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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.

—The Editors

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