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Nolan Ryan's career stats

Nolan Ryan
No Ranger will ever wear number 34 again and it’s quite possible that no pitcher will ever have a career like Nolan Ryan.

Ryan holds numerous major league pitching records, including most strikeouts (5,714), most no-hitters (7), most games with 15 or more strikeouts (26), and most strikeouts in a single season (383). With the Rangers from 1989-1993, Ryan threw his sixth and seventh no-hitters (June 11, 1990 and May 1, 1991) along with recording his 5,000th strikeout. Ryan was the only pitcher to strike out 16 or more batters after the age of 40, accomplishing the feat three times. He was the first American League pitcher to strike out nineteen men in a nine-inning game (August 12, 1974). His 27 major league seasons are the most played by anyone in baseball history. Over his career, the struck out an average of 9.55 batters per nine innings pitched, while allowing opposing batters a .204 batting average.

Ryan had his numbered retired by the Rangers on Sept. 15, 1996. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1999. He is the only Major League player to have his number retired by three teams. The Houston Astros retired the number 34 on Sept. 29, 1996 and the California Angels retired the number 30 on June 16, 1992.

Jackie Robinson's career stats

Jackie Robinson
In 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first Rookie of the Year ever. In 1997, Major League Commissioner Bud Selig retired Robinson’s number 42 for all Major League teams. During the years in between, Robinson, a second baseman, changed the face of baseball. Robinson was the first black man play Major League baseball when he suited up for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. In the 10 years that Robinson played for the Dodgers he took them to the World Series six times. During his career, Robinson hit 137 home runs, collected 197 steals, and had 734 RBI. In 1949, Jackie won the Most Valuable Player Award in the National League by hitting .342 with 124 RBI.

He finished his career with a lifetime batting average of .311 and was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1962. Robinson died on Oct. 24, 1974 but his legacy and impact lives on through the Jackie Robinson Foundation and the hearts of players and fans across the world.