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Originally Posted by cgjackson222
DeGrom surpassed the previous record of 1,517 strikeouts, held by Yu Darvish by striking out 12 in 5+2/3rds innings to reach 1,523 in his first 200 games.
DeGrom has averaged 10.7 Ks per 9 innings over his career, which is just behind Darvish, and just ahead of teammate Max Scherzer for 4th all-time.
Note that deGrom didn't even pitch in the majors until he was 26, and that Bob Feller, by contrast, pitched his 200th game while he was only 22.
In other news the Mets are 6.5 games up on the Braves having beat them 3 straight games! Let's go Mets!!!
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It's interesting that both the new record (deGrom) and the former record holder (Darvish) are modern players. Sure, K's are way up, but IP are way down...clearly the later isn't enough to counteract the former.