most career games by an active starting pitcher

Justin Verlander has appeared in the most career games by an active starting pitcher, with 539 games.

Interpreted as:
most career regular-season games by an active starting pitcher
NAME G W L W% GS ERA SO 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 H/9
1 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
539
262
152
.633
539
3.32
3,471
26
9
0
3483.1
2,960
1,284
1,389
364
977
117
0
27
14,239
97
8.97
2.52
3.55
0.94
24.4
6.9
1.13
.279
3.59
7.65
2 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
460
215
112
.657
460
3.17
3,401
12
5
0
2872.0
2,347
1,012
1,085
336
752
110
0
20
11,606
79
10.66
2.36
4.52
1.05
29.3
6.5
1.08
.287
3.40
7.35
3 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
437
216
94
.697
437
2.51
2,992
25
15
0
2777.1
2,122
775
850
232
689
44
0
27
10,957
105
9.70
2.23
4.34
0.75
27.3
6.3
1.01
.270
2.75
6.88
4 Charlie Morton
C. Morton
394
142
129
.524
394
4.07
2,106
3
2
0
2179.1
2,057
986
1,084
210
810
192
0
25
9,352
70
8.70
3.35
2.60
0.87
22.5
8.7
1.32
.306
4.48
8.49
5 Jose Quintana
J. Quintana
344
108
105
.507
344
3.74
1,712
2
2
0
1982.2
1,939
824
891
200
601
53
0
22
8,317
72
7.77
2.73
2.85
0.91
20.6
7.2
1.28
.302
4.04
8.80
6 Patrick Corbin
P. Corbin
339
106
136
.438
339
4.55
1,754
7
2
0
1937.0
2,076
979
1,051
272
588
49
0
22
8,343
62
8.15
2.73
2.98
1.26
21.0
7.0
1.38
.318
4.88
9.65
7 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
317
153
80
.657
317
3.18
2,251
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
7.49
8 Sonny Gray
S. Gray
315
116
97
.545
315
3.52
1,810
7
5
0
1816.0
1,559
711
779
176
593
56
0
5
7,508
105
8.97
2.94
3.05
0.87
24.1
7.9
1.19
.284
3.86
7.73
9 Wade Miley
W. Miley
312
107
99
.519
312
4.08
1,365
3
2
0
1741.2
1,766
789
846
195
606
46
0
10
7,448
58
7.05
3.13
2.25
1.01
18.3
8.1
1.36
.300
4.37
9.13
10 Kevin Gausman
K. Gausman
307
104
105
.498
307
3.87
1,785
3
1
0
1756.2
1,709
755
807
218
496
37
0
7
7,366
60
9.15
2.54
3.60
1.12
24.2
6.7
1.26
.309
4.13
8.76
11 Chris Sale
C. Sale
307
139
84
.623
307
3.04
2,416
16
3
0
1952.1
1,600
659
711
201
443
124
0
12
7,863
44
11.14
2.04
5.45
0.93
30.7
5.6
1.05
.299
3.28
7.38
12 Nathan Eovaldi
N. Eovaldi
288
93
84
.525
288
3.97
1,406
5
3
0
1617.1
1,596
713
756
181
443
50
0
17
6,789
47
7.82
2.47
3.17
1.01
20.7
6.5
1.26
.300
4.21
8.88
13 Kyle Hendricks
K. Hendricks
286
102
87
.540
286
3.75
1,312
6
4
0
1651.0
1,579
687
739
198
382
68
0
19
6,826
12
7.15
2.08
3.43
1.08
19.2
5.6
1.19
.284
4.03
8.61
14 Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
282
110
88
.556
282
3.58
2,007
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
7.35
15 Aaron Nola
A. Nola
277
105
86
.550
277
3.78
1,831
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
7.98
16 Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
276
111
73
.603
276
3.27
1,761
4
3
0
1685.2
1,440
612
664
157
482
71
0
14
6,914
40
9.40
2.57
3.65
0.84
25.5
7.0
1.14
.289
3.55
7.69
17 Michael Wacha
M. Wacha
274
102
70
.593
274
3.78
1,308
2
2
0
1501.1
1,432
630
673
175
473
40
0
18
6,313
39
7.84
2.84
2.77
1.05
20.7
7.5
1.27
.291
4.03
8.58
18 Martín Pérez
M. Pérez
273
88
88
.500
273
4.46
1,063
4
3
0
1517.0
1,649
752
826
178
549
46
0
7
6,587
39
6.31
3.26
1.94
1.06
16.1
8.3
1.45
.310
4.90
9.78
19 José Berríos
J. Berríos
260
102
80
.560
260
4.02
1,431
5
1
0
1506.1
1,398
673
717
205
454
95
0
7
6,318
35
8.55
2.71
3.15
1.22
22.6
7.2
1.23
.289
4.28
8.35
20 Marcus Stroman
M. Stroman
256
87
86
.503
256
3.75
1,197
4
2
0
1456.1
1,418
606
673
140
443
38
0
5
6,092
46
7.40
2.74
2.70
0.87
19.6
7.3
1.28
.299
4.16
8.76
21 Robbie Ray
R. Ray
246
85
76
.528
246
3.88
1,652
1
1
0
1351.0
1,168
582
620
201
571
47
0
19
5,713
57
11.01
3.80
2.89
1.34
28.9
10.0
1.29
.298
4.13
7.78
22 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
235
93
59
.612
235
2.49
1,766
4
2
0
1468.1
1,120
407
444
130
329
24
0
13
5,762
28
10.82
2.02
5.37
0.80
30.6
5.7
0.99
.282
2.72
6.86
23 Alex Cobb
A. Cobb
233
78
76
.506
233
3.84
1,108
6
2
0
1327.2
1,307
566
620
140
383
47
0
15
5,577
51
7.51
2.60
2.89
0.95
19.9
6.9
1.27
.299
4.20
8.86
24 Luis Castillo
L. Castillo
228
76
81
.484
228
3.56
1,410
1
0
0
1326.1
1,132
524
572
163
439
43
0
8
5,486
17
9.57
2.98
3.21
1.11
25.7
8.0
1.18
.282
3.88
7.68
25 Jon Gray
J. Gray
223
72
70
.507
223
4.47
1,201
2
1
0
1209.1
1,187
601
640
155
396
51
0
10
5,141
44
8.94
2.95
3.03
1.15
23.4
7.7
1.31
.309
4.76
8.83
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Team Rankings

