most strikeouts allowed from april 7, 1979 to may 30, 2004

Between April 7, 1979 and May 30, 2004, Roger Clemens struck out the most batters, with 4,175 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from April 7, 1979 to may 30, 2004

	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	4,175	617	317	160	.665	616	3.18	117	46	0	4343.0	3,723	1,534	1,690	326	1,405	144	0	55	17,914	126	8.65	2.91	2.97	0.68	23.3	7.8	1.18	.286	3.50	7.72
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,961	465	236	118	.667	455	3.09	90	37	2	3198.2	2,479	1,099	1,240	289	1,276	150	5	22	13,193	93	11.14	3.59	3.10	0.81	30.0	9.7	1.17	.291	3.49	6.98
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3,027	444	173	146	.542	444	3.23	70	24	0	2916.0	2,197	1,047	1,198	185	1,260	84	0	39	12,096	161	9.34	3.89	2.40	0.57	25.0	10.4	1.19	.267	3.70	6.78
4	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,809	585	292	167	.636	581	2.92	103	34	0	4031.1	3,695	1,308	1,494	248	851	115	3	156	16,388	54	6.27	1.90	3.30	0.55	17.1	5.2	1.13	.279	3.34	8.25
5	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
6	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,612	461	169	120	.585	349	3.32	80	19	13	2664.0	2,361	983	1,043	268	614	40	60	41	10,804	67	8.82	2.07	4.25	0.91	24.2	5.7	1.12	.288	3.52	7.98
7	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
8	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,498	366	171	70	.710	299	2.63	41	15	3	2149.2	1,618	627	699	158	572	102	23	21	8,579	51	10.46	2.39	4.37	0.66	29.1	6.7	1.02	.278	2.93	6.77
9	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
10	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,402	514	250	180	.581	514	3.89	174	28	0	3672.1	3,422	1,587	1,738	377	1,318	55	0	94	15,462	199	5.89	3.23	1.82	0.92	15.5	8.5	1.29	.269	4.26	8.39
11	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,336	549	163	120	.576	361	3.28	47	14	117	2639.1	2,271	963	1,055	211	816	40	159	59	10,825	123	7.97	2.78	2.86	0.72	21.6	7.5	1.17	.278	3.60	7.74
12	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,306	462	203	132	.606	452	3.17	72	17	0	3123.2	2,911	1,101	1,265	197	862	130	1	41	12,944	98	6.64	2.48	2.68	0.57	17.8	6.7	1.21	.287	3.64	8.39
13	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
14	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,175	548	257	160	.616	548	3.40	53	23	0	3602.2	3,432	1,362	1,502	272	1,222	52	0	118	15,115	61	5.43	3.05	1.78	0.68	14.4	8.1	1.29	.277	3.75	8.57
15	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,167	397	204	114	.642	397	3.57	54	21	0	2737.0	2,585	1,085	1,153	285	615	35	0	22	11,154	58	7.13	2.02	3.52	0.94	19.4	5.5	1.17	.286	3.79	8.50
16	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	8.35
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	1,934	713	170	182	.483	370	3.84	53	9	32	3008.0	2,940	1,282	1,428	321	873	81	169	101	12,680	52	5.79	2.61	2.22	0.96	15.3	6.9	1.27	.277	4.27	8.80
22	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,927	518	177	178	.499	439	3.87	107	13	2	3185.1	2,831	1,371	1,564	335	1,335	135	33	27	13,554	146	5.44	3.77	1.44	0.95	14.2	9.8	1.31	.254	4.42	8.00
23	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,903	483	204	142	.590	449	3.52	57	25	5	2980.2	2,802	1,166	1,282	261	1,008	78	14	58	12,517	53	5.75	3.04	1.89	0.79	15.2	8.1	1.28	.274	3.87	8.46
24	David Wells D. Wells	1,889	565	202	132	.605	394	4.05	52	12	13	2876.2	2,960	1,295	1,406	336	631	71	65	60	12,014	94	5.91	1.97	2.99	1.05	15.7	5.3	1.25	.289	4.40	9.26
25	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	1,882	606	214	173	.553	509	3.70	101	28	4	3529.0	3,460	1,451	1,620	341	1,000	111	31	61	14,799	70	4.80	2.55	1.88	0.87	12.7	6.8	1.26	.272	4.13	8.82

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Between April 7, 1979 and May 30, 2004, Roger Clemens struck out the most batters, with 4,175 strikeouts.

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