Culiacán, Sin.- A day like today Friday April 2 but 2001 William Roger Clemens, New York Yankees pitcher became the American League strikeout leader; the right-hander added a spectacular 3509 strikeouts in a winning game for Yankees In 7 runs for 3 over the Kansas City Royals, Clemens at that point broke Walter Johnson’s previous record.
April 29, 1986 will also always be highly remembered as the day that the nicknamed ?? Rocket ?? became a pure elite pitcher because with the Boston Red Sox, he became the first in the history of the Big leagues in striking out 20 strikeouts in a nine-inning game against the Mariners in Seattle.
Making his 40th career appearance in MLB, Clemens, just 23, struck out 20 of the 30 sailors he faced without walking a single walk, allowing just one run and three hits.
After him, only three other pitchers have managed to match the feat, Kerry Wood (Cubs 1998), Randy Johnson (D-backs 2001) and Max Scherzer (Nationals 2016).
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