most strikeouts opening day current pitcher from 2000

Since 2000, Justin Verlander has fanned the most batters by an active pitcher, with 3,553 strikeouts.

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1Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
3,553
555
266
158
.627
555
3.32
26
9
0
3567.2
3,046
1,317
1,428
371
1,004
121
0
28
14,607
99
8.96
2.53
3.54
0.94
24.3
6.9
1.14
.280
3.60
79
3.43
81
7.68
310.9
2Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
3,489
483
220
117
.653
474
3.22
12
5
0
2963.0
2,433
1,059
1,132
354
779
114
2
20
11,987
80
10.60
2.37
4.48
1.08
29.1
6.5
1.08
.287
3.44
77
3.23
78
7.39
302.5
3Chris Sale
C. Sale
2,585
394
146
88
.624
313
3.00
16
3
12
2090.0
1,695
697
750
213
490
131
25
15
8,412
48
11.13
2.11
5.28
0.92
30.7
5.8
1.05
.297
3.23
70
2.87
69
7.30
303.8
4Gerrit 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
5Kevin Gausman
K. Gausman
1,965
362
112
113
.498
323
3.81
4
2
0
1917.0
1,836
811
867
234
535
38
11
11
8,005
64
9.23
2.51
3.67
1.10
24.5
6.7
1.24
.306
4.07
92
3.59
85
8.62
134.3
6Sonny Gray
S. Gray
1,930
340
125
102
.551
331
3.59
7
5
0
1922.0
1,681
766
840
193
622
57
2
5
7,972
106
9.04
2.91
3.10
0.90
24.2
7.8
1.20
.288
3.93
87
3.51
85
7.87
135.9
7Aaron Nola
A. Nola
1,883
286
109
89
.551
286
3.83
6
4
0
1720.2
1,527
733
772
219
451
56
0
16
7,061
18
9.85
2.36
4.18
1.15
26.7
6.4
1.15
.294
4.04
91
3.51
82
7.99
145.6
8Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
1,851
248
96
65
.596
248
2.57
4
2
0
1539.2
1,173
440
477
146
345
25
0
13
6,045
30
10.82
2.02
5.37
0.85
30.6
5.7
0.99
.279
2.79
66
2.70
66
6.86
239.4
9Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
1,820
283
113
75
.601
283
3.28
5
3
0
1728.1
1,475
630
683
166
490
76
0
14
7,086
41
9.48
2.55
3.71
0.86
25.7
6.9
1.14
.289
3.56
82
3.28
80
7.68
164.6
10Jose Quintana
J. Quintana
1,816
383
113
110
.507
357
3.76
2
2
0
2101.1
2,043
877
949
219
641
58
7
23
8,812
75
7.78
2.75
2.83
0.94
20.6
7.3
1.28
.300
4.06
91
3.76
90
8.75
91.5
11Robbie Ray
R. Ray
1,738
266
88
82
.518
262
3.94
2
1
0
1446.1
1,255
633
676
217
608
51
1
19
6,118
60
10.81
3.78
2.86
1.35
28.4
9.9
1.29
.296
4.21
94
4.06
99
7.81
4.9
12Nathan Eovaldi
N. Eovaldi
1,494
317
102
85
.545
298
3.91
5
3
0
1707.0
1,669
741
785
190
466
55
5
17
7,146
54
7.88
2.46
3.21
1.00
20.9
6.5
1.25
.299
4.14
96
3.75
92
8.80
65.4
13Luis Castillo
L. Castillo
1,493
243
83
84
.497
243
3.55
1
0
0
1410.2
1,208
557
608
174
453
48
0
8
5,824
19
9.53
2.89
3.30
1.11
25.6
7.8
1.18
.283
3.88
86
3.72
88
7.71
78.1
14José 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
99
8.44
14.3
15Blake Snell
B. Snell
1,440
222
81
62
.566
222
3.15
1
1
0
1158.0
891
405
440
111
521
11
0
6
4,791
86
11.19
4.05
2.76
0.86
30.1
10.9
1.22
.288
3.42
77
3.31
79
6.92
111.7
16Michael Wacha
M. Wacha
1,423
310
110
75
.595
289
3.87
2
2
0
1633.1
1,574
703
746
194
504
42
4
18
6,866
43
7.84
2.78
2.82
1.07
20.7
7.3
1.27
.293
4.11
95
3.95
97
8.67
19
17Carlos Rodón
C. Rodón
1,409
231
93
72
.564
226
3.73
3
1
0
1282.0
1,085
532
574
159
477
65
1
5
5,378
65
9.89
3.35
2.95
1.12
26.2
8.9
1.22
.283
4.03
90
3.83
90
7.62
58.2
18Nick Pivetta
N. Pivetta
1,333
255
69
77
.473
210
4.51
2
0
3
1214.0
1,114
608
637
197
430
34
13
7
5,126
53
9.88
3.19
3.10
1.46
26.0
8.4
1.27
.293
4.72
106
4.22
100
8.26
1.2
19Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
1,332
865
60
47
.561
0
2.51
0
0
368
823.1
475
230
255
54
408
33
564
7
3,347
87
14.56
4.46
3.26
0.59
39.8
12.2
1.07
.277
2.79
61
2.36
57
5.19
162.2
20Eduardo Rodriguez
E. Rodriguez
1,302
242
94
66
.588
236
4.17
0
0
0
1309.2
1,284
607
642
167
457
32
1
9
5,599
17
8.95
3.14
2.85
1.15
23.3
8.2
1.33
.307
4.41
95
3.95
94
8.82
35.6
21Kenley Jansen
K. Jansen
1,281
935
54
40
.574
0
2.57
0
0
476
928.1
610
265
284
88
282
32
701
20
3,683
21
12.42
2.73
4.54
0.85
34.8
7.7
0.96
.261
2.75
65
2.62
64
5.91
148
22Dylan Cease
D. Cease
1,243
189
65
58
.528
189
3.87
3
3
0
1020.2
857
439
483
121
432
35
0
9
4,326
55
10.96
3.81
2.88
1.07
28.7
10.0
1.26
.295
4.26
92
3.64
85
7.56
70.1
23Chris Bassitt
C. Bassitt
1,191
232
83
65
.561
218
3.64
3
2
0
1278.2
1,184
517
559
143
409
96
6
6
5,410
34
8.38
2.88
2.91
1.01
22.0
7.6
1.25
.292
3.93
89
3.94
95
8.33
31.1
24Sean Manaea
S. Manaea
1,184
243
79
66
.545
210
4.08
3
3
0
1245.0
1,150
565
611
171
347
61
5
4
5,196
36
8.56
2.51
3.41
1.24
22.8
6.7
1.20
.285
4.42
100
4.02
98
8.31
14.6
25Freddy Peralta
F. Peralta
1,160
212
71
42
.628
163
3.61
1
0
1
936.0
700
375
396
120
360
48
6
3
3,874
31
11.15
3.46
3.22
1.15
29.9
9.3
1.13
.265
3.81
85
3.66
87
6.73
58.3
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