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: 16-17 / in Starts: 16-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1988 Pitching Game Log

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1988 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	646	3	Apr 8	HOU	@	CIN	W,8-3	GS-7		99	7.0	4	2	2	3	11	0	0	2.57	0.91	27	116	73	19	27	7	6	3	1	0	69			1	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	1	.91	0.033	1.67	0.04%	1.12	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
2	647	6	Apr 12	HOU	@	ATL	W,8-3	GS-7	W(1-0)	3	7.0	3	3	3	3	8	0	0	3.21	1.34	27	109	68	19	17	7	9	4	0	0	64			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.13	0.002	1.94	0.00%	0.12	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a5
3	648	11	Apr 17	HOU		CIN	W,5-3	GS-8	W(2-0)	4	8.0	7	3	3	1	9	1	0	3.27	1.77	32	125	83	23	23	3	19	6	6	0	64			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.05	0.101	2.19	0.13%	0.31	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
4	649	15	Apr 22	HOU	@	SDP	L,1-3	GS-6	L(2-1)	4	6.0	7	3	3	2	8	2	0	3.54	2.55	26	103	70	12	19	3	11	4	4	2	52			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.155	2.19	-0.19%	-0.45	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
5	650	19	Apr 27	HOU		PHI	W,3-2	GS-9		4	9.0	2	2	0	4	9	0	0	2.68	2.44	34	141	80	21	19	13	8	2	1	0	84			3	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.35	0.105	2.27	0.11%	1.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
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	651	23	May 2	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-7	GS-4	L(2-2)	4	4.0	7	6	6	2	3	0	1	3.73	2.55	21	82	44	10	7	5	10	6	0	0	25			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	1	0	.74	-0.351	1.46	-0.42%	-4.26	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
7	652	27	May 7	HOU	@	MON	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	6	3	3	3	7	0	2	3.75	2.60	32	109	66	17	13	13	7	3	0	0	57			4	0	0	27	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.39	-0.089	2.39	-0.09%	0.12	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
8	653	32	May 13	HOU		CHC	W,8-2	CG	W(3-2)	5	9.0	7	2	2	2	11	1	0	3.47	2.58	35	118	79	25	12	6	16	6	2	0	74			1	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.287	1.83	0.31%	1.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
9	654	37	May 18	HOU		PIT	W,4-2	GS-6	W(4-2)	4	6.0	4	2	2	3	2	0	1	3.43	2.72	25	100	57	10	7	11	8	3	2	0	55			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.36	0.016	2.63	0.02%	0.48	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
10	655	42	May 24	HOU	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS-7		5	6.1	7	3	3	4	5	1	0	3.50	2.94	29	109	67	21	10	11	9	6	1	0	48			4	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.57	-0.043	3.59	-0.06%	-0.16	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 1 out a1
11	656	46	May 29	HOU	@	CHC	W,7-1	GS-8	W(5-2)	4	7.1	3	1	1	4	4	0	0	3.29	2.98	27	111	66	14	14	9	10	1	1	0	68			0	0	1	22	0	0	0	1	0	1	.78	0.138	1.52	0.16%	2.13	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a6
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
12	657	51	Jun 4	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-8	GS-5	L(5-3)	5	5.0	7	8	8	4	10	2	0	3.97	3.19	26	113	65	20	16	5	5	3	1	2	27			4	0	0	21	0	0	1	0	0	0	.98	-0.244	2.59	-0.39%	-5.93	1b start tie	5b 3 out d8
13	658	56	Jun 9	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-4	GS-6	L(5-4)	4	6.0	8	4	4	3	2	0	0	4.11	3.21	29	113	73	17	13	11	13	8	0	0	39			2	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.32	-0.317	4.44	-0.64%	-1.48	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
14	659	60	Jun 13	HOU		ATL	W,6-5	GS-7		3	7.0	9	5	5	3	8	2	0	4.28	3.38	33	139	79	18	18	10	12	2	1	0	44			2	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.324	3.44	-0.46%	-2.11	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
15	660	66	Jun 18	HOU	@	ATL	W,14-7	GS-4		4	3.1	5	4	3	5	6	1	1	4.41	3.55	22	109	58	19	9	4	6	3	0	0	37			3	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	-0.413	3.04	-0.57%	-3.35	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out d1
16	661	71	Jun 24	HOU		SFG	L,0-11	GS-5	L(5-5)	5	5.0	5	6	4	2	5	1	0	4.54	3.60	23	89	57	16	12	6	10	4	0	0	40			0	1	0	18	3	0	0	0	1	2	.54	-0.294	1.54	-0.50%	-3.93	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