HR

110

7th

R

435

4th

SO

728

13th

ERA

3.42

3rd

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
54
32
.628
Guardians Guardians
40
43
.482
12.5
Twins Twins
40
45
.471
13.5
Royals Royals
40
46
.465
14.0
White Sox White Sox
28
57
.329
25.5
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
7/2
DET DET
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM
Thu
7/3
DET DET
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM
Fri
7/4
DET DET
@
CLE CLE
7:10 PM
Sat
7/5
DET DET
@
CLE CLE
7:15 PM
Sun
7/6
DET DET
@
CLE CLE
1:40 PM
Last Game
WSH Nationals

35 - 50

2

Final

11

DET Tigers

54 - 32

Wed 2 Jul 2025

MLB 2025 Batting Leaders

MLB 2025 Pitching Leaders

MLB Fantasy 2025

MLB 2025 Betting

MLB 2025 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
Phillies Phillies
50
36
.581
Mets Mets
48
38
.558
2.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
Cubs Cubs
50
35
.588
Brewers Brewers
48
37
.565
2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
Dodgers Dodgers
54
32
.628
Padres Padres
46
39
.541
7.5
AL East W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
48
37
.565
Blue Jays Blue Jays
47
38
.553
1.0
AL Central W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
54
32
.628
Guardians Guardians
40
43
.482
12.5
AL West W L PCT GB
Astros Astros
51
34
.600
Mariners Mariners
44
41
.518
7.0

MLB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Mon
6/16
PHI PHI
@
MIA MIA
3-8
Mon
6/16
PIT PIT
@
DET DET
3-7
Mon
6/16
COL COL
@
WSH WSH
10-6
Mon
6/16
AZ AZ
@
TOR TOR
4-5
Mon
6/16
BAL BAL
@
TBR TBR
5-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
7/2
SDP SDP
@
PHI PHI
6:15 PM
Wed
7/2
MIN MIN
@
MIA MIA
6:40 PM
Wed
7/2
DET DET
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM
Wed
7/2
NYY NYY
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Wed
7/2
MIL MIL
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM