The History of MLB's 20 Strikeout Games 

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@@waxknucklebearingjuice5592 the video is really clearly a nod to his format. I’ve talked to him, he’s completely fine with it, and he enjoyed the first MLB Record Progression (idk if he’s seen this one)

Clemens got so close to striking out his jersey number, such a tease lol

How about if I struck out my age 38, that would be impressive

I was at that game. I’m a life long cubs fan and was lucky enough to be able to go to that game. When Kerry was pitching it looked like he was throwing with ease that game. Pitching master class. Wish he didn’t have the elbow problem

@@pwx13 I'd be more impressed that you pitched 13 innings, honestly.

@@FrostyBalls01hope your balls were toasty

right? thats about as close to a "bat flip" as youd ever see a guy like Biggio do.

craig 😂 atleast i made contact. norm cash bringing a table leg to the plate against ryan was great too. ump told him he couldnt use that, he said why? im not going to hit it anyway 😂

They did a game stat for that game and it’s arguably the greatest thrown game ever. The only hit was a fluke and the amount of swinging strikes was unreal

Kerry Wood’s 2 Run Home Run in the 2003 NLCS was even better! That moment to this day was the wildest reaction by the Wrigley Field Crowd in existence! God it’s a shame that team didn’t win that night.

I watched a documentary about that game. It's unreal. Even just the highlights look absurd.

Great job on the Video bud

That documentary the cubs made is a masterpiece

Yeah and he said during warmup he couldn't find the strike zone which makes it more special.

It was the most dominating performance in pro sports history.

I watched it when it happened, too. The only thing I'd take away from Wood is that the strike zone was massive. Just absolutely huge. And you can really see the Astros struggling to cope with that. (Moises in particular.)

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So, an immaculate inning? Scherzer has plenty to spare.

Heavily SummoningSalt inspired (he gave me his seal of approval through twitter DMs, we’re basically best friends, I’m a huge deal) Expect more of these in the future (and more Home background music)

@@AndThatsBaseball dude holy shit this is SUCH a good idea ive been hoping someone would do a series like this! hoping it spreads to other sports as well. keep it up! :)

feels very dorktown-y as well

@@broncos435 the google earth animation is straight from the Jon Bois playbook

@@AndThatsBaseball you know ball

Matt Turk would've struck out all 27

not sure those were the killer b’s…i think berkman replaced bell and then they became the killer b’s…i could be wrong though

@@chrisshergie1030 Google is your friend

Max is by far the most dominant pitcher I’ve seen in person. His number will be retired at Nats Park when he’s done.

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Most of these games were probably like this tbf. Strike zones in the 90s were sooooo much worse than they are right now, umps now get a lot of heat just cuz we know how to measure their performance in real time.

That was pretty normal in the 90s

it is kinda silly looking at now but yes this was quite normal at the time. Strike zones were a suggestion and pretty much each umpire made up their own zone and adjusted by batter height.

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Best contact they got all day I’d celebrate too

and Biggio was a classy old school player. Guys didnt bat flip back then for anything.

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@@AndThatsBaseball very Homer-esque

Exactly what I’m going for

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His Jays years might’ve been his best, he was incredible for about 2 decades straight, but I still think ‘86 was his best season in Boston. You are right, though, he really figured out the split around that point in his career, and it shows in his higher K rate.

@@AndThatsBaseball Yeah, sure - “figured it out”. (for the record, I’m an Astros fan; Clemens is a large part of why we won our only NL pennant and he actually lives in the Houston area - I’ve literally seen him GO-KARTING - so what he did hurts me and co. more than most).

@AndThatsBaseball 1986 was an incredible year for the Rocket. He had so many. I wish Schiraldi and company would have held on. He would have been Cy Young, MVP and a WS champion at 23 yrs old.

@gemnist8462 Well yea man, splitters aren't exactly an easy pitch to throw. (Part of the reason no one throws them anymore) He didn't throw the split in the 80s and early 90s with the Sox, not as much or nearly as effectively...It became his premiere out pitch starting in about 1994 or so. Watch the 86, 20K game...Its all gas with an occasional breaking ball. The 96 20 K game, he gets at least half the batters on the split. The idea he was ever "on the decline" at such an early age is absurd. From 23 to 35 he was in straight perennial Cy Young mode, which is a completely normal age range for a great pitcher to be at their best. After that is when he was accused of "getting help" for a few years (about 3 if you believe his accuser) after he was past his prime and some groin and leg injuries limited his durability (along with age and mileage.) Randy Johnson somehow peaked at 38. Curt Schilling at 35 or 37. Smoltz had two of his best years at 39 and 40. But I'm supposed to think Clemens couldn't hack it anymore for some odd, unexplained reason at age 33, in his prime, and that adding an elite out pitch to his repertoire didn't have any positive effect? Come on. You can talk about the PED stuff w/o being ridiculous about it.

