Don Carlos Patrick Ragan (November 15, 1885 – September 4, 1956; born in Blanchard, Iowa

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, died in Los Angeles

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, California

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, United States

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) was a starting pitcher

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 in Major League Baseball

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On October 5, 1914, Ragan struck out three batters on nine pitches in the eighth inning of a 15-2 loss to the Boston Braves. Ragan became the second National League pitcher and the third pitcher in Major League history to accomplish the nine-strike, three-strikeout half-inning

Pitchers who struck out three batters on nine pitches

In Major League Baseball, 43 pitchers have thrown a nine-pitch, three-strikeout half-inning, throwing nothing but strikes...

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