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Nolan Ryan
Lynn Nolan (Jr.) Ryan (Ryan Express)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.

MLB Debut September 11, 1966
Final Game September 22, 1993
Born January 31, 1947 in Refugio, TX (age 77)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1968 21 NYN NL   1   2  .333  11   2   0   6   0   0   32.0   27   133   14   12   5   12   0   0   30   1  0  3.38  
 1969 22 NYN NL   4   7  .364  48   0   0  21   4   0   64.1   50   280   24   19   6   41   4   1   64   1  1  2.66  
 1970 23 NYN NL  11  14  .440  56  13   0  24   8   0  122.0   94   529   65   56  16   80   4   3  102   9  0  4.13  
 1971 24 NYN NL  13   8  .619  32  23   1   6   1   0  152.2  135   688   65   57   6  112   6   8  136   5  1  3.36  
 1972 25 TEA AL  15  14  .517  40  40   9   0   0   1  284.0  214  1242  131  115  30  176  15  21  284  16  0  3.64  CY-6
 1973 26 TEA AL  17  19  .472  46  41  27   0   0   3  348.0  290  1500  160  149  30  201  22   7  358  22  0  3.85  CY-5
 1974 27 TEA AL  21  15  .583  43  41  27   0   0   4  323.0  228  1417  159  150  34  228   5  12  323   8  0  4.18  CY-2
 1975 28 TEA AL  11  15  .423  30  30   7   0   0   2  197.2  175   903  118  104  22  155  13   7  166  14  0  4.74  
 1976 29 TEA AL  18  15  .545  42  40  14   1   0   4  295.1  227  1335  159  129  25  234  10   9  336   5  5  3.93  CY-4
 1977 30 TEA AL  20  15  .571  41  41  17   0   0   1  310.0  245  1396  160  137  22  227   2   8  357  28  3  3.98  CY-3
 1978 31 TEA AL  15  18  .455  36  36  11   0   0   0  249.2  209  1110  140  127  10  173   7   4  262  20  4  4.58  CY-11
 1979 32 TEA AL  16  13  .552  33  32  11   1   0   0  232.1  163   982  102   90  19  129   5   8  244  11  0  3.49  CY-4
 1980 33 TEA AL  11  12  .478  34  34   1   0   0   0  231.2  222  1012  117  103  17  109   1   5  195   7  0  4.00  
 1981 34 TEA AL  17   9  .654  31  31   7   0   0   1  238.0  153   981   72   67   2  121   2   9  228  25  3  2.53  CY-3
 1982 35 TEA AL  11  18  .379  35  35   9   0   0   1  263.1  217  1112  122  111  24  122   3   5  254  15  2  3.79  
 1983 36 TEA AL  18   7  .720  28  28   8   0   0   1  205.2  144   852   74   61  15  108   0   2  187   2  1  2.67  CY-2
 1984 37 TEA AL  13   8  .619  30  30   1   0   0   1  193.0  155   807   70   60  16   81   0   2  211  10  4  2.80  CY-8
 1985 38 TEA AL  15  14  .517  35  35   7   0   0   2  242.1  259  1045  126  117  20   87   3   6  217  10  1  4.35  
 1986 39 TEA AL  11   8  .579  27  27   1   0   0   0  173.2  139   729   90   75  25   84   2   6  171  11  0  3.89  CY-13
 1987 40 TEA AL  10  10  .500  32  32   8   0   0   2  223.1  168   921   92   79  19  103   8   7  268  15  1  3.18  CY-10
 1988 41 TEA AL  14  12  .538  35  35   4   0   0   1  231.2  214  1000  130  122  32  101   8   5  229   9 13  4.74  
 1989 42 TEA AL  11  17  .393  36  36  10   0   0   2  249.2  184  1011  106   94  25   99   9   8  267  11  1  3.39  CY-15
 1990 43 TEA AL  15  13  .536  32  32   4   0   0   2  210.0  145   833   79   73  25   60   3   3  251   4  0  3.13  CY-6
 1991 44 TEA AL   8   9  .471  32  32   0   0   0   0  182.1  129   730   81   76  17   68   3   3  216  13  0  3.75  
 1992 45 TEA AL   8  13  .381  28  28   3   0   0   0  163.2  155   729  108   86  13   91   8   5  166   4  0  4.73  
 1993 46 TEA AL  11   6  .647  23  23   4   0   0   0  166.0  111   703   77   59  19   90   3   5  119   3  0  3.20  CY-15
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 26 Seasons     335 311  .519 896 777 191  59  13  28 5585.1 4452 23980 2641 2328 494 3092 146 159 5641 279 40  3.75
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With TEA     306 280  .522 749 739 190   2   0  28 5214.1 4146 22350 2473 2184 461 2847 132 147 5309 263 38  3.77
   With NYN      29  31  .483 147  38   1  57  13   0  371.0  306  1630  168  144  33  245  14  12  332  16  2  3.49
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     324 292  .526 807 773 222  13   3  61 5386.0 3923 22575 2178 1911 321 2795  78 158 5714 277 33  3.19
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1968 21 NYN NL  25   13   3.6   0  3.00    4   1   0  .250   0    1    1 1.000    2    1  .667   19   
