most career strikeouts by active pitchers in mlb

Justin Verlander has fanned 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	82	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	2,651	403	152	91	.626	322	2.98	16	3	12	2146.0	1,732	710	765	219	501	135	25	15	8,630	48	11.12	2.10	5.29	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.04	.295	3.21	70	2.87	69	7.26	310.4
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,253	318	153	80	.657	318	3.17	8	5	0	1960.0	1,629	690	740	217	503	61	0	7	7,883	58	10.35	2.31	4.48	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.291	3.40	79	3.16	77	7.48	213.2
5	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	2,015	372	116	116	.500	333	3.80	4	2	0	1975.0	1,892	833	891	239	545	38	11	11	8,244	65	9.18	2.48	3.70	1.09	24.4	6.6	1.23	.306	4.06	92	3.57	84	8.62	143.4
6	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,959	348	130	103	.558	339	3.57	7	5	0	1962.0	1,717	779	853	196	632	60	2	5	8,134	106	8.99	2.90	3.10	0.90	24.1	7.8	1.20	.288	3.91	86	3.51	85	7.88	138.4
7	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,927	295	111	93	.544	295	3.89	6	4	0	1766.1	1,583	764	803	226	467	56	0	16	7,263	19	9.82	2.38	4.13	1.15	26.5	6.4	1.16	.296	4.09	92	3.53	82	8.07	145.3
8	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,915	258	99	69	.589	258	2.62	4	2	0	1593.1	1,217	463	500	158	356	25	0	14	6,260	32	10.82	2.01	5.38	0.89	30.6	5.7	0.99	.278	2.82	67	2.75	67	6.87	238.3
9	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,892	382	112	143	.439	363	4.49	7	2	2	2092.0	2,228	1,044	1,121	288	643	55	10	24	8,999	67	8.14	2.77	2.94	1.24	21.0	7.1	1.37	.317	4.82	107	4.13	99	9.59	8.9
10	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,856	289	117	75	.609	289	3.25	5	3	0	1766.0	1,498	637	690	167	498	77	0	14	7,227	41	9.46	2.54	3.73	0.85	25.7	6.9	1.13	.288	3.52	81	3.26	79	7.63	172.4
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	86.1
12	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,787	276	91	87	.511	272	3.97	2	1	0	1499.2	1,302	661	706	229	637	51	1	19	6,347	61	10.72	3.82	2.81	1.37	28.2	10.0	1.29	.295	4.24	95	4.12	101	7.81	-7.1
13	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	1,698	338	112	105	.516	286	4.22	11	4	2	1690.2	1,674	792	832	221	468	57	26	21	7,085	61	9.04	2.49	3.63	1.18	24.0	6.6	1.27	.313	4.43	101	3.76	90	8.91	74.3
14	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,548	326	107	89	.546	307	3.88	5	3	0	1764.0	1,717	761	807	199	480	60	5	17	7,380	57	7.90	2.45	3.23	1.02	21.0	6.5	1.25	.298	4.12	95	3.77	92	8.76	63.7
15	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,540	253	84	89	.486	252	3.64	1	0	0	1457.0	1,262	590	645	181	471	53	0	8	6,037	19	9.51	2.91	3.27	1.12	25.5	7.8	1.19	.285	3.98	88	3.75	89	7.80	75
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	1,476	320	114	77	.597	299	3.84	2	2	0	1697.2	1,621	724	768	202	525	45	4	18	7,122	44	7.82	2.78	2.81	1.07	20.7	7.4	1.26	.291	4.07	95	3.96	97	8.59	18.7
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	1,426	234	93	74	.557	229	3.74	3	1	0	1295.0	1,093	538	581	159	488	66	1	5	5,437	67	9.91	3.39	2.92	1.11	26.2	9.0	1.22	.283	4.04	91	3.82	90	7.60	57.9
20	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,354	881	60	48	.556	0	2.48	0	0	379	839.0	483	231	256	54	415	34	577	7	3,409	88	14.52	4.45	3.26	0.58	39.7	12.2	1.07	.276	2.75	60	2.35	56	5.18	166.1
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	5.3
22	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	1,340	251	98	67	.594	245	4.10	0	0	0	1365.0	1,329	622	657	171	478	32	1	9	5,826	17	8.84	3.15	2.80	1.13	23.0	8.2	1.32	.304	4.33	94	3.95	95	8.76	36.4
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	92	3.60	84	7.54	78.4
24	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,297	951	55	43	.561	0	2.61	0	0	482	941.2	619	273	292	92	290	32	714	20	3,739	21	12.40	2.77	4.47	0.88	34.7	7.8	0.97	.260	2.79	66	2.67	66	5.92	143.9
25	Chris Bassitt C. Bassitt	1,225	242	87	68	.561	226	3.71	3	2	0	1326.0	1,244	546	589	147	428	103	6	6	5,632	36	8.31	2.90	2.86	1.00	21.8	7.6	1.26	.294	4.00	91	3.96	95	8.44	31

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	32	24	.571
White Sox	27	26	.509	3.5
Twins	26	28	.481	5.0
Royals	22	32	.407	9.0
Tigers	21	33	.389	10.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 5/26	LAA	@	DET	6:40 PM
Wed 5/27	LAA	@	DET	6:40 PM
Thu 5/28	LAA	@	DET	1:10 PM
Fri 5/29	DET	@	CWS	7:40 PM
Sat 5/30	DET	@	CWS	2:10 PM

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Braves	36	18	.667
Nationals	28	27	.509	8.5
Phillies	27	27	.500	9.0
Marlins	26	29	.473	10.5
Mets	22	32	.407	14.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	31	20	.608
Cardinals	29	23	.558	2.5
Cubs	29	25	.537	3.5
Reds	28	25	.528	4.0
Pirates	28	26	.519	4.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	33	20	.623
Padres	31	22	.585	2.0
Diamondbacks	29	24	.547	4.0
Giants	22	32	.407	11.5
Rockies	20	34	.370	13.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	34	17	.667
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Blue Jays	25	29	.463	10.5
Orioles	24	30	.444	11.5
Red Sox	22	30	.423	12.5
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Royals	22	32	.407	9.0
Tigers	21	33	.389	10.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
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Rangers	24	29	.453	3.0
Astros	24	31	.436	4.0
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Mon 5/11	LAA	@	CLE	2-7
Mon 5/11	NYY	@	BAL	2-3

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Tue 5/26	WSH	@	CLE	6:10 PM
Tue 5/26	TBR	@	BAL	6:35 PM
Tue 5/26	CHC	@	PIT	6:40 PM
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