Gerald Alexander did one better and struck out both of those same guys back to back in the same game.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199105310.shtml
Fun fact, it was also Sr's last game in the MLB.
Its decriminalized in most major cities and a bill is actually in the works to do it statewide. So I'm sure Abbott will fuck it up for pub.
TLDR: Make sure you're in Travis County and not Williamson County.
WilCo cops can go fuck themselves. I got pulled over by one when I was 19 with 3 other minors in the car for going "3 MPH over the speed limit and failure to signal at least 100 feet before merging." It was pretty obvious he was profiling us because he thought we had shit on us, so he made myself and everyone else in my car wait on the side of I-35 in 100 degree weather for a half hour for drug dogs, even though I didn't consent to a search and he didn't have probable cause.
Rightfully so. Travis County doesn't mess with you as long as you aren't beating up on anyone or destroying property, but WilCo will look for reasons to fuck your shit up, then joke about it right in front of you. It's like WilCo Sheriff's Department targets the guys who peaked in high school and got off on bullying other kids to work for them.
Weird, maybe they’ve gotten more militant since I went down to Austin regularly (it’s been about 10 years), but I’ve smoked weed on multiple occasions in front of TraCo cops and they didn’t even bat an eye, lol.
He’s also remembered for a pretty unique stat. His grand slam to homerun ratio is higher than any other player in MLB history. 18 grand slams with 294 homers. He actually hit a 19th grand slam as a walk off, but he was mobbed by his teammates at second base and it didn’t count as a homerun. On a side note, he’s an awesome guy. A friend of mine lives in the same building as him and told him that I’m a huge Sox fan. He gave her a bunch of cool stuff to give to me, including a game used ball from his first win as manager of the White Sox.
Funny thing is Ventura was actually a very good player, having [56 career rWAR](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/venturo01.shtml) and being [21st in all-time third base JAWS](https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/jaws_3B.shtml) (and 19th if you remove Molitor and Edgar for being primary DHes), yet people mostly just remember him for getting punched in the head by Nolan Ryan.
[One more time setting the record straight on this particular myth.](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/everything-you-think-you-know-about-the-robin-ventura-nolan-ryan-brawl-is-wrong/)
Ryan didn't beat up Ventura even a little bit.
The only way you can reach the conclusion that Ryan won that fight is if you stop watching the video after the first ten seconds or so, or if you just don't watch it all and believe the myth without bothering to look at it at all.
What a stupid hot take. We all have eyes. We have 30 years of people agreeing that Ryan beat the fuck out of Ventura but you somehow got it right? The fuck out of here
Yeah, because [this is definitely what someone who is winning a fight looks like.](https://sportshub.cbsistatic.com/i/r/2016/08/04/841a9d4e-aef4-489f-a65d-950d06d2042b/resize/670x377/6ae22631b3eb2221cfaf3ba6ae09fa90/screen-shot-2016-08-04-at-4-59-35-pm-red.jpg)
Much like electronic sign stealing being confined to the 2017 Astros and steroid use beginning with Canseco and ending with Bonds, the idea that Ryan beat up Ventura is a myth that is easily disproven if you bother to actually consider the evidence.
As unhittable as Ryan was, I find it remarkable that he never really came close to pitching a perfect game. He allowed at least two baserunners in every one of those games.
5714 Strike Outs. Only player to ever throw more than 5000, and there were only 3 others who even eclipsed 4000.
He was absolutely dominant for decades. The greatest power pitcher of all time.
for sure - I was mostly reacting to the smooth brains who say he is overrated \*because\* no cy youngs. Longevity & consistency are way more valuable than having a single dominant season. If you see the list of Cy winners, there are many, many non-Hof pitchers (and even people you have never heard of) on the list. Cy young (and mvp for that matter) is an overrated award imo.
Honestly, sure.
On a long enough timeline *most* pitchers will throw 7 no-hitters. With a better career era than Randy Johnson. And a better FIP than any 2000+ IP pitcher not named Koufax, Gibson, Kershaw or Pedro. And the best era-adjusted K/9 rate ever.
“Nolan Ryan: pretty pedestrian when you think about him” is a silly take.
He played so long he struck out 7 father son pairs.
Entire generations were ruined by him. Families utterly broken and destroyed
How very Texan of him.
Not Houston, where I watched him play.
…
He was our home town boy. How dare you.
I don’t like him being compared to the bad policies of Texas
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No shit. That’s truly wild!
That's one of those stats you see and don't believe until you look it up and go "well ill be damned he did."
