which pitcher has the most career strikeouts in the al

Roger Clemens has fanned the most career hitters 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	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	3,509	802	417	279	.599	666	2.17	531	110	34	5914.1	4,913	1,424	1,902	97	1,363	205	127		23,405	154	5.34	2.07	2.57	0.15	15.0	5.8	1.06	.264	2.89	68	2.42	76	7.48	472.8
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	Bob Feller B. Feller	2,581	570	266	162	.621	484	3.25	279	44	22	3827.0	3,271	1,384	1,557	224	1,764	60	52	6	16,180	69	6.07	4.15	1.46	0.53	16.0	10.9	1.32	.264	3.66	82	3.48	89	7.69	184.6
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	Early Wynn E. Wynn	2,334	691	300	244	.551	611	3.54	289	49	16	4564.0	4,291	1,796	2,037	338	1,775	64	67	36	19,408	51	4.60	3.50	1.31	0.67	12.0	9.1	1.33	.265	4.02	94	3.64	97	8.46	56.4
17	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
18	Lefty Grove L. Grove	2,266	616	300	141	.680	457	3.06	298	35	54	3940.2	3,849	1,339	1,594	162	1,187	42	123		16,622	51	5.18	2.71	1.91	0.37	13.6	7.1	1.28	.284	3.64	68	3.36	76	8.79	462.8
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,175	620	237	191	.554	521	3.31	163	28	7	3701.1	3,682	1,362	1,627	325	891	113	37	68	15,509	113	5.29	2.17	2.44	0.79	14.0	5.7	1.24	.280	3.96	90	3.32	88	8.95	181.9
23	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	2,156	514	174	170	.506	403	3.63	132	36	10	2909.1	2,677	1,172	1,323	252	1,060	60	62	50	12,319	85	6.67	3.28	2.03	0.78	17.5	8.6	1.28	.276	4.09	97	3.30	87	8.28	164.3
24	Eddie Plank E. Plank	2,099	581	305	183	.625	498	2.37	387	63	20	4227.1	3,746	1,112	1,491	41	1,018	187	67		16,775	84	4.47	2.17	2.06	0.09	12.5	6.1	1.13	.276	3.17	82	2.48	88	7.98	164.4
25	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

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