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Nolan Ryan Nolan Ryan
Full name: Lynn Nolan Ryan
Born: January 31, 1947, Refugio, Texas
First Game: September 11, 1966; Final Game: September 22, 1993
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 2" Weight: 170
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1999
TSN AL Pitcher of the Year (1977)
RHP on TSN AL All-Star Team (1977)
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Pitcher Matchups   Batter Matchups
Batting RecordBatting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1966 NY  N                 2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1966 NY  N
1968 NY  N Daily Splits   21    44    2    5   0   0   0    2    2   0   29   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .114  .152  .114   0.0 1968 NY  N
1969 NY  N Daily Splits   25    29    3    3   0   0   0    2    0   0   14   0   3   0   0   1   1    0   0  .103  .103  .103   0.0 1969 NY  N
1970 NY  N Daily Splits   27    45    2    8   0   0   0    0    0   0   21   0   2   0   0   0   0    1   0  .178  .178  .178   0.0 1970 NY  N
1971 NY  N Daily Splits   30    47    4    6   0   1   0    1    3   0   21   0   3   0   0   1   1    0   0  .128  .180  .170   0.0 1971 NY  N
1972 CAL A Daily Splits   39    96    4   13   5   1   0    3    2   0   48   0   1   0   0   1   0    1   0  .135  .153  .208   0.0 1972 CAL A
1973 CAL A                41     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1973 CAL A
1974 CAL A                42     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1974 CAL A
1975 CAL A                28     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1975 CAL A
1976 CAL A                39     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1976 CAL A
1977 CAL A                37     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1977 CAL A
1978 CAL A                31     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1978 CAL A
1979 CAL A                34     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1979 CAL A
1980 HOU N Daily Splits   35    70    5    6   0   0   1    6    7   0   29   0   5   1   0   1   0    0   1  .086  .167  .129   0.0 1980 HOU N
1981 HOU N Daily Splits   21    51    3   11   1   0   0    1    5   0   18   0   4   0   0   0   1    0   0  .216  .286  .235   0.0 1981 HOU N
1982 HOU N Daily Splits   35    83    5   10   0   0   0    3    5   0   37   0   6   0   0   1   1    0   0  .120  .170  .120   0.0 1982 HOU N
1983 HOU N Daily Splits   29    69    3    5   0   0   0    2    2   0   29   0   4   0   0   1   0    0   0  .072  .099  .072   0.0 1983 HOU N
1984 HOU N Daily Splits   30    61    3    6   2   0   0    1    2   0   26   0   5   0   0   2   1    1   0  .098  .127  .131   0.0 1984 HOU N
1985 HOU N Daily Splits   35    63    2    7   2   0   0    4    4   0   21   0  14   1   0   1   1    0   1  .111  .162  .143   0.0 1985 HOU N
1986 HOU N Daily Splits   30    59    1    6   0   0   0    5    1   0   22   0   3   0   0   1   2    0   1  .102  .117  .102   0.0 1986 HOU N
1987 HOU N Daily Splits   34    65    2    4   0   0   1    4    1   0   22   0   7   0   0   0   2    0   0  .062  .076  .108   0.0 1987 HOU N
1988 HOU N Daily Splits   33    70    1    4   0   0   0    2    4   0   34   0   7   0   0   2   1    0   0  .057  .108  .057   0.0 1988 HOU N
1989 TEX A                32     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1989 TEX A
1990 TEX A                30     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1990 TEX A
1991 TEX A                27     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1991 TEX A
1992 TEX A                27     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1992 TEX A
1993 TEX A                13     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1993 TEX A
Total NL                 387   756   36   81   5   1   2   33   36   0  323   0  64   2   0  11  11    2   3  .107  .147  .124   0.0 Total NL        
Total AL                 420    96    4   13   5   1   0    3    2   0   48   0   1   0   0   1   0    1   0  .135  .153  .208   0.0 Total AL        