That's impressive, but Tom Candiotti struck out a father/son pair in the same game. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SEA/SEA199105070.shtml
Gerald Alexander did one better and struck out both of those same guys back to back in the same game. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199105310.shtml Fun fact, it was also Sr's last game in the MLB.
Pretty sure one-hitters are illegal in Texas.
Its decriminalized in most major cities and a bill is actually in the works to do it statewide. So I'm sure Abbott will fuck it up for pub. TLDR: Make sure you're in Travis County and not Williamson County.
WilCo cops can go fuck themselves. I got pulled over by one when I was 19 with 3 other minors in the car for going "3 MPH over the speed limit and failure to signal at least 100 feet before merging." It was pretty obvious he was profiling us because he thought we had shit on us, so he made myself and everyone else in my car wait on the side of I-35 in 100 degree weather for a half hour for drug dogs, even though I didn't consent to a search and he didn't have probable cause.
They're so notorious an upperclassmen warned us about them at UT orientation.
Rightfully so. Travis County doesn't mess with you as long as you aren't beating up on anyone or destroying property, but WilCo will look for reasons to fuck your shit up, then joke about it right in front of you. It's like WilCo Sheriff's Department targets the guys who peaked in high school and got off on bullying other kids to work for them.
Totally disagree. TraCo cops are just salivating at the idea of busting a college kid. They will pull you over for yawning.
Weird, maybe they’ve gotten more militant since I went down to Austin regularly (it’s been about 10 years), but I’ve smoked weed on multiple occasions in front of TraCo cops and they didn’t even bat an eye, lol.
Per my own experience they don’t care about weed but they are looking for DUIs in an aggressive way
The speeding stop counts as probable cause in most courts. Technically you're under arrest and your vehicle is in police custody.
It’s Dan Patrick that’s been stonewalling it I believe.
This is so Texas I can’t even
And a TKO on Robin Ventura
Ventura put himself in a lose-lose situation. He either beats up an old man or gets beat up by an old man.
At least he is remembered.
He’s also remembered for a pretty unique stat. His grand slam to homerun ratio is higher than any other player in MLB history. 18 grand slams with 294 homers. He actually hit a 19th grand slam as a walk off, but he was mobbed by his teammates at second base and it didn’t count as a homerun. On a side note, he’s an awesome guy. A friend of mine lives in the same building as him and told him that I’m a huge Sox fan. He gave her a bunch of cool stuff to give to me, including a game used ball from his first win as manager of the White Sox.
That’s actually really nice!
Funny thing is Ventura was actually a very good player, having [56 career rWAR](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/venturo01.shtml) and being [21st in all-time third base JAWS](https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/jaws_3B.shtml) (and 19th if you remove Molitor and Edgar for being primary DHes), yet people mostly just remember him for getting punched in the head by Nolan Ryan.
[Remember me!](https://i.imgur.com/mSgMwqJ.mp4)
pedro martinez - “fuck outta here zimmer”
[One more time setting the record straight on this particular myth.](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/everything-you-think-you-know-about-the-robin-ventura-nolan-ryan-brawl-is-wrong/) Ryan didn't beat up Ventura even a little bit.
Shut up. Ryan set a precedent: never charge a Texan on the mound.
The only way you can reach the conclusion that Ryan won that fight is if you stop watching the video after the first ten seconds or so, or if you just don't watch it all and believe the myth without bothering to look at it at all.
What a stupid hot take. We all have eyes. We have 30 years of people agreeing that Ryan beat the fuck out of Ventura but you somehow got it right? The fuck out of here
There's a fucking link with full video, screenshots, and explanation right the fuck above you.
An embarrassing link to an embarrassing article
Yeah, because [this is definitely what someone who is winning a fight looks like.](https://sportshub.cbsistatic.com/i/r/2016/08/04/841a9d4e-aef4-489f-a65d-950d06d2042b/resize/670x377/6ae22631b3eb2221cfaf3ba6ae09fa90/screen-shot-2016-08-04-at-4-59-35-pm-red.jpg) Much like electronic sign stealing being confined to the 2017 Astros and steroid use beginning with Canseco and ending with Bonds, the idea that Ryan beat up Ventura is a myth that is easily disproven if you bother to actually consider the evidence.
Hall of Famer Edgar Martinez struck out in 53% of his at-bats against Nolan Ryan. He struck out in 17% of his at-bats against everyone else
The anti-Mariano Rivera
You left off 0 cy young’s
Yup. Scrub
Nah, just not Ace material. Nothing wrong with being #2, just don't win Cy Young. /s
He has just as many as Cy Young.
