Giants Ace Verlander Joins Elite Club After Passing Johnson Record

Giants 3-Time Cy Young Winner Surpasses Walter Johnson in MLB Record Book

Certain names carry immense weight in the history books among Major League Baseball pitchers, and Justin Verlander is becoming one of them. Verlander may be just 2-10 this season, but the San Francisco Giants right-hander is still hanging in there at the age of 42. He got his 264th career win over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday, but there was even more history at stake. According to MLB.com, Verlander’s first-inning strikeout of Cubs outfielder Kyl…

Giants Ace Verlander Joins Elite Club After Passing Johnson Record

Giants veteran pitcher Justin Verlander etched his name further into baseball history, ringing up his 3,500th career strikeout–a feat accomplished by only nine pitchers before him. The historic punchout came against the Washington Nationals when Nathaniel Lowe tipped a 95 mph fastball into the glove for the definitive out. The crowd erupted, giving Verlander a rousing ovation as he acknowledged the moment. He finished the game with 3,503 strikeo…

Verlander puts Walter Johnson in rearview on career K chart

SAN FRANCISCO -- Justin Verlander is trying to do a better job at being present. It hasn’t fully settled in with him that he surpassed Walter Johnson for ninth place on the all-time strikeout list. “Maybe when I rest my head on my pillow tonight, or maybe in the offseason.