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: 12-22 / in Starts: 12-22

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 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	612	3	Apr 8	HOU		LAD	W,7-3	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	8	3	3	1	10	0	0	3.86	0.44	30	4	7	2	1	8	58			1	0	0	29	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.40	-0.031	2.39	-0.03%	0.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
2	613	7	Apr 13	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-4	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	6.0	4	3	3	5	9	1	0	4.15	2.33	27	2	7	1	0	4	56			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	.88	-0.072	1.72	-0.08%	-0.03	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
3	614	11	Apr 18	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-8	GS-5	L(1-2)	4	4.2	2	1	1	2	6	1	0	3.57	2.87	16	2	4	3	0	2	60			2	1	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.123	1.80	0.15%	1.51	1b start tie	5b --- 2 out d1
4	615	18	Apr 25	HOU		CIN	L,0-3	GS-8		6	8.0	3	0	0	2	11	0	1	2.45	2.36	29	10	2	0	0	3	85			2	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.542	3.02	0.69%	3.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
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
5	616	22	May 1	HOU	@	ATL	W,12-3	GS-7	W(2-2)	5	6.2	3	1	1	3	4	0	0	2.23	2.50	26	8	8	0	2	3	65			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	1	.82	0.290	1.20	0.25%	2.22	1b start a 1	7b 12- 2 out a9
6	617	26	May 6	HOU	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS-6		4	6.0	4	2	2	3	7	1	0	2.35	2.77	24	8	5	0	0	1	60			3	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.066	1.32	0.05%	1.12	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
7	618	30	May 11	HOU		PHI	L,6-7	GS-7		4	7.0	4	3	2	0	7	1	0	2.38	2.76	26	8	7	0	0	4	66			2	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.86	0.095	1.16	0.08%	0.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
8	619	35	May 16	HOU		CHC	L,1-2	GS-6	L(2-3)	4	6.0	5	2	2	2	9	1	0	2.45	2.79	25	7	6	3	0	1	61			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.051	1.50	0.05%	0.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
9	620	40	May 22	HOU		STL	L,5-7	GS-7	L(2-4)	5	6.2	5	3	3	6	11	0	0	2.64	2.73	31	5	4	1	0	5	57			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	-0.028	2.22	-0.02%	0.63	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out d1
10	621	45	May 27	HOU		PIT	W,7-2	GS-6		4	6.0	2	2	2	3	7	0	0	2.67	2.67	23	7	3	0	0	2	64			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.028	1.47	0.02%	0.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
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	622	50	Jun 2	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-13	GS-3	L(2-5)	5	2.0	6	5	5	1	3	1	0	3.27	2.83	13	3	1	0	0	5	26			3	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.298	1.62	-0.27%	-3.35	1b start a 1	3b 1-- 0 out d3
12	623	54	Jun 7	HOU		SFG	W,3-0	GS-7	W(3-5)	4	7.0	5	0	0	0	12	0	0	2.96	2.50	25	2	6	1	0	5	79			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.445	1.80	0.40%	3.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
13	624	59	Jun 12	HOU	@	LAD	W,5-1	GS-8	W(4-5)	4	7.2	5	1	0	0	11	0	0	2.68	2.26	27	5	6	0	0	5	78			2	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.467	1.62	0.49%	2.64	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out a4
14	625	64	Jun 17	HOU		CIN	L,1-9	GS-5	L(4-6)	4	5.0	7	3	3	2	2	0	0	2.84	2.32	24	10	3	0	0	7	41			0	0	0	21	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.17	-0.098	3.59	-0.18%	-0.58	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
15	626	69	Jun 23	HOU	@	SDP	L,1-4	GS-6	L(4-7)	5	6.0	4	4	3	2	4	0	0	2.95	2.34	24	12	6	2	0	0	52			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	.56	-0.200	1.27	-0.27%	-1.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
16	627	74	Jun 28	HOU	@	SFG	L,4-8	GS-5	L(4-8)	4	5.0	8	8	6	3	11	2	1	3.35	2.53	28	1	4	0	0	8	31			3	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	-0.610	3.35	-1.07%	-5.58	1b start a 3	5b 3 out d4
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	628	78	Jul 3	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS-7	L(4-9)	4	7.0	7	2	2	3	10	0	0	3.30	2.45	31	5	7	1	0	6	62			1	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.115	2.55	0.17%	1.64	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