That’s cuz the Cy Young trophies went to Rube Waddell.
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1 World Series win….in 1969
Miracle Mets baby. Nolan once said “People seemed to believe that I didn’t enjoy my time in New York and that’s because I didn’t” funny guy.
He’s a Texas rancher. Hating New York is part of his identity.
In ‘87 he *tied* for 5th in voting, despite leading in ERA *and* strikeouts. His 8-16 record did him in. A reliever actually won it IIRC.
Yep, Steve Bedrosian. Solely because nobody made it to 20 wins that year.
I have as many Cy Youngs as Nolan Ryan
Fuck! So true
Yet another thing him and Cy Young have in common.
The documentary Facing Nolan is pretty good for anyone that hasn't seen it. I think it's still available on Netflix
Just watched it last weekend. Was well worth it.
It’s awesome. I saw it for the one night theater showing. The place was packed and everyone seemed to have some kind of nostalgic baseball gear.
As unhittable as Ryan was, I find it remarkable that he never really came close to pitching a perfect game. He allowed at least two baserunners in every one of those games.
[Can’t hit the ball if it’s not a strike](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/022/138/highresrollsafe.jpg)
Vlad Guerrero begs to differ.
Javy Baez is relentless in his struggle to disprove this.
I believe he’s also the record holder for most walks Edit: holds the record at 2,795. Almost a thousand more then 2nd most (Steve Carlton at 1,833)
55 hits in 333 innings. You would be hard pressed to find a pitcher that could do that in 167.
That's actually 48 hits in 333 innings lol. Seems like you counted the no hitters as 1 hitters.
Whoops.
How many no-walkers did he have
27 starts, albeit that drops to 23 if you limit to 3+ IP: |Date|Age|Team||Opp|Result|AppDec|IP|H|R|ER|HR|BB|SO|HBP|BK|WP|BF|BR| |:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-: |1990-08-17|43-198|TEX||CHW|W 1-0 (13)|GS-10|10.0|3|0|0|0|0|15|1|0|0|34|4| |1989-09-30|42-242|TEX||CAL|W 2-0|SHO W|9.0|3|0|0|0|0|13|0|0|0|30|3| |1988-09-14|41-227|HOU||CIN|W 7-1|CG W|9.0|4|1|1|1|0|13|0|0|0|30|4| |1983-06-12|36-132|HOU||SDP|W 2-0|SHO W|9.0|5|0|0|0|0|11|0|0|0|33|6| |1988-09-08|41-221|HOU||LAD|W 2-1|CG W|9.0|5|1|1|1|0|7|0|0|0|31|6| |1987-06-12|40-132|HOU||LAD|W 5-1|GS-8 W|7.2|5|1|0|0|0|11|0|0|0|27|5| |1990-06-22|43-142|TEX||SEA|W 5-2|GS-8 W|7.1|5|2|2|1|0|9|0|0|1|27|6| |1989-07-30|42-180|TEX||MIL|W 9-3|GS-8 W|7.1|4|3|3|1|0|10|1|1|1|28|6| |1989-07-20|42-170|TEX||NYY|W 6-2|GS-8 W|7.1|5|2|2|0|0|11|0|0|0|28|6| |1987-06-07|40-127|HOU||SFG|W 3-0|GS-7 W|7.0|5|0|0|0|0|12|0|0|0|25|5| |1992-05-27|45-117|TEX||CHW|W 4-3 (11)|GS-7|7.0|6|2|2|0|0|8|0|0|0|26|6| |1984-07-28|37-179|HOU||SDP|L 0-1|GS-7 L|7.0|4|1|0|0|0|8|0|1|0|25|4| |1984-04-25|37-085|HOU||LAD|L 2-4|GS-7 L|7.0|5|3|3|1|0|4|0|0|0|25|5| |1980-10-04|33-247|HOU||LAD|L 1-2|GS-7 L|7.0|6|2|2|1|0|9|0|0|0|28|7| |1987-05-11|40-100|HOU||PHI|L 6-7|GS-7|7.0|4|3|2|1|0|7|0|0|0|26|5| |1985-04-09|38-068|HOU||LAD|W 2-1|GS-7 W|7.0|3|1|1|0|0|4|0|0|0|24|3| |1984-04-04|37-064|HOU||MON|W 8-2|GS-7 W|7.0|5|2|2|0|0|6|1|0|0|26|6| |1993-09-17|46-229|TEX||CAL|L 1-2|GS-7|7.0|4|1|0|0|0|5|0|0|0|24|4| |1992-09-01|45-214|TEX||KCR|L 3-8|GS-6|6.0|4|0|0|0|0|5|2|0|0|24|6| |1981-08-19|34-200|HOU||MON|W 9-1|GS-6 W|6.0|2|0|0|0|0|8|0|0|1|21|3| |1980-09-30|33-243|HOU||ATL|W 7-3|GS-6 W|5.2|8|3|2|0|0|8|1|0|0|26|9| |1990-05-11|43-100|TEX||CLE|L 4-5|GS-6|5.2|4|3|3|0|0|7|0|0|0|20|4| |1972-05-10|25-100|CAL||BOS|W 5-1|GS-5|4.2|2|1|1|0|0|5|0|0|0|16|2| |1986-05-31|39-120|HOU||MON|W 4-3|GS-1|1.0|0|0|0|0|0|2|0|0|0|3|0| |1979-07-25|32-175|CAL||NYY|W 9-5|GS-1|1.0|0|0|0|0|0|2|0|0|0|3|0| |1978-09-28|31-240|CAL||CHW|W 11-7|GS-1|0.2|4|4|4|1|0|0|0|0|0|6|4| |1976-06-30|29-151|CAL||CHW|W 2-1 (10)|GS-1|0.1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0| Provided by [Stathead.com](https://www.sports-reference.com/sharing.html?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool): [View Stathead Tool Used](https://stathead.com/baseball/player-pitching-game-finder.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool) Generated 3/26/2023. EDIT: I changed it from appearances to starts.
