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 556 starts.

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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	556	556	266	159	.626	3.33	3,554	26	9	0	3571.1	3,052	1,322	1,433	372	1,006	121	0	28	14,626	100	8.96	2.54	3.53	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	79	3.44	81	7.69	309.9
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	480	489	221	121	.646	3.27	3,503	12	5	0	2985.0	2,460	1,084	1,157	363	790	115	2	20	12,089	80	10.56	2.38	4.43	1.09	29.0	6.5	1.09	.287	3.49	79	3.27	79	7.42	291.7
3	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	366	385	112	145	.436	4.51	1,900	7	2	2	2105.0	2,242	1,054	1,131	291	650	56	10	24	9,061	68	8.12	2.78	2.92	1.24	21.0	7.2	1.37	.317	4.84	107	4.14	99	9.59	5.6
4	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	366	392	115	113	.504	3.79	1,836	2	2	0	2142.1	2,088	901	976	225	658	59	7	23	8,993	76	7.71	2.76	2.79	0.95	20.4	7.3	1.28	.300	4.10	91	3.79	91	8.77	86.6
5	Sonny Gray S. Gray	341	350	132	103	.562	3.57	1,969	7	5	0	1974.1	1,729	783	857	198	637	60	2	5	8,185	106	8.98	2.90	3.09	0.90	24.1	7.8	1.20	.288	3.91	86	3.52	85	7.88	137.7
6	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	336	375	116	117	.498	3.81	2,033	4	2	0	1991.0	1,908	842	900	242	549	39	11	11	8,311	65	9.19	2.48	3.70	1.09	24.5	6.6	1.23	.306	4.07	92	3.58	84	8.62	143.8
7	Chris Sale C. Sale	325	406	153	93	.622	2.98	2,671	16	3	12	2162.1	1,754	717	772	219	507	138	25	15	8,708	48	11.12	2.11	5.27	0.91	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.21	70	2.87	69	7.30	314.3
8	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	321	321	154	81	.655	3.17	2,269	8	5	0	1976.0	1,644	696	746	220	506	62	0	7	7,950	58	10.33	2.30	4.48	1.00	28.5	6.4	1.09	.291	3.40	79	3.17	77	7.49	213.2
9	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	310	329	107	91	.540	3.91	1,564	5	3	0	1782.2	1,736	774	820	203	486	61	5	17	7,461	58	7.90	2.45	3.22	1.02	21.0	6.5	1.25	.298	4.14	96	3.78	93	8.76	61.8
10	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	301	322	114	79	.591	3.87	1,483	2	2	0	1708.1	1,637	734	779	203	529	45	4	19	7,173	46	7.81	2.79	2.80	1.07	20.7	7.4	1.27	.292	4.10	95	3.96	97	8.62	19.1
11	Aaron Nola A. Nola	298	298	112	93	.546	3.90	1,944	6	4	0	1781.2	1,596	773	812	228	471	56	0	16	7,326	19	9.82	2.38	4.13	1.15	26.5	6.4	1.16	.296	4.10	93	3.53	82	8.06	147.3
12	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	292	292	118	76	.608	3.25	1,873	5	3	0	1785.0	1,511	644	697	173	502	78	0	14	7,299	41	9.44	2.53	3.73	0.87	25.7	6.9	1.13	.286	3.51	81	3.29	80	7.62	168.7
13	Martín Pérez M. Pérez	288	338	95	96	.497	4.37	1,200	4	3	0	1688.1	1,790	819	902	197	610	54	16	11	7,295	43	6.40	3.25	1.97	1.05	16.4	8.4	1.42	.304	4.81	99	4.42	103	9.54	-23.8
14	Robbie Ray R. Ray	275	279	92	87	.514	3.96	1,800	2	1	0	1514.1	1,316	667	714	230	644	51	1	19	6,411	63	10.70	3.83	2.80	1.37	28.1	10.0	1.29	.295	4.24	95	4.12	101	7.82	-5.9
15	José Berríos J. Berríos	273	275	108	82	.568	4.08	1,481	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	98	8.44	16.3
16	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	261	261	101	69	.594	2.60	1,935	4	2	0	1610.1	1,228	465	502	159	360	25	0	14	6,327	32	10.81	2.01	5.38	0.89	30.6	5.7	0.99	.278	2.81	66	2.75	67	6.86	242.3
17	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	254	256	85	89	.489	3.62	1,554	1	0	0	1471.2	1,268	592	648	182	476	53	1	8	6,095	20	9.50	2.91	3.26	1.11	25.5	7.8	1.19	.284	3.96	88	3.74	89	7.75	76.7
18	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	248	254	99	68	.593	4.09	1,354	0	0	0	1383.1	1,346	629	664	174	482	32	1	9	5,900	17	8.81	3.14	2.81	1.13	22.9	8.2	1.32	.304	4.32	93	3.95	95	8.76	36.3
19	Kyle Freeland K. Freeland	242	247	65	96	.404	4.67	989	0	0	0	1313.1	1,468	682	738	193	408	52	0	12	5,718	19	6.78	2.80	2.42	1.32	17.3	7.1	1.43	.313	5.06	97	4.61	104	10.06	-25.4
20	Jameson Taillon J. Taillon	236	237	84	65	.564	3.94	1,132	3	1	1	1304.2	1,247	571	610	190	317	34	1	11	5,415	26	7.81	2.19	3.57	1.31	20.9	5.9	1.20	.282	4.21	96	4.12	100	8.60	0.7
21	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	232	237	95	74	.562	3.72	1,443	3	1	0	1313.0	1,103	543	586	161	496	66	1	5	5,507	67	9.89	3.40	2.91	1.10	26.2	9.0	1.22	.282	4.02	90	3.83	90	7.56	58.5
22	Chris Bassitt C. Bassitt	228	244	87	69	.558	3.71	1,228	3	2	0	1335.0	1,254	550	593	149	431	104	6	6	5,671	36	8.28	2.91	2.85	1.00	21.7	7.6	1.26	.294	4.00	91	3.98	95	8.45	28.6
23	Blake Snell B. Snell	223	223	81	63	.563	3.17	1,445	1	1	0	1161.0	897	409	445	111	523	11	0	6	4,809	86	11.20	4.05	2.76	0.86	30.0	10.9	1.22	.289	3.45	78	3.30	79	6.95	112.7
24	Miles Mikolas M. Mikolas	219	255	73	80	.477	4.32	933	3	2	0	1313.1	1,343	630	669	181	262	50	10	8	5,480	17	6.39	1.80	3.56	1.24	17.0	4.8	1.22	.287	4.58	106	4.24	104	9.20	-26.9
25	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	213	258	70	78	.473	4.47	1,353	2	0	3	1227.0	1,119	610	639	197	433	34	13	7	5,173	53	9.92	3.18	3.12	1.44	26.2	8.4	1.26	.292	4.69	105	4.18	99	8.21	5.5

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Justin Verlander has started the most career games by an active pitcher, with 556 starts.

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