most strikeouts allowed from may 12, 1978 to august 10, 2004

Between May 12, 1978 and August 10, 2004, Roger Clemens struck out the most hitters, with 4,251 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from May 12, 1978 to august 10, 2004

	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	4,251	630	322	164	.663	629	3.17	117	46	0	4429.0	3,795	1,561	1,721	333	1,437	146	0	57	18,271	128	8.64	2.92	2.96	0.68	23.3	7.9	1.18	.286	3.50	7.71
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,059	479	241	124	.660	469	3.10	91	37	2	3292.2	2,558	1,134	1,281	295	1,291	155	5	23	13,573	94	11.09	3.53	3.14	0.81	29.9	9.5	1.17	.291	3.50	6.99
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	2,863	598	300	170	.638	594	2.93	105	35	0	4115.1	3,781	1,340	1,529	259	862	116	3	157	16,723	55	6.26	1.89	3.32	0.57	17.1	5.2	1.13	.279	3.34	8.27
5	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,682	473	176	123	.589	361	3.35	82	19	13	2745.2	2,447	1,021	1,083	280	629	42	60	41	11,147	69	8.79	2.06	4.26	0.92	24.1	5.6	1.12	.288	3.55	8.02
6	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
7	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
8	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,580	378	178	71	.715	311	2.68	41	15	3	2229.2	1,688	663	737	166	595	109	23	21	8,907	52	10.41	2.40	4.34	0.67	29.0	6.7	1.02	.279	2.97	6.81
9	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
10	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
11	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,377	580	163	120	.576	361	3.26	47	14	137	2676.0	2,298	970	1,062	214	821	40	185	60	10,965	124	7.99	2.76	2.90	0.72	21.7	7.5	1.17	.277	3.57	7.73
12	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,324	467	206	133	.608	457	3.18	72	17	0	3151.0	2,939	1,114	1,281	201	871	131	1	41	13,060	100	6.64	2.49	2.67	0.57	17.8	6.7	1.21	.287	3.66	8.39
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	2,217	561	259	167	.608	561	3.41	53	23	0	3688.1	3,524	1,396	1,542	278	1,249	52	0	122	15,489	61	5.41	3.05	1.78	0.68	14.3	8.1	1.29	.278	3.76	8.60
15	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,201	404	208	116	.642	404	3.60	54	21	0	2776.0	2,628	1,109	1,181	293	620	35	0	22	11,315	59	7.14	2.01	3.55	0.95	19.5	5.5	1.17	.286	3.83	8.52
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	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	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	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
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 August 10, 2004, Roger Clemens struck out the most hitters, with 4,251 strikeouts.

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