Sports
Pitchers who have struck out 300 batters in one season with year, name, team and strikeouts: AMERICAN LEAGUE *--* Year Name Team SO 1903 Rube Waddell Philadelphia 302 1904 Rube Waddell Philadelphia 349 1910 Walter Johnson Washington 313 1912 Walter Johnson Washington 303 1946 Bob Feller Cleveland 348 1965 Sam McDowell Cleveland 325 1970 Sam McDowell Cleveland 304 1971 Mickey Lolich Detroit 308 1971 Vida Blue Oakland 301 1972 Nolan Ryan Angels 329 1973 Nolan Ryan Angels 383 1974 Nolan Ryan Angels 367 1976 Nolan Ryan Angels 327 1977 Nolan Ryan Angels 341 1989 Nolan Ryan Texas 301 1993 Randy Johnson Seattle 308 1999 Pedro Martinez Boston 313 *--* NATIONAL LEAGUE *--* 1963 Sandy Koufax Dodgers 306 1965 Sandy Koufax Dodgers 382 1966 Sandy Koufax Dodgers 317 1972 Steve Carlton Philadelphia 310 1978 J.R.
Sept. 27, 2000
Youngest baseball Hall of Famers at death (players and managers only; excludes executives and umpires): Ross Youngs ...
Feb. 5, 2003
MAY 5 1904--Cy Young of the Red Sox pitched a perfect game against the Philadelphia Athletics, beating Rube Waddell, 3-0.
May 5, 1997
Some people are under the impression that the endorsement of products by athletes is a new phenomenon in advertising.
Sept. 3, 1985
BASEBALL’S GOLDEN AGE: The Photographs of Charles M.
Jan. 16, 1994
Today is the Fourth of July holiday (and isn’t it an amazing coincidence that the Fourth of July holiday ended up happening on July 4.
July 4, 2019
Bob Ryan in the Boston Globe: “In baseball there are Deviants and there are Goofballs.
Sept. 15, 2002
Baseball’s old time professionals sniff at the young moderns and claim they don’t have the ability, desire or zaniness of the stars of the 1920s.
May 19, 1985
Dodgers
During spring training in the 1960s, Washington Senator Manager Gil Hodges spotted four players ducking out of the team hotel past curfew, although they did not see him.
April 2, 1991
July 27, 2014