 Breaking ball and that's it. Strikeout number 4,000 for Nolan Ryan. What has to be one of the greatest feats in the history of this great game. Nolan struck out his first batter on September 1st, or September 11th of 1966 for the New York Mets. And here he strikes out Danny Heap of the New York Mets for his 4,000th career.