most strikeouts allowed from july 3, 1979 to september 27, 2003

Between July 3, 1979 and September 27, 2003, Roger Clemens fanned the most hitters, with 4,099 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from July 3, 1979 to september 27, 2003

	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	4,099	607	310	160	.660	606	3.19	117	46	0	4278.2	3,677	1,517	1,672	321	1,379	141	0	52	17,653	125	8.62	2.90	2.97	0.68	23.2	7.8	1.18	.287	3.52	7.73
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,871	454	230	114	.669	444	3.10	88	35	2	3122.1	2,435	1,077	1,215	283	1,258	146	5	22	12,900	92	11.16	3.63	3.08	0.82	30.0	9.8	1.18	.293	3.50	7.02
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2,894	428	163	142	.534	428	3.27	60	20	0	2799.0	2,124	1,016	1,163	179	1,212	82	0	37	11,629	158	9.31	3.90	2.39	0.58	24.9	10.4	1.19	.268	3.74	6.83
4	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,763	574	288	163	.639	570	2.89	103	34	0	3963.2	3,621	1,273	1,458	234	838	109	3	154	16,098	52	6.27	1.90	3.30	0.53	17.2	5.2	1.12	.279	3.31	8.22
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	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
7	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,542	450	163	117	.582	338	3.33	79	19	13	2586.0	2,286	957	1,017	263	603	39	60	41	10,489	67	8.85	2.10	4.22	0.92	24.2	5.7	1.12	.287	3.54	7.96
8	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
9	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,426	355	166	67	.712	288	2.58	41	15	3	2079.0	1,553	597	667	149	554	99	23	21	8,286	51	10.50	2.40	4.38	0.65	29.3	6.7	1.01	.278	2.89	6.72
10	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,356	503	244	176	.581	503	3.90	169	28	0	3587.2	3,345	1,553	1,704	367	1,293	53	0	91	15,117	196	5.91	3.24	1.82	0.92	15.6	8.6	1.29	.270	4.27	8.39
11	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,313	529	163	120	.576	361	3.29	47	14	110	2618.0	2,252	957	1,049	208	816	40	143	59	10,743	122	7.95	2.81	2.83	0.72	21.5	7.6	1.17	.277	3.61	7.74
12	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
13	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,264	451	197	131	.601	441	3.16	72	17	0	3051.0	2,840	1,072	1,235	189	847	129	1	41	12,645	96	6.68	2.50	2.67	0.56	17.9	6.7	1.21	.288	3.64	8.38
14	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,136	537	251	157	.615	537	3.43	52	22	0	3528.0	3,379	1,344	1,482	268	1,206	52	0	117	14,821	61	5.45	3.08	1.77	0.68	14.4	8.1	1.30	.279	3.78	8.62
15	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,126	386	199	110	.644	386	3.53	53	21	0	2668.2	2,497	1,047	1,112	278	597	34	0	22	10,851	56	7.17	2.01	3.56	0.94	19.6	5.5	1.16	.284	3.75	8.42
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	1,992	412	169	136	.554	400	3.72	34	12	0	2591.1	2,418	1,072	1,160	232	930	79	2	51	10,936	104	6.92	3.23	2.14	0.81	18.2	8.5	1.29	.284	4.03	8.40
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	1,924	711	169	182	.481	368	3.84	53	9	32	2992.2	2,932	1,277	1,423	321	867	80	169	101	12,621	52	5.79	2.61	2.22	0.97	15.2	6.9	1.27	.277	4.28	8.82
22	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,900	496	177	176	.501	439	3.85	107	13	2	3129.0	2,778	1,337	1,527	325	1,302	132	25	26	13,303	143	5.47	3.74	1.46	0.93	14.3	9.8	1.30	.254	4.39	7.99
23	David Wells D. Wells	1,872	556	199	128	.609	385	4.06	52	12	13	2819.0	2,909	1,273	1,383	330	624	69	65	59	11,783	94	5.98	1.99	3.00	1.05	15.9	5.3	1.25	.290	4.42	9.29
24	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,852	464	200	137	.593	442	3.52	56	25	0	2919.0	2,741	1,143	1,254	256	984	76	4	54	12,254	53	5.71	3.03	1.88	0.79	15.1	8.0	1.28	.273	3.87	8.45
25	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,844	421	176	150	.540	420	3.73	74	16	0	2836.1	2,827	1,175	1,303	294	864	48	0	39	11,933	86	5.85	2.74	2.13	0.93	15.5	7.2	1.30	.285	4.13	8.97

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