most strikeouts allowed from january 1, 1977 to july 28, 2004

Between January 1, 1977 and July 28, 2004, Roger Clemens struck out the most hitters, with 4,240 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts allowed by a player from january 1, 1977 to July 28, 2004

	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	4,240	628	322	163	.664	627	3.18	117	46	0	4415.0	3,783	1,559	1,716	333	1,433	146	0	57	18,213	128	8.64	2.92	2.96	0.68	23.3	7.9	1.18	.286	3.50	7.71
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,045	476	240	122	.663	466	3.08	91	37	2	3273.2	2,540	1,122	1,269	293	1,288	154	5	23	13,493	94	11.12	3.54	3.14	0.81	30.0	9.5	1.17	.291	3.49	6.98
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3,629	513	202	176	.534	513	3.24	106	31	0	3451.0	2,584	1,243	1,421	211	1,615	96	0	53	14,388	195	9.46	4.21	2.25	0.55	25.2	11.2	1.22	.269	3.71	6.74
4	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,858	596	299	170	.638	592	2.93	105	35	0	4104.1	3,768	1,334	1,522	257	857	115	3	157	16,674	55	6.27	1.88	3.33	0.56	17.1	5.1	1.13	.279	3.34	8.26
5	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,672	471	175	122	.589	359	3.34	81	19	13	2731.2	2,431	1,013	1,075	276	626	42	60	41	11,087	69	8.80	2.06	4.27	0.91	24.1	5.6	1.12	.288	3.54	8.01
6	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
7	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
8	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,558	376	177	71	.714	309	2.68	41	15	3	2215.2	1,676	660	733	166	592	108	23	21	8,851	51	10.39	2.40	4.32	0.67	28.9	6.7	1.02	.278	2.98	6.81
9	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,478	549	254	186	.577	527	3.90	175	28	0	3824.0	3,567	1,657	1,815	389	1,390	58	10	99	16,120	205	5.83	3.27	1.78	0.92	15.4	8.6	1.30	.269	4.27	8.40
10	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
11	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,368	573	163	120	.576	361	3.26	47	14	132	2669.0	2,290	968	1,060	213	821	40	179	60	10,936	124	7.99	2.77	2.88	0.72	21.7	7.5	1.17	.277	3.57	7.72
12	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,312	464	204	132	.607	454	3.19	72	17	0	3131.2	2,923	1,109	1,275	199	865	130	1	41	12,981	98	6.64	2.49	2.67	0.57	17.8	6.7	1.21	.287	3.66	8.40
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	2,212	559	259	165	.611	559	3.40	53	23	0	3676.0	3,507	1,387	1,532	277	1,244	52	0	122	15,431	61	5.42	3.05	1.78	0.68	14.3	8.1	1.29	.277	3.75	8.59
15	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,201	404	208	116	.642	404	3.60	54	21	0	2776.0	2,628	1,109	1,181	293	620	35	0	22	11,315	59	7.14	2.01	3.55	0.95	19.5	5.5	1.17	.286	3.83	8.52
16	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,155	440	179	149	.546	436	3.64	127	30	0	3061.0	2,933	1,237	1,357	302	838	104	1	42	12,733	76	6.34	2.46	2.57	0.89	16.9	6.6	1.23	.282	3.99	8.62
17	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,131	688	244	191	.561	560	3.70	121	30	8	3972.0	3,874	1,635	1,827	371	1,157	122	50	70	16,648	83	4.83	2.62	1.84	0.84	12.8	6.9	1.27	.272	4.14	8.78
18	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,098	643	188	195	.491	440	3.84	107	13	31	3406.0	2,998	1,452	1,655	351	1,453	147	117	37	14,495	160	5.54	3.84	1.44	0.93	14.5	10.0	1.31	.253	4.37	7.92
19	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
20	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,049	1,001	171	152	.529	307	3.57	85	15	387	2899.2	2,774	1,149	1,239	318	570	63	569	80	11,919	18	6.36	1.77	3.59	0.99	17.2	4.8	1.15	.275	3.85	8.61
21	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,041	527	189	196	.491	510	3.89	90	22	1	3347.2	3,358	1,447	1,627	374	1,024	105	7	101	14,235	100	5.49	2.75	1.99	1.01	14.3	7.2	1.31	.279	4.37	9.03
22	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,025	359	161	118	.577	345	3.34	96	22	1	2513.2	2,263	932	1,076	215	872	24	6	73	10,441	92	7.25	3.12	2.32	0.77	19.4	8.4	1.25	.280	3.85	8.10
23	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
24	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
25	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

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