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: 20-12 / in Starts: 20-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1989 Pitching Game Log

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1989 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	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	679	2	Apr 6	TEX		DET	W,5-4	GS-5		99	5.0	7	4	3	3	8	0	0	5.40	1.36	25	107	68	17	23	7	7	5	0	0	44			2	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	-0.231	1.58	-0.18%	-1.54	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
2	680	7	Apr 12	TEX	@	MIL	W,8-1	GS-8	W(1-0)	5	8.0	1	0	0	2	15	0	0	2.08	0.38	27	135	84	13	31	3	7	1	2	0	93			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.323	.76	0.29%	3.82	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a8
3	681	12	Apr 17	TEX		MIL	L,1-8	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	5.0	7	3	3	6	3	0	0	3.00	1.71	26	103	58	11	13	6	11	3	1	0	38			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.19	-0.064	2.32	-0.08%	-0.53	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out d1
4	682	17	Apr 23	TEX	@	TOR	W,4-1	CG	W(2-1)	5	9.0	1	1	1	3	12	0	0	2.33	1.50	31	130	81	19	25	5	11	2	4	0	90			2	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	.61	0.324	1.11	0.35%	3.12	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
5	683	22	Apr 30	TEX		BOS	W,2-1	GS-8	W(3-1)	6	8.0	3	1	1	4	11	0	2	2.06	1.68	32	136	78	25	14	7	8	4	0	0	79			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.01	0.298	1.95	0.35%	2.94	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
May				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	684	27	May 5	TEX	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS-7	L(3-2)	4	6.1	8	5	4	3	3	2	0	2.61	2.55	30	129	77	11	10	6	18	9	4	0	39			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.262	2.60	-0.30%	-0.93	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out d1
7	685	32	May 11	TEX	@	KCR	W,6-3	CG	W(4-2)	5	9.0	5	3	3	2	11	0	0	2.68	2.27	33	135	93	18	24	8	12	4	3	0	74			2	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.22	0.171	2.24	0.19%	1.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
8	686	37	May 18	TEX		MIN	W,6-5	GS-9		6	9.0	6	5	4	3	10	1	0	2.88	2.38	35	137	79	19	19	7	14	5	3	1	64			2	2	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	-0.116	1.35	-0.08%	-0.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
9	687	42	May 23	TEX		KCR	W,10-8	GS-7	W(5-2)	4	6.0	7	5	5	4	6	1	0	3.31	2.61	29	110	67	19	17	9	9	4	2	1	40			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.095	.73	0.08%	-2.43	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a5
10	688	47	May 29	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-6	GS-6	L(5-3)	5	6.0	8	5	4	3	10	3	0	3.53	3.02	30	126	80	29	13	5	12	2	2	0	45			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	.43	-0.236	.58	-0.19%	-2.22	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
Jun				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
11	689	52	Jun 3	TEX	@	SEA	W,6-1	CG	W(6-3)	4	9.0	1	1	0	2	11	0	0	3.14	2.79	30	111	71	23	19	10	7	1	4	0	92			3	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	1	0	.99	0.445	1.10	0.30%	3.47	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
12	690	57	Jun 8	TEX		CHW	W,11-7	GS-8	W(7-3)	4	8.0	6	6	6	1	7	4	1	3.46	3.28	32	113	74	16	17	6	16	10	0	1	52			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.042	.71	0.03%	-2.06	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
13	691	62	Jun 14(1)	TEX		CAL	W,5-1	GS-9	W(8-3)	5	8.2	7	1	1	2	8	0	0	3.25	3.13	34	141	83	18	22	11	13	6	3	0	72			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.366	1.15	0.30%	2.83	1t start tie	9t -23 2 out a4
14	692	68	Jun 20	TEX	@	BOS	L,3-6	GS-7		5	7.0	4	0	0	3	6	0	0	3.03	3.08	27	115	65	22	11	7	11	2	6	0	72			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.450	1.73	0.37%	3.61	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
15	693	73	Jun 25	TEX		CLE	W,4-2	GS-9	W(9-3)	4	8.1	3	2	2	1	7	1	0	2.96	3.07	29	99	67	20	12	12	9	2	2	0	75			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.429	1.20	0.37%	2.17	1t start tie	9t --- 1 out a2
16	694	78	Jun 30	TEX		SEA	L,3-4	GS-6	L(9-4)	4	5.1	5	4	4	3	8	1	0	3.14	3.11	24	100	58	20	8	6	7	3	2	0	47			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.129	1.33	-0.13%	-1.95	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d4
