Nolan Ryan Stats

Nolan Ryan was born on Friday, January 31, 1947, in Refugio, Texas. Ryan was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 11, 1966, with the New York Mets. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Nolan Ryan baseball stats page.
"(Nolan) Ryan's the only guy who puts fear in me. Not because he could get me out, but because he could kill me. You just hoped to mix in a walk so you could have a good night and go 0-for-3." - Reggie Jackson
Nolan Ryan

Nolan Ryan Autograph on a 1981 Fleer (#57)

Nolan Ryan Autograph on a 1981 Fleer (#57)
 

Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Lynn Nolan Ryan
Nickname:   The Ryan Express
Born On:   01-31-1947
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Refugio, Texas
Zodiac:   Aquarius
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
College:   Alvin Community College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02
Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   09-11-1966 (Age 19)
Last Game:   09-22-1993
Draft:   1965 : 10th Round (295th)
Nolan Ryan

Nolan Ryan Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1966 Mets 2 1 0 0 1 .000 15.00 0 0 0 3.0 17 5 5 5 1 3 1 6 1 0 0 -
1968 Mets 21 18 1 6 9 .400 3.09 3 0 0 134.0 559 93 46 50 12 75 4 133 7 4 0 -
1969 Mets 25 10 4 6 3 .667 3.53 2 0 1 89.1 375 60 35 38 3 53 3 92 1 1 3 -
1970 Mets 27 19 4 7 11 .389 3.42 5 2 1 131.2 570 86 50 59 10 97 2 125 8 4 0 -
1971 Mets 30 26 1 10 14 .417 3.97 3 0 0 152.0 705 125 67 78 8 116 4 137 6 15 1 -
1972 Angels 39 39 0 19 16 .543 2.28 20 9 0 284.0 1,154 166 72 80 14 157 4 329 18 10 0 -
1973 Angels 41 39 2 21 16 .568 2.87 26 4 1 326.0 1,355 238 104 113 18 162 2 383 15 7 0 -
1974 Angels 42 41 1 22 16 .579 2.89 26 3 0 332.2 1,392 221 107 127 18 202 3 367 9 9 0 -
1975 Angels 28 28 0 14 12 .538 3.45 10 5 0 198.0 864 152 76 90 13 132 0 186 12 7 0 -
1976 Angels 39 39 0 17 18 .486 3.36 21 7 0 284.1 1,196 193 106 117 13 183 2 327 5 5 2 -
1977 Angels 37 37 0 19 16 .543 2.77 22 4 0 299.0 1,272 198 92 110 12 204 7 341 21 9 3 -
1978 Angels 31 31 0 10 13 .435 3.72 14 3 0 234.2 1,008 183 97 106 12 148 7 260 13 3 2 -
1979 Angels 34 34 0 16 14 .533 3.60 17 5 0 222.2 937 169 89 104 15 114 3 223 9 6 0 -
1980 Astros 35 35 0 11 10 .524 3.35 4 2 0 233.2 982 205 87 100 10 98 1 200 10 3 1 -
1981 Astros 21 21 0 11 5 .688 1.69 5 3 0 149.0 605 99 28 34 2 68 1 140 16 1 2 -
1982 Astros 35 35 0 16 12 .571 3.16 10 3 0 250.1 1,050 196 88 100 20 109 3 245 18 8 2 -
1983 Astros 29 29 0 14 9 .609 2.98 5 2 0 196.1 804 134 65 74 9 101 3 183 5 4 1 -
1984 Astros 30 30 0 12 11 .522 3.04 5 2 0 183.2 760 143 62 78 12 69 2 197 6 4 3 -
1985 Astros 35 35 0 10 12 .455 3.80 4 0 0 232.0 983 205 98 108 12 95 8 209 14 9 2 -
1986 Astros 30 30 0 12 8 .600 3.34 1 0 0 178.0 729 119 66 72 14 82 5 194 15 4 0 -
1987 Astros 34 34 0 8 16 .333 2.76 0 0 0 211.2 873 154 65 75 14 87 2 270 10 4 2 -
1988 Astros 33 33 0 12 11 .522 3.52 4 1 0 220.0 930 186 86 98 18 87 6 228 10 7 7 -
1989 Rangers 32 32 0 16 10 .615 3.20 6 2 0 239.1 988 162 85 96 17 98 3 301 19 9 1 -
1990 Rangers 30 30 0 13 9 .591 3.44 5 2 0 204.0 818 137 78 86 18 74 2 232 9 7 1 -
1991 Rangers 27 27 0 12 6 .667 2.91 2 2 0 173.0 683 102 56 58 12 72 0 203 8 5 0 -
1992 Rangers 27 27 0 5 9 .357 3.72 2 0 0 157.1 675 138 65 75 9 69 0 157 9 12 0 -
1993 Rangers 13 13 0 5 5 .500 4.88 0 0 0 66.1 291 54 36 47 5 40 0 46 3 1 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
27 Years 807 773 13 324 292 .526 3.19 222 61 3 5,386.0 22,575 3,923 1,911 2,178 321 2,795 78 5,714 277 158 33 -
Nolan Ryan

