World League of Baseball 2026
WLB
WLB
2026
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LEAGUE LEADER: RICK ASTLEYS · 28-14 · W5 /// IL: ANDERSON (ORN) · RETURNS May 17 /// IL: JORDAN (PCB) · RETURNS May 20 /// IL: GWYNN (IKE) · RETURNS May 20 /// IL: CONE (HUW) · RETURNS May 20 /// IL: BLYLEVEN (IKE) · RETURNS May 23 /// STANDINGS: 1. RIC 28-14 2. FUG 27-12 3. HUW 25-14 4. IKE 23-14 5. KES 22-18 6. NCW 19-19 7. ORN 8-33 8. PCB 5-33 ///     LEAGUE LEADER: RICK ASTLEYS · 28-14 · W5 /// IL: ANDERSON (ORN) · RETURNS May 17 /// IL: JORDAN (PCB) · RETURNS May 20 /// IL: GWYNN (IKE) · RETURNS May 20 /// IL: CONE (HUW) · RETURNS May 20 /// IL: BLYLEVEN (IKE) · RETURNS May 23 /// STANDINGS: 1. RIC 28-14 2. FUG 27-12 3. HUW 25-14 4. IKE 23-14 5. KES 22-18 6. NCW 19-19 7. ORN 8-33 8. PCB 5-33 ///

League Leaders

Batting Pitching
Average run support
1 McCaskill FUG 8.3
2 Hurst FUG 7.0
3 Garrelts RIC 6.7
4 Fernandez KES 6.6
5 Martinez,De HUW 6.5
6 Maddux IKE 6.4
7 Smoltz KES 6.4
8 Hershiser IKE 6.0
9 Brown IKE 5.6
10 Key NCW 5.6
Balks
1 Clancy ORN 3
2 Fernandez KES 3
3 Perez PCB 2
4 Schmidt PCB 2
5 Gross ORN 2
6 Knepper PCB 2
7 Candiotti RIC 1
8 Lefferts KES 1
9 Kipper KES 1
10 Alexander ORN 1
Balls in park
1 Hershiser IKE 198
2 Anderson ORN 194
3 Smith,B RIC 186
4 Terrell ORN 185
5 August ORN 180
6 Clemens NCW 169
7 Witt ORN 163
8 Smiley KES 162
9 Garrelts RIC 162
10 Fernandez KES 159
Batters faced
1 Clemens NCW 260
2 Hershiser IKE 256
3 Smith,B RIC 251
4 DeLeon RIC 237
5 August ORN 232
6 Terrell ORN 228
7 Anderson ORN 224
8 Fernandez KES 217
9 Witt ORN 216
10 Garrelts RIC 216
Batters faced per game
1 Clemens NCW 32.50
2 Hershiser IKE 32.00
3 Gubicza HUW 30.67
4 Smiley KES 30.43
5 Cone HUW 28.86
6 Brown IKE 28.71
7 Viola HUW 28.57
8 Martinez,De HUW 28.33
9 Witt ORN 27.00
10 Welch NCW 26.86
Batting average
1 Garrelts RIC .197
2 Brown IKE .208
3 Clemens NCW .215
4 DeLeon RIC .216
5 Hershiser IKE .219
6 Howell RIC .220
7 Welch NCW .235
8 Maddux IKE .236
9 Bosio HUW .245
10 Smoltz KES .245
Blown save percentage
1 Reuss ORN .571
2 Burns KES .333
3 Smith HUW .273
4 Davis IKE .222
5 Olson NCW .167
6 McClure FUG .167
7 Montgomery FUG .071
Blown saves
1 Reuss ORN 4
2 Darwin KES 3
3 Henke NCW 3
4 Smith HUW 3
5 Orosco NCW 2
6 Stanton IKE 2
7 Andersen FUG 2
8 Burns KES 2
9 Davis IKE 2
10 Honeycutt RIC 1
Complete games
1 Hershiser IKE 4
2 Smiley KES 3
3 Blyleven IKE 2
4 Viola HUW 2
