{"id":478088,"date":"2025-08-11T07:19:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T11:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/justin-verlander-joins-the-3500-strikeouts-club-in-major-league-baseball\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T07:19:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T11:19:34","slug":"justin-verlander-joins-the-3500-strikeouts-club-in-major-league-baseball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/sports\/baseball\/justin-verlander-joins-the-3500-strikeouts-club-in-major-league-baseball\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Verlander joins the 3,500 strikeouts club in Major League Baseball"},"content":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 Veteran right-hander Justin Verlander became the tenth pitcher in Major League Baseball to reach the 3,500 strikeout mark, achieving it in the first inning of the San Francisco Giants&#8217; 8-0 loss to the Washington Nationals at Oracle Park.\n\n<strong>You may be interested in<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/jose-altuve-alcanza-los-250-jonrones-en-su-carrera-con-cuadrangular-en-yankee-stadium\/\">Jos\u00e9 Altuve reaches 250 home runs in his career with a home run at Yankee Stadium<\/a>\n\nAt Oracle Park, 42-year-old Verlander needed only three strikeouts to reach the exclusive club and achieved it immediately in the first inning against the Washington Nationals. The right-hander finished with six strikeouts, raising his total to 3,503, although he took the loss for the Giants by a score of 8-0, after allowing five runs and 11 hits in five innings.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Justin Verlander&#39;s 3498th, 3499th and 3500th Strikeouts. \ud83c\udf7e <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xhoHGgfJrU\">pic.twitter.com\/xhoHGgfJrU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PitchingNinja\/status\/1954637477098193152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n&#8220;I was happy to arrive, I was happy to have the moment with the fans,&#8221; expressed Verlander, who received a standing ovation and a congratulatory message on the stadium scoreboard.\n\nThe three-time Cy Young winner joins legends like Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson, and Roger Clemens on the historical list.\n\n\n<p><strong>Top 10 Pitchers with the Most Strikeouts in MLB<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nolan Ryan \u2013 5,714<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Randy Johnson \u2013 4,875<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Roger Clemens \u2013 4,672<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steve Carlton \u2013 4,136<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bert Blyleven \u2013 3,701<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tom Seaver \u2013 3,640<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Don Sutton \u2013 3,574<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gaylord Perry \u2013 3,534<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Walter Johnson \u2013 3,509<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Justin Verlander \u2013 3,503<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\nMeanwhile, at Yankee Stadium, Altuve once again stole the spotlight. Booed as usual in the Bronx, the Venezuelan from the Houston Astros responded by hitting a solo home run in his first at-bat against Max Fried, thus reaching the figure of 250 career home runs.\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 Veteran right-hander Justin Verlander became the tenth pitcher in Major League Baseball to reach the 3,500 strikeout mark, achieving it in the first inning of the San Francisco Giants&#8217; 8-0 loss to the Washington Nationals at Oracle Park. 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