Unbelievable MLB Strikeout Records That Will Leave You Speechless—Discover Who Dominated the Mound!
483 – Hugh ‘One Arm’ Daily, 1884 Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies/Washington Nationals
Prior to Kilroy and Ramsey, the single-season strikeout record was held by a pitcher who played for two different clubs during 1884 and was even released with a month of the season to play. But that doesn’t get near to telling the story of Hugh Daily.
A shooting accident through his left wrist at the age of 13 earned Daily the nickname ‘One Arm’ and seemingly with it a volatile temper which incurred the wrath of baseball officials, umpires and teammates (with Daily famously once punching his own catcher who he deemed to be returning the ball to him too hard) but delighted fans of the clubs he played for.



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