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Nolan Ryan

Game Log for 1972
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Apr 18 W, 2-0 vs Twins Start 1 1 9.0 4 36 0 0 0 5 0 10 0.00 W (1-0) CAL Apr 23 L, 2-5 at Rangers Start 2.1 5 16 5 4 1 1 0 2 3.18 L (1-1) CAL Apr 28 L, 2-12 at Orioles Start 2.0 1 12 4 4 0 5 0 3 5.40 L (1-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL May 05 W, 4-0 vs Brewers Start 2 2 9.0 3 34 0 0 0 5 0 14 3.22 W (2-2) CAL May 10 W, 5-1 vs Red Sox Start 4.2 2 16 1 1 0 0 0 5 3.00 CAL May 15 L, 1-2 vs A's Start 3.2 2 16 2 2 1 3 0 3 3.23 L (2-3) CAL May 22 L, 3-6 at A's Start 6.1 5 31 5 5 1 7 0 6 3.89 L (2-4) CAL May 26 W, 10-5 vs Royals Start 5.2 4 30 0 0 0 9 0 2 3.38 W (3-4) CAL May 30 W, 6-0 vs White Sox Start 3 3 9.0 7 37 0 0 0 4 0 10 2.79 W (4-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Jun 03 W, 8-4 at Indians Start 3.1 5 20 4 4 1 5 0 4 3.27 CAL Jun 07 W, 5-1 at Tigers Start 4 9.0 3 30 1 1 0 2 0 5 2.95 W (5-4) CAL Jun 11 L, 4-8 at Red Sox Start 1.2 4 11 3 3 0 3 0 1 3.29 CAL Jun 14 W, 4-3 vs Indians Start 7.1 7 34 2 2 0 5 0 7 3.21 W (6-4) CAL Jun 18 L, 0-2 vs Tigers Start 7.0 3 26 1 1 1 3 0 9 3.04 L (6-5) CAL Jun 23 W, 2-1 at A's Start 5 9.0 2 32 1 1 1 4 0 10 2.83 W (7-5) CAL Jun 27 W, 3-1 at Twins Start 6 9.0 6 33 1 1 0 5 0 7 2.66 W (8-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Jul 01 W, 5-3 vs A's Start 7 9.0 5 35 3 3 0 3 0 16 2.69 W (9-5) CAL Jul 05 W, 1-0 vs Brewers Start 8 4 9.0 4 34 0 0 0 4 0 8 2.48 W (10-5) CAL Jul 09 W, 3-0 vs Red Sox Start 9 5 9.0 1 29 0 0 0 1 0 16 2.30 W (11-5) CAL Jul 14 L, 3-7 at Brewers Start 10 8.0 7 34 7 7 3 3 0 8 2.64 L (11-6) CAL Jul 18 L, 1-4 at Red Sox Start 7.0 6 29 4 4 0 3 0 7 2.76 L (11-7) CAL Jul 22 (2) L, 1-7 at Yankees Start 3.1 6 17 7 7 3 2 0 3 3.14 L (11-8) CAL Jul 27 W, 5-0 vs Rangers Start 11 6 9.0 2 35 0 0 0 6 0 14 2.95 W (12-8) CAL Jul 31 L, 0-1 vs Royals Start 8.0 1 31 1 0 0 6 0 11 2.81 L (12-9) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Aug 04 W, 6-5 at Royals Start 6.0 5 27 3 2 0 4 1 8 2.81 CAL Aug 09 L, 0-1 vs White Sox Start 7.0 3 28 1 1 0 3 1 9 2.75 L (12-10) CAL Aug 13 L, 3-4 vs Twins Start 5.0 5 24 4 4 0 4 0 9 2.88 L (12-11) CAL Aug 18 L, 0-2 at Tigers Start 7.0 6 31 2 2 0 4 1 5 2.87 L (12-12) CAL Aug 22 W, 2-0 at Orioles Start 12 7 9.0 4 35 0 0 0 6 0 11 2.73 W (13-12) CAL Aug 27 W, 1-0 vs Indians Start 13 8 12.0 6 45 0 0 0 5 0 10 2.57 W (14-12) CAL Aug 31 W, 4-0 vs Tigers Start 14 9 9.0 3 32 0 0 0 2 0 10 2.47 W (15-12) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Sep 04 (2) W, 2-1 at A's Start 15 9.0 6 34 1 1 0 3 0 11 2.41 W (16-12) CAL Sep 08 (1) L, 1-5 at White Sox Start 6.2 6 30 5 5 1 4 0 6 2.53 L (16-13) CAL Sep 12 L, 0-3 vs Rangers Start 16 9.0 6 35 3 2 0 3 0 15 2.51 L (16-14) CAL Sep 16 L, 0-2 vs White Sox Start 8.0 4 34 2 0 1 4 0 11 2.43 L (16-15) CAL Sep 21 W, 4-2 vs Royals Start 17 9.0 4 37 2 2 0 7 0 4 2.42 W (17-15) CAL Sep 25 W, 2-1 at Rangers Start 18 9.0 3 36 1 0 0 4 1 12 2.33 W (18-15) CAL Sep 30 W, 3-2 vs Twins Start 19 9.0 5 35 2 2 0 3 0 17 2.32 W (19-15) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Oct 04 L, 1-2 vs A's Start 20 9.0 5 33 2 1 0 3 0 10 2.28 L (19-16)

