most strikeouts by pitcher from may 29, 1980 to april 30, 2006

Between May 29, 1980 and April 30, 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	4,397	529	267	138	.659	519	3.13	97	37	2	3630.0	2,853	1,262	1,424	337	1,356	170	5	25	14,932	98	10.90	3.36	3.24	0.84	29.4	9.1	1.16	.290	3.53	7.07
3	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,076	648	323	189	.631	644	3.00	108	35	0	4439.2	4,105	1,481	1,680	299	913	125	3	162	18,049	63	6.24	1.85	3.37	0.61	17.0	5.1	1.13	.279	3.41	8.32
4	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,894	424	202	84	.706	357	2.72	46	17	3	2546.2	1,924	770	847	199	673	122	23	26	10,163	57	10.23	2.38	4.30	0.70	28.5	6.6	1.02	.275	2.99	6.80
5	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,872	520	196	132	.598	387	3.39	82	19	22	2946.2	2,645	1,111	1,173	302	667	48	81	41	11,976	72	8.77	2.04	4.31	0.92	24.0	5.6	1.12	.290	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	2,591	640	178	130	.578	399	3.27	51	16	154	2962.1	2,571	1,075	1,172	238	892	41	204	69	12,135	131	7.87	2.71	2.90	0.72	21.4	7.4	1.17	.279	3.56	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	2,437	449	228	128	.640	449	3.62	56	23	0	3052.0	2,908	1,229	1,306	326	692	45	0	23	12,472	64	7.19	2.04	3.52	0.96	19.5	5.5	1.18	.288	3.85	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	2,381	609	278	186	.599	609	3.43	55	24	0	3991.0	3,841	1,522	1,676	302	1,350	56	0	135	16,788	62	5.37	3.04	1.76	0.68	14.2	8.0	1.30	.279	3.78	8.66
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	2,082	619	227	144	.612	448	4.07	54	12	13	3210.1	3,347	1,453	1,571	377	666	80	65	60	13,417	100	5.84	1.87	3.13	1.06	15.5	5.0	1.25	.291	4.40	9.38
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	1,906	544	206	154	.572	491	4.15	28	8	0	3177.2	3,269	1,465	1,585	385	905	108	14	55	13,505	51	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