5 Clemens NCW 2
6 Witt ORN 2
7 Howell RIC 2
8 Terrell ORN 2
9 DeLeon RIC 2
10 Candiotti RIC 1
Component ERA
1 Garrelts RIC 1.96
2 Hershiser IKE 2.24
3 Key NCW 2.77
4 Clemens NCW 2.82
5 Welch NCW 2.92
6 Brown IKE 3.06
7 Bosio HUW 3.25
8 DeLeon RIC 3.45
9 Cone HUW 3.46
10 Howell RIC 3.48
Decisions
1 Anderson ORN 8
2 Smith,B RIC 8
3 Viola HUW 7
4 Witt PCB 7
5 Fernandez KES 7
6 Perez PCB 6
7 Morris PCB 6
8 Brown IKE 6
9 Drabek FUG 6
10 Smiley KES 6
Double rate
1 Scott KES .015
2 Schmidt PCB .017
3 Maddux IKE .017
4 Martinez,De HUW .018
5 Clemens NCW .019
6 Hershiser IKE .020
7 Knepper PCB .020
8 Gubicza HUW .022
9 Blyleven IKE .022
10 Langston NCW .024
Doubles
1 Clancy ORN 19
2 Key NCW 16
3 Saberhagen NCW 14
4 Jackson PCB 13
5 Finley IKE 10
6 Witt ORN 10
7 Anderson ORN 10
8 Smith,B RIC 10
9 Morris PCB 9
10 Drabek FUG 9
Earned run average
1 Hershiser IKE 1.11
2 Garrelts RIC 1.64
3 Cone HUW 1.72
4 Brown IKE 2.96
5 Bosio HUW 3.00
6 Welch NCW 3.11
7 Clemens NCW 3.13
8 Smith,B RIC 3.13
9 Gubicza HUW 3.24
10 Maddux IKE 3.32
Extra-base hit rate
1 Hershiser IKE .031
2 Gubicza HUW .043
3 Cone HUW .045
4 Martinez,De HUW .047
5 Clemens NCW .050
6 Garrelts RIC .051
7 Scott KES .052
8 Brown IKE .055
9 Blyleven IKE .055
10 Moore FUG .055
Games
1 August ORN 34
2 Schmidt PCB 33
3 Reuss ORN 29
4 Knepper PCB 29
5 Leibrandt PCB 26
6 Burns KES 22
7 Darwin KES 21
8 Russell RIC 20
9 Lancaster FUG 19
10 Dibble HUW 19
Games finished
1 Eckersley RIC 15
2 Montgomery FUG 14
3 Smith HUW 13
4 Burns KES 11
5 Schmidt PCB 11
6 Davis IKE 10
7 Alexander ORN 10
8 Leibrandt PCB 10
9 Olson NCW 9
10 Reuss ORN 9
Ground ball DP
1 Blyleven IKE 10
2 Hershiser IKE 10
3 Terrell ORN 9
4 Brown IKE 7
5 Witt ORN 7
6 Smith,B RIC 7
7 Martinez,De HUW 6
8 Viola HUW 6
9 August ORN 6
10 Lancaster FUG 5
Hit by pitch
1 Witt PCB 4
2 Langston NCW 4
3 Ryan KES 3
4 Finley IKE 3
5 DeLeon RIC 3
6 Montgomery FUG 2
7 Perez KES 2
8 Pena NCW 2
9 Reuss ORN 2
10 Maddux IKE 2
Hits per 9 innings
1 Garrelts RIC 6.4
2 Brown IKE 6.8
3 Hershiser IKE 7.2
4 Clemens NCW 7.2
5 DeLeon RIC 7.3
6 Howell RIC 7.7
7 Welch NCW 7.8
8 Maddux IKE 8.2
9 Bosio HUW 8.4
10 Cone HUW 8.4
Holds
1 Russell RIC 8
2 Andersen FUG 7
3 Gordon IKE 6
4 Honeycutt RIC 6
5 McClure FUG 6
6 August ORN 6
7 Orosco NCW 5
8 Stanton IKE 5
9 Dibble HUW 5
10 Burns KES 5
Homeruns
1 DeLeon RIC 13
2 Gross ORN 12
3 Smiley KES 11
4 Hurst FUG 10
5 Terrell ORN 10
6 August ORN 10
7 Maddux IKE 8
8 Leibrandt PCB 8
