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: 22-17 / in Starts: 22-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 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	106	3	Apr 18	CAL		MIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	0	0	5	10	0	1	0.00	2.18	36	8	8	1	3	4	84			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.477	1.88	0.46%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
2	107	7	Apr 23	CAL	@	TEX	L,2-5	GS-3	L(1-1)	4	2.1	5	5	4	1	2	1	2	3.18	3.81	16	4	2	0	0	5	30			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	-0.489	1.71	-0.42%	-4.46	1b start a 1	3b -2- 1 out d3
3	108	11	Apr 28	CAL	@	BAL	L,2-12	GS-3	L(1-2)	4	2.0	1	4	4	5	3	0	0	5.40	4.27	12	1	2	0	0	1	36			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.34	-0.187	1.53	-0.13%	-1.99	1b start tie	3b 123 0 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
4	109	15	May 5	CAL		MIL	W,4-0	SHO	W(2-2)	6	9.0	3	0	0	5	14	0	0	3.22	2.94	34	3	9	1	4	3	90			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.61	0.238	.55	0.13%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
5	110	19	May 10	CAL		BOS	W,5-1	GS-5		4	4.2	2	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.00	2.47	16	2	7	0	4	2	61			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.021	.67	0.01%	0.55	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d1
6	111	24	May 15	CAL		OAK	L,1-2	GS-4	L(2-3)	4	3.2	2	2	2	3	3	1	1	3.23	3.08	16	4	3	0	0	2	49			1	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.108	.92	-0.06%	-0.62	1t start tie	4t --- 2 out d2
7	112	31	May 22	CAL	@	OAK	L,3-6	GS-7	L(2-4)	6	6.1	5	5	5	7	6	1	0	3.89	3.56	31	5	8	0	2	5	42			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.200	.80	-0.07%	-1.84	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 1 out d3
8	113	35	May 26	CAL		KCR	W,10-5	GS-6	W(3-4)	3	5.2	4	0	0	9	2	0	0	3.38	3.95	30	7	8	1	2	4	54			2	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.177	.42	0.03%	1.82	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a3
9	114	40	May 30	CAL		CHW	W,6-0	SHO	W(4-4)	3	9.0	7	0	0	4	10	0	0	2.79	3.52	37	7	9	0	3	7	79			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.44	0.158	.21	0.05%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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
10	115	43	Jun 3	CAL	@	CLE	W,8-4	GS-4		3	3.1	5	4	4	5	4	1	0	3.27	3.82	20	3	3	1	2	5	33			0	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.359	.65	-0.13%	-2.83	1b start a 4	4b 1-- 1 out tie
11	116	47	Jun 7	CAL	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	W(5-4)	3	9.0	3	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.95	3.56	30	9	11	1	2	3	80			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	2	0	0	.71	0.284	.30	0.07%	2.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
12	117	50	Jun 11	CAL	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS-2		3	1.2	4	3	3	3	1	0	0	3.29	3.63	11	2	1	0	0	4	33			1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	-0.289	.63	-0.07%	-2.47	1b start a 1	2b -2- 2 out d2
13	118	52	Jun 14	CAL		CLE	W,4-3	GS-8	W(6-4)	2	7.1	7	2	2	5	7	0	1	3.21	3.56	34	5	9	0	2	7	58			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.097	.46	-0.02%	-0.49	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a2
14	119	56	Jun 18	CAL		DET	L,0-2	GS-7	L(6-5)	3	7.0	3	1	1	3	9	1	0	3.04	3.51	26	4	7	0	0	3	73			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.13	0.111	.34	0.02%	1.54	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
15	120	60	Jun 23	CAL	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	W(7-5)	4	9.0	2	1	1	4	10	1	0	2.83	3.46	32	10	6	0	2	2	85			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.488	.46	0.10%	2.31	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
16	121	65	Jun 27	CAL	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	W(8-5)	3	9.0	6	1	1	5	7	0	0	2.66	3.37	33	8	7	0	0	6	73			0	1	0	28	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.28	0.444	.24	0.05%	2.65	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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	122	69	Jul 1	CAL		OAK	W,5-3	CG	W(9-5)	3	9.0	5	3	3	3	16	0	2	2.69	3.13	35	3	6	1	1	5	78			2	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.142	.27	0.02%	0.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
18	123	73	Jul 5	CAL		MIL	W,1-0	SHO	W(10-5)	3	9.0	4	0	0	4	8	0	0	2.48	3.04	34	9	9	0	2	4	83			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.579	.08	0.02%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
19	124	77	Jul 9	CAL		BOS	W,3-0	SHO	W(11-5)	3	9.0	1	0	0	1	16	0	0	2.30	2.76	29	5	6	0	4	1	100			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.337	.07	0.02%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
20	125	81	Jul 14	CAL	@	MIL	L,3-7	CG(8)	L(11-6)	4	8.0	7	7	7	3	8	3	0	2.64	2.98	34	9	7	1	1	7	45			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.418	.06	-0.02%	-4.00	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
