Ryan becomes the first pitcher to fan 4,000

Tim McCarver's voice is baseball ⚾

The greatest pitcher to have ever lived.

Only had 1,714 more afterwards

lol Then goes on to strike out 1714 more batters.

The pre-woke MLB era

Class acts back then. If this would have happened today, there's be hip hop music playing, teammates would be running out on the field with their hats on backwards throwing water or whatever it is they throw today. The game has turned into a comic fest.

I was there!! Greatest live sports moment of my life, so far. Thanks Mr. Ryan for all you've done for baseball. Now let's beat those Phillies!!!!

I was at this game seated a few rows behind the Astros dugout. I’ll never forget the loud pop every time his fastball hit the catcher’s mitt. My all time favorite player.

I’m not sure someone will ever pass 5,714 strikeouts. That’s just insane

Good start in his 20th season and he retired 8 years after that with 1,714 strikeouts more

Fans really like this.

If Ryan had played with better teams, he would have won 400 games.

Anybody else notice the Ks 😂

Love those classic Astros unis.

Nolan was unconscious. When you are Roger Clements hero, you the badest man on the mound. NO ONE will top his K mark. NO ONE!! His 7 no hitters say he was amazing. He was the best RIGHT handed pitcher I ever saw and I saw a few greats.

Dear pitchers and athletes today, let Mr. Ryan be your example.

He took that moment like any camp day jejeje jejeje jejeje jejeje jejeje

THOSE HAVE TO BE THE SCARIEST UNIFORMS SINCE VANCOUVER CANUCKS ,.... STILL ,..it represented a fun time,..long ago ,..

I remember him as a Met. Worst trade they ever made - Ryan for Jim Fregosi. I even had his rookie card and gave all of my baseball cards (except my '68 Tom Seaver card, which I still have) to my next door neighbor when we moved in '73. I still kick myself for that.

I hope he kept that ball

No Gatorade bucket or acting ignorant. Nothing but class from Nolan Ryan.

A total class act indeed.

Put him on the Orioles or Reds in the 70's, or Yankees in the 80's, he wins 370 games. The teams he played for couldn't combine hitting and fielding. He led the NL in ERA in 1987, yet finished 8-16. The Angels in the 70's sucked while he was there (no hit, no field). The Astros could field, but couldn't hit. The Rangers could hit but couldn't field. Put him on the Orioles and he wins 25 games a season, each season (though his walk totals would have given Earl Weaver fits).

Nobody on a cell phone!

The best power pitcher ever in the history of Baseball.

What a nasty curve. He was known for that 100 mph fastball and people always forget the curve

Ryan always had the best grunt when he threw that fastball

Danny Heep was a complete scumbag. His wife was a drunk bitch. Couldn't ask for a better 4,000th victim than that shithead.

Best pitcher in my generation. Maybe the best of all-time. Imagine how much better his W/L record would have been had he played for teams who consistently had winning records? He played many years on a bad Angels team.

Wish pitchers had his toughness today. The man was a beast!

Four of those strikeouts were against Tim McCarver.  I'm surprised it was only four.

Look at the date this game was played.

The complete opposite reaction to Rickey Henderson's all-time steals moment.

His 5k + strikeouts and his 7 no hitters will never be broken

Those jerseys are DOPE

Ryan is a beast.

Those Astros uniforms lololololololol

Nolan Ryan is the founder and 1st member of the 4,000 strikeout club

I think Heep struck out on purpose, just to get in the record books.

There's no way in hell Ryan didn't take PED's I mean the guy was like 43 years old still throwing 98-99 mph lol

i was at this game!

Players strike out way to much in todays game. Years ago teams looked down on striking out. Babe Ruth never struck out 100 times in a season. Now there are players with 200 k's in a season. I think it all started with Reggie Jackson. After him teams excepted it.

Great moment in MLB History
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Only way he was able to player n dominate at an old age is STEROIDS just like Clemens

Whats the matter donnie mad cause u cant do it?

I love those jerseys

Hard fast ball pitchers also throw alot of balls bc ball moves so much

this reminds me of Mr.3000

He had the most strikeouts, but also the most walks