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: 16-15 / in Starts: 16-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 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	332	2	Apr 8	CAL		OAK	L,2-4	GS-6		99	6.0	2	0	0	4	13	0	1	0.00	0.75	24	1	3	0	0	2	77			2	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.329	1.94	0.30%	2.71	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
2	333	7	Apr 13	CAL		MIN	W,1-0	GS-10		4	10.0	4	0	0	4	12	0	0	0.00	1.15	36	10	6	2	0	4	92			2	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.52	0.780	2.39	0.74%	4.52	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
3	334	11	Apr 18	CAL	@	SEA	L,1-6	GS-7	L(0-1)	4	7.0	4	6	5	6	8	0	0	1.96	1.67	31	5	8	0	1	4	49			4	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	.58	-0.222	.99	-0.23%	-2.74	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
4	335	15	Apr 24	CAL		SEA	L,5-6	GS-9		5	9.0	7	4	4	5	15	1	0	2.53	1.87	39	4	8	0	1	7	67			3	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.48	-0.115	2.52	-0.12%	0.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
5	336	20	Apr 29	CAL		TOR	W,5-0	SHO	W(1-1)	4	9.0	2	0	0	6	11	0	0	1.98	1.93	34	10	5	0	0	2	88			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	1	.92	0.363	1.53	0.37%	4.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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	337	24	May 5	CAL		CLE	W,5-0	SHO	W(2-1)	5	9.0	1	0	0	5	12	0	0	1.62	1.87	31	6	7	1	2	1	92			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.315	1.05	0.28%	4.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
7	338	28	May 12	CAL	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(2-2)	6	8.0	7	4	4	6	5	1	0	2.02	2.33	38	13	7	1	0	7	51			2	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.31	-0.161	2.58	-0.19%	-0.27	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
8	339	33	May 17	CAL	@	CHW	L,6-9	CG(8)	L(2-3)	4	8.0	10	9	9	7	6	2	0	3.00	2.89	40	8	9	2	0	10	25			0	0	0	31	1	1	1	0	1	0	.71	-0.173	1.31	-0.19%	-5.20	1b start tie	8b 3 out d8
9	340	38	May 23	CAL		CHW	W,5-4	CG	W(3-3)	5	9.0	9	4	4	3	7	0	0	3.12	2.79	37	8	10	0	0	9	57			2	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.175	2.64	0.20%	0.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
10	341	43	May 28	CAL		MIL	L,3-6	GS-7	L(3-4)	4	6.2	2	4	4	6	8	1	0	3.31	2.95	27	5	6	1	0	2	56			1	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.081	2.43	0.10%	0.75	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 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
11	342	47	Jun 2	CAL		BOS	L,1-6	GS-5	L(3-5)	4	4.1	5	6	5	6	5	1	0	3.66	3.18	24	1	7	1	0	5	30			1	0	0	17	1	1	0	0	1	0	.87	-0.296	1.46	-0.30%	-4.22	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d6
12	343	51	Jun 6	CAL		BAL	L,6-8	GS-6	L(3-6)	3	5.1	12	7	7	2	3	0	0	4.14	3.14	28	6	5	0	1	12	17			2	0	0	25	1	1	0	2	1	0	1.35	-0.493	1.88	-0.41%	-3.77	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d2
13	344	56	Jun 10	CAL		NYY	W,4-3	GS-9		3	9.0	9	3	3	7	8	0	0	4.04	3.14	40	9	7	0	2	9	58			4	2	0	32	2	0	1	1	1	0	1.42	0.138	2.15	0.13%	1.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
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
14	345	81	Jul 5	CAL	@	KCR	L,1-10	GS-5	L(3-7)	24	5.0	8	5	5	3	1	0	0	4.27	3.18	24	3	9	0	2	8	29			2	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.09	-0.252	3.39	-0.47%	-2.60	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
15	346	86	Jul 9	CAL		SEA	L,7-11	GS-6	L(3-8)	3	5.1	7	9	8	4	5	0	0	4.72	3.17	26	3	7	1	0	7	21			0	1	0	20	3	0	1	0	2	0	1.34	-0.674	3.89	-1.18%	-4.80	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out d1
16	347	88	Jul 14	CAL		TOR	W,3-2	GS-9		4	9.0	5	2	2	6	13	1	0	4.51	3.17	37	7	6	1	0	5	76			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.339	4.35	0.58%	2.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
