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Historical player · 1966–1993 · ★ Hall of Fame 1999

Nolan Ryan

B/T R/R · HT 74 · WT 170 · Born 1/31/1947 · From Refugio, TX USA · Debut 1966-09-11 · Final 1993-09-22

Career · batting

807

852

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.110 · 0.282

Career · pitching

807

773

5,386.0

W-L

324-292

5,714

ERA

3.19

WHIP

1.25

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Houston Astros · 1980–1988

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#259 on the Astros

↑ 1 B. Abreu

↓ 1 D. Wilson

Hits

#233 on the Astros

↑ 1 D. Giusti

↓ 1 C. Peña

RBI

#225 on the Astros

↑ 1 N. Fox

↓ 1 G. Woods

#243 on the Astros

↑ 1 T. Agee

Runs

#240 on the Astros

↑ 1 T. Davis

↓ 1 B. Bell

#189 on the Astros

↑ 1 V. Castilla

↓ 1 R. Mejias

Career with the New York Mets · 1966–1971

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Hits

#421 on the Mets

↑ 1 B. Drury

↓ 1 D. Napoleon

RBI

#486 on the Mets

↑ 1 G. Bell

↓ 1 P. Zachry

#307 on the Mets

↑ 1 J. Allensworth

Runs

#404 on the Mets

↑ 1 B. Abreu

↓ 1 K. Baez

#481 on the Mets

↑ 1 R. Aguilera

↓ 1 J. Alou

Career with the California Angels · 1972–1979

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Hits

#460 on the Angels

↑ 1 A. Allanson

↓ 1 J. Werhas

RBI

#497 on the Angels

↑ 1 B. Belinsky

↓ 1 C. Walker

#299 on the Angels

↑ 1 R. Adams

Runs

#500 on the Angels

↑ 1 J. Adams

↓ 1 A. Amarista

#519 on the Angels

↑ 1 J. Adams

↓ 1 F. Arcia

Career with the Texas Rangers · 1989–1993

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#6,726 all-time MLB

↑ 1 M. Acosta

↓ 1 J. Zimmermann

Hits

#6,378 all-time MLB

↑ 1 K. Anderson

↓ 1 K. Witt

RBI

#6,498 all-time MLB

↑ 1 M. Acosta

↓ 1 D. Wilson

#6,409 all-time MLB

↑ 1 E. Adams

↓ 1 T. Abreu

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1966	Mets	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1968	Mets	NL	21	44	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	2	29	0.114	0.152	0.114
1969	Mets	NL	25	29	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	14	0.103	0.103	0.103
1970	Mets	NL	27	45	2	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	0.178	0.178	0.178
1971	Mets	NL	30	47	4	6	0	1	0	1	0	3	21	0.128	0.180	0.170
1972	Angels	AL	39	96	4	13	5	1	0	3	1	2	48	0.135	0.153	0.208
1973	Angels	AL	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1974	Angels	AL	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1975	Angels	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1976	Angels	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1977	Angels	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1978	Angels	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1979	Angels	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1980	Astros	NL	35	70	5	6	0	0	1	6	0	7	29	0.086	0.167	0.129
1981	Astros	NL	21	51	3	11	1	0	0	1	0	5	18	0.216	0.286	0.235
1982	Astros	NL	35	83	5	10	0	0	0	3	0	5	37	0.120	0.170	0.120
1983	Astros	NL	29	69	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	2	29	0.072	0.099	0.072
1984	Astros	NL	30	61	3	6	2	0	0	1	1	2	26	0.098	0.127	0.131
1985	Astros	NL	35	63	2	7	2	0	0	4	0	4	21	0.111	0.162	0.143
1986	Astros	NL	30	59	1	6	0	0	0	5	0	1	22	0.102	0.117	0.102
1987	Astros	NL	34	65	2	4	0	0	1	4	0	1	22	0.062	0.076	0.108
1988	Astros	NL	33	70	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	4	34	0.057	0.108	0.057
1989	Rangers	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1990	Rangers	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1991	Rangers	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1992	Rangers	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1993	Rangers	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
Career			807	852	40	94	10	2	2	36	3	38	371	0.110	0.148	0.134

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1966	Mets	NL	0	1	2	1	0	3.0	5	5	3	6	15.00	2.67
1968	Mets	NL	6	9	21	18	0	134.0	93	46	75	133	3.09	1.25
1969	Mets	NL	6	3	25	10	1	89.3	60	35	53	92	3.53	1.26
1970	Mets	NL	7	11	27	19	1	131.7	86	50	97	125	3.42	1.39
1971	Mets	NL	10	14	30	26	0	152.0	125	67	116	137	3.97	1.59
1972	Angels	AL	19	16	39	39	0	284.0	166	72	157	329	2.28	1.14
1973	Angels	AL	21	16	41	39	1	326.0	238	104	162	383	2.87	1.23
1974	Angels	AL	22	16	42	41	0	332.7	221	107	202	367	2.89	1.27
1975	Angels	AL	14	12	28	28	0	198.0	152	76	132	186	3.45	1.43
1976	Angels	AL	17	18	39	39	0	284.3	193	106	183	327	3.36	1.32
1977	Angels	AL	19	16	37	37	0	299.0	198	92	204	341	2.77	1.34
1978	Angels	AL	10	13	31	31	0	234.7	183	97	148	260	3.72	1.41
1979	Angels	AL	16	14	34	34	0	222.7	169	89	114	223	3.60	1.27
1980	Astros	NL	11	10	35	35	0	233.7	205	87	98	200	3.35	1.30
1981	Astros	NL	11	5	21	21	0	149.0	99	28	68	140	1.69	1.12
1982	Astros	NL	16	12	35	35	0	250.3	196	88	109	245	3.16	1.22
1983	Astros	NL	14	9	29	29	0	196.3	134	65	101	183	2.98	1.20
1984	Astros	NL	12	11	30	30	0	183.7	143	62	69	197	3.04	1.15
1985	Astros	NL	10	12	35	35	0	232.0	205	98	95	209	3.80	1.29
1986	Astros	NL	12	8	30	30	0	178.0	119	66	82	194	3.34	1.13
1987	Astros	NL	8	16	34	34	0	211.7	154	65	87	270	2.76	1.14
1988	Astros	NL	12	11	33	33	0	220.0	186	86	87	228	3.52	1.24
1989	Rangers	AL	16	10	32	32	0	239.3	162	85	98	301	3.20	1.09
1990	Rangers	AL	13	9	30	30	0	204.0	137	78	74	232	3.44	1.03
1991	Rangers	AL	12	6	27	27	0	173.0	102	56	72	203	2.91	1.01
1992	Rangers	AL	5	9	27	27	0	157.3	138	65	69	157	3.72	1.32
1993	Rangers	AL	5	5	13	13	0	66.3	54	36	40	46	4.88	1.42
Career			324	292	807	773	3	5,386.0	3,923	1,911	2,795	5,714	3.19	1.25

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	807	773	5,386.3	220	547	90	27

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1999	BBWAA	491	373	Inducted