Nolan Ryan

Full Name: Lynn Nolan Ryan Primary Position: SP First Game: September 11, 1966 Birthdate: January 31, 1947 Last Game: September 22, 1993 Birthplace: Refugio, Texas MLB Experience: 27 years Bat/Throw: Right/Right College: N/A

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999

Biography

Born on January 31, 1947 in Refugio, Texas, Nolan Ryan (Lynn Nolan Ryan) played for the New York Mets, California Angels, Houston Astros and Texas Rangers over the course of his 27 year career. Ryan broke into the bigs on September 11, 1966 with the New York Mets, and put up a 3.09 ERA in 134 innings pitched in 1968, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Nolan Ryan's best season was 1973, when he posted a 2.87 ERA, won 21 games and struck out 383 batters.

Career Highlights

• All-Star Games: 8 (1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1989)
• World Series Champion: 1 (1969)

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1966	NYM	N	2	1	0	1	15.00	6	5	5	0	0	0	3	5	1	3	1	1	0
1968	NYM	N	21	18	6	9	3.09	133	50	46	3	0	0	134	93	12	75	4	7	4
1969	NYM	N	25	10	6	3	3.53	92	38	35	2	0	1	89.1	60	3	53	3	1	1
1970	NYM	N	27	19	7	11	3.42	125	59	50	5	2	1	131.2	86	10	97	2	8	4
1971	NYM	N	30	26	10	14	3.97	137	78	67	3	0	0	152	125	8	116	4	6	15
1972	CAL	A	39	39	19	16	2.28	329	80	72	20	9	0	284	166	14	157	4	18	10
1973	CAL	A	41	39	21	16	2.87	383	113	104	26	4	1	326	238	18	162	2	15	7
1974	CAL	A	42	41	22	16	2.89	367	127	107	26	3	0	332.2	221	18	202	3	9	9
1975	CAL	A	28	28	14	12	3.45	186	90	76	10	5	0	198	152	13	132	0	12	7
1976	CAL	A	39	39	17	18	3.36	327	117	106	21	7	0	284.1	193	13	183	2	5	5
1977	CAL	A	37	37	19	16	2.77	341	110	92	22	4	0	299	198	12	204	7	21	9
1978	CAL	A	31	31	10	13	3.72	260	106	97	14	3	0	234.2	183	12	148	7	13	3
1979	CAL	A	34	34	16	14	3.60	223	104	89	17	5	0	222.2	169	15	114	3	9	6
1980	HOU	N	35	35	11	10	3.35	200	100	87	4	2	0	233.2	205	10	98	1	10	3
1981	HOU	N	21	21	11	5	1.69	140	34	28	5	3	0	149	99	2	68	1	16	1
1982	HOU	N	35	35	16	12	3.16	245	100	88	10	3	0	250.1	196	20	109	3	18	8
1983	HOU	N	29	29	14	9	2.98	183	74	65	5	2	0	196.1	134	9	101	3	5	4
1984	HOU	N	30	30	12	11	3.04	197	78	62	5	2	0	183.2	143	12	69	2	6	4
1985	HOU	N	35	35	10	12	3.80	209	108	98	4	0	0	232	205	12	95	8	14	9
1986	HOU	N	30	30	12	8	3.34	194	72	66	1	0	0	178	119	14	82	5	15	4
1987	HOU	N	34	34	8	16	2.76	270	75	65	0	0	0	211.2	154	14	87	2	10	4
1988	HOU	N	33	33	12	11	3.52	228	98	86	4	1	0	220	186	18	87	6	10	7
1989	TEX	A	32	32	16	10	3.20	301	96	85	6	2	0	239.1	162	17	98	3	19	9
1990	TEX	A	30	30	13	9	3.44	232	86	78	5	2	0	204	137	18	74	2	9	7
1991	TEX	A	27	27	12	6	2.91	203	58	56	2	2	0	173	102	12	72	0	8	5
1992	TEX	A	27	27	5	9	3.72	157	75	65	2	0	0	157.1	138	9	69	0	9	12
1993	TEX	A	13	13	5	5	4.88	46	47	36	0	0	0	66.1	54	5	40	0	3	1
Total	NL		387	356	135	132	3.23	2359	969	848	51	15	2	2364.2	1810	145	1140	45	127	68
Total	AL		420	417	189	160	3.17	3355	1209	1063	171	46	1	3021.1	2113	176	1655	33	150	90
Total			807	773	324	292	3.19	5714	2178	1911	222	61	3	5386	3923	321	2795	78	277	158

