most strikeouts allowed from may 19, 1978 to april 20, 2004

Between May 19, 1978 and April 20, 2004, Roger Clemens fanned the most batters, with 4,118 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	4,118	610	313	160	.662	609	3.18	117	46	0	4299.1	3,684	1,519	1,674	321	1,386	142	0	53	17,726	125	8.62	2.90	2.97	0.67	23.2	7.8	1.18	.286	3.50	7.71
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,892	457	231	115	.668	447	3.11	89	36	2	3144.1	2,451	1,085	1,223	285	1,266	147	5	22	12,990	92	11.14	3.62	3.07	0.82	30.0	9.7	1.18	.293	3.50	7.02
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3,206	468	181	157	.536	468	3.29	80	25	0	3086.0	2,349	1,129	1,288	195	1,368	86	0	45	12,843	169	9.35	3.99	2.34	0.57	25.0	10.7	1.20	.270	3.76	6.85
4	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,774	578	289	165	.637	574	2.91	103	34	0	3984.1	3,645	1,290	1,476	239	847	113	3	155	16,195	53	6.27	1.91	3.28	0.54	17.1	5.2	1.13	.279	3.33	8.23
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	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,567	453	165	117	.585	341	3.33	79	19	13	2606.1	2,304	963	1,023	265	608	40	60	41	10,573	67	8.86	2.10	4.22	0.92	24.3	5.8	1.12	.287	3.53	7.96
8	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
9	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,447	359	168	68	.712	292	2.60	41	15	3	2104.2	1,577	608	680	153	563	101	23	21	8,395	51	10.46	2.41	4.35	0.65	29.1	6.7	1.02	.278	2.91	6.74
10	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,445	539	253	185	.578	518	3.90	174	28	0	3763.1	3,516	1,629	1,786	384	1,357	57	10	99	15,864	203	5.85	3.25	1.80	0.92	15.4	8.6	1.29	.270	4.27	8.41
11	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,319	535	163	120	.576	361	3.30	47	14	113	2624.0	2,257	961	1,053	211	816	40	147	59	10,766	122	7.95	2.80	2.84	0.72	21.5	7.6	1.17	.277	3.61	7.74
12	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
13	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,282	455	200	131	.604	445	3.15	72	17	0	3078.0	2,865	1,079	1,242	190	851	129	1	41	12,750	97	6.67	2.49	2.68	0.56	17.9	6.7	1.21	.288	3.63	8.38
14	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,141	540	253	157	.617	540	3.41	52	22	0	3548.0	3,389	1,346	1,485	269	1,210	52	0	117	14,894	61	5.43	3.07	1.77	0.68	14.4	8.1	1.30	.278	3.77	8.60
15	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,137	390	200	113	.639	390	3.56	53	21	0	2689.0	2,530	1,064	1,131	282	607	35	0	22	10,953	56	7.15	2.03	3.52	0.94	19.5	5.5	1.17	.285	3.79	8.47
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	Kevin Appier K. Appier	1,994	413	169	137	.552	401	3.74	34	12	0	2594.1	2,424	1,077	1,167	232	933	79	2	51	10,954	106	6.92	3.24	2.14	0.80	18.2	8.5	1.29	.284	4.05	8.41
20	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	1,994	636	227	182	.555	538	3.67	115	30	4	3744.0	3,652	1,527	1,703	355	1,066	114	31	64	15,673	75	4.79	2.56	1.87	0.85	12.7	6.8	1.26	.271	4.09	8.78
21	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,986	564	181	183	.497	439	3.85	107	13	9	3259.2	2,885	1,396	1,592	340	1,367	139	60	31	13,860	149	5.48	3.77	1.45	0.94	14.3	9.9	1.30	.254	4.40	7.97
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	1,927	402	163	133	.551	398	3.69	109	24	0	2771.2	2,693	1,137	1,243	277	756	95	1	41	11,560	65	6.26	2.45	2.55	0.90	16.7	6.5	1.24	.284	4.04	8.74

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Yankees	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox	87	75	.537	11.0
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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
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