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: 18-16 / in Starts: 18-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 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	363	2	Apr 6	CAL	@	SEA	L,6-14	GS-2	L(0-1)	99	1.1	6	7	7	3	1	2	0	47.25	27.48	12	1	1	0	0	6	12			0	0	1	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.346	1.01	-0.26%	-5.48	1b start tie	2b 1-- 1 out d6
2	364	6	Apr 11	CAL		MIN	W,11-2	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	3	2	2	5	10	0	1	7.84	5.73	37	9	9	0	0	3	78			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	.93	0.192	1.25	0.16%	2.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
3	365	11	Apr 17	CAL	@	MIN	W,6-0	SHO	W(2-1)	5	9.0	4	0	0	3	10	0	0	4.19	3.77	32	7	8	0	0	4	86			0	1	1	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.321	1.35	0.39%	4.91	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
4	366	15	Apr 21	CAL		OAK	W,13-1	GS-8	W(3-1)	3	7.2	1	1	1	9	12	0	0	3.33	3.58	32	5	5	1	0	1	76			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.57	0.235	1.20	0.30%	3.59	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a13
5	367	19	Apr 26	CAL		BAL	L,2-4	GS-2		4	2.0	1	1	1	4	2	0	0	3.41	3.80	11	2	2	0	0	1	48			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.008	2.26	-0.01%	0.01	1t start tie	2t 3 out d1
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	368	25	May 2	CAL		NYY	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-1)	5	9.0	6	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.61	3.34	35	11	9	1	0	6	80			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.50	0.746	2.52	0.75%	4.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
7	369	28	May 7	CAL	@	BOS	L,4-9	GS-1	L(4-2)	4	0.2	4	6	4	2	1	0	0	3.49	3.43	9	0	2	1	0	4	23			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.19	-0.346	1.88	-0.33%	-4.91	1b start tie	1b 12- 2 out d5
8	370	35	May 15	CAL		MIL	W,2-1	GS-6		7	6.0	2	1	1	2	7	1	0	3.22	3.45	23	6	6	1	0	2	69			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	0.182	1.50	0.16%	2.02	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
9	371	40	May 20	CAL		CHW	W,4-0	SHO	W(5-2)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	11	0	0	2.68	2.97	28	8	6	1	0	2	93			0	2	1	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.379	1.34	0.49%	4.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
10	372	44	May 25	CAL	@	CHW	L,1-6	GS-6	L(5-3)	4	5.1	9	6	6	1	5	0	0	3.36	2.83	25	3	7	1	0	9	30			1	1	0	24	4	1	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.213	1.40	-0.26%	-2.55	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out d4
11	373	49	May 30	CAL	@	SEA	W,3-2	CG	W(6-3)	4	9.0	3	2	2	3	12	2	0	3.18	2.98	33	10	5	1	0	3	82			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.450	2.64	0.59%	2.81	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
12	374	58	Jun 9	CAL		DET	W,9-1	CG	W(7-3)	9	9.0	4	1	1	2	16	0	1	2.92	2.65	33	7	3	0	0	4	89			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.338	2.58	0.48%	3.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
13	375	64	Jun 14	CAL	@	TOR	W,10-2	CG	W(8-3)	4	9.0	11	2	2	1	5	1	0	2.83	2.73	38	12	9	0	0	11	61			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	1	0	0	.39	0.093	1.02	0.15%	2.72	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a8
14	376	68	Jun 18	CAL		TEX	W,5-0	SHO	W(9-3)	3	9.0	2	0	0	2	10	0	0	2.56	2.58	30	5	11	1	0	2	91			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.279	1.46	0.55%	4.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
15	377	72	Jun 22	CAL		KCR	L,5-9	GS-7	L(9-4)	3	6.1	10	7	6	2	9	1	0	2.93	2.60	32	9	2	0	0	10	34			0	0	0	29	3	1	1	0	0	1	1.22	-0.234	4.31	-0.50%	-2.05	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out d3
16	378	76	Jun 27	CAL	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(9-5)	4	8.0	7	4	3	6	6	1	0	2.96	2.79	35	4	12	1	0	7	54			0	0	0	29	3	0	1	0	0	0	.77	-0.114	2.53	-0.22%	0.12	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
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
17	379	80	Jul 1	CAL	@	KCR	W,14-2	CG	W(10-5)	3	9.0	4	2	2	3	10	0	0	2.89	2.69	34	7	10	0	2	4	78			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.230	2.10	0.43%	2.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a12
