Nolan Ryan Golden West Broadcasters Record Breakers Trophy 1974
I've always thought that this was a pretty neat item because I know quite a bit about it's background. This is an Adirondack Nolan Ryan "Record Breakers" trophy bat that he was given on June, 11 1974 by Golden West Broadcasters. For those that didn't grow in in Southern California, Golden West broadcasters was the radio station that was owned by cowboy singing great and former owner of the California Angels, Gene Autry. This trophy was given to Nolan Ryan for his record breaking 1973 season that included two no-hitters and setting the all-time single season strikeout record of 383 K's. Ryan's 383 K's passed Sandy Koufax's strikeout standard of 382 that he set in 1965. I got this trophy bat directly from Nolan Ryan's family about 7 or 8 years ago.
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