Hank Bauer was the third strikeout victim in the inning but six runs had crossed the plate.
It was not enough that he was Ryan's final and most widely-publicized strikeout victim.
Brett had become another of Ryan's eventual 5,714 strikeout victims.
Johnson's 3,000 strikeout victim is Mike Lowell, who fans to end the 4th inning.
Wes Chamberlain, a strikeout victim each of the three times he had come to the plate this afternoon, was next.
His 200th strikeout victim for the year was Coco Crisp.
Gerónimo will become Nolan Ryan's 3,000th strikeout victim six years later.
There, the pitcher is talking to the baseball, stalking around the mound, pumping his arm at strikeout victims.
He made history by becoming Randy Johnson's 4,000th strikeout victim on June 29, 2004.
Valentine is one of his strikeout victims.