June 17,1978, and Ron Guidry went to work and in the Yankees history books. Every now and then, a starting pitcher simply has everything working for a game. Guidry won the Cy Young Award and was named the American League Pitcher of the Year and Major League Player of … Guidry was with teammates from that 1978 championship team of 40 years ago prior to the Yankees-Tampa Rays game.

By Sweeny Murti » More Columns The Yankees record for strikeouts in one game is 18 by Ron Guidry, who remains a lifelong Yankees fan and still watches most nights from his … Guidry closed the season posting a 12-2 record from July 20 to October 2. His 1978 season stat line read 25-3, 1.74 ERA, nine shutouts, and 248 strikeouts. Ron Guidry's 18-strikeout performance in 1978 We cannot load the video because your browser does not support JavaScript. At 5’11” and 161 pounds, Guidry was not an imposing presence on the mound by any stretch of the imagination.
First up, Ron Guidry‘s phenomenal 1978 season that garnered him a Cy Young Award. The late Thurman Munson was his catcher then, the captain. Did you know that Ron Guidry pitched 17 games at home, had an ERA of 1.79, pitched 140.2 innings, allowed 92 hits, had 28 earned runs, 30 runs, and 5 home runs, walked 38 batters (0 intentionally), threw 3 wild pitches, hit batters 1 times, and balked 1 times?.

He once struck out the side on nine pitches. Seven different pitchers have struck out at least 18 batters in an extra-inning Major League Baseball (MLB) game to date.

18 strikeouts in extra-inning games. Former Yankees ace Ron Guidry can envision Luis Severino one day breaking his Yankees strikeout records, including his 18-strikeout game almost 40 years ago. That career high 18-strikeout game, still a Yankees club record. On this day back in 1978, Ron Guidry set a franchise record by striking out 18 Angel batters in a 4-0 complete game victory.
Former New York Yankees ace Ron Guidry was fortunate to have that happen for … Only Nolan Ryan accomplished the feat more than once in his career and no player has ever struck out more than 21 batters in a game.. In 1978 he set a Yankee record with 18 strikeouts in one game.

Ron Jackson would groundout to end the game, as Louisiana Lightning fell one short of the MLB Record.

His outings were operations. However, the 18 strikeouts in a game established a team record that still stands for the Yankees. Ron Guidry got the first two fanning Chalk and Rudi before Don Baylor laced a two-out single.

Enable JavaScript support in your browser and reload this page. Ron Guidry, M.D., surgeon on the mound. Sunday’s Old-Timers’ Day happens to mark the 40th anniversary of Ron Guidry’s record-setting 18-strikeout game, a Yankees franchise record which still stands to this day.