Nolan Ryan
Born: January 31, 1947, Refugio, TXHeight: 6'2" Weight: 170 Bats: Right Throws: Right
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1966 New York NL 19 0 1 15.00 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 5 17 5 5 1 2 1 0 6 1968 New York NL 21 6 9 3.09 21 18 3 2 1 0 0 134.0 93 559 50 46 12 71 4 4 133 1969 New York NL 22 6 3 3.53 25 10 2 11 4 1 0 89.1 60 375 38 35 3 50 3 1 92 1970 New York NL 23 7 11 3.42 27 19 5 4 4 1 2 131.2 86 570 59 50 10 95 2 4 125 1971 New York NL 24 10 14 3.97 30 26 3 3 1 0 0 152.0 125 705 78 67 8 112 4 15 137 1972 California AL 25 19 16 2.28 39 39 20 0 0 0 9 284.0 166 1154 80 72 14 153 4 10 329 1973 California AL 26 21 16 2.87 41 39 26 0 2 1 4 326.0 238 1355 113 104 18 160 2 7 383 1974 California AL 27 22 16 2.89 42 41 26 0 1 0 3 332.2 221 1392 127 107 18 199 3 9 367 1975 California AL 28 14 12 3.45 28 28 10 0 0 0 5 198.0 152 864 90 76 13 132 0 7 186 1976 California AL 29 17 18 3.36 39 39 21 0 0 0 7 284.1 193 1196 117 106 13 181 2 5 327 1977 California AL 30 19 16 2.77 37 37 22 0 0 0 4 299.0 198 1272 110 92 12 197 7 9 341 1978 California AL 31 10 13 3.72 31 31 14 0 0 0 3 234.2 183 1008 106 97 12 141 7 3 260 1979 California AL 32 16 14 3.60 34 34 17 0 0 0 5 222.2 169 937 104 89 15 111 3 6 223 1980 Houston NL 33 11 10 3.35 35 35 4 0 0 0 2 233.2 205 982 100 87 10 97 1 3 200 1981 Houston NL 34 11 5 1.69 21 21 5 0 0 0 3 149.0 99 605 34 28 2 67 1 1 140 1982 Houston NL 35 16 12 3.16 35 35 10 0 0 0 3 250.1 196 1050 100 88 20 106 3 8 245 1983 Houston NL 36 14 9 2.98 29 29 5 0 0 0 2 196.1 134 804 74 65 9 98 3 4 183 1984 Houston NL 37 12 11 3.04 30 30 5 0 0 0 2 183.2 143 760 78 62 12 67 2 4 197 1985 Houston NL 38 10 12 3.80 35 35 4 0 0 0 0 232.0 205 983 108 98 12 87 8 9 209 1986 Houston NL 39 12 8 3.34 30 30 1 0 0 0 0 178.0 119 729 72 66 14 77 5 4 194 1987 Houston NL 40 8 16 2.76 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 211.2 154 873 75 65 14 85 2 4 270 1988 Houston NL 41 12 11 3.52 33 33 4 0 0 0 1 220.0 186 930 98 86 18 81 6 7 228 1989 Texas AL 42 16 10 3.20 32 32 6 0 0 0 2 239.1 162 988 96 85 17 95 3 9 301 1990 Texas AL 43 13 9 3.44 30 30 5 0 0 0 2 204.0 137 818 86 78 18 72 2 7 232 1991 Texas AL 44 12 6 2.91 27 27 2 0 0 0 2 173.0 102 683 58 56 12 72 0 5 203 1992 Texas AL 45 5 9 3.72 27 27 2 0 0 0 0 157.1 138 675 75 65 9 69 0 12 157 1993 Texas AL 46 5 5 4.88 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 66.1 54 291 47 36 5 40 0 1 46 TOTALS 324 292 3.19 807 773 222 21 13 3 61 5386.0 3923 22575 2178 1911 321 2717 78 158 5714
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1966 New York NL 2 14 5 5 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 0 .357 .643 .471 1968 New York NL 21 464 50 93 142 9 2 12 12 4 11 4 71 4 4 133 8 .200 .306 .314 1969 New York NL 25 317 38 60 84 9 3 3 2 2 3 3 50 3 1 92 5 .189 .265 .306 1970 New York NL 27 457 59 86 129 13 0 10 8 4 14 4 95 2 4 125 11 .188 .282 .333 1971 New York NL 30 571 78 125 173 20 2 8 3 0 23 3 112 4 15 137 10 .219 .303 .365 1972 California AL 39 973 80 166 239 25 3 14 11 3 40 9 153 4 10 329 17 .171 .246 .291 1973 California AL 41 1172 113 238 355 53 5 18 7 7 37 10 160 2 7 383 24 .203 .303 .302 1974 California AL 42 1165 127 221 