most pitching strikeouts from 1980 to 1997

Between the 1980 and 1997 seasons, Roger Clemens struck out the most batters, with 2,882 strikeouts.

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most pitching strikeouts by a player from 1980 to 1997

	NAME	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	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	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,882	417	213	118	.644	416	2.97	109	41	0	3040.0	2,563	1,003	1,110	203	924	98	0	44	12,428	76	8.53	2.74	3.12	0.60	23.2	7.4	1.15	.284	3.29	67	2.87	68	7.59	452.9
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2,805	411	157	133	.541	411	3.22	53	19	0	2694.2	2,034	965	1,101	172	1,149	78	0	36	11,171	152	9.37	3.84	2.44	0.57	25.1	10.3	1.18	.267	3.68	89	2.87	80	6.79	221
3	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,365	410	174	150	.537	407	3.88	81	18	0	2819.2	2,547	1,217	1,343	291	1,219	45	1	27	11,908	84	7.55	3.89	1.94	0.93	19.9	10.2	1.34	.282	4.29	91	3.87	90	8.13	130.3
4	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,289	487	233	173	.574	487	3.92	165	27	0	3474.2	3,243	1,515	1,662	358	1,259	51	0	90	14,656	191	5.93	3.26	1.82	0.93	15.6	8.6	1.30	.270	4.30	96	3.93	95	8.40	82.5
5	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	2,074	453	173	153	.531	424	3.54	113	31	2	2930.0	2,718	1,154	1,303	226	1,151	25	10	65	12,398	119	6.37	3.54	1.80	0.69	16.7	9.3	1.32	.279	4.00	96	3.60	96	8.35	34.5
6	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,067	354	177	97	.646	351	3.31	68	24	1	2446.2	2,183	900	985	156	792	57	1	36	10,126	64	7.60	2.91	2.61	0.57	20.4	7.8	1.22	.287	3.62	88	3.02	79	8.03	207.6
7	David Cone D. Cone	2,034	328	148	86	.632	299	3.13	52	21	1	2189.0	1,794	762	838	171	836	61	9	31	9,059	116	8.36	3.44	2.43	0.70	22.5	9.2	1.20	.272	3.45	80	3.30	82	7.38	172.8
8	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,000	262	124	68	.646	253	3.37	46	17	2	1734.0	1,320	650	725	146	857	78	4	11	7,288	64	10.38	4.45	2.33	0.76	27.4	11.8	1.26	.279	3.76	80	3.35	80	6.85	179.6
9	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,851	476	170	173	.496	425	3.83	107	13	2	3034.0	2,679	1,291	1,476	319	1,269	127	23	25	12,892	137	5.49	3.76	1.46	0.95	14.4	9.8	1.30	.253	4.38	95	4.32	108	7.95	-102.5
10	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,844	421	176	150	.540	420	3.73	74	16	0	2836.1	2,827	1,175	1,303	294	864	48	0	39	11,933	86	5.85	2.74	2.13	0.93	15.5	7.2	1.30	.285	4.13	90	3.81	94	8.97	68.4
11	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,839	458	199	136	.594	437	3.51	56	25	0	2899.1	2,720	1,130	1,240	254	976	75	4	54	12,168	53	5.71	3.03	1.88	0.79	15.1	8.0	1.27	.273	3.85	95	3.74	100	8.44	-4.6
12	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	1,820	369	184	108	.630	365	2.81	80	23	0	2598.1	2,302	810	926	128	609	69	3	100	10,530	41	6.30	2.11	2.99	0.44	17.3	5.8	1.12	.275	3.21	71	2.95	74	7.97	302.4
13	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	1,795	660	158	168	.485	339	3.74	52	9	32	2781.1	2,714	1,156	1,294	293	794	73	163	95	11,707	48	5.81	2.57	2.26	0.95	15.3	6.8	1.26	.277	4.19	92	3.85	97	8.78	31.3
14	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	1,786	434	179	123	.593	394	3.25	68	25	5	2724.2	2,522	985	1,133	194	831	82	18	98	11,351	101	5.90	2.74	2.15	0.64	15.7	7.3	1.23	.275	3.74	85	3.50	90	8.33	107.9
15	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	1,769	301	129	102	.558	301	3.40	44	11	0	2060.1	1,779	778	858	171	690	30	0	51	8,520	114	7.73	3.01	2.56	0.75	20.8	8.1	1.20	.274	3.75	85	3.36	84	7.77	150
16	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	1,743	307	114	96	.543	300	3.36	25	9	1	1866.2	1,421	696	749	191	715	41	2	33	7,668	22	8.40	3.45	2.44	0.92	22.7	9.3	1.14	.247	3.61	90	3.51	93	6.85	50.9
17	Dave Stewart D. Stewart	1,740	522	168	129	.566	348	3.95	55	9	19	2627.2	2,498	1,154	1,259	264	1,034	62	86	46	11,245	119	5.96	3.54	1.68	0.90	15.5	9.2	1.34	.274	4.31	100	4.05	102	8.56	-26.5
18	Chuck Finley C. Finley	1,739	369	142	120	.542	312	3.69	55	13	0	2238.1	2,137	918	1,020	211	915	57	24	24	9,509	94	6.99	3.68	1.90	0.85	18.3	9.6	1.36	.292	4.10	86	3.91	90	8.59	109.2
19	Bobby Witt B. Witt	1,737	346	124	131	.486	338	4.63	44	9	0	2109.1	2,066	1,086	1,189	198	1,195	31	3	32	9,372	112	7.41	5.10	1.45	0.84	18.5	12.8	1.55	.301	5.07	108	4.24	99	8.82	3.9
20	Kevin Gross K. Gross	1,727	474	142	158	.473	368	4.11	42	14	5	2487.2	2,519	1,137	1,245	230	986	79	38	76	10,791	53	6.25	3.57	1.75	0.83	16.0	9.1	1.41	.295	4.50	106	3.96	102	9.11	-26.8
21	Bruce Hurst B. Hurst	1,689	379	145	113	.562	359	3.92	83	23	0	2417.1	2,463	1,052	1,143	258	740	28	5	42	10,204	56	6.29	2.76	2.28	0.96	16.6	7.3	1.33	.294	4.26	96	3.72	94	9.17	59.5
22	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	1,688	513	195	151	.564	465	3.68	82	24	2	3145.2	3,072	1,287	1,438	305	903	107	20	56	13,197	58	4.83	2.58	1.87	0.87	12.8	6.8	1.26	.271	4.11	93	3.98	101	8.79	-11.6
23	Mike Moore M. Moore	1,667	450	161	176	.478	440	4.39	79	16	2	2831.2	2,858	1,381	1,516	291	1,156	55	6	61	12,203	135	5.30	3.67	1.44	0.92	13.7	9.5	1.42	.284	4.82	105	4.26	101	9.08	-13.9
24	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	1,653	445	149	170	.467	429	4.03	58	10	1	2777.0	2,825	1,245	1,403	320	878	82	7	92	11,866	81	5.36	2.85	1.88	1.04	13.9	7.4	1.33	.280	4.55	101	4.12	102	9.16	-22.3
25	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1,619	339	139	122	.533	335	3.80	97	21	0	2345.1	2,297	989	1,080	244	611	85	1	28	9,769	53	6.21	2.34	2.65	0.94	16.6	6.3	1.24	.285	4.14	93	3.61	89	8.81	107.9

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Between the 1980 and 1997 seasons, Roger Clemens struck out the most batters, with 2,882 strikeouts.

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