most strikeouts allowed from august 10, 1978 to september 29, 2002

Between August 10, 1978 and September 29, 2002, Roger Clemens fanned the most batters, with 3,909 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from august 10, 1978 to september 29, 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	3,909	574	293	151	.660	573	3.15	116	45	0	4067.0	3,478	1,425	1,573	297	1,321	136	0	51	16,775	120	8.65	2.92	2.96	0.66	23.3	7.9	1.18	.286	3.48	7.70
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,746	436	224	106	.679	426	3.06	87	34	2	3008.1	2,310	1,023	1,154	267	1,231	138	5	19	12,411	91	11.21	3.68	3.04	0.80	30.2	9.9	1.18	.291	3.45	6.91
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3,114	455	178	150	.543	455	3.24	76	24	0	2992.1	2,260	1,078	1,235	190	1,304	86	0	43	12,428	165	9.37	3.92	2.39	0.57	25.1	10.5	1.19	.268	3.71	6.80
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	2,641	539	273	152	.642	535	2.83	102	34	0	3750.1	3,400	1,179	1,348	210	805	101	3	147	15,216	50	6.34	1.93	3.28	0.50	17.4	5.3	1.12	.278	3.23	8.16
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	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	2,418	522	251	181	.581	516	3.89	174	28	0	3704.1	3,455	1,602	1,757	379	1,336	56	2	96	15,611	200	5.87	3.25	1.81	0.92	15.5	8.6	1.29	.269	4.27	8.39
9	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,348	426	155	108	.589	314	3.36	76	17	13	2418.0	2,142	902	959	246	571	36	60	39	9,816	63	8.74	2.13	4.11	0.92	23.9	5.8	1.12	.287	3.57	7.97
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	2,240	467	163	118	.580	361	3.34	47	14	65	2553.2	2,204	949	1,040	206	808	40	88	58	10,499	120	7.89	2.85	2.77	0.73	21.3	7.7	1.18	.277	3.67	7.77
12	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,220	326	152	63	.707	259	2.62	38	15	3	1892.1	1,406	551	615	142	507	90	23	21	7,537	46	10.56	2.41	4.38	0.68	29.5	6.7	1.01	.276	2.92	6.69
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	2,054	505	242	143	.629	505	3.37	52	22	0	3344.2	3,174	1,252	1,388	247	1,140	50	0	110	14,030	59	5.53	3.07	1.80	0.66	14.6	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	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
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	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,944	535	179	181	.497	439	3.89	107	13	5	3210.0	2,854	1,387	1,580	337	1,345	138	43	28	13,661	147	5.45	3.77	1.45	0.94	14.2	9.8	1.31	.254	4.43	8.00
20	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
21	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,938	493	208	146	.588	458	3.49	60	27	5	3050.1	2,858	1,183	1,302	267	1,028	79	14	60	12,795	54	5.72	3.03	1.89	0.79	15.1	8.0	1.27	.273	3.84	8.43
22	Kevin Appier K. Appier	1,937	389	161	127	.559	377	3.65	34	12	0	2479.2	2,298	1,005	1,091	211	887	71	2	47	10,437	98	7.03	3.22	2.18	0.77	18.6	8.5	1.28	.285	3.96	8.34
23	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	1,931	355	182	102	.641	355	3.54	51	20	0	2454.0	2,305	966	1,026	257	557	31	0	18	9,996	52	7.08	2.04	3.47	0.94	19.3	5.6	1.17	.284	3.76	8.45
24	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	1,923	618	222	175	.559	521	3.64	110	29	4	3632.2	3,531	1,470	1,642	348	1,033	112	31	62	15,197	71	4.76	2.56	1.86	0.86	12.7	6.8	1.26	.270	4.07	8.75
25	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1,857	387	156	130	.545	383	3.73	105	22	0	2668.0	2,601	1,105	1,206	268	727	93	1	39	11,131	63	6.26	2.45	2.55	0.90	16.7	6.5	1.25	.285	4.07	8.77

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Between August 10, 1978 and September 29, 2002, Roger Clemens fanned the most batters, with 3,909 strikeouts.

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