325 38 6 18 12 4 28 21 199 3 9 367 24 .190 .279 .313 1975 California AL 28 712 90 152 218 21 3 13 6 7 28 9 132 0 7 186 19 .213 .306 .339 1976 California AL 39 991 117 193 281 33 8 13 13 4 44 23 181 2 5 327 12 .195 .284 .322 1977 California AL 37 1027 110 198 263 23 3 12 22 10 43 19 197 7 9 341 21 .193 .256 .329 1978 California AL 31 832 106 183 262 29 7 12 11 14 52 15 141 7 3 260 18 .220 .315 .335 1979 California AL 34 799 104 169 254 30 5 15 8 10 20 11 111 3 6 223 14 .212 .318 .311 1980 Houston NL 35 867 100 205 275 32 4 10 7 7 24 12 97 1 3 200 17 .236 .317 .314 1981 Houston NL 21 528 34 99 114 7 1 2 5 3 21 7 67 1 1 140 10 .188 .216 .280 1982 Houston NL 35 921 100 196 299 31 6 20 9 3 39 12 106 3 8 245 12 .213 .325 .301 1983 Houston NL 29 687 74 134 190 21 4 9 7 5 21 8 98 3 4 183 20 .195 .277 .300 1984 Houston NL 30 677 78 143 206 19 4 12 4 6 37 7 67 2 4 197 10 .211 .304 .286 1985 Houston NL 35 856 108 205 290 33 8 12 11 12 31 12 87 8 9 209 16 .239 .339 .318 1986 Houston NL 30 634 72 119 199 30 4 14 5 4 26 9 77 5 4 194 9 .188 .314 .283 1987 Houston NL 34 772 75 154 225 23 3 14 9 1 45 7 85 2 4 270 6 .199 .291 .284 1988 Houston NL 33 818 98 186 284 36 4 18 10 8 46 8 81 6 7 228 7 .227 .347 .304 1989 Texas AL 32 867 96 162 245 28 2 17 9 5 36 6 95 3 9 301 4 .187 .283 .275 1990 Texas AL 30 729 86 137 235 20 12 18 3 5 25 9 72 2 7 232 5 .188 .322 .267 1991 Texas AL 27 594 58 102 169 25 3 12 3 9 24 8 72 0 5 203 7 .172 .285 .263 1992 Texas AL 27 581 75 138 198 27 3 9 6 7 26 12 69 0 12 157 5 .238 .341 .327 1993 Texas AL 13 246 47 54 84 13 1 5 2 2 13 4 40 0 1 46 3 .220 .341 .329
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1966 New York NL 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1968 New York NL 21 21 44 2 5 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 29 0 .114 .114 .152 1969 New York NL 22 25 29 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 .103 .103 .103 1970 New York NL 23 27 45 2 8 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 21 0 .178 .178 .178 1971 New York NL 24 30 47 4 6 8 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 21 1 .128 .170 .180 1972 California AL 25 39 96 4 13 20 5 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 48 0 .135 .208 .153 1973 California AL 26 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1974 California AL 27 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1975 California AL 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1976 California AL 29 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1977 California AL 30 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1978 California AL 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1979 California AL 32 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1980 Houston NL 33 35 70 5 6 9 0 0 1 6 5 1 0 1 7 0 0 29 0 .086 .129 .167 1981 Houston NL 34 21 51 3 11 12 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 18 1 .216 .235 .286 1982 Houston NL 35 35 83 5 10 10 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 37 1 .120 .120 .170 1983 Houston NL 36 29 69 3 5 5 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 29 0 .072 .072 .099 1984 Houston NL 37 30 61 3 6 8 2 