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter      19  16   2.28   39  39  20   0   0   9  284.0  166  1154   80   72  14  153   4  329   22-17  2.79 runs/start

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              427   41   78  127  15   2  10   39  22   6   72   3   4  137   7  .183  .297  .309  .606
vs RHB              546   32   88  112  10   1   4   29  18   3   81   1   6  192  10  .161  .205  .277  .482

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home            13   8   1.07   22  22  13   0   0   8  176.1   86   696   26   21   3   88   1  220   14-8   2.82 runs/start
Road             6   8   4.26   17  17   7   0   0   1  107.2   80   458   54   51  11   65   3  109    8-9   2.76 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              1   4   6.75    7   7   1   0   0   0   33.1   35   154   26   25   7   21   0   36    2-5   2.57 runs/start
Night           18  12   1.69   32  32  19   0   0   9  250.2  131  1000   54   47   7  132   4  293   20-12  2.84 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            1   2   5.40    3   3   1   0   0   1   13.1   10    64    9    8   1   11   0   15    1-2   2.00 runs/start
May              3   2   1.88    6   6   2   0   0   2   38.1   23   164    8    8   2   28   0   40    4-2   4.83 runs/start
June             4   1   2.53    7   7   3   0   0   0   46.1   30   186   13   13   3   27   0   43    5-2   3.71 runs/start
July             4   4   3.03    8   8   5   0   0   3   62.1   32   244   22   21   6   28   0   83    4-4   2.38 runs/start
August           3   3   1.47    7   7   3   0   0   3   55.0   32   222   10    9   0   28   3   62    4-3   2.29 runs/start
September        4   3   1.81    7   7   5   0   0   0   59.2   34   241   16   12   2   28   1   76    4-3   1.71 runs/start
October          0   1   1.00    1   1   1   0   0   0    9.0    5    33    2    1   0    3   0   10    0-1   1.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
A's              3   3   2.54    6   6   4   0   0   0   46.0   25   181   14   13   3   23   0   56    3-3   2.33 runs/start
Brewers          2   1   2.42    3   3   3   0   0   2   26.0   14   102    7    7   3   12   0   30    2-1   2.67 runs/start
Indians          2   0   2.38    3   3   1   0   0   1   22.2   18    99    6    6   1   15   0   21    3-0   4.33 runs/start
Orioles          1   1   3.27    2   2   1   0   0   1   11.0    5    47    4    4   0   11   0   14    1-1   2.00 runs/start
Rangers          2   2   1.84    4   4   3   0   0   1   29.1   16   122    9    6   1   14   1   43    2-2   2.25 runs/start
Red Sox          1   1   3.22    4   4   1   0   0   1   22.1   13    85    8    8   0    7   0   29    2-2   3.25 runs/start
Royals           2   1   1.26    4   4   1   0   0   0   28.2   14   125    6    4   0   26   1   25    3-1   5.00 runs/start
Tigers           2   2   1.12    4   4   2   0   0   1   32.0   15   119    4    4   1   11   1   29    2-2   2.25 runs/start
Twins            3   1   1.97    4   4   3   0   0   1   32.0   20   128    7    7   0   17   0   43    3-1   2.75 runs/start
White Sox        1   3   1.76    4   4   1   0   0   1   30.2   20   129    8    6   2   15   1   36    1-3   1.75 runs/start
Yankees          0   1  18.90    1   1   0   0   0   0    3.1    6    17    7    7   3    2   0    3    0-1   1.00 runs/start

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