18	629	83	Jul 8	HOU		MON	L,0-1	GS-7	L(4-10)	4	7.0	4	1	1	3	9	0	0	3.17	2.39	28	8	4	1	0	4	71			3	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.242	2.17	0.34%	2.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
19	630	91	Jul 19	HOU		PHI	L,1-4	GS-3	L(4-11)	10	2.1	2	1	1	4	3	0	0	3.19	2.46	13	3	1	0	0	2	48			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.054	2.84	0.07%	0.56	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out tie
20	631	95	Jul 24(1)	HOU	@	NYM	L,2-5	GS-6	L(4-12)	4	5.0	4	2	2	4	2	0	0	3.20	2.54	22	8	8	1	0	0	49			2	1	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.091	2.41	-0.11%	-0.59	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out d1
21	632	100	Jul 29	HOU	@	ATL	L,3-5	GS-6	L(4-13)	4	5.1	2	4	1	4	5	0	0	3.14	2.57	26	11	6	2	0	0	55			3	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	3	1.50	-0.233	3.23	-0.30%	-1.45	1b start a 1	6b 123 1 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
22	633	105	Aug 3	HOU		SFG	W,5-3	GS-7		4	7.0	5	3	2	1	12	1	0	3.11	2.53	27	7	6	1	0	1	68			2	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.083	2.34	0.12%	0.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
23	634	109	Aug 8	HOU	@	SDP	L,3-4	GS-7		4	6.0	3	1	1	1	6	1	1	3.04	2.59	22	7	5	0	0	2	67			1	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.243	2.30	0.34%	1.91	1b start tie	7b --- 0 out a2
24	635	114	Aug 13	HOU	@	SFG	L,6-7	GS-7		4	6.1	4	4	3	2	10	0	0	3.09	2.51	26	4	6	0	0	4	59			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.023	2.82	-0.04%	-0.12	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a2
25	636	119	Aug 18	HOU		STL	W,4-0	GS-7	W(5-13)	4	7.0	3	0	0	2	9	0	0	2.95	2.44	26	7	5	0	0	3	78			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.403	1.83	0.55%	3.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
26	637	124	Aug 23	HOU	@	CHC	W,4-2	GS-6		4	5.1	2	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.90	2.39	19	5	4	0	1	2	66			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	.92	0.294	3.19	0.61%	2.58	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out a2
27	638	129	Aug 29	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-8	GS-6	L(5-14)	5	6.0	4	2	2	6	7	1	0	2.91	2.51	27	10	3	1	0	1	57			2	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.021	2.35	0.04%	1.03	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
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
28	639	134	Sep 4	HOU		PIT	W,2-0	GS-7	W(6-14)	5	7.0	2	0	0	5	6	0	0	2.79	2.54	26	4	9	2	0	2	74			3	1	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	0.409	2.63	0.51%	3.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
29	640	139	Sep 9	HOU		SFG	W,4-2	GS-8	W(7-14)	4	8.0	6	2	2	2	16	0	1	2.76	2.43	33	7	7	2	0	0	76			2	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.302	2.39	0.42%	1.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
30	641	143	Sep 14	HOU	@	LAD	W,8-1	GS-7	W(8-14)	4	6.2	8	1	1	2	9	0	0	2.71	2.38	30	3	8	0	1	8	61			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.207	.45	0.08%	1.97	1b start a 3	7b 1-3 2 out a7
31	642	148	Sep 19	HOU		SDP	L,1-2	GS-9		4	9.0	5	1	1	1	11	0	0	2.63	2.30	33	8	8	2	0	5	83			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.515	.00	0.00%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
32	643	152	Sep 24	HOU	@	ATL	L,7-8	GS-6		4	6.0	5	3	3	7	5	2	0	2.69	2.51	29	5	10	2	1	2	48			2	1	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.079	.00	0.00%	0.15	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a2
33	644	157	Sep 29	HOU		LAD	L,1-6	GS-7	L(8-15)	4	7.0	6	4	4	3	9	1	0	2.77	2.54	28	3	7	1	1	6	55			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	.69	-0.151	.00	0.00%	-0.61	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
34	645	162	Oct 4	HOU		CIN	L,1-2	GS-7	L(8-16)	4	7.0	7	2	2	1	10	0	0	2.76	2.47	29	5	6	1	0	7	64			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.058	.00	0.00%	1.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
							12-22		W-L:8-16	4.3	211.2	154	75	65	87	270	14	4	2.76	2.47	873	1.08		8%	2%	118	61		---%	45	7	0	771	23	3	2	6	1	6	1.06	3.297	1.88	3.04%	30.58

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