ANNIVERSARY: Nolan Ryan 300 Wins

25 years ago Nolan Ryan won his 300th game, a 11-3 decision over the Milwaukee Brewers. Ryan went 7 2/3 innings in the victory giving up all 3 runs (1 earned) while recording 8 Ks. The 1 and 2 hitters for the Brewcrew that day were future Hall of Famers Paul Molitor and Robin Yount.

1991 Score #417 Nolan Ryan HL 300 Career Victories

Score honored the accomplishment with a card in their Highlights subset. The Front Shot shows Ryan acknowledging the fans.

1991 Score #417 Nolan Ryan HL 300 Career Victories (b-side)

The flip of the card contains an action shot and game summary. Note the 146 pitches thrown by Ryan in the victory. The 55,097 attendance was the 3rd largest Brewers crowd of the 1990 season, and the #1 draw for a weeknight game.

This is not a no-hitter card, but Ryan is obviously the most prominent member of the Year of Clan and we will be adding this card to the extras in our 1990YotNH index. 

Sources and Links
Nolan Ryan HoF Index
1990 Year of the No-Hitter Index
baseball-ref

ANNIVERSARY: 1990 07 17 Bo Jackson 4 Consecutive Home Runs

25 Years ago Bo Jackson began a Home Run Streak that lasted over a month.

1991 Score #420 Bo Jackson - Highlight Four Consecutive Homers 

Of course Bo spent that entire month on the DL. During a Royals 10-7 Victory over the Yankees Jackson hit 3 Home Runs in his first 3 At Bats. But prior to getting a chance at recording a fourth he  was injured diving for a Deion Sanders line drive. Sanders ended up with an Inside-The-Park Home Run.

Bo Jackson ended up with an injured shoulder which sidelined him for 40 days.
 

1991 Score #420 Bo Jackson - Highlight Four Consecutive Homers (b-side)

The day he came back Jackson picked up right where he left off. In his first AB after coming off the DL He homered off of Future Hall of Famer and Year of the No-Hitter subject Randy Johnson.  For the Day Jackson was 3 for 4 and came a triple shy of the cycle as the Royals won 8-2.

Curiously the first 3 Homers were hit off of another Year of the No-Hitter pitcher, Andy Hawkins. This makes this our 3rd posting this month with an Andy Hawkins connection, The Hawkins non-hitter, The Melido Perez non-hitter and now Bo Jackson's 4 consecutive Homers.

Sources and Links
MLB
Baseball-ref

1990: Ramon Martinez 18K Game

We have the Maritnez Brothers on back to back nights.

Before Pedro there was older brother Ramon Martinez.

Two years prior to Pedro Martinez making his Major League Debut, Ramon Was an All-Star and nearly a Cy Young Award Winnner.

And 25 years ago on June 4th 1990 Ramon Martinez had a pretty good night.

 

1991 Score #419 1990 Highlight Ramon Martinez 18 K game

Ramon limited the Atlanta Braves to 3 hits and recorded 18 strikeouts while leading the Dodgers to a 6-0 victory. At the time the 18Ks were 1 off the NL record (Tom Seaver, Steve Carlton)  and 2 short of the Major League Record (Roger Clemens) for a 9 inning game.    

1991 Score #419 1990 Highlight Ramon Martinez 18 K game (b-side)

The synopsis on the reverse talks about Ramon's 18K outing and contains a nice shot of what presumably is the post game interview. Perhaps a good Dodger fan can inform us of the name of the otherwise unknown reporter.

Last month Corey Kluber joined the 18K game club, setting a record by doing so on only 113 pitches. Ramon Martinez threw 127 pitches in his outing.  He had his 18 strikeouts in the first eight frames, had Martinez been removed after eight (as Kluber was) he would have been at 108 pitches.

I am not counting 3-hitters as Lo-Hitter games, but since this game is so unique I will be adding it to the Year of the No-Hitter index. 

Sources & Links
1990 Year of the No-Hitter
Score Trading Cards
@obxleatherman - David Branson
Baseball-ref
Retrosheet