18	380	84	Jul 5	CAL		OAK	L,0-3	CG	L(10-6)	3	9.0	7	3	3	4	5	0	0	2.90	2.71	36	12	9	0	0	6	62			0	0	1	31	3	0	1	2	0	2	.91	0.068	2.53	0.12%	1.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
19	381	88	Jul 9	CAL		BOS	W,6-0	SHO	W(11-6)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	12	0	0	2.71	2.58	34	5	9	0	0	6	85			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.67	0.286	1.85	0.48%	4.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
20	382	91	Jul 13	CAL		NYY	W,6-1	CG	W(12-6)	3	9.0	1	1	0	5	9	0	0	2.54	2.57	33	7	11	0	0	1	87			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	1	2	.85	0.428	2.50	0.75%	3.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
21	383	97	Jul 21	CAL	@	BAL	L,2-10	GS-5	L(12-7)	7	4.0	7	6	4	4	6	0	0	2.71	2.57	23	4	2	0	0	7	30			3	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	1	.66	-0.261	1.99	-0.47%	-4.81	1b start tie	5b 123 0 out d5
22	384	101	Jul 25	CAL	@	NYY	W,9-5	GS-1		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.69	2.55	3	0	1	0	0	0	55			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.048	2.00	0.09%	0.52	1b start tie	1b 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
23	385	119	Aug 13	CAL		DET	L,3-5	GS-6	L(12-8)	18	5.2	7	4	4	2	2	0	1	2.83	2.58	27	7	8	1	0	7	39			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.38	0.115	4.84	0.24%	1.25	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out a1
24	386	123	Aug 18	CAL		TOR	W,7-5	GS-9	W(13-8)	4	8.2	6	5	5	4	7	0	0	2.95	2.58	34	5	12	1	0	6	55			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	2	2	0	1.00	0.000	3.91	0.00%	-0.91	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a2
25	387	127	Aug 22	CAL		CLE	L,3-13	GS-4	L(13-9)	3	3.1	5	6	6	6	1	0	0	3.21	2.68	19	2	5	0	0	5	21			2	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.20	-0.303	4.59	-0.70%	-3.51	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d4
26	388	130	Aug 26	CAL	@	TOR	L,3-9	GS-5	L(13-10)	3	5.0	6	5	5	5	1	2	0	3.38	2.91	24	5	7	5	0	6	31			0	1	0	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.238	2.75	-0.59%	-2.38	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
27	389	134	Aug 30	CAL	@	CLE	L,1-7	GS-5	L(13-11)	3	4.1	6	5	4	6	5	0	0	3.50	2.95	26	7	3	0	0	5	32			1	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.247	4.67	-0.65%	-3.31	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d4
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
28	390	138	Sep 3	CAL		CHW	W,6-5	GS-7	W(14-11)	3	6.0	6	5	4	6	3	1	1	3.58	3.09	30	5	9	0	0	6	39			0	1	0	21	0	1	0	0	2	0	1.26	-0.098	5.79	-0.27%	-1.47	1t start tie	7t -23 0 out a3
29	391	142	Sep 7	CAL		MIL	W,6-3	CG	W(15-11)	3	9.0	4	3	3	6	5	1	0	3.56	3.18	37	9	13	1	0	4	66			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.18	0.154	5.38	0.42%	1.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
30	392	145	Sep 11	CAL	@	CHW	L,7-8	GS-1		3	0.1	4	5	5	1	0	1	0	3.78	3.27	6	0	1	0	0	4	22			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.349	3.12	-0.64%	-4.75	1b start tie	1b --- 1 out d5
31	393	148	Sep 15	CAL	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(15-12)	3	8.0	6	3	3	3	10	2	1	3.77	3.33	33	4	9	2	0	6	65			3	2	1	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	.86	0.017	2.45	0.03%	1.20	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
32	394	152	Sep 19	CAL	@	KCR	L,4-6	CG(8)	L(15-13)	3	8.0	11	6	3	3	9	0	0	3.75	3.27	37	9	6	0	2	10	48			2	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	1	1	.78	-0.215	5.32	-0.88%	-1.72	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
33	395	157	Sep 24	CAL		KCR	W,4-3	CG	W(16-13)	4	9.0	5	3	0	3	8	0	1	3.60	3.23	36	10	9	2	0	5	76			1	0	1	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.42	0.377	9.04	1.44%	1.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
34	396	160	Sep 28	CAL	@	TEX	L,0-5	GS-5	L(16-14)	3	5.0	3	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.60	3.22	20	5	5	1	0	3	54			0	0	0	16	1	1	0	1	0	0	.73	-0.010	.00	0.00%	0.57	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
							18-16		W-L:16-14	3.9	222.2	169	104	89	114	223	15	6	3.60	3.22	937	0.89		5%	1%	166	57		---%	20	11	6	799	30	5	3	14	10	14	.92	1.956	2.96	2.23%	16.97

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