most strikeouts allowed from april 21, 1981 to april 1, 2008

Between April 21, 1981 and April 1, 2008, Roger Clemens fanned the most batters, with 4,672 strikeouts.

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	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	4,672	709	354	184	.658	707	3.12	118	46	0	4916.2	4,185	1,707	1,885	363	1,580	159	0	63	20,240	143	8.55	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	7.66
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,616	566	284	150	.654	556	3.22	98	37	2	3855.1	3,065	1,381	1,556	368	1,422	182	5	29	15,877	102	10.78	3.32	3.25	0.86	29.1	9.0	1.16	.290	3.63	7.16
3	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,273	711	347	214	.619	707	3.11	109	35	0	4814.1	4,522	1,665	1,876	332	969	131	3	172	19,617	68	6.12	1.81	3.38	0.62	16.7	4.9	1.14	.281	3.51	8.45
4	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,116	569	216	146	.597	436	3.46	83	20	22	3261.0	2,998	1,253	1,318	347	711	52	81	43	13,284	72	8.60	1.96	4.38	0.96	23.5	5.4	1.14	.293	3.64	8.27
5	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3,031	448	209	93	.692	381	2.81	46	17	3	2677.0	2,050	837	922	215	709	132	23	27	10,726	60	10.19	2.38	4.28	0.72	28.3	6.6	1.03	.276	3.10	6.89
6	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,975	702	207	145	.588	461	3.26	53	16	154	3367.0	2,954	1,221	1,328	275	984	54	204	81	13,810	143	7.95	2.63	3.02	0.74	21.5	7.1	1.17	.281	3.55	7.90
7	David Cone D. Cone	2,668	450	194	126	.606	419	3.47	56	22	1	2898.2	2,504	1,116	1,222	258	1,137	106	9	42	12,184	149	8.28	3.53	2.35	0.80	21.9	9.3	1.26	.280	3.79	7.77
8	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,663	503	250	144	.635	502	3.70	57	23	0	3362.1	3,246	1,383	1,474	359	754	52	0	26	13,774	67	7.13	2.02	3.53	0.96	19.3	5.5	1.19	.290	3.95	8.69
9	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,610	524	200	173	.536	467	3.85	63	15	0	3197.1	3,069	1,366	1,517	304	1,332	76	24	36	13,638	130	7.35	3.75	1.96	0.86	19.1	9.8	1.38	.297	4.27	8.64
10	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2,596	375	145	123	.541	375	3.22	49	17	0	2454.0	1,826	878	1,001	162	1,048	75	0	35	10,162	141	9.52	3.84	2.48	0.59	25.5	10.3	1.17	.265	3.67	6.70
11	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,573	670	303	199	.604	670	3.50	56	25	0	4355.0	4,238	1,696	1,862	345	1,465	65	0	141	18,345	65	5.32	3.03	1.76	0.71	14.0	8.0	1.31	.280	3.85	8.76
12	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	8.27
13	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,397	486	211	144	.594	476	3.28	72	17	0	3256.1	3,079	1,185	1,357	208	901	139	1	42	13,542	108	6.62	2.49	2.66	0.57	17.7	6.7	1.22	.290	3.75	8.51
14	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,293	430	194	112	.634	410	3.51	68	24	3	2800.2	2,564	1,091	1,198	210	954	78	4	42	11,705	76	7.37	3.07	2.40	0.67	19.6	8.2	1.26	.288	3.85	8.24
15	David Wells D. Wells	2,201	660	239	157	.604	489	4.13	54	12	13	3439.0	3,635	1,578	1,702	407	719	83	65	65	14,413	101	5.76	1.88	3.06	1.07	15.3	5.0	1.27	.293	4.45	9.51
16	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,169	448	216	157	.579	448	3.90	153	25	0	3202.2	2,972	1,389	1,526	337	1,161	47	0	83	13,490	183	6.10	3.26	1.87	0.95	16.1	8.6	1.29	.270	4.29	8.35
17	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	2,125	604	230	178	.564	551	4.21	31	9	0	3550.1	3,677	1,662	1,796	444	1,012	117	14	62	15,102	53	5.39	2.57	2.10	1.13	14.1	6.7	1.32	.283	4.55	9.32
18	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	2,033	440	168	153	.523	421	3.60	110	29	1	2885.1	2,696	1,153	1,300	226	1,142	25	6	65	12,233	119	6.34	3.56	1.78	0.70	16.6	9.3	1.33	.280	4.05	8.41
19	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	2,014	510	204	150	.576	466	3.48	68	25	5	3130.1	2,939	1,211	1,367	235	1,007	117	19	108	13,150	121	5.79	2.90	2.00	0.68	15.3	7.7	1.26	.277	3.93	8.45
20	Andy Benes A. Benes	2,000	403	155	139	.527	387	3.97	21	9	1	2505.1	2,377	1,106	1,206	289	909	55	6	52	10,645	63	7.18	3.27	2.20	1.04	18.8	8.5	1.31	.282	4.33	8.54
21	Kevin Appier K. Appier	1,994	414	169	137	.552	402	3.74	34	12	0	2595.1	2,425	1,078	1,168	232	933	79	2	51	10,958	106	6.91	3.24	2.14	0.80	18.2	8.5	1.29	.284	4.05	8.41
22	Al Leiter A. Leiter	1,974	419	162	132	.551	382	3.80	16	10	2	2391.0	2,152	1,010	1,101	198	1,163	117	9	53	10,334	63	7.43	4.38	1.70	0.75	19.1	11.3	1.39	.284	4.14	8.10
23	Bobby Witt B. Witt	1,955	430	142	157	.475	397	4.83	47	11	0	2465.0	2,493	1,324	1,449	252	1,375	39	13	37	11,003	128	7.14	5.02	1.42	0.92	17.8	12.5	1.57	.304	5.29	9.10
24	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	1,915	320	123	109	.530	318	4.21	16	9	0	1972.0	1,758	923	984	248	904	38	0	31	8,435	109	8.74	4.13	2.12	1.13	22.7	10.7	1.35	.283	4.49	8.02
25	Tom Gordon T. Gordon	1,902	854	133	122	.522	203	3.95	18	4	156	2077.0	1,859	911	998	173	958	38	339	56	8,915	106	8.24	4.15	1.99	0.75	21.3	10.7	1.36	.289	4.32	8.06

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Phillies	87	74	.540	7.0
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