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- of a real strikeout pitcher.)
- He worked as a starter
- and a reliever in 1969, the
- season of the ΓÇ£Miracle"
- Mets team that upset the
- Baltimore Orioles to win the World Series.
-
- Nolan struggled with his control early in his
- career. (He led the league in walks eight
- times.) The Mets grew frustrated with him
- and traded him to the California Angels in
- 1971.
-
- With the Angels, NolanΓÇÖs career took off. He
- led the American League in strikeouts 11
- times, fanning a record 383 in 1973. He
- later joined the Houston Astros as a
- free agent and then finished out his
- career as a member of the Texas