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Three fun bits of trivia I just ran across:

1. Johnnie LeMaster and Duane Kuiper were the only double play duo who had the same birthday, June 19.

2. Kuiper had the only hit to break up three separate no-hitters; he got the lone singles in otherwise hitless games pitched by Andy Hassler (July 2, 1977), Nolan Ryan (May 5, 1978) and Ron Guidry (Sept. 24, 1978).

3. Not only does Ryan have the most no-hitters (7), he has the most one-hitters (12, shared with Bob Feller), the most two-hitters (18) and the most three-hitters (31). Ryan also gave up the most stolen bases (757), and the most wild pitches (277).

And yet, if Ryan was pitching today he’d be on a 110 pitch count……. Ryan was generally just getting loose around 100.  Had to consistently be around 150 in his earlier years.

Pitched till he was 45.  And was still throwing mid 90s in his early forties. Never won a CY despite having some ridiculous years.  Such as 1973 21-16. 2.87 ERA 326 IP 162 walks 383 Ks  (Palmer CY) 

1974. 22-16. 2.89 ERA. 332.2 IP. 202 walks 367 Ks (Catfish CY)

Cy voters looked at the W-L record back then. Course, Angels were bad. 79-83 in ‘73 and 68-94 in ‘74.

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Three fun bits of trivia I just ran across:

1. Johnnie LeMaster and Duane Kuiper were the only double play duo who had the same birthday, June 19.

2. Kuiper had the only hit to break up three separate no-hitters; he got the lone singles in otherwise hitless games pitched by Andy Hassler (July 2, 1977), Nolan Ryan (May 5, 1978) and Ron Guidry (Sept. 24, 1978).

3. Not only does Ryan have the most no-hitters (7), he has the most one-hitters (12, shared with Bob Feller), the most two-hitters (18) and the most three-hitters (31). Ryan also gave up the most stolen bases (757), and the most wild pitches (277).

And yet, if Ryan was pitching today he’d be on a 110 pitch count……. Ryan was generally just getting loose around 100.  Had to consistently be around 150 in his earlier years.

Pitched till he was 45.  And was still throwing mid 90s in his early forties. Never won a CY despite having some ridiculous years.  Such as 1973 21-16. 2.87 ERA 326 IP 162 walks 383 Ks  (Palmer CY) 

1974. 22-16. 2.89 ERA. 332.2 IP. 202 walks 367 Ks (Catfish CY)

Cy voters looked at the W-L record back then. Course, Angels were bad. 79-83 in ‘73 and 68-94 in ‘74.