active mlb pitchers with the most career strikeouts

Justin Verlander has struck out 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	2,691	409	154	94	.621	328	2.98	16	3	12	2179.0	1,774	721	779	221	511	139	25	15	8,781	48	11.11	2.11	5.27	0.91	30.6	5.8	1.05	.298	3.22	70	2.87	69	7.33	316.9
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,292	325	156	83	.653	325	3.20	8	5	0	1996.2	1,668	709	759	225	510	62	0	7	8,041	58	10.33	2.30	4.49	1.01	28.5	6.3	1.09	.291	3.42	79	3.18	77	7.52	212.6
5	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	2,054	379	116	120	.492	340	3.83	4	2	0	2012.0	1,931	857	915	248	559	39	11	11	8,405	65	9.19	2.50	3.67	1.11	24.4	6.7	1.24	.306	4.09	92	3.60	85	8.64	139.3
6	Sonny Gray S. Gray	2,007	355	135	103	.567	346	3.54	7	5	0	2007.2	1,751	789	863	202	644	60	2	5	8,311	106	9.00	2.89	3.12	0.91	24.1	7.7	1.19	.287	3.87	85	3.51	85	7.85	142.2
7	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,970	303	112	95	.541	303	3.93	6	4	0	1807.2	1,627	790	831	236	478	57	0	16	7,444	20	9.81	2.38	4.12	1.17	26.5	6.4	1.16	.296	4.14	93	3.57	83	8.10	143.1
8	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,966	265	103	70	.595	265	2.63	4	2	0	1635.1	1,248	477	514	162	365	25	0	15	6,425	32	10.82	2.01	5.39	0.89	30.6	5.7	0.99	.278	2.83	67	2.75	67	6.87	246.4
9	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,917	389	112	146	.434	369	4.53	7	2	3	2121.2	2,266	1,067	1,144	295	654	57	11	24	9,138	68	8.13	2.77	2.93	1.25	21.0	7.2	1.38	.317	4.85	108	4.15	100	9.61	4.1
10	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,904	296	121	76	.614	296	3.24	5	3	0	1808.1	1,530	651	704	175	510	78	0	14	7,394	42	9.48	2.54	3.73	0.87	25.8	6.9	1.13	.287	3.50	81	3.28	80	7.61	173.6
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	86.9
12	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,820	283	96	87	.525	278	3.91	2	1	0	1542.2	1,329	670	719	231	654	51	1	19	6,517	63	10.62	3.82	2.78	1.35	27.9	10.0	1.29	.292	4.19	93	4.10	100	7.75	-2.5
13	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,597	333	111	91	.550	314	3.90	5	3	0	1807.2	1,760	783	829	207	490	61	5	17	7,560	59	7.95	2.44	3.26	1.03	21.1	6.5	1.24	.298	4.13	96	3.77	92	8.76	65.3
14	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,570	260	86	91	.486	257	3.62	1	0	0	1493.1	1,291	601	661	183	480	53	2	8	6,189	21	9.46	2.89	3.27	1.10	25.4	7.8	1.19	.284	3.98	88	3.73	89	7.78	79.9
15	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,507	327	115	81	.587	306	3.86	2	2	0	1742.0	1,673	747	792	207	534	46	4	19	7,310	46	7.79	2.76	2.82	1.07	20.6	7.3	1.27	.292	4.09	95	3.96	97	8.64	20.9
16	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
17	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,461	240	97	74	.567	235	3.72	3	1	0	1328.1	1,117	549	594	162	503	66	1	5	5,572	68	9.90	3.41	2.90	1.10	26.2	9.0	1.22	.283	4.02	90	3.82	90	7.57	60.7
18	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
19	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	1,371	259	101	69	.594	253	4.04	0	0	0	1412.2	1,367	634	670	177	493	32	1	9	6,016	17	8.73	3.14	2.78	1.13	22.8	8.2	1.32	.302	4.27	92	3.96	95	8.71	36
20	Dylan Cease D. Cease	1,368	204	70	62	.530	204	3.79	3	3	0	1105.2	920	466	513	126	471	38	0	9	4,677	58	11.14	3.83	2.90	1.03	29.2	10.1	1.26	.297	4.18	90	3.55	83	7.49	87.4
21	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,366	891	60	50	.545	0	2.52	0	0	385	848.0	497	237	263	55	420	34	586	7	3,455	88	14.50	4.46	3.25	0.58	39.5	12.2	1.08	.280	2.79	61	2.36	57	5.27	166.9
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	5.7
23	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	1,305	876	56	50	.528	0	2.65	0	0	440	847.0	514	249	278	79	356	41	671	12	3,411	74	13.87	3.78	3.67	0.84	38.3	10.4	1.03	.267	2.95	65	2.66	65	5.46	131
24	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,301	959	55	44	.556	0	2.63	0	0	485	949.0	624	277	297	93	294	32	719	20	3,770	21	12.34	2.79	4.43	0.88	34.5	7.8	0.97	.259	2.82	66	2.69	66	5.92	143
25	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	1,252	262	80	70	.533	215	4.14	3	3	0	1313.0	1,220	604	653	179	370	69	11	4	5,499	38	8.58	2.54	3.38	1.23	22.8	6.7	1.21	.287	4.48	102	4.02	97	8.36	16

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Tue 7/7	ATH	@	DET	6:40 PM
Wed 7/8	ATH	@	DET	6:40 PM
Thu 7/9	ATH	@	DET	6:40 PM
Fri 7/10	PHI	@	DET	6:40 PM
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Cardinals	47	40	.540	7.5
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