most strikeouts allowed from august 17, 1979 to may 30, 2005

Between August 17, 1979 and May 30, 2005, Roger Clemens fanned the most batters, with 4,393 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	4,393	651	331	167	.665	650	3.15	117	46	0	4569.0	3,891	1,599	1,760	339	1,478	148	0	59	18,825	130	8.65	2.91	2.97	0.67	23.3	7.9	1.18	.285	3.47	7.66
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,219	499	251	131	.657	489	3.09	93	37	2	3438.0	2,681	1,179	1,337	310	1,318	160	5	24	14,157	96	11.04	3.45	3.20	0.81	29.8	9.3	1.16	.291	3.50	7.02
3	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,957	619	308	177	.635	615	2.97	105	35	0	4249.2	3,914	1,401	1,597	278	882	120	3	159	17,271	58	6.26	1.87	3.35	0.59	17.1	5.1	1.13	.279	3.38	8.29
4	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2,858	422	161	139	.537	422	3.28	57	19	0	2761.1	2,096	1,005	1,149	179	1,195	81	0	36	11,473	158	9.32	3.89	2.39	0.58	24.9	10.4	1.19	.268	3.74	6.83
5	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,765	485	185	125	.597	373	3.35	82	19	13	2830.1	2,521	1,055	1,117	289	641	46	60	41	11,484	70	8.79	2.04	4.31	0.92	24.1	5.6	1.12	.288	3.55	8.02
6	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,736	398	187	77	.708	331	2.71	43	16	3	2367.0	1,785	713	789	180	627	116	23	21	9,451	57	10.40	2.38	4.36	0.68	28.9	6.6	1.02	.277	3.00	6.79
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	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
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	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,453	613	166	125	.570	372	3.26	47	14	154	2767.2	2,398	1,004	1,100	220	852	40	204	62	11,358	128	7.98	2.77	2.88	0.72	21.6	7.5	1.17	.279	3.58	7.80
11	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,375	481	211	141	.599	471	3.23	72	17	0	3232.0	3,039	1,160	1,331	205	891	135	1	41	13,419	105	6.61	2.48	2.67	0.57	17.7	6.6	1.22	.289	3.71	8.46
12	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,329	496	240	175	.578	496	3.90	168	28	0	3539.0	3,296	1,533	1,683	362	1,280	52	0	91	14,917	196	5.92	3.26	1.82	0.92	15.6	8.6	1.29	.269	4.28	8.38
13	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,304	424	216	122	.639	424	3.60	55	22	0	2900.1	2,753	1,160	1,235	307	654	39	0	23	11,835	62	7.15	2.03	3.52	0.95	19.5	5.5	1.17	.287	3.83	8.54
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	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,276	581	265	176	.601	581	3.46	53	23	0	3802.2	3,661	1,464	1,613	293	1,305	54	0	127	16,013	62	5.39	3.09	1.74	0.69	14.2	8.1	1.31	.279	3.82	8.66
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	David Wells D. Wells	1,998	596	215	140	.606	425	4.06	52	12	13	3067.2	3,175	1,385	1,499	361	648	73	65	60	12,809	96	5.86	1.90	3.08	1.06	15.6	5.1	1.25	.289	4.40	9.31
20	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
21	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
22	Al Leiter A. Leiter	1,904	396	157	125	.557	366	3.71	16	10	2	2296.2	2,046	947	1,033	190	1,099	109	7	51	9,886	61	7.46	4.31	1.73	0.74	19.3	11.1	1.37	.282	4.05	8.02
23	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	1,899	702	167	179	.483	364	3.82	52	9	32	2956.0	2,905	1,255	1,400	317	852	78	167	100	12,471	52	5.78	2.59	2.23	0.97	15.2	6.8	1.27	.278	4.26	8.84
24	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	1,887	311	121	105	.535	309	4.10	16	9	0	1925.1	1,687	878	939	240	882	37	0	29	8,205	107	8.82	4.12	2.14	1.12	23.0	10.7	1.33	.280	4.39	7.89
25	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,876	485	174	174	.500	434	3.84	107	13	2	3090.2	2,742	1,318	1,507	325	1,285	131	23	25	13,141	140	5.46	3.74	1.46	0.95	14.3	9.8	1.30	.254	4.39	7.98

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