most career strikeouts among active pitchers with age

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	310
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,525	495	221	124	.641	486	3.28	12	5	0	3013.0	2,485	1,098	1,171	366	804	115	2	20	12,212	82	10.53	2.40	4.38	1.09	28.9	6.6	1.09	.286	3.50	79	3.28	79	7.42	291
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,756	417	158	97	.620	336	2.95	17	4	12	2228.0	1,808	730	788	221	515	142	25	15	8,965	48	11.13	2.08	5.35	0.89	30.7	5.7	1.04	.298	3.18	69	2.83	67	7.30	334.6
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,356	334	160	87	.648	334	3.18	8	5	0	2052.2	1,712	725	776	230	521	63	0	7	8,263	58	10.33	2.28	4.52	1.01	28.5	6.3	1.09	.291	3.40	79	3.17	77	7.51	222.4
5	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	2,103	388	119	124	.490	349	3.86	4	2	0	2061.1	1,984	883	945	251	576	39	11	12	8,619	65	9.18	2.51	3.65	1.10	24.4	6.7	1.24	.307	4.13	93	3.59	85	8.66	145.6
6	Sonny Gray S. Gray	2,053	364	141	106	.571	355	3.53	7	5	0	2061.2	1,807	808	882	207	658	62	2	5	8,538	107	8.96	2.87	3.12	0.90	24.0	7.7	1.20	.288	3.85	85	3.51	85	7.89	145.9
7	Aaron Nola A. Nola	2,029	312	114	99	.535	312	3.92	6	4	0	1858.2	1,673	810	851	249	498	57	0	18	7,655	20	9.82	2.41	4.07	1.21	26.5	6.5	1.17	.295	4.12	93	3.61	84	8.10	138.2
8	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2,010	273	105	74	.587	273	2.70	4	2	0	1670.0	1,290	501	538	163	382	25	0	16	6,585	33	10.83	2.06	5.26	0.88	30.5	5.8	1.00	.281	2.90	69	2.74	67	6.95	252.5
9	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,968	305	123	80	.606	305	3.29	5	3	0	1852.2	1,572	677	731	185	528	79	0	14	7,585	43	9.56	2.56	3.73	0.90	25.9	7.0	1.13	.287	3.55	82	3.31	80	7.64	173.3
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	1,856	291	99	88	.529	286	3.88	2	1	0	1584.0	1,368	682	733	235	678	52	1	19	6,697	65	10.55	3.85	2.74	1.34	27.7	10.1	1.29	.292	4.16	92	4.11	100	7.77	-3.3
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	86.8
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	93	8.77	63.4
14	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,598	267	87	94	.481	264	3.68	1	0	0	1528.2	1,338	625	686	195	490	53	2	9	6,349	21	9.41	2.88	3.26	1.15	25.2	7.7	1.20	.285	4.04	89	3.79	91	7.88	68.8
15	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,542	335	117	83	.585	314	3.85	2	2	0	1790.0	1,712	766	813	216	545	48	4	19	7,504	47	7.75	2.74	2.83	1.09	20.5	7.3	1.26	.290	4.09	95	3.98	98	8.61	17.4
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	1,467	242	97	74	.567	237	3.71	3	1	0	1336.1	1,121	551	597	163	507	66	1	5	5,606	68	9.88	3.41	2.89	1.10	26.2	9.0	1.22	.282	4.02	90	3.82	90	7.55	60.1
18	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,466	226	83	63	.568	226	3.14	1	1	0	1179.0	904	411	447	111	530	12	0	6	4,878	87	11.19	4.05	2.77	0.85	30.1	10.9	1.22	.287	3.41	77	3.28	79	6.90	117.1
19	Dylan Cease D. Cease	1,440	212	73	63	.537	212	3.69	4	4	0	1159.2	943	476	525	130	494	38	0	9	4,883	60	11.18	3.83	2.91	1.01	29.5	10.1	1.24	.292	4.07	88	3.50	82	7.32	96.2
20	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	1,416	268	108	70	.607	262	4.00	0	0	0	1466.2	1,420	652	690	181	507	32	1	9	6,240	17	8.69	3.11	2.79	1.11	22.7	8.1	1.31	.302	4.23	91	3.93	94	8.71	42.1
21	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,389	909	62	51	.549	0	2.48	0	0	397	866.0	507	239	266	56	428	34	600	7	3,527	89	14.44	4.45	3.25	0.58	39.4	12.1	1.08	.278	2.76	60	2.36	57	5.27	169.9
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	5.7
23	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,319	973	57	45	.559	0	2.63	0	0	492	962.2	632	281	301	95	302	32	730	21	3,827	22	12.33	2.82	4.37	0.89	34.5	7.9	0.97	.258	2.81	66	2.71	67	5.91	143.2
24	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	1,317	889	57	50	.533	0	2.66	0	0	441	860.2	522	254	283	79	364	42	673	12	3,466	74	13.77	3.81	3.62	0.83	38.0	10.5	1.03	.266	2.96	65	2.67	65	5.46	132.2
25	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	1,304	271	83	72	.535	224	4.13	3	3	0	1367.2	1,272	627	680	191	387	75	11	4	5,729	38	8.58	2.55	3.37	1.26	22.8	6.8	1.21	.287	4.47	101	4.07	99	8.37	8.8

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White Sox	70	63	.526
Guardians	68	66	.507	2.5
Twins	64	70	.478	6.5
Tigers	62	71	.466	8.0
Royals	60	75	.444	11.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 8/28	LAD	@	DET	6:40 PM
Sat 8/29	LAD	@	DET	1:10 PM
Sun 8/30	LAD	@	DET	1:40 PM
Mon 8/31	DET	@	MIN	7:40 PM
Tue 9/1	DET	@	MIN	7:40 PM

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Final

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Schwarber

37

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RBI Leaders

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Crow-Armstrong

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Chisholm

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Gray

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Crow-Armstrong

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Braves	79	55	.590
Phillies	74	60	.552	5.0
Marlins	68	66	.507	11.0
Nationals	63	73	.463	17.0
Mets	60	74	.448	19.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	83	51	.619
Cubs	76	58	.567	7.0
Cardinals	67	68	.496	16.5
Pirates	65	70	.481	18.5
Reds	63	71	.470	20.0
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Diamondbacks	71	64	.526	9.5
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Yankees	75	58	.564	4.0
Red Sox	73	60	.549	6.0
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Twins	64	70	.478	6.5
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