Nolan Ryan

Position: Starting 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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1965	18	-1.1	Marion	APPY	Rk	NYM	3	6	.333	4.38	5.42	13	12		2	1		78.0	61	47	38	4	56	3	115	8	0	6		1.500	7.0	0.5	6.5	13.3	2.05
1965	18	-3.3	Mets	FLIL	WRk	NYM	3	3	.500	4.29	5.36	10	8		1	1		42.0	39	25	20	1	22	0	35	3	1	4		1.452	8.4	0.2	4.7	7.5	1.59
1966	19		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	NYM	17	4	.810	2.36	2.90	32	31		9	5		202.0	118	65	53	2	139	4	307	6	2	22		1.272	5.3	0.1	6.2	13.7	2.21
1966	19	-3.4	Williamsport	EL	AA	NYM	0	2	.000	0.95	2.84	3	3		0	0		19.0	9	6	2	0	12	0	35	0	1	2		1.105	4.3	0.0	5.7	16.6	2.92
1966	19	-1.7	Greenville	WCRS	A	NYM	17	2	.895	2.51	2.90	29	28		9	5		183.0	109	59	51	2	127	4	272	6	1	20		1.290	5.4	0.1	6.2	13.4	2.14
1966	19	-8.8	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	0	1	.000	15.00	15.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	5	5	5	1	3	1	6	0	0	1	17	2.667	15.0	3.0	9.0	18.0	2.00
1967	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A	NYM	1	0	1.000	0.82	1.64	4	1		0	0		11.0	4	2	1	0	5	0	23	0	0	3		0.818	3.3	0.0	4.1	18.8	4.60
1967	20	-5.8	Jacksonville	IL	AAA	NYM	1	0	1.000	0.00	1.29	3	0		0	0		7.0	3	1	0	0	3	0	18	0	0	1		0.857	3.9	0.0	3.9	23.1	6.00
1967	20	-0.7	Winter Haven	FLOR	A	NYM	0	0		2.25	2.25	1	1		0	0		4.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	5	0	0	2		0.750	2.3	0.0	4.5	11.3	2.50
1967	20	-1.1	Mets	FLIL	WRk	NYM	0	1	.000	4.70	7.43	8	5		0	0		23.0	19	19	12	0	16	1	31	1	0	2		1.522	7.4	0.0	6.3	12.1	1.94
1968	21	-6.4	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	6	9	.400	3.09	3.36	21	18	1	3	0	0	134.0	93	50	46	12	75	4	133	4	0	7	559	1.254	6.2	0.8	5.0	8.9	1.77
1969	22	-5.0	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	6	3	.667	3.53	3.83	25	10	4	2	0	1	89.1	60	38	35	3	53	3	92	1	3	1	375	1.265	6.0	0.3	5.3	9.3	1.74
1970	23	-4.1	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	7	11	.389	3.42	4.03	27	19	4	5	2	1	131.2	86	59	50	10	97	2	125	4	0	8	570	1.390	5.9	0.7	6.6	8.5	1.29
1971	24	-3.4	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	10	14	.417	3.97	4.62	30	26	1	3	0	0	152.0	125	78	67	8	116	4	137	15	1	6	705	1.586	7.4	0.5	6.9	8.1	1.18
1972	25	-2.2	CAL	AL	Maj	CAL	19	16	.543	2.28	2.54	39	39	0	20	9	0	284.0	166	80	72	14	157	4	329	10	0	18	1154	1.137	5.3	0.4	5.0	10.4	2.10
1973	26	-1.7	CAL	AL	Maj	CAL	21	16	.568	2.87	3.12	41	39	2	26	4	1	326.0	238	113	104	18	162	2	383	7	0	15	1355	1.227	6.6	0.5	4.5	10.6	2.36
1974	27	-1.1	CAL	AL	Maj	CAL	22	16	.579	2.89	3.44	42	41	1	26	3	0	332.2	221	127	107	18	202	3	367	9	0	9	1392	1.272	6.0	0.5	5.5	9.9	1.82
1975	28	-0.1	CAL	AL	Maj	CAL	14	12	.538	3.45	4.09	28	28	0	10	5	0	198.0	152	90	76	13	132	0	186	7	0	12	864	1.434	6.9	0.6	6.0	8.5	1.41
1976	29	1.4	CAL	AL	Maj	CAL	17	18	.486	3.36	3.70	39	39	0	21	7	0	284.1	193	117	106	13	183	2	327	5	2	5	1196	1.322	6.1	0.4	5.8	10.4	1.79
1977	30	2.5	CAL	AL	Maj	CAL	19	16	.543	2.77	3.31	37	37	0	22	4	0	299.0	198	110	92	12	204	7	341	9	3	21	1272	1.344	6.0	0.4	6.1	10.3	1.67
1978	31	3.8	CAL	AL	Maj	CAL	10	13	.435	3.72	4.07	31	31	0	14	3	0	234.2	183	106	97	12	148	7	260	3	2	13	1008	1.411	7.0	0.5	5.7	10.0	1.76
1979	32	4.6	CAL	AL	Maj	CAL	16	14	.533	3.60	4.20	34	34	0	17	5	0	222.2	169	104	89	15	114	3	223	6	0	9	937	1.271	6.8	0.6	4.6	9.0	1.96