Kerry Wood doing that to the best offense in the best baseball league in the middle of the run happy steroid era >>>

@@AndThatsBaseball I’m an Astros fan, and I gotta say, while we had a great offense, our season would never have been as great as it was had we not acquired Randy Johnson at the trade deadline, who then proceeded to pull a CC Sabathia-Brewers situation on us. The bats ultimately went cold as the season progressed, leading us to being dominated by the Padres in the NLDS. As for NPB vs. MLB, putting aside the usual claim about MLB having the cumulative best players that is incredibly exclusionary and reductive, NPB is also a far more contact-oriented league, with players hitting way more for average than for power, especially in the steroid era where players like Bagwell were expected to mash. There is a difference in walking since MLB values plate discipline and walks more than NPB, but back in pre-Moneyball era that included 1998 that was not the case, so it was far more likely that strikeouts were to occur. The fact that Sasaki not only struck out nineteen but also didn’t allow a single base runner, neither by hits or walks, in a league where hitting became so commonplace that a no-hitter hadn’t been thrown in almost two years, against the Orix Buffaloes - who went on to WIN the Japan Series and included OBP king and recent MLB star Masataka Yoshida - is nothing short of incredible. Also, he beat Wood’s game score by a single point. Not to take away from Wood’s game though; it’s still the greatest pitching performance in MLB history, and I would absolutely change that one hit to an error if I could so that he had the no-hitter on top of that. It’s a shocker that Wood (along with rotation mate Mark Prior) isn’t in the Cubs Hall of Fame yet, because he absolutely deserves it.

I gotta go with ATB on this one considering the MLB is the biggest stage in the world for baseball

@@poindextertunes It really isn’t. Great baseball players are scattered all over the globe, most of whom don’t play in MLB. And the most recent WBC got way more TV views than the World Series ever has.

@@AndThatsBaseball You sure about that? Who won the WBC again?

Pedro’s circle change was the stuff of legends 🔥

Pedro's 17 K game was something else. He ran into a Chili Davis HR but other than that pure dominance of a great hitting team. Pedro, was better than anyone inning for inning. And yes his 1999 and 2000 were years for the ages. He was a little light on the innings, but his 1.74 ERA and 11 WAR in 2000 makes it one of the best seasons ever...behind only Gibson's 68, Carlton's 72 and Doc Gooden's 85. In the creators defense the video was about the 9 inning K record, and 20 Ks had been established as the record 13 years before, and matched twice a year or so before, so I can see why he left it out.

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Scherzer is a dying breed, not may can do that past the century mark anymore

With the expanded playoffs, idk that it’s unbreakable. Teams may be more willing to go for it, but this is a really cool stat and I’ll def look into those brewers.

@@AndThatsBaseball One other thing I should point out, these are the nine teams who made it to a winning record after falling 15 games under .500 in the history of the MLB (even if you include the 1800’s teams, none did this): 2005 Athletics 2005 Astros 2001 White Sox 1991 Brewers 1988 Padres 1965 Pirates 1962 Phillies 1937 Braves 1914 Braves The 2005 Astros and 1914 Braves of whom made it to the World Series with the latter winning it all. It’s often acknowledged that the Braves were in last place on July 4th, but in June I believe, they were further under .500. But Milwaukee is the lone winning team to go 17 under .500.

​@fortynights1513 Very interesting. I knew the 2005 Astros couldn't hit at all for long stretches of the season...but had an incredible staff with Clemens, Pettitte, Oswalt, and Lidge in the pen.

​@@fortynights1513 Why did Milwaukee let Paul Molitor go? How? I remember my father, who hated Selig, thought that was the dumbest move and was really happy when Molitor had a career year in 1993 and raked in the World Series for the Jays....He was appalled how miserly Selig was towards his star hitter and future HOFer.

@@dukedematteo1995 Age may have been part of why he was let go. Some players at 36 are declining, but Molitor ended up being productive for a few more years. In the stretch of 1991 where Milwaukee came back to .500, Molitor hit .332. But the player who really stepped up his game was B.J. Surhoff who’s final numbers don’t look anything exceptional, but he hit .348 with a .375 on base percentage over that span.

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ive heard that too. i tore up my elbow too throwing a basketball one-armed like a dumbass like full-court baseball throw.....I felt a weird sensation like something kinda pulling or sliding apart....didnt really hurt and I finished the game. Came home and made breakfast, grabbed the milk......and the moment i tried to pick it up it was like a sniper shot my fucking elbow and dropped it to the floor, couldnt hold it, white hot pain. Awful. I can see how with adrenaline he could have not felt it at the moment.

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Idk if strider’s gonna be able to maintain it at 100+ pitches, but if anyone can do it now it’s him

@@AndThatsBaseball Spencer is a different cat, physically and mentally. They were saying last night on the broadcast that every time he is pulled, he feels he has more in the tank. If he's got a day where he is really on and gets a little longer leash... 20 is well in reach. As crazy as it is to say, he's still developing! Sensational content btw, subscription well earned!

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