most strikeouts allowed from may 12, 1978 to june 20, 2003

Between May 12, 1978 and June 20, 2003, Roger Clemens fanned the most batters, with 4,015 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from May 12, 1978 to June 20, 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	4,015	589	300	155	.659	588	3.16	116	45	0	4164.1	3,565	1,462	1,613	305	1,349	138	0	52	17,180	124	8.68	2.92	2.98	0.66	23.4	7.9	1.18	.287	3.49	7.70
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	3,217	470	181	159	.532	470	3.31	82	25	0	3102.0	2,366	1,142	1,301	198	1,381	86	0	46	12,921	169	9.33	4.01	2.33	0.57	24.9	10.7	1.21	.270	3.77	6.86
4	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,705	556	279	158	.638	552	2.87	102	34	0	3854.2	3,510	1,229	1,408	222	825	104	3	152	15,654	52	6.32	1.93	3.28	0.52	17.3	5.3	1.12	.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	2,447	540	253	185	.578	519	3.90	174	28	0	3767.0	3,521	1,633	1,790	384	1,361	57	10	99	15,884	203	5.85	3.25	1.80	0.92	15.4	8.6	1.30	.270	4.28	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	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,291	337	156	65	.706	270	2.62	39	15	3	1960.2	1,459	571	637	145	525	93	23	21	7,810	47	10.52	2.41	4.36	0.67	29.3	6.7	1.01	.276	2.92	6.70
12	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,287	504	163	119	.578	361	3.31	47	14	92	2593.1	2,233	953	1,044	206	814	40	122	59	10,649	122	7.94	2.82	2.81	0.71	21.5	7.6	1.17	.278	3.62	7.75
13	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,164	434	193	123	.611	424	3.18	72	17	0	2940.1	2,732	1,038	1,190	183	815	126	1	40	12,187	95	6.62	2.49	2.66	0.56	17.8	6.7	1.21	.286	3.64	8.36
14	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,091	519	247	150	.622	519	3.40	52	22	0	3426.1	3,265	1,293	1,431	259	1,171	50	0	114	14,378	60	5.49	3.08	1.79	0.68	14.5	8.1	1.29	.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	2,030	369	191	106	.643	369	3.52	51	20	0	2553.1	2,386	999	1,062	269	574	31	0	19	10,380	56	7.16	2.02	3.54	0.95	19.6	5.5	1.16	.283	3.74	8.41
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	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	1,995	637	227	182	.555	539	3.67	115	30	4	3748.1	3,656	1,530	1,709	356	1,070	114	31	64	15,694	75	4.79	2.57	1.86	0.85	12.7	6.8	1.26	.271	4.10	8.78
20	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,989	567	182	183	.499	439	3.85	107	13	9	3264.0	2,888	1,397	1,594	340	1,371	140	61	31	13,880	150	5.48	3.78	1.45	0.94	14.3	9.9	1.30	.254	4.40	7.96
21	Kevin Appier K. Appier	1,974	401	165	131	.557	389	3.68	34	12	0	2545.2	2,363	1,042	1,128	225	916	76	2	49	10,728	100	6.98	3.24	2.16	0.80	18.4	8.5	1.29	.284	3.99	8.35
22	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
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	1,936	403	163	134	.549	399	3.70	110	24	0	2780.0	2,705	1,144	1,250	278	758	95	1	41	11,599	65	6.27	2.45	2.55	0.90	16.7	6.5	1.25	.284	4.05	8.76

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Between May 12, 1978 and June 20, 2003, Roger Clemens fanned the most batters, with 4,015 strikeouts.

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