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Originally Posted by jayshum
Frank, I was replying to Jeff's post saying that Ryan could strike out 1000 in this era. I wasn't commenting on your post about the 1880s. However, 1000 strikeouts back then still seems like a stretch since strikeouts were not as common back then and striking out a lot was not acceptable like it is now.
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You’re confused about the premise I think.
Had the 1975 Ryan or the 1965 Koufax pitched in 1885, I truly the record for strikeouts in a nine inning game would be 27.