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 540 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	540	540	262	153	.631	3.33	3,476	26	9	0	3486.1	2,967	1,290	1,395	364	978	118	0	27	14,257	97	8.97	2.52	3.55	0.94	24.4	6.9	1.13	.279	3.60	79	3.43	81	7.66	305.6
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	461	470	215	112	.657	3.17	3,423	12	5	0	2895.0	2,363	1,019	1,092	338	762	113	2	20	11,699	79	10.64	2.37	4.49	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.287	3.39	76	3.18	77	7.35	309
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	438	441	216	94	.697	2.52	3,000	25	15	0	2787.1	2,133	779	854	233	692	44	1	28	10,999	105	9.69	2.23	4.34	0.75	27.3	6.3	1.01	.270	2.76	64	2.84	70	6.89	365.8
4	Charlie Morton C. Morton	395	402	143	130	.524	4.06	2,131	3	2	0	2203.0	2,076	995	1,094	214	822	194	1	25	9,456	70	8.71	3.36	2.59	0.87	22.5	8.7	1.32	.305	4.47	101	3.84	96	8.48	46.7
5	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	345	371	108	106	.505	3.73	1,771	2	2	0	2035.0	1,987	844	913	208	618	54	7	23	8,535	75	7.83	2.73	2.87	0.92	20.7	7.2	1.28	.302	4.04	91	3.71	89	8.79	98.3
6	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	340	358	108	138	.439	4.50	1,797	7	2	2	1980.2	2,107	990	1,064	276	604	49	9	23	8,517	64	8.17	2.74	2.98	1.25	21.1	7.1	1.37	.316	4.83	107	4.13	99	9.57	7.8
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	315	324	118	97	.549	3.51	1,831	7	5	0	1837.1	1,580	716	784	177	601	57	2	5	7,599	105	8.97	2.94	3.05	0.87	24.1	7.9	1.19	.284	3.84	85	3.49	84	7.74	135
9	Wade Miley W. Miley	312	320	109	99	.524	4.09	1,368	3	2	0	1757.1	1,783	798	855	198	611	46	3	10	7,519	58	7.01	3.13	2.24	1.01	18.2	8.1	1.36	.299	4.38	98	4.16	101	9.13	-6.3
10	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	308	347	108	108	.500	3.86	1,867	3	1	0	1822.2	1,768	781	836	225	517	38	11	10	7,639	63	9.22	2.55	3.61	1.11	24.4	6.8	1.25	.309	4.13	93	3.62	86	8.73	120.3
11	Chris Sale C. Sale	307	387	143	87	.622	3.02	2,528	16	3	12	2047.2	1,668	686	739	209	481	126	25	15	8,249	47	11.11	2.11	5.26	0.92	30.6	5.8	1.05	.297	3.25	71	2.88	69	7.33	296.9
12	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	289	308	96	84	.533	3.96	1,438	5	3	0	1649.2	1,624	726	769	182	458	52	5	17	6,926	52	7.85	2.50	3.14	0.99	20.8	6.6	1.26	.301	4.20	97	3.76	92	8.86	60.8
13	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	287	293	102	87	.540	3.74	1,321	6	4	0	1672.2	1,595	695	747	199	387	68	4	19	6,909	12	7.11	2.08	3.41	1.07	19.1	5.6	1.18	.283	4.02	91	3.94	96	8.58	34.9
14	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	283	283	110	89	.553	3.58	2,012	2	1	0	1709.2	1,397	680	714	217	547	78	0	8	7,027	79	10.59	2.88	3.68	1.14	28.6	7.8	1.14	.283	3.76	85	3.53	84	7.35	126
15	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	145.9
16	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	277	277	112	73	.605	3.26	1,773	5	3	0	1694.2	1,441	613	665	158	482	71	0	14	6,942	40	9.42	2.56	3.68	0.84	25.5	6.9	1.13	.288	3.53	82	3.25	79	7.65	165.4
17	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	275	296	104	71	.594	3.89	1,369	2	2	0	1555.2	1,505	672	715	190	488	41	4	18	6,560	42	7.92	2.82	2.81	1.10	20.9	7.4	1.28	.294	4.14	96	4.00	98	8.71	9.2
18	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
19	José Berríos J. Berríos	262	263	104	80	.565	4.03	1,439	5	1	0	1518.0	1,411	680	724	206	456	96	0	7	6,369	35	8.53	2.70	3.16	1.22	22.6	7.2	1.23	.289	4.29	96	4.12	97	8.37	23.4
20	Marcus Stroman M. Stroman	257	266	88	86	.506	3.77	1,216	4	2	2	1477.2	1,446	619	688	143	446	40	3	5	6,187	47	7.41	2.72	2.73	0.87	19.7	7.2	1.28	.300	4.19	91	3.76	89	8.81	77.7
21	Robbie Ray R. Ray	247	251	86	76	.531	3.88	1,665	2	1	0	1366.0	1,180	589	628	206	574	47	1	19	5,773	57	10.97	3.78	2.90	1.36	28.8	9.9	1.28	.297	4.14	92	4.03	98	7.77	9.7
22	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	236	236	93	59	.612	2.50	1,771	4	2	0	1473.1	1,125	410	447	131	331	24	0	13	5,784	28	10.82	2.02	5.35	0.80	30.6	5.7	0.99	.282	2.73	64	2.62	65	6.87	239.5
23	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
24	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	229	229	77	81	.487	3.54	1,418	1	0	0	1333.1	1,134	524	572	163	439	43	0	8	5,509	17	9.57	2.96	3.23	1.10	25.7	8.0	1.18	.282	3.86	85	3.71	88	7.65	75.8
25	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