William Roger Clemens (born August 4, 1962), nicknamed
"Rocket", is a retired American
baseball pitcher who played 24 seasons in
Major League Baseball (MLB) for four teams. Clemens was one of the most dominant pitchers in major league history, tallying 354
wins, a 3.12
earned run average (ERA), and 4,672
strikeouts, the
third-most all time. An 11-time
All-Star and two-time
World Series champion, he won seven
Cy Young Awards during his career, the most of any pitcher in history. Clemens was known for his fierce competitive nature and hard-throwing pitching style, which he used to intimidate batters.