Several years ago, I was at a baseball conference hosted by the Society of American Baseball Research.
SABR, as it is known among baseball junkies, is an organization dedicated to fostering the study of baseball past and present. That's why I was astounded when, in a roundup of the best pitchers of all-time, SABR members voted Nolan Ryan the greatest hurler in the history of the game.
Ryan certainly has some gaudy numbers. All baseball fans acknowledge—and the stats support—that the righty from Refugio, Texas, is the best strikeout pitcher in the history of the game. Ryan holds both the single-season and all-time records for Ks, as well as the record for most career no-hitters with seven.
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