Total            Splits  807   852   40   94  10   2   2   36   38   0  371   0  65   2   0  12  11    3   3  .110  .148  .134   0.0 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
Division Series Batting RecordDivision Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1981 HOU N Daily Splits    2     4    0    1   0   0   0    0    1   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .400  .250 1981 HOU N
League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1969 NY  N Daily Splits    1     4    1    2   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .500 1969 NY  N
1979 CAL A                 1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1979 CAL A
1980 HOU N Daily Splits    2     4    1    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    2   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .200  .000 1980 HOU N
1986 HOU N Daily Splits    2     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1986 HOU N
Total NL                   5    12    2    2   0   0   0    0    1   0    5   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .167  .231  .167 Total NL        
Total AL                   1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - Total AL        
Total            Splits    6    12    2    2   0   0   0    0    1   0    5   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .167  .231  .167 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1969 NY  N                 1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1969 NY  N
All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1973 AL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1973 AL   
1979 AL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1979 AL   
1981 NL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1981 NL   
1985 NL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1985 NL   
1989 AL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1989 AL   
Total            Splits    5     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Pitching RecordPitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
1966 NY  N Daily Splits    2   1   0   0   0   0    3      5    17   1    5    5    3   1    6   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   1  15.00  -0.6 1966 NY  N
1968 NY  N Daily Splits   21  18   3   0   1   0  134     93   559  12   50   46   75   4  133  12   4   7   4   0   9   2   8   6   6   9   3.09  -0.3 1968 NY  N
1969 NY  N Daily Splits   25  10   2   0   4   1   89.1   60   375   3   38   35   53   3   92   2   2   1   1   3   9   3   5   4   6   3   3.53  -0.1 1969 NY  N
1970 NY  N Daily Splits   27  19   5   2   4   1  131.2   86   570  10   59   50   97   2  125   8   4   8   4   0  13   0  11   7   7  11   3.42   0.9 1970 NY  N
1971 NY  N Daily Splits   30  26   3   0   1   0  152    125   705   8   78   67  116   4  137   3   0   6  15   1  20   2  10  13  10  14   3.97  -1.7 1971 NY  N
1972 CAL A Daily Splits   39  39  20   9   0   0  284    166  1154  14   80   72  157   4  329  11   3  18  10   0  25   3  17   8  19  16   2.28   2.9 1972 CAL A
1973 CAL A Daily Splits   41  39  26   4   2   1  326    238  1355  18  113  104  162   2  383   7   7  15   7   0  53   5  24  16  21  16   2.87   3.1 1973 CAL A
1974 CAL A Daily Splits   42  41  26   3   1   0  332.2  221  1392  18  127  107  202   3  367  12   4   9   9   0  38   6  24  18  22  16   2.89   2.3 1974 CAL A
1975 CAL A Daily Splits   28  28  10   5   0   0  198    152   864  13   90   76  132   0  186   6   7  12   7   0  21   3  19  19  14  12   3.45   0.1 1975 CAL A
1976 CAL A Daily Splits   39  39  21   7   0   0  284.1  193  1196  13  117  106  183   2  327  13   4   5   5   2  33   8  12   7  17  18   3.36   0.1 1976 CAL A
1977 CAL A Daily Splits   37  37  22   4   0   0  299    198  1272  12  110   92  204   7  341  22  10  21   9   3  23   3  21  14  19  16   2.77   4.3 1977 CAL A
1978 CAL A Daily Splits   31  31  14   3   0   0  234.2  183  1008  12  106   97  148   7  260  11  14  13   3   2  29   7  18  11  10  13   3.72  -0.1 1978 CAL A
1979 CAL A Daily Splits   34  34  17   5   0   0  222.2  169   937  15  104   89  114   3  223   8  10   9   6   0  30   5  14  14  16  14   3.60   1.2 1979 CAL A
1980 HOU N Daily Splits   35  35   4   2   0   0  233.2  205   982  10  100   87   98   1  200   7   7  10   3   1  32   4  17  17  11  10   3.35  -0.4 1980 HOU N
