most strikeouts allowed from january 1, 1977 to august 31, 2005

Between January 1, 1977 and August 31, 2005, Roger Clemens fanned the most batters, with 4,484 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from January 1, 1977 to August 31, 2005

	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	4,484	667	339	170	.666	666	3.12	118	46	0	4677.1	3,966	1,619	1,784	344	1,507	149	0	59	19,244	131	8.63	2.90	2.98	0.66	23.3	7.8	1.17	.284	3.43	7.63
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,341	517	259	136	.656	507	3.12	96	37	2	3557.1	2,797	1,233	1,395	330	1,338	166	5	25	14,642	98	10.98	3.39	3.24	0.83	29.6	9.1	1.16	.291	3.53	7.08
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3,629	513	202	176	.534	513	3.24	106	31	0	3451.0	2,584	1,243	1,421	211	1,615	96	0	53	14,388	195	9.46	4.21	2.25	0.55	25.2	11.2	1.22	.269	3.71	6.74
4	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,022	636	315	185	.630	632	3.01	107	35	0	4360.0	4,033	1,458	1,655	293	901	125	3	161	17,734	62	6.24	1.86	3.35	0.60	17.0	5.1	1.13	.279	3.42	8.33
5	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,841	415	195	82	.704	348	2.72	45	16	3	2485.0	1,880	752	828	194	654	118	23	22	9,922	57	10.29	2.37	4.34	0.70	28.6	6.6	1.02	.276	3.00	6.81
6	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,801	508	189	129	.594	375	3.39	82	19	22	2865.2	2,564	1,080	1,142	294	649	47	81	41	11,640	70	8.80	2.04	4.32	0.92	24.1	5.6	1.12	.289	3.59	8.05
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	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,547	630	176	127	.581	389	3.25	50	15	154	2897.1	2,505	1,047	1,144	230	877	40	204	67	11,868	130	7.91	2.72	2.90	0.71	21.5	7.4	1.17	.278	3.55	7.78
10	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,478	549	254	186	.577	527	3.90	175	28	0	3824.0	3,567	1,657	1,815	389	1,390	58	10	99	16,120	205	5.83	3.27	1.78	0.92	15.4	8.6	1.30	.269	4.27	8.40
11	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
12	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
13	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,393	441	223	127	.637	441	3.64	56	23	0	3005.1	2,863	1,214	1,290	323	683	42	0	23	12,277	63	7.17	2.05	3.50	0.97	19.5	5.6	1.18	.287	3.86	8.57
14	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,316	597	272	182	.599	597	3.46	53	23	0	3904.1	3,782	1,503	1,655	299	1,325	55	0	131	16,448	62	5.34	3.05	1.75	0.69	14.1	8.1	1.31	.280	3.81	8.72
15	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
16	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,155	440	179	149	.546	436	3.64	127	30	0	3061.0	2,933	1,237	1,357	302	838	104	1	42	12,733	76	6.34	2.46	2.57	0.89	16.9	6.6	1.23	.282	3.99	8.62
17	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,131	688	244	191	.561	560	3.70	121	30	8	3972.0	3,874	1,635	1,827	371	1,157	122	50	70	16,648	83	4.83	2.62	1.84	0.84	12.8	6.9	1.27	.272	4.14	8.78
18	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,098	643	188	195	.491	440	3.84	107	13	31	3406.0	2,998	1,452	1,655	351	1,453	147	117	37	14,495	160	5.54	3.84	1.44	0.93	14.5	10.0	1.31	.253	4.37	7.92
19	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
20	David Wells D. Wells	2,065	612	223	142	.611	441	4.05	53	12	13	3168.1	3,292	1,427	1,544	369	658	78	65	60	13,231	99	5.87	1.87	3.14	1.05	15.6	5.0	1.25	.291	4.39	9.35
21	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,049	1,001	171	152	.529	307	3.57	85	15	387	2899.2	2,774	1,149	1,239	318	570	63	569	80	11,919	18	6.36	1.77	3.59	0.99	17.2	4.8	1.15	.275	3.85	8.61
22	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,041	527	189	196	.491	510	3.89	90	22	1	3347.2	3,358	1,447	1,627	374	1,024	105	7	101	14,235	100	5.49	2.75	1.99	1.01	14.3	7.2	1.31	.279	4.37	9.03
23	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,025	359	161	118	.577	345	3.34	96	22	1	2513.2	2,263	932	1,076	215	872	24	6	73	10,441	92	7.25	3.12	2.32	0.77	19.4	8.4	1.25	.280	3.85	8.10
24	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
25	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

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