who has started the most games as a pitcher among active players

Justin Verlander has started the most career games by an active pitcher, with 536 starts.

Interpreted as:

Who has started in the regular season the most games as a pitcher among active players?

	NAME	GS	G	W	L	W%	ERA	SO	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	536	536	262	150	.636	3.31	3,457	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
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	458	467	215	112	.657	3.16	3,408	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	430	433	212	94	.693	2.51	2,970	25	15	0	2746.2	2,096	767	840	228	681	44	1	28	10,836	103	9.73	2.23	4.36	0.75	27.4	6.3	1.01	.270	2.75	64	2.83	70	6.87	365.3
4	Charlie Morton C. Morton	388	395	138	130	.515	4.08	2,087	3	2	0	2166.2	2,039	983	1,081	212	811	188	1	25	9,296	69	8.67	3.37	2.57	0.88	22.5	8.7	1.32	.305	4.49	102	3.86	96	8.47	41.6
5	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	339	365	106	104	.505	3.72	1,751	2	2	0	2003.2	1,954	829	896	206	602	53	7	23	8,394	75	7.87	2.70	2.91	0.93	20.9	7.2	1.28	.302	4.02	90	3.70	89	8.78	98.8
6	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	332	350	106	134	.442	4.49	1,761	6	2	2	1935.0	2,059	966	1,040	270	594	49	9	23	8,323	63	8.19	2.76	2.96	1.26	21.2	7.1	1.37	.317	4.84	107	4.14	99	9.58	6.3
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	317	317	153	80	.657	3.18	2,251	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
8	Sonny Gray S. Gray	308	317	115	95	.548	3.52	1,785	6	4	0	1793.1	1,540	702	770	176	596	56	2	5	7,426	105	8.96	2.99	2.99	0.88	24.0	8.0	1.19	.283	3.86	85	3.53	85	7.73	123.6
9	Chris Sale C. Sale	302	382	140	86	.619	3.05	2,486	16	3	12	2013.0	1,649	683	736	208	470	124	25	15	8,116	47	11.11	2.10	5.29	0.93	30.6	5.8	1.05	.298	3.29	72	2.89	69	7.37	289.7
10	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	300	339	106	106	.500	3.85	1,820	3	1	0	1776.0	1,725	759	814	219	497	35	11	10	7,436	63	9.22	2.52	3.66	1.11	24.5	6.7	1.25	.310	4.13	93	3.61	85	8.74	121
11	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	286	305	95	84	.531	3.97	1,429	5	3	0	1639.2	1,615	723	766	182	454	52	5	16	6,885	52	7.84	2.49	3.15	1.00	20.8	6.6	1.26	.301	4.20	97	3.76	92	8.86	59
12	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	282	282	110	88	.556	3.58	2,007	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
13	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	279	285	99	86	.535	3.73	1,287	6	4	0	1627.2	1,545	675	724	193	380	67	4	16	6,716	12	7.12	2.10	3.39	1.07	19.2	5.7	1.18	.282	4.00	91	3.94	96	8.54	33.1
14	Aaron Nola A. Nola	277	277	105	86	.550	3.78	1,831	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	145.7
15	Martín Pérez M. Pérez	273	318	91	88	.508	4.43	1,127	4	3	0	1595.2	1,724	785	867	186	579	51	14	11	6,925	43	6.36	3.27	1.95	1.05	16.3	8.4	1.44	.309	4.89	101	4.44	103	9.72	-23.6
16	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	269	269	108	71	.603	3.31	1,705	4	3	0	1642.2	1,413	604	654	155	469	70	0	14	6,745	39	9.34	2.57	3.64	0.85	25.3	7.0	1.15	.289	3.58	83	3.29	80	7.74	153.3
17	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	267	288	103	66	.609	3.85	1,333	2	2	0	1511.1	1,459	647	690	182	474	38	4	18	6,366	41	7.94	2.82	2.81	1.08	20.9	7.4	1.28	.294	4.11	95	3.97	98	8.69	13.5
18	Marcus Stroman M. Stroman	255	264	87	86	.503	3.77	1,211	4	2	2	1467.2	1,436	615	684	141	443	39	3	5	6,145	47	7.43	2.72	2.73	0.86	19.7	7.2	1.28	.300	4.19	91	3.74	89	8.81	79.5
19	José Berríos J. Berríos	253	254	100	78	.562	4.08	1,396	5	1	0	1463.2	1,372	663	706	202	442	94	0	6	6,159	35	8.58	2.72	3.16	1.24	22.7	7.2	1.24	.291	4.34	97	4.15	98	8.44	18.8
20	Robbie Ray R. Ray	239	243	83	73	.532	3.93	1,610	1	1	0	1316.0	1,145	574	610	199	562	47	1	19	5,577	54	11.01	3.84	2.86	1.36	28.9	10.1	1.30	.299	4.17	93	4.05	99	7.83	7
21	Alex Cobb A. Cobb	233	233	78	76	.506	3.84	1,108	6	2	0	1327.2	1,307	566	620	140	383	47	0	15	5,577	51	7.51	2.60	2.89	0.95	19.9	6.9	1.27	.299	4.20	94	3.81	92	8.86	43.8
22	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	228	228	88	58	.603	2.51	1,728	4	2	0	1425.0	1,093	398	435	128	320	23	0	13	5,600	28	10.91	2.02	5.40	0.81	30.9	5.7	0.99	.284	2.75	65	2.62	64	6.90	232.5
23	Jon Gray J. Gray	223	228	72	70	.507	4.45	1,211	2	1	0	1216.2	1,191	602	641	155	401	51	3	13	5,172	44	8.96	2.97	3.02	1.15	23.4	7.8	1.31	.309	4.74	97	3.95	90	8.81	57.2
24	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	221	221	76	79	.490	3.54	1,375	1	0	0	1286.1	1,091	506	552	155	427	42	0	8	5,317	16	9.62	2.99	3.22	1.08	25.9	8.0	1.18	.282	3.86	85	3.69	87	7.63	77.8
25	Taijuan Walker T. Walker	216	226	74	66	.529	4.15	1,035	3	1	1	1193.2	1,114	551	611	168	408	56	4	13	5,057	27	7.80	3.08	2.54	1.27	20.5	8.1	1.28	.279	4.61	102	4.42	106	8.40	-33.6