Baseball Facts - Page 13

In 2000, Pedro Martinez led the American League with an ERA of 1.74. The second best pitcher in the AL that year was Roger Clemens with an ERA of 3.70, nearly two runs per game higher.

In 1972, during Steve Carlton's first year with the Phillies he won 27 games. The Phillies won only 59 games all season.

Tony Gwynn owned Greg Maddux. In Gwynn's 103 plate appearances vs. Maddux he hit .429 and never struck out.

Roger Clemens won seven Cy Young awards but had zero no-hitters. Nolan Ryan had seven no-hitters but zero Cy Young awards.

In his career, Nolan Ryan struck out 1,169 different players. That's about 6% of all the players who have ever played in the Major Leagues.