active mlb pitcher with the most strikeouts in first inning

Justin Verlander has fanned the most career hitters by an active pitcher, with 3,457 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	3,457	536	262	150	.636	536	3.31	26	9	0	3467.2	2,943	1,277	1,381	363	973	116	0	27	14,170	97	8.97	2.53	3.55	0.94	24.4	6.9	1.13	.279	3.58	78	3.43	81	7.64	303
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,408	467	215	112	.657	458	3.16	12	5	0	2881.0	2,349	1,012	1,085	337	756	112	2	20	11,640	78	10.65	2.36	4.51	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.286	3.39	76	3.18	77	7.34	307.8
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,988	438	214	94	.695	435	2.51	25	15	0	2770.1	2,117	772	847	229	688	44	1	28	10,931	104	9.71	2.24	4.34	0.74	27.3	6.3	1.01	.270	2.75	64	2.83	70	6.88	368
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,521	386	142	87	.620	306	3.03	16	3	12	2039.0	1,663	686	739	209	480	126	25	15	8,217	47	11.13	2.12	5.25	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.05	.298	3.26	71	2.88	69	7.34	294.2
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,251	317	153	80	.657	317	3.18	8	5	0	1954.0	1,627	690	740	217	500	61	0	8	7,861	58	10.37	2.30	4.50	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.292	3.41	79	3.16	77	7.49	213.5
6	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,114	399	141	130	.520	392	4.07	3	2	0	2186.2	2,060	989	1,088	213	819	190	1	25	9,387	70	8.70	3.37	2.58	0.88	22.5	8.7	1.32	.305	4.48	101	3.85	96	8.48	44.9
7	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2,007	282	110	88	.556	282	3.58	2	1	0	1706.0	1,394	678	712	217	544	77	0	8	7,009	79	10.59	2.87	3.69	1.14	28.6	7.8	1.14	.283	3.76	85	3.53	84	7.35	125.8
8	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,845	343	107	107	.500	304	3.85	3	1	0	1799.2	1,746	770	825	222	506	36	11	10	7,535	63	9.23	2.53	3.65	1.11	24.5	6.7	1.25	.309	4.13	93	3.61	85	8.73	121.4
9	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,831	277	105	86	.550	277	3.78	6	4	0	1671.0	1,482	701	739	210	437	55	0	16	6,855	18	9.86	2.35	4.19	1.13	26.7	6.4	1.15	.294	3.98	90	3.49	81	7.98	145.5
10	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,809	321	117	96	.549	312	3.52	6	4	0	1817.0	1,569	711	779	177	598	56	2	5	7,525	105	8.96	2.96	3.03	0.88	24.0	7.9	1.19	.285	3.86	85	3.51	85	7.77	128.8
11	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,778	354	107	136	.440	336	4.48	7	2	2	1958.2	2,078	976	1,050	273	600	49	9	23	8,419	64	8.17	2.76	2.96	1.25	21.1	7.1	1.37	.316	4.82	107	4.14	99	9.55	6.5
12	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,762	368	106	105	.502	342	3.73	2	2	0	2018.0	1,971	837	906	207	612	54	7	23	8,464	75	7.86	2.73	2.88	0.92	20.8	7.2	1.28	.303	4.04	91	3.71	89	8.79	97.5
13	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,746	232	90	59	.604	232	2.50	4	2	0	1449.1	1,109	403	440	129	325	24	0	13	5,691	28	10.84	2.02	5.37	0.80	30.7	5.7	0.99	.283	2.73	64	2.62	64	6.89	235.9
14	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,735	273	110	72	.604	273	3.30	4	3	0	1666.2	1,427	612	663	157	476	70	0	14	6,839	40	9.37	2.57	3.64	0.85	25.4	7.0	1.14	.289	3.58	83	3.28	80	7.71	157
15	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,640	247	85	74	.535	243	3.90	1	1	0	1340.0	1,160	580	618	200	568	47	1	19	5,669	57	11.01	3.81	2.89	1.34	28.9	10.0	1.29	.299	4.15	93	4.01	98	7.79	12.1
16	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,431	306	95	84	.531	287	3.96	5	3	0	1641.2	1,617	723	766	182	455	52	5	16	6,894	52	7.85	2.49	3.15	1.00	20.8	6.6	1.26	.301	4.20	97	3.76	92	8.86	59.2
17	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,419	259	101	80	.558	258	4.06	5	1	0	1493.0	1,394	673	716	205	450	94	0	7	6,272	35	8.55	2.71	3.15	1.24	22.6	7.2	1.24	.290	4.32	96	4.14	98	8.40	20.1
18	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,398	225	76	80	.487	225	3.54	1	0	0	1309.1	1,115	515	563	160	433	42	0	8	5,414	17	9.61	2.98	3.23	1.10	25.8	8.0	1.18	.282	3.87	85	3.71	88	7.66	75.7
19	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,372	213	77	58	.570	213	3.18	1	1	0	1105.2	850	391	426	108	503	11	0	5	4,583	81	11.17	4.09	2.73	0.88	29.9	11.0	1.22	.287	3.47	78	3.35	80	6.92	100.7
20	Wade Miley W. Miley	1,368	320	109	99	.524	312	4.09	3	2	0	1757.1	1,783	798	855	198	611	46	3	10	7,519	58	7.01	3.13	2.24	1.01	18.2	8.1	1.36	.299	4.38	98	4.16	101	9.13	-6.4
21	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,350	292	103	68	.602	271	3.86	2	2	0	1534.2	1,482	659	702	188	479	40	4	18	6,465	41	7.92	2.81	2.82	1.10	20.9	7.4	1.28	.294	4.12	96	4.00	98	8.69	8.7
22	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,313	213	83	68	.550	208	3.79	3	1	0	1176.1	1,010	495	533	147	436	58	1	5	4,945	63	10.05	3.34	3.01	1.12	26.6	8.8	1.23	.289	4.08	92	3.80	90	7.73	55.9
23	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	1,303	289	101	87	.537	283	3.75	6	4	0	1651.1	1,574	688	738	196	385	68	4	19	6,821	12	7.10	2.10	3.38	1.07	19.1	5.6	1.19	.283	4.02	91	3.95	96	8.58	33.2
24	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,285	828	58	46	.558	0	2.59	0	0	347	789.0	463	227	252	53	402	33	538	7	3,225	82	14.66	4.59	3.20	0.60	39.8	12.5	1.10	.282	2.87	63	2.40	58	5.28	151.1
25	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,243	898	50	38	.568	0	2.63	0	0	460	892.0	596	261	279	86	272	31	675	19	3,548	21	12.54	2.74	4.57	0.87	35.0	7.7	0.97	.266	2.82	67	2.61	65	6.01	141.4