highest career strikeouts for active mlb pitchers

Justin Verlander has struck out the most career hitters 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	291.7
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	314.5
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,269	321	154	81	.655	321	3.17	8	5	0	1976.0	1,644	696	746	220	506	62	0	7	7,950	58	10.33	2.30	4.48	1.00	28.5	6.4	1.09	.291	3.40	79	3.17	77	7.49	213.2
5	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	2,033	375	116	117	.498	336	3.81	4	2	0	1991.0	1,908	842	900	242	549	39	11	11	8,311	65	9.19	2.48	3.70	1.09	24.5	6.6	1.23	.306	4.07	92	3.58	84	8.62	143.8
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
7	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,944	298	112	93	.546	298	3.90	6	4	0	1781.2	1,596	773	812	228	471	56	0	16	7,326	19	9.82	2.38	4.13	1.15	26.5	6.4	1.16	.296	4.10	93	3.53	82	8.06	147.4
8	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,935	261	101	69	.594	261	2.60	4	2	0	1610.1	1,228	465	502	159	360	25	0	14	6,327	32	10.81	2.01	5.38	0.89	30.6	5.7	0.99	.278	2.81	66	2.75	67	6.86	242.3
9	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,900	385	112	145	.436	366	4.51	7	2	2	2105.0	2,242	1,054	1,131	291	650	56	10	24	9,061	68	8.12	2.78	2.92	1.24	21.0	7.2	1.37	.317	4.84	107	4.14	99	9.59	5.6
10	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,873	292	118	76	.608	292	3.25	5	3	0	1785.0	1,511	644	697	173	502	78	0	14	7,299	41	9.44	2.53	3.73	0.87	25.7	6.9	1.13	.286	3.51	81	3.29	80	7.62	168.8
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	86.6
12	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,800	279	92	87	.514	275	3.96	2	1	0	1514.1	1,316	667	714	230	644	51	1	19	6,411	63	10.70	3.83	2.80	1.37	28.1	10.0	1.29	.295	4.24	95	4.12	101	7.82	-5.7
13	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,564	329	107	91	.540	310	3.91	5	3	0	1782.2	1,736	774	820	203	486	61	5	17	7,461	58	7.90	2.45	3.22	1.02	21.0	6.5	1.25	.298	4.14	96	3.78	92	8.76	61.8
14	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,554	256	85	89	.489	254	3.62	1	0	0	1471.2	1,268	592	648	182	476	53	1	8	6,095	20	9.50	2.91	3.26	1.11	25.5	7.8	1.19	.284	3.96	88	3.74	89	7.75	76.7
15	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,485	323	114	80	.588	302	3.87	2	2	0	1715.1	1,646	738	783	204	530	45	4	19	7,202	46	7.79	2.78	2.80	1.07	20.6	7.4	1.27	.292	4.11	95	3.97	97	8.64	18.6
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	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
18	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,443	237	95	74	.562	232	3.72	3	1	0	1313.0	1,103	543	586	161	496	66	1	5	5,507	67	9.89	3.40	2.91	1.10	26.2	9.0	1.22	.282	4.02	90	3.83	90	7.56	58.5
19	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	1,357	255	99	68	.593	249	4.09	0	0	0	1386.0	1,348	630	666	175	487	32	1	9	5,915	17	8.81	3.16	2.79	1.14	22.9	8.2	1.32	.304	4.32	93	3.97	95	8.75	34.2
20	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,357	883	60	48	.556	0	2.47	0	0	380	841.0	484	231	256	54	417	34	579	7	3,418	88	14.52	4.46	3.25	0.58	39.7	12.2	1.07	.276	2.74	60	2.35	56	5.18	166.4
21	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	5.5
22	Dylan Cease D. Cease	1,334	200	68	61	.527	200	3.82	3	3	0	1083.1	906	460	507	126	457	38	0	9	4,584	57	11.08	3.80	2.92	1.05	29.1	10.0	1.26	.297	4.21	91	3.58	84	7.53	81.6
23	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	1,299	866	56	50	.528	0	2.64	0	0	440	837.2	509	246	275	78	352	40	666	12	3,374	71	13.96	3.78	3.69	0.84	38.5	10.4	1.03	.269	2.95	65	2.64	65	5.47	131.4
24	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,297	952	55	43	.561	0	2.61	0	0	482	942.1	619	273	292	92	291	32	714	20	3,742	21	12.39	2.78	4.46	0.88	34.7	7.8	0.97	.260	2.79	66	2.67	66	5.91	143.7
25	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	1,232	225	74	47	.612	176	3.62	1	0	1	1009.0	765	406	429	128	392	52	6	3	4,190	34	10.99	3.50	3.14	1.14	29.4	9.4	1.15	.267	3.83	86	3.69	88	6.82	57.5

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White Sox	37	31	.544
Guardians	38	33	.535	0.5
Twins	32	39	.451	6.5
Tigers	29	41	.414	9.0
Royals	28	42	.400	10.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 6/14	DET	@	CLE	1:40 PM
Mon 6/15	DET	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Tue 6/16	DET	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Wed 6/17	DET	@	HOU	2:10 PM
Fri 6/19	CWS	@	DET	6:40 PM

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Braves	45	24	.652
Phillies	37	32	.536	8.0
Marlins	35	35	.500	10.5
Nationals	35	35	.500	10.5
Mets	31	38	.449	14.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	42	25	.627
Cardinals	37	30	.552	5.0
Cubs	36	34	.514	7.5
Pirates	35	35	.500	8.5
Reds	32	36	.471	10.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	44	26	.629
Padres	35	33	.515	8.0
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Giants	28	42	.400	16.0
Rockies	26	44	.371	18.0

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Blue Jays	34	36	.486	8.0
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Astros	32	39	.451	5.0
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Fri 5/29	SDP	@	WSH	7-5

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Sat 6/13	HOU	@	KCR	7:10 PM
Sat 6/13	PHI	@	MIL	7:10 PM
Sat 6/13	COL	@	ATH	10:05 PM
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