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: 17-13 / in Starts: 17-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1986 Pitching Game Log

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1986 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	582	1	Apr 8	HOU		SFG	L,3-8	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.1	6	6	6	2	4	2	0	8.53	6.56	26	4	10	1	0	6	39			1	1	0	23	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.09	-0.196	1.69	-0.18%	-1.37	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out tie
2	583	5	Apr 12	HOU		ATL	W,4-3	GS-7	W(1-1)	3	7.0	4	2	1	2	5	0	0	4.73	4.27	26	7	8	0	0	4	66			1	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.01	0.082	1.59	0.08%	1.14	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
3	584	8	Apr 16	HOU	@	SFG	W,4-1	GS-8	W(2-1)	3	7.2	6	1	0	3	9	0	0	3.00	3.29	32	6	8	1	0	6	71			1	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	.85	0.248	1.49	0.26%	2.06	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out a2
4	585	12	Apr 21	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-8	GS-4	L(2-2)	4	3.0	9	7	7	2	4	2	1	5.25	4.35	20	3	10	3	0	0	15			0	1	0	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.323	1.28	-0.40%	-6.16	1b start tie	4b -2- 0 out d7
5	586	16	Apr 25	HOU		CIN	W,3-1	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	5	1	1	3	7	0	1	4.09	3.86	35	10	9	0	0	5	77			2	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.51	0.459	3.16	0.58%	3.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
6	587	19	Apr 29	HOU	@	PHI	L,4-12	GS-1	L(3-3)	3	1.0	2	6	6	3	2	2	0	5.56	4.74	9	2	2	0	0	0	24			1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.388	1.87	-0.49%	-5.52	1b start tie	1b 3 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
7	588	22	May 3	HOU	@	MON	L,6-7	GS-5		3	5.0	6	3	2	3	4	0	2	5.31	4.67	25	8	8	0	0	0	46			1	0	0	20	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.11	-0.022	2.35	-0.03%	-0.69	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
8	589	25	May 7	HOU	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS-5	L(3-4)	3	5.0	6	3	3	2	3	1	0	5.32	4.75	24	6	7	2	0	6	44			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	1	.83	-0.134	1.68	-0.16%	-0.73	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
9	590	28	May 11	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-6		3	6.0	7	3	3	4	3	1	0	5.22	4.89	26	5	7	3	0	7	45			1	2	0	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.142	2.17	-0.18%	-0.17	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
10	591	32	May 15	HOU		NYM	L,2-6	GS-6	L(3-5)	3	6.0	6	5	5	3	7	1	0	5.46	4.81	26	5	5	1	0	6	44			2	1	0	22	0	1	0	0	1	0	.74	-0.217	1.58	-0.28%	-2.31	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
11	592	36	May 20	HOU		PIT	L,2-4	GS-9	L(3-6)	4	8.2	6	4	4	3	9	1	0	5.29	4.60	34	8	8	1	0	6	62			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.49	-0.290	3.04	-0.35%	0.74	1t start tie	9t -2- 2 out d1
12	593	46	May 31	HOU		MON	W,4-3	GS-1		10	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.21	4.51	3	1	0	0	0	0	55			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.046	1.35	0.06%	0.45	1t start tie	1t 3 out tie
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
13	594	70	Jun 24	HOU		CIN	W,8-4	GS-5	W(4-6)	23	5.0	2	2	1	5	4	0	0	4.97	4.48	22	7	4	0	0	2	56			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.11	0.002	2.74	0.00%	0.24	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
14	595	74	Jun 29	HOU		LAD	W,2-1	GS-6		4	6.0	3	1	1	3	8	0	0	4.70	4.26	24	6	4	1	0	3	67			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.158	2.38	0.25%	1.69	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
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	596	79	Jul 4	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-2	GS-5		4	5.0	3	1	1	3	6	0	0	4.52	4.13	21	10	2	2	0	0	60			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	1	.99	0.105	2.35	0.15%	1.27	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
