He led all pitchers in the 1988 Cup in strikeouts (32 in 27 1/3 IP), beating out the likes of Andy Benes, Ben McDonald, Charles Nagy, Jim Abbott, Hideo Nomo and Orlando Hernandez.
Hideo Nomo | Hideo Nakata | Hideo Yokoyama | Hideo Tokoro | Hideo Sakaki | Hideo Kodama | Hideo Kobayashi | Hideo Kanze |
The forkball has been favored by several current and former major league pitchers, including Hideo Nomo, José Valverde, José Arredondo, Kazuhiro Sasaki, José Contreras, Chien-Ming Wang and Edwar Ramírez.
Wise would have joined Cy Young and Jim Bunning as pitchers who had hurled no-hitters in both leagues (Nolan Ryan, Hideo Nomo and Randy Johnson have done it since).