Word: seavers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more important, to become the first player to record 20 strikeouts in a nine-inning game. Clemens, who eight months ago had arthroscopic shoulder surgery, did it with a 97-m.p.h. fast ball and no walks. The old mark of 19 was jointly held by Nolan Ryan (1974), Tom Seaver (1970), Steve Carlton (1969) and Charlie Sweeney (1884). "Personally, it hasn't quite hit me yet," says Clemens, 23, who is apparently slower than the public in that respect. Next morning, Red Sox fans were in line bright and early to buy tickets for the next appearance...
Ernest Riles' two-run homer and a roof-top blast by Rob Deer powered the Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-3 victory Monday over Tom Seaver and the Chicago White Sox in their American League opener...
...Seaver, extending his own major-league record with his 16th opening-day start, lasted 5 1-3 innings before the opening day crowd of 42,265. He was charged with seven hits and all five Milwaukee runs. He is 7-2 on opening day for his career, 1-1 with the White...
Carlton, a 41-year-old lefthander with 314 career wins, tied Tom Seaver's N.L. record with his 14th opening-day assignment. But he was coming off a 1-8 season last year and started this one no better, allowing nine hits and all seven Reds runs in four-plus innings. The loss dropped Carlton's opening-day record...
Mysteriously, and maybe a little more irregularly than by the decade, pitchers do seem to travel in clusters. Hubbell materialized in the swift company of Dizzy Dean and Lefty Gomez. Seaver enjoyed the prolonged fellowship of Steve Carlton, Jim Palmer and Nolan Ryan. Bob Gibson, Juan Marichal and Gaylord Perry formed their club. Even Walter Johnson had Rube Marquard. "There's some safety in numbers," Tom Browning agrees. "Last year, when Pete (Rose) was drawing the crowds, I was left alone to get a nice quiet...