which mlb pitcher has the most strikeouts from 1980 to 1999

Between the 1980 and 1999 seasons, Roger Clemens struck out the most hitters, with 3,316 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	3,316	480	247	134	.648	479	3.04	115	45	0	3462.1	2,917	1,168	1,289	234	1,102	114	0	44	14,211	90	8.62	2.86	3.01	0.61	23.3	7.8	1.16	.284	3.35	68	2.94	69	7.58	511.3
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	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,693	331	160	88	.645	322	3.26	68	25	2	2250.0	1,730	814	913	199	1,013	101	4	15	9,381	75	10.77	4.05	2.66	0.80	28.7	10.8	1.22	.285	3.65	76	3.23	76	6.92	279.1
4	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,464	457	179	158	.531	428	3.97	81	18	0	2962.2	2,723	1,306	1,438	311	1,289	46	3	34	12,562	89	7.49	3.92	1.91	0.94	19.6	10.3	1.35	.285	4.37	93	3.93	91	8.27	120.6
5	David Cone D. Cone	2,420	390	180	102	.638	361	3.19	56	22	1	2590.0	2,144	918	1,011	212	985	87	9	34	10,752	129	8.41	3.42	2.46	0.74	22.5	9.2	1.21	.274	3.51	79	3.38	82	7.45	209.1
6	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
7	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,238	403	188	107	.637	396	3.46	68	24	1	2695.2	2,445	1,036	1,134	187	910	75	1	39	11,238	71	7.47	3.04	2.46	0.62	19.9	8.1	1.24	.288	3.79	90	3.20	81	8.16	198.9
8	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,160	436	221	126	.637	432	2.81	93	28	0	3068.2	2,761	959	1,104	157	691	80	3	118	12,457	46	6.33	2.03	3.13	0.46	17.3	5.5	1.12	.278	3.24	70	2.97	74	8.10	372.2
9	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,151	436	165	140	.541	379	3.72	57	14	0	2675.0	2,544	1,107	1,234	254	1,118	71	24	27	11,398	117	7.24	3.76	1.92	0.85	18.9	9.8	1.37	.293	4.15	85	3.92	89	8.56	144.6
10	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,098	356	157	113	.581	356	3.35	47	14	0	2414.1	2,092	898	986	195	774	38	0	55	9,947	119	7.82	2.89	2.71	0.73	21.1	7.8	1.19	.277	3.68	83	3.30	82	7.80	209.1
11	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
12	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	2,001	500	203	145	.583	460	3.41	68	25	5	3105.2	2,897	1,175	1,330	230	993	106	18	107	13,014	119	5.80	2.88	2.02	0.67	15.4	7.6	1.25	.275	3.85	87	3.64	92	8.40	93.4
13	Bobby Witt B. Witt	1,918	409	138	155	.471	388	4.82	47	11	0	2406.1	2,429	1,288	1,413	242	1,344	36	11	35	10,733	124	7.17	5.03	1.43	0.91	17.9	12.5	1.57	.304	5.28	111	4.38	101	9.08	-18.6
14	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	1,876	693	166	178	.483	364	3.83	52	9	32	2930.0	2,890	1,247	1,391	316	843	76	165	99	12,367	52	5.76	2.59	2.23	0.97	15.2	6.8	1.27	.278	4.27	95	3.91	98	8.88	17.1
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	1,750	566	199	157	.559	470	3.70	83	25	4	3236.2	3,181	1,332	1,491	313	922	110	31	61	13,593	60	4.87	2.56	1.90	0.87	12.9	6.8	1.27	.273	4.15	94	3.97	100	8.85	-5.2
19	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
20	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
21	Tom Candiotti T. Candiotti	1,735	451	151	164	.479	410	3.73	68	11	0	2725.0	2,662	1,130	1,299	250	883	85	11	31	11,568	120	5.73	2.92	1.96	0.83	15.0	7.6	1.30	.280	4.29	92	3.90	95	8.79	46.7
22	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
23	Andy Benes A. Benes	1,721	328	131	119	.524	324	3.79	19	9	1	2135.0	2,001	898	980	219	729	43	2	49	9,009	61	7.25	3.07	2.36	0.92	19.1	8.1	1.28	.283	4.13	93	3.81	91	8.44	80.7
24	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	1,705	396	166	115	.591	368	3.33	76	16	1	2547.2	2,433	942	1,025	215	471	58	13	34	10,357	53	6.02	1.66	3.62	0.76	16.5	4.5	1.14	.280	3.62	80	3.26	80	8.59	225.8
25	Kevin Brown K. Brown	1,701	349	157	108	.592	347	3.27	66	16	0	2430.2	2,313	882	1,015	140	683	108	1	35	10,125	82	6.30	2.53	2.49	0.52	16.8	6.7	1.23	.290	3.76	78	3.32	79	8.56	244.2

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