21	126	86	Jul 18	CAL	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-7	L(11-7)	3	7.0	6	4	4	3	7	0	0	2.76	2.91	29	11	2	0	0	6	53			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	.70	-0.223	.03	-0.01%	-1.13	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
22	127	91	Jul 22(2)	CAL	@	NYY	L,1-7	GS-4	L(11-8)	3	3.1	6	7	7	2	3	3	0	3.14	3.17	17	4	2	0	1	6	21			1	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.353	.02	-0.01%	-4.91	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out d6
23	128	93	Jul 27	CAL		TEX	W,5-0	SHO	W(12-8)	4	9.0	2	0	0	6	14	0	0	2.95	3.06	35	7	6	0	1	2	91			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.246	.01	0.00%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
24	129	97	Jul 31	CAL		KCR	L,0-1	GS-8	L(12-9)	3	8.0	1	1	0	6	11	0	0	2.81	3.00	31	7	7	1	3	0	83			1	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	.92	0.173	.06	0.01%	1.91	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
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
25	130	100	Aug 4	CAL	@	KCR	W,6-5	GS-6		3	6.0	5	3	2	5	8	0	0	2.81	2.98	27	4	5	0	2	5	55			1	0	1	21	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.04	-0.159	.01	0.00%	-0.70	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
26	131	105	Aug 9	CAL		CHW	L,0-1	GS-7	L(12-10)	4	7.0	3	1	1	4	9	0	0	2.75	2.92	28	7	5	0	2	3	72			2	0	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.18	0.111	.01	0.00%	1.54	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
27	132	109	Aug 13	CAL		MIN	L,3-4	GS-6	L(12-11)	3	5.0	5	4	4	4	9	0	0	2.88	2.87	24	3	3	0	1	5	46			3	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.147	.01	0.00%	-1.94	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out d2
28	133	113	Aug 18	CAL	@	DET	L,0-2	GS-7	L(12-12)	4	7.0	6	2	2	5	5	0	1	2.87	2.90	31	6	8	0	2	6	57			1	1	0	25	2	0	1	0	0	0	.90	-0.034	.00	0.00%	0.79	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
29	134	117	Aug 22	CAL	@	BAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(13-12)	3	9.0	4	0	0	6	11	0	1	2.73	2.87	35	6	7	0	0	4	84			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.63	0.560	.00	0.00%	3.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
30	135	121	Aug 27	CAL		CLE	W,1-0	SHO(12)	W(14-12)	4	12.0	6	0	0	5	10	0	0	2.57	2.82	45	10	14	4	2	6	95			2	1	0	38	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.73	0.902	.00	0.00%	4.36	1t start tie	12t 3 out tie
31	136	124	Aug 31	CAL		DET	W,4-0	SHO	W(15-12)	3	9.0	3	0	0	2	10	0	0	2.47	2.73	32	5	12	0	1	3	89			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.200	.00	0.00%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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
32	137	129	Sep 4(2)	CAL	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	W(16-12)	3	9.0	6	1	1	3	11	0	0	2.41	2.66	34	5	9	0	1	6	79			3	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.85	0.519	.00	0.00%	2.31	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
33	138	132	Sep 8(1)	CAL	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS-7	L(16-13)	3	6.2	6	5	5	4	6	1	0	2.53	2.71	30	5	9	0	0	6	44			1	0	0	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.205	.00	0.00%	-2.53	1b start tie	7b --3 2 out d4
34	139	136	Sep 12	CAL		TEX	L,0-3	CG	L(16-14)	3	9.0	6	3	2	3	15	0	1	2.51	2.62	35	4	6	0	1	6	77			4	2	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.140	.00	0.00%	0.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
35	140	140	Sep 16	CAL		CHW	L,0-2	GS-8	L(16-15)	3	8.0	4	2	0	4	11	1	0	2.43	2.63	34	8	7	0	1	4	77			3	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	2	.96	-0.024	.00	0.00%	0.91	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
36	141	144	Sep 21	CAL		KCR	W,4-2	CG	W(17-15)	4	9.0	4	2	2	7	4	0	0	2.42	2.67	37	9	13	0	2	4	68			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.53	0.166	.00	0.00%	1.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
37	142	148	Sep 25	CAL	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	W(18-15)	3	9.0	3	1	0	5	12	0	0	2.33	2.63	36	8	8	0	1	3	86			2	0	0	28	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.89	0.439	.00	0.00%	2.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
38	143	152	Sep 30	CAL		MIN	W,3-2	CG	W(19-15)	4	9.0	5	2	2	3	17	0	0	2.32	2.53	35	5	5	0	2	5	83			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.419	.00	0.00%	1.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
39	144	155	Oct 4	CAL		OAK	L,1-2	CG	L(19-16)	3	9.0	5	2	1	3	10	0	0	2.28	2.49	33	8	7	0	0	5	78			4	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.055	.00	0.00%	1.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
							22-17		W-L:19-16	3.4	284.0	166	80	72	157	329	14	10	2.28	2.49	1154	0.87		2%	12%	165	67		---%	40	9	1	973	25	3	4	17	3	7	1.09	3.814	.25	0.06%	26.50

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