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: 11-19 / in Starts: 10-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 3

1971 Pitching Game Log

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1971 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	76	12	Apr 23	NYM	@	CHC	W,7-6	11-GF(12)	W(1-0)	99	2.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.00	0.95	8	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	0.333	4.32	0.31%	0.98	11b --- 0 out tie	12b end a 1
2	77	14	Apr 25	NYM	@	CHC	L,3-9	5-6		1	1.1	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.40	2.45	8	0	4	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.131	.58	-0.13%	-2.91	5b -23 2 out d2	6b 3 out d6
3	78	18	Apr 29	NYM	@	STL	W,7-0	GS-6	W(2-0)	3	6.0	2	0	0	8	5	0	0	1.93	3.95	27	5	7	0	3	2	65			2	1	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.56	0.353	3.20	0.43%	2.71	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
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	79	23	May 4	NYM		CHC	W,2-1	GS-7	W(3-0)	4	7.0	3	1	1	7	7	0	0	1.65	3.74	31	5	9	0	0	3	67			2	0	0	24	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.47	0.260	3.12	0.33%	1.98	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
5	80	28	May 11	NYM		HOU	W,8-1	CG	W(4-0)	6	9.0	3	1	1	7	8	0	1	1.42	3.60	37	9	9	0	0	3	78			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.207	1.85	0.25%	2.83	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
6	81	32	May 16	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-4	GS-7	L(4-1)	4	7.0	3	2	1	6	4	0	0	1.39	3.66	30	7	10	0	0	3	63			2	0	0	24	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.28	0.027	3.63	0.05%	1.10	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
7	82	37	May 21	NYM		ATL	W,6-2	GS-9	W(5-1)	4	8.2	4	2	1	5	7	1	3	1.32	3.96	39	10	10	0	0	4	72			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.53	0.183	.98	0.20%	1.11	1t start tie	9t 123 2 out a4
8	83	43	May 29(2)	NYM	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	W(6-1)	7	9.0	4	1	0	4	16	0	0	1.08	3.29	34	4	6	2	0	4	89			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	0.556	3.10	0.70%	2.64	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
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	84	49	Jun 5	NYM	@	LAD	L,0-3	GS-5	L(6-2)	6	4.2	6	2	2	2	4	0	0	1.32	3.18	22	5	5	0	0	6	46			1	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.093	1.63	-0.12%	-0.67	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out d2
10	85	53	Jun 10	NYM		SDP	L,2-4	GS-8	L(6-3)	4	8.0	6	4	4	2	4	2	0	1.72	3.47	33	9	12	0	0	6	56			2	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	.92	-0.206	2.02	-0.27%	-0.60	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
11	86	58	Jun 15	NYM		LAD	L,0-2	GS-8	L(6-4)	4	8.0	5	2	2	2	9	0	0	1.78	3.19	31	6	9	0	0	5	71			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.034	1.71	0.04%	1.40	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
12	87	62	Jun 20(1)	NYM		PHI	W,7-6	GS-6		4	5.2	7	6	6	7	7	2	0	2.36	3.56	31	5	6	1	0	6	31			0	0	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.25	-0.561	2.65	-0.71%	-4.17	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out d2
13	88	68	Jun 25(1)	NYM	@	MON	W,4-1	CG	W(7-4)	4	9.0	11	1	1	1	10	0	2	2.21	3.32	39	6	9	0	0	11	70			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.39	0.358	2.85	0.44%	2.87	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
14	89	74	Jun 30	NYM		PIT	W,4-0	GS-7	W(8-4)	4	7.0	6	0	0	1	9	0	0	2.05	3.09	28	7	5	0	0	6	73			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.18	0.384	4.78	0.93%	2.98	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