Nolan Ryan Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1966 Mets 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1968 Mets 21 44 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 29 1 0 0 0 .114 .152 .114
1969 Mets 25 29 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14 3 0 0 1 .103 .103 .103
1970 Mets 27 45 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 2 0 0 0 .178 .178 .178
1971 Mets 30 47 4 6 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 21 3 0 0 1 .128 .180 .170
1972 Angels 39 96 4 13 5 1 0 0 3 2 0 48 1 0 0 0 .135 .153 .208
1973 Angels 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1974 Angels 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1975 Angels 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1976 Angels 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1977 Angels 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1978 Angels 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1979 Angels 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1980 Astros 35 70 5 6 0 0 1 0 6 7 0 29 5 1 0 0 .086 .167 .129
1981 Astros 21 51 3 11 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 18 4 0 0 1 .216 .286 .235
1982 Astros 35 83 5 10 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 37 6 0 0 1 .120 .170 .120
1983 Astros 29 69 3 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 29 4 0 0 0 .072 .099 .072
1984 Astros 30 61 3 6 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 26 5 0 0 1 .098 .127 .131
1985 Astros 35 63 2 7 2 0 0 0 4 4 0 21 14 1 0 1 .111 .162 .143
1986 Astros 30 59 1 6 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 22 3 0 0 2 .102 .117 .102
1987 Astros 34 65 2 4 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 22 7 0 0 2 .062 .076 .108
1988 Astros 33 70 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 34 7 0 0 1 .057 .108 .057
1989 Rangers 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1990 Rangers 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1991 Rangers 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1992 Rangers 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1993 Rangers 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
27 Years 807 852 40 94 10 2 2 0 36 38 0 371 65 2 0 11 .110 .148 .134
Nolan Ryan

Nolan Ryan Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1966 Mets P 2 1 9 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00 -
1968 Mets P 21 18 402 20 1.0 16 5 11 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 1.07 -
1969 Mets P 25 10 268 5 0.2 4 0 4 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 0.40 -
1970 Mets P 27 19 395 25 0.9 21 11 10 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .840 1.44 -
1971 Mets P 30 26 456 23 0.8 20 5 15 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .870 1.18 -
1972 Angels P 39 39 852 41 1.1 35 7 28 6 2 n/a n/a n/a .854 1.11 -
1973 Angels P 41 39 978 41 1.0 39 11 28 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .951 1.08 -
1974 Angels P 42 41 998 66 1.6 60 12 48 6 1 n/a n/a n/a .909 1.62 -
1975 Angels P 28 28 594 37 1.3 30 12 18 7 3 n/a n/a n/a .811 1.36 -
1976 Angels P 39 39 853 55 1.4 48 14 34 7 1 n/a n/a n/a .873 1.52 -
1977 Angels P 37 37 897 63 1.7 55 20 35 8 1 n/a n/a n/a .873 1.66 -
1978 Angels P 31 31 704 54 1.7 46 13 33 8 3 n/a n/a n/a .852 1.76 -
1979 Angels P 34 34 668 41 1.2 37 8 29 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .902 1.50 -
1980 Astros P 35 35 701 45 1.3 40 13 27 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .889 1.54 -
1981 Astros P 21 21 447 22 1.0 21 5 16 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .955 1.27 -
1982 Astros P 35 35 751 44 1.3 42 9 33 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .955 1.51 -
1983 Astros P 29 29 589 34 1.2 32 4 28 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .941 1.47 -
1984 Astros P 30 30 551 20 0.7 18 7 11 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .900 0.88 -
1985 Astros P 35 35 696 28 0.8 26 6 20 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .929 1.01 -
1986 Astros P 30 30 534 29 1.0 27 10 17 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .931 1.37 -
1987 Astros P 34 34 635 30 0.9 29 11 18 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .967 1.23 -
1988 Astros P 33 33 660 30 0.9 26 8 18 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .867 1.06 -
1989 Rangers P 32 32 718 33 1.0 30 11 19 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .909 1.13 -
1990 Rangers P 30 30 612 20 0.7 20 7 13 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.88 -
1991 Rangers P 27 27 519 21 0.8 21 7 14 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.09 -
1992 Rangers P 27 27 472 21 0.8 18 2 16 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .857 1.03 -
1993 Rangers P 13 13 199 8 0.6 5 1 4 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .625 0.68 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 807 773 16,158 857 1.1 767 220 547 90 27 n/a n/a n/a .895 1.28 --
27 Years 807 773 16,158 857 1.1 767 220 547 90 27 n/a n/a n/a .895 1.28 --
Nolan Ryan

