pitcher with most strikeouts all-time still active in the mlb

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
307.8
3 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
2,983
437
213
94
.694
434
2.51
25
15
0
2763.1
2,114
772
847
229
687
44
1
28
10,907
104
9.72
2.24
4.34
0.75
27.3
6.3
1.01
.271
2.76
64
2.83
70
6.89
366.5
4 Chris Sale
C. Sale
2,521
386
142
87
.620
306
3.03
16
3
12
2039.0
1,663
686
739
209
480
126
25
15
8,217
47
11.13
2.12
5.25
0.92
30.7
5.8
1.05
.298
3.26
71
2.88
69
7.34
294.1
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
2,104
398
140
130
.519
391
4.08
3
2
0
2181.2
2,055
989
1,088
213
818
190
1
25
9,366
70
8.68
3.37
2.57
0.88
22.5
8.7
1.32
.305
4.49
102
3.86
96
8.48
42.4
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
1,838
342
107
106
.502
303
3.84
3
1
0
1794.2
1,742
766
821
221
502
36
11
10
7,513
63
9.22
2.52
3.66
1.11
24.5
6.7
1.25
.309
4.12
93
3.60
85
8.74
122.1
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
1,805
320
117
95
.552
311
3.50
6
4
0
1812.2
1,561
705
773
176
597
56
2
5
7,505
105
8.96
2.96
3.02
0.87
24.1
8.0
1.19
.284
3.84
85
3.50
85
7.75
129.2
11 Patrick Corbin
P. Corbin
1,772
353
106
136
.438
335
4.48
7
2
2
1953.2
2,072
973
1,047
273
597
49
9
23
8,395
64
8.16
2.75
2.97
1.26
21.1
7.1
1.37
.315
4.82
107
4.14
99
9.55
5.6
12 Jose Quintana
J. Quintana
1,758
367
106
104
.505
341
3.72
2
2
0
2013.2
1,963
832
899
206
609
53
7
23
8,440
75
7.86
2.72
2.89
0.92
20.8
7.2
1.28
.302
4.02
90
3.70
89
8.77
98.9
13 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
1,740
231
90
59
.604
231
2.50
4
2
0
1443.1
1,104
401
438
129
325
24
0
13
5,669
28
10.85
2.03
5.35
0.80
30.7
5.7
0.99
.283
2.73
64
2.63
65
6.88
233.9
14 Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
1,726
272
109
72
.602
272
3.31
4
3
0
1660.2
1,423
611
661
157
476
70
0
14
6,817
40
9.35
2.58
3.63
0.85
25.3
7.0
1.14
.289
3.58
83
3.29
80
7.71
154.3
15 Robbie Ray
R. Ray
1,635
246
85
74
.535
242
3.89
1
1
0
1336.0
1,154
578
614
200
566
47
1
19
5,648
56
11.01
3.81
2.89
1.35
28.9
10.0
1.29
.298
4.14
93
4.02
98
7.77
11.2
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
59.2
17 José Berríos
J. Berríos
1,414
258
101
79
.561
257
4.03
5
1
0
1488.1
1,385
667
710
204
449
94
0
6
6,250
35
8.55
2.72
3.15
1.23
22.6
7.2
1.23
.289
4.29
96
4.14
98
8.38
20.3
18 Luis Castillo
L. Castillo
1,391
224
76
80
.487
224
3.54
1
0
0
1303.1
1,112
513
561
158
430
42
0
8
5,391
17
9.61
2.97
3.23
1.09
25.8
8.0
1.18
.283
3.87
85
3.70
88
7.68
77.5
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
1,363
319
109
99
.524
311
4.09
3
2
0
1752.1
1,779
796
853
196
609
46
3
10
7,498
58
7.00
3.13
2.24
1.01
18.2
8.1
1.36
.300
4.38
98
4.15
101
9.14
-4.7
21 Michael Wacha
M. Wacha
1,345
291
103
67
.606
270
3.85
2
2
0
1529.1
1,473
654
697
186
477
39
4
18
6,437
41
7.92
2.81
2.82
1.09
20.9
7.4
1.28
.293
4.10
95
3.98
98
8.67
10.9
22 Carlos Rodón
C. Rodón
1,309
212
83
67
.553
207
3.78
3
1
0
1171.1
1,003
492
529
147
434
57
1
5
4,921
63
10.06
3.33
3.02
1.13
26.6
8.8
1.23
.288
4.06
92
3.80
90
7.71
55.4
23 Kyle Hendricks
K. Hendricks
1,300
288
100
87
.535
282
3.75
6
4
0
1645.1
1,567
686
735
195
384
68
4
19
6,796
12
7.11
2.10
3.39
1.07
19.1
5.7
1.19
.283
4.02
91
3.94
96
8.57
33.5
24 Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
1,283
826
58
46
.558
0
2.59
0
0
346
787.1
463
227
252
53
402
33
537
7
3,220
82
14.67
4.60
3.19
0.61
39.8
12.5
1.10
.283
2.88
63
2.40
58
5.29
150.4
25 Kenley Jansen
K. Jansen
1,240
896
50
38
.568
0
2.62
0
0
460
890.0
593
259
277
85
272
31
674
19
3,539
21
12.54
2.75
4.56
0.86
35.0
7.7
0.97
.266
2.80
66
2.60
64
6.00
141.9

More Tigers Stats

Team Rankings

HR

76

10th

R

325

5th

SO

568

11th

ERA

3.15

4th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
43
24
.642
Twins Twins
35
30
.538
7.0
Guardians Guardians
34
31
.523
8.0
Royals Royals
34
32
.515
8.5
White Sox White Sox
22
44
.333
20.5
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
6/10
DET DET
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM
Wed
6/11
DET DET
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM
Thu
6/12
DET DET
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM
Fri
6/13
CIN CIN
@
DET DET
7:10 PM
Sat
6/14
CIN CIN
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Last Game
DET Tigers

43 - 24

4

Final

0

CHC Cubs

40 - 25

Sun 8 Jun 2025

MLB 2025 Batting Leaders

MLB 2025 Pitching Leaders

MLB Fantasy 2025

MLB 2025 Betting

MLB 2025 Division Standings

AL East W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
39
25
.609
Rays Rays
36
30
.545
4.0
AL Central W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
43
24
.642
Twins Twins
35
30
.538
7.0
AL West W L PCT GB
Astros Astros
36
29
.554
Mariners Mariners
33
31
.516
2.5
NL East W L PCT GB
Mets Mets
42
24
.636
Phillies Phillies
38
28
.576
4.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
Cubs Cubs
40
26
.606
Cardinals Cardinals
36
30
.545
4.0
NL West W L PCT GB
Dodgers Dodgers
39
27
.591
Padres Padres
37
27
.578
1.0

MLB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
5/24
SFG SFG
@
WSH WSH
3-2
Sat
5/24
BAL BAL
@
BOS BOS
5-1
Sat
5/24
CHC CHC
@
CIN CIN
11-8
Sat
5/24
TEX TEX
@
CWS CWS
5-4
Sat
5/24
AZ AZ
@
STL STL
3-4

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
6/10
DET DET
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM
Tue
6/10
MIA MIA
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Tue
6/10
CIN CIN
@
CLE CLE
6:40 PM
Tue
6/10
CHC CHC
@
PHI PHI
6:45 PM
Tue
6/10
TBR TBR
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM