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clemens with the new york yankees 2007 right dayton , ohio 1984 september 16 354 -- 184 3.12 4,672 250px pitcher new york yankees win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts may 15 4 august 1962 062707 267 roger clemens.jpg roger clemens
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roger clemens

william roger clemens -lrb- born august 4 , 1962 -rrb- , nicknamed `` rocket '' , is a retired american baseball pitcher who played 24 seasons in major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- for four teams .
clemens was one of the most dominant pitchers in major league history , tallying 354 wins , a 3.12 earned run average -lrb- era -rrb- , 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 .
clemens debuted in the major leagues in 1984 with the boston red sox , whose pitching staff he anchored for 12 years .
in 1986 , he won the american league -lrb- al -rrb- cy young award , the al most valuable player -lrb- mvp -rrb- award , and the all-star game mvp award , and he struck out an mlb-record 20 batters in a single game .
after the 1996 season , clemens left boston via free agency and joined the toronto blue jays .
in each of his two seasons with toronto , clemens won a cy young award , as well as the pitching triple crown by leading the league in wins , era , and strikeouts .
prior to the 1999 season , clemens was traded to the new york yankees where he won his two world series titles .
in 2003 , he reached his 300th win and 4,000 th strikeout in the same game .
clemens left for the houston astros in 2004 , where he spent three seasons and won his seventh cy young award .
he rejoined the yankees in 2007 for one last season before retiring .
clemens was alleged by the mitchell report to have used anabolic steroids during his late career , mainly based on testimony given by his former trainer brian mcnamee .
clemens firmly denied these allegations under oath before the united states congress , leading congressional leaders to refer his case to the justice department on suspicions of perjury .
on august 19 , 2010 , a federal grand jury at the u.s. district court in washington , d.c. , indicted clemens on six felony counts involving perjury , false statements and obstruction of congress .
clemens pleaded not guilty , but proceedings were complicated by prosecutorial misconduct , leading to a mistrial .
the verdict from his second trial came in on june 18 , 2012 .
clemens was found not guilty on all six counts of lying to congress in 2008 .
