pitchers with most strikeouts in al since 1961

Since 1961, Roger Clemens has struck out the most batters in the AL, with 4,167 strikeouts.

	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	4,167	625	316	166	.656	623	3.21	117	46	0	4377.2	3,776	1,563	1,724	330	1,410	146	0	52	18,073	132	8.57	2.90	2.96	0.68	23.1	7.8	1.18	.287	3.54	72	3.09	71	7.76	595.9
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3,355	420	189	160	.542	417	3.17	171	46	1	3021.1	2,113	1,063	1,209	176	1,655	90	3	33	12,633	150	9.99	4.93	2.03	0.52	26.6	13.1	1.25	.263	3.60	87	2.92	79	6.29	261.7
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,336	511	256	143	.642	511	3.31	26	9	0	3325.0	2,820	1,224	1,323	347	923	114	0	27	13,578	95	9.03	2.50	3.61	0.94	24.6	6.8	1.13	.279	3.58	78	3.41	81	7.63	302.3
4	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,179	587	253	222	.533	582	3.29	222	54	0	4272.1	3,958	1,561	1,731	372	1,105	143	2	53	17,555	97	6.70	2.33	2.88	0.78	18.1	6.3	1.19	.281	3.65	84	3.17	81	8.34	332.7
5	CC Sabathia	2,965	544	240	159	.602	543	3.81	31	9	0	3446.2	3,298	1,461	1,592	376	1,074	119	0	44	14,473	73	7.74	2.80	2.76	0.98	20.5	7.4	1.27	.294	4.16	88	3.82	88	8.61	196.3
6	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,813	537	270	153	.638	536	3.68	57	23	0	3562.2	3,460	1,458	1,559	376	785	60	0	29	14,593	71	7.11	1.98	3.58	0.95	19.3	5.4	1.19	.292	3.94	82	3.57	79	8.74	372.8
7	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,679	508	207	175	.542	459	3.45	190	39	9	3361.2	3,093	1,289	1,415	329	1,014	91	25	60	13,980	109	7.17	2.71	2.64	0.88	19.2	7.3	1.22	.280	3.79	96	3.18	87	8.28	184.4
8	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,669	609	233	221	.513	587	3.62	143	34	1	4005.1	3,865	1,613	1,810	422	1,207	120	10	109	16,857	112	6.00	2.71	2.21	0.95	15.8	7.2	1.27	.277	4.07	94	3.74	95	8.68	79.1
9	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,545	341	164	93	.638	333	3.60	57	19	2	2269.0	1,815	907	1,009	220	991	111	3	13	9,501	72	10.09	3.93	2.57	0.87	26.8	10.4	1.24	.283	4.00	83	3.46	81	7.20	223.8
10	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,527	510	193	169	.533	453	3.85	62	14	0	3112.0	3,000	1,330	1,476	297	1,302	75	24	33	13,287	128	7.31	3.77	1.94	0.86	19.0	9.8	1.38	.297	4.27	87	3.92	89	8.68	180.7
11	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,524	419	169	136	.554	418	3.42	25	11	0	2729.2	2,487	1,037	1,157	264	805	105	0	16	11,284	156	8.32	2.65	3.14	0.87	22.4	7.1	1.21	.293	3.81	84	3.52	85	8.20	181.5
12	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,478	549	254	186	.577	527	3.90	175	28	0	3824.0	3,567	1,657	1,815	389	1,390	58	10	99	16,120	206	5.83	3.27	1.78	0.92	15.4	8.6	1.30	.269	4.27	96	3.93	95	8.40	93
13	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,384	564	227	167	.576	475	3.29	186	49	15	3429.0	3,021	1,255	1,369	343	1,085	49	51	51	14,123	27	6.26	2.85	2.20	0.90	16.9	7.7	1.20	.261	3.59	87	3.47	92	7.93	115.2
14	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,267	365	128	123	.510	317	3.07	99	23	11	2253.1	1,718	769	879	148	1,177	53	28	65	9,530	123	9.05	4.70	1.93	0.59	23.8	12.4	1.28	.267	3.51	87	3.01	82	6.86	161.3
15	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,233	411	163	143	.533	388	4.01	75	14	0	2704.2	2,478	1,206	1,326	287	1,155	45	3	27	11,442	81	7.43	3.84	1.93	0.96	19.5	10.1	1.34	.284	4.41	93	3.93	90	8.25	124.2
16	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,212	558	268	152	.638	521	2.86	211	53	4	3948.0	3,349	1,253	1,395	303	1,311	38	15	37	16,114	85	5.04	2.99	1.69	0.69	13.7	8.1	1.18	.249	3.18	80	3.50	95	7.63	83.2
17	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,189	343	120	80	.600	263	3.10	16	3	12	1780.2	1,449	614	664	193	416	111	25	15	7,177	41	11.06	2.10	5.26	0.98	30.5	5.8	1.05	.294	3.36	73	2.97	70	7.32	245.7
18	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,148	604	236	184	.562	510	3.27	163	28	7	3646.1	3,627	1,324	1,579	316	856	106	35	66	15,252	111	5.30	2.11	2.51	0.78	14.1	5.6	1.23	.280	3.90	89	3.28	87	8.95	193.2
19	Tim Wakefield T. Wakefield	2,046	590	186	168	.525	430	4.43	26	3	22	3006.0	2,931	1,480	1,682	401	1,095	176	77	30	12,971	125	6.13	3.28	1.87	1.20	15.8	8.4	1.34	.273	5.04	95	4.73	108	8.78	-118.5
20	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,020	447	219	127	.633	438	3.94	24	3	0	2796.1	2,951	1,223	1,355	236	889	50	2	31	11,924	61	6.50	2.86	2.27	0.76	16.9	7.5	1.37	.311	4.36	87	3.76	83	9.50	232.7
21	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	2,012	500	224	166	.574	476	3.26	181	42	1	3449.1	2,958	1,248	1,380	374	954	49	6	57	14,032	49	5.25	2.49	2.11	0.98	14.3	6.8	1.13	.243	3.60	95	3.66	103	7.72	-51.5
22	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,004	437	191	142	.574	427	4.11	33	11	0	2693.0	2,751	1,229	1,333	348	803	51	1	33	11,405	41	6.70	2.68	2.50	1.16	17.6	7.0	1.32	.293	4.45	91	4.22	95	9.19	64.9
23	David Price D. Price	1,981	321	150	80	.652	311	3.31	17	3	0	2029.2	1,813	746	819	207	527	59	1	12	8,314	39	8.78	2.34	3.76	0.92	23.8	6.3	1.15	.290	3.63	81	3.34	82	8.04	164.7
24	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	1,972	869	169	134	.558	280	3.47	91	18	324	2642.0	2,439	1,019	1,103	283	626	59	477	75	10,877	23	6.72	2.13	3.15	0.96	18.1	5.8	1.16	.272	3.76	85	3.40	84	8.31	183.3
25	James Shields J. Shields	1,961	363	130	125	.510	361	4.02	23	9	0	2346.1	2,323	1,047	1,141	319	638	87	1	15	9,849	97	7.52	2.45	3.07	1.22	19.9	6.5	1.26	.293	4.38	97	4.13	99	8.91	4.2

