most strikeouts allowed from september 30, 1978 to september 2, 2002

Between September 30, 1978 and September 2, 2002, Roger Clemens fanned the most batters, with 3,877 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from September 30, 1978 to September 2, 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	3,877	569	291	150	.660	568	3.15	116	45	0	4036.2	3,451	1,412	1,557	294	1,311	133	0	51	16,644	114	8.64	2.92	2.96	0.66	23.3	7.9	1.18	.286	3.47	7.69
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,697	431	219	106	.674	421	3.09	84	33	2	2967.1	2,286	1,020	1,149	264	1,224	136	5	19	12,255	91	11.21	3.71	3.02	0.80	30.2	10.0	1.18	.292	3.48	6.93
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3,041	446	174	147	.542	446	3.25	71	24	0	2926.1	2,208	1,056	1,209	187	1,269	85	0	40	12,146	161	9.35	3.90	2.40	0.58	25.0	10.4	1.19	.267	3.72	6.79
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	2,623	534	269	151	.640	530	2.82	102	34	0	3724.1	3,373	1,169	1,338	208	799	101	3	146	15,110	50	6.34	1.93	3.28	0.50	17.4	5.3	1.12	.278	3.23	8.15
6	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,594	519	198	173	.534	462	3.84	63	15	0	3171.2	3,047	1,354	1,502	302	1,322	76	24	35	13,529	130	7.36	3.75	1.96	0.86	19.2	9.8	1.38	.297	4.26	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	2,405	515	250	180	.581	515	3.89	174	28	0	3677.1	3,428	1,588	1,740	378	1,320	55	0	94	15,486	199	5.89	3.23	1.82	0.93	15.5	8.5	1.29	.269	4.26	8.39
9	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,307	420	153	106	.591	309	3.32	75	17	13	2379.2	2,103	877	933	239	565	35	60	39	9,656	63	8.73	2.14	4.08	0.90	23.9	5.9	1.12	.286	3.53	7.95
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	2,230	459	163	118	.580	361	3.36	47	14	59	2545.2	2,202	949	1,040	206	807	40	80	58	10,472	120	7.88	2.85	2.76	0.73	21.3	7.7	1.18	.278	3.68	7.78
12	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,202	323	149	63	.703	256	2.62	38	15	3	1875.1	1,390	546	610	141	503	90	23	21	7,467	45	10.57	2.41	4.38	0.68	29.5	6.7	1.01	.276	2.93	6.67
13	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,074	416	183	121	.602	408	3.21	72	17	0	2833.2	2,650	1,011	1,163	177	789	124	1	38	11,761	91	6.59	2.51	2.63	0.56	17.6	6.7	1.21	.288	3.69	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	2,038	499	240	140	.632	499	3.35	52	22	0	3313.0	3,137	1,235	1,371	245	1,123	49	0	105	13,883	58	5.54	3.05	1.81	0.67	14.7	8.1	1.29	.277	3.72	8.52
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	Andy Benes A. Benes	1,985	398	154	139	.526	382	4.00	20	9	1	2473.0	2,348	1,100	1,200	287	897	54	6	52	10,516	63	7.22	3.26	2.21	1.04	18.9	8.5	1.31	.283	4.37	8.55
18	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
19	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	1,934	713	170	182	.483	370	3.84	53	9	32	3008.0	2,940	1,282	1,428	321	873	81	169	101	12,680	52	5.79	2.61	2.22	0.96	15.3	6.9	1.27	.277	4.27	8.80
20	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,927	518	177	178	.499	439	3.87	107	13	2	3185.1	2,831	1,371	1,564	335	1,335	135	33	27	13,554	146	5.44	3.77	1.44	0.95	14.2	9.8	1.31	.254	4.42	8.00
21	Kevin Appier K. Appier	1,914	384	160	124	.563	372	3.63	34	12	0	2451.1	2,266	989	1,075	205	876	70	2	47	10,311	97	7.03	3.22	2.18	0.75	18.6	8.5	1.28	.284	3.95	8.32
22	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,903	484	204	142	.590	449	3.52	57	25	5	2983.2	2,804	1,166	1,282	261	1,010	78	14	58	12,529	53	5.74	3.05	1.88	0.79	15.2	8.1	1.28	.274	3.87	8.46
23	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	1,892	350	180	100	.643	350	3.58	50	19	0	2418.0	2,284	963	1,019	256	549	29	0	18	9,860	52	7.04	2.04	3.45	0.95	19.2	5.6	1.17	.284	3.79	8.50
24	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	1,884	607	215	173	.554	510	3.70	102	28	4	3538.0	3,464	1,453	1,622	342	1,004	111	31	61	14,833	71	4.79	2.55	1.88	0.87	12.7	6.8	1.26	.272	4.13	8.81
25	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

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Between September 30, 1978 and September 2, 2002, Roger Clemens fanned the most batters, with 3,877 strikeouts.

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