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CAREER STRIKEOUTS REGISTERED IN 1989

On August 22, 1989, Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers became
the first pitcher in major league history to registered 5,000 career strikeouts. Ryan would go on to rack up a total of 5,714 strikeouts,
over 1,500 more than his closest competition.

Nolan Ryan struck out Cesar Geronimo for his 3000th career strikeout, July 4, 1980. Geronimo had also been Bob Gibson's 3000th career strikeout in 1974. Ryan was the fourth pitcher to reach

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Nolan Ryan Threw as Hard as He Could for as Long as He Could

Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr. ("the Ryan Express") is78 years old.

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