most strikeouts allowed from june 21, 1978 to june 14, 2003

Between June 21, 1978 and June 14, 2003, Roger Clemens struck out the most hitters, with 4,006 strikeouts.

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	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	4,006	588	300	155	.659	587	3.17	116	45	0	4156.1	3,564	1,462	1,613	305	1,347	138	0	52	17,153	124	8.67	2.92	2.97	0.66	23.4	7.9	1.18	.287	3.49	7.72
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	3,175	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	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,691	554	278	157	.639	550	2.87	102	34	0	3840.2	3,501	1,225	1,403	222	824	103	3	152	15,602	52	6.31	1.93	3.27	0.52	17.2	5.3	1.13	.279	3.29	8.20
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	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	2,433	530	252	183	.579	518	3.89	174	28	0	3736.1	3,491	1,616	1,772	380	1,346	56	4	97	15,747	202	5.86	3.24	1.81	0.92	15.5	8.5	1.29	.270	4.27	8.41
9	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,430	436	159	111	.589	324	3.35	79	19	13	2489.0	2,195	926	984	254	588	37	60	39	10,097	65	8.79	2.13	4.13	0.92	24.1	5.8	1.12	.286	3.56	7.94
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	2,286	502	163	118	.580	361	3.31	47	14	91	2591.1	2,230	952	1,043	206	814	40	120	59	10,640	121	7.94	2.83	2.81	0.72	21.5	7.7	1.17	.277	3.62	7.75
12	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,285	336	156	65	.706	269	2.62	39	15	3	1955.2	1,453	570	636	145	524	93	23	21	7,789	47	10.52	2.41	4.36	0.67	29.3	6.7	1.01	.276	2.93	6.69
13	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,160	433	192	123	.610	423	3.18	72	17	0	2934.1	2,725	1,037	1,189	183	813	126	1	39	12,162	95	6.63	2.49	2.66	0.56	17.8	6.7	1.21	.286	3.65	8.36
14	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,087	518	247	149	.624	518	3.40	52	22	0	3419.1	3,261	1,292	1,430	258	1,168	50	0	114	14,351	60	5.49	3.07	1.79	0.68	14.5	8.1	1.30	.278	3.76	8.58
15	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
16	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,025	368	190	106	.642	368	3.53	51	20	0	2545.1	2,382	997	1,060	268	573	31	0	19	10,351	55	7.16	2.03	3.53	0.95	19.6	5.5	1.16	.284	3.75	8.42
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	1,971	400	165	130	.559	388	3.67	34	12	0	2539.2	2,358	1,036	1,122	222	913	76	2	49	10,703	100	6.98	3.24	2.16	0.79	18.4	8.5	1.29	.284	3.98	8.36
20	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	1,970	629	224	181	.553	531	3.66	114	29	4	3698.2	3,597	1,504	1,679	353	1,049	113	31	64	15,475	73	4.79	2.55	1.88	0.86	12.7	6.8	1.26	.271	4.09	8.75
21	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,967	505	211	146	.591	462	3.47	61	28	8	3090.0	2,893	1,191	1,310	267	1,034	79	20	60	12,949	55	5.73	3.01	1.90	0.78	15.2	8.0	1.27	.273	3.82	8.43
22	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,963	554	180	182	.497	439	3.87	107	13	7	3238.1	2,872	1,393	1,588	340	1,363	139	52	31	13,782	149	5.46	3.79	1.44	0.94	14.2	9.9	1.31	.254	4.41	7.98
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	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
25	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1,885	395	159	132	.546	391	3.70	107	23	0	2723.2	2,652	1,121	1,225	273	740	94	1	40	11,360	65	6.23	2.45	2.55	0.90	16.6	6.5	1.25	.284	4.05	8.76

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