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: 4-5 / in Starts: 2-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1969	NLCS g3	Oct 6	NYM		ATL	W,7-4	3-GF	W(1-0)	4	7.0	3	2	2	2	7	1	0	2.57	3.22	26					6	8	2	2	3		2	0	0	0	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	0	.91	0.114	16.40	1.26%	2.70	3t -23 0 out d2	9t end a 3
2	1969	WS g3	Oct 14	NYM		BAL	W,5-0	7-GF	S(1)	7	2.1	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	1.93	3.04	10					1	4	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.077	23.89	2.72%	1.67	7t 123 2 out a4	9t end a 5
1979 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
3	1979	ALCS g1	Oct 3	CAL	@	BAL	L,3-6	GS-7		4	7.0	4	3	1	3	8	0	0	1.29	1.73	27	119	72	16	14	5	7	0	1	4	66			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.21	0.065	37.83	0.91%	0.56	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
1980 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1980	NLCS g2	Oct 8	HOU	@	PHI	W,7-4	GS-7		3	6.1	8	2	2	1	6	0	0	2.84	1.33	27	97	66	20	11	7	6	0	0	7	54			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.134	35.31	-2.56%	-0.08	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out tie
5	1980	NLCS g5	Oct 12	HOU		PHI	L,7-8	GS-8		3	7.0	8	6	6	2	8	0	0	5.40	1.33	28	106	67	21	12	5	6	1	1	7	43			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.24	-0.276	103.62	-11.88%	-1.91	1t start tie	8t 123 0 out a2
1981 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1981	NLDS g1	Oct 6	HOU		LAD	W,3-1	CG	W(1-0)	4	9.0	2	1	1	1	7	1	0	1.00	2.82	29					10	9	1	1	2	85			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.399	15.95	3.40%	2.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
7	1981	NLDS g5	Oct 11	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-4	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	6.0	4	3	2	2	7	0	0	1.80	2.20	27					7	7	0	2	4	59			2	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.16	-0.086	48.26	-1.97%	-0.49	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
1986 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
8	1986	NLCS g2	Oct 9	HOU		NYM	L,1-5	GS-5	L(0-1)	5	5.0	7	5	5	0	5	0	0	9.00	0.77	22	74	52	8	13	6	11	3	0	0	38			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	1	0	.88	-0.235	23.21	-4.40%	-2.76	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
9	1986	NLCS g5	Oct 14	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-2	GS-9		4	9.0	2	1	1	1	12	1	0	3.86	1.49	30					4	13	1	0	0	90			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.489	46.09	10.77%	3.09	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
											58.2	39	23	20	14	63	3	0	3.07		226																			1

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