most strikeouts allowed from may 15, 1978 to september 14, 2002

Between May 15, 1978 and September 14, 2002, Roger Clemens fanned the most batters, with 3,900 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from May 15, 1978 to September 14, 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	3,900	572	292	151	.659	571	3.15	116	45	0	4056.0	3,469	1,421	1,569	296	1,314	135	0	51	16,726	118	8.65	2.92	2.97	0.66	23.3	7.9	1.18	.286	3.48	7.70
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,729	434	222	106	.677	424	3.07	86	34	2	2992.1	2,300	1,022	1,151	266	1,229	137	5	19	12,349	91	11.22	3.70	3.03	0.80	30.2	10.0	1.18	.291	3.46	6.92
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3,212	469	181	158	.534	469	3.31	81	25	0	3094.0	2,359	1,138	1,297	197	1,375	86	0	46	12,883	169	9.34	4.00	2.34	0.57	24.9	10.7	1.21	.270	3.77	6.86
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	2,628	536	270	152	.640	532	2.84	102	34	0	3731.1	3,387	1,176	1,345	209	804	101	3	147	15,148	50	6.34	1.94	3.27	0.50	17.3	5.3	1.12	.279	3.24	8.17
6	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,601	521	198	173	.534	464	3.85	63	15	0	3178.1	3,056	1,360	1,509	302	1,328	76	24	36	13,564	130	7.37	3.76	1.96	0.86	19.2	9.8	1.38	.298	4.27	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	2,447	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	2,324	422	155	106	.594	311	3.31	75	17	13	2393.2	2,111	881	937	242	566	36	60	39	9,707	63	8.74	2.13	4.11	0.91	23.9	5.8	1.12	.286	3.52	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	2,231	461	163	118	.580	361	3.35	47	14	60	2547.0	2,202	949	1,040	206	807	40	82	58	10,476	120	7.88	2.85	2.76	0.73	21.3	7.7	1.18	.278	3.67	7.78
12	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,210	324	150	63	.704	257	2.63	38	15	3	1881.1	1,397	549	613	142	505	90	23	21	7,493	45	10.57	2.42	4.38	0.68	29.5	6.7	1.01	.276	2.93	6.68
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	2,048	502	241	142	.629	502	3.37	52	22	0	3331.0	3,160	1,246	1,382	247	1,131	49	0	108	13,966	59	5.53	3.06	1.81	0.67	14.7	8.1	1.29	.278	3.73	8.54
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	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
18	Andy Benes A. Benes	1,993	400	155	139	.527	384	4.00	21	9	1	2487.1	2,364	1,105	1,205	288	901	55	6	52	10,576	63	7.21	3.26	2.21	1.04	18.8	8.5	1.31	.283	4.36	8.55
19	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,988	565	182	183	.499	439	3.85	107	13	9	3261.2	2,887	1,396	1,592	340	1,368	140	61	31	13,870	149	5.49	3.77	1.45	0.94	14.3	9.9	1.30	.254	4.39	7.97
20	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
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	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
24	Kevin Appier K. Appier	1,928	387	161	125	.563	375	3.64	34	12	0	2468.1	2,284	999	1,085	210	883	71	2	47	10,387	98	7.03	3.22	2.18	0.77	18.6	8.5	1.28	.284	3.96	8.33
25	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	1,907	352	180	102	.638	352	3.57	50	19	0	2433.0	2,292	966	1,024	257	553	30	0	18	9,916	52	7.05	2.05	3.45	0.95	19.2	5.6	1.17	.284	3.79	8.48

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