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: 20-15 / in Starts: 20-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1985 Pitching Game Log

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1985 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	547	1	Apr 9	HOU		LAD	W,2-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	3	1	1	0	4	0	0	1.29	1.54	24	5	12	0	0	3	71			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.307	1.65	0.29%	2.07	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
2	548	6	Apr 14	HOU		PHI	W,5-3	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	6	3	1	1	9	0	0	1.13	1.25	34	12	6	0	0	6	75			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	2	1.10	0.154	1.29	0.11%	0.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
3	549	10	Apr 19	HOU	@	ATL	L,5-9	GS-5	L(2-1)	4	4.1	10	6	6	1	1	2	0	3.54	2.88	22	7	3	0	0	10	19			1	0	0	21	2	0	0	2	0	0	.79	-0.267	1.15	-0.23%	-3.29	1b start tie	5b -2- 1 out d4
4	550	15	Apr 24	HOU		CIN	L,3-8	GS-8		4	8.0	3	3	2	1	7	1	0	3.18	2.90	29	11	7	0	0	3	72			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	.87	-0.156	1.66	-0.18%	0.51	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
5	551	19	Apr 28	HOU		ATL	W,2-1	GS-7		3	7.0	4	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.80	2.54	26	7	7	0	0	4	71			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.01	0.282	1.59	0.27%	2.07	1t start tie	7t 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
6	552	22	May 3	HOU	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS-6		4	6.0	5	1	1	5	10	0	0	2.61	2.44	27	3	4	0	0	5	63			1	0	0	21	1	0	1	1	1	0	1.09	0.155	1.61	0.14%	1.79	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
7	553	26	May 8	HOU	@	MON	L,0-1	GS-7	L(2-2)	4	7.0	2	1	1	5	10	0	2	2.42	2.50	27	4	4	1	0	2	74			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.168	1.69	0.16%	2.01	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
8	554	30	May 13	HOU		MON	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	5	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.24	2.33	30	9	8	0	0	5	74			2	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.417	1.97	0.40%	2.51	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
9	555	35	May 18	HOU		STL	W,6-5	GS-9	W(3-2)	4	8.2	6	5	5	1	6	0	1	2.63	2.28	34	13	7	0	0	6	57			3	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.22	0.072	2.07	0.07%	-1.26	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out a1
10	556	40	May 24	HOU	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	W(4-2)	5	9.0	7	2	2	3	7	1	1	2.55	2.48	37	9	10	1	0	7	69			0	2	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.21	0.333	2.06	0.34%	2.48	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
11	557	45	May 29	HOU		PIT	W,8-3	GS-7	W(5-2)	4	7.0	4	3	3	4	8	0	0	2.67	2.45	27	8	3	0	0	4	61			0	1	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.100	1.59	-0.10%	0.07	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
12	558	49	Jun 3	HOU	@	STL	L,5-9	GS-5	L(5-3)	4	4.2	11	8	8	3	4	1	0	3.36	2.63	25	2	5	0	0	11	11			4	3	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.287	1.05	-0.28%	-5.15	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d7
13	559	53	Jun 8	HOU		SFG	W,4-1	GS-7	W(6-3)	4	7.0	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.11	2.51	24	10	3	0	1	3	77			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.316	1.47	0.28%	3.07	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
14	560	57	Jun 12	HOU		SDP	W,3-2	CG	W(7-3)	3	9.0	6	2	2	2	5	1	0	3.01	2.62	34	10	11	0	0	6	70			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.420	2.89	0.64%	1.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
15	561	61	Jun 17	HOU	@	ATL	W,4-3	GS-7	W(8-3)	4	6.2	9	3	3	3	8	0	0	3.07	2.55	31	7	4	0	0	9	49			0	1	0	28	2	2	1	0	0	0	1.36	-0.035	2.15	-0.03%	-0.10	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a1
16	562	66	Jun 22	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-6	GS-6	L(8-4)	4	6.0	8	6	3	1	2	0	0	3.15	2.55	30	10	9	0	0	8	39			2	0	0	28	0	0	1	0	0	3	.92	-0.332	1.77	-0.38%	-3.40	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
17	563	71	Jun 27	HOU		ATL	L,1-4	GS-7	L(8-5)	4	7.0	8	3	3	4	7	0	0	3.19	2.54	32	11	2	0	0	8	52			2	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	.95	-0.088	1.02	-0.06%	0.07	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
