Most strikeouts recorded in a complete game shutout — Milwaukee Brewers franchise history:
15 - Jacob Misiorowski (6/12/2026)
12 - Yovani Gallardo (6/24/2010)
12 - Juan Nieves (7/13/1986)
11 - CC Sabathia (8/31/2008)
11 - Marty Pattin (4/29/1969)
Dating back to August 27th of 2025, a span of 14 starts, Shohei Ohtani has posted an earned run average of 0.67 with 94 strikeouts. He is the first pitcher in Dodgers franchise history with 90 or more strikeouts and an ERA under 0.70 over a 14-game span.
AL/NL pitchers, in a given month, to record at least 50 strikeouts with an earned run average below 0.30 — since 1913 (earned run official in both leagues):
• Nolan Ryan (May, 1984)
• Jacob Misiorowski (May, 2026)
That’s it. That’s the list.
5/31/1927: Jimmie Foxx hits his first major league home run; he’d belt 533 more before calling it a career. Double X set an Athletics franchise record for single season home runs with 58 in 1932; his 50 long balls in 1938 remain most for a right-handed Red Sox batter.
5/23/1926: Hack Wilson blasts a home run off the Wrigley Field scoreboard en route to a Cubs victory. Wilson would be arrested that night for violating the Prohibition Act.
From 1926 until the prohibition era ended in 1933, Wilson led the National League in home runs with 222.
"They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it."
"I don't compare 'em, I just catch 'em."
The inimitable Willie Mays was born on this day in 1931.
416 - total extra-base hits recorded by Babe Ruth from 1921-1925.
416 - total extra-base hits recorded by Rogers Hornsby from 1921-1925.
Over that span Hornsby posted a .402 batting average and bested the Bambino in RBI (598 to 585).
Rajah was born on this day in 1896.
4/23/1989: 42 year-old Nolan Ryan authors a complete game with 12 strikeouts against the Blue Jays. Since 1901, there have been 13 complete games with ten or more strikeouts recorded by a pitcher at the age of 42 or older — the Ryan Express accounts for all of them.
4/26/1990: Nolan Ryan one-hits the White Sox while striking out 16 batters. Less than two months later he’d no-hit Oakland, recording 14 strikeouts in his effort…
at the age of 43.