1981 HOU N Daily Splits   21  21   5   3   0   0  149     99   605   2   34   28   68   1  140   5   3  16   1   2   7   1  10  10  11   5   1.69   3.4 1981 HOU N
1982 HOU N Daily Splits   35  35  10   3   0   0  250.1  196  1050  20  100   88  109   3  245   9   3  18   8   2  31   6  12  14  16  12   3.16   0.3 1982 HOU N
1983 HOU N Daily Splits   29  29   5   2   0   0  196.1  134   804   9   74   65  101   3  183   7   5   5   4   1  21   4  20   9  14   9   2.98   0.7 1983 HOU N
1984 HOU N Daily Splits   30  30   5   2   0   0  183.2  143   760  12   78   62   69   2  197   4   6   6   4   3  19   4  10  12  12  11   3.04   0.2 1984 HOU N
1985 HOU N Daily Splits   35  35   4   0   0   0  232    205   983  12  108   98   95   8  209  11  12  14   9   2  33   8  16  11  10  12   3.80  -0.8 1985 HOU N
1986 HOU N Daily Splits   30  30   1   0   0   0  178    119   729  14   72   66   82   5  194   5   4  15   4   0  30   4   9   8  12   8   3.34   0.3 1986 HOU N
1987 HOU N Daily Splits   34  34   0   0   0   0  211.2  154   873  14   75   65   87   2  270   9   1  10   4   2  23   3   6   8   8  16   2.76   2.4 1987 HOU N
1988 HOU N Daily Splits   33  33   4   1   0   0  220    186   930  18   98   86   87   6  228  10   8  10   7   7  36   4   7  14  12  11   3.52  -1.0 1988 HOU N
1989 TEX A Daily Splits   32  32   6   2   0   0  239.1  162   988  17   96   85   98   3  301   9   5  19   9   1  28   2   4  12  16  10   3.20   2.1 1989 TEX A
1990 TEX A Daily Splits   30  30   5   2   0   0  204    137   818  18   86   78   74   2  232   3   5   9   7   1  20  12   5   8  13   9   3.44   1.1 1990 TEX A
1991 TEX A Daily Splits   27  27   2   2   0   0  173    102   683  12   58   56   72   0  203   3   9   8   5   0  25   3   7   2  12   6   2.91   2.3 1991 TEX A
1992 TEX A Daily Splits   27  27   2   0   0   0  157.1  138   675   9   75   65   69   0  157   6   7   9  12   0  27   3   5   6   5   9   3.72   0.0 1992 TEX A
1993 TEX A Daily Splits   13  13   0   0   0   0   66.1   54   291   5   47   36   40   0   46   2   2   3   1   0  13   1   3   6   5   5   4.88  -1.2 1993 TEX A
Total NL                 387 356  51  15  10   2 2364.2 1810  9942 145  969  848 1140  45 2359  92  59 127  68  24 284  45 141 133 135 132   3.23   3.3 Total NL        
Total AL                 420 417 171  46   3   1 3021.1 2113 12633 176 1209 1063 1655  33 3355 113  87 150  90   9 365  61 173 141 189 160   3.17  18.2 Total AL        
Total            Splits  807 773 222  61  13   3 5386   3923 22575 321 2178 1911 2795  78 5714 205 146 277 158  33 649 106 314 274 324 292   3.19  21.5 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
Division Series Pitching RecordDivision Series Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1981 HOU N Daily Splits    2   2   1   0   0   0   15      6    56   1    4    3    3   0   14   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3   1   1   1.80 1981 HOU N
League Championship Series Pitching RecordLeague Championship Series Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1969 NY  N Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   1   0    7      3    26   1    2    2    2   1    7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   2.57 1969 NY  N
1979 CAL A Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    7      4    27   0    3    1    3   0    8   0   1   1   0   0   1   0   1   1   0   0   1.29 1979 CAL A
1980 HOU N Daily Splits    2   2   0   0   0   0   13.1   16    55   0    8    8    3   0   14   2   0   0   0   0   2   0   2   0   0   0   5.40 1980 HOU N
1986 HOU N Daily Splits    2   2   0   0   0   0   14      9    52   1    6    6    1   0   17   0   1   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   1   3.86 1986 HOU N
Total NL                   5   4   0   0   1   0   34.1   28   133   2   16   16    6   1   38   2   1   0   0   0   3   1   2   0   1   1   4.19 Total NL        
Total AL                   1   1   0   0   0   0    7      4    27   0    3    1    3   0    8   0   1   1   0   0   1   0   1   1   0   0   1.29 Total AL        
