Remembering: Nolan Ryan and 5000

Born January 31, 1947 Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr. was already noticed by major league scouts when he was only a sophomore in highschool.

Red Murff, a scout for the New York Mets, decalred him the "best arm I’ve ever seen in my life".

In 1968 he was signed by the Mets, who traded him to the California Angels in 1971.

With the 1973 season he would set a single season record of having 383 strike outs.

From 1980-1988 he would pitch for the Houston Astros, and then in 1979 ended up at the Texas Rangers.

On August 22, 1989 Ryan would throw strikeout five thousand against Rickey Hendrson, of the Oakland A's.

Henderson later said, ''It was an honor to be the five thousandth. As Davey Lopes says, 'If he ain't struck you out, you ain't nobody.' "

Ryan would finish his twenty-seven year career with a total of 5,714, a record that still stands, and likely will for a long time.

During his career, he also threw seven no hitters, yet another record.