nolan ryan is the record for most strikeouts in a season by a hitter.
nolan ryan is the record for most strikeouts in a season by a hitter.
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nolan ryan
in 1969, he became the astros' first 20-game winner, while compiling a 2.33 earned run average, 20 complete games and 232 strikeouts over 305 innings. he was elected to the national league all-star team that season. he went 16-12 the following season on 37 games while having a 3.87 era and 191 strikeouts on 269.2 innings pitched. in 1971, he went 12-6 on 24 game appearances while having a 2.72 era and 91 strikeouts on 159 innings pitched while being named to the all-star game, although an elbow injury ended his season after august. in 1972, he went 15-8 while having a 3.40 era and 115 strikeouts in 31 game appearances and 214.2 innings. he appeared in just 14 games in 1973 due to injuries, going 1-1 while having a 4.33 era and 18 strikeouts in 27 innings. he rebounded a bit the following year, going 11-10 with a 2.90 era and 150 strikeouts on 223.2 innings and 33 games. he went 14-16 the next year while having a 4.00 era and 127 strikeouts on 232 innings and 34 games. 1976 was his last full season of play along with his last with the astros. he went 13-14 while having a 3.69 era and 112 strikeouts on 187.2 innings and 28 games. on july 9 of that year, dierker no-hit the montreal expos 6-0 before 12,511 fans at the astrodome, recording eight strikeouts along the way. on november 23, 1976, he was traded (along with jerry davanon) to the st. louis cardinals for bob detherage and joe ferguson. the 1977 season was his last season in baseball. he pitched in 11 games while garnering a 2-6 record with a 4.58 era and six strikeouts on 39.1 innings. he garnered his last victory on july 1st with a seven inning, five hit performance while allowing only one run in a 3-1 over the chicago cubs. his last appearance was a one inning performance on october 1st against the new york mets, walking one on no hits and runs. on march 28, 1978, he was released by the cardinals.
larry dierker
bullet::::- october 3 – washington nationals right-hander max scherzer pitched his second no-hitter of the season in a 2–0 victory over the new york mets at citi field. scherzer had a perfect game until the sixth inning, when third baseman yunel escobar committed an error on a ground ball hit by kevin plawecki. after that, scherzer was untouchable, striking out nine of the next 12 batters he faced for a total of 17 strikeouts, setting a new nationals record and a personal career high. at one point, he struck out nine consecutive batters. scherzer previously hurled a no-hitter against the pittsburgh pirates on june 20, when he came within one strike of a perfect game before hitting josé tábata. scherzer also became the sixth pitcher to throw two no-hitters in the same season. roy halladay was the last to have that distinction, pitching a perfect game in the 2010 regular season and a no-hitter in the postseason. the others are nolan ryan in , virgil trucks in , allie reynolds in , and johnny vander meer in – the first and only pitcher in major league baseball history to have thrown no-hitters in consecutive starts. in addition, scherzer tied ryan for the most strikeouts in any no-hitter and he set the record for the most strikeouts in a no-hit, no-walk game, set by clayton kershaw in . besides, the scherzer second no-hitter was the seventh of this season, matching the record set in , and .
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