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Who was the first professional baseball player to reach 1000 strikeouts?
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The first major league pitcher to reach 1000 strike outs had to be Tim Keefe, who played for several teams from 1880 to 1893 and recorded a career total of 2,521 strike outs. Cy Young was probably the second pitcher to reach 1000 SO. Young pitched from 1890 to 1911 and had a career total of 2,803 strike outs. Young also holds the all time record for most wins (511), most losses (313), most starts (816), most complete games (750) and most innings pitched (7,357).
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Who was the first professional baseball player to reach 1500 strikeouts?
For batters, that was Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees on September 16, 1966 against the Minnesota Twins. The Twins pitcher who recorded Mantle's 1500th strikeout was Jim Merritt.
Who was the first paid professional baseball player?
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Who was the first professional baseball player?
Moses Fleetwood Walker.
The first black professional baseball player?
Moses Fleetwood Walker.
Who is the first baseball team?
The Cincinnati reds were the first baseball club to pay a player, therefor making it the first professional team in major league baseball.
Who was the first position player to be paid a million dollars in professional baseball?
Nolan Ryan
Who was Moses Fleetwood Walker?
He is credited as the first African-American professional baseball player.
Who was the first African American professional baseball player of the twentieth century?
Jackie Robinson.
Jackie Robinson helped change baseball by what?
He was the first African American Professional Baseball player and he broke the color barrier for baseball.
Who was the first baseball player to strike out 1000 times?
In MLB, that was Babe Ruth who struckout for the 1000th time in the 1930 season. Ruth was the MLB leader in career strikeouts (with 1330) until 1964 when he was surpassed by Mickey Mantle.
What was the first professional baseball team formed in 1869 was?
The Cincinnati Reds are recognized as the first ever professional baseball team.
Were the reds the first team in baseball?
Yes, they were the first professional baseball franchise