9 Howell RIC 8
10 Saberhagen NCW 8
Homeruns per 9 innings
1 Cone HUW 0.2
2 Hershiser IKE 0.4
3 Witt PCB 0.4
4 Garrelts RIC 0.5
5 Viola HUW 0.6
6 Key NCW 0.6
7 Finley IKE 0.6
8 Martinez,De HUW 0.7
9 Witt ORN 0.8
10 Welch NCW 0.8
In-play average
1 Brown IKE .211
2 DeLeon RIC .215
3 Garrelts RIC .222
4 Maddux IKE .227
5 Hershiser IKE .247
6 Howell RIC .250
7 Clemens NCW .254
8 Welch NCW .257
9 Bosio HUW .262
10 Blyleven IKE .263
Inherited runners scored pct
1 Russell RIC .000
2 Aguilera HUW .063
3 Landrum FUG .100
4 Stieb KES .143
5 Lefferts KES .143
6 Wells RIC .154
7 Morgan IKE .154
8 Montgomery FUG .167
9 Davis IKE .200
10 Kipper KES .250
Innings
1 Hershiser IKE 65.0
2 Clemens NCW 63.1
3 Smith,B RIC 60.1
4 DeLeon RIC 58.0
5 Garrelts RIC 55.0
6 Terrell ORN 53.1
7 Anderson ORN 52.2
8 Saberhagen NCW 50.0
9 Brown IKE 48.2
10 Fernandez KES 48.2
Losses
1 Morris PCB 0-6
2 Jackson PCB 0-6
3 Gross ORN 0-6
4 Terrell ORN 0-6
5 Gardner PCB 0-5
6 Witt ORN 1-5
7 Perez PCB 1-5
8 Witt PCB 2-5
9 August ORN 0-4
10 Langston NCW 1-4
On-base percentage
1 Garrelts RIC .259
2 Hershiser IKE .271
3 Clemens NCW .273
4 DeLeon RIC .274
5 Key NCW .276
6 Howell RIC .286
7 Brown IKE .290
8 Welch NCW .290
9 Bosio HUW .294
10 Maddux IKE .295
On-base plus slugging
1 Garrelts RIC .547
2 Hershiser IKE .549
3 Clemens NCW .611
4 Brown IKE .627
5 Cone HUW .641
6 Welch NCW .649
7 Bosio HUW .665
8 Howell RIC .678
9 Viola HUW .682
10 Key NCW .685
Pickoffs
1 Anderson ORN 2
2 Witt PCB 2
3 Nelson RIC 1
4 Gordon IKE 1
5 Moore FUG 1
6 Lancaster FUG 1
7 DeLeon RIC 1
8 Ryan KES 1
9 Belcher HUW 1
10 Welch NCW 1
Quality start percentage
1 Hershiser IKE 1.000
2 Martinez,De HUW .833
3 Welch NCW .714
4 Brown IKE .714
5 Maddux IKE .714
6 Cone HUW .714
7 Garrelts RIC .667
8 Gubicza HUW .667
9 Blyleven IKE .571
10 Bosio HUW .571
Quality starts
1 Hershiser IKE 8
2 Garrelts RIC 6
3 Martinez,De HUW 5
4 Welch NCW 5
5 Brown IKE 5
6 Maddux IKE 5
7 Cone HUW 5
8 DeLeon RIC 5
9 Smith,B RIC 5
10 Gubicza HUW 4
Runners left scored percentage
1 Cone HUW .000
2 Smoltz KES .000
3 Scott KES .000
4 Garrelts RIC .000
5 Viola HUW .000
6 Clemens NCW .000
7 DeLeon RIC .000
8 Blyleven IKE .000
9 Hershiser IKE .000
10 Smith,B RIC .200
Runners per 9 innings
1 Garrelts RIC 9.2
2 Hershiser IKE 9.6
3 DeLeon RIC 10.1
4 Clemens NCW 10.1
5 Key NCW 10.2
6 Welch NCW 10.5
7 Blyleven IKE 10.5
8 Bosio HUW 10.7
9 Brown IKE 10.7
10 Howell RIC 11.0
Runs created ERA
