most career strike outs by active pitchers mlb

Justin Verlander has fanned 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	291.8
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,678	407	153	93	.622	326	2.98	16	3	12	2168.0	1,759	717	774	219	508	138	25	15	8,731	48	11.12	2.11	5.27	0.91	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.21	70	2.87	68	7.30	316.5
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,280	323	155	82	.654	323	3.19	8	5	0	1986.1	1,656	703	753	222	509	62	0	7	7,997	58	10.33	2.31	4.48	1.01	28.5	6.4	1.09	.291	3.41	79	3.17	77	7.50	213.2
5	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	2,043	377	116	118	.496	338	3.83	4	2	0	2000.0	1,916	850	908	244	555	39	11	11	8,352	65	9.19	2.50	3.68	1.10	24.5	6.6	1.24	.306	4.09	92	3.59	85	8.62	142.5
6	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,991	353	134	103	.565	344	3.56	7	5	0	1994.1	1,746	788	862	201	641	60	2	5	8,265	106	8.98	2.89	3.11	0.91	24.1	7.8	1.20	.288	3.89	86	3.52	85	7.88	139.5
7	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,953	300	112	93	.546	300	3.91	6	4	0	1791.1	1,609	778	818	232	474	56	0	16	7,372	19	9.81	2.38	4.12	1.17	26.5	6.4	1.16	.296	4.11	93	3.55	83	8.08	144.1
8	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,949	263	102	69	.596	263	2.62	4	2	0	1622.1	1,240	473	510	161	363	25	0	15	6,377	32	10.81	2.01	5.37	0.89	30.6	5.7	0.99	.278	2.83	67	2.75	67	6.88	243.2
9	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,907	387	112	145	.436	368	4.51	7	2	2	2112.1	2,255	1,059	1,136	292	653	56	10	24	9,099	68	8.13	2.78	2.92	1.24	21.0	7.2	1.38	.317	4.84	107	4.14	99	9.61	5.8
10	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,889	294	120	76	.612	294	3.24	5	3	0	1796.2	1,517	646	699	174	508	78	0	14	7,345	42	9.46	2.54	3.72	0.87	25.7	6.9	1.13	.286	3.50	81	3.29	80	7.60	170.5
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	86.7
12	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,814	281	94	87	.519	276	3.93	2	1	0	1528.2	1,320	667	715	230	650	51	1	19	6,463	63	10.68	3.83	2.79	1.35	28.1	10.1	1.29	.293	4.21	94	4.10	100	7.77	-2.9
13	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	1,702	342	112	105	.516	286	4.22	11	4	2	1702.0	1,689	798	838	223	469	58	28	21	7,134	61	9.00	2.48	3.63	1.18	23.9	6.6	1.27	.313	4.43	101	3.77	91	8.93	72.9
14	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,579	331	109	91	.545	312	3.91	5	3	0	1795.2	1,749	780	826	205	488	61	5	17	7,512	59	7.91	2.45	3.24	1.03	21.0	6.5	1.25	.298	4.14	96	3.78	92	8.77	63.4
15	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,562	258	85	90	.486	255	3.63	1	0	0	1481.1	1,282	598	658	183	478	53	2	8	6,141	21	9.49	2.90	3.27	1.11	25.4	7.8	1.19	.284	4.00	88	3.74	89	7.79	77.6
16	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,493	325	115	80	.590	304	3.86	2	2	0	1728.1	1,659	742	787	204	532	46	4	19	7,255	46	7.77	2.77	2.81	1.06	20.6	7.3	1.27	.292	4.10	95	3.96	97	8.64	21.2
17	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
18	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,455	239	97	74	.567	234	3.73	3	1	0	1323.1	1,116	549	592	162	499	66	1	5	5,551	68	9.90	3.39	2.92	1.10	26.2	9.0	1.22	.283	4.03	91	3.82	90	7.59	60.1
19	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
20	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	1,367	257	100	68	.595	251	4.06	0	0	0	1399.2	1,357	631	667	176	493	32	1	9	5,967	17	8.79	3.17	2.77	1.13	22.9	8.3	1.32	.303	4.29	93	3.97	95	8.73	34.6
21	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,360	886	60	50	.545	0	2.51	0	0	381	843.0	491	235	260	54	417	34	582	7	3,431	88	14.52	4.45	3.26	0.58	39.6	12.2	1.08	.279	2.78	61	2.34	56	5.24	167.4
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	Dylan Cease D. Cease	1,349	202	69	61	.531	202	3.80	3	3	0	1094.0	913	462	509	126	465	38	0	9	4,630	57	11.10	3.83	2.90	1.04	29.1	10.0	1.26	.297	4.19	91	3.57	83	7.51	83.8
24	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,300	955	55	43	.561	0	2.60	0	0	484	945.1	620	273	292	92	292	32	717	20	3,753	21	12.38	2.78	4.45	0.88	34.6	7.8	0.96	.259	2.78	66	2.67	66	5.90	144.4
25	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	1,300	870	56	50	.528	0	2.64	0	0	440	840.2	511	247	276	78	354	41	667	12	3,388	72	13.92	3.79	3.67	0.84	38.4	10.4	1.03	.268	2.95	65	2.65	65	5.47	131.1

