most strikeouts by pitcher from may 29, 1980 to april 10, 2006

Between May 29, 1980 and April 10, 2006, Roger Clemens struck out the most hitters, with 4,502 strikeouts.

	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	4,502	672	341	172	.665	671	3.12	118	46	0	4704.1	3,997	1,632	1,799	347	1,520	150	0	62	19,369	133	8.61	2.91	2.96	0.66	23.2	7.8	1.17	.284	3.44	7.65
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,383	525	264	137	.658	515	3.11	97	37	2	3608.2	2,831	1,247	1,409	334	1,349	168	5	25	14,840	98	10.93	3.36	3.25	0.83	29.5	9.1	1.16	.290	3.51	7.06
3	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,053	644	319	189	.628	640	3.01	108	35	0	4412.2	4,086	1,477	1,676	299	909	125	3	162	17,948	63	6.23	1.85	3.36	0.61	17.0	5.1	1.13	.279	3.42	8.33
4	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,867	420	198	84	.702	353	2.73	46	17	3	2519.0	1,909	763	840	195	667	122	23	25	10,061	57	10.24	2.38	4.30	0.70	28.5	6.6	1.02	.276	3.00	6.82
5	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,841	516	194	131	.597	383	3.39	82	19	22	2920.0	2,621	1,101	1,163	300	663	48	81	41	11,870	71	8.76	2.04	4.29	0.92	23.9	5.6	1.12	.289	3.58	8.08
6	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2,747	401	154	129	.544	401	3.23	51	17	0	2625.2	1,981	943	1,077	168	1,106	78	0	36	10,880	148	9.42	3.79	2.48	0.58	25.2	10.2	1.18	.267	3.69	6.79
7	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
8	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
9	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,574	637	177	129	.578	396	3.27	50	15	154	2941.1	2,552	1,069	1,166	235	886	41	204	68	12,049	131	7.88	2.71	2.91	0.72	21.4	7.4	1.17	.279	3.57	7.81
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	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,411	445	225	127	.639	445	3.64	56	23	0	3026.0	2,884	1,223	1,300	325	688	44	0	23	12,367	63	7.17	2.05	3.50	0.97	19.5	5.6	1.18	.288	3.87	8.58
12	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,397	486	211	144	.594	476	3.28	72	17	0	3256.1	3,079	1,185	1,357	208	901	139	1	42	13,542	108	6.62	2.49	2.66	0.57	17.7	6.7	1.22	.290	3.75	8.51
13	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,360	605	276	184	.600	605	3.44	55	24	0	3963.2	3,821	1,515	1,667	300	1,342	56	0	133	16,677	62	5.36	3.05	1.76	0.68	14.2	8.0	1.30	.279	3.79	8.68
14	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
15	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,256	476	228	168	.576	476	3.91	163	27	0	3398.1	3,172	1,476	1,621	352	1,235	50	0	90	14,341	189	5.97	3.27	1.83	0.93	15.7	8.6	1.30	.270	4.29	8.40
16	David Wells D. Wells	2,081	618	227	143	.614	447	4.06	54	12	13	3206.1	3,337	1,446	1,564	374	665	80	65	60	13,395	100	5.84	1.87	3.13	1.05	15.5	5.0	1.25	.291	4.39	9.37
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	Al Leiter A. Leiter	1,974	419	162	132	.551	382	3.80	16	10	2	2391.0	2,152	1,010	1,101	198	1,163	117	9	53	10,334	63	7.43	4.38	1.70	0.75	19.1	11.3	1.39	.284	4.14	8.10
22	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
23	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	1,915	320	123	109	.530	318	4.21	16	9	0	1972.0	1,758	923	984	248	904	38	0	31	8,435	109	8.74	4.13	2.12	1.13	22.7	10.7	1.35	.283	4.49	8.02
24	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	1,890	540	205	153	.573	487	4.16	28	8	0	3152.0	3,242	1,456	1,574	383	897	107	14	54	13,391	49	5.40	2.56	2.11	1.09	14.1	6.7	1.31	.283	4.49	9.26
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