Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2014
- Class:
- 1992
John Dettmer became Mizzou’s all-time career strikeouts leader for Hall of Fame Coach Gene McArtor. Dettmer won honorable mention all-America honors in 1991 when he turned in one of the top individual pitching seasons in MU history. He won nine games that year and struck out 127 batters in 120 innings while leading the team with a 2.63 earned run average during a time when aluminum bats were quite lively. He finished his Tiger career with a school-record 374 strikeouts in 332 innings with 23 victories. Dettmer was first-team all-Big Eight Conference three times (1990-91-92), leading the Tigers in strikeouts each year with 99, 127 and 123, respectively. He showed his durability with 15 complete games during his career and became an 11th-round selection of the Texas Rangers in the 1992 Major League Baseball Draft and eventually pitched 12 games in the majors.
