Clemens-y is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.
—Pierre "LaCock" Corneille

Clemens-y is also a revolutionary measure.
—"Dolph" Camille Desmoulins

From Heaven distilled a Clemens-y
—Thomas Hardy "Richardson"

Roger Clemens is having an amazing year (7-0, 1.99 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, .182 OBA, 10.32 K/9 IP) proving his critics, me among them, wrong. His win total projects to an inconceivable 34 games (in 222 innings) and his ERA projects to his second lowest ever (to his 1.93 ERA in 1990). At age 41, Clemens is on track for his best season ever and that's quite a statement given that he is arguably the best pitcher of his era and one of the best pitchers of all time.

Could Clemens season end up being the best ever for a 42-year-old? Let's find out, shall we…

Here are the all-time win leaders among 41-year-olds (Clemens: 7 projected to 34):

Here are the all-time ERA leaders (min 50 IP; Clemens: 1.99):

Here are the leaders for Walks Plus Hits per Innings Pitched (Clemens: 1.04):

Here are the strikeouts per nine innings leaders (Clemens: 10.32):

[Note: Cy Young was at 4.52.]

Now the strikeouts-to-walks ratio (Clemens: 2.89, which actually below his career average of 2.97 even though his K per 9IP is well above his career 8.64 average):

It looks like Cy Young's 1908 season will be impossible to top, but just the fact that Clemens is on a pace to challenge or best Young in many categories is quite a feat.

Clemens also is not far from the symmetrical number of nine strikeouts per nine innings for his career and with the second highest strikeout-per-nine innings ratio of his career (to 10.39 in 1998), could he eventually reach 9-Per-9 for his career? Well, his current pace projects to about 4322 strikeouts and 4501.1 innings for his career by the end of the year. That barely raises his career average from 8.6399 to 8.641, so unless Clemens pitches until he's 50 and continues at the same pace, an average of nine strikeouts per nine innings is unlikely.

However, how good is his 8.64 K-per-9 IP average? Here are the all time leaders with at least eight strikeouts per nine innings (min. 1000 innings and includes 2004 stats):