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	90	79	Jul 5(1)	NYM		MON	L,1-2	GS-8	L(8-5)	4	7.2	3	2	2	4	5	0	1	2.07	3.09	31	6	12	1	5	3	66			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.125	3.03	0.15%	1.68	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out d1
16	91	85	Jul 11(1)	NYM	@	CIN	L,2-7	GS-5	L(8-6)	5	4.1	5	6	3	5	2	0	1	2.24	3.20	24	8	3	0	0	5	32			1	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.187	1.03	-0.10%	-2.76	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d4
17	92	88	Jul 16	NYM	@	HOU	L,4-9	GS-2	L(8-7)	4	1.1	3	4	2	4	2	0	0	2.38	3.26	12	2	1	0	0	3	34			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.56	-0.387	1.14	-0.17%	-3.98	1b start a 1	2b 12- 1 out d3
18	93	95	Jul 23	NYM		HOU	L,1-5	GS-5	L(8-8)	6	4.0	7	5	4	3	1	1	2	2.63	3.47	23	6	4	0	0	7	28			2	0	0	18	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.10	-0.341	.37	-0.07%	-3.63	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out d3
19	94	101	Jul 29	NYM		STL	L,1-3	GS-5		5	5.0	4	1	1	9	3	0	0	2.59	3.61	25	6	3	1	0	4	49			3	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	0.116	.35	0.02%	1.13	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
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
20	95	106	Aug 3(1)	NYM		CIN	L,2-5	GS-7	L(8-9)	4	7.0	4	4	4	4	3	1	0	2.74	3.70	28	6	11	1	0	4	52			0	1	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.294	.23	-0.04%	-1.02	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
21	96	111	Aug 7	NYM	@	ATL	W,20-6	GS-8	W(9-9)	3	8.0	8	6	6	5	7	1	1	2.98	3.75	39	11	7	1	0	8	44			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	2	.30	-0.029	.04	0.00%	-2.32	1b start a 3	8b 3 out a12
22	97	115	Aug 12	NYM	@	SDP	L,0-3	GS-1	L(9-10)	4	0.2	2	3	3	4	1	0	0	3.18	3.82	8	0	1	0	0	2	33			1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.301	.25	-0.03%	-3.30	1b start tie	1b 123 2 out d3
23	98	120	Aug 17	NYM	@	LAD	L,0-4	GS-3	L(9-11)	4	2.2	5	4	4	3	0	0	0	3.38	3.86	15	3	4	0	0	5	29			1	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.224	.13	-0.02%	-2.16	1b start tie	3b 12- 2 out d3
24	99	125	Aug 23	NYM		SFG	L,4-5	6-6		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.37	3.86	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.006	.02	0.00%	0.46	6t 1-- 1 out d5	6t 3 out d5
25	100	132	Aug 31	NYM	@	STL	L,1-2	GS-6		7	6.0	4	1	1	1	12	0	0	3.29	3.65	23	5	2	0	0	3	71			2	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.147	.05	0.00%	1.71	1b start tie	6b 3 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
26	101	138	Sep 5	NYM	@	PHI	L,3-7	GS-3	L(9-12)	4	2.0	3	4	4	5	2	0	1	3.49	3.73	14	1	2	0	0	3	31			2	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	-0.217	.10	-0.01%	-1.94	1b start tie	3b 123 0 out tie
27	102	140	Sep 7	NYM	@	MON	L,3-9	3-3		1	0.2	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	3.54	3.79	6	1	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.015	.01	0.00%	-1.68	3b -2- 0 out d6	3b 123 2 out d8
28	103	146	Sep 14(1)	NYM		MON	L,1-12	GS-2	L(9-13)	6	1.2	4	6	6	3	1	0	1	3.88	3.84	13	3	2	0	0	3	21			0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.404	.00	0.00%	-5.44	1t start tie	2t -2- 2 out d6
29	104	156	Sep 23	NYM	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS-8	W(10-13)	8	8.0	7	4	2	6	5	0	1	3.79	3.84	39	9	11	0	0	7	55			2	0	0	32	1	0	1	1	0	2	1.38	0.079	.00	0.00%	-0.07	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
30	105	161	Sep 28	NYM		STL	L,2-5	GS-1	L(10-14)	4	0.0	1	3	3	4	0	0	0	3.97	3.92	5	0	0	0	0	1	32			0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	-0.340	.00	0.00%	-3.96	1t start tie	1t 12- 0 out d3
							11-19		W-L:10-14	4.4	152.0	125	78	67	116	137	8	15	3.97	3.92	705	0.90		2%	3%	122	52	4	75%	23	3	0	571	20	2	4	10	0	12	1.13	-0.562	1.67	2.18%	-15.04

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