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