most strikeouts allowed from july 31, 1978 to april 28, 2003

Between July 31, 1978 and April 28, 2003, Roger Clemens fanned the most batters, with 3,940 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from July 31, 1978 to april 28, 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	3,940	579	297	151	.663	578	3.14	116	45	0	4101.0	3,505	1,433	1,581	298	1,331	137	0	51	16,910	121	8.65	2.92	2.96	0.65	23.3	7.9	1.18	.286	3.47	7.69
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,777	440	225	108	.676	430	3.09	87	34	2	3031.2	2,340	1,041	1,174	270	1,236	141	5	19	12,514	91	11.21	3.67	3.06	0.80	30.2	9.9	1.18	.292	3.49	6.95
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3,132	457	178	151	.541	457	3.24	77	24	0	3009.1	2,274	1,082	1,239	190	1,318	86	0	43	12,506	166	9.37	3.94	2.38	0.57	25.0	10.5	1.19	.268	3.71	6.80
4	David Cone D. Cone	2,668	449	194	126	.606	419	3.46	56	22	1	2896.2	2,503	1,115	1,221	257	1,135	106	9	42	12,176	149	8.29	3.53	2.35	0.80	21.9	9.3	1.26	.280	3.79	7.78
5	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,661	545	275	155	.640	541	2.86	102	34	0	3783.2	3,442	1,201	1,377	217	812	102	3	151	15,370	50	6.33	1.93	3.28	0.52	17.3	5.3	1.12	.279	3.28	8.19
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	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
8	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,420	524	251	181	.581	516	3.89	174	28	0	3710.2	3,463	1,605	1,760	380	1,339	56	2	97	15,639	201	5.87	3.25	1.81	0.92	15.5	8.6	1.29	.269	4.27	8.40
9	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,380	430	156	110	.586	318	3.37	77	17	13	2445.1	2,161	915	973	249	580	37	60	39	9,926	65	8.76	2.13	4.10	0.92	24.0	5.8	1.12	.286	3.58	7.95
10	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
11	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,258	332	154	64	.706	265	2.63	38	15	3	1932.2	1,433	564	630	144	522	92	23	21	7,697	47	10.52	2.43	4.33	0.67	29.3	6.8	1.01	.275	2.93	6.67
12	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,257	478	163	118	.580	361	3.33	47	14	74	2566.1	2,213	949	1,040	206	809	40	99	58	10,546	121	7.92	2.84	2.79	0.72	21.4	7.7	1.18	.277	3.65	7.76
13	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,105	424	184	123	.599	414	3.22	72	17	0	2869.1	2,682	1,028	1,180	180	802	124	1	39	11,915	91	6.60	2.52	2.62	0.56	17.7	6.7	1.21	.287	3.70	8.41
14	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
15	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,073	511	245	145	.628	511	3.37	52	22	0	3379.2	3,210	1,266	1,404	249	1,153	50	0	112	14,178	60	5.52	3.07	1.80	0.66	14.6	8.1	1.29	.278	3.74	8.55
16	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
17	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
18	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	1,973	360	187	102	.647	360	3.52	51	20	0	2491.0	2,331	973	1,034	258	565	31	0	18	10,135	55	7.13	2.04	3.49	0.93	19.5	5.6	1.16	.284	3.74	8.42
19	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
20	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,949	539	179	181	.497	439	3.88	107	13	5	3216.0	2,855	1,387	1,580	337	1,349	138	46	29	13,684	147	5.45	3.78	1.44	0.94	14.2	9.9	1.31	.254	4.42	7.99
21	Kevin Appier K. Appier	1,948	393	162	129	.557	381	3.67	34	12	0	2498.0	2,320	1,020	1,106	217	897	74	2	48	10,527	99	7.02	3.23	2.17	0.78	18.5	8.5	1.29	.285	3.98	8.36
22	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	1,942	716	171	182	.484	371	3.84	53	9	32	3016.2	2,951	1,286	1,432	321	874	81	171	101	12,716	52	5.79	2.61	2.22	0.96	15.3	6.9	1.27	.277	4.27	8.80
23	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,941	494	209	146	.589	459	3.48	61	28	5	3059.1	2,867	1,183	1,302	267	1,030	79	14	60	12,830	54	5.71	3.03	1.88	0.79	15.1	8.0	1.27	.273	3.83	8.43
24	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	1,939	620	223	176	.559	523	3.63	112	29	4	3650.2	3,541	1,474	1,646	348	1,035	113	31	62	15,264	72	4.78	2.55	1.87	0.86	12.7	6.8	1.25	.270	4.06	8.73
25	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1,866	389	156	132	.542	385	3.73	106	22	0	2683.1	2,619	1,111	1,212	268	733	93	1	40	11,199	63	6.26	2.46	2.55	0.90	16.7	6.5	1.25	.285	4.07	8.78

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Between July 31, 1978 and April 28, 2003, Roger Clemens fanned the most batters, with 3,940 strikeouts.

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