most strikeouts allowed from june 12, 1978 to september 20, 2002

Between June 12, 1978 and September 20, 2002, Roger Clemens fanned the most batters, with 3,904 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from June 12, 1978 to september 20, 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	3,904	573	293	151	.660	572	3.15	116	45	0	4062.0	3,474	1,422	1,570	297	1,319	135	0	51	16,753	118	8.65	2.92	2.96	0.66	23.3	7.9	1.18	.286	3.48	7.70
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,738	435	223	106	.678	425	3.07	86	34	2	2999.1	2,304	1,023	1,152	267	1,229	137	5	19	12,374	91	11.22	3.69	3.04	0.80	30.2	9.9	1.18	.291	3.46	6.91
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	2,631	537	271	152	.641	533	2.83	102	34	0	3738.1	3,391	1,177	1,346	209	804	101	3	147	15,173	50	6.33	1.94	3.27	0.50	17.3	5.3	1.12	.278	3.24	8.16
6	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,602	522	198	173	.534	465	3.85	63	15	0	3184.1	3,062	1,363	1,513	302	1,330	76	24	36	13,590	130	7.35	3.76	1.96	0.85	19.1	9.8	1.38	.297	4.28	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	2,335	424	155	107	.592	313	3.34	75	17	13	2409.0	2,133	893	950	243	570	36	60	39	9,779	63	8.72	2.13	4.10	0.91	23.9	5.8	1.12	.287	3.55	7.97
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	2,232	463	163	118	.580	361	3.35	47	14	62	2549.1	2,202	949	1,040	206	807	40	84	58	10,483	120	7.88	2.85	2.77	0.73	21.3	7.7	1.18	.277	3.67	7.77
12	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,214	325	151	63	.706	258	2.62	38	15	3	1886.1	1,399	549	613	142	506	90	23	21	7,511	45	10.56	2.41	4.38	0.68	29.5	6.7	1.01	.276	2.92	6.67
13	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,079	419	183	122	.600	409	3.22	72	17	0	2840.0	2,656	1,016	1,168	178	791	124	1	39	11,789	91	6.59	2.51	2.63	0.56	17.6	6.7	1.21	.288	3.70	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	2,051	503	242	142	.630	503	3.36	52	22	0	3337.0	3,164	1,246	1,382	247	1,132	49	0	108	13,989	59	5.53	3.05	1.81	0.67	14.7	8.1	1.29	.278	3.73	8.53
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	1,994	401	155	139	.527	385	3.99	21	9	1	2493.1	2,370	1,106	1,206	289	904	55	6	52	10,601	63	7.20	3.26	2.21	1.04	18.8	8.5	1.31	.283	4.35	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	1,931	388	161	126	.561	376	3.65	34	12	0	2473.2	2,291	1,003	1,089	210	886	71	2	47	10,411	98	7.03	3.22	2.18	0.76	18.5	8.5	1.28	.285	3.96	8.34
24	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	1,915	353	180	102	.638	353	3.56	50	19	0	2440.0	2,297	966	1,025	257	555	30	0	18	9,945	52	7.06	2.05	3.45	0.95	19.3	5.6	1.17	.284	3.78	8.47
25	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

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Between June 12, 1978 and September 20, 2002, Roger Clemens fanned the most batters, with 3,904 strikeouts.

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