17	662	76	Jun 29	HOU		LAD	L,0-2	GS-8	L(5-6)	4	7.1	4	2	2	4	10	0	1	4.40	3.50	31	123	79	14	24	7	9	6	0	0	68			3	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.070	4.09	0.14%	0.86	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d2
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
18	663	81	Jul 3	HOU	@	NYM	L,0-5	GS-7	L(5-7)	3	7.0	8	5	2	5	7	0	0	4.30	3.47	35	124	66	25	9	10	13	6	0	0	49			4	0	0	29	2	0	1	0	1	1	.80	-0.150	1.33	-0.15%	-2.14	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
19	664	86	Jul 9	HOU		NYM	W,6-3	GS-8	W(6-7)	5	7.1	8	3	3	3	5	0	0	4.26	3.42	32	123	73	20	11	8	16	2	2	0	52			3	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.087	.92	-0.06%	-0.51	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a3
20	665	90	Jul 16	HOU	@	PHI	L,6-10	GS-5		6	5.0	8	5	5	4	3	0	0	4.44	3.44	27	94	51	13	7	11	9	5	0	0	30			2	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	1	0	.93	-0.368	1.38	-0.33%	-2.83	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
21	666	95	Jul 21	HOU		PHI	W,2-0	SHO	W(7-7)	4	9.0	3	0	0	4	9	0	1	4.15	3.37	35	127	71	28	15	13	8	2	0	0	86			1	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.584	2.12	0.56%	3.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
22	667	100	Jul 27	HOU	@	SDP	W,4-1	GS-7	W(8-7)	5	7.0	6	1	1	3	4	0	0	4.02	3.35	29	106	71	20	7	11	11	2	0	0	62			1	0	0	26	1	1	0	2	0	1	1.16	0.221	1.50	0.17%	1.98	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
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
23	668	105	Aug 1	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-4	GS-7	L(8-8)	4	7.0	9	4	4	3	11	2	0	4.07	3.41	32	128	80	25	11	6	13	1	0	0	51			0	0	0	28	3	0	1	0	0	0	.64	-0.182	1.63	-0.28%	-1.11	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
24	669	109	Aug 6	HOU		LAD	L,3-5	GS-7	L(8-9)	4	7.0	8	5	3	2	6	0	0	4.06	3.35	31	109	74	18	18	14	9	5	1	0	49			3	0	0	27	2	0	1	0	0	1	.90	-0.188	4.36	-0.55%	-2.11	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
25	670	114	Aug 11	HOU		SFG	L,0-6	GS-7	L(8-10)	4	6.2	8	5	5	1	6	2	0	4.17	3.42	29	97	69	12	8	11	11	1	0	0	43			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.158	2.95	-0.36%	-2.30	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d5
26	671	118	Aug 15	HOU		SDP	W,7-3	GS-7	W(9-10)	3	7.0	9	3	3	2	2	0	0	4.15	3.41	31	103	66	18	6	11	16	6	2	0	47			2	2	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.33	0.013	3.68	0.02%	-0.11	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
27	672	123	Aug 20	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS-6	L(9-11)	4	5.2	2	2	2	1	5	0	0	4.12	3.35	20	89	54	15	9	8	6	0	1	0	61			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.108	2.23	-0.14%	0.24	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out d1
28	673	127	Aug 24	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS-6		3	6.0	4	2	0	2	9	0	0	3.99	3.27	25	101	61	11	17	6	8	1	0	0	67			1	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	0.010	2.60	0.01%	0.70	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
29	674	131	Aug 29	HOU		CHC	L,1-2	GS-8		4	8.0	5	1	1	2	11	1	0	3.87	3.23	30	119	81	14	23	12	5	2	1	0	77			0	1	0	28	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.41	0.298	2.50	0.32%	2.31	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
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
30	675	135	Sep 3	HOU		STL	W,10-1	GS-7	W(10-11)	4	7.0	4	1	1	2	8	0	0	3.78	3.16	27	92	63	12	11	6	11	3	0	0	71			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.108	.38	0.07%	1.89	1t start tie	7t 3 out a8
31	676	140	Sep 8	HOU	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	W(11-11)	4	9.0	5	1	1	0	7	1	0	3.66	3.14	31	117	84	17	18	9	15	3	0	0	80			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.31	0.558	2.46	0.63%	2.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
32	677	145	Sep 14	HOU	@	CIN	W,7-1	CG	W(12-11)	5	9.0	4	1	1	0	13	1	0	3.55	3.07	30	116	77	16	25	8	8	0	0	1	88			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.38	0.239	.29	0.11%	3.02	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
33	678	150	Sep 19	HOU		LAD	L,0-1	GS-2		4	2.0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.52	3.04	7	31	20	5	6	0	2	0	0	0	59			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.091	.02	0.00%	0.83	1t start tie	2t 3 out tie
							16-17		W-L:12-11	4.1	220.0	186	98	86	87	228	18	7	3.52	3.04	930	3585	62%	16%	13%	0.84		18%	4%	5	57		---%	46	8	1	818	36	4	6	7	8	14	1.05	-0.597	2.30	-2.38%	-6.74

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