18	564	76	Jul 1	HOU	@	SDP	L,5-6	CG(10)	L(8-6)	3	9.2	9	6	6	3	7	2	0	3.37	2.71	41	14	8	0	0	9	51			1	0	0	36	2	1	1	0	1	0	1.80	-0.519	3.05	-0.53%	-1.62	1b start a 2	10b --- 2 out d1
19	565	80	Jul 6	HOU		MON	W,8-7	GS-5		4	4.0	6	6	6	5	3	1	0	3.67	2.88	23	7	2	0	0	6	24			2	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.541	1.63	-0.38%	-4.25	1t start tie	5t --- 0 out d2
20	566	85	Jul 11	HOU		NYM	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	7	3	1	3	11	0	0	3.55	2.78	33	7	5	0	0	7	63			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	1	2	1.49	-0.052	1.41	-0.03%	0.07	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
21	567	91	Jul 20	HOU	@	MON	L,1-6	GS-7	L(8-7)	8	6.1	3	4	4	8	2	0	2	3.64	2.95	30	8	7	0	0	3	45			3	0	0	19	0	0	1	1	1	0	.99	-0.041	.34	-0.01%	-0.46	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out d3
22	568	95	Jul 24	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-3	GS-8	L(8-8)	3	7.1	3	3	3	2	7	1	2	3.64	3.01	29	9	6	0	0	3	65			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.62	-0.124	.45	-0.02%	0.48	1b start tie	8b --- 1 out d2
23	569	100	Jul 30	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-4	GS-6	L(8-9)	5	6.0	7	2	2	2	7	0	0	3.62	2.94	27	3	8	0	0	7	55			1	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.058	.14	0.01%	0.82	1b start tie	6b 3 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
24	570	104	Aug 3	HOU		SDP	W,4-3	GS-7		3	7.0	8	3	3	2	8	0	0	3.63	2.87	31	7	6	1	0	8	55			0	0	0	27	0	0	1	0	1	0	.89	-0.086	.08	-0.01%	0.07	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
25	571	108	Aug 9(1)	HOU	@	SDP	L,4-6	GS-6	L(8-10)	5	5.2	9	5	5	4	7	1	0	3.77	2.93	28	4	4	0	0	9	34			2	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.454	.15	-0.03%	-2.78	1b start a 1	6b 1-3 2 out d1
26	572	112	Aug 14	HOU	@	SFG	W,7-5	GS-3		4	3.0	4	3	3	4	4	1	0	3.86	3.02	17	3	4	2	0	2	39			2	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.215	.05	0.00%	-1.71	1b start a 2	3b 3 out tie
27	573	116	Aug 18	HOU		CIN	L,3-8	GS-8	L(8-11)	3	7.1	7	7	7	4	7	0	0	4.05	3.00	32	9	5	0	0	7	39			1	0	0	28	0	1	1	1	0	0	1.18	-0.453	.03	-0.01%	-2.96	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d3
28	574	120	Aug 23	HOU	@	PIT	W,2-0	GS-8		4	8.0	2	0	0	3	6	0	0	3.88	2.97	28	6	11	0	3	2	81			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.523	.00	0.00%	3.58	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
29	575	125	Aug 28	HOU		CHC	W,3-0	GS-7	W(9-11)	4	6.2	4	0	0	2	8	0	0	3.75	2.91	24	5	5	0	0	4	72			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.423	.00	0.00%	2.98	1t start tie	7t --- 2 out a1
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
30	576	129	Sep 2	HOU	@	CHC	W,7-2	GS-1		4	0.2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.83	2.91	5	0	1	0	0	2	40			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.170	.01	0.00%	-1.73	1b start tie	1b 1-- 2 out d2
31	577	142	Sep 15	HOU		SDP	W,2-1	GS-6		12	6.0	6	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.76	2.90	24	9	3	1	0	6	58			1	1	1	19	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.12	0.200	.00	0.00%	1.63	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
32	578	147	Sep 20	HOU		CIN	L,3-5	GS-6	L(9-12)	4	6.0	7	5	5	4	2	0	0	3.86	2.93	29	10	6	0	0	7	36			0	0	0	24	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.17	-0.408	.05	-0.01%	-2.37	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
33	579	152	Sep 25	HOU		LAD	W,6-4	GS-6		4	6.0	5	4	4	2	3	0	1	3.92	2.94	26	8	7	0	0	5	47			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.228	.00	0.00%	-1.37	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
34	580	156	Sep 30	HOU		ATL	L,3-6	GS-7		4	7.0	9	3	1	3	5	0	0	3.84	2.92	32	9	6	0	0	9	53			1	0	0	27	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.30	0.034	.00	0.00%	0.07	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
35	581	161	Oct 5	HOU	@	SDP	W,9-3	GS-8	W(10-12)	4	7.0	7	2	2	4	8	0	0	3.80	2.90	31	3	9	0	0	7	59			0	0	0	27	2	1	0	1	0	0	.70	0.143	.00	0.00%	0.76	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a5
							20-15		W-L:10-12	4.0	232.0	205	108	98	95	209	12	9	3.80	2.90	983	1.25		1%	1%	203	55		---%	31	12	1	856	33	8	8	16	12	10	1.13	-0.551	1.10	0.41%	-2.44

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