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Striking Out The Side Plus
2003-04-05 15:47
by Mike Carminati

Striking Out The Side Plus One for Good Measure

Lee Sinins' ATM Report relates that:

Mariners P Kazuhiro Sasaki tied the major league record with 4 SO in the 9th inning against the Rangers.

Sasaki struck out Todd Greene, Carl Everett (who reached on a wild pitch), Michael Young and Mike Lamb.

Here's the complete list of pitchers who have done it. Exacty half have come since the start of the 1990 season:

Name, Team, Date, Inning
Bobby Mathews, Phila. (AA), 9/30/1885, 7th
Ed Crane, New York (NL), 10/04/1888, 5th
Hooks Wiltse, New York (NL), 5/15/1906, 5th
Orval Overall, Chicago (NL), 10/14/1908, 1st
Walter Johnson, Washington, 4/15/1911, 5th
Guy Morton, Cleveland, 6/11/1916, 7th
Jim Davis, Chicago (NL), 5/27/1956, 6th
Joe Nuxhall, Cincinnati, 8/11/1959, 6th
Ryne Duren, Los Angeles (AL), 5/18/1961, 7th
Pete Richert, Los Angeles (NL), 4/12/1962, 3rd
Lee Stange, Cleveland, 9/2/1964, 7th
Don Drysdale, Los Angeles (NL), 4/17/1965, 2nd
Bob Gibson, St. Louis, 6/7/1966, 4th
Mikeuellar, Baltimore, 5/29/1970, 4th
Bill Bonham, Chicago (NL), 7/31/1974, 2nd
Phil Niekro, Atlanta, 7/29/1977, 6th
Mike Paxton, Cleveland, 7/21/1978, 5th
Mario Soto, Cincinnati, 5/17/1984, 3rd
Mike Scott, Houston, 9/3/1986, 5th
Bobby Witt, Texas, 8/2/1987, 2nd
Charlie Hough, Texas, 7/4/1988, 1st
Paul Assenmacher, Atlanta, 8/22/1989, 5th
Tim Birtsas, Cincinnati, 6/4/1990, 7th
Matt Young, Seattle, 9/9/1990, 1st
Paul Shuey, Cleveland, 5/14/1994, 9th
Mark Wohlers, Atlanta, 6/7/1995, 9th
Bruce Ruffin, Colorado, 7/25/1996, 9th
Kevin Appier, Kansas City, 9/3/1996, 4th
Derek Wallace, New York (NL), 9/13/1996, 9th
Wilson Alvarez, Chicago (AL), 7/21/1997, 7th
Blake Stein, Oakland, 7/27/1998, 4th
Kirt Ojala, Florida, 9/16/1998, 4th
Archie Corbin, Florida, 4/28/1999, 7th
Chuck Finley, Anaheim, 5/15/1999, 3rd
Jerry Spradlin, San Francisco, 7/22/1999, 7th
Tim Wakefield, Boston, 8/10/1999, 9th
Chuck Finley, Anaheim, 8/15/1999, 1st
Steve Kline, Montreal, 8/17/1999, 7th
Chuck Finley, Cleveland, 4/16/2000, 3rd
Erik Hiljus, Oakland, 6/30/2001, 7th
Frankie Rodriguez, Cincinnati, 7/22/2001, 7th
A.J. Burnett, Florida, 7/5/2002, 1st
Kerry Wood, Chicago (NL), 9/2/2002, 4th
Kazushiro Saski, Seattle, 4/4/2003, 9th


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