mlb player most seasons played active player pitcher

Justin Verlander has played the most career seasons by an active player, with 21 seasons.

NAMESEASGWLW%GSERASOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
21
556
266
159
.626
556
3.33
3,554
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
2Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
19
488
221
120
.648
479
3.26
3,499
12
5
0
2981.2
2,455
1,079
1,152
361
787
115
2
20
12,071
80
10.56
2.38
4.45
1.09
29.0
6.5
1.09
.286
3.48
78
3.26
78
7.41
294.3
3Andrew McCutchen
A. McCutchen
18
4Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
17
880
60
48
.556
0
2.48
1,353
0
0
378
838.0
482
231
256
54
415
34
576
7
3,405
88
14.53
4.46
3.26
0.58
39.7
12.2
1.07
.276
2.75
60
2.35
56
5.18
165.8
5Freddie Freeman
F. Freeman
17
6Kenley Jansen
K. Jansen
17
949
55
42
.567
0
2.59
1,296
0
0
482
939.2
618
270
289
91
287
32
713
20
3,729
21
12.41
2.75
4.52
0.87
34.8
7.7
0.96
.261
2.77
65
2.65
65
5.92
145.9
7Craig Kimbrel
C. Kimbrel
17
864
56
50
.528
0
2.63
1,295
0
0
440
834.0
506
244
273
77
352
40
664
12
3,360
71
13.97
3.80
3.68
0.83
38.5
10.5
1.03
.269
2.95
64
2.63
64
5.46
131.4
8Carlos Santana
C. Santana
17
9Giancarlo Stanton
G. Stanton
17
10Jose Altuve
J. Altuve
16
11Paul Goldschmidt
P. Goldschmidt
16
12Mike Trout
M. Trout
16
13Chris Sale
C. Sale
16
402
151
91
.624
321
2.98
2,643
16
3
12
2139.0
1,728
709
764
219
501
135
25
15
8,605
48
11.12
2.11
5.28
0.92
30.7
5.8
1.04
.295
3.21
70
2.88
69
7.27
308
14Bryce Harper
B. Harper
15
15Manny Machado
M. Machado
15
16Starling Marte
S. Marte
15
17Martín Pérez
M. Pérez
15
334
93
95
.495
284
4.37
1,181
4
3
0
1667.2
1,773
809
892
195
601
54
16
11
7,210
43
6.37
3.24
1.97
1.05
16.4
8.3
1.42
.305
4.81
99
4.43
103
9.57
-24.6
18Jose Quintana
J. Quintana
15
391
115
112
.507
365
3.76
1,836
2
2
0
2141.0
2,082
895
970
225
658
59
7
23
8,983
76
7.72
2.77
2.79
0.95
20.4
7.3
1.28
.299
4.08
91
3.79
91
8.75
86.1
19Nathan Eovaldi
N. Eovaldi
15
325
107
88
.549
306
3.88
1,542
5
3
0
1757.0
1,712
758
804
198
478
59
5
17
7,351
57
7.90
2.45
3.23
1.01
21.0
6.5
1.25
.298
4.12
95
3.77
92
8.77
64.2
20Salvador Perez
S. Perez
15
21Nolan Arenado
N. Arenado
14
22Xander Bogaerts
X. Bogaerts
14
23Nick Castellanos
N. Castellanos
14
24Travis d'Arnaud
T. d'Arnaud
14
25Luis García
L. García
14
618
28
31
.475
4
4.20
553
0
0
19
598.1
595
279
308
55
263
27
154
26
2,631
68
8.32
3.96
2.10
0.83
21.0
10.0
1.43
.312
4.63
102
3.95
94
8.95
16.8

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HR

8

Dingler

Dillon Dingler

RBI

28

Dingler

Dillon Dingler

AVG

.327

Greene

Riley Greene
Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Hurter

Brant Hurter

K

48

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

ERA

2.43

Mize

Casey Mize
Team Rankings

HR

42

23rd

R

190

25th

SO

388

18th

ERA

4.03

13th

2026 Division Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
27
22
.551
24
23
.511
2.0
22
26
.458
4.5
Tigers Tigers
20
28
.417
6.5
20
28
.417
6.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
5/19
@
6:40 PM
Wed
5/20
@
6:40 PM
Thu
5/21
@
1:10 PM
Fri
5/22
@
7:15 PM
Sat
5/23
@
4:05 PM
Last Game
CLE Guardians

27 - 22

8

Final

2

DET Tigers

20 - 28

Mon 18 May 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

MLB Fantasy 2026

MLB 2026 Betting

MLB 2026 Standings

NL EastWLPCTGB
32
16
.667
25
23
.521
7.0
23
25
.479
9.0
22
26
.458
10.0
21
26
.447
10.5
NL CentralWLPCTGB
29
19
.604
27
18
.600
0.5
27
19
.587
1.0
24
23
.511
4.5
24
24
.500
5.0
NL WestWLPCTGB
29
18
.617
29
19
.604
0.5
23
23
.500
5.5
20
28
.417
9.5
19
29
.396
10.5
AL EastWLPCTGB
31
15
.674
29
19
.604
3.0
21
26
.447
10.5
21
27
.438
11.0
20
27
.426
11.5
AL CentralWLPCTGB
27
22
.551
24
23
.511
2.0
22
26
.458
4.5
20
28
.417
6.5
20
28
.417
6.5
AL WestWLPCTGB
23
24
.489
23
26
.469
1.0
22
25
.468
1.0
19
30
.388
5.0
17
31
.354
6.5

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
5/4
@
4-2
Mon
5/4
@
5-4
Mon
5/4
@
1-5
Mon
5/4
@
1-0
Mon
5/4
@
1-12

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
5/19
@
4:10 PM
Tue
5/19
@
6:40 PM
Tue
5/19
@
6:40 PM
Tue
5/19
@
6:40 PM
Tue
5/19
@
6:45 PM