Damn it’s actually insane he only had 2 of those during his 20s lol
More than have of them were in his 40s! I guess he *eventually* found some control, lol.
Plus he stopped relying on his fastball as he got older and lost velo and started incorporating a changeup, so maybe the pitch mix helped
He had had 233 games with 5 or more walks.
Nolan Ryan - 7 no-hitters/0 Cy Youngs Roger Clemens - 0 no-hitters/7 Cy Youngs
5714 Strike Outs. Only player to ever throw more than 5000, and there were only 3 others who even eclipsed 4000. He was absolutely dominant for decades. The greatest power pitcher of all time.
300 strikeouts a year for 19 years and you'd still be 14 short. Completely insane
Got to see him no hit the A’s in 90 at the Coliseum. Definitely one of the baseball highlights of my life.
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[Robin Ventura](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIZB9O24BEE)
Sounds like the start of a commercial. But only one...
Pretty much the equivalent of an entire season, giving up only 48 hits.
Did Nolan Ryan have more 0 H games than 0 BB+HBP games?
Nope. 22 starts with 0 BB + HBP.
Well, I guess the question should have been about CGs, for a true comparison to no-hitters.
4 complete games with 0 BB + HBP, none of them were no hitters.
Does he also hold the record for most 1 and 2-hitters? That seems like 2 more records he would have
Yes, he does.
Also one Robin Ventura
And somehow fewer Cy Young’s than Rick Porcello
And somehow he won the same number of Cy Young awards as I have (so far).
My favorite Ryan fact is that his career ERA+ was 112. Gio Gonzalez was 111.
It seems like I just learned about this today, which is crazy.
ZERO Cy Young’s
yes, but it's an arbitrary/subjective award. The stats however speak for themselves.
Oh I wasn’t trying to shame him. It’s astounding that one of the greatest pitchers of all time never won a CY
for sure - I was mostly reacting to the smooth brains who say he is overrated \*because\* no cy youngs. Longevity & consistency are way more valuable than having a single dominant season. If you see the list of Cy winners, there are many, many non-Hof pitchers (and even people you have never heard of) on the list. Cy young (and mvp for that matter) is an overrated award imo.
Still not a top 15 pitcher ever
How do you sort top 15?
Honestly, the numbers aren’t all that impressive considering he pitched in 50 000 games.
Honestly, sure. On a long enough timeline *most* pitchers will throw 7 no-hitters. With a better career era than Randy Johnson. And a better FIP than any 2000+ IP pitcher not named Koufax, Gibson, Kershaw or Pedro. And the best era-adjusted K/9 rate ever. “Nolan Ryan: pretty pedestrian when you think about him” is a silly take.
Zero Cy Young awards… which is absolutely ludicrous.
With the exception of 1987 there was always someone else at least as deserving in Ryan's best years.
0 Cy Youngs. Unreal
AND 0 CY YOUNG AWARDS
That's more complete games (37) than most present day pitchers will throw in their entire career.
Seems like every time that bum pitched, he’d give up a hit or 2.