most career strike outs by active pitchers mlb

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	3,521	494	221	123	.642	485	3.28	12	5	0	3008.0	2,481	1,096	1,169	366	799	115	2	20	12,189	82	10.53	2.39	4.41	1.10	28.9	6.6	1.09	.286	3.50	79	3.28	79	7.42	291.2
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,739	415	157	96	.621	334	2.96	16	3	12	2213.0	1,795	728	786	221	515	140	25	15	8,906	48	11.14	2.09	5.32	0.90	30.8	5.8	1.04	.297	3.20	69	2.84	68	7.30	329.8
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,351	333	160	86	.650	333	3.17	8	5	0	2046.2	1,706	722	773	229	520	62	0	7	8,237	58	10.34	2.29	4.52	1.01	28.5	6.3	1.09	.291	3.40	79	3.16	77	7.50	222.6
5	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	2,097	387	118	124	.488	348	3.87	4	2	0	2054.1	1,981	883	945	251	575	39	11	12	8,595	65	9.19	2.52	3.65	1.10	24.4	6.7	1.24	.307	4.14	93	3.59	85	8.68	143.8
6	Sonny Gray S. Gray	2,042	362	140	105	.571	353	3.52	7	5	0	2050.2	1,793	802	876	205	655	62	2	5	8,488	107	8.96	2.87	3.12	0.90	24.1	7.7	1.19	.287	3.84	85	3.51	85	7.87	146.1
7	Aaron Nola A. Nola	2,022	311	114	98	.538	311	3.93	6	4	0	1852.2	1,670	808	849	248	495	57	0	18	7,632	20	9.82	2.40	4.08	1.20	26.5	6.5	1.17	.296	4.12	93	3.61	84	8.11	137.6
8	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2,008	272	105	73	.590	272	2.66	4	2	0	1666.1	1,284	493	530	163	377	25	0	16	6,563	33	10.85	2.04	5.33	0.88	30.6	5.7	1.00	.281	2.86	68	2.73	67	6.93	253.7
9	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,964	304	123	79	.609	304	3.26	5	3	0	1848.2	1,563	669	723	181	523	79	0	14	7,560	42	9.56	2.55	3.76	0.88	26.0	6.9	1.13	.287	3.52	81	3.28	79	7.61	178.8
10	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,923	392	113	146	.436	369	4.54	7	2	3	2127.2	2,277	1,074	1,152	296	655	57	11	24	9,169	68	8.13	2.77	2.94	1.25	21.0	7.1	1.38	.318	4.87	108	4.15	100	9.63	4.2
11	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,851	290	99	88	.529	285	3.88	2	1	0	1578.2	1,363	680	731	234	676	52	1	19	6,675	65	10.55	3.85	2.74	1.33	27.7	10.1	1.29	.292	4.17	92	4.11	100	7.77	-3.7
12	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	86.9
13	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,624	338	112	93	.546	319	3.91	5	3	0	1835.0	1,789	798	845	212	498	62	5	17	7,679	59	7.97	2.44	3.26	1.04	21.1	6.5	1.25	.299	4.14	96	3.78	92	8.77	64.1
14	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,595	266	87	93	.483	263	3.66	1	0	0	1526.0	1,330	621	682	193	489	53	2	9	6,332	21	9.41	2.88	3.26	1.14	25.2	7.7	1.19	.284	4.02	89	3.78	90	7.84	71.2
15	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,536	334	116	83	.583	313	3.86	2	2	0	1783.0	1,709	765	812	215	544	47	4	19	7,478	47	7.75	2.75	2.82	1.09	20.5	7.3	1.26	.291	4.10	95	3.98	98	8.63	16.6
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	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,465	241	97	74	.567	236	3.72	3	1	0	1332.1	1,119	550	595	163	505	66	1	5	5,589	68	9.90	3.41	2.90	1.10	26.2	9.0	1.22	.282	4.02	90	3.82	90	7.56	59.9
18	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,460	225	82	63	.566	225	3.15	1	1	0	1173.0	902	411	447	111	527	11	0	6	4,854	87	11.20	4.04	2.77	0.85	30.1	10.9	1.22	.288	3.43	77	3.28	79	6.92	116.3
19	Dylan Cease D. Cease	1,432	211	72	63	.533	211	3.71	4	4	0	1153.0	941	475	524	130	489	38	0	9	4,857	60	11.18	3.82	2.93	1.01	29.5	10.1	1.24	.293	4.09	88	3.51	82	7.35	95.3
20	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	1,403	266	106	70	.602	260	4.04	0	0	0	1454.0	1,414	652	690	181	502	32	1	9	6,192	17	8.68	3.11	2.79	1.12	22.7	8.1	1.32	.303	4.27	92	3.95	95	8.75	38.7
21	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,384	906	62	51	.549	0	2.49	0	0	394	863.0	506	239	266	56	427	34	597	7	3,516	89	14.43	4.45	3.24	0.58	39.4	12.1	1.08	.279	2.77	61	2.37	57	5.28	168.8
22	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	5.6
23	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,318	972	57	45	.559	0	2.63	0	0	491	961.2	632	281	301	95	302	32	729	21	3,824	22	12.33	2.83	4.36	0.89	34.5	7.9	0.97	.259	2.82	66	2.71	67	5.91	142.6
24	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	1,315	888	57	50	.533	0	2.66	0	0	440	859.2	522	254	283	79	363	42	672	12	3,462	74	13.77	3.80	3.62	0.83	38.0	10.5	1.03	.266	2.96	65	2.67	65	5.46	132
25	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	1,297	269	83	71	.539	222	4.10	3	3	0	1356.0	1,259	617	670	187	384	74	11	4	5,677	38	8.61	2.55	3.38	1.24	22.8	6.8	1.21	.287	4.45	101	4.04	98	8.36	13

