Justin Verlander has struck out the most career batters by an active pitcher, with 3,457 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	3,457	536	262	150	.636	536	3.31	26	9	0	3467.2	2,943	1,277	1,381	363	973	116	0	27	14,170	97	8.97	2.53	3.55	0.94	24.4	6.9	1.13	.279	3.58	78	3.43	81	7.64	303
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,408	467	215	112	.657	458	3.16	12	5	0	2881.0	2,349	1,012	1,085	337	756	112	2	20	11,640	78	10.65	2.36	4.51	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.286	3.39	76	3.18	77	7.34	307.9
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,976	436	212	94	.693	433	2.52	25	15	0	2758.1	2,108	771	846	229	687	44	1	28	10,886	104	9.71	2.24	4.33	0.75	27.3	6.3	1.01	.270	2.76	64	2.83	70	6.88	364.4
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,500	384	141	86	.621	304	3.04	16	3	12	2026.0	1,655	684	737	209	474	125	25	15	8,165	47	11.11	2.11	5.27	0.93	30.6	5.8	1.05	.298	3.27	71	2.89	69	7.35	290.6
5	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	8	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	213.5
6	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,099	397	140	130	.519	390	4.07	3	2	0	2179.1	2,049	985	1,084	213	814	189	1	25	9,348	70	8.67	3.36	2.58	0.88	22.5	8.7	1.31	.304	4.48	101	3.86	96	8.46	42.8
7	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2,007	282	110	88	.556	282	3.58	2	1	0	1706.0	1,394	678	712	217	544	77	0	8	7,009	79	10.59	2.87	3.69	1.14	28.6	7.8	1.14	.283	3.76	85	3.53	84	7.35	125.8
8	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,833	341	107	106	.502	302	3.84	3	1	0	1788.2	1,738	763	818	220	499	35	11	10	7,489	63	9.22	2.51	3.67	1.11	24.5	6.7	1.25	.310	4.12	93	3.60	85	8.75	123.1
9	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,831	277	105	86	.550	277	3.78	6	4	0	1671.0	1,482	701	739	210	437	55	0	16	6,855	18	9.86	2.35	4.19	1.13	26.7	6.4	1.15	.294	3.98	90	3.49	81	7.98	145.5
10	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,800	319	116	95	.550	310	3.51	6	4	0	1806.1	1,553	705	773	176	597	56	2	5	7,478	105	8.97	2.97	3.02	0.88	24.1	8.0	1.19	.284	3.85	85	3.51	85	7.74	127.5
11	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,770	352	106	135	.440	334	4.49	6	2	2	1945.2	2,067	971	1,045	272	597	49	9	23	8,366	64	8.19	2.76	2.96	1.26	21.2	7.1	1.37	.316	4.83	107	4.14	99	9.56	5.7
12	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,754	366	106	104	.505	340	3.72	2	2	0	2008.2	1,958	831	898	206	606	53	7	23	8,417	75	7.86	2.72	2.89	0.92	20.8	7.2	1.28	.302	4.02	90	3.71	89	8.77	98.5
13	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,732	230	89	59	.601	230	2.51	4	2	0	1436.1	1,102	401	438	129	325	23	0	13	5,646	28	10.85	2.04	5.33	0.81	30.7	5.8	0.99	.283	2.74	65	2.63	65	6.91	231.7
14	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,719	271	109	72	.602	271	3.32	4	3	0	1654.2	1,420	610	660	156	475	70	0	14	6,794	39	9.35	2.58	3.62	0.85	25.3	7.0	1.15	.289	3.59	83	3.29	80	7.72	153.9
15	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,626	245	84	74	.532	241	3.90	1	1	0	1329.0	1,150	576	612	199	565	47	1	19	5,623	56	11.01	3.83	2.88	1.35	28.9	10.0	1.29	.298	4.14	93	4.03	98	7.79	10.4
16	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,431	306	95	84	.531	287	3.96	5	3	0	1641.2	1,617	723	766	182	455	52	5	16	6,894	52	7.85	2.49	3.15	1.00	20.8	6.6	1.26	.301	4.20	97	3.76	92	8.86	59.3
17	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,408	256	101	79	.561	255	4.06	5	1	0	1475.2	1,377	666	709	203	445	94	0	6	6,202	35	8.59	2.71	3.16	1.24	22.7	7.2	1.23	.290	4.32	96	4.14	98	8.40	20.4
18	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,386	223	76	79	.490	223	3.53	1	0	0	1298.1	1,104	509	555	155	430	42	0	8	5,367	16	9.61	2.98	3.22	1.07	25.8	8.0	1.18	.283	3.85	85	3.68	87	7.65	80.5
19	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,372	213	77	58	.570	213	3.18	1	1	0	1105.2	850	391	426	108	503	11	0	5	4,583	81	11.17	4.09	2.73	0.88	29.9	11.0	1.22	.287	3.47	78	3.35	80	6.92	100.7
20	Wade Miley W. Miley	1,361	318	108	99	.522	310	4.08	3	2	0	1747.1	1,774	793	850	196	605	45	3	10	7,477	58	7.01	3.12	2.25	1.01	18.2	8.1	1.36	.299	4.38	98	4.15	101	9.14	-4.2
21	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,340	290	103	66	.609	269	3.85	2	2	0	1523.1	1,467	651	694	184	476	39	4	18	6,412	41	7.92	2.81	2.82	1.09	20.9	7.4	1.28	.293	4.10	95	3.97	98	8.67	12.5
22	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,304	211	83	66	.557	206	3.76	3	1	0	1166.1	1,000	487	524	145	431	56	1	5	4,899	63	10.06	3.33	3.03	1.12	26.6	8.8	1.23	.289	4.04	91	3.78	89	7.72	57.9
23	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	1,298	287	99	87	.532	281	3.74	6	4	0	1639.1	1,559	682	731	195	382	68	4	18	6,769	12	7.13	2.10	3.40	1.07	19.2	5.6	1.18	.283	4.01	91	3.94	96	8.56	33.1
24	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,279	823	58	46	.558	0	2.60	0	0	344	785.0	462	227	251	53	402	33	535	7	3,212	82	14.66	4.61	3.18	0.61	39.8	12.5	1.10	.283	2.88	63	2.41	58	5.30	149.3
25	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,239	893	50	38	.568	0	2.62	0	0	458	887.2	592	258	276	84	272	31	671	19	3,531	21	12.56	2.76	4.56	0.85	35.1	7.7	0.97	.267	2.80	66	2.59	64	6.00	142.9