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: 8-13 / in Starts: 7-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 1

1968 Pitching Game Log

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1968 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	3	4	Apr 14	NYM	@	HOU	W,4-0	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	6.2	3	0	0	2	8	0	0	0.00	0.89	25	4	8	1	0	3	74			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	0.340	3.09	0.42%	2.41	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a2
2	4	8	Apr 19	NYM		LAD	L,2-3	GS-8	L(1-1)	4	7.1	6	2	2	4	11	1	0	1.29	1.89	30	3	7	0	3	5	65			1	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.170	2.48	0.19%	1.62	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out tie
3	5	14	Apr 27	NYM	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS-6	L(1-2)	7	5.1	5	5	1	5	7	0	0	1.40	2.07	29	7	5	0	0	5	48			0	0	0	22	0	0	1	0	1	3	1.43	-0.385	2.29	-0.37%	-3.03	1b start a 1	6b 123 1 out d2
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
4	6	18	May 2	NYM		PHI	W,3-0	GS-7	W(2-2)	4	7.0	3	0	0	7	10	0	0	1.03	2.20	28	5	4	0	1	2	74			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.27	0.296	1.82	0.25%	2.66	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
5	7	23	May 7	NYM	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	3	1	1	3	8	0	0	1.02	2.05	31	7	10	0	2	3	82			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.08	0.335	1.54	0.29%	2.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
6	8	29	May 14	NYM		CIN	W,3-2	CG	W(4-2)	6	9.0	4	2	2	2	14	2	0	1.22	2.20	34	6	8	1	3	4	83			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	0.417	1.77	0.36%	1.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
7	9	34	May 19(1)	NYM		ATL	L,2-3	GS-8	L(4-3)	4	7.1	5	3	3	6	7	1	0	1.57	2.56	32	7	7	0	3	5	57			2	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.71	-0.180	2.63	-0.17%	-0.04	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out tie
8	10	39	May 24	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-4	GS-5	L(4-4)	4	5.0	5	3	3	3	3	0	2	1.91	2.70	25	7	5	1	1	5	45			2	0	0	20	0	0	1	0	0	0	.87	-0.182	1.18	-0.15%	-1.08	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
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
9	11	45	Jun 1	NYM		STL	L,5-6	GS-7		7	6.2	6	4	4	4	7	0	0	2.27	2.64	29	5	8	2	2	5	49			1	0	1	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.244	1.96	-0.21%	-1.71	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out tie
10	12	51	Jun 7	NYM	@	SFG	W,4-0	GS-8	W(5-4)	5	7.0	4	0	0	3	7	0	0	2.05	2.54	28	3	11	0	0	4	73			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.292	1.72	0.22%	2.33	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a1
11	13	56	Jun 12	NYM	@	LAD	W,2-1	GS-7		4	7.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	1.98	2.49	26	7	10	2	0	5	63			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.100	1.18	0.08%	1.45	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
12	14	61	Jun 18(1)	NYM		HOU	L,2-3	CG	L(5-5)	5	9.0	7	3	3	7	12	1	1	2.08	2.63	41	4	10	0	3	7	66			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.164	1.50	-0.12%	0.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
13	15	67	Jun 23	NYM		LAD	W,5-4	GS-8	W(6-5)	4	7.1	6	3	3	2	6	1	0	2.21	2.68	29	6	11	3	0	4	58			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.230	.79	0.15%	1.26	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a4
14	16	72	Jun 28	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-7	GS-5	L(6-6)	4	5.0	4	5	5	4	6	0	1	2.55	2.70	24	6	4	0	2	3	41			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	1	0	.87	-0.347	1.07	-0.26%	-3.16	1b start a 1	5b 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
15	17	76	Jul 3	NYM		PIT	L,1-8	GS-6	L(6-7)	4	5.1	6	8	8	4	5	2	0	3.12	2.95	26	4	7	1	1	6	25			0	0	0	22	1	0	1	0	0	0	.80	-0.406	.73	-0.22%	-4.50	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d5
16	18	89	Jul 15	NYM		PHI	L,3-5	GS-7	L(6-8)	11	7.0	5	3	3	4	7	2	0	3.16	3.13	28	7	5	1	1	5	58			0	1	1	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	.47	-0.124	.06	-0.01%	-0.34	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
17	19	100	Jul 24	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-3	GS-7		8	7.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.05	3.11	26	9	10	2	0	3	63			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	1	.99	0.128	.08	0.01%	1.68	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
18	20	105	Jul 29	NYM		STL	L,1-5	GS-8	L(6-9)	4	7.2	3	2	2	4	7	0	0	3.01	3.05	29	3	12	3	1	3	68			1	1	0	22	1	0	0	0	2	0	1.29	-0.093	.05	0.00%	0.86	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out d1
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
19	21	144	Sep 3(2)	NYM		ATL	L,6-7	3-7		35	4.1	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.98	3.02	17	3	7	0	1	4		1	0	0	0	0	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	.81	0.029	.00	0.00%	1.00	3t --3 1 out d3	7t 12- 2 out d1
20	22	148	Sep 10	NYM	@	CHC	L,1-8	7-GF(8)		6	2.0	3	3	3	2	1	2	0	3.14	3.23	11	2	4	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-2.19	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 7
21	23	156	Sep 20(2)	NYM	@	PHI	W,5-4	3-5		9	2.0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	3.09	3.33	11	2	4	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	.53	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-1.02	3b --- 0 out d4	5b 123 0 out d2
							8-13		W-L:6-9	5.2	134.0	93	50	46	75	133	12	4	3.09	3.33	559	0.68		7%	9%	83	61	1	0%	11	4	2	464	9	2	4	8	4	6	1.10	0.146	1.36	0.45%	2.44

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