The description should specify that it's 20 strikeouts in a nine-inning game. Tom Cheney struck out 21 batters in a 16-inning complete game victory back in 1962.
The video's title is kinda misleading: these 4 pitchers recorded 20 strikeouts in 9 innings of a game. Tom Cheney striking out 21 batters in 16 innings on 9/12/1962 is still a legendary yet obscured performance.
Baseball is such a beautiful game. There are so many moments where fans from all teams can appreciate great efforts by players no matter who they are or what their team is.
You have to really appreciate the pitcher vs batter aspect to be able to watch it. A lot of people don’t think it has enough action, but if you like pitching it’s action on every play.
Like him, love him or hate him Clemens was a beast and that is undeniable. He also struck out 15 in the ALCS against the Mariners. I was lucky enough to see that one live.
Everyone just points out the steroid use. Tons of guys from that era were roided up. He managed to win 7 Cy Young awards at a time when many of the hitters he was mowing down were using roids too. His dominance was undeniable.
Kerry Wood had a favorable strike zone. He was getting the outside pitch and he knew it. Johnson and Clemens did it with just nasty stuff. Same with Scherzer. For Scherzer to do it with the hitters we have now days is insane
God i miss the days when pitchers were allowed to pitch more than 6 innings a game. Just look at Clemens' first 20 K game. That was his 4th complete game and it was only like the 3rd week of the season. Guys nowadays can go their whole career and not get 4 complete games. And even though pitch counts and innings limits are getting lower every year, the rate of injuries to pitchers is still increasing. Something is wrong with the way pitchers are developed nowadays.
yeah I was gonna say, clemens was a steriod user, which is really good for pitchers since it helps their arms heal much faster, so yeah not as impressive as some of the others
Such a shame that his career was hampered by so many injuries. Would've been nice to see what he could've accomplished had he not been injured so often.
@@southsider3542 Bill James : his stats come from the slow ball era at the turn of the 19th Century. Kerry Wood’s stats come from a juicer era when players could hit for immediate power and average and they had strength. Houston was a first place team. Kerry Wood not only struck out 20 but he walked a big “Goose Egg 🥚 “ yeah 0. And the hit that he allowed was a squibler infield hit. I would much rather appreciate his game as the best game or a top 3 in the history of MLB.
All these guys were incredible competitors I always as a kid admired Clemens still to this day I have the residue of that admiration as a 33 year old guy
I remember missing the 2nd clemens game, then seeing the headline in the paper the next morning. I could not believe he had done it again, especially at that point in his career, it was a bad season for him.
The description should specify that it's 20 strikeouts in a nine-inning game. Tom Cheney struck out 21 batters in a 16-inning complete game victory back in 1962.
Grace was on first base for Kerry Wood and Randy Johnson 20k games.
@Steve Davis wow , I'm going to watch again cuz I missed that
The video's title is kinda misleading: these 4 pitchers recorded 20 strikeouts in 9 innings of a game. Tom Cheney striking out 21 batters in 16 innings on 9/12/1962 is still a legendary yet obscured performance.
I just think it’s strange that they all reached 20….like that’s the cutoff number lol
There's only 27 outs available in a 9 inning game
@@tombrady4217 what the hell is your point?
Baseball is such a beautiful game. There are so many moments where fans from all teams can appreciate great efforts by players no matter who they are or what their team is.
You have to really appreciate the pitcher vs batter aspect to be able to watch it. A lot of people don’t think it has enough action, but if you like pitching it’s action on every play.
Like him, love him or hate him Clemens was a beast and that is undeniable. He also struck out 15 in the ALCS against the Mariners. I was lucky enough to see that one live.
Yeah cause he was high on HGH.
Everyone just points out the steroid use. Tons of guys from that era were roided up. He managed to win 7 Cy Young awards at a time when many of the hitters he was mowing down were using roids too. His dominance was undeniable.
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Kerry Wood had a favorable strike zone. He was getting the outside pitch and he knew it.
Johnson and Clemens did it with just nasty stuff. Same with Scherzer. For Scherzer to do it with the hitters we have now days is insane
Some of the greatest pitchers to ever touch a baseball. Incredible feat
Detroit fans were cheering him at the end!
God i miss the days when pitchers were allowed to pitch more than 6 innings a game. Just look at Clemens' first 20 K game. That was his 4th complete game and it was only like the 3rd week of the season. Guys nowadays can go their whole career and not get 4 complete games. And even though pitch counts and innings limits are getting lower every year, the rate of injuries to pitchers is still increasing. Something is wrong with the way pitchers are developed nowadays.
Different game.
Yes today’s pitching limits will prevent 30 wins and strikeout records to ever be broken again.
Or steroids
yeah I was gonna say, clemens was a steriod user, which is really good for pitchers since it helps their arms heal much faster, so yeah not as impressive as some of the others
Kerry Wood: 1 hitter and that many strikeouts has to be one of the top 3 games every pitched in MLB History
Kerry Wood's 20 strikeout game is the highest Game Score (a stat made by Bill James) in baseball history. He had a Game Score of 105
Such a shame that his career was hampered by so many injuries. Would've been nice to see what he could've accomplished had he not been injured so often.
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Bill James : his stats come from the slow ball era at the turn of the 19th Century. Kerry Wood’s stats come from a juicer era when players could hit for immediate power and average and they had strength.
Houston was a first place team.
Kerry Wood not only struck out 20 but he walked a big “Goose Egg 🥚 “ yeah 0.
And the hit that he allowed was a squibler infield hit.
I would much rather appreciate his game as the best game or a top 3 in the history of MLB.
I can't disagree. I would also include Sandy Koufax's perfect game with 14 K's in 1966 on that list.
Wow, Clements had a huge plate there. I can't wait for an honest strike zone to be set up. Sick of watching umpires control games behind the plate.
Bro...you do realize in those days it was a pitcher skill to expand the umpire's zone? Lol...you must be new to baseball
Is that what keeps you up at night? Have a drink.
Fuck that. Keep the big plate. I like strikeouts more than homeruns
@@therealbs2000 Livan Hernandez zone? Lol
@@CesarPerez-it8xy yea...livan had the big plate on the field and at the dinner table
Clemens was amazing before he even started taking steroids. I still can’t believe Clemens never threw a no-hitter.
All these guys were incredible competitors I always as a kid admired Clemens still to this day I have the residue of that admiration as a 33 year old guy
Did you even really watch him pitch if you are only 33? Cuz you weren't alive yet when he started pitching in the Majors.
Man, Clemens did it twice
I remember missing the 2nd clemens game, then seeing the headline in the paper the next morning. I could not believe he had done it again, especially at that point in his career, it was a bad season for him.
HGH
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@@Ae232f You say so.
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@@Ae232f I was with your misses.
Clemens had a beautiful curve ball that was hard to hit.
And they were all done without steroids. Unbelievable.
I liked when they gave pitchers the high heat. Too many low pitches now.
Wood should’ve had a no hitter there on his
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It's surprising Ryan hasn't done it.
had 19 4 times
Jim Abbott?one hand pitcher?
Only a no hitter. But that's one more than me.
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roger clemens cheater.
The sad thing about him cheating is that he did not need to cheat because of his talent.
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