most pitching strikeouts in a career active players

Chris Sale has struck out the most career batters by an active pitcher, with 2,779 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	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,779	420	159	97	.621	339	2.95	17	4	12	2246.2	1,821	736	794	223	518	145	25	15	9,037	48	11.13	2.08	5.36	0.89	30.8	5.7	1.04	.297	3.18	69	2.83	67	7.29	338.1
2	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,382	339	163	89	.647	339	3.20	8	5	0	2081.0	1,742	741	792	239	525	63	0	7	8,380	58	10.30	2.27	4.54	1.03	28.4	6.3	1.09	.291	3.43	79	3.20	78	7.53	217.3
3	Aaron Nola A. Nola	2,053	318	116	101	.535	318	3.91	6	4	0	1891.0	1,699	821	862	254	508	58	0	18	7,783	20	9.77	2.42	4.04	1.21	26.4	6.5	1.17	.294	4.10	92	3.63	85	8.09	137.8
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2,052	279	107	76	.585	279	2.73	4	2	0	1702.1	1,312	516	553	166	391	27	0	16	6,713	35	10.85	2.07	5.25	0.88	30.6	5.8	1.00	.281	2.92	69	2.74	67	6.94	256.5
5	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	2,013	311	127	80	.614	311	3.26	5	3	0	1890.1	1,598	684	738	187	537	80	0	14	7,731	43	9.58	2.56	3.75	0.89	26.0	6.9	1.13	.287	3.51	81	3.29	79	7.61	182.7
6	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,631	343	113	94	.546	320	3.92	5	3	0	1848.0	1,803	804	851	212	501	65	6	17	7,737	59	7.94	2.44	3.26	1.03	21.1	6.5	1.25	.299	4.14	96	3.78	93	8.78	63.8
7	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,605	272	88	95	.481	266	3.75	1	0	0	1541.1	1,359	642	703	199	497	55	4	10	6,416	21	9.37	2.90	3.23	1.16	25.0	7.7	1.20	.286	4.10	91	3.83	91	7.94	63.2
8	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,574	341	120	85	.585	320	3.83	2	2	0	1828.0	1,739	777	828	224	557	49	4	19	7,658	48	7.75	2.74	2.83	1.10	20.6	7.3	1.26	.288	4.08	94	4.01	98	8.56	13.8
9	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,500	247	100	75	.571	242	3.67	3	1	0	1366.1	1,136	557	604	166	515	67	1	5	5,718	68	9.88	3.39	2.91	1.09	26.2	9.0	1.21	.280	3.98	89	3.80	90	7.48	63.7
10	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,495	231	85	63	.574	231	3.10	1	1	0	1200.2	922	414	450	111	537	12	0	6	4,964	87	11.21	4.03	2.78	0.83	30.1	10.8	1.22	.289	3.37	76	3.25	78	6.91	123.8
11	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
12	Dylan Cease D. Cease	1,470	217	76	64	.543	217	3.67	4	4	0	1184.1	962	483	536	132	508	38	0	9	4,989	61	11.17	3.86	2.89	1.00	29.5	10.2	1.24	.292	4.07	88	3.50	82	7.31	98.7
13	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	1,440	273	110	73	.601	267	4.02	0	0	0	1494.1	1,453	668	709	186	517	33	1	9	6,367	18	8.67	3.11	2.79	1.12	22.6	8.1	1.32	.302	4.27	92	3.95	94	8.75	40.6
14	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,402	916	63	52	.548	0	2.48	0	0	402	873.0	510	241	268	57	431	34	607	7	3,554	90	14.45	4.44	3.25	0.59	39.4	12.1	1.08	.278	2.76	60	2.36	57	5.26	171.1
15	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,329	984	58	46	.558	0	2.60	0	0	498	972.1	634	281	302	95	305	33	739	21	3,860	22	12.30	2.82	4.36	0.88	34.4	7.9	0.97	.257	2.80	66	2.71	67	5.87	144.6
16	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	1,328	276	85	74	.535	229	4.16	3	3	1	1395.2	1,302	645	699	196	391	77	11	4	5,849	38	8.56	2.52	3.40	1.26	22.7	6.7	1.21	.287	4.51	102	4.08	99	8.40	8.3
17	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	1,188	219	91	64	.587	197	3.46	9	3	0	1254.2	1,082	482	531	103	456	72	7	1	5,241	66	8.52	3.27	2.61	0.74	22.7	8.7	1.23	.286	3.81	84	3.59	86	7.76	79.4
18	Max Fried M. Fried	1,156	220	97	46	.678	203	3.01	6	4	0	1192.1	1,026	399	440	94	330	47	10	6	4,849	49	8.73	2.49	3.50	0.71	23.8	6.8	1.14	.289	3.32	71	3.19	76	7.74	130.8
19	Luis Severino L. Severino	1,138	213	75	61	.551	197	3.93	2	2	0	1134.2	1,036	496	542	145	356	56	4	3	4,759	30	9.03	2.82	3.20	1.15	23.9	7.5	1.23	.291	4.30	93	3.89	91	8.22	50.4
20	Logan Webb L. Webb	1,128	207	78	62	.557	204	3.50	4	2	0	1223.0	1,167	476	520	87	291	47	0	4	5,018	23	8.30	2.14	3.88	0.64	22.5	5.8	1.19	.312	3.83	86	3.06	76	8.59	132.5
21	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	1,122	213	63	38	.624	152	3.20	0	0	2	978.1	768	348	383	109	284	38	16	3	3,961	43	10.32	2.61	3.95	1.00	28.3	7.2	1.08	.274	3.52	76	3.31	79	7.07	96.1
22	Logan Gilbert L. Gilbert	1,089	178	59	47	.557	178	3.60	2	1	0	1021.1	856	409	429	140	230	32	0	8	4,127	46	9.60	2.03	4.73	1.23	26.4	5.6	1.06	.272	3.78	93	3.57	90	7.54	47.2
23	Seth Lugo S. Lugo	1,088	392	71	56	.559	155	3.74	1	0	16	1165.1	1,089	484	520	145	330	46	66	18	4,849	24	8.40	2.55	3.30	1.12	22.4	6.8	1.22	.291	4.02	91	3.87	93	8.41	38.3
24	Sandy Alcantara S. Alcantara	1,084	213	65	78	.455	202	3.69	13	5	3	1289.1	1,138	528	582	137	389	53	6	8	5,319	28	7.57	2.72	2.79	0.96	20.4	7.3	1.18	.274	4.06	87	3.88	93	7.94	40.9
25	Yusei Kikuchi Y. Kikuchi	1,078	213	49	65	.430	201	4.49	1	1	1	1055.2	1,060	527	573	172	386	32	4	4	4,548	39	9.19	3.29	2.79	1.47	23.7	8.5	1.37	.308	4.89	109	4.43	105	9.04	-27.6

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