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: 22-13 / in Starts: 22-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 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	397	3	Apr 12	HOU		LAD	L,5-6	GS-6		99	6.0	6	4	4	5	3	2	0	6.00	8.59	28	8	6	0	1	6	42			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.171	1.85	-0.18%	-1.53	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
2	398	7	Apr 17	HOU	@	LAD	L,4-6	GS-6		4	6.0	8	4	4	3	5	1	0	6.00	6.67	27	5	6	1	0	8	42			0	2	0	23	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.213	1.85	-0.23%	-1.34	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
3	399	12	Apr 22	HOU		CIN	W,8-0	GS-7	W(1-0)	4	7.0	6	0	0	6	7	0	0	3.79	5.44	32	6	8	0	3	5	66			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.46	0.128	.98	0.16%	2.89	1t start tie	7t 3 out a8
4	400	16	Apr 27	HOU		NYM	W,4-3	GS-8		4	8.0	5	2	2	6	5	0	0	3.33	4.94	32	8	8	0	0	5	63			0	2	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.53	0.199	2.45	0.19%	1.30	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	401	20	May 2	HOU	@	STL	L,1-9	GS-7	L(1-1)	4	6.1	6	5	5	4	6	0	0	4.05	4.52	27	9	2	0	0	6	43			1	1	0	22	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.15	-0.133	2.33	-0.16%	-1.11	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out d2
6	402	25	May 7	HOU	@	MON	L,0-3	GS-6	L(1-2)	4	6.0	3	3	3	4	5	0	0	4.12	4.30	23	6	5	0	0	3	55			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	2	0	0	.58	-0.145	1.22	-0.18%	-0.32	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
7	403	29	May 13	HOU		MON	L,2-3	GS-8	L(1-3)	5	8.0	7	3	1	3	9	0	0	3.61	3.85	34	8	7	1	0	7	66			2	0	1	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	.87	-0.023	1.76	-0.03%	0.30	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
8	404	33	May 18	HOU		PHI	W,3-0	SHO	W(2-3)	4	9.0	4	0	0	4	10	0	0	3.04	3.53	34	9	7	2	1	4	85			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.344	1.69	0.34%	3.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
9	405	37	May 23	HOU	@	PHI	L,0-3	GS-4	L(2-4)	4	3.2	6	3	3	3	1	1	0	3.30	3.82	19	3	6	0	0	6	35			0	1	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	1	.89	-0.186	1.54	-0.19%	-1.87	1b start tie	4b 123 2 out d3
10	406	42	May 28	HOU		SDP	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-4)	4	9.0	2	0	0	5	7	0	0	2.87	3.69	35	10	11	1	0	2	85			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.71	0.679	3.49	0.83%	3.71	1t start tie	9t 3 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	407	46	Jun 2	HOU	@	SDP	L,0-3	GS-7	L(3-5)	4	7.0	6	3	3	3	4	0	0	2.96	3.62	28	10	5	1	0	6	54			0	2	0	24	0	0	1	0	1	1	.64	-0.165	1.31	-0.20%	-0.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
12	408	51	Jun 8	HOU		SFG	W,5-4	GS-8		5	7.2	6	3	3	2	10	1	0	3.01	3.53	31	5	8	1	0	6	63			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.085	1.98	0.11%	0.10	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a1
13	409	56	Jun 14	HOU	@	PIT	W,7-3	GS-7	W(4-5)	5	6.0	5	1	0	2	3	0	0	2.81	3.48	25	7	8	2	0	5	61			0	1	1	23	1	0	0	2	0	3	1.28	0.169	3.13	0.25%	1.39	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 0 out a3
14	410	61	Jun 19	HOU		STL	W,2-0	GS-7	W(5-5)	4	7.0	1	0	0	4	7	0	0	2.61	3.40	25	9	4	1	0	1	78			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.403	3.08	0.60%	2.89	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
15	411	66	Jun 24	HOU		LAD	W,5-4	GS-8		4	8.0	6	4	1	3	5	0	1	2.49	3.37	36	8	13	1	0	6	62			1	0	1	31	1	0	0	0	0	3	1.31	-0.202	5.39	-0.50%	-0.70	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
16	412	70	Jun 29	HOU		CIN	W,12-10	GS-5		4	4.2	5	6	6	3	1	0	0	2.88	3.41	22	4	9	3	0	5	28			1	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.29	-0.432	4.24	-0.85%	-3.33	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 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
17	413	75	Jul 4	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-8	GS-5	L(5-6)	4	4.1	5	6	6	7	6	1	0	3.25	3.58	25	4	3	2	0	5	28			2	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.254	2.50	-0.48%	-4.38	1b start tie	5b -2- 1 out d6
18	414	79	Jul 10	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS-9	L(5-7)	5	8.1	9	4	4	1	7	0	0	3.32	3.43	34	8	9	0	1	9	55			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.66	-0.492	7.33	-1.30%	-0.35	1b start tie	9b -23 1 out tie
