The Boston Red Sox took William Roger "The Rocket" Clemens with the 19th overall pick of the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft out of the University of Texas, where he was a two-time All-American and led the Longhorns to the 1983 College World Series championship. Clemens struck out a record-setting 20 Seattle Mariner batters in a nine-inning game in April of 1986 and repeated the effort ten years later against the Detroit Tigers in 2006. He became the ninth pitcher in Major League history to win the Cy Young and the MVP in the same season. Clemens became a back-to-back Cy Young winner in 1987 and won a record-setting seven over his 24-year career. Roger Clemens was one of the most dominant pitchers of his era with exceptional control of his curveball, fastball (which often topped out at 95 mph) and his split-fingered fastball that  dropped off the table  with superb success as his  out-pitch .