Nolan Ryan Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1966 Mets 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.00 18.00 9.00
1968 Mets 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 1.5 22.0 1.77 8.93 5.04
1969 Mets 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.1 14.5 1.74 9.27 5.34
1970 Mets 1 0 1.000 - - n/a 0.0 2.1 0.0 1.29 8.54 6.63
1971 Mets 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.2 47.0 1.18 8.11 6.87
1972 Angels 1 0 1.000 - - n/a 0.0 2.0 32.0 2.10 10.43 4.98
1973 Angels 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.36 10.57 4.47
1974 Angels 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.82 9.93 5.46
1975 Angels 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.41 8.45 6.00
1976 Angels 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.79 10.35 5.79
1977 Angels 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.67 10.26 6.14
1978 Angels 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.76 9.97 5.68
1979 Angels 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.96 9.01 4.61
1980 Astros 0 1 .000 - - n/a 70.0 2.4 11.7 2.04 7.70 3.77
1981 Astros 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.8 51.0 2.06 8.46 4.11
1982 Astros 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.2 27.7 2.25 8.81 3.92
1983 Astros 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.4 34.5 1.81 8.39 4.63
1984 Astros 1 0 1.000 - - n/a 0.0 2.3 61.0 2.86 9.65 3.38
1985 Astros 0 1 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.0 15.8 2.20 8.11 3.69
1986 Astros 0 1 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.7 11.8 2.37 9.81 4.15
1987 Astros 0 0 .000 - - n/a 65.0 3.0 16.3 3.10 11.48 3.70
1988 Astros 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.1 35.0 2.62 9.33 3.56
1989 Rangers 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.07 11.32 3.69
1990 Rangers 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.14 10.24 3.26
1991 Rangers 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.82 10.56 3.75
1992 Rangers 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.28 8.98 3.95
1993 Rangers 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.15 6.24 5.43
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
27 Years 3 3 .500 - - 0 426.0 2.3 23.7 2.04 9.55 4.67
Nolan Ryan

Nolan Ryan Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1966 New York Mets 34 Undetermined - -
1968 New York Mets 30 Undetermined - -
1969 New York Mets 30 Undetermined - Stats
1970 New York Mets 30 Undetermined - -
1971 New York Mets 30 $20,000.00 - -
1972 California Angels 30 $27,000.00 Stats -
1973 California Angels 30 Undetermined Stats -
1974 California Angels 30 Undetermined - -
1975 California Angels 30 Undetermined Stats -
1976 California Angels 30 $170,000.00 - -
1977 California Angels 30 $365,000.00 Stats -
1978 California Angels 30 Undetermined - -
1979 California Angels 30 $1,000,000.00 Stats -
1980 Houston Astros 34 Undetermined - -
1981 Houston Astros 34 Undetermined Stats -
1982 Houston Astros 34 Undetermined - -
1983 Houston Astros 34 Undetermined - -
1984 Houston Astros 34 Undetermined - -
1985 Houston Astros 34 $1,350,000.00 Stats -
1986 Houston Astros 34 $1,125,000.00 - -
1987 Houston Astros 34 $1,225,000.00 - -
1988 Houston Astros 34 $1,000,000.00 - -
1989 Texas Rangers 34 $1,800,000.00 Stats -
1990 Texas Rangers 34 $1,400,000.00 - -
1991 Texas Rangers 34 $3,300,000.00 - -
1992 Texas Rangers 34 $4,200,000.00 - -
1993 Texas Rangers 34 $3,757,000.00 - -


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