Nolan Ryan

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 170lb (188cm, 77kg)

Born: January 31, 1947 in Refugio, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 12th round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Alvin HS (Alvin, TX).

High School: Alvin HS (Alvin, TX)

Debut: September 11, 1966 (Age 19-223d, 12,516th in major league history)
vs. ATL 2.0 IP, 1 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 22, 1993 (Age 46-234d)
vs. SEA 0.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 4 BB, 5 ER, L

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1999. (Voted by BBWAA on 491/497 ballots)
View Nolan Ryan's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Agents: Dick Moss

Full Name: Lynn Nolan Ryan

Nicknames: Ryan Express

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

81.3

324

292

ERA

3.19

807

773

5386.0

5714

WHIP

1.247

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Team Record in Appearances: 22-19 / in Starts: 21-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 39, Entered with runners on base: 2

1973 Pitching Game Log

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1973 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	145	1	Apr 6	CAL		KCR	W,3-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	2	2	4	12	0	0	2.00	1.23	34	6	6	2	0	6	75			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.32	0.394	2.04	0.36%	1.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
2	146	5	Apr 11	CAL		MIN	W,4-1	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	5	1	1	5	11	0	0	1.50	1.51	37	7	9	2	1	5	79			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	1	.86	0.343	1.40	0.33%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
3	147	8	Apr 18	CAL	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	W(3-0)	6	9.0	5	2	2	5	14	1	0	1.67	1.86	35	4	7	1	1	5	78			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.470	1.85	0.42%	2.47	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
4	148	11	Apr 22	CAL	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS-9		3	8.2	10	2	2	4	9	1	0	1.77	2.23	39	11	5	0	0	10	61			1	0	0	35	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.12	0.064	1.68	0.06%	1.35	1b start tie	9b 123 2 out tie
5	149	15	Apr 27	CAL		CLE	L,2-6	GS-8	L(3-1)	4	7.1	9	6	6	2	8	3	1	2.72	3.03	34	7	7	1	1	9	42			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	1	.70	-0.172	1.02	-0.15%	-2.99	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d6
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	150	19	May 2	CAL	@	DET	W,5-3	CG(12)	W(4-1)	4	12.0	10	3	3	8	7	1	0	2.62	3.35	54	11	18	0	5	10	69			0	0	0	45	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	0.664	2.29	0.56%	3.08	1b start tie	12b 3 out a2
7	151	22	May 6	CAL	@	BAL	L,0-5	GS-7	L(4-2)	3	6.2	3	5	1	7	5	0	0	2.48	3.44	31	10	6	0	3	3	54			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.76	-0.099	1.20	-0.09%	-2.17	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out d5
8	152	26	May 11	CAL		CHW	L,4-7	GS-1	L(4-3)	4	0.1	4	5	5	1	0	0	0	3.19	3.49	6	0	1	0	0	4	22			1	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.361	2.30	-0.35%	-4.19	1t start tie	1t -2- 1 out d4
9	153	27	May 12	CAL		CHW	W,6-5	8-GF	S(1)	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.09	3.38	7	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.83	0.480	5.22	0.39%	1.83	8t 12- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
10	154	30	May 15	CAL	@	KCR	W,3-0	SHO	W(5-3)	2	9.0	0	0	0	3	12	0	0	2.71	3.07	30	4	11	1	1	0	96			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.492	1.43	0.52%	4.56	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