19	415	85	Jul 15	HOU		PHI	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	6	2	1	1	2	0	0	3.18	3.38	29	15	5	0	0	6	65			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.02	0.062	2.87	0.10%	1.30	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
20	416	91	Jul 20	HOU		MON	W,4-3	GS-8		4	7.2	3	2	2	2	11	0	0	3.14	3.23	28	8	4	0	0	3	74			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.168	1.93	0.28%	1.10	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a1
21	417	95	Jul 25	HOU	@	MON	W,9-8	GS-5		4	4.1	9	5	4	2	1	0	0	3.30	3.24	23	3	8	1	0	9	26			2	1	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.56	-0.319	4.80	-0.59%	-3.24	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d4
22	418	100	Jul 30	HOU	@	PHI	L,4-6	GS-5	L(5-8)	4	4.2	8	6	4	4	3	0	0	3.44	3.27	24	4	5	1	0	8	27			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.61	-0.535	5.09	-1.02%	-3.87	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out d3
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
23	419	104	Aug 4	HOU		SFG	W,4-2	GS-7	W(6-8)	4	7.0	4	2	1	5	7	0	0	3.34	3.25	29	7	6	1	0	4	65			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.140	4.00	0.29%	0.89	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
24	420	109	Aug 9	HOU		SDP	W,9-5	GS-6		4	6.0	7	4	4	4	3	1	1	3.44	3.37	26	6	5	1	0	7	41			1	1	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.169	3.52	-0.33%	-1.53	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
25	421	114	Aug 14	HOU	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	W(7-8)	4	9.0	3	1	0	1	7	0	0	3.25	3.27	32	10	12	0	0	2	85			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.24	0.540	3.57	0.93%	2.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
26	422	118	Aug 19	HOU		PIT	W,5-2	GS-8	W(8-8)	4	7.2	7	2	2	1	7	0	0	3.22	3.19	29	8	6	0	0	7	63			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.172	4.36	0.37%	1.01	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out a3
27	423	123	Aug 24	HOU		CHC	W,2-1	CG	W(9-8)	4	9.0	2	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.11	3.12	31	7	15	0	0	2	84			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.32	0.482	5.02	1.10%	2.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
28	424	128	Aug 29	HOU	@	CHC	W,6-5	GS-5		4	5.0	6	4	4	1	2	1	0	3.22	3.17	22	4	9	0	0	6	40			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.08	-0.251	4.19	-0.59%	-1.61	1b start a 2	5b 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
29	425	134	Sep 5	HOU		STL	L,5-7	GS-6		6	5.2	11	4	4	1	9	0	0	3.31	3.08	29	3	5	0	1	11	39			2	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.37	-0.194	5.70	-0.48%	-1.97	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out a1
30	426	139	Sep 10	HOU		LAD	W,6-5	GS-8		4	8.0	8	3	3	1	9	1	0	3.31	3.06	33	6	9	0	1	8	62			2	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.93	0.021	7.03	0.09%	0.30	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
31	427	143	Sep 15	HOU		SDP	L,3-6	GS-6	L(9-9)	4	6.0	7	4	4	1	4	0	0	3.39	3.03	26	8	6	0	0	7	45			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.296	4.79	-0.84%	-1.53	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
32	428	148	Sep 20	HOU	@	SFG	W,3-2	GS-6		4	6.0	9	2	2	2	6	0	0	3.38	2.99	28	4	7	0	0	9	50			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.043	6.99	-0.13%	0.61	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
33	429	153	Sep 25	HOU	@	ATL	W,4-2	GS-5	W(10-9)	4	5.0	5	2	2	3	5	0	0	3.38	2.98	22	4	5	0	1	5	51			0	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.47	0.015	9.19	0.06%	0.30	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
34	430	157	Sep 30	HOU		ATL	W,7-3	GS-6	W(11-9)	4	5.2	8	3	2	0	8	0	1	3.38	2.92	26	2	7	3	0	8	51			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.160	4.93	0.52%	0.03	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out a4
35	431	161	Oct 4	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-2	GS-7	L(11-10)	3	7.0	6	2	2	0	9	1	0	3.35	2.89	28	5	8	0	3	6	66			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	.89	0.040	10.97	0.29%	1.10	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
							22-13		W-L:11-10	4.1	233.2	205	100	87	98	200	10	3	3.35	2.89	982	0.94		5%	3%	203	56		---%	24	12	3	867	32	4	1	17	7	16	1.13	-0.416	3.91	-1.75%	-0.32

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