 1969 22 NYN NL  26   28   3.8   8          7   0   0  .000   2    3    1  .333    1    0 1.000   72   
 1970 23 NYN NL  38   59   4.4  11  3.23   22   2   0  .091   2    2    0  .000    2    1  .667   81   
 1971 24 NYN NL  42   74   4.4   1  4.83   42   1   0  .024   0    3    2  .667    2    3  .400  -14   
 1972 25 TEA AL  50  129   4.1   0  3.82   89  14   0  .157   1    6    5  .833   17    8  .680  103   
 1973 26 TEA AL  50  157   4.1   1  3.93    1   0   0  .000   0    8    5  .625   25   15  .625   46   
 1974 27 TEA AL  41  142   3.9   0  5.07    0   0   0  .000   4   13    7  .538   23    6  .793   48   
 1975 28 TEA AL  51  113   5.1   0  4.37    0   0   0  .000   4    7    2  .286   34   16  .680   62   
 1976 29 TEA AL  52  145   4.4   0  4.92    2   0   0  .000   8   14    4  .286   19   13  .594   63   
 1977 30 TEA AL  56  135   3.8   0  4.98    0   0   0  .000   9   10    1  .100    2    3  .400   60   
 1978 31 TEA AL  56  113   4.0   0  3.72    0   0   0  .000   6   10    3  .300   54   16  .771  -13   
 1979 32 TEA AL  60   84   3.2   1  4.22    0   0   0  .000   2    9    7  .778    2    2  .500  -39   
 1980 33 TEA AL  52  107   4.2   0  4.71    0   0   0  .000   6   13    6  .462   12    4  .750   24   
 1981 34 TEA AL  46   61   2.3   0  3.55    0   0   0  .000   2    9    7  .778   16   13  .552   -6   
 1982 35 TEA AL  46  112   3.8   0  3.26    0   0   0  .000   1    7    5  .714   18    7  .720    3   
 1983 36 TEA AL  53   69   3.0   0  4.68    0   0   0  .000   2    4    1  .250    8    7  .533   15   
 1984 37 TEA AL  46   74   3.4   0  4.50    0   0   0  .000   2    4    2  .500   11    3  .786   10   
 1985 38 TEA AL  53  129   4.8   0  5.43    0   0   0  .000   4   17    9  .529   43   15  .741   54   
 1986 39 TEA AL  46   81   4.2   0  5.89    0   0   0  .000   1    1    0  .000   18   11  .621   76   
 1987 40 TEA AL  51   90   3.6   0  3.91    2   0   0  .000   1    9    8  .889   40   12  .769   28   
 1988 41 TEA AL  42  124   4.8   0  4.49    0   0   0  .000   2    8    5  .625   47    5  .904   46   
 1989 42 TEA AL  45   92   3.3   0  3.11    0   0   0  .000   4   11    8  .727   44   15  .746   21   
 1990 43 TEA AL  49   67   2.9   0  3.69    0   0   0  .000   0    3    3 1.000   17    5  .773  -20   
 1991 44 TEA AL  53   62   3.1   0  3.81    0   0   0  .000   0    2    2 1.000   32    8  .800   21   
 1992 45 TEA AL  51   92   5.0   0  3.79    0   0   0  .000   4    6    1  .167   39    6  .867   48   
 1993 46 TEA AL  55   67   3.6   0  4.61    0   0   0  .000   7    7    0  .000   32    5  .865  -67   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 26 Seasons         2430   3.9  22        169  18   0  .107  74  187   95  .508  560  200  .737   30   6
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 51.4 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 204.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1969 NLCS  NYN SFN   W    1 13.50   0-0   0  0   1.1   1   2   3   1
      WS    NYN BAA   L    5  0.68   1-0   0  1  13.1   5   1   5  10
 1971 NLCS  NYN LAN   L    2  0.00   0-0   0  0   3.0   2   0   1   4
 1986 ALCS  TEA BOA   L    1 18.90   0-1   0  1   3.1   6   7   2   2
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1968  NYN   87-75   Roger Mullon, Steve Bivens
 1969  NYN  106-56   Ray Cappocchi
 1970  NYN  100-62   Ray Cappocchi
 1971  NYN  104-58   Ray Cappocchi
 1972  TEA   74-88   Larry Cupp
 1973  TEA   65-97   Larry Cupp
 1974  TEA   95-67   Larry Cupp
 1975  TEA   88-74   Larry Cupp
 1976  TEA   88-74   Larry Cupp, Stu Blake
 1977  TEA   98-64   Stu Blake
 1978  TEA   75-87   Jim Sheehan
 1979  TEA   60-102  Jim Sheehan
 1980  TEA   67-95   Jim Sheehan
 1981  TEA   82-80   Jim Sheehan
 1982  TEA   63-99   Steve Milke, John Storer
 1983  TEA   88-74   John Storer
 1984  TEA   74-88   John Storer
 1985  TEA   75-87   John Storer
 1986  TEA   98-64   John Storer
 1987  TEA   63-99   Mike Rescigno
 1988  TEA   75-87   Mike Rescigno
 1989  TEA   68-94   Mike Rescigno
 1990  TEA   68-94   Mike Rescigno
 1991  TEA   62-100  Mike Rescigno
 1992  TEA   66-96   Mike Rescigno
 1993  TEA   93-69   Mike Rescigno

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