1 Garrelts RIC 2.06
2 Hershiser IKE 2.07
3 Brown IKE 2.81
4 Clemens NCW 2.98
5 Blyleven IKE 2.98
6 Welch NCW 3.02
7 Bosio HUW 3.19
8 Cone HUW 3.23
9 Viola HUW 3.46
10 DeLeon RIC 3.59
Runs created per 27 outs
1 Garrelts RIC 2.2
2 Hershiser IKE 2.3
3 Brown IKE 3.0
4 Clemens NCW 3.3
5 Blyleven IKE 3.3
6 Welch NCW 3.3
7 Bosio HUW 3.5
8 Cone HUW 3.6
9 Viola HUW 3.8
10 DeLeon RIC 4.0
Save Opportunities
1 Montgomery FUG 14
2 Smith HUW 11
3 Eckersley RIC 10
4 Davis IKE 9
5 Reuss ORN 7
6 Olson NCW 6
7 McClure FUG 6
8 Burns KES 6
9 Andersen FUG 5
10 Henke NCW 4
Save percentage
1 Eckersley RIC 1.000
2 Montgomery FUG .929
3 Olson NCW .833
4 Davis IKE .778
5 Smith HUW .727
6 Burns KES .500
7 Reuss ORN .286
Saves
1 Montgomery FUG 13
2 Eckersley RIC 10
3 Smith HUW 8
4 Davis IKE 7
5 Olson NCW 5
6 Landrum FUG 4
7 Nelson RIC 3
8 Kipper KES 3
9 Burns KES 3
10 Andersen FUG 2
Shutouts
1 Blyleven IKE 2
2 Smoltz KES 1
3 Bosio HUW 1
4 Maddux IKE 1
5 Hershiser IKE 1
6 Howell RIC 1
7 DeLeon RIC 1
8 Smith,B RIC 1
Single rate
1 DeLeon RIC .118
2 Saberhagen NCW .128
3 Howell RIC .128
4 Brown IKE .129
5 Garrelts RIC .130
6 Key NCW .135
7 Welch NCW .144
8 Clemens NCW .146
9 Smoltz KES .148
10 Maddux IKE .150
Slugging percentage
1 Hershiser IKE .278
2 Garrelts RIC .288
3 Cone HUW .309
4 Brown IKE .337
5 Clemens NCW .338
6 Viola HUW .357
7 Welch NCW .359
8 Bosio HUW .371
9 Gubicza HUW .371
10 Moore FUG .390
Starts
1 Smith,B RIC 10
2 Fernandez KES 9
3 DeLeon RIC 9
4 Garrelts RIC 9
5 Anderson ORN 9
6 Clemens NCW 8
7 Witt ORN 8
8 McCaskill FUG 8
9 Finley IKE 8
10 Saberhagen NCW 8
Steal percentage
1 Welch NCW .400
2 Martinez,De HUW .429
3 Garrelts RIC .429
4 Langston NCW .429
5 Bosio HUW .500
6 Ryan KES .500
7 Belcher HUW .500
8 Knepper PCB .500
9 Anderson ORN .556
10 Gross ORN .571
Stolen bases
1 Terrell ORN 14
2 Witt PCB 12
3 Witt ORN 10
4 Morris PCB 8
5 Gardner PCB 8
6 Clancy ORN 8
7 Schmidt PCB 6
8 Leibrandt PCB 5
9 Howell RIC 5
10 Dotson PCB 5
Stolen bases per 9 innings
1 Clemens NCW 0.0
2 McCaskill FUG 0.0
3 Brown IKE 0.0
4 Smoltz KES 0.0
5 Maddux IKE 0.0
6 Drabek FUG 0.0
7 Hershiser IKE 0.1
8 Moore FUG 0.2
9 Blyleven IKE 0.2
10 Finley IKE 0.2
Strikeout/walk ratio
1 Key NCW 4.0
2 Saberhagen NCW 3.7
3 Clemens NCW 3.3
4 Smiley KES 3.2
5 DeLeon RIC 3.2
6 Howell RIC 2.9
7 Bosio HUW 2.5
8 Blyleven IKE 2.3
9 Hershiser IKE 2.2
10 Langston NCW 2.2
Strikeouts
1 Clemens NCW 63
2 Ryan KES 48
3 DeLeon RIC 48
