Nolan Ryan
Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr. (Ryan Express)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 31, 1947 in Refugio, TX
High School: Alvin (Alvin, TX)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 12th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1966
Final Game: September 22, 1993
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1999 (491/497 ballots).
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1966 NYM NL 19 P 2 1 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0.50 .900 2.10 0.75
1968 NYM NL 21 P 21 18 134.0 20 5 11 4 0 .800 1.07 0.76 .965 2.01 0.85
1969 NYM NL 22 P 25 10 89.1 5 0 4 1 0 .800 0.40 0.16 .960 1.94 0.78
1970 NYM NL 23 P 27 19 131.2 25 11 10 4 2 .840 1.44 0.78 .956 1.85 0.71
1971 NYM NL 24 P 30 26 152.0 23 5 15 3 2 .870 1.18 0.67 .957 1.90 0.78
1972 CAL AL 25 P 39 39 284.0 41 7 28 6 2 .854 1.11 0.90 .956 1.86 0.75 AS,CYA-8,MVP-30
1973 CAL AL 26 P 41 39 326.0 41 11 28 2 1 .951 1.08 0.95 .951 1.86 0.86 AS,CYA-2,MVP-17
1974 CAL AL 27 P 42 41 332.2 66 12 48 6 1 .909 1.62 1.43 .948 1.81 0.83 CYA-3,MVP-14
1975 CAL AL 28 P 28 28 198.0 37 12 18 7 3 .811 1.36 1.07 .949 1.87 0.85 AS
1976 CAL AL 29 P 39 39 284.1 55 14 34 7 1 .873 1.52 1.23 .955 1.87 0.85
1977 CAL AL 30 P 37 37 299.0 63 20 35 8 1 .873 1.66 1.49 .952 1.95 0.84 AS,CYA-3,MVP-24
1978 CAL AL 31 P 31 31 234.2 54 13 33 8 3 .852 1.76 1.48 .959 1.90 0.85
1979 CAL AL 32 P 34 34 222.2 41 8 29 4 1 .902 1.50 1.09 .951 1.92 0.81 AS
1980 HOU NL 33 P 35 35 233.2 45 13 27 5 0 .889 1.54 1.14 .956 1.91 0.69
1981 HOU NL 34 P 21 21 149.0 22 5 16 1 3 .955 1.27 1.00 .959 1.97 0.68 AS,CYA-4,MVP-16
1982 HOU NL 35 P 35 35 250.1 44 9 33 2 1 .955 1.51 1.20 .952 1.96 0.70
1983 HOU NL 36 P 29 29 196.1 34 4 28 2 0 .941 1.47 1.10 .953 1.92 0.68 CYA-9
1984 HOU NL 37 P 30 30 183.2 20 7 11 2 0 .900 0.88 0.60 .955 1.88 0.67
1985 HOU NL 38 P 35 35 232.0 28 6 20 2 0 .929 1.01 0.74 .954 1.92 0.68 AS
1986 HOU NL 39 P 30 30 178.0 29 10 17 2 2 .931 1.37 0.90 .955 1.94 0.66
1987 HOU NL 40 P 34 34 211.2 30 11 18 1 1 .967 1.23 0.85 .953 1.91 0.62 CYA-5
1988 HOU NL 41 P 33 33 220.0 30 8 18 4 0 .867 1.06 0.79 .960 1.96 0.69
1989 TEX AL 42 P 32 32 239.1 33 11 19 3 0 .909 1.13 0.94 .964 1.87 0.66 AS,CYA-5,MVP-23
1990 TEX AL 43 P 30 30 204.0 20 7 13 0 1 1.000 0.88 0.67 .950 1.78 0.59 MVP-25
1991 TEX AL 44 P 27 27 173.0 21 7 14 0 1 1.000 1.09 0.78 .952 1.80 0.58
1992 TEX AL 45 P 27 27 157.1 21 2 16 3 1 .857 1.03 0.67 .957 1.72 0.56
1993 TEX AL 46 P 13 13 66.1 8 1 4 3 0 .625 0.68 0.38 .975 1.79 0.56
27 Seasons P 807 773 5386.0 857 220 547 90 27 .895 1.28 0.95 .955 1.89 0.73
27 Seasons TOT 807 773 5386.0 857 220 547 90 27 .895 1.28 0.95 .850 1.89 0.73
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1966 NYM NL 19 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 NYM NL 21 21 18 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 NYM NL 22 25 10 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 NYM NL 23 27 19 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 NYM NL 24 30 26 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CAL AL 25 39 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CAL AL 26 41 0 1 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CAL AL 27 42 0 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CAL AL 28 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CAL AL 29 39 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CAL AL 30 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 CAL AL 31 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 CAL AL 32 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 HOU NL 33 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 HOU NL 34 21 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 HOU NL 35 