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White Sox	66	61	.520
Twins	63	65	.492	3.5
Guardians	62	66	.484	4.5
Tigers	61	66	.480	5.0
Royals	55	74	.426	12.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 8/21	DET	@	KCR	8:10 PM
Sat 8/22	DET	@	KCR	7:15 PM
Sun 8/23	DET	@	KCR	2:10 PM
Mon 8/24	TBR	@	DET	6:40 PM
Tue 8/25	TBR	@	DET	6:40 PM

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Final

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63 - 66

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Schwarber

36

Alvarez

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RBI Leaders

96

Stewart

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Walker

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Batting Average Leaders

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Alvarez

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Hit Leaders

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Arraez

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Lopez

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Run Leaders

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Wood

90

Crow-Armstrong

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Olson

OBP Leaders

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Alvarez

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Kurtz

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Contreras

SLG Leaders

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Ohtani

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SB Leaders

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Nuñez

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Simpson

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Gray

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Strikeout Leaders

210

Misiorowski

201

Williams

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Schlittler

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0.75

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0.94

Schlittler

K/9 Leaders

13.60

Misiorowski

13.14

Cease

11.70

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K/BB Leaders

6.77

Misiorowski

5.71

Sale

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22

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2,158.4

Ohtani

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Crow-Armstrong

1,701.8

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Braves	75	53	.586
Phillies	70	58	.547	5.0
Marlins	64	64	.500	11.0
Nationals	61	68	.473	14.5
Mets	58	70	.453	17.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	79	49	.617
Cubs	74	54	.578	5.0
Cardinals	66	63	.512	13.5
Pirates	63	66	.488	16.5
Reds	61	67	.477	18.0
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Dodgers	77	51	.602
Padres	68	60	.531	9.0
Diamondbacks	67	61	.523	10.0
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Rays	76	51	.598
Yankees	72	55	.567	4.0
Red Sox	68	59	.535	8.0
Blue Jays	63	66	.488	14.0
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White Sox	66	61	.520
Twins	63	65	.492	3.5
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Tigers	61	66	.480	5.0
Royals	55	74	.426	12.0
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Astros	64	64	.500
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Mariners	60	68	.469	4.0
Angels	51	77	.398	13.0
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Thu 8/6	NYM	@	CLE	13-6
Thu 8/6	PIT	@	MIL	2-5

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Fri 8/21	ATL	@	MIL	4:10 PM
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