April 27, 1983: The Houston Astros beat the Montreal Expos, 4-2 at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal. Nolan Ryan of the Astros strikes out Brad Mills of the Expos. It is the 3,509th strikeout of Ryan's career, allowing him to surpass Walter Johnson as the major leagues' all-time leader. Johnson had held the record since surpassing Cy Young in 1921.
Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies would, however, soon catch and surpass Ryan. They would go back and forth as the all-time leader, until late in the season, when Ryan would begin to pull away. Ryan would end his career with 5,714.
As of April 27, 2022, also ahead of Johnson now are the unrelated Randy Johnson with 4,875, Roger Clemens with 4,672, Carlton with 4,136, Bert Blyleven with 3,701, Tom Seaver with 3,640, Don Sutton with 3,574, and Gaylord Perry with 3,534. The active leader is Max Scherzer with 3,210.
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April 27, 1983 was a Wednesday. These other games were played in Major League Baseball:
* The New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals, 6-0 at Yankee Stadium. Bob Shirley, normally a reliever, allowed 8 hits, but kept the shutout. Roy Smalley hit a home run. Willie Randolph and Jerry Mumphrey each got 3 hits. George Brett went 1-for-4.
* The New York Mets beat the Cincinnati Reds, 2-1 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. Johnny Bench, in his last season as a player, went 0-for-4.
* The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves, 6-2 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Dick Ruthven outpitched Phil Niekro. Mike Schmidt went 1-for-4 with a walk. Pete Rose went 1-for-5 with 2 RBIs.
* The San Francisco Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-2 at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh.
* The Minnesota Twins beat the Cleveland Indians, 5-3 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
* The Chicago Cubs beat the San Diego Padres, 5-4 at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Larry Bowa doubled Jerry Morales home with the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning.
* The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago White Sox, 6-2 at Milwaukee County Stadium. Robin Yount and Paul Molitor each went 2-for-5.
* The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 7-6 at Busch Memorial Coliseum in St. Louis.
* The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Texas Rangers, 3-2 at Arlington Stadium in the Dallas suburb of Arlington, Texas.
* The California Angels beat the Detroit Tigers, 13-3 at Anaheim Stadium (now Angel Stadium of Anaheim). Rod Carew went 2-for-4 with 2 walks. Fred Lynn and Daryl Sconiers each had 4 RBIs. Reggie Jackson did not play.
* The Baltimore Orioles beat the Oakland Athletics, 6-0 at the Oakland Coliseum. Mike Flanagan pitched 5 innings, Sammy Stewart 4, combining for a 6-hit shutout. Gary Roenicke went 2-for-3 with 2 walks and 3 RBIs. Eddie Murray went 0-for-4 with a walk. Cal Ripken went 1-for-4 with a walk and an RBI.
* And the Boston Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners, 2-1 at the Kingdome in Seattle.
Football was out of season. The Stanley Cup Playoffs were between rounds. There were 3 games in the NBA Playoffs:
* The Philadelphia 76ers beat the New York Knicks, 98-91 at The Spectrum in Philadelphia. Moses Malone had 30 points and 17 rebounds.
* The Milwaukee Bucks beat the Boston Celtics, 116-95 at the Boston Garden.
* And the San Antonio Spurs beat the Denver Nuggets, 126-109 at the HemisFair Arena in San Antonio. George Gervin scored 30 points.
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