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: 13-8 / in Starts: 13-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 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	432	6	Apr 15	HOU		ATL	W,2-0	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	3	0	0	3	9	0	0	0.00	1.31	27	6	6	0	0	3	77			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.406	.76	0.15%	2.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
2	433	15	Apr 25	HOU		CIN	L,1-2	GS-7	L(1-1)	9	7.0	4	2	2	4	10	0	0	1.29	1.39	29	10	2	0	0	3	67			3	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.055	.35	0.01%	0.88	1t start tie	7t 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
3	434	20	May 1	HOU	@	PIT	W,5-3	GS-5		5	5.0	7	3	3	3	1	0	0	2.37	2.07	24	9	5	1	0	6	39			2	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.131	.41	-0.03%	-0.75	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
4	435	25	May 6	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS-7		4	7.0	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	1.73	2.10	28	13	11	7	2	0	65			3	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.16	0.253	.64	0.08%	2.15	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
5	436	30	May 11	HOU	@	CIN	W,5-0	SHO	W(2-1)	4	9.0	7	0	0	3	11	0	1	1.29	1.94	38	8	8	0	1	7	81			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.248	.47	0.08%	3.97	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a5
6	437	35	May 16	HOU		CHC	W,6-1	GS-7	W(3-1)	4	7.0	6	1	0	3	8	0	0	1.07	1.89	29	7	5	0	1	6	68			3	1	0	25	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.44	0.210	.52	0.05%	1.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
7	438	39	May 21	HOU	@	STL	L,1-3	GS-7	L(3-2)	4	6.1	3	3	1	3	6	0	0	1.12	1.92	26	9	6	0	0	2	62			2	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	2	.78	-0.072	.31	-0.02%	0.22	1b start tie	7b --3 1 out d1
8	439	44	May 26	HOU		SDP	W,1-0	GS-7	W(4-2)	4	7.0	4	0	0	4	6	0	0	0.98	2.00	27	6	7	2	1	4	71			1	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.406	.43	0.07%	2.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
9	440	48	May 31	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-6	GS-7	L(4-3)	4	7.0	8	5	5	6	4	0	0	1.59	2.23	35	9	8	0	0	8	39			1	0	0	29	2	0	1	1	0	2	.79	-0.236	.37	-0.07%	-2.04	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
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	441	52	Jun 5	HOU		NYM	W,3-0	SHO	W(5-3)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	10	0	0	1.39	2.08	34	9	8	2	0	5	85			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.460	.41	0.12%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
11	442	57	Jun 10	HOU	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-8		4	7.2	2	1	1	3	8	0	0	1.37	2.04	29	8	8	0	0	2	76			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	2	.96	0.431	.33	0.09%	3.41	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a4
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
12	443	62	Aug 14	HOU	@	SDP	W,5-1	GS-6	W(6-3)	64	6.0	2	1	1	2	3	0	0	1.38	2.08	22	6	9	1	0	2	65			1	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	1	.63	0.086	.80	0.07%	1.44	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a4
13	444	67	Aug 19	HOU		MON	W,9-1	GS-6	W(7-3)	4	6.0	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	1.29	1.94	21	6	5	0	0	2	76			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	.64	0.221	1.01	0.21%	2.47	1t start tie	6t 3 out a4
14	445	71	Aug 25	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-2	GS-7		5	7.0	3	1	0	4	7	0	0	1.19	1.97	27	8	5	0	0	3	72			0	2	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.46	0.253	2.03	0.21%	1.96	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
15	446	77	Aug 30	HOU		PHI	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.0	8	3	3	5	4	1	0	1.37	2.20	31	5	9	0	1	8	48			1	1	1	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.003	1.92	0.00%	-0.12	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out a1
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
16	447	82	Sep 4	HOU	@	MON	W,5-0	GS-8	W(8-3)	4	7.0	2	0	0	3	7	0	0	1.29	2.18	26	6	8	0	0	2	77			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.266	2.15	0.36%	2.09	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a3
17	448	87	Sep 9	HOU	@	ATL	L,0-9	GS-4	L(8-4)	4	4.0	7	5	5	5	3	1	0	1.63	2.38	23	3	5	1	0	7	26			1	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.314	1.90	-0.52%	-3.22	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
18	449	92	Sep 15	HOU		CIN	L,0-4	GS-6	L(8-5)	5	6.0	6	4	3	4	4	0	0	1.77	2.43	27	4	9	1	0	6	46			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	1	0	.73	-0.166	2.36	-0.32%	-1.53	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
19	450	97	Sep 20	HOU	@	SFG	W,7-3	CG	W(9-5)	4	9.0	7	3	3	4	8	0	0	1.85	2.41	36	12	5	0	0	7	65			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	1	0	.97	0.090	3.27	0.18%	0.81	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a4
20	451	102	Sep 26	HOU		LAD	W,5-0	SHO	W(10-5)	5	9.0	0	0	0	3	11	0	0	1.74	2.33	30	11	5	0	1	0	95			2	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.429	3.52	0.95%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
21	452	107	Oct 1	HOU	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	W(11-5)	4	9.0	7	1	1	3	9	0	0	1.69	2.28	36	9	8	0	0	7	75			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	0.441	17.01	3.18%	2.97	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
							13-8		W-L:11-5	4.5	149.0	99	34	28	68	140	2	1	1.69	2.28	605	1.15		5%	2%	90	65		---%	21	7	1	528	7	1	1	10	3	11	1.04	3.339	2.09	4.85%	29.72

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