who has the most career pitching starts of any active major league baseball player

Justin Verlander has started the most career games by an active pitcher, with 555 starts.

Interpreted as:

Who has the most career regular-season pitching starts of any active major league baseball player?

	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	555	555	266	158	.627	3.32	3,553	26	9	0	3567.2	3,046	1,317	1,428	371	1,004	121	0	28	14,607	99	8.96	2.53	3.54	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.60	79	3.43	81	7.68	310.9
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	474	483	220	117	.653	3.22	3,489	12	5	0	2963.0	2,433	1,059	1,132	354	779	114	2	20	11,987	80	10.60	2.37	4.48	1.08	29.1	6.5	1.08	.287	3.44	77	3.23	78	7.39	302.5
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	451	455	223	96	.699	2.53	3,052	25	15	0	2855.1	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.1
4	Charlie Morton C. Morton	409	416	147	134	.523	4.13	2,196	3	2	0	2267.2	2,143	1,040	1,139	226	859	200	1	27	9,755	72	8.72	3.41	2.56	0.90	22.5	8.8	1.32	.306	4.52	103	3.89	97	8.51	36.6
5	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	357	383	113	110	.507	3.76	1,816	2	2	0	2101.1	2,043	877	949	219	641	58	7	23	8,812	75	7.78	2.75	2.83	0.94	20.6	7.3	1.28	.300	4.06	91	3.76	90	8.75	91.5
6	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	354	373	110	142	.437	4.51	1,860	7	2	2	2047.2	2,179	1,025	1,102	284	630	51	10	24	8,809	67	8.18	2.77	2.95	1.25	21.1	7.2	1.37	.317	4.84	107	4.13	99	9.58	9.7
7	Sonny Gray S. Gray	330	339	125	102	.551	3.58	1,925	7	5	0	1918.0	1,675	763	836	192	621	57	2	5	7,952	106	9.03	2.91	3.10	0.90	24.2	7.8	1.20	.288	3.92	87	3.51	85	7.86	136.2
8	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	322	361	112	113	.498	3.81	1,954	4	2	0	1911.0	1,835	810	866	233	535	38	11	11	7,986	64	9.20	2.52	3.65	1.10	24.5	6.7	1.24	.307	4.08	92	3.59	85	8.64	132.7
9	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
10	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
11	Chris Sale C. Sale	312	393	145	88	.622	3.01	2,579	16	3	12	2084.0	1,692	697	750	213	487	130	25	15	8,389	48	11.14	2.10	5.30	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.24	70	2.87	68	7.31	303.3
12	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	301	307	105	91	.536	3.79	1,373	6	4	0	1745.0	1,668	734	788	209	407	69	4	19	7,213	12	7.08	2.10	3.37	1.08	19.0	5.6	1.19	.283	4.06	92	3.96	96	8.60	34.9
13	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	297	297	115	93	.553	3.65	2,075	2	1	0	1778.0	1,460	721	756	231	563	83	0	8	7,305	83	10.50	2.85	3.69	1.17	28.4	7.7	1.14	.282	3.83	87	3.58	85	7.39	120
14	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	297	316	102	84	.548	3.89	1,487	5	3	0	1702.1	1,661	736	780	188	466	55	5	17	7,124	54	7.86	2.46	3.19	0.99	20.9	6.5	1.25	.299	4.12	95	3.75	92	8.78	66.2
15	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	288	309	110	75	.595	3.89	1,416	2	2	0	1627.1	1,571	703	746	194	503	42	4	18	6,846	43	7.83	2.78	2.82	1.07	20.7	7.3	1.27	.294	4.13	96	3.96	97	8.69	17.3
16	Aaron Nola A. Nola	285	285	109	89	.551	3.83	1,876	6	4	0	1715.2	1,522	730	769	217	449	56	0	16	7,039	18	9.84	2.36	4.18	1.14	26.7	6.4	1.15	.294	4.03	91	3.50	82	7.98	147.1
17	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	283	283	113	75	.601	3.28	1,820	5	3	0	1728.1	1,475	630	683	166	490	76	0	14	7,086	41	9.48	2.55	3.71	0.86	25.7	6.9	1.14	.289	3.56	82	3.28	80	7.68	164.6
18	Martín Pérez M. Pérez	279	325	91	93	.495	4.41	1,153	4	3	0	1631.2	1,750	800	883	191	590	52	14	11	7,070	43	6.36	3.25	1.95	1.05	16.3	8.3	1.43	.307	4.87	100	4.44	103	9.65	-24.3
19	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	99	8.44	14.3
20	Robbie Ray R. Ray	261	265	88	81	.521	3.94	1,734	2	1	0	1441.0	1,250	631	674	216	608	51	1	19	6,097	60	10.83	3.80	2.85	1.35	28.4	10.0	1.29	.296	4.21	94	4.06	99	7.81	5.1
21	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	248	248	96	65	.596	2.57	1,851	4	2	0	1539.2	1,173	440	477	146	345	25	0	13	6,045	30	10.82	2.02	5.37	0.85	30.6	5.7	0.99	.279	2.79	66	2.70	66	6.86	239.4
22	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	243	243	83	84	.497	3.55	1,493	1	0	0	1410.2	1,208	557	608	174	453	48	0	8	5,824	19	9.53	2.89	3.30	1.11	25.6	7.8	1.18	.283	3.88	86	3.72	88	7.71	78.1
23	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	235	241	94	66	.588	4.19	1,297	0	0	0	1304.2	1,280	607	641	167	455	32	1	9	5,579	17	8.95	3.14	2.85	1.15	23.2	8.2	1.33	.307	4.42	95	3.96	95	8.83	34.8
24	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
25	Kyle Freeland K. Freeland	231	236	64	90	.416	4.54	944	0	0	0	1260.1	1,394	636	690	180	392	47	0	12	5,466	17	6.74	2.80	2.41	1.29	17.3	7.2	1.42	.311	4.93	94	4.57	103	9.95	-17.5