But Nomo was devastating from the fifth inning onward. At one point, he struck out seven Blue Jays in a row, just one shy of the American League record shared by Roger Clemens (in his 20-strikeout ...

Hideo Nomo is kind of like a puzzled auto mechanic scratching his head in doubt when it comes to the way he pitched Thursday afternoon against the Chicago Cubs: He doesn't know what went wrong or ...

Newcomers Rickey Henderson and Jeromy Burnitz didn't do much in their debuts with the Dodgers, but they weren't needed thanks to the efforts of pitcher Hideo Nomo and light-hitting Adrian Beltre ...

Last night was a typical 2004 Nomo start, as he gave up seven earned runs in just four and two-thirds innings, raising his ERA to 8.06 in the Dodgers 7-1 loss to the Giants. His fastball was ...

Sports News // 1 decade ago Hideo Nomo retires Hideo Nomo ended his 12-year U.S. Major League baseball career Thursday by announcing his retirement without fanfare.

For 13 years, Hideo Nomo, a San Diego Padres advisor and former Dodgers pitcher, has brought kids from Japan to Southern California for a week of baseball.

On June 2, 1995, Hideo Nomo earned the first Major League victory of his career, giving up one run on two hits while pitching into the ninth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York ...

On May 2, 1995, Hideo Nomo made his MLB debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers and became the first Japanese-born player in Major League Baseball. Nomo threw five scoreless innings against the San ...

The strikeout was the 1,989th of Darvish’s career, surpassing former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hideo Nomo for most strikeouts from a Japanese-born player in MLB history.

When Hideo Nomo debuted for the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 2, 1995, he was only the second Japanese-born player to appear in the majors, and the first in 30 years.