4 Howell RIC 46
5 Langston NCW 43
6 Saberhagen NCW 41
7 Finley IKE 39
8 Hershiser IKE 38
9 Smith,B RIC 37
10 Viola HUW 35
Strikeouts per 9 innings
1 Clemens NCW 9.0
2 Howell RIC 8.7
3 Langston NCW 8.5
4 Finley IKE 7.9
5 DeLeon RIC 7.4
6 Saberhagen NCW 7.4
7 Smoltz KES 7.2
8 Scott KES 7.0
9 Viola HUW 6.7
10 Witt PCB 6.4
TB+BB rate
1 Hershiser IKE .324
2 Garrelts RIC .343
3 Clemens NCW .381
4 Cone HUW .381
5 Brown IKE .398
6 Welch NCW .399
7 Bosio HUW .404
8 Blyleven IKE .412
9 Gubicza HUW .413
10 Viola HUW .415
TB+BB+HBP rate
1 Hershiser IKE .324
2 Garrelts RIC .343
3 Clemens NCW .385
4 Cone HUW .386
5 Welch NCW .399
6 Brown IKE .403
7 Bosio HUW .409
8 Viola HUW .415
9 Blyleven IKE .418
10 Gubicza HUW .418
Total bases + BB + HBP
1 August ORN 150
2 Knepper PCB 120
3 Terrell ORN 118
4 Smith,B RIC 116
5 Gross ORN 114
6 Smiley KES 114
7 DeLeon RIC 110
8 Leibrandt PCB 108
9 Witt ORN 108
10 Clancy ORN 107
Total bases plus walks
1 August ORN 150
2 Knepper PCB 118
3 Terrell ORN 117
4 Gross ORN 114
5 Smith,B RIC 114
6 Smiley KES 112
7 Leibrandt PCB 108
8 Hurst FUG 107
9 Witt ORN 107
10 DeLeon RIC 107
Triples
1 Drabek FUG 4
2 Knepper PCB 4
3 August ORN 4
4 Schmidt PCB 3
5 Orosco NCW 2
6 Stanton IKE 2
7 Aguilera HUW 2
8 Alexander ORN 2
9 Belcher HUW 2
10 Darwin KES 2
Walks
1 Witt PCB 32
2 Knepper PCB 30
3 August ORN 30
4 Cone HUW 22
5 Finley IKE 22
6 Ryan KES 21
7 Jackson PCB 20
8 Brown IKE 20
9 McCaskill FUG 20
10 Langston NCW 20
Walks per 9 innings
1 Key NCW 1.2
2 Blyleven IKE 1.4
3 Smiley KES 1.7
4 Saberhagen NCW 2.0
5 Terrell ORN 2.0
6 Bosio HUW 2.1
7 DeLeon RIC 2.3
8 Hershiser IKE 2.4
9 Anderson ORN 2.4
10 Leibrandt PCB 2.7
Walks plus hits per inning
1 Garrelts RIC 1.02
2 Hershiser IKE 1.06
3 DeLeon RIC 1.07
4 Clemens NCW 1.11
5 Key NCW 1.13
6 Blyleven IKE 1.14
7 Welch NCW 1.17
8 Bosio HUW 1.17
9 Brown IKE 1.17
10 Howell RIC 1.20
Wild pitches
1 Howell RIC 5
2 Leibrandt PCB 4
3 Moore FUG 4
4 Nelson RIC 3
5 Burns KES 3
6 Schmidt PCB 3
7 Gubicza HUW 3
8 Welch NCW 3
9 Cone HUW 3
10 August ORN 3
Winning percentage
1 Hershiser IKE 1.000
2 Garrelts RIC 1.000
3 Maddux IKE 1.000
4 Burns KES .833
5 Brown IKE .833
6 Martinez,De HUW .800
7 Smith,B RIC .750
8 McClure FUG .750
9 Moore FUG .750
10 Belcher HUW .750
Wins
1 Hershiser IKE 6-0
2 Smith,B RIC 6-2
3 Garrelts RIC 5-0
4 Burns KES 5-1
5 Brown IKE 5-1
6 Maddux IKE 4-0
7 Martinez,De HUW 4-1
8 Howell RIC 4-2
9 DeLeon RIC 4-2
10 Hurst FUG 4-2