17	348	93	Jul 19	CAL		CLE	W,3-0	SHO	W(4-8)	4	9.0	6	0	0	4	10	0	0	4.20	3.07	35	9	6	0	2	6	81			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.22	0.454	3.08	0.69%	4.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
18	349	98	Jul 23(2)	CAL	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	W(5-8)	3	9.0	4	3	3	3	11	1	0	4.12	3.04	33	8	7	0	2	4	75			2	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.319	2.85	0.46%	1.37	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
19	350	102	Jul 27	CAL	@	MIL	L,3-6	GS-5	L(5-9)	3	5.0	8	6	6	6	3	1	0	4.35	3.19	26	4	5	0	2	8	24			1	1	0	19	1	0	0	2	1	0	.80	-0.305	2.03	-0.47%	-3.65	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
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	351	107	Aug 1	CAL		OAK	L,0-1	CG	L(5-10)	4	9.0	6	1	1	7	8	0	0	4.15	3.19	39	5	13	0	2	6	72			4	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.297	2.77	0.50%	3.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
21	352	113	Aug 6	CAL		MIN	W,4-3	GS-8		4	8.0	8	3	3	7	10	0	0	4.11	3.17	39	5	9	0	1	8	57			3	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.004	4.25	-0.01%	0.61	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
22	353	117	Aug 11	CAL	@	SEA	W,3-1	CG	W(6-10)	4	9.0	2	1	1	6	10	0	0	3.95	3.12	34	7	9	0	1	2	83			2	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.447	3.46	0.86%	3.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
23	354	122	Aug 16	CAL		BOS	L,2-4	CG	L(6-11)	4	9.0	4	4	2	8	13	1	0	3.85	3.16	40	7	8	1	2	4	72			2	1	1	30	0	0	1	0	0	2	1.61	-0.141	5.70	-0.30%	0.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
24	355	126	Aug 20	CAL		BAL	W,1-0	GS-7		3	7.0	5	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.70	3.07	25	6	5	0	2	5	74			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.424	4.42	0.94%	3.16	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
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	356	138	Sep 6(1)	CAL		TEX	L,5-11	GS-7	L(6-12)	16	6.2	8	7	7	5	9	0	0	3.90	3.03	33	5	6	0	0	8	34			4	0	0	27	2	1	1	1	0	1	1.11	-0.463	4.28	-1.07%	-3.05	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d3
26	357	144	Sep 10	CAL		KCR	W,13-3	CG	W(7-12)	3	9.0	9	3	1	1	12	0	0	3.77	2.91	38	9	7	0	3	9	72			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	1	0	2	.34	0.137	2.72	0.66%	1.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
27	358	149	Sep 15	CAL	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	L(7-13)	4	8.2	9	3	3	6	5	1	0	3.75	3.00	39	9	10	0	3	9	53			3	2	0	33	1	1	1	1	0	1	1.66	-0.391	8.53	-1.21%	0.83	1b start tie	9b 1-3 2 out d1
28	359	153	Sep 19	CAL	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	W(8-13)	3	9.0	6	1	1	3	10	0	0	3.63	2.93	35	4	12	0	0	6	78			1	1	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.48	0.443	.73	0.13%	3.32	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
29	360	156	Sep 24	CAL	@	CHW	W,7-3	GS-7	W(9-13)	4	7.0	5	3	3	5	6	0	1	3.64	2.95	32	9	6	1	2	5	56			2	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.22	0.052	.05	0.00%	0.33	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a4
30	361	159	Sep 28	CAL		CHW	W,11-7	GS-1		3	0.2	4	4	4	0	0	1	0	3.79	3.00	6	2	0	0	0	4	28			0	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.331	.00	0.00%	-3.64	1t start tie	1t --- 2 out d4
31	362	162	Oct 1	CAL		CHW	W,5-4	CG	W(10-13)	2	9.0	5	4	2	6	13	0	1	3.72	2.96	38	4	9	1	0	5	72			1	0	1	28	1	0	1	0	2	1	1.80	0.115	.00	0.00%	0.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
							16-15		W-L:10-13	3.8	234.2	183	106	97	148	260	12	3	3.72	2.96	1008	0.86		3%	7%	183	59		---%	52	15	2	832	29	7	7	18	14	11	1.21	1.187	2.76	0.80%	6.60

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