Nolan Ryan

Lynn Nolan Ryan, Jr. (born on January 31, 1947), nicknamed "The Ryan Express", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He is currently principal owner and CEO of the Texas Rangers.

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Filmography

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Selected Nolan Ryan film and TV show credits.

Acting Credits

1990

This Week in Baseball 1990

Baseball Pitcher Nolan Ryan

Self

2012

A Baseball Love Story: The Texas Rangers

2011

The Truth About Money with Ric Edelman (TV Show)

2009

Prime 9 (TV Show)

2007

Man Caves (TV Show)

2005

Mike and Mike in the Morning (TV Show)

2004

ESPN 25: Who's #1? (TV Show)

1999

ESPN SportsCentury (TV Show)

1995

1995 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1993

Andy Griffith Show Reunion (TV Movie)

1990

Sunday Night Baseball (TV Show)

1989

1989 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1986

1986 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

1985

1985 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1981

1981 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1980

1980 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

1979

1979 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1979

1979 American Leaue Championship Series (TV Movie)

1975

Good Morning America (TV Show)

1975

Ryan's Hope (TV Show)

1973

1973 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1969

1969 World Series (TV Show)

1969

1969 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Show)

Quotes

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List of Nolan Ryan quotes.

For my children, they spent 15 to 20 years of their life in baseball. And Ruth and I spent so many years of our married life that that was our life. We knew nothing else.

And when I retired, trust me, not only did Nolan Ryan, but the entire Ryan family had withdrawals from baseball. And it was tough.

And when I went to Houston, they had a conditioning coach by the name of Gene Coleman. And that was the first time I had gone to an organization that had a program with a weight room and designed specifically for pitchers.

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Recent news stories featuring Nolan Ryan.

John Smoltz becomes 16th pitcher to reach 3,000 strikeouts

Posted 5 years ago by NewsHound

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1966	NYM	0-1	15.00	2	1	0	0	0	3	5	5	5	3	6
1968	NYM	6-9	3.09	21	18	3	0	0	134	93	50	46	75	133
1969	NYM	6-3	3.53	25	10	2	0	1	89	60	38	35	53	92
1970	NYM	7-11	3.42	27	19	5	2	1	131	86	59	50	97	125
1971	NYM	10-14	3.97	30	26	3	0	0	152	125	78	67	116	137
1972	CAL	19-16	2.28	39	39	20	9	0	284	166	80	72	157	329
1973	CAL	21-16	2.87	41	39	26	4	1	326	238	113	104	162	383
1974	CAL	22-16	2.89	42	41	26	3	0	332	221	127	107	202	367
1975	CAL	14-12	3.45	28	28	10	5	0	198	152	90	76	132	186
1976	CAL	17-18	3.36	39	39	21	7	0	284	193	117	106	183	327
1977	CAL	19-16	2.77	37	37	22	4	0	299	198	110	92	204	341
1978	CAL	10-13	3.72	31	31	14	3	0	234	183	106	97	148	260
1979	CAL	16-14	3.60	34	34	17	5	0	222	169	104	89	114	223
1980	HOU	11-10	3.35	35	35	4	2	0	233	205	100	87	98	200
1981	HOU	11-5	1.69	21	21	5	3	0	149	99	34	28	68	140
1982	HOU	16-12	3.16	35	35	10	3	0	250	196	100	88	109	245
1983	HOU	14-9	2.98	29	29	5	2	0	196	134	74	65	101	183
1984	HOU	12-11	3.04	30	30	5	2	0	183	143	78	62	69	197
1985	HOU	10-12	3.80	35	35	4	0	0	232	205	108	98	95	209
1986	HOU	12-8	3.34	30	30	1	0	0	178	119	72	66	82	194
1987	HOU	8-16	2.76	34	34	0	0	0	211	154	75	65	87	270
1988	HOU	12-11	3.52	33	33	4	1	0	220	186	98	86	87	228
1989	TEX	16-10	3.20	32	32	6	2	0	239	162	96	85	98	301
1990	TEX	13-9	3.44	30	30	5	2	0	204	137	86	78	74	232
1991	TEX	12-6	2.91	27	27	2	2	0	173	102	58	56	72	203
1992	TEX	5-9	3.72	27	27	2	0	0	157	138	75	65	69	157
1993	TEX	5-5	4.88	13	13	0	0	0	66	54	47	36	40	46
Career		324-292	-	807	773	222	61	3	-	3923	2178	1911	2795	5714