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640

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	41	37	.526
Guardians	41	39	.513	1.0
Twins	38	43	.469	4.5
Tigers	34	45	.430	7.5
Royals	34	46	.425	8.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 6/24	NYY	@	DET	6:40 PM
Thu 6/25	HOU	@	DET	6:40 PM
Fri 6/26	HOU	@	DET	6:40 PM
Sat 6/27	HOU	@	DET	1:10 PM
Sun 6/28	HOU	@	DET	1:40 PM

Last Game

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Final

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34 - 45

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29

Schwarber

25

Alvarez

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RBI Leaders

61

Kurtz

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Pages

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Walker

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Lopez

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Lee

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Wood

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Alvarez

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Kurtz

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SLG Leaders

.640

Alvarez

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Rice

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Buxton

SB Leaders

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Nuñez

28

Witt

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Ramírez

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Ashby

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Williams

Strikeout Leaders

138

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121

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Schlittler

1.80

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0.87

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0.88

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13.35

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10.94

Skenes

10.72

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6.05

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MLB Fantasy 2026

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1,494.5

Ohtani

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Wood

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45-33

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34-44

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	48	30	.615
Phillies	43	36	.544	5.5
Marlins	41	39	.513	8.0
Nationals	41	39	.513	8.0
Mets	34	44	.436	14.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	48	29	.623
Cardinals	42	35	.545	6.0
Cubs	41	37	.526	7.5
Pirates	39	40	.494	10.0
Reds	37	41	.474	11.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	51	29	.638
Padres	41	37	.526	9.0
Diamondbacks	40	39	.506	10.5
Giants	32	46	.410	18.0
Rockies	31	49	.388	20.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Yankees	47	31	.603
Rays	43	33	.566	3.0
Blue Jays	39	40	.494	8.5
Orioles	38	43	.469	10.5
Red Sox	32	45	.416	14.5
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White Sox	41	37	.526
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Twins	38	43	.469	4.5
Tigers	34	45	.430	7.5
Royals	34	46	.425	8.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	41	39	.513
Athletics	38	41	.481	2.5
Rangers	38	41	.481	2.5
Astros	38	43	.469	3.5
Angels	33	48	.407	8.5

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Mon 6/8	NYY	@	CLE	7-5
Mon 6/8	PHI	@	TOR	5-2
Mon 6/8	MIL	@	ATH	15-14
Tue 6/9	SEA	@	BAL	6-5
Tue 6/9	AZ	@	MIA	6-10

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Wed 6/24	CLE	@	CWS	2:10 PM
Wed 6/24	BOS	@	COL	3:10 PM
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