most pitching strikeouts from 1981 to 1998

Between the 1981 and 1998 seasons, Roger Clemens struck out the most batters, with 3,153 strikeouts.

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most pitching strikeouts by a player from 1981 to 1998

	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	3,153	450	233	124	.653	449	2.95	114	44	0	3274.2	2,732	1,072	1,188	214	1,012	105	0	44	13,389	82	8.67	2.78	3.12	0.59	23.5	7.6	1.14	.283	3.27	67	2.85	67	7.51	502.1
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2,605	376	146	123	.543	376	3.21	49	17	0	2461.0	1,829	878	1,001	162	1,051	75	0	35	10,189	142	9.53	3.84	2.48	0.59	25.6	10.3	1.17	.265	3.66	88	2.87	80	6.69	205.9
3	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,421	432	178	156	.533	423	3.94	81	18	0	2901.0	2,654	1,270	1,398	302	1,260	46	1	28	12,288	87	7.51	3.91	1.92	0.94	19.7	10.3	1.35	.285	4.34	93	3.90	91	8.23	121.9
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,329	296	143	79	.644	287	3.36	56	23	2	1978.1	1,523	739	827	169	943	92	4	12	8,302	71	10.60	4.29	2.47	0.77	28.1	11.4	1.25	.284	3.76	79	3.29	78	6.93	221.8
5	David Cone D. Cone	2,243	359	168	93	.644	330	3.17	55	21	1	2396.2	1,980	844	927	191	895	76	9	32	9,925	122	8.42	3.36	2.51	0.72	22.6	9.0	1.20	.274	3.48	80	3.31	82	7.44	197.9
6	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,177	451	217	158	.579	451	3.90	154	25	0	3224.2	2,991	1,399	1,537	338	1,172	47	0	85	13,582	185	6.08	3.27	1.86	0.94	16.0	8.6	1.29	.269	4.29	96	3.93	95	8.35	75.3
7	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,150	377	185	103	.642	374	3.33	68	24	1	2580.2	2,318	956	1,044	169	843	66	1	36	10,706	67	7.50	2.94	2.55	0.59	20.1	7.9	1.22	.287	3.64	88	3.09	80	8.08	208.6
8	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	2,058	443	171	153	.528	424	3.57	113	31	1	2912.1	2,710	1,154	1,301	226	1,146	25	6	65	12,332	119	6.36	3.54	1.80	0.70	16.7	9.3	1.32	.280	4.02	97	3.61	96	8.37	30.9
9	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,024	403	202	117	.633	399	2.75	89	28	0	2849.1	2,503	872	1,001	141	654	76	3	110	11,517	45	6.39	2.07	3.09	0.45	17.6	5.7	1.11	.274	3.16	69	2.94	74	7.91	343.4
10	Chuck Finley C. Finley	1,951	403	153	129	.543	346	3.66	56	14	0	2461.2	2,347	1,002	1,117	231	1,024	63	24	25	10,485	102	7.13	3.74	1.91	0.84	18.6	9.8	1.37	.293	4.08	85	3.91	90	8.58	125.7
11	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	1,942	327	146	105	.582	327	3.36	46	13	0	2228.0	1,924	832	916	181	734	34	0	53	9,201	117	7.84	2.96	2.65	0.73	21.1	8.0	1.19	.276	3.70	84	3.31	83	7.77	179.2
12	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	1,912	468	190	133	.588	428	3.33	68	25	5	2926.2	2,722	1,084	1,238	216	916	95	18	105	12,238	113	5.88	2.82	2.09	0.66	15.6	7.5	1.24	.275	3.81	86	3.59	92	8.37	96.6
13	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
14	Bobby Witt B. Witt	1,795	377	131	140	.483	356	4.73	44	9	0	2226.0	2,216	1,171	1,283	219	1,248	33	11	34	9,918	115	7.26	5.05	1.44	0.89	18.1	12.6	1.56	.302	5.19	110	4.32	101	8.96	-13.1
15	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,779	441	167	168	.499	422	3.81	105	12	1	2940.1	2,588	1,244	1,425	313	1,211	122	11	23	12,466	126	5.45	3.71	1.47	0.96	14.3	9.7	1.29	.252	4.36	94	4.33	108	7.92	-99.8
16	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	1,772	640	153	174	.468	362	3.88	52	9	24	2820.1	2,792	1,215	1,354	312	793	74	130	92	11,899	49	5.65	2.53	2.23	1.00	14.9	6.7	1.27	.277	4.32	96	3.96	99	8.91	2.7
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	1,708	541	193	153	.558	458	3.70	81	25	3	3137.0	3,078	1,288	1,447	301	878	108	23	55	13,165	60	4.90	2.52	1.95	0.86	13.0	6.7	1.26	.273	4.15	93	3.94	99	8.83	5.1
21	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,698	426	185	127	.593	405	3.53	53	23	0	2685.2	2,530	1,052	1,155	239	897	72	4	48	11,279	46	5.69	3.01	1.89	0.80	15.1	8.0	1.28	.274	3.87	95	3.76	100	8.48	-7.5
22	Tom Candiotti T. Candiotti	1,694	433	147	158	.482	397	3.64	68	11	0	2653.2	2,576	1,072	1,235	236	853	82	10	31	11,242	107	5.75	2.89	1.99	0.80	15.1	7.6	1.29	.279	4.19	90	3.85	95	8.74	55.5
23	Bruce Hurst B. Hurst	1,673	367	143	111	.563	352	3.85	83	23	0	2386.2	2,424	1,021	1,110	254	724	26	3	42	10,057	52	6.31	2.73	2.31	0.96	16.6	7.2	1.32	.294	4.19	95	3.70	94	9.14	62.9
24	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
25	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	1,624	374	156	109	.589	346	3.35	76	16	1	2428.2	2,311	903	982	204	460	56	13	34	9,877	52	6.02	1.70	3.53	0.76	16.4	4.7	1.14	.280	3.64	81	3.26	81	8.56	207.5

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