16	597	83	Jul 8	HOU	@	MON	W,4-1	GS-7	W(5-6)	3	7.0	5	1	1	2	9	0	0	4.26	3.89	28	8	9	2	0	0	70			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.09	0.179	2.79	0.27%	2.24	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
17	598	87	Jul 12	HOU		PHI	W,4-3	GS-7	W(6-6)	3	6.0	3	3	3	5	8	0	0	4.28	3.81	28	7	8	3	3	0	57			2	0	0	23	2	1	1	0	0	1	1.28	-0.125	3.54	-0.21%	-1.04	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a1
18	599	89	Jul 17	HOU		NYM	L,2-13	GS-7	L(6-7)	4	6.2	5	4	4	3	8	0	0	4.35	3.67	28	7	5	0	0	5	53			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.073	3.62	-0.12%	0.57	1t start tie	7t -23 2 out d1
19	600	94	Jul 22	HOU		MON	W,1-0	GS-10		4	9.1	1	0	0	4	14	0	0	3.98	3.45	33	6	8	0	0	1	96			1	0	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.28	0.569	3.92	1.05%	3.63	1t start tie	10t 12- 1 out tie
20	601	99	Jul 27	HOU	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS-5	W(7-7)	4	5.0	2	2	1	1	10	1	0	3.89	3.38	18	4	1	1	0	2	66			1	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.047	2.66	0.09%	0.39	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
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
21	602	113	Aug 12	HOU		LAD	W,3-0	GS-6	W(8-7)	15	6.0	2	0	0	2	6	0	0	3.70	3.31	22	1	11	0	0	2	72			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.296	2.86	0.59%	2.69	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
22	603	118	Aug 17	HOU	@	ATL	L,3-4	GS-5		4	5.0	4	2	2	3	5	0	0	3.69	3.28	22	3	11	3	0	0	53			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.020	2.75	0.03%	0.43	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
23	604	122	Aug 22	HOU	@	STL	L,5-6	GS-6	L(8-8)	4	5.1	7	6	5	5	6	0	0	3.89	3.28	28	6	9	4	0	2	33			2	0	0	23	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.49	-0.280	2.51	-0.28%	-2.09	1b start a 1	6b 12- 1 out d2
24	605	127	Aug 27	HOU		CHC	W,7-1	GS-6	W(9-8)	4	6.0	1	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.72	3.23	20	9	3	0	0	1	73			0	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.211	1.34	0.24%	2.69	1t start tie	6t 3 out a6
Sep/Oct				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
25	606	132	Sep 2 susp	HOU	@	CHC	W,8-7	GS-7		5	7.0	4	3	3	1	5	2	0	3.72	3.34	26	8	8	2	0	4	61			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.053	1.38	-0.04%	0.47	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
26	607	137	Sep 8	HOU		CIN	W,3-1	GS-6	W(10-8)	5	6.0	2	0	0	3	10	0	0	3.58	3.24	22	3	4	0	0	2	75			3	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.261	1.05	0.19%	2.69	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
27	608	142	Sep 13	HOU	@	SDP	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	2	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.47	3.16	23	5	9	0	0	2	74			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.320	.26	0.05%	2.18	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a2
28	609	147	Sep 19	HOU		SDP	W,5-4	GS-5		5	5.0	4	4	4	5	7	0	0	3.59	3.16	24	4	4	0	0	4	45			0	1	0	18	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.27	-0.281	.05	-0.01%	-1.76	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
29	610	152	Sep 24	HOU		SFG	W,6-0	GS-8	W(11-8)	4	8.0	1	0	0	3	12	0	0	3.42	3.05	28	7	5	1	0	1	89			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	.69	0.276	.00	0.00%	3.59	1t start tie	8t 3 out a6
30	611	160	Oct 3	HOU		ATL	W,6-2	GS-7	W(12-8)	8	7.0	5	1	1	1	6	1	0	3.34	3.06	26	6	8	0	0	5	68			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.201	.00	0.00%	2.14	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
							17-13		W-L:12-8	3.9	178.0	119	72	66	82	194	14	4	3.34	3.06	729	0.88		8%	1%	82	59		---%	25	9	0	634	30	4	5	9	4	7	1.06	0.956	2.05	1.14%	12.51

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