nolan ryan strikeout trivia

[Gee Walker]

In Ryan's debut game, http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1...110NYN1966.htm, his second strikeout victim was Eddie Mathews, whose career began in 1952. Ryan has also struck out Omar Vizquel, who is still an active player. Other than Satchel Paige, can any other pitcher claim such a huge range of strikeout victims?

Interestingly enough, Retrosheet doesn't show Ryan's matchups with Mathews or with Willie Mays, who I thought might have been the player with the earliest career that Ryan had faced. Looking up individual game data, I found out that he never did strike out Willie Mays, or for that matter, never faced Robin Roberts, who is the only other pre-Mays player that I think Ryan might have struck out.

[Zito75]

Interesting... How long did that take to compile?

[statman]

here is a list of nolan ryans first and last strikeout by team
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arizona -- never faced
atlanta -- first pat jarvis( 1st career) last ken oberkfell
baltimore-- first don buford last mike devereaux
boston--- first reggie smith last scott cooper
chicago cubs-- first ron santo last mitch webster'
chic. white sox first bill melton last ron karkovice
cincinnati-- first tony perez last kal daniels
cleveland-- first tom mccraw last kenny lofton
colorado never faced
detroit -- first mickey stanley last tony phillips
houston-- first rusty staub last roger metzger
kansas city-- first paul schaal last jose lind
los angeles angels-- first claudell washington last greg myers ( last career)
la dodgers-- first wes parker last john shelby
miami never faced
milwaukee-- first dave may last darryl hamilton
minnesota-- first danny thompson last kirby puckett
montreal-- first manny mota last andres gallaraga
new york mets-- first mike jorgensen last mackey sasser
ny yankees-- first johnny callison last roberto kelly
oakland-- first angel mangual last brent gates
philadelphia-- first cookie rojas last milt thompson
pittsburgh-- first willie stargell last bobby bonilla
san diego-- first cito gaston last andy hawkins
san fransisco-- first frank johnson last brett butler
seattle -- first dave collins last greg briley
st.louis-- first lou brock last mike laga
tampa bay never faced
texas-- first hal king last bump wills
toronto-- first john scott last ed sparague
washington dc never faced.