most career stikeouts by active players mlb pitcher

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	3,499	488	221	120	.648	479	3.26	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
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,665	405	153	92	.624	324	2.98	16	3	12	2156.2	1,748	715	770	219	506	137	25	15	8,683	48	11.12	2.11	5.27	0.91	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.21	70	2.87	69	7.29	312.6
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,265	320	154	81	.655	320	3.17	8	5	0	1972.0	1,639	694	744	220	504	61	0	7	7,929	58	10.34	2.30	4.49	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.291	3.40	79	3.17	77	7.48	212.8
5	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	2,028	374	116	117	.498	335	3.80	4	2	0	1986.0	1,903	838	896	240	549	39	11	11	8,291	65	9.19	2.49	3.69	1.09	24.5	6.6	1.23	.306	4.06	92	3.57	84	8.62	144.8
6	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,966	349	131	103	.560	340	3.57	7	5	0	1968.0	1,721	780	854	196	635	60	2	5	8,158	106	8.99	2.90	3.10	0.90	24.1	7.8	1.20	.288	3.91	86	3.51	85	7.87	139.8
7	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,940	297	112	93	.546	297	3.89	6	4	0	1777.1	1,590	768	807	228	467	56	0	16	7,303	19	9.82	2.36	4.15	1.15	26.6	6.4	1.16	.295	4.09	92	3.53	82	8.05	146.9
8	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,929	260	100	69	.592	260	2.61	4	2	0	1604.1	1,225	465	502	159	358	25	0	14	6,304	32	10.82	2.01	5.39	0.89	30.6	5.7	0.99	.278	2.82	67	2.75	67	6.87	240.8
9	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,897	384	112	144	.438	365	4.49	7	2	2	2102.0	2,238	1,049	1,126	290	646	55	10	24	9,043	68	8.12	2.77	2.94	1.24	21.0	7.1	1.37	.316	4.82	107	4.13	99	9.58	7.5
10	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,868	291	118	76	.608	291	3.25	5	3	0	1779.0	1,505	643	696	172	502	77	0	14	7,275	41	9.45	2.54	3.72	0.87	25.7	6.9	1.13	.286	3.52	81	3.29	80	7.61	168.4
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	92	3.79	91	8.77	86.4
12	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,793	277	91	87	.511	273	3.96	2	1	0	1503.2	1,307	662	709	229	639	51	1	19	6,366	62	10.73	3.82	2.81	1.37	28.2	10.0	1.29	.295	4.24	95	4.12	101	7.82	-5.7
13	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	1,700	339	112	105	.516	286	4.22	11	4	2	1694.2	1,679	794	834	222	468	57	27	21	7,102	61	9.03	2.49	3.63	1.18	23.9	6.6	1.27	.313	4.43	101	3.76	90	8.92	73.7
14	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,561	328	107	90	.543	309	3.90	5	3	0	1777.0	1,732	770	816	202	483	61	5	17	7,438	58	7.91	2.45	3.23	1.02	21.0	6.5	1.25	.298	4.13	96	3.78	92	8.77	62.8
15	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,549	255	85	89	.489	253	3.63	1	0	0	1466.0	1,266	591	647	181	475	53	1	8	6,074	20	9.51	2.92	3.26	1.11	25.5	7.8	1.19	.284	3.97	88	3.74	89	7.77	76.8
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	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,481	321	114	78	.594	300	3.86	2	2	0	1702.2	1,629	730	774	202	529	45	4	19	7,148	44	7.83	2.80	2.80	1.07	20.7	7.4	1.27	.292	4.09	95	3.96	97	8.61	19.3
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	78	3.30	79	6.95	112.7
19	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,436	236	94	74	.560	231	3.72	3	1	0	1307.0	1,099	540	583	160	493	66	1	5	5,482	67	9.89	3.39	2.91	1.10	26.2	9.0	1.22	.282	4.01	90	3.82	90	7.57	58.5
20	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,356	882	60	48	.556	0	2.48	0	0	379	840.0	484	231	256	54	415	34	578	7	3,413	88	14.53	4.45	3.27	0.58	39.7	12.2	1.07	.277	2.74	60	2.34	56	5.19	166.7
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	5.4
22	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	1,349	253	99	67	.596	247	4.08	0	0	0	1377.0	1,340	625	660	172	481	32	1	9	5,875	17	8.82	3.14	2.80	1.12	23.0	8.2	1.32	.304	4.31	93	3.94	94	8.76	37.5
23	Dylan Cease D. Cease	1,323	199	68	61	.527	199	3.83	3	3	0	1077.1	903	459	506	126	456	38	0	9	4,562	56	11.05	3.81	2.90	1.05	29.0	10.0	1.26	.297	4.23	91	3.60	84	7.54	78.7
24	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	131.3
25	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

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Guardians	36	28	.563
White Sox	33	29	.532	2.0
Twins	29	35	.453	7.0
Tigers	25	38	.397	10.5
Royals	25	38	.397	10.5

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 6/5	SEA	@	DET	6:40 PM
Sat 6/6	SEA	@	DET	1:10 PM
Sun 6/7	SEA	@	DET	1:40 PM
Tue 6/9	MIN	@	DET	6:40 PM
Wed 6/10	MIN	@	DET	6:40 PM

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Rice

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Braves	42	21	.667
Phillies	33	29	.532	8.5
Nationals	31	32	.492	11.0
Marlins	29	34	.460	13.0
Mets	27	35	.435	14.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	37	23	.617
Pirates	34	29	.540	4.5
Cardinals	32	28	.533	5.0
Cubs	33	30	.524	5.5
Reds	31	30	.508	6.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	40	23	.635
Diamondbacks	33	29	.532	6.5
Padres	32	29	.525	7.0
Giants	25	38	.397	15.0
Rockies	24	39	.381	16.0

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Blue Jays	30	33	.476	8.0
Red Sox	26	35	.426	11.0
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White Sox	33	29	.532	2.0
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AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
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Astros	28	36	.438	5.5
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Wed 5/20	TOR	@	NYY	2-1
Wed 5/20	BOS	@	KCR	4-3

Schedule

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Fri 6/5	SEA	@	DET	6:40 PM
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Fri 6/5	BOS	@	NYY	7:05 PM
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