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Clemens was a prototypical power pitcher with an aggressive edge, especially early in his career. Clemens was said to throw "two pitches: a 98-mph fastball and a hard breaking ball. At 23, Clemens simply reared back and threw the ball past batters." [73] Later in his career, Clemens developed a split-finger fastball. [74]
Career statistics include 354 wins, 4,672 strikeouts and two World Series titles. ... 1992 - Establishes the Roger Clemens Foundation with his wife Debbie. December 13, ...
Nolan Ryan [1] [2] [3] has the most career strikeouts in Major League Baseball. During a record 27-year career, he struck out 5,714 batters. The American League record is held by Roger Clemens [4] (4,167 strikeouts), [5] while in the National League, the record is 4,000 by Steve Carlton. [6] [7]
Nolan Ryan has 5,714 career strikeouts, the most in Major League history. His 11 seasons as a strikeout leader – second only to the 12 of Walter Johnson – includes nine seasons, between 1972 and 1990, as the American League strikeout leader. [ 180 ]
Over three different decades, Roger Clemens put together one of the more impressive pitching careers in baseball history. But as was the case with a handful of MLB stars during the 1990s and 2000s ...
Sandy Koufax was the first pitcher to achieve multiple games with 18 strikeouts, recording two in his career. Kerry Wood tied Roger Clemens' major league record of 20 strikeouts in a nine-inning game on May 6, 1998. Max Scherzer tied Kerry Wood and Roger Clemens' major league record of 20 strikeouts in a nine-inning game in 2016.
Gus Weyhing, the all-time leader in career hit batsmen. In baseball, hit by pitch (HBP) is a situation in which a batter or his clothing or equipment (other than his bat) is struck directly by a pitch from the pitcher; the batter is called a hit batsman (HB). A hit batsman is awarded first base, provided that (in the plate umpire's judgment) he ...
Roger Clemens helped transform his hometown during his time with the Astros, but another family member may deserve credit for discovering his historical pitching arm. MLB's Roger Clemens set for ...