# When did fans start with counting K's in baseball?

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**Created:** [August 14, 2002, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-fans-start-with-counting-ks-in-baseball/123858 "2002-08-14T15:39:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-fans-start-with-counting-ks-in-baseball/123858/1 "2002-08-14T15:39:22Z")

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My cousin and I were trying to figure out when this tradition started. The earliest memory I have is when Mets fans at Shea would count the K’s for Dwight Gooden.

I have a feeling the tradition is older but I can’t recall seeing it before then. But being a Mets fan may be blinding my memory.

Anyone know of other fans doing this earlier than 1984?