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 HOU NL 36 29 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 HOU NL 37 30 30 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 HOU NL 38 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 HOU NL 39 30 30 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 HOU NL 40 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 HOU NL 41 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 TEX AL 42 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 TEX AL 43 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 TEX AL 44 27 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 TEX AL 45 27 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 TEX AL 46 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Seasons 807 395 427 807 807 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1966 NYM NL 19 18 50% 6% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 NYM NL 21 587 64% 16% 8 88% 0 5 0 5 10 6 1 4 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1969 NYM NL 22 384 62% 19% 7 71% 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1970 NYM NL 23 597 62% 19% 13 77% 0 12 1 9 10 7 1 4 0 3 1 3 2 1 2 0 4 75%
1971 NYM NL 24 742 64% 19% 16 88% 0 5 0 3 13 11 2 3 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 50%
1972 CAL AL 25 1229 60% 18% 27 96% 0 8 0 5 27 21 3 6 0 0 6 0 2 2 2 0 8 100%
1973 CAL AL 26 1427 61% 18% 34 79% 0 11 1 8 31 19 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 100%
1974 CAL AL 27 1460 60% 19% 49 88% 0 12 1 7 45 36 0 6 0 1 5 2 1 0 1 0 10 90%
1975 CAL AL 28 920 65% 20% 20 80% 0 13 2 8 17 9 3 7 0 2 5 2 3 1 1 2 5 60%
1976 CAL AL 29 1280 60% 18% 36 86% 2 13 1 10 36 22 1 7 0 2 5 2 1 0 0 1 7 100%
1977 CAL AL 30 1368 60% 17% 38 87% 1 20 1 13 37 23 3 8 1 2 5 2 1 0 1 0 13 85%
1978 CAL AL 31 1093 62% 16% 37 86% 1 13 2 9 32 21 5 8 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 0 11 73%
1979 CAL AL 32 979 65% 19% 30 90% 0 8 1 6 31 19 3 4 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 9 100%
1980 HOU NL 33 1034 71% 21% 29 86% 1 13 0 11 27 22 0 5 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 100%
1981 HOU NL 34 654 68% 24% 17 94% 0 6 0 5 16 11 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 4 100%
1982 HOU NL 35 1119 68% 23% 35 91% 0 9 0 8 33 29 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 6 100%
1983 HOU NL 36 846 66% 24% 27 96% 0 4 0 4 28 21 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1984 HOU NL 37 817 67% 21% 13 92% 0 6 1 4 12 10 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1985 HOU NL 38 1046 70% 24% 20 90% 0 7 0 6 18 16 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 80%
1986 HOU NL 39 780 64% 21% 20 90% 0 9 0 9 18 16 2 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 67%
1987 HOU NL 40 935 61% 20% 17 94% 1 11 0 11 17 13 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 100%
1988 HOU NL 41 999 68% 26% 22 77% 1 9 1 8 17 15 0 4 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 9 67%
1989 TEX AL 42 1050 61% 21% 21 86% 1 11 1 10 18 15 1 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 4 100%
1990 TEX AL 43 860 64% 22% 14 93% 0 7 2 3 13 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 100%
1991 TEX AL 44 724 61% 19% 12 100% 0 7 0 6 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 100%
1992 TEX AL 45 726 67% 20% 13 100% 1 2 1 0 15 11 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 100%
1993 TEX AL 46 310 72% 31% 8 63% 1 1 0 1 5 4 1 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0%
27 Seasons 23984 64% 20% 583 88% 10 223 16 170 545 405 37 90 2 28 60 34 28 10 20 8 130 88%
MLB Averages 78% 28% 91% 87%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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