which pitcher has the most strikeouts al time

Roger Clemens has struck out the most career 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	H/9
1	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,167	613	314	162	.660	612	3.17	115	45	0	4338.2	3,720	1,530	1,686	329	1,393	144	0	52	17,881	132	8.64	2.89	2.99	0.68	23.3	7.8	1.18	.286	3.50	7.72
2	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	3,456	733	399	255	.610	635	1.70	513	108	25	5657.1	4,645		1,783	93	1,305	198	94		22,572	147	5.50	2.08	2.65	0.15	15.3	5.8	1.05	.260	2.84	7.39
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3,355	413	189	158	.545	411	3.11	171	46	1	3019.1	2,096	1,042	1,188	173	1,646	90	2	33	12,601	147	10.00	4.91	2.04	0.52	26.6	13.1	1.24	.262	3.54	6.25
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,335	505	255	138	.649	505	3.26	26	9	0	3301.1	2,776	1,194	1,291	339	915	112	0	26	13,454	92	9.09	2.49	3.64	0.92	24.8	6.8	1.12	.278	3.52	7.57
5	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,179	573	253	212	.544	571	3.22	222	54	0	4231.0	3,885	1,514	1,683	362	1,088	143	0	51	17,348	95	6.76	2.31	2.92	0.77	18.3	6.3	1.18	.280	3.58	8.26
6	CC Sabathia	2,965	539	240	155	.608	538	3.78	31	9	0	3428.0	3,265	1,438	1,569	373	1,063	118	0	43	14,374	71	7.78	2.79	2.79	0.98	20.6	7.4	1.26	.293	4.12	8.57
7	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,813	525	268	148	.644	524	3.60	57	23	0	3513.2	3,371	1,407	1,507	367	765	60	0	28	14,351	71	7.21	1.96	3.68	0.94	19.6	5.3	1.18	.290	3.86	8.63
8	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,679	480	206	163	.558	444	3.32	190	39	7	3313.0	2,996	1,222	1,342	317	989	89	20	58	13,719	105	7.28	2.69	2.71	0.86	19.5	7.2	1.20	.278	3.65	8.14
9	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,669	584	232	210	.525	569	3.50	142	34	0	3943.2	3,757	1,533	1,731	401	1,178	119	5	105	16,546	108	6.09	2.69	2.27	0.92	16.1	7.1	1.25	.276	3.95	8.57
10	Bob Feller B. Feller	2,581	511	264	144	.647	461	3.05	277	44	15	3725.2	3,106	1,262	1,419	211	1,678	58	35	4	15,627	66	6.23	4.05	1.54	0.51	16.5	10.7	1.28	.261	3.43	7.50
11	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,545	338	163	92	.639	330	3.57	57	19	2	2253.2	1,793	894	992	218	987	109	3	13	9,428	72	10.16	3.94	2.58	0.87	27.0	10.5	1.23	.283	3.96	7.16
12	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,527	481	191	162	.541	447	3.79	62	14	0	3063.1	2,932	1,290	1,430	290	1,266	73	15	30	13,046	123	7.42	3.72	2.00	0.85	19.4	9.7	1.37	.297	4.20	8.61
13	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,524	416	169	134	.558	415	3.40	25	11	0	2718.0	2,463	1,026	1,145	262	798	105	0	15	11,221	155	8.36	2.64	3.16	0.87	22.5	7.1	1.20	.292	3.79	8.16
14	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,478	525	252	172	.594	506	3.74	174	28	0	3739.1	3,437	1,555	1,706	361	1,337	54	9	95	15,689	199	5.96	3.22	1.85	0.87	15.8	8.5	1.28	.268	4.11	8.27
15	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,384	514	223	153	.593	456	3.17	184	49	8	3331.2	2,875	1,173	1,275	329	1,037	45	36	48	13,647	25	6.44	2.80	2.30	0.89	17.5	7.6	1.17	.258	3.44	7.77
16	Early Wynn E. Wynn	2,340	613	295	207	.588	568	3.32	283	48	7	4368.0	3,974	1,612	1,833	318	1,677	62	39	31	18,420	51	4.82	3.46	1.40	0.66	12.7	9.1	1.29	.261	3.78	8.19
17	Lefty Grove L. Grove	2,269	556	292	129	.694	436	2.95	296	35	41	3825.2	3,685	1,252	1,484	155	1,127	38	94		16,064	45	5.34	2.65	2.01	0.36	14.1	7.0	1.26	.283	3.49	8.67
18	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,267	343	128	111	.536	305	2.90	99	23	7	2233.1	1,679	719	825	145	1,150	52	21	63	9,403	122	9.14	4.63	1.97	0.58	24.1	12.2	1.27	.265	3.32	6.77
19	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,233	394	163	135	.547	379	3.88	75	14	0	2678.2	2,410	1,156	1,272	279	1,126	44	2	26	11,274	77	7.50	3.78	1.98	0.94	19.8	10.0	1.32	.281	4.27	8.10
20	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,212	522	263	141	.651	495	2.75	209	53	2	3838.1	3,208	1,172	1,289	285	1,245	36	11	35	15,589	84	5.19	2.92	1.78	0.67	14.2	8.0	1.16	.247	3.02	7.52
21	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,189	323	120	77	.609	261	3.05	16	3	11	1760.1	1,418	597	646	191	403	110	23	14	7,080	40	11.19	2.06	5.43	0.98	30.9	5.7	1.03	.293	3.30	7.25
22	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,176	538	233	168	.581	494	3.15	161	27	2	3558.2	3,464	1,247	1,486	305	827	107	22	62	14,810	106	5.50	2.09	2.63	0.77	14.7	5.6	1.21	.277	3.76	8.76
23	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	2,157	460	171	158	.520	386	3.42	132	36	8	2817.1	2,529	1,072	1,215	236	1,006	54	40	45	11,849	79	6.89	3.21	2.14	0.75	18.2	8.5	1.25	.273	3.88	8.08
24	Tim Wakefield T. Wakefield	2,046	546	185	161	.535	423	4.38	24	3	15	2922.0	2,826	1,422	1,618	391	1,061	170	57	28	12,588	121	6.30	3.27	1.93	1.20	16.3	8.4	1.33	.273	4.98	8.70
25	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,020	433	215	124	.634	428	3.84	23	3	0	2750.2	2,876	1,175	1,299	229	871	49	1	31	11,703	61	6.61	2.85	2.32	0.75	17.3	7.4	1.36	.310	4.25	9.41