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kairos12

(12,841 posts) Thu Nov 29, 2018, 04:31 PM Nov 2018

Pitchers with 1000 strikeouts before the age of 24

Bob Feller
Burt Blyleven
Dwight Gooden

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Pitchers with 1000 strikeouts before the age of 24 (Original Post) kairos12 Nov 2018 OP

It's scary how good Gooden could have been had he held it together. Bleacher Creature Nov 2018 #1

I think I read somewhere that in 1985, when lost he 4 games, kairos12 Nov 2018 #3

Feller started his major league career Ohiogal Nov 2018 #2

Yes, Feller was 17 when he signed in 1936. rsdsharp Nov 2018 #4

He Was My Uncle's Favorite Too ProfessorGAC Dec 2018 #6

I Could Have Had 1000 Strikeouts Before Age 24! ProfessorGAC Dec 2018 #5

When Ryan was throwing big heat kairos12 Dec 2018 #7

Another Story About Him ProfessorGAC Dec 2018 #8

Bleacher Creature

(11,250 posts)

1. It's scary how good Gooden could have been had he held it together.

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Thu Nov 29, 2018, 04:42 PM

Nov 2018

His 1985 season may have been the greatest single-season performance by a pitcher ever.

kairos12

(12,841 posts)

3. I think I read somewhere that in 1985, when lost he 4 games,

Reply to Bleacher Creature (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 29, 2018, 05:24 PM

Nov 2018

the Mets scored a total of less than 4 runs during all of those games.

Ohiogal

(31,880 posts)

2. Feller started his major league career

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Thu Nov 29, 2018, 04:58 PM

Nov 2018

when he was only 17, didn't he? He was my dad's idol. My dad pitched semi pro ball.

rsdsharp

(9,125 posts)

4. Yes, Feller was 17 when he signed in 1936.

Reply to Ohiogal (Reply #2)

Thu Nov 29, 2018, 05:36 PM

Nov 2018

He took a brief leave from the team in May 1937 to go back to Van Meter and receive his high school diploma. In fairness he had also hurt his arm in late April throwing a curve ball.

ProfessorGAC

(64,801 posts)

6. He Was My Uncle's Favorite Too

Reply to Ohiogal (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 4, 2018, 01:16 PM

Dec 2018

My uncle pitched fast pitch softball at semi-pro level after Korea and he adopted the nickname Rapid Robert because he liked Feller so much.

ProfessorGAC

(64,801 posts)

5. I Could Have Had 1000 Strikeouts Before Age 24!

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Tue Dec 4, 2018, 01:14 PM

Dec 2018

If i had a major league contract at 19, i easily would have struck out 200 times a year!!!

Back to the point at hand: Notable by his absence is Ryan who when he first came up couldn't find the plate. So, nobody bothered swinging. Once he took 2mph off and started finding the strike zone, then it was "look out" time.

He was 25 his first year in Anaheim and had 329 K's in 284 innings and his ERA which averaged around 3.5 with the Mets fell to 2.28.

If he had found the magic 3 years sooner he might have exceeded 6,000 k's.

kairos12

(12,841 posts)

7. When Ryan was throwing big heat

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #5)

Tue Dec 4, 2018, 03:15 PM

Dec 2018

and batters argued with umpires, the hitters would say that ball sounded outside.

ProfessorGAC

(64,801 posts)

8. Another Story About Him

Reply to kairos12 (Reply #7)

Tue Dec 4, 2018, 03:50 PM

Dec 2018

Ron Luciano once said that he thought there were times when umpires called balls on close pitches because he was throwing it so fast they couldn't be sure. As a result, umpires (he admits to being on of them) unconsciously called them balls out of a sense of fairness.

When the umpires can't be sure, you're throwing some heat!

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