most strikeouts by an active starter all-time with 1000 ip

Justin Verlander has struck out the most career batters by an active starting pitcher when pitching at least 1000 innings, with 3,483 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:
Most strikeouts by an active starter all-time with 1000 or more ip
NAME SO IP G W L W% GS ERA CG SHO SV H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP K/9 BB/9 K/BB HR/9 K% BB% WHIP BABIP RA H/9
1 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
3,483
3492.1
541
262
154
.630
541
3.33
26
9
0
2,974
1,292
1,399
365
978
118
0
27
14,282
98
8.98
2.52
3.56
0.94
24.4
6.8
1.13
.279
3.61
7.66
2 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
3,413
2882.0
462
216
112
.659
462
3.18
12
5
0
2,357
1,017
1,090
338
756
111
0
20
11,649
79
10.66
2.36
4.51
1.06
29.3
6.5
1.08
.287
3.40
7.36
3 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
2,998
2789.1
439
216
95
.695
439
2.52
25
15
0
2,137
781
856
233
691
45
0
27
11,008
105
9.67
2.23
4.34
0.75
27.2
6.3
1.01
.270
2.76
6.90
4 Chris Sale
C. Sale
2,416
1952.1
307
139
84
.623
307
3.04
16
3
0
1,600
659
711
201
443
124
0
12
7,863
44
11.14
2.04
5.45
0.93
30.7
5.6
1.05
.299
3.28
7.38
5 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
2,251
1954.0
317
153
80
.657
317
3.18
8
5
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
7.49
6 Charlie Morton
C. Morton
2,117
2190.2
396
143
129
.526
396
4.06
3
2
0
2,067
989
1,087
211
814
194
0
26
9,403
70
8.70
3.34
2.60
0.87
22.5
8.7
1.32
.306
4.47
8.49
7 Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
2,014
1714.1
284
110
89
.553
284
3.59
2
1
0
1,402
684
718
217
550
79
0
8
7,049
80
10.57
2.89
3.66
1.14
28.6
7.8
1.14
.283
3.77
7.36
8 Aaron Nola
A. Nola
1,831
1671.0
277
105
86
.550
277
3.78
6
4
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
7.98
9 Sonny Gray
S. Gray
1,821
1824.0
317
117
97
.547
317
3.52
7
5
0
1,567
714
782
176
594
56
0
5
7,540
105
8.99
2.93
3.07
0.87
24.2
7.9
1.18
.284
3.86
7.73
10 Kevin Gausman
K. Gausman
1,796
1767.1
309
104
106
.495
309
3.87
3
1
0
1,721
760
813
220
501
37
0
7
7,416
60
9.15
2.55
3.58
1.12
24.2
6.8
1.26
.309
4.14
8.76
11 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
1,779
1479.1
237
93
59
.612
237
2.51
4
2
0
1,129
412
449
133
332
24
0
13
5,807
28
10.82
2.02
5.36
0.81
30.6
5.7
0.99
.281
2.73
6.87
12 Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
1,779
1700.2
278
112
73
.605
278
3.27
5
3
0
1,447
617
669
160
483
72
0
14
6,968
40
9.41
2.56
3.68
0.85
25.5
6.9
1.13
.288
3.54
7.66
13 Patrick Corbin
P. Corbin
1,763
1948.0
341
108
136
.443
341
4.54
7
2
0
2,089
983
1,055
274
591
49
0
22
8,390
63
8.15
2.73
2.98
1.27
21.0
7.0
1.38
.318
4.87
9.65
14 Jose Quintana
J. Quintana
1,719
1994.0
346
108
106
.505
346
3.74
2
2
0
1,947
828
895
201
605
53
0
22
8,362
72
7.76
2.73
2.84
0.91
20.6
7.2
1.28
.302
4.04
8.79
15 Robbie Ray
R. Ray
1,670
1371.2
249
86
76
.531
249
3.85
2
1
0
1,178
587
625
204
577
48
0
19
5,791
57
10.96
3.79
2.89
1.34
28.8
10.0
1.28
.296
4.10
7.73
16 José Berríos
J. Berríos
1,439
1519.2
263
103
81
.560
263
4.05
5
1
0
1,414
684
728
208
458
96
0
7
6,379
35
8.52
2.71
3.14
1.23
22.6
7.2
1.23
.289
4.31
8.37
17 Nathan Eovaldi
N. Eovaldi
1,425
1636.0
291
96
84
.533
291
3.93
5
3
0
1,608
714
758
182
445
51
0
17
6,856
47
7.84
2.45
3.20
1.00
20.8
6.5
1.25
.300
4.17
8.85
18 Luis Castillo
L. Castillo
1,424
1338.1
230
78
81
.491
230
3.54
1
0
0
1,140
527
575
163
441
44
0
8
5,531
17
9.58
2.97
3.23
1.10
25.7
8.0
1.18
.282
3.87
7.67
19 Blake Snell
B. Snell
1,372
1105.2
213
77
58
.570
213
3.18
1
1
0
850
391
426
108
503
11
0
5
4,583
81
11.17
4.09
2.73
0.88
29.9
11.0
1.22
.287
3.47
6.92
20 Wade Miley
W. Miley
1,365
1741.2
312
107
99
.519
312
4.08
3
2
0
1,766
789
846
195
606
46
0
10
7,448
58
7.05
3.13
2.25
1.01
18.3
8.1
1.36
.300
4.37
9.13
21 Carlos Rodón
C. Rodón
1,336
1198.0
213
85
68
.556
213
3.78
3
1
0
1,021
503
542
152
441
59
0
5
5,026
64
10.04
3.31
3.03
1.14
26.6
8.8
1.22
.286
4.07
7.67
22 Kyle Hendricks
K. Hendricks
1,317
1660.0
288
102
87
.540
288
3.76
6
4
0
1,589
694
747
199
383
68
0
19
6,865
12
7.14
2.08
3.44
1.08
19.2
5.6
1.19
.284
4.05
8.62
23 Michael Wacha
M. Wacha
1,317
1510.1
276
102
71
.590
276
3.78
2
2
0
1,438
635
678
175
480
41
0
18
6,354
39
7.85
2.86
2.74
1.04
20.7
7.6
1.27
.291
4.04
8.57
24 Eduardo Rodriguez
E. Rodriguez
1,232
1222.1
222
86
62
.581
222
4.20
0
0
0
1,202
571
605
157
422
32
0
9
5,229
16
9.07
3.11
2.92
1.16
23.6
8.1
1.33
.309
4.45
8.85
25 Marcus Stroman
M. Stroman
1,204
1466.1
258
87
86
.503
258
3.75
4
2
0
1,431
611
678
141
446
39
0
5
6,138
46
7.39
2.74
2.70
0.87
19.6
7.3
1.28
.299
4.16
8.78
StatMuse has game-level data for innings pitched and strikeouts going back to the 1901 season.
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TEAM W L PCT GB
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47
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
7/18
DET DET
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TEX TEX
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DET DET
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TEX TEX
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7/20
DET DET
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TEX TEX
7:10 PM
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7/21
DET DET
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PIT PIT
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7/22
DET DET
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PIT PIT
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41
.573
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CLE CLE
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Sat
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Sat
6/28
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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PIT PIT
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Fri
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6:45 PM
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