Total            Splits    6   5   0   0   1   0   41.1   32   160   2   19   17    9   1   46   2   2   1   0   0   4   1   3   1   1   1   3.70 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
World Series Pitching RecordWorld Series Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1969 NY  N Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   1   1    2.1    1    10   0    0    0    2   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00 1969 NY  N
All-Star Game Pitching RecordAll-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1973 AL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    2      2     9   1    2    2    2   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   9.00 1973 AL   
1979 AL    Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    2      5    12   0    3    3    1   0    2   0   1   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0  13.50 1979 AL   
1981 NL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    1      0     3   0    0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00 1981 NL   
1985 NL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    3      2    13   0    0    0    2   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00 1985 NL   
1989 AL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    2      1     7   0    0    0    0   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0.00 1989 AL   
Total            Splits    5   1   0   0   0   0   10     10    44   1    5    5    5   0   10   0   1   0   0   0   2   1   1   0   1   0   4.50 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1966 NY  N Daily   P    2    1    0     3       1    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1968 NY  N Daily   P   21   18    3   134       5   11    4    0   0    1    4   11    2  .800
1969 NY  N Daily   P   25   10    2    89.1     0    4    1    0   0    0    3    3    0  .800
1970 NY  N Daily   P   27   19    5   131.2    11   10    4    2   0    0    4   14    1  .840
1971 NY  N Daily   P   30   26    3   152       5   15    3    2   0    2    3   23    0  .870
1972 CAL A Daily   P   39   39   20   284       7   28    6    2   0    4    9   40    1  .854
1973 CAL A Daily   P   41   39   25   326      11   28    2    1   0    5   10   37    4  .951
1974 CAL A Daily   P   42   41   26   332.2    12   48    6    1   0    4   21   28    3  .909
1975 CAL A Daily   P   28   28   10   198      12   18    7    3   0    2    9   28    3  .811
1976 CAL A Daily   P   39   39   21   284.1    14   34    7    1   0    3   23   44    6  .873
1977 CAL A Daily   P   37   37   22   299      20   35    8    1   0    0   19   43    7  .873
1978 CAL A Daily   P   31   31   14   234.2    13   33    8    3   0    0   15   52    1  .852
1979 CAL A Daily   P   34   34   17   222.2     8   29    4    1   0    1   11   20    6  .902
1980 HOU N Daily   P   35   35    4   233.2    13   27    5    0   0    1   12   24    3  .889
1981 HOU N Daily   P   21   21    5   149       5   16    1    3   0    1    7   21    1  .955
1982 HOU N Daily   P   35   35   10   250.1     9   33    2    1   0    1   12   39    2  .955
1983 HOU N Daily   P   29   29    5   196.1     4   28    2    0   0    5    8   21    2  .941
1984 HOU N Daily   P   30   30    5   183.2     7   11    2    0   0    4    7   37    0  .900
1985 HOU N Daily   P   35   35    4   232       6   20    2    0   0    2   12   31    1  .929
1986 HOU N Daily   P   30   30    1   178      10   17    2    2   0    3    9   26    0  .931
1987 HOU N Daily   P   34   34    0   211.2    11   18    1    1   0    3    7   45    0  .967
1988 HOU N Daily   P   33   33    4   220       8   18    4    0   0    1    8   46    1  .867
1989 TEX A Daily   P   32   32    6   239.1    11   19    3    0   0    3    6   36    0  .909
1990 TEX A Daily   P   30   30    5   204       7   13    0    1   0    2    9   25    0 1.000
1991 TEX A Daily   P   27   27    2   173       7   14    0    1   0    2    8   24    2 1.000
1992 TEX A Daily   P   27   27    2   157.1     2   16    3    1   0    2   12   26    1  .857
1993 TEX A Daily   P   13   13    0    66.1     1    4    3    0   0    1    4   13    0  .625
Total              P  807  773  221  5386     220  547   90   27   0   53  252  757   47  .895
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP