Born in Dayton, Ohio, William Roger Clemens is an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played in the majors for 24 seasons for the Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees, and Houston Astros from 1984 to 2007. Clemens won seven Cy Young Awards, two more than any other pitcher.
He debuted in the majors in 1984 with the Boston Red Sox, playing 13 seasons in a row with them – more than half of his career. In 1997, he moved to Canada to pitch for the Toronto Blue Jays for two seasons. In both of his seasons there, Clemens won the pitching triple crown – leading the league in wins, ERA and strikeouts – and a Cy Young Award.
Clemens was traded to the New York Yankees for the 1999 season, where he had his first World Series success. In 2003, he reached his 300th win and 4000th strikeout in the same game. Clemens is one of only four pitchers to have more than 4,000 strikeouts in their career. He played three seasons with the Houston Astros, where he won his seventh Cy Young Award. Clemens was alleged by the Mitchell Report to have used anabolic steroids during his late career, but he has firmly denied the truth about these allegations.
