nolan ryan holds the record for the most strikeouts.
nolan ryan holds the record for the most strikeouts.
who holds the record for the most strikeouts?
nolan ryan
the nationals did enjoy spectacular pitching performances during june, especially from ace max scherzer. in a 4–0 victory over the brewers at miller park on june 14, scherzer pitched a complete-game one-hitter in which he had 16 strikeouts, a new personal best that also set a new nationals single-game strikeout record, exceeding the previous team record of 14 strikeouts strasburg set in his major league baseball debut on june 8, 2010. scherzer retired the first 18 brewers he faced—also a nationals record—and only two brewers reached base, via a single and a walk. only three balls left the infield, and scherzer had 27 swings-and-misses among his 119 pitches, another personal best and the most by any major league baseball pitcher during the 2015 season up to that time. eight of his strikeouts came on four or fewer pitches. it was scherzer's second career shutout and only the third time that a nationals pitcher had pitched a one-hit shutout, the previous two having been by gio gonzález and jordan zimmermann in 2013. scherzer also became only the third major league baseball pitcher in history to pitch a one-hit shutout with 16 or more strikeouts and one walk or less, joining nolan ryan and kerry wood.
2015 washington nationals season
coming into his junior season, bullington was touted as one of the best collegiate pitchers in the country. in his third start of the season, he tossed 8 strong innings in a winning effort over the defending national champion and 17th ranked miami hurricanes. on may 3, bullington struck out a career-high 15 batters against eastern michigan, surpassing bob owchinko for the most career strikeouts in mac history. he allowed only 5 hits and a run over 8 innings en route to his 9th win of the season. he finished the regular season with a 10–2 mark and a conference best 2.11 era. bullington and the cardinals were seeded 4th in the conference tournament and slated to face kent state in their opening game. for the second consecutive year though, the golden flashes had bullington's number in the tournament, scoring 6 runs off him in the first inning on their way to a 13–4 win. the cardinals went on to advance to the championship, where they met undefeated kent state again 3 days later. in an effort to avoid a repeat of the first game, coach rich maloney chose to bring bullington out of the bullpen in relief. bullington entered the game in the 4th inning and allowed 5 runs over 6 innings. despite the rough outing though, it was enough to earn him his career-high 11th win of the season, thanks to 16 runs of support. bullington finished 11–3 with a conference best era of 2.86 for the year, and broke his own single season strikeout record with 139 strikeouts. he finished the season leading the mac in wins, era, strikeouts, and innings pitched for the 2002 season. he recorded double-digit strikeouts in 8 of his starts. he was once again named the mac's pitcher of the year, becoming the first player to win the honor in consecutive seasons, and received first-team all-conference honors for the third consecutive season. nationally, he was unanimously recognized as a first-team all-american and named a finalist for the dick howser trophy. after being drafted first overall, he decided to forgo his senior season and sign with the pittsburgh pirates. he left ball state as the winningest pitcher in school history. he still holds the school records for most career wins (29), most single-season strikeouts (139), most career strikeouts (357), and tied for most single-season wins (11). as of 2012, he holds the mid-american conference record in career strikeouts and single-season strikeouts. he is one of only twelve players to be named first-team all-mac for three consecutive seasons. in 2010, the ball state daily news named bullington the third best athlete to come from the school since 1990.
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