The Question:Nolan Ryan and Bob Gibson supposedly struck out the same guy six years apart for both of their 3,000th strikeouts. Who was this guy? The Answer:Thank you for bringing this extraordinary fact to our attention! Gibson struck out Cincinnati's Cesar Geronimo on July 17, 1974 for #3000. Ryan struck out Cincinnati's Cesar Geronimo on July 4, 1980 for #3000. Here's more info about Geronimo. —The Fact Monster Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. |