4.11	95	3.96	97	8.64	19.7
17	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,481	275	108	82	.568	273	4.08	5	1	0	1571.2	1,474	713	765	219	473	98	0	7	6,607	35	8.48	2.71	3.13	1.25	22.4	7.2	1.24	.289	4.38	97	4.18	98	8.44	16.3
18	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,450	238	96	74	.565	233	3.73	3	1	0	1318.0	1,110	546	589	162	497	66	1	5	5,529	67	9.90	3.39	2.92	1.11	26.2	9.0	1.22	.283	4.02	91	3.82	90	7.58	59
19	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,445	223	81	63	.563	223	3.17	1	1	0	1161.0	897	409	445	111	523	11	0	6	4,809	86	11.20	4.05	2.76	0.86	30.0	10.9	1.22	.289	3.45	77	3.30	79	6.95	112.8
20	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	1,362	256	100	68	.595	250	4.08	0	0	0	1393.0	1,354	631	667	176	490	32	1	9	5,942	17	8.80	3.17	2.78	1.14	22.9	8.2	1.32	.303	4.31	93	3.97	95	8.75	33.8
21	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,359	884	60	48	.556	0	2.47	0	0	381	842.0	485	231	256	54	417	34	580	7	3,422	88	14.53	4.46	3.26	0.58	39.7	12.2	1.07	.277	2.74	60	2.34	56	5.18	167.1
22	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	1,353	258	70	78	.473	213	4.47	2	0	3	1227.0	1,119	610	639	197	433	34	13	7	5,173	53	9.92	3.18	3.12	1.44	26.2	8.4	1.26	.292	4.69	105	4.18	99	8.21	5.6
23	Dylan Cease D. Cease	1,341	201	69	61	.531	201	3.80	3	3	0	1088.1	910	460	507	126	461	38	0	9	4,607	57	11.09	3.81	2.91	1.04	29.1	10.0	1.26	.297	4.19	91	3.58	83	7.53	82.8
24	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	1,300	868	56	50	.528	0	2.65	0	0	440	838.2	511	247	276	78	354	41	666	12	3,382	72	13.95	3.80	3.67	0.84	38.4	10.5	1.03	.269	2.96	65	2.65	65	5.48	130.8
25	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,299	953	55	43	.561	0	2.60	0	0	482	943.1	619	273	292	92	291	32	715	20	3,745	21	12.39	2.78	4.46	0.88	34.7	7.8	0.96	.259	2.79	66	2.67	66	5.91	144.3

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16

Dingler

RBI

51

Dingler

AVG

.295

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Team Pitching Leaders

4

Hurter

78

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ERA

2.58

Mize

Team Rankings

16th

301

24th

589

20th

ERA

3.90

9th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	38	34	.528
Guardians	39	35	.527
Twins	35	40	.467	4.5
Tigers	30	44	.405	9.0
Royals	30	45	.400	9.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 6/19	CWS	@	DET	6:40 PM
Sat 6/20	CWS	@	DET	1:10 PM
Sun 6/21	CWS	@	DET	1:40 PM
Mon 6/22	NYY	@	DET	7:10 PM
Tue 6/23	NYY	@	DET	6:40 PM

Last Game

Tigers

30 - 44

Final

Astros

35 - 41

Wed 17 Jun 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

25

Schwarber

24

Alvarez

23

Buxton

RBI Leaders

57

Kurtz

56

Pages

56

Walker

Batting Average Leaders

.336

Lopez

.326

Arraez

.325

Lee

Hit Leaders

98

Lopez

93

Arraez

89

Alvarez

Run Leaders

68

Wood

54

Turang

54

Trout

OBP Leaders

.442

Kurtz

.428

Alvarez

.418

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.642

Alvarez

.611

Rice

.601

Buxton

SB Leaders

28

Witt

26

Nuñez

24

Ramírez

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

10

Ashby

9

Williams

9

Martin

Strikeout Leaders

131

Misiorowski

116

Sánchez

110

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.34

Misiorowski

1.82

Sánchez

1.82

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.74

Misiorowski

0.84

Yamamoto

0.88

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.55

Misiorowski

10.87

Skenes

10.60

Burns

K/BB Leaders

6.46

Rasmussen

6.19

Skenes

6.11

Sánchez

Walk Leaders

13

Rasmussen

14

Martinez

15

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MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,435.2

Ohtani

1,120.6

Wood

1,052.9

Kurtz

DraftKings Points Leaders

984.2

Ohtani

834

Wood

782

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

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47-28

45-27

41-30

42-31

41-31

Worst Record ATS

27-47

28-47

28-46

29-42

31-43

32-43

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	46	27	.630
Phillies	40	34	.541	6.5
Nationals	39	36	.520	8.0
Marlins	37	38	.493	10.0
Mets	33	41	.446	13.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	45	26	.634
Cardinals	40	32	.556	5.5
Cubs	39	36	.520	8.0
Pirates	37	37	.500	9.5
Reds	35	38	.479	11.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	48	27	.640
Padres	38	35	.521	9.0
Diamondbacks	38	36	.514	9.5
Giants	31	43	.419	16.5
Rockies	28	47	.373	20.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Yankees	45	27	.625
Rays	41	30	.577	3.5
Blue Jays	36	38	.486	10.0
Orioles	34	40	.459	12.0
Red Sox	29	42	.408	15.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	38	34	.528
Guardians	39	35	.527
Twins	35	40	.467	4.5
Tigers	30	44	.405	9.0
Royals	30	45	.400	9.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	38	36	.514
Athletics	36	37	.493	1.5
Rangers	35	38	.479	2.5
Astros	35	41	.461	4.0
Angels	30	45	.400	8.5

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 6/2	SDP	@	PHI	2-3
Tue 6/2	BAL	@	BOS	4-2
Tue 6/2	TOR	@	ATL	3-4
Tue 6/2	SFG	@	MIL	3-8
Tue 6/2	CWS	@	MIN	4-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 6/18	TOR	@	BOS	1:35 PM
Thu 6/18	CLE	@	MIL	2:10 PM
Thu 6/18	MIN	@	TEX	2:35 PM
Thu 6/18	BAL	@	SEA	4:10 PM
Thu 6/18	NYM	@	PHI	6:40 PM

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