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Giants' Justin Verlander passes Walter Johnson on historic MLB strikeout record list

They called Walter Johnson the Big Train.

He just got passed on the tracks of MLB history, though.

Justin Verlander now has struck out more batters than Johnson, who was considered maybe the first great strikeout pitcher in baseball's history.

Verlander has struck out 3,516 batters and counting, which moves him into ninth place on the all-time list.

Johnson now resides in 10th at 3,515.

Verlander is MLB's active leader in strikeouts. Max Scherzer and then Clayton Kershaw are the other active pitchers to have reached the 3,000-srikeout barrier, which is a number it'll be hard for any current pitcher to get to based on how modern pitching is being handled.

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