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for Nolan Ryan.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1966	NYM	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	1.000
1968	NYM	21	18	134	5	11	4	0	0.800
1969	NYM	25	10	89	0	4	1	0	0.800
1970	NYM	27	19	131	11	10	4	2	0.840
1971	NYM	30	26	152	5	15	3	2	0.870
1972	CAL	39	39	284	7	28	6	2	0.854
1973	CAL	1	39	326	11	28	2	1	0.951
1974	CAL	42	41	332	12	48	6	1	0.909
1975	CAL	28	28	198	12	18	7	3	0.811
1976	CAL	39	39	284	14	34	7	1	0.873
1977	CAL	37	37	299	20	35	8	1	0.873
1978	CAL	31	31	234	13	33	8	3	0.852
1979	CAL	34	34	222	8	29	4	1	0.902
1980	HOU	35	35	233	13	27	5	0	0.889
1981	HOU	21	21	149	5	16	1	3	0.955
1982	HOU	35	35	250	9	33	2	1	0.955
1983	HOU	29	29	196	4	28	2	0	0.941
1984	HOU	30	30	183	7	11	2	0	0.900
1985	HOU	35	35	232	6	20	2	0	0.929
1986	HOU	30	30	178	10	17	2	2	0.931
1987	HOU	34	34	211	11	18	1	1	0.967
1988	HOU	33	33	220	8	18	4	0	0.867
1989	TEX	32	32	239	11	19	3	0	0.909
1990	TEX	30	30	204	7	13	0	1	1.000
1991	TEX	27	27	173	7	14	0	1	1.000
1992	TEX	27	27	157	2	16	3	1	0.857
1993	TEX	13	13	66	1	4	3	0	0.625
Career		767	773	-	220	547	90	27	-

Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Nolan Ryan.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1966	NYM	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1968	NYM	21	44	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	2	29	0.114	0.152	0.114
1969	NYM	25	29	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	14	0.103	0.103	0.103
1970	NYM	27	45	2	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	0.178	0.178	0.178
1971	NYM	30	47	4	6	0	1	0	1	0	3	21	0.128	0.180	0.170
1972	CAL	39	96	4	13	5	1	0	3	1	2	48	0.135	0.153	0.208
1973	CAL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1974	CAL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1975	CAL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1976	CAL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1977	CAL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1978	CAL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1979	CAL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1980	HOU	35	70	5	6	0	0	1	6	0	7	29	0.086	0.167	0.129
1981	HOU	21	51	3	11	1	0	0	1	0	5	18	0.216	0.286	0.235
1982	HOU	35	83	5	10	0	0	0	3	0	5	37	0.120	0.170	0.120
1983	HOU	29	69	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	2	29	0.072	0.099	0.072
1984	HOU	30	61	3	6	2	0	0	1	1	2	26	0.098	0.127	0.131
1985	HOU	35	63	2	7	2	0	0	4	0	4	21	0.111	0.162	0.143
1986	HOU	30	59	1	6	0	0	0	5	0	1	22	0.102	0.117	0.102
1987	HOU	34	65	2	4	0	0	1	4	0	1	22	0.062	0.076	0.108
1988	HOU	33	70	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	4	34	0.057	0.108	0.057
1989	TEX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1990	TEX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1991	TEX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1992	TEX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1993	TEX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Career		427	852	40	94	10	2	2	36	3	38	371	-	-	-

First Name	Nolan
Last Name	Ryan
Full Name at Birth	Lynn Nolan Ryan
Other Names	Ryan Express
Age	66
Date of Birth	January 31, 1947
Birthplace	Refugio, TX
Height	6' 2" (188 cm)
Weight	170 lbs (77.1 kg)
Star Sign	Aquarius
Nationality	American
High School	Alvin (Alvin, TX)
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Pitcher
Bats	Right
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	11 September 1966
Last MLB Game	22 September 1993
Draft	Drafted by the New York Mets in the 12th round of the 1965 amateur draft.
Hall of Fame	Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1999 (491/497 ballots).