which active pitcher most strikeouts including postseason

Justin Verlander has fanned the most career hitters by an active pitcher in the regular-season and playoffs, with 3,798 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	3,798	594	283	171	.623	593	3.35	28	10	0	3797.1	3,231	1,412	1,526	404	1,080	126	0	28	15,546	108	9.00	2.56	3.52	0.96	24.4	6.9	1.14	.279	3.62	74	3.23	77	7.66	309.9
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,681	521	229	128	.641	507	3.28	12	5	1	3139.0	2,576	1,145	1,221	384	849	124	3	24	12,723	88	10.55	2.43	4.34	1.10	28.9	6.7	1.09	.285	3.50	74	3.09	75	7.39	294.2
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,698	413	153	94	.619	329	3.03	16	3	12	2180.0	1,768	734	791	226	514	137	26	15	8,782	49	11.14	2.12	5.25	0.93	30.7	5.9	1.05	.296	3.27	69	2.83	68	7.30	310.5
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,407	339	164	86	.656	339	3.15	8	5	0	2087.1	1,727	731	790	236	536	64	0	8	8,398	59	10.38	2.31	4.49	1.02	28.7	6.4	1.08	.289	3.41	74	2.95	72	7.45	213.1
5	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	2,063	385	117	121	.492	340	3.81	4	2	0	2024.2	1,921	856	914	246	566	38	13	14	8,439	65	9.17	2.52	3.64	1.09	24.4	6.7	1.23	.303	4.06	89	3.48	82	8.54	141.2
6	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,988	306	116	97	.545	306	3.89	6	4	0	1822.0	1,636	788	828	234	478	59	0	16	7,494	19	9.82	2.36	4.16	1.16	26.5	6.4	1.16	.296	4.09	89	3.42	80	8.08	145.4
7	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,985	353	131	106	.553	344	3.56	7	5	0	1988.1	1,738	787	863	200	645	61	2	6	8,248	109	8.98	2.92	3.08	0.91	24.1	7.8	1.20	.287	3.91	85	3.46	84	7.87	138
8	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,949	262	103	69	.599	262	2.59	4	2	0	1621.1	1,237	467	504	159	363	25	0	15	6,372	32	10.82	2.02	5.37	0.88	30.6	5.7	0.99	.278	2.80	65	2.68	66	6.87	241.1
9	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,927	300	120	78	.606	299	3.22	5	3	0	1830.1	1,533	654	709	172	511	82	0	14	7,470	42	9.48	2.51	3.77	0.85	25.8	6.8	1.12	.285	3.49	78	3.14	76	7.54	170.8
10	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,921	389	113	146	.436	365	4.51	7	2	2	2109.1	2,244	1,058	1,136	290	655	56	10	25	9,079	67	8.20	2.79	2.93	1.24	21.2	7.2	1.37	.317	4.85	106	4.09	98	9.57	6.7
11	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,867	401	115	115	.500	373	3.76	2	2	0	2179.0	2,114	911	988	228	673	60	7	23	9,147	76	7.71	2.78	2.77	0.94	20.4	7.4	1.28	.298	4.08	89	3.72	90	8.73	86
12	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,803	281	91	90	.503	273	3.98	2	1	0	1509.0	1,314	668	713	231	635	52	3	19	6,384	66	10.75	3.79	2.84	1.38	28.2	9.9	1.29	.296	4.25	93	4.07	100	7.84	-4.1
13	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	1,714	340	112	106	.514	289	4.22	11	4	2	1703.2	1,685	798	838	222	475	57	25	21	7,139	61	9.05	2.51	3.61	1.17	24.0	6.7	1.27	.313	4.43	101	3.73	90	8.90	74.6
14	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,624	342	116	91	.560	318	3.85	5	3	0	1836.2	1,777	785	832	204	496	60	6	20	7,676	57	7.96	2.43	3.27	1.00	21.2	6.5	1.24	.297	4.08	91	3.60	88	8.71	64
15	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,564	259	86	92	.483	257	3.62	1	0	0	1485.0	1,285	597	652	184	477	54	1	9	6,150	19	9.48	2.89	3.28	1.12	25.4	7.8	1.19	.284	3.95	87	3.68	88	7.79	75
16	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,547	241	88	68	.564	238	3.18	1	1	1	1243.2	956	439	475	121	559	12	1	6	5,140	91	11.20	4.05	2.77	0.88	30.1	10.9	1.22	.288	3.44	72	3.08	74	6.92	112.7
17	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,518	329	118	81	.593	306	3.88	2	2	0	1737.1	1,659	749	793	210	543	46	5	22	7,293	45	7.86	2.81	2.80	1.09	20.8	7.4	1.27	.291	4.11	92	3.86	95	8.59	18.9
18	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,500	279	108	84	.563	276	4.08	5	1	0	1586.2	1,488	719	773	220	479	98	0	7	6,671	35	8.51	2.72	3.13	1.25	22.5	7.2	1.24	.290	4.38	96	4.14	97	8.44	16.3
19	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,462	242	94	77	.550	236	3.82	3	1	0	1323.2	1,128	562	605	166	498	69	1	7	5,570	69	9.94	3.39	2.94	1.13	26.2	8.9	1.23	.285	4.11	89	3.74	88	7.67	57.9
20	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,427	927	63	52	.548	0	2.47	0	0	390	890.2	522	244	272	58	436	37	606	8	3,622	91	14.42	4.41	3.27	0.59	39.4	12.0	1.08	.279	2.75	57	2.21	53	5.27	166.1
21	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,391	1,009	58	44	.569	0	2.56	0	0	502	1006.0	652	286	307	98	306	35	760	23	3,983	21	12.44	2.74	4.55	0.88	34.9	7.7	0.95	.257	2.75	61	2.48	61	5.83	145.9
22	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	1,376	262	71	79	.473	215	4.45	2	0	3	1245.2	1,131	616	645	202	438	34	14	7	5,244	54	9.94	3.16	3.14	1.46	26.2	8.4	1.26	.291	4.66	103	4.12	98	8.17	5.4
23	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	1,365	262	99	68	.593	249	4.14	0	0	0	1387.2	1,346	638	673	174	485	34	3	10	5,920	17	8.85	3.15	2.81	1.13	23.1	8.2	1.32	.303	4.36	92	3.88	93	8.73	36.5
24	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	1,329	895	56	53	.514	0	2.71	0	0	450	866.2	531	261	292	82	372	44	684	12	3,502	74	13.80	3.86	3.57	0.85	37.9	10.6	1.04	.268	3.03	62	2.55	62	5.51	130.7
25	Dylan Cease D. Cease	1,328	203	68	61	.527	202	3.89	3	3	0	1084.0	914	468	515	126	462	38	0	10	4,599	57	11.03	3.84	2.87	1.05	28.9	10.0	1.27	.298	4.28	91	3.55	83	7.59	79.4

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Fri 5/22	DET	@	BAL	7:15 PM
Sat 5/23	DET	@	BAL	4:05 PM
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Reds	26	24	.520	4.5
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