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What active pitcher has the most strikeouts?
Max Scherzer
Active Leaders & Records for Strikeouts
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Strikeouts |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Max Scherzer (14, 36) | 3020 |
| 2. | Justin Verlander (16, 38) | 3013 |
| 3. | Zack Greinke (18, 37) | 2809 |
| 4. | Clayton Kershaw (14, 33) | 2670 |
Who caught Nolan Ryan’s no hitters?
Jason Varitek and Carlos Ruiz lead among catchers, each handling four no-hitters. Ryan’s catcher in 1973 for his first no-hitter: Yes, Jeff Torborg, who squatted 60 feet and six inches away from the two most unhittable pitchers in modern baseball history.
What baseball record will never be broken?
Of all the truly untouchable records in MLB, Cy Young’s 511 career wins might just sit at the top of the list. If not the wins, perhaps his 749 career complete games is number one. To put this in perspective, Justin Verlander would need to average 24 wins over the next dozen years to catch up.
Did Nolan Ryan throw the most wild pitches in MLB history?
Nobody came close to throwing as many wild pitches as Ryan. He threw 277 of them, 50 more than second-place Phil Niekro, just about double the total of active wild pitch leader Felix Hernandez. Again, Ryan was going for the strikeout, and if that meant planting the pitch in the dirt, he would absolutely do that.
Will anyone ever match Nolan Ryan’s strikeout total?
No one will ever match Ryan’s strikeout total because no one ever went after the strikeout with such unhittable stuff and with his unwavering sense of purpose. Ryan is baseball’s all-time leader in perhaps a dozen categories, some obviously tied to his strikeout genius, others less so.
How many times did Nolan Ryan walk 150 batters?
No pitcher has walked 150 batters in a season since 1991, when Johnson did it. Ryan walked 150 batters in a season five times. He walked 200 batters in a season twice. The only other pitcher to walk 200 batters in a season was a 19-year-old Bob Feller. The strikeouts and walks went hand-in-hand.
Is there ever going to be another pitcher like Nolan Ryan?
There had never been a pitcher like Nolan Ryan, and there will never be a pitcher like Nolan Ryan, and if you had to sum up his singularity in one sentence, it would be this: He made every single pitch count. No, it was more than that. He made every single pitch a duel, an affair of honor between pitcher and hitter.