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Milestones
07/25/99
Strikeouts |
Victories |
No-hitters |
Single-season strikeouts |
Multiple no-hitters
STRIKEOUTS | No. | Date | Player | Team | 1 | Sept. 11, 1966 | Pat Jarvis | Atlanta | 100 | June 18, 1968 | Denny LeMaster | Houston | 500 | April 18, 1972 | Charlie Manuel | Minnesota | 1,000 | July 3, 1973 | Sal Bando | Oakland | 1,500 | Aug. 25, 1974 | Sandy Alomar | N.Y. Yankees | 2,000 | Aug. 31, 1976 | Ron LeFlore | Detroit | 2,500 | Aug. 12, 1978 | Buddy Bell | Cleveland | 3,000 | July 4, 1980 | Cesar Geronimo | Cincinnati | 3,500 | April 17, 1983 | Andre Dawson | Montreal | 3,509 | April 27, 1983 | Brad Mills | Montreal (breaks Walter Johnson's all-time strikeout record) | 3,858 | Sept. 5, 1984 | Chili Davis | San Francisco (passes Steve Carlton for good to take over career lead) | 4,000 | July 11, 1985 | Danny Heep | N.Y. Mets | 4,500 | Sept. 9, 1987 | Mike Aldrete | San Francisco | 5,000 | Aug. 22, 1989 | Rickey Henderson | Oakland |
VICTORIES | No. | Date | Score | 1 | April 14, 1968 | Mets 4, Houston 0 |
Ryan pitches 6 2/3 innings, allowing three hits, no runs and two walks and striking out eight. |
50 | April 11, 1973 | California 4, Minnesota 1 |
Ryan pitches a complete game, allowing five hits and one run, walking five and striking out 11. |
100 | June 1, 1975 | California 1, Baltimore 0 |
Ryan pitches his fourth no-hitter. He walks four and strikes out nine. |
150 | Sept. 24, 1978 | California 7, Chicago 3 |
Ryan pitches seven innings, allowing five hits and three runs, walking five and striking out six. |
200 | July 27, 1982 | Houston 3, Cincinnati 2 |
Ryan pitches a complete game, allows five hits, walks two and strikes out 13. |
250 | Aug. 27, 1986 | Houston 7, Chicago 1 |
Ryan pitches six innings, allowing one hit, no runs and two walks and striking out five. |
300 | July 31, 1990 | Texas 11, Milwaukee 3 |
Ryan pitches 7 2/3 innings, allows six hits and three runs, walking two and striking out eight. |
NO-HITTERS | AMERICAN LEAGUE | Date | Teams | Score | May 15, 1973 | California, at Kansas City | 3-0 | July 15, 1973 | California, at Detroit | 6-0 | Sept. 28, 1974 | California, vs. Minnesota | 4-0 | June 1, 1975 | California, vs. Baltimore | 1-0 | June 11, 1990 | Texas, at Oakland | 5-0 | May 1, 1991 | Texas, vs. Toronto | 3-0 | NATIONAL LEAGUE | Sept. 26, 1981 | Houston, vs. Los Angeles | 5-0 |
SINGLE-SEASON STRIKEOUTS | Name | Team | Yr. | G | SO | IP | 9 Inn. Avg. | Nolan Ryan | Cal. | 1973 | 41 | 383 | 326 | 10.57 | Sandy Koufax | LA | 1965 | 43 | 382 | 336 | 10.23 | Nolan Ryan | Cal. | 1974 | 42 | 367 | 333 | 9.92 | Rube Waddell | Phil. (A) | 1904 | 46 | 349 | 384 | 8.18 | Bob Feller | Cle. | 1946 | 48 | 348 | 371 | 8.44 | Nolan Ryan | Cal. | 1977 | 37 | 341 | 299 | 10.26 | Nolan Ryan | Cal. | 1972 | 39 | 329 | 284 | 10.43 | Randy Johnson | Sea.-Hou | 1998 | 34 | 329 | 244.1 | 12.12 | Nolan Ryan | Cal. | 1976 | 39 | 327 | 284 | 10.36 | Sam McDowell | Cle. | 1065 | 42 | 325 | 273 | 10.71 |
MULTIPLE NO-HITTERS | Major league pitchers who have thrown two or more no-hitters since 1900 | No. | Player | Years | 7 | Nolan Ryan | 1973 (2), 1974, 1975, 1981, 1990, 1991 | 4 | Sandy Koufax | 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 | 3 | Bob Feller | 1940, 1946, 1951 | � | Jim Maloney | 1965 (2), 1969 | 2 | Jim Bunning | 1958, 1964 | � | Steve Busby | 1973, 1974 | � | Carl Erksine | 1952, 1956 | � | Bob Forsch | 1978, 1983 | � | Ken Holtzman | 1969, 1971 | � | Addie Joss | 1908, 1910 | � | Hubert Leonard | 1916, 1918 | � | Christy Mathewson | 1901, 1905 | � | Allie Reynolds | 1951 (2) | � | Frank Smith | 1905, 1908 | � | Warren Spahn | 1960, 1961 | � | Bill Stoneman | 1969, 1972 | � | Virgil Trucks | 1952 (2) | � | Johnny Vander Meer | 1938 (2) | � | Don Wilson | 1967, 1969 | � | Cy Young* | 1904, 1908 |
* Threw a no-hitter in 1897
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