11	155	34	May 19	CAL		TEX	W,9-1	CG	W(6-3)	3	9.0	4	1	1	5	12	0	0	2.52	2.91	36	9	6	0	0	4	82			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.66	0.155	1.11	0.16%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
12	156	38	May 24	CAL	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(6-4)	4	8.0	7	4	4	1	13	0	0	2.70	2.62	32	6	5	0	0	7	64			2	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	1	0	.47	-0.179	1.05	-0.24%	-0.03	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
13	157	42	May 29	CAL	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(6-5)	4	8.0	5	2	2	5	10	1	0	2.66	2.70	34	3	11	1	1	5	69			2	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.143	1.57	0.14%	2.05	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	158	46	Jun 2	CAL	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(6-6)	3	8.0	7	2	2	3	6	0	0	2.63	2.66	31	5	10	0	4	7	63			2	2	0	27	1	0	0	1	1	0	.71	0.038	1.21	0.04%	1.67	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
15	159	50	Jun 7	CAL		DET	W,3-0	SHO	W(7-6)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	7	0	1	2.43	2.61	33	9	9	0	5	5	82			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.437	1.53	0.42%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
16	160	54	Jun 12	CAL		BOS	L,5-6	CG	L(7-7)	4	9.0	6	6	6	3	9	2	2	2.69	2.79	38	9	9	0	3	6	57			1	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	1	1	.78	-0.326	.94	-0.24%	-2.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
17	161	58	Jun 16	CAL		NYY	W,5-2	CG	W(8-7)	3	9.0	8	2	2	5	10	0	0	2.64	2.74	38	5	10	0	3	8	68			0	0	1	32	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.11	0.362	1.39	0.27%	1.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
18	162	63	Jun 20	CAL	@	CHW	L,3-8	GS-7	L(8-8)	3	6.1	10	7	7	2	6	1	0	2.97	2.78	30	9	3	0	0	10	29			2	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.335	2.13	-0.42%	-3.05	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out d4
19	163	69	Jun 25	CAL		KCR	W,5-2	CG	W(9-8)	4	9.0	5	2	1	7	9	0	0	2.85	2.79	37	10	6	0	1	5	73			0	1	0	29	1	1	0	1	1	1	1.04	0.189	2.37	0.26%	1.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
20	164	73	Jun 29	CAL		MIN	L,0-4	CG	L(9-9)	3	9.0	6	4	4	6	12	1	0	2.92	2.82	37	5	8	1	1	6	65			1	3	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.41	-0.047	3.67	-0.07%	-0.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	165	77	Jul 3	CAL	@	OAK	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(9-10)	3	8.0	6	3	3	2	10	1	0	2.94	2.80	32	8	6	1	1	6	66			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.037	1.45	-0.05%	0.63	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
22	166	80	Jul 7	CAL	@	CLE	W,3-1	GS-9	W(10-10)	3	8.2	11	1	1	4	6	0	0	2.84	2.79	38	6	11	0	0	11	60			0	0	1	34	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.22	0.386	1.99	0.38%	2.90	1b start tie	9b 1-3 2 out a2
23	167	85	Jul 11	CAL	@	BAL	L,1-7	GS-6	L(10-11)	3	6.0	8	6	6	6	11	1	0	3.05	2.83	32	2	5	0	1	8	37			2	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	1	0	.88	-0.252	1.88	-0.33%	-3.16	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
24	168	89	Jul 15	CAL	@	DET	W,6-0	SHO	W(11-11)	3	9.0	0	0	0	4	17	0	0	2.90	2.70	31	4	6	1	1	0	100			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.508	1.36	0.46%	4.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
25	169	93	Jul 19	CAL		BAL	L,1-3	GS-11	L(11-12)	3	10.1	3	2	2	5	13	0	1	2.84	2.66	39	7	10	0	4	3	87			1	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.563	2.29	0.53%	3.15	1t start tie	11t -2- 1 out tie
26	170	97	Jul 26(1)	CAL	@	TEX	L,1-7	GS-7	L(11-13)	6	6.1	6	4	4	1	3	0	0	2.93	2.64	23	7	6	0	2	6	47			0	0	1	22	2	2	0	2	0	0	1.17	-0.226	1.12	-0.13%	-0.73	1b start tie	7b --3 1 out d2
