most strikeouts allowed from june 4, 1980 to july 14, 2005

Between June 4, 1980 and July 14, 2005, Roger Clemens struck out the most hitters, with 4,429 strikeouts.

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Data note: Strikeouts: player game data complete from 1901
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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	4,429	658	335	167	.667	657	3.14	117	46	0	4615.0	3,928	1,608	1,770	341	1,492	148	0	59	19,008	131	8.64	2.91	2.97	0.67	23.3	7.8	1.17	.285	3.45	7.66
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,278	508	255	134	.656	498	3.11	95	37	2	3495.2	2,745	1,207	1,368	320	1,326	162	5	24	14,398	98	11.01	3.41	3.23	0.82	29.7	9.2	1.16	.292	3.52	7.07
3	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,988	627	313	180	.635	623	3.00	105	35	0	4297.0	3,971	1,430	1,626	285	891	122	3	161	17,477	61	6.26	1.87	3.35	0.60	17.1	5.1	1.13	.279	3.41	8.32
4	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,791	406	192	79	.708	339	2.71	44	16	3	2425.0	1,831	730	806	184	639	117	23	21	9,680	57	10.36	2.37	4.37	0.68	28.8	6.6	1.02	.277	2.99	6.80
5	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,766	486	185	126	.595	373	3.36	82	19	13	2831.1	2,523	1,057	1,119	290	641	46	61	41	11,489	70	8.79	2.04	4.32	0.92	24.1	5.6	1.12	.288	3.56	8.02
6	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2,743	400	154	128	.546	400	3.23	51	17	0	2618.2	1,975	940	1,074	168	1,103	78	0	35	10,852	148	9.43	3.79	2.49	0.58	25.3	10.2	1.18	.267	3.69	6.79
7	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
8	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
9	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,496	621	172	126	.577	380	3.25	50	15	154	2831.0	2,447	1,023	1,119	224	865	40	204	65	11,606	129	7.94	2.75	2.89	0.71	21.5	7.5	1.17	.279	3.56	7.78
10	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
11	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,392	484	211	143	.596	474	3.25	72	17	0	3248.2	3,063	1,172	1,344	205	897	138	1	42	13,500	108	6.63	2.49	2.67	0.57	17.7	6.6	1.22	.290	3.72	8.49
12	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,344	432	220	124	.640	432	3.62	56	23	0	2952.2	2,804	1,186	1,262	316	667	40	0	23	12,054	63	7.14	2.03	3.51	0.96	19.4	5.5	1.18	.286	3.85	8.55
13	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
14	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,291	588	268	178	.601	588	3.48	53	23	0	3842.1	3,720	1,485	1,635	295	1,317	54	0	128	16,199	62	5.37	3.08	1.74	0.69	14.1	8.1	1.31	.280	3.83	8.71
15	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,249	475	228	168	.576	475	3.91	163	27	0	3388.1	3,162	1,473	1,618	352	1,235	50	0	90	14,301	189	5.97	3.28	1.82	0.93	15.7	8.6	1.30	.270	4.30	8.40
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	David Wells D. Wells	2,023	603	218	141	.607	432	4.06	53	12	13	3112.1	3,223	1,405	1,519	366	655	76	65	60	12,995	96	5.85	1.89	3.09	1.06	15.6	5.0	1.25	.289	4.39	9.32
18	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
19	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
20	Kevin Appier K. Appier	1,994	414	169	137	.552	402	3.74	34	12	0	2595.1	2,425	1,078	1,168	232	933	79	2	51	10,958	106	6.91	3.24	2.14	0.80	18.2	8.5	1.29	.284	4.05	8.41
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	Al Leiter A. Leiter	1,929	403	158	127	.554	372	3.76	16	10	2	2328.2	2,086	972	1,059	194	1,125	111	7	53	10,041	61	7.46	4.35	1.71	0.75	19.2	11.2	1.38	.283	4.09	8.06
23	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	1,910	319	123	108	.532	317	4.19	16	9	0	1969.1	1,750	916	977	247	901	38	0	31	8,416	109	8.73	4.12	2.12	1.13	22.7	10.7	1.35	.283	4.46	8.00
24	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
25	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	1,839	680	162	177	.478	362	3.86	52	9	32	2887.2	2,847	1,237	1,379	316	824	75	161	97	12,189	52	5.73	2.57	2.23	0.98	15.1	6.8	1.27	.277	4.30	8.87

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