most strikeouts allowed from august 24, 1980 to april 30, 2008

Between August 24, 1980 and April 30, 2008, Roger Clemens struck out 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	4,638	570	285	151	.654	560	3.23	98	37	2	3876.0	3,086	1,392	1,572	370	1,431	184	5	29	15,972	102	10.77	3.32	3.24	0.86	29.0	9.0	1.17	.291	3.65	7.17
3	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,294	717	349	216	.618	713	3.12	109	35	0	4852.2	4,558	1,681	1,893	336	976	131	3	173	19,774	68	6.11	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	3,011	707	210	147	.588	466	3.25	53	16	154	3394.0	2,976	1,227	1,334	277	992	54	204	82	13,921	145	7.98	2.63	3.04	0.73	21.6	7.1	1.17	.282	3.54	7.89
7	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,675	509	253	147	.633	508	3.71	57	23	0	3394.2	3,282	1,400	1,492	366	759	55	0	26	13,909	68	7.09	2.01	3.52	0.97	19.2	5.5	1.19	.290	3.96	8.70
8	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
9	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2,663	385	149	125	.544	385	3.22	50	17	0	2518.1	1,891	902	1,026	165	1,061	76	0	35	10,434	144	9.52	3.79	2.51	0.59	25.5	10.2	1.17	.267	3.67	6.76
10	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
11	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,578	673	303	200	.602	673	3.50	56	25	0	4367.1	4,250	1,700	1,866	347	1,470	65	0	141	18,398	65	5.31	3.03	1.75	0.72	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	2,201	459	220	162	.576	459	3.89	156	25	0	3282.1	3,047	1,420	1,560	342	1,202	48	0	89	13,836	186	6.04	3.30	1.83	0.94	15.9	8.7	1.29	.269	4.28	8.35
17	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	2,137	610	231	180	.562	557	4.22	31	9	0	3582.1	3,723	1,678	1,815	448	1,022	118	14	64	15,251	53	5.37	2.57	2.09	1.13	14.0	6.7	1.32	.284	4.56	9.35
18	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
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	1,918	323	123	109	.530	318	4.24	16	9	0	1976.1	1,768	932	993	251	908	38	2	31	8,462	110	8.73	4.13	2.11	1.14	22.7	10.7	1.35	.284	4.52	8.05
25	Tom Gordon T. Gordon	1,914	865	135	123	.523	203	3.94	18	4	157	2087.0	1,864	913	1,000	173	963	38	341	56	8,956	106	8.25	4.15	1.99	0.75	21.4	10.8	1.35	.288	4.31	8.04

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
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