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1966	NYM	N	P	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1968	NYM	N	P	21	18	134	5	11	4	0	0	1	11	4	2	.800
1969	NYM	N	P	25	10	89.1	0	4	1	0	0	0	3	3	0	.800
1970	NYM	N	P	27	19	131.2	11	10	4	2	0	0	14	4	1	.840
1971	NYM	N	P	30	26	152	5	15	3	2	0	2	23	3	0	.870
1972	CAL	A	P	39	39	284	7	28	6	2	0	4	40	9	1	.854
1973	CAL	A	P	41	39	326	11	28	2	1	0	5	37	10	4	.951
1974	CAL	A	P	42	41	332.2	12	48	6	1	0	4	28	21	3	.909
1975	CAL	A	P	28	28	198	12	18	7	3	0	2	28	9	3	.811
1976	CAL	A	P	39	39	284.1	14	34	7	1	0	3	44	23	6	.873
1977	CAL	A	P	37	37	299	20	35	8	1	0	0	43	19	7	.873
1978	CAL	A	P	31	31	234.2	13	33	8	3	0	0	52	15	1	.852
1979	CAL	A	P	34	34	222.2	8	29	4	1	0	1	20	11	6	.902
1980	HOU	N	P	35	35	233.2	13	27	5	0	0	1	24	12	3	.889
1981	HOU	N	P	21	21	149	5	16	1	3	0	1	21	7	1	.955
1982	HOU	N	P	35	35	250.1	9	33	2	1	0	1	39	12	2	.955
1983	HOU	N	P	29	29	196.1	4	28	2	0	0	5	21	8	2	.941
1984	HOU	N	P	30	30	183.2	7	11	2	0	0	4	37	7	0	.900
1985	HOU	N	P	35	35	232	6	20	2	0	0	2	31	12	1	.929
1986	HOU	N	P	30	30	178	10	17	2	2	0	3	26	9	0	.931
1987	HOU	N	P	34	34	211.2	11	18	1	1	0	3	45	7	0	.967
1988	HOU	N	P	33	33	220	8	18	4	0	0	1	46	8	1	.867
1989	TEX	A	P	32	32	239.1	11	19	3	0	0	3	36	6	0	.909
1990	TEX	A	P	30	30	204	7	13	0	1	0	2	25	9	0	1.000
1991	TEX	A	P	27	27	173	7	14	0	1	0	2	24	8	2	1.000
1992	TEX	A	P	27	27	157.1	2	16	3	1	0	2	26	12	1	.857
1993	TEX	A	P	13	13	66.1	1	4	3	0	0	1	13	4	0	.625
Total			P	807	773	5386	220	547	90	27	0	53	757	252	47	.895

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1966	NYM	N	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	NYM	N	21	44	2	5	0	2	.114	.152	.114	0	0	2	29	0	1	0	0	0
1969	NYM	N	25	29	3	3	0	2	.103	.103	.103	0	0	0	14	0	3	0	0	1
1970	NYM	N	27	45	2	8	0	0	.178	.178	.178	0	0	0	21	0	2	1	0	0
1971	NYM	N	30	47	4	6	0	1	.128	.180	.170	0	1	3	21	0	3	0	0	1
1972	CAL	A	39	96	4	13	0	3	.135	.153	.208	5	1	2	48	0	1	1	0	0
1973	CAL	A	41	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	CAL	A	42	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	CAL	A	28	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	CAL	A	39	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	CAL	A	37	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	CAL	A	31	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	CAL	A	34	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	HOU	N	35	70	5	6	1	6	.086	.167	.129	0	0	7	29	0	5	0	0	0
1981	HOU	N	21	51	3	11	0	1	.216	.286	.235	1	0	5	18	0	4	0	0	1
1982	HOU	N	35	83	5	10	0	3	.120	.170	.120	0	0	5	37	0	6	0	0	1
1983	HOU	N	29	69	3	5	0	2	.072	.099	.072	0	0	2	29	0	4	0	0	0
1984	HOU	N	30	61	3	6	0	1	.098	.127	.131	2	0	2	26	0	5	1	0	1
1985	HOU	N	35	63	2	7	0	4	.111	.162	.143	2	0	4	21	0	14	0	0	1
1986	HOU	N	30	59	1	6	0	5	.102	.117	.102	0	0	1	22	0	3	0	0	2
1987	HOU	N	34	65	2	4	1	4	.062	.076	.108	0	0	1	22	0	7	0	0	2
1988	HOU	N	33	70	1	4	0	2	.057	.108	.057	0	0	4	34	0	7	0	0	1
1989	TEX	A	32	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	TEX	A	30	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	TEX	A	27	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	TEX	A	27	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	TEX	A	13	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		387	756	36	81	2	33	.107	.147	.124	5	1	36	323	0	64	2	0	11
Total	AL		420	96	4	13	0	3	.135	.153	.208	5	1	2	48	0	1	1	0	0
Total			807	852	40	94	2	36	.110	.148	.134	10	2	38	371	0	65	3	0	11

Transactions

• Selected by New York Mets in the 12th round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1965).
• Traded by New York Mets with Don Rose, Leroy Stanton, and Frank Estrada to California Angels in exchange for Jim Fregosi (December 10, 1971).
• Granted free agency (November 1, 1979).
• Signed by Houston Astros (November 19, 1979).
• Granted free agency (November 4, 1988).
• Signed by Texas Rangers (December 7, 1988).

Trivia

• Besides Jackie Robinson (whose number [42] was retired by every team), Nolan Ryan is the only player in MLB history to have his number retired by 3 teams.