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 26 1 .098 .131 .127 1985 Houston NL 38 35 63 2 7 9 2 0 0 4 14 1 0 1 4 0 0 21 1 .111 .143 .162 1986 Houston NL 39 30 59 1 6 6 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 22 2 .102 .102 .117 1987 Houston NL 40 34 65 2 4 7 0 0 1 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 2 .062 .108 .076 1988 Houston NL 41 33 70 1 4 4 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 34 1 .057 .057 .108 1989 Texas AL 42 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1990 Texas AL 43 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1991 Texas AL 44 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1992 Texas AL 45 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1993 Texas AL 46 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 807 852 40 94 114 10 2 2 36 65 2 3 3 38 0 0 371 11 .110 .134 .148
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1966 New York NL P 3.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 0 1968 New York NL P 134.0 18 21 5 11 4 0 .800 1.07 11 4 2 1969 New York NL P 89.1 10 25 0 4 1 0 .800 0.40 3 3 0 1970 New York NL P 131.2 19 27 11 10 4 2 .840 1.44 14 4 1 1971 New York NL P 152.0 26 30 5 15 3 2 .870 1.18 23 3 0 1972 California AL P 284.0 39 39 7 28 6 2 .854 1.11 40 9 1 1973 California AL P 326.0 39 41 11 28 2 1 .951 1.08 37 10 4 1974 California AL P 332.2 41 42 12 48 6 1 .909 1.62 28 21 3 1975 California AL P 198.0 28 28 12 18 7 3 .811 1.36 28 9 3 1976 California AL P 284.1 39 39 14 34 7 1 .873 1.52 44 23 6 1977 California AL P 299.0 37 37 20 35 8 1 .873 1.66 43 19 7 1978 California AL P 234.2 31 31 13 33 8 3 .852 1.76 52 15 1 1979 California AL P 222.2 34 34 8 29 4 1 .902 1.50 20 11 6 1980 Houston NL P 233.2 35 35 13 27 5 0 .889 1.54 24 12 3 1981 Houston NL P 149.0 21 21 5 16 1 3 .955 1.27 21 7 1 1982 Houston NL P 250.1 35 35 9 33 2 1 .955 1.51 39 12 2 1983 Houston NL P 196.1 29 29 4 28 2 0 .941 1.47 21 8 2 1984 Houston NL P 183.2 30 30 7 11 2 0 .900 0.88 37 7 0 1985 Houston NL P 232.0 35 35 6 20 2 0 .929 1.01 31 12 1 1986 Houston NL P 178.0 30 30 10 17 2 2 .931 1.37 26 9 0 1987 Houston NL P 211.2 34 34 11 18 1 1 .967 1.23 45 7 0 1988 Houston NL P 220.0 33 33 8 18 4 0 .867 1.06 46 8 1 1989 Texas AL P 239.1 32 32 11 19 3 0 .909 1.13 36 6 0 1990 Texas AL P 204.0 30 30 7 13 0 1 1.000 0.88 25 9 0 1991 Texas AL P 173.0 27 27 7 14 0 1 1.000 1.09 24 8 2 1992 Texas AL P 157.1 27 27 2 16 3 1 .857 1.03 26 12 1 1993 Texas AL P 66.1 13 13 1 4 3 0 .625 0.68 13 4 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by New York Mets in the 12th round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1965).
- Placed on disabled list by New York Mets (July 30, 1968).
- Activated by New York Mets (August 30, 1968)
- Placed on military list by New York Mets (June 25, 1970)
- Activated by New York Mets (July 19, 1970)
- Traded by New York Mets with Don Rose, Leroy Stanton and Frank Estrada to California Angels in exchange for Jim Fregosi (December 10, 1971).
- Placed on disabled list by California Angels (June 14, 1978)
- Activated by California Angels (July 5, 1978)
- 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).
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