Jul				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
17	695	83	Jul 6	TEX	@	CAL	W,3-0	SHO	W(10-4)	5	9.0	3	0	0	2	12	0	1	2.91	2.97	33	126	83	21	23	7	11	2	2	0	91			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	0.627	1.72	0.53%	4.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
18	696	89	Jul 15	TEX	@	CLE	L,1-7	GS-6	L(10-5)	8	5.1	7	7	7	6	7	0	0	3.27	2.99	28	123	68	19	16	6	9	7	1	0	27			2	0	0	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.264	.72	-0.20%	-2.98	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d4
19	697	94	Jul 20	TEX		NYY	W,6-2	GS-8	W(11-5)	4	7.1	5	2	2	0	11	0	0	3.23	2.82	28	101	69	16	24	5	12	5	2	0	71			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.11	0.152	1.32	0.11%	1.37	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a3
20	698	99	Jul 25	TEX		TOR	L,0-4	GS-7	L(11-6)	4	6.0	6	3	2	3	14	0	0	3.22	2.69	31	132	80	23	20	7	7	3	2	0	61			4	0	0	28	3	0	1	0	0	2	.91	-0.066	1.08	-0.05%	-0.67	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out d3
21	699	103	Jul 30	TEX		MIL	W,9-3	GS-8	W(12-6)	4	7.1	4	3	3	0	10	1	1	3.24	2.66	28	130	87	26	22	11	6	2	1	0	68			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	.74	-0.005	.51	0.00%	0.42	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a6
Aug				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
22	700	108	Aug 5	TEX	@	BAL	L,2-5	GS-7	L(12-7)	5	7.0	6	5	5	6	8	1	0	3.38	2.76	33	132	80	28	17	4	15	4	2	0	47			3	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.264	.30	-0.10%	-1.76	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
23	701	113	Aug 10	TEX		DET	W,4-1	GS-9	W(13-7)	4	8.1	2	1	1	6	13	0	0	3.27	2.72	33	148	93	32	22	6	8	5	0	0	82			2	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.444	.36	0.09%	3.03	1t start tie	9t -23 1 out a4
24	702	118	Aug 16	TEX	@	SEA	W,3-1	GS-8	W(14-7)	5	7.1	3	1	1	4	8	0	1	3.18	2.71	30	114	63	19	14	7	10	1	0	0	72			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.53	0.236	.32	0.03%	2.07	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a2
25	703	123	Aug 22	TEX		OAK	L,0-2	CG	L(14-8)	5	9.0	5	2	1	2	13	0	0	3.08	2.61	35	135	88	18	28	7	13	8	1	0	82			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	.84	0.119	.22	0.02%	2.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
26	704	128	Aug 27	TEX		CAL	L,4-5	GS-9	L(14-9)	4	8.1	7	5	5	2	11	0	1	3.18	2.55	36	147	95	25	19	11	11	3	4	0	58			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.434	.15	-0.03%	-1.47	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out d1
Sept				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
27	705	133	Sep 2	TEX		KCR	W,6-3	GS-8	W(15-9)	5	8.0	8	3	3	4	11	1	0	3.18	2.57	36	146	88	18	22	8	12	4	2	1	61			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.066	.01	0.00%	0.94	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
28	706	138	Sep 7(1)	TEX		BAL	L,3-8	GS-7	L(15-10)	4	6.1	9	7	7	4	10	1	0	3.39	2.60	32	150	85	26	18	6	12	9	1	0	33			4	0	0	28	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.02	-0.401	.00	0.00%	-3.81	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out d4
29	707	143	Sep 12	TEX	@	KCR	L,5-6	GS-9		4	8.0	8	5	3	3	13	0	0	3.39	2.53	35	164	101	21	26	13	6	1	3	0	60			2	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	-0.280	.00	0.00%	-0.76	1b start tie	9b -2- 0 out a1
30	708	149	Sep 18	TEX		SEA	W,5-2	GS-8		5	7.1	3	2	2	5	2	0	2	3.36	2.61	32					10	13	3	4	0	61			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.181	.00	0.00%	1.42	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out tie
31	709	155	Sep 24	TEX		CHW	W,5-4	GS-8		5	8.0	4	4	2	6	9	0	0	3.32	2.62	34	140	79	24	19	7	12	2	5	0	65			2	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.45	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.06	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
32	710	161	Sep 30	TEX	@	CAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(16-10)	5	9.0	3	0	0	0	13	0	0	3.20	2.51	30	120	79	26	15	7	10	2	1	0	94			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.652	.00	0.00%	4.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
							20-12		W-L:16-10	4.7	239.1	162	96	85	98	301	17	9	3.20	2.51	988	3935	62%	16%	15%	0.70		22%	12%	4	64		---%	36	6	0	867	28	2	3	4	5	12	1.00	2.643	.88	2.07%	19.73

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