From: utzoo!decvax!cca!hplabs!hao!menlo70!sytek!gi!gene@sri-unix
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Title: Re: trivia
Article-I.D.: gi.189
Posted: Thu Sep  9 14:05:10 1982
Received: Wed Sep 22 07:32:32 1982


  Without digging back into the record books, its a man that will soon
become the most prolific strike out artist in the history of the game.
A man that had a 100+mph fastball and an excellent curve to compliment
that fastball. The author of 5 no-hitters and a couple of dozen 1, 2,
and 3 hitters . I'm speaking of none other than Nolan Ryan who was then
with the California Angels. The number of strike outs for that year, I
believe, was 384 and I think the year was 1974. That same year he pitched
something like 320 innings, a remarkable feat for a man with that kind of
velocity. In my opinion, he is a definite Hall of Fame candidate when he
retires but he may not make it solely on his poor career won/lost record.

               Gene Ochrymowich