nolan ryan has the record for the most strikeouts as a pitcher in a career.
who has the record for the most strikeouts as a pitcher in a career?
nolan ryan
the nationals did enjoy spectacular pitching performances during june, especially from ace max scherzer. in a 4–0 victory over the brewers at miller park on june 14, scherzer pitched a complete-game one-hitter in which he had 16 strikeouts, a new personal best that also set a new nationals single-game strikeout record, exceeding the previous team record of 14 strikeouts strasburg set in his major league baseball debut on june 8, 2010. scherzer retired the first 18 brewers he faced—also a nationals record—and only two brewers reached base, via a single and a walk. only three balls left the infield, and scherzer had 27 swings-and-misses among his 119 pitches, another personal best and the most by any major league baseball pitcher during the 2015 season up to that time. eight of his strikeouts came on four or fewer pitches. it was scherzer's second career shutout and only the third time that a nationals pitcher had pitched a one-hit shutout, the previous two having been by gio gonzález and jordan zimmermann in 2013. scherzer also became only the third major league baseball pitcher in history to pitch a one-hit shutout with 16 or more strikeouts and one walk or less, joining nolan ryan and kerry wood.
2015 washington nationals season
on january 11, 2019, the tigers avoided arbitration with boyd, agreeing on a one-year, $2.6 million contract. on april 3, 2019, against the new york yankees, boyd recorded a career-high 13 strikeouts. boyd posted 10 strikeouts in his first start, becoming the first tigers pitcher since 1908 to start the season with consecutive double-digit strikeout games. boyd also set a record for the most strikeouts by a visiting pitcher at the current yankee stadium. his 13 strikeouts were the most by any tigers pitcher since max scherzer recorded 14 in august 2014. on july 4 against the chicago white sox, boyd became the first pitcher in the live-ball era to record 13 strikeouts and zero walks in six innings or fewer in a game. he finished the first half of the season with 142 strikeouts, the most strikeouts by a tigers left-handed pitcher prior to the all-star break since mickey lolich struck out 156 in 1972.
matthew boyd (baseball)