Twenty-five years ago, on his 98th pitch of April 27, 1983, Nolan Ryan became baseball's all-time strikeout leader with 3,509 career punchouts, surpassing Hall of Famer Walter Johnson's lifetime mark of 3,508.

What makes it even more interesting... while he was an all star 8 times, he was NEVER voted the Cy Young Award winner or was he the Leagues MVP.

He was the Cy Young runner-up while playing for the ANGELS in 1973, and his highest MVP ranking was 14th in the same season. He struck batters out 383 that season in only 326 innings and only gave up 18 Homeruns!!!

Interesting note, Aaron Harang had 218 Strikeouts last season...which tops RYAN 14 out of his 27 seasons. *Yes, I know Aaron Harang is not a Nolan Ryan but, I thought that it was an interesting comparison.*