Roger Clemens has thrown heat and taken heat during his MLB career, but he wants no part of the heat that would come with running for Congress.

Clemens, who had been encouraged to run as a Republican candidate in Texas, said he was honored but had “no interest” in running for office. If he had decided to run, he would have been looking to fill the seat of Republican Rep. Pete Olson, who announced his retirement last month.

“The climate in politics at this time is much more than I would want to undertake, along with my family considerations,” Clemens, 57, said in a message to Olson last week that was obtained by ABC News.

“I am a Republican and I support our President and will continue to do so,” Clemens said. “No matter who our President may be, I will continue my support of them and root for them to be successful, just as I did when President Obama was in office.

“I will … do all I can to continue to promote the quality-of-life issues that we respect and try to maintain as citizens of the State of Texas and the United States.”

Clemens, who went 354-184 with 4,672 strikeouts in his 24-year MLB career, is not in the Hall of Fame because of allegations he had used steroids during his career. The right-hander, who played with the Red Sox, Blue Jays, Yankees and Astros, denied those allegations in testimony before Congress in 2008, then was charged with perjury. He was found not guilty.

To reach the Hall of Fame, Clemens needs 75 percent of the vote from the Baseball Writers Association of America. Though his numbers have gone up since his first year of eligibility in 2014, he still received just 59.5 percent. After 10 years on the BBWAA ballot, players are no longer eligible to be voted in by the writers.

Clemens currently serves as a special assistant to the general manager of the Astros.