1980	33	4.7	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	11	10	.524	3.35	3.85	35	35	0	4	2	0	233.2	205	100	87	10	98	1	200	3	1	10	982	1.297	7.9	0.4	3.8	7.7	2.04
1981	34	5.3	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	11	5	.688	1.69	2.05	21	21	0	5	3	0	149.0	99	34	28	2	68	1	140	1	2	16	605	1.121	6.0	0.1	4.1	8.5	2.06
1982	35	6.3	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	16	12	.571	3.16	3.60	35	35	0	10	3	0	250.1	196	100	88	20	109	3	245	8	2	18	1050	1.218	7.0	0.7	3.9	8.8	2.25
1983	36	7.5	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	14	9	.609	2.98	3.39	29	29	0	5	2	0	196.1	134	74	65	9	101	3	183	4	1	5	804	1.197	6.1	0.4	4.6	8.4	1.81
1984	37	8.9	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	12	11	.522	3.04	3.82	30	30	0	5	2	0	183.2	143	78	62	12	69	2	197	4	3	6	760	1.154	7.0	0.6	3.4	9.7	2.86
1985	38	9.8	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	10	12	.455	3.80	4.19	35	35	0	4	0	0	232.0	205	108	98	12	95	8	209	9	2	14	983	1.293	8.0	0.5	3.7	8.1	2.20
1986	39	10.7	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	12	8	.600	3.34	3.64	30	30	0	1	0	0	178.0	119	72	66	14	82	5	194	4	0	15	729	1.129	6.0	0.7	4.1	9.8	2.37
1987	40	11.8	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	8	16	.333	2.76	3.19	34	34	0	0	0	0	211.2	154	75	65	14	87	2	270	4	2	10	873	1.139	6.5	0.6	3.7	11.5	3.10
1988	41	12.5	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	12	11	.522	3.52	4.01	33	33	0	4	1	0	220.0	186	98	86	18	87	6	228	7	7	10	930	1.241	7.6	0.7	3.6	9.3	2.62
1989	42	13.5	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	16	10	.615	3.20	3.61	32	32	0	6	2	0	239.1	162	96	85	17	98	3	301	9	1	19	988	1.086	6.1	0.6	3.7	11.3	3.07
1990	43	14.6	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	13	9	.591	3.44	3.79	30	30	0	5	2	0	204.0	137	86	78	18	74	2	232	7	1	9	818	1.034	6.0	0.8	3.3	10.2	3.14
1991	44	15.5	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	12	6	.667	2.91	3.02	27	27	0	2	2	0	173.0	102	58	56	12	72	0	203	5	0	8	683	1.006	5.3	0.6	3.7	10.6	2.82
1992	45	16.1	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	5	9	.357	3.72	4.29	27	27	0	2	0	0	157.1	138	75	65	9	69	0	157	12	0	9	675	1.316	7.9	0.5	3.9	9.0	2.28
1993	46	17.3	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	5	5	.500	4.88	6.38	13	13	0	0	0	0	66.1	54	47	36	5	40	0	46	1	0	3	291	1.417	7.3	0.7	5.4	6.2	1.15
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (27 seasons)					Majors		324	292	.526	3.19	3.64	807	773	13	222	61	3	5386.0	3923	2178	1911	321	2795	78	5714	158	33	277	22575	1.247	6.6	0.5	4.7	9.5	2.04
Minors (3 seasons)					Minors		21	10	.677	2.85	3.53	49	44		11	6		291.0	183	114	92	6	200	7	445	14	2	31		1.316	5.7	0.2	6.2	13.8	2.23
Other (2 seasons)					Other		3	4	.429	4.43	6.09	18	13		1	1		65.0	58	44	32	1	38	1	66	4	1	6		1.477	8.0	0.1	5.3	9.1	1.74
All Levels (29 Seasons)							348	306	.532	3.19	3.66	874	830	13	234	68	3	5742.0	4164	2336	2035	328	3033	86	6225	176	36	314	22575	1.253	6.5	0.5	4.8	9.8	2.05

AAA (1 season)					Minors		1	0	1.000	0.00	1.29	3	0		0	0		7.0	3	1	0	0	3	0	18	0	0	1		0.857	3.9	0.0	3.9	23.1	6.00
AA (1 season)					Minors		0	2	.000	0.95	2.84	3	3		0	0		19.0	9	6	2	0	12	0	35	0	1	2		1.105	4.3	0.0	5.7	16.6	2.92
A (2 seasons)					Minors		17	2	.895	2.50	2.89	30	29		9	5		187.0	110	60	52	2	129	4	277	6	1	22		1.278	5.3	0.1	6.2	13.3	2.15
Rk (1 season)					Minors		3	6	.333	4.38	5.42	13	12		2	1		78.0	61	47	38	4	56	3	115	8	0	6		1.500	7.0	0.5	6.5	13.3	2.05