most strikeouts allowed from june 12, 1978 to september 2, 2002

Between June 12, 1978 and September 2, 2002, Roger Clemens struck out the most hitters, with 3,877 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from June 12, 1978 to september 2, 2002

	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	3,877	569	291	150	.660	568	3.15	116	45	0	4036.2	3,451	1,412	1,557	294	1,311	133	0	51	16,644	114	8.64	2.92	2.96	0.66	23.3	7.9	1.18	.286	3.47	7.69
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,697	431	219	106	.674	421	3.09	84	33	2	2967.1	2,286	1,020	1,149	264	1,224	136	5	19	12,255	91	11.21	3.71	3.02	0.80	30.2	10.0	1.18	.292	3.48	6.93
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3,175	463	180	154	.539	463	3.26	79	25	0	3051.2	2,312	1,106	1,264	193	1,344	86	0	44	12,687	169	9.36	3.96	2.36	0.57	25.0	10.6	1.20	.269	3.73	6.82
4	David Cone D. Cone	2,655	445	193	123	.611	415	3.45	56	22	1	2880.2	2,484	1,103	1,209	254	1,124	106	9	41	12,099	149	8.29	3.51	2.36	0.79	21.9	9.3	1.25	.280	3.78	7.76
5	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,623	534	269	151	.640	530	2.82	102	34	0	3724.1	3,373	1,169	1,338	208	799	101	3	146	15,110	50	6.34	1.93	3.28	0.50	17.4	5.3	1.12	.278	3.23	8.15
6	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,594	519	198	173	.534	462	3.84	63	15	0	3171.2	3,047	1,354	1,502	302	1,322	76	24	35	13,529	130	7.36	3.75	1.96	0.86	19.2	9.8	1.38	.297	4.26	8.65
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	2,438	533	252	183	.579	518	3.90	174	28	0	3744.2	3,501	1,621	1,777	380	1,353	57	6	99	15,789	202	5.86	3.25	1.80	0.91	15.4	8.6	1.30	.270	4.27	8.41
9	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,307	420	153	106	.591	309	3.32	75	17	13	2379.2	2,103	877	933	239	565	35	60	39	9,656	63	8.73	2.14	4.08	0.90	23.9	5.9	1.12	.286	3.53	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	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,230	459	163	118	.580	361	3.36	47	14	59	2545.2	2,202	949	1,040	206	807	40	80	58	10,472	120	7.88	2.85	2.76	0.73	21.3	7.7	1.18	.278	3.68	7.78
12	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,202	323	149	63	.703	256	2.62	38	15	3	1875.1	1,390	546	610	141	503	90	23	21	7,467	45	10.57	2.41	4.38	0.68	29.5	6.7	1.01	.276	2.93	6.67
13	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,074	416	183	121	.602	408	3.21	72	17	0	2833.2	2,650	1,011	1,163	177	789	124	1	38	11,761	91	6.59	2.51	2.63	0.56	17.6	6.7	1.21	.288	3.69	8.42
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	2,038	499	240	140	.632	499	3.35	52	22	0	3313.0	3,137	1,235	1,371	245	1,123	49	0	105	13,883	58	5.54	3.05	1.81	0.67	14.7	8.1	1.29	.277	3.72	8.52
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	1,985	398	154	139	.526	382	4.00	20	9	1	2473.0	2,348	1,100	1,200	287	897	54	6	52	10,516	63	7.22	3.26	2.21	1.04	18.9	8.5	1.31	.283	4.37	8.55
18	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	1,980	631	225	181	.554	533	3.65	115	30	4	3713.2	3,614	1,508	1,683	354	1,055	113	31	64	15,538	74	4.80	2.56	1.88	0.86	12.7	6.8	1.26	.271	4.08	8.76
19	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,969	506	211	146	.591	462	3.47	61	28	8	3092.0	2,894	1,191	1,310	267	1,034	79	20	60	12,956	55	5.73	3.01	1.90	0.78	15.2	8.0	1.27	.273	3.81	8.42
20	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,965	556	180	182	.497	439	3.87	107	13	9	3239.2	2,872	1,393	1,588	340	1,363	139	54	31	13,786	149	5.46	3.79	1.44	0.94	14.3	9.9	1.31	.254	4.41	7.98
21	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
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	Kevin Appier K. Appier	1,914	384	160	124	.563	372	3.63	34	12	0	2451.1	2,266	989	1,075	205	876	70	2	47	10,311	97	7.03	3.22	2.18	0.75	18.6	8.5	1.28	.284	3.95	8.32
24	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1,899	397	161	132	.549	393	3.70	108	23	0	2738.1	2,667	1,125	1,230	274	744	94	1	40	11,422	65	6.24	2.45	2.55	0.90	16.6	6.5	1.25	.285	4.04	8.77
25	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	1,892	350	180	100	.643	350	3.58	50	19	0	2418.0	2,284	963	1,019	256	549	29	0	18	9,860	52	7.04	2.04	3.45	0.95	19.2	5.6	1.17	.284	3.79	8.50

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