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John Smoltz becomes the 16th major league pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters

John Smoltz becomes the 16th major league pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters. The 40-year-old Braves hurler gets Felipe Lopez swinging on a 2-2 offering …

April 22, 2008

Phil Niekro strikeouts Larry Parrish for the 3,000th of his career

July 4, 1984

Nolan Ryan strikes out Cesar Geronimo for his 3000th career strikeout

July 4, 1980

Gaylord Perry becomes 3rd pitcher to record 3000 strikeouts

October 1, 1978

Don Sutton Notches his 3000 strikeout

June 24, 1983

300 Win 700 Homerun Firsts

For the first time in history a 300 game winner face a batter with 700 homeruns

On August 13, 2006, LA’s Greg Maddux and SF’s Jason Schmidt hook up in a classic West Coast …

August 13, 2006

Eddie Plank of the Federal League’s St. Louis Terriers records his300th victory when he defeats the Newark Peppers 12-5. The future Hall of Famer (1946) is the ninth player and first southpaw to reach this milestone.

September 11, 1915

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Lefty Grove of the Boston Red Sox wins his 300th game

July 25, 1941

At Swampoodle Grounds in Washington, D.C., James Francis Galvin of the Pittsburgh Alleghenys becomes baseball’s first pitcher to record his 300th victory when he defeats the hometown Senators, 5-1. The 31 year-old ‘Pud,’ a workhorse who will win 20 games 10 of the 14 seasons he plays in the big leagues, will end his career with 361 victories.

October 5, 1888

Diamondbacks flamethrower Randy Johnson strikes out 20 Reds in Arizona’s 4 – 3 win over Cincinnati in 11 innings

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Roger Clemens Strikeouts 20 Seattle Mariners

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Bob Sprout sets a Midwest League record with 22 strikeouts

1960, 20 Strikeout Games, August 18, Bob Sprout, Decatur Commodores, Minor Leagues, No Hitters, Waterloo Hawks

Max Scherzer ties the major league record by striking out 20 batters in a nine-inning game

20 Strikeout Games, 2016, Detroit Tigers, James McCann, Max Scherzer, May 11, Nationals Park, Washington Nationals

On Opening Day, Mel Ott hits his 511th and final home run of his career in the Giants’ 8-4 victory over Philadelphia at the Polo Grounds, a ballpark in which he has hit 63% of his round-trippers. The 37 year-old player-manager, who has two hundred more homers than any other National Leaguer, will retire third on the all-time list, trailing only Babe Ruth (714) and Jimmie Foxx (534).

April 16, 1946

The secret deal made on December 26th to sell Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for $100,000 is announced publicly

January 3, 1920

A monument in center field at Yankee Stadium is dedicated to Mickey Mantle, who died of liver cancer last year. The commemorative structure, the first to be erected by the team in 47 years, joins three other monuments in the Bronx ballpark that honor the legacies of Miller Huggins, Babe Ruth, and Lou Gehrig.

August 25, 1996

Bill Werber, the oldest ex-major leaguer and last living teammate of Babe Ruth, dies at the age of 100. The former infielder, who played for the Yankees, Red Sox, A’s, Reds, and Giants, became the first player to appear in a televised game when he batted leadoff for Cincinnati in a contest played against the Dodgers at Ebbets Field on August 26, 1939.

January 19, 2009

Chicago Cubs slugger Frank Schulte hits a grand slam off Rube Marquard to beat the New York Giants, 8 – 4.

June 3, 1911

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