Musgrove evoked the most hallowed record of Nolan Ryan's career — here's why.
In just his second game back from a lengthy stint on the injured list, Joe Musgrove recorded the 1,000th strikeout of his career. The San Diego Padres starter allowed three hits, one earned run, two walks while striking out six in 4.1 innings on Sunday to reach the milestone he has been approaching all season.
The right-hander originally went on the IL in early May, taking 20 days between starts for his first stint of the season on the IL. He then went on the IL again for more than two months withOne of Musgrove's first reactions to crossing the 1,000 mark was to say how "crazy" it is that former MLB player Nolan Ryan accumulated 5,000 strikeouts.
The Hall of Famer played baseball in four different decades, and led MLB in strikeouts 11 separate times over his career. Ryan additionally holds the record for career no-hitters and the modern-era record for most strikeouts in a season . Before his season was shortened to injuries the last two seasons, Musgrove had two great back-to-back seasons in 2021 and 2022. In 2021, Musgrove went 11-9 with a 3.18 ERA and a career-high 203 strikeouts. The following season, Musgrove earned his first career All-Star appearance as he went 10-7 with a career-best 2.93 ERA and 184 strikeouts.
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