I agree those records won't be broken in the foreseeable future. His all-time walk record won't be broken either, since he is about 1,000 BBs ahead of #2.
While Ryan could be brilliant - evidence his no-hitters, he was also too inconsistent to be an elite pitcher IMO - hence, my evaluation as overrated. His career winning percentage was .526. That ties him for 540th on the all-time list - generally about 100+ points below the elite pitchers. His winning percentage was lowest with the Mets, pretty much right on his career percentage with the Angels and Astros and better with the Rangers.
I was quite surprised to learn that Randy Johnson was considerably more likely to strike out a hitter than Ryan. Ryan faced 22,575 hitters and struck out 5,714 for a 25.311% while Johnson struck 4,875 hitters out of 17,067 faced for a 28.564%. I would have never guessed that and particularly, not the almost 13% higher rate.
BTW, Jack Morris would be an excellent choice to win one game.
Very misleading stat. He was a starter (Not full time in 1969 WS Met team)for only mediocre teams. Mets, Angels, Astros, Rangers. I'll admit he wasn't the greatest pitcher of all time, or even his era, but for someone to even elude he was overrated is absurd.
Ryan got better as he got older.......without steroids. He also pitched 14 two-hitters. His Mets years were his worst.
Randy Johnson was great. Can you imagine a 6-10 pitcher getting ready to throw a 100 MPH fastball at you? Scary. He’ll be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, this year.