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Nolan Ryan
Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, 1999
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 33 of 890 players

Lynn Nolan Ryan
Born: January 31, 1947 at Refugio, Tex.
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.02 Weight: 195

Nolan Ryan was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on August 23, 2003, July 1, 2004, November 29, 2006, January 31, 2007, and January 19, 2009.

First Mets game: September 11, 1966
Last Mets game: September 28, 1971

Nolan Ryan also played for the following teams:

California Angels 1972 - 1979; Houston Astros 1980 - 1988; Texas Rangers 1989 - 1993

Selected by New York Mets organization in 10th round of free agent draft on June 8, 1965.

Traded by the New York Mets to the California Angels with Leroy Stanton, Francisco Estrada and Don Rose in exchange for Jim Fregosi on December 10, 1971.

Established a Mets season record for Walks in 1970 with 97 and in 1971 with 116.

Pitching Record with New York Mets

Year G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA

1966 2 3.0 0 1 .000 5 5 5 1 6 3 1 0 0 0 15.00

1968 21 134.0 6 9 .400 93 50 46 12 133 75 18 3 0 0 3.09

1969 25 89.1 6 3 .667 60 38 35 3 92 53 10 2 0 1 3.53

1970 27 131.2 7 11 .389 86 59 50 10 125 97 19 5 2 1 3.42

1971 30 152.0 10 14 .417 125 78 67 8 137 116 26 3 0 0 3.97

5 years 105 510.0 29 38 .433 369 230 203 34 493 344 74 13 2 2 3.58

League Championship Series Record

Year G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA

1969 1 7.0 1 0 1.000 3 2 2 1 7 2 0 0 0 0 2.57

1 year 1 7.0 1 0 1.000 3 2 2 1 7 2 0 0 0 0 2.57

World Series Record

Year G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA

1969 1 2.1 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 0.00

1 year 1 2.1 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 0.00

Led Mets in losses with 14 in 1971.
Led Mets in walks with 75 in 1968, with 97 in 1970 and with 116 in 1971.

Games where Nolan Ryan had 10 or more Strikeouts
vs. Los Angeles (NL) 04/19/68. vs. Philadelphia (NL) 05/02/68. vs. Cincinnati (NL) 05/14/68. vs. Houston (NL) 06/18/68.
vs. Philadelphia (NL) 06/25/69. vs. Montreal (NL) 09/10/69. vs. Philadelphia (NL) 04/18/70. vs. Houston (NL) 05/30/70.
vs. Chicago (NL) 08/04/70. At Pittsburgh (NL) 08/09/70. vs. Philadelphia (NL) 09/09/70. At San Diego (NL) 05/29/71.
At Montreal (NL) 06/25/71. At St. Louis (NL) 08/31/71.

Mets record in games started by Nolan Ryan
1966: (0-1) 1968: (7-11) 1969: (5-5) 1970: (6-13) 1971: (10-16)

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