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 546 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	546	546	263	156	.628	3.33	3,503	26	9	0	3515.0	3,004	1,302	1,410	367	988	120	0	27	14,389	99	8.97	2.53	3.55	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	79	3.43	81	7.69	306
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	466	475	217	114	.656	3.18	3,456	12	5	0	2925.0	2,387	1,032	1,105	345	767	114	2	20	11,818	79	10.63	2.36	4.51	1.06	29.2	6.5	1.08	.286	3.40	76	3.20	77	7.34	307.8
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	443	446	218	96	.694	2.52	3,014	25	15	0	2814.1	2,162	787	864	233	697	46	1	28	11,112	107	9.64	2.23	4.32	0.75	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.76	64	2.84	70	6.91	369.9
4	Charlie Morton C. Morton	401	408	145	133	.522	4.09	2,164	3	2	0	2237.1	2,112	1,016	1,115	221	837	197	1	27	9,610	70	8.71	3.37	2.59	0.89	22.5	8.7	1.32	.305	4.49	102	3.87	96	8.50	42
5	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	351	377	112	107	.511	3.73	1,796	2	2	0	2069.0	2,016	857	929	215	627	56	7	23	8,675	75	7.81	2.73	2.86	0.94	20.7	7.2	1.28	.301	4.04	90	3.74	90	8.77	94.2
6	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	346	364	109	139	.440	4.48	1,826	7	2	2	2009.1	2,135	1,001	1,076	279	617	50	9	24	8,640	66	8.18	2.76	2.96	1.25	21.1	7.1	1.37	.316	4.82	107	4.13	99	9.56	9.4
7	Sonny Gray S. Gray	322	331	122	99	.552	3.55	1,872	7	5	0	1872.2	1,624	738	809	184	605	57	2	5	7,751	105	9.00	2.91	3.09	0.88	24.2	7.8	1.19	.286	3.89	86	3.49	84	7.80	136.5
8	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
9	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	313	352	110	110	.500	3.84	1,900	3	1	0	1853.2	1,787	791	847	229	524	38	11	11	7,760	63	9.22	2.54	3.63	1.11	24.5	6.8	1.25	.307	4.11	93	3.62	86	8.68	123.8
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	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	297.1
12	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	295	314	101	84	.546	3.91	1,472	5	3	0	1688.1	1,652	733	777	186	466	55	5	17	7,073	54	7.85	2.48	3.16	0.99	20.8	6.6	1.25	.300	4.14	96	3.75	92	8.81	64.3
13	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	292	298	103	89	.536	3.75	1,337	6	4	0	1697.0	1,617	707	760	203	392	68	4	19	7,007	12	7.09	2.08	3.41	1.08	19.1	5.6	1.18	.282	4.03	91	3.95	96	8.58	34.9
14	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	289	289	112	91	.552	3.62	2,036	2	1	0	1739.2	1,424	699	733	221	555	79	0	8	7,149	82	10.53	2.87	3.67	1.14	28.5	7.8	1.14	.283	3.79	86	3.54	84	7.37	125.7
15	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	285	334	112	105	.516	4.20	1,694	11	4	2	1685.1	1,667	786	826	220	465	56	23	21	7,058	61	9.05	2.48	3.64	1.17	24.0	6.6	1.27	.313	4.41	101	3.75	90	8.90	76
16	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	282	282	113	75	.601	3.28	1,814	5	3	0	1723.1	1,471	628	681	165	488	76	0	14	7,066	40	9.47	2.55	3.72	0.86	25.7	6.9	1.14	.289	3.56	82	3.28	80	7.68	164.5
17	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	280	301	106	71	.599	3.85	1,388	2	2	0	1586.0	1,521	678	721	191	493	41	4	18	6,670	42	7.88	2.80	2.82	1.08	20.8	7.4	1.27	.292	4.09	95	3.97	98	8.63	14.5
18	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	146
19	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	100	4.44	103	9.72	-23.5
20	José Berríos J. Berríos	267	268	107	81	.569	4.06	1,459	5	1	0	1542.1	1,442	695	743	213	462	97	0	7	6,477	35	8.51	2.70	3.16	1.24	22.5	7.1	1.23	.289	4.34	96	4.15	98	8.41	18.9
21	Robbie Ray R. Ray	253	257	86	78	.524	3.87	1,696	2	1	0	1400.2	1,207	602	641	210	590	49	1	19	5,918	58	10.90	3.79	2.87	1.35	28.7	10.0	1.28	.296	4.12	92	4.04	99	7.76	8.2
22	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	241	241	94	62	.603	2.55	1,809	4	2	0	1502.1	1,149	426	463	139	338	24	0	13	5,901	28	10.84	2.02	5.35	0.83	30.7	5.7	0.99	.281	2.77	65	2.67	65	6.88	238.4
23	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	235	235	80	82	.494	3.52	1,451	1	0	0	1368.1	1,167	535	586	166	444	47	0	8	5,652	18	9.54	2.92	3.27	1.09	25.7	7.9	1.18	.282	3.85	85	3.70	88	7.68	79.9
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	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	226	232	89	64	.582	4.21	1,259	0	0	0	1253.1	1,233	586	620	161	437	32	1	9	5,365	16	9.04	3.14	2.88	1.16	23.5	8.1	1.33	.308	4.45	96	3.95	94	8.85	35.9