most career strikeouts by active pitchers

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	294.2
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,643	402	151	91	.624	321	2.98	16	3	12	2139.0	1,728	709	764	219	501	135	25	15	8,605	48	11.12	2.11	5.28	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.04	.295	3.21	70	2.88	69	7.27	307.9
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,251	317	153	80	.657	317	3.18	8	5	0	1954.0	1,627	690	740	217	500	61	0	7	7,861	58	10.37	2.30	4.50	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.292	3.41	79	3.16	77	7.49	213.1
5	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	2,002	370	114	116	.496	331	3.82	4	2	0	1962.1	1,882	832	890	239	544	38	11	11	8,195	65	9.18	2.49	3.68	1.10	24.4	6.6	1.24	.306	4.08	92	3.58	85	8.63	139.6
6	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,946	346	129	103	.556	337	3.57	7	5	0	1952.0	1,706	775	849	196	629	58	2	5	8,091	106	8.97	2.90	3.09	0.90	24.1	7.8	1.20	.287	3.91	86	3.52	85	7.87	136.1
7	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,922	294	111	92	.547	294	3.88	6	4	0	1761.1	1,575	760	799	226	467	56	0	16	7,240	19	9.82	2.39	4.12	1.15	26.5	6.5	1.16	.295	4.08	92	3.54	83	8.05	143.6
8	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,912	257	99	68	.593	257	2.59	4	2	0	1590.1	1,211	457	494	156	353	25	0	14	6,242	32	10.82	2.00	5.42	0.88	30.6	5.7	0.98	.278	2.80	66	2.73	67	6.85	241.3
9	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,882	380	111	143	.437	361	4.50	7	2	2	2082.0	2,217	1,040	1,117	287	640	55	10	24	8,956	67	8.14	2.77	2.94	1.24	21.0	7.1	1.37	.317	4.83	107	4.13	99	9.58	8.1
10	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,842	287	115	75	.605	287	3.27	5	3	0	1753.0	1,492	637	690	167	496	77	0	14	7,181	41	9.46	2.55	3.71	0.86	25.7	6.9	1.13	.288	3.54	82	3.27	79	7.66	168.5
11	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,832	390	114	112	.504	364	3.76	2	2	0	2135.1	2,075	892	967	224	657	59	7	23	8,958	76	7.72	2.77	2.79	0.94	20.5	7.3	1.28	.299	4.08	91	3.79	91	8.75	86.1
12	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,783	274	91	86	.514	270	3.91	2	1	0	1491.1	1,289	648	692	226	628	51	1	19	6,300	61	10.76	3.79	2.84	1.36	28.3	10.0	1.29	.294	4.18	93	4.09	100	7.78	-1.1
13	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,536	252	84	88	.488	252	3.64	1	0	0	1454.2	1,261	588	643	181	469	52	0	8	6,026	19	9.50	2.90	3.28	1.12	25.5	7.8	1.19	.285	3.98	88	3.75	89	7.80	75
14	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,534	324	106	88	.546	305	3.90	5	3	0	1750.0	1,707	758	804	198	476	58	5	17	7,324	57	7.89	2.45	3.22	1.02	20.9	6.5	1.25	.298	4.13	96	3.77	92	8.78	62.5
15	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
16	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,463	318	114	77	.597	297	3.85	2	2	0	1684.2	1,610	721	764	201	521	45	4	18	7,070	44	7.82	2.78	2.81	1.07	20.7	7.4	1.26	.291	4.08	95	3.97	97	8.60	17.3
17	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
18	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,419	233	93	73	.560	228	3.75	3	1	0	1290.0	1,090	537	580	159	485	66	1	5	5,416	67	9.90	3.38	2.93	1.11	26.2	9.0	1.22	.283	4.05	91	3.83	90	7.60	56.7
19	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	5.3
20	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,352	879	60	48	.556	0	2.48	0	0	377	837.0	482	231	256	54	415	34	575	7	3,402	88	14.54	4.46	3.26	0.58	39.7	12.2	1.07	.277	2.75	61	2.35	56	5.18	165.5
21	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	1,336	250	98	67	.594	244	4.12	0	0	0	1358.0	1,325	622	657	171	477	32	1	9	5,802	17	8.85	3.16	2.80	1.13	23.0	8.2	1.33	.305	4.35	94	3.95	95	8.78	35.2
22	Dylan Cease D. Cease	1,306	197	68	59	.535	197	3.81	3	3	0	1067.2	895	452	499	122	451	38	0	9	4,521	56	11.01	3.80	2.90	1.03	28.9	10.0	1.26	.297	4.21	91	3.57	83	7.54	81.1
23	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,296	949	55	42	.567	0	2.59	0	0	482	939.2	618	270	289	91	287	32	713	20	3,729	21	12.41	2.75	4.52	0.87	34.8	7.7	0.96	.261	2.77	65	2.65	65	5.92	145.9
24	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	1,295	863	56	50	.528	0	2.64	0	0	440	833.0	504	244	272	77	352	40	663	12	3,355	71	13.99	3.80	3.68	0.83	38.6	10.5	1.03	.268	2.94	64	2.63	64	5.45	131.3
25	Chris Bassitt C. Bassitt	1,221	241	86	68	.558	226	3.70	3	2	0	1321.2	1,238	543	586	147	428	103	6	6	5,612	36	8.31	2.91	2.85	1.00	21.8	7.6	1.26	.294	3.99	91	3.97	95	8.43	29.7

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Sun 5/17	TOR	@	DET	1:40 PM
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