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	75	50	.600
Yankees	70	55	.560	5.0
Red Sox	68	58	.540	7.5
Blue Jays	62	65	.488	14.0
Orioles	61	65	.484	14.5

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 8/19	AZ	@	BOS	4:10 PM
Fri 8/21	SFG	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Sat 8/22	SFG	@	BOS	7:15 PM
Sun 8/23	SFG	@	BOS	3:15 PM
Mon 8/24	BOS	@	MIA	6:40 PM

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Final

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Schwarber

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Alvarez

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Olson

RBI Leaders

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Burleson

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Stewart

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Abrams

Batting Average Leaders

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Alvarez

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Arraez

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Simpson

Hit Leaders

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Arraez

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Lopez

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Wood

90

Crow-Armstrong

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Olson

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Kurtz

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Contreras

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Alvarez

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Ohtani

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Crow-Armstrong

SB Leaders

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Nuñez

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Simpson

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Gray

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Cease

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Williams

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Sale

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Braves	74	52	.587
Phillies	69	58	.543	5.5
Marlins	64	63	.504	10.5
Nationals	60	67	.472	14.5
Mets	57	70	.449	17.5
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Brewers	78	48	.619
Cubs	74	53	.583	4.5
Cardinals	65	62	.512	13.5
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Tue 8/4	MIA	@	ATL	2-4

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