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

Justin Verlander has struck out the most career hitters by an active starting pitcher when pitching at least 1000 innings, with 3,457 strikeouts.

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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	3,457	3467.2	536	262	150	.636	536	3.31	26	9	0	2,943	1,277	1,381	363	973	116	0	27	14,170	97	8.97	2.53	3.55	0.94	24.4	6.9	1.13	.279	3.58	7.64
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,390	2862.0	458	215	112	.657	458	3.17	12	5	0	2,338	1,007	1,080	335	749	110	0	20	11,566	78	10.66	2.36	4.53	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.287	3.40	7.35
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,966	2744.2	431	212	94	.693	431	2.52	25	15	0	2,094	767	840	228	680	44	0	27	10,827	103	9.73	2.23	4.36	0.75	27.4	6.3	1.01	.270	2.75	6.87
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,380	1924.2	303	136	83	.621	303	3.07	16	3	0	1,585	657	709	201	433	122	0	12	7,755	44	11.13	2.02	5.50	0.94	30.7	5.6	1.05	.300	3.32	7.41
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	2,074	2154.1	389	139	129	.519	389	4.09	3	2	0	2,030	978	1,075	210	802	189	0	25	9,241	69	8.66	3.35	2.59	0.88	22.4	8.7	1.31	.305	4.49	8.48
7	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2,007	1706.0	282	110	88	.556	282	3.58	2	1	0	1,394	678	712	217	544	77	0	8	7,009	79	10.59	2.87	3.69	1.14	28.6	7.8	1.14	.283	3.76	7.35
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	1,769	1778.0	309	113	95	.543	309	3.54	6	4	0	1,528	700	768	175	588	55	0	5	7,362	105	8.95	2.98	3.01	0.89	24.0	8.0	1.19	.283	3.89	7.73
10	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,753	1723.2	301	103	103	.500	301	3.84	3	1	0	1,678	736	788	214	479	34	0	7	7,219	60	9.15	2.50	3.66	1.12	24.3	6.6	1.25	.309	4.11	8.76
11	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,728	1430.1	229	88	59	.599	229	2.52	4	2	0	1,098	400	437	129	322	23	0	13	5,623	28	10.87	2.03	5.37	0.81	30.7	5.7	0.99	.283	2.75	6.91
12	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,727	1902.2	333	105	132	.443	333	4.54	6	2	0	2,039	960	1,032	269	580	49	0	22	8,196	61	8.17	2.74	2.98	1.27	21.1	7.1	1.38	.318	4.88	9.64
13	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,713	1649.1	270	109	71	.606	270	3.30	4	3	0	1,416	604	654	155	471	70	0	14	6,770	39	9.35	2.57	3.64	0.85	25.3	7.0	1.14	.289	3.57	7.73
14	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,695	1956.2	339	106	104	.505	339	3.73	2	2	0	1,912	812	877	199	585	52	0	22	8,197	72	7.80	2.69	2.90	0.92	20.7	7.1	1.28	.302	4.03	8.79
15	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,611	1316.0	240	84	73	.535	240	3.90	1	1	0	1,139	570	605	196	560	47	0	19	5,569	55	11.02	3.83	2.88	1.34	28.9	10.1	1.29	.299	4.14	7.79
16	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,404	1614.1	287	93	84	.525	287	3.96	5	3	0	1,591	710	753	181	441	50	0	16	6,774	47	7.83	2.46	3.18	1.01	20.7	6.5	1.26	.300	4.20	8.87
17	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,398	1468.1	254	99	79	.556	254	4.08	5	1	0	1,373	666	709	203	443	94	0	6	6,175	35	8.57	2.72	3.16	1.24	22.6	7.2	1.24	.290	4.35	8.42
18	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,381	1292.1	222	76	79	.490	222	3.54	1	0	0	1,100	509	555	155	428	42	0	8	5,344	16	9.62	2.98	3.23	1.08	25.8	8.0	1.18	.283	3.87	7.66
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	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,291	1151.0	205	82	65	.558	205	3.78	3	1	0	984	483	520	145	426	55	0	5	4,832	62	10.09	3.33	3.03	1.13	26.7	8.8	1.23	.288	4.07	7.69
21	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	1,285	1617.1	280	99	87	.532	280	3.75	6	4	0	1,540	673	722	192	375	67	0	16	6,678	12	7.15	2.09	3.43	1.07	19.2	5.6	1.18	.283	4.02	8.57
22	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,277	1466.0	268	101	66	.605	268	3.76	2	2	0	1,397	613	656	169	464	39	0	18	6,163	38	7.84	2.85	2.75	1.04	20.7	7.5	1.27	.291	4.03	8.58
23	Jon Gray J. Gray	1,201	1209.1	223	72	70	.507	223	4.47	2	1	0	1,187	601	640	155	396	51	0	10	5,141	44	8.94	2.95	3.03	1.15	23.4	7.7	1.31	.309	4.76	8.83
24	Marcus Stroman M. Stroman	1,196	1451.1	255	86	86	.500	255	3.75	4	2	0	1,415	605	672	139	441	38	0	5	6,073	46	7.42	2.73	2.71	0.86	19.7	7.3	1.28	.300	4.17	8.77
25	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	1,194	1186.2	215	84	59	.587	215	4.19	0	0	0	1,155	553	585	149	411	31	0	7	5,064	15	9.06	3.12	2.91	1.13	23.6	8.1	1.32	.307	4.44	8.76