European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday August 22, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 Ryan bears Down on 5k Worth of is Skinny right handed Junior Lias the Best i be seen in my life. Could he a real Power Pitcher scout red Murts report on Nolan Ryan. 1964. By Ben Walker a baseball writer boy. Was red right nobody like Nolan. Not then not now. Not Ever. Still Strong at age 42, still grunting on every pitch. Five no hitters 11 one hit ters. 287 the sir Icouls. Almost 5.000 in All and a victim s list 4,994 Long that reads like a who s who of two Maris. To Jackson. Felipe Matty and Jesus Alou. Dick Schofield or. . Seventeen Hall of a Mars. Forty two most valuable players. Ten sols of Brothers. Six fall or son pairs. Thirteen Guys named Davis and 10 different Johnsons. Everyone from a to z except an x but there s been no major leaguer beginning with x. A total of 1,061 different players. The fast Cal Iacre Ever was. A radar gun once got him at 101.8 Mph. That was inthe seventh inning. Others swear his heat was More like 105.once, Norm Cash walked up to the plate carrying a leg from a big. Wooden table. He told the Umpire he had no Chance with a Bat. Hank Aaron struck out four times against Ryan you could hear his Ball Hiss. It did t sound like anyone else s. Kind of like . I used to Tell Young hitters you Don t need to run up there and hit it. It will get there plenty Quick and when it docs you better be ready to swing " Len Matusick first faced Ryan in 1982. He had 12 career at bats against Ryan an struck Oul seven i was a Rookie and went up to the plate batting .090. He just stared Al me and gave me one of those get in there and Slop wasting my time looks. I hit a Long one that had a Chance to be Home run but it curved foul. I was feeling pretty Good about that and then i looked at him. He was glaring at me. And i knew i was in Kekki Jackson struck out 22 time against Ryan he was inc Only Pitcher i was Ever scared to Claudell Washington has struck out 36 limes making him Ryan s no. I victim. Washington is l3-Lbr-86 .151 lifetime Ryan that s All i have i thought i had a lot More. I be always had great Success against fastball is Guys like Goodwn and Clemens. But Ryan s in a different category. All the at bats i be had against him have been 00 Willie Mays was o-for-3 versus Ryan bul hit the Ball each time he never got me. I know thai. He struck out a lot of people but not a postscript Ryan started against san Francisco on May 7, 1968, and Mays was Willess. Ryan made three More starts against the giants in Mays career and Mays sat out All three games. Victims Roll Call Mike Schmidt 15.m Ade Hoggs i. Rod Carew 29. Zolio vet Salles 6. Eddie Mathews i. Rico Petrocelli 21. Andre Dawson 26. Ernie Banks 3. Darryl Strawberry is. Rocky Calvallo i. When Ryan gets no. 5,000, he will have 22 percent More strikeouts than the second place Man Steve Carlton. It was t always that Way. Ryan began the 1984 season trailing Carlton by 60 strikeouts. They spent the summer flip flopping As baseball s All time strikeout King the Lead changing on each the time Ryan said he thought Carl ton would wind up As no. 1 because of Carlton s better mechanics. But on sept 5, 1984, Ryan struck out eight against san Nolan r an 42, As he contemplates victim no 5.000 i m going to be a Power Pitcher until the Day i can t be and when that any comes i m a in to get out of Francisco and edged ahead of Carlton for Good. Ryan finished the 1984 season Lead ing by two at 3,874 and had 209 in 1985 to Carlton s 48, ending the contest. Carlton is finally retired and living near a Golf course in Clearwater. Fla., his comebacks and fastballs finally exhausted. Ryan who struck out Carllo neigh limes will Slart tuesday night for Texas at Home against Oakland Wilh 4,994 strikeouts. An television 2 30 . Wednesday Pete Rose 13. Johnny Hench 7. Joe Morgan 6. Harmon kill brew ii. Al a line 3. Carl Yasler i