27	171	102	Jul 29(2)	CAL	@	KCR	L,6-7	GS-6		2	5.2	8	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.94	2.62	25	4	9	0	4	8	47			2	0	1	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.109	.69	0.05%	0.72	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	172	105	Aug 2	CAL		TEX	W,3-2	CG	W(12-13)	3	9.0	8	2	2	4	11	0	0	2.90	2.58	39	8	8	0	3	8	70			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.92	0.437	.69	0.09%	1.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
29	173	109	Aug 7	CAL	@	MIL	W,6-5	GS-9	W(13-13)	4	9.0	7	5	4	6	13	1	0	2.94	2.60	42	7	8	0	1	7	62			1	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	1	1	.92	-0.001	.11	0.00%	-0.83	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
30	174	113	Aug 11	CAL	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(13-14)	3	8.0	10	2	2	2	12	0	1	2.92	2.53	36	5	6	0	0	10	64			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	1	0	0	.86	0.074	.09	0.01%	2.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
31	175	116	Aug 14	CAL	@	NYY	L,2-7	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.99	2.54	5	0	1	0	1	3		1	1	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.052	.01	0.00%	-2.66	8b --3 2 out d2	8b end d 5
32	176	118	Aug 17	CAL		DET	W,10-2	CG	W(14-14)	2	9.0	5	2	2	6	13	1	0	2.96	2.57	37	7	6	0	2	5	76			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.39	0.128	.00	0.00%	1.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
33	177	121	Aug 21	CAL		MIL	L,2-6	GS-6	L(14-15)	3	5.2	4	6	6	4	8	1	0	3.10	2.60	25	4	5	0	1	4	41			4	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.209	.01	0.00%	-3.48	1t start tie	6t --- 2 out d6
34	178	125	Aug 25	CAL		BOS	L,0-4	GS-9	L(14-16)	3	8.2	5	4	3	3	8	0	1	3.10	2.59	36	7	12	0	2	5	65			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	1	.70	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.82	1t start tie	9t 123 2 out d4
35	179	128	Aug 29	CAL		NYY	W,5-0	SHO	W(15-16)	3	9.0	1	0	0	3	10	0	0	3.00	2.54	31	7	10	0	1	1	92			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.10	0.451	.00	0.00%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
36	180	132	Sep 3	CAL		OAK	W,3-1	CG	W(16-16)	4	9.0	3	1	1	5	12	1	0	2.94	2.56	34	8	6	1	0	3	84			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.501	.00	0.00%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
37	181	141	Sep 11	CAL		CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(17-16)	7	9.0	4	1	1	3	12	0	0	2.88	2.51	34	8	7	1	1	4	84			2	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.12	0.399	.00	0.00%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
38	182	145	Sep 15	CAL		KCR	W,3-1	CG	W(18-16)	3	9.0	3	1	1	6	10	0	0	2.82	2.50	36	8	9	1	1	3	81			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.398	.00	0.00%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
39	183	149	Sep 19(1)	CAL	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	W(19-16)	3	9.0	5	2	1	5	7	1	0	2.76	2.55	36	9	10	1	3	5	73			2	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.226	.00	0.00%	2.09	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a4
40	184	155	Sep 23	CAL	@	MIN	W,15-7	CG	W(20-16)	3	9.0	13	7	7	5	12	0	0	2.89	2.52	43	6	7	1	1	13	40			1	0	0	38	1	0	0	2	0	0	.13	0.098	.00	0.00%	-2.53	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a8
41	185	159	Sep 27	CAL		MIN	W,5-4	CG(11)	W(21-16)	3	11.0	10	4	3	7	16	0	0	2.87	2.49	49	9	7	0	3	10	72			4	0	0	42	1	0	0	3	0	2	1.83	0.407	.00	0.00%	0.78	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
							22-19		W-L:21-16,Sv:1	3.4	326.0	238	113	104	162	383	18	7	2.87	2.49	1356	0.86		3%	11%	238	66	3	33%	37	10	4	1172	53	5	2	24	7	15	1.03	6.550	1.12	3.38%	36.95

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