most strikeouts allowed from july 25, 1979 to september 20, 2006

Between July 25, 1979 and September 20, 2006, Roger Clemens struck out the most hitters, with 4,591 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from July 25, 1979 to September 20, 2006

	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	4,591	689	348	177	.663	688	3.11	118	46	0	4806.2	4,076	1,659	1,830	354	1,548	154	0	63	19,776	136	8.60	2.90	2.97	0.66	23.2	7.8	1.17	.283	3.43	7.63
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,537	555	280	146	.657	545	3.21	98	37	2	3792.2	3,006	1,352	1,525	359	1,408	178	5	26	15,618	101	10.77	3.34	3.22	0.85	29.0	9.0	1.16	.290	3.62	7.13
3	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,162	675	331	203	.620	671	3.07	108	35	0	4603.1	4,291	1,569	1,779	316	944	125	3	169	18,738	63	6.18	1.85	3.35	0.62	16.9	5.0	1.14	.280	3.48	8.39
4	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,006	544	206	138	.599	411	3.44	82	19	22	3103.0	2,827	1,187	1,249	326	684	50	81	42	12,622	72	8.72	1.98	4.39	0.95	23.8	5.4	1.13	.292	3.62	8.20
5	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,990	440	206	90	.696	373	2.78	46	17	3	2638.0	2,001	815	896	211	698	128	23	26	10,544	58	10.20	2.38	4.28	0.72	28.4	6.6	1.02	.275	3.06	6.83
6	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2,862	424	161	140	.535	424	3.28	57	19	0	2768.0	2,103	1,009	1,153	179	1,197	82	0	36	11,503	158	9.31	3.89	2.39	0.58	24.9	10.4	1.19	.268	3.75	6.84
7	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,760	667	190	137	.581	426	3.29	53	16	154	3140.1	2,737	1,147	1,247	256	932	49	204	72	12,869	134	7.91	2.67	2.96	0.73	21.4	7.2	1.17	.280	3.57	7.84
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	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	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,566	473	238	133	.642	473	3.64	57	23	0	3199.2	3,049	1,293	1,377	344	718	48	0	24	13,077	65	7.22	2.02	3.57	0.97	19.6	5.5	1.18	.288	3.87	8.58
11	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,472	633	289	190	.603	633	3.46	55	24	0	4137.2	4,001	1,593	1,754	322	1,396	61	0	139	17,421	63	5.38	3.04	1.77	0.70	14.2	8.0	1.30	.279	3.82	8.70
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	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,343	499	242	175	.580	499	3.89	168	28	0	3560.0	3,316	1,540	1,690	364	1,286	53	0	91	15,001	196	5.92	3.25	1.82	0.92	15.6	8.6	1.29	.269	4.27	8.38
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	David Wells D. Wells	2,116	630	229	148	.607	459	4.07	54	12	13	3275.2	3,430	1,483	1,605	385	676	80	65	60	13,697	100	5.81	1.86	3.13	1.06	15.4	4.9	1.25	.292	4.41	9.42
17	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
18	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
19	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
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	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	1,986	569	214	166	.563	516	4.16	30	9	0	3340.0	3,443	1,545	1,672	411	942	112	14	57	14,187	51	5.35	2.54	2.11	1.11	14.0	6.6	1.31	.282	4.51	9.28
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	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	1,907	706	168	181	.481	366	3.83	53	9	32	2976.0	2,915	1,266	1,412	318	863	80	167	101	12,552	52	5.77	2.61	2.21	0.96	15.2	6.9	1.27	.277	4.27	8.82

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Between July 25, 1979 and September 20, 2006, Roger Clemens struck out the most hitters, with 4,591 strikeouts.

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