most strikeouts allowed from april 26, 1979 to may 20, 2004

Between April 26, 1979 and May 20, 2004, Roger Clemens fanned the most hitters, with 4,161 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	4,161	615	317	160	.665	614	3.17	117	46	0	4331.0	3,708	1,527	1,683	325	1,398	142	0	54	17,855	126	8.65	2.91	2.98	0.68	23.3	7.8	1.18	.286	3.50	7.71
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,952	463	234	118	.665	453	3.09	90	37	2	3185.1	2,469	1,094	1,235	288	1,274	149	5	22	13,140	93	11.17	3.60	3.10	0.81	30.1	9.7	1.18	.292	3.49	6.98
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2,995	441	170	146	.538	441	3.25	68	23	0	2890.1	2,189	1,044	1,195	185	1,243	83	0	39	11,995	161	9.33	3.87	2.41	0.58	25.0	10.4	1.19	.268	3.72	6.82
4	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,807	584	292	166	.638	580	2.91	103	34	0	4026.1	3,686	1,303	1,489	245	850	115	3	155	16,364	54	6.27	1.90	3.30	0.55	17.2	5.2	1.13	.279	3.33	8.24
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	2,603	459	168	120	.583	347	3.32	80	19	13	2649.1	2,347	977	1,037	268	613	40	60	41	10,746	67	8.84	2.08	4.25	0.91	24.2	5.7	1.12	.288	3.52	7.97
8	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,482	364	170	70	.708	297	2.62	41	15	3	2136.2	1,605	621	693	156	571	101	23	21	8,525	51	10.45	2.41	4.35	0.66	29.1	6.7	1.02	.278	2.92	6.76
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	2,402	514	250	180	.581	514	3.89	174	28	0	3672.1	3,422	1,587	1,738	377	1,318	55	0	94	15,462	199	5.89	3.23	1.82	0.92	15.5	8.5	1.29	.269	4.26	8.39
11	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,331	545	163	120	.576	361	3.29	47	14	116	2635.1	2,268	963	1,055	211	816	40	155	59	10,810	123	7.96	2.79	2.86	0.72	21.6	7.5	1.17	.278	3.60	7.75
12	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,299	460	202	131	.607	450	3.16	72	17	0	3111.1	2,898	1,093	1,257	195	858	130	1	41	12,890	98	6.65	2.48	2.68	0.56	17.8	6.7	1.21	.287	3.64	8.38
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	2,166	546	256	159	.617	546	3.41	52	22	0	3586.2	3,426	1,360	1,500	272	1,219	52	0	118	15,060	61	5.44	3.06	1.78	0.68	14.4	8.1	1.30	.278	3.76	8.60
15	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,164	396	204	114	.642	396	3.56	54	21	0	2731.2	2,579	1,080	1,148	284	614	35	0	22	11,131	56	7.13	2.02	3.52	0.94	19.4	5.5	1.17	.286	3.78	8.50
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	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
20	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
21	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
22	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,921	511	177	178	.499	439	3.86	107	13	2	3169.1	2,815	1,360	1,552	333	1,323	134	32	27	13,477	144	5.46	3.76	1.45	0.95	14.3	9.8	1.31	.254	4.41	7.99
23	David Wells D. Wells	1,889	565	202	132	.605	394	4.05	52	12	13	2876.2	2,960	1,295	1,406	336	631	71	65	60	12,014	94	5.91	1.97	2.99	1.05	15.7	5.3	1.25	.289	4.40	9.26
24	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,888	479	202	142	.587	445	3.53	57	25	5	2955.2	2,786	1,159	1,274	260	1,000	77	14	57	12,421	53	5.75	3.04	1.89	0.79	15.2	8.1	1.28	.275	3.88	8.48
25	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	1,877	602	213	171	.555	505	3.69	100	28	4	3501.0	3,430	1,437	1,604	335	988	111	31	61	14,680	70	4.83	2.54	1.90	0.86	12.8	6.7	1.26	.272	4.12	8.82

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