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Nolan Ryan

Bats: R   Throws: R   Born: January 31, 1947

Career Pitching Statistics     Glossary     Baseball-Reference.com

Year     IP   W   L  PCT  SV   ERA *ERA+  ERC *ERC+ *PR+ *PWP  *WAR  *WAA
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1966    3.0   0   1 .000   0 15.00   24 13.02   28   -4  .071  -0.5  -0.5
1968  134.0   6   9 .400   0  3.09   98  2.86  105   -1  .490   1.1  -0.1
1969   89.3   6   3 .667   1  3.53  104  2.49  148    1  .518   1.0   0.1
1970  131.7   7  11 .389   1  3.42  117  3.13  128    9  .575   2.2   1.0
1971  152.0  10  14 .417   0  3.97   86  3.92   87  -10  .430   0.1  -1.3
1972  284.0  19  16 .543   0  2.28  127  2.07  141   20  .604   5.4   2.9
1973  326.0  21  16 .568   1  2.87  124  2.61  136   25  .599   5.9   3.1
1974  332.7  22  16 .579   0  2.89  119  2.63  131   20  .579   5.6   2.6
1975  198.0  14  12 .538   0  3.45  103  3.41  104    2  .513   1.9   0.2
1976  284.3  17  18 .486   0  3.36  100  2.75  121   -0  .498   2.4  -0.0
1977  299.0  19  16 .543   0  2.77  141  2.75  142   37  .658   7.2   4.5
1978  234.7  10  13 .435   0  3.72   97  3.26  111   -3  .486   1.6  -0.5
1979  222.7  16  14 .533   0  3.60  114  2.88  142   12  .561   3.3   1.3
1980  233.7  11  10 .524   0  3.35   98  3.01  109   -2  .490   1.7  -0.2
1981  149.0  11   5 .688   0  1.69  194  1.93  170   26  .771   4.8   3.5
1982  250.3  16  12 .571   0  3.16  105  2.84  117    4  .522   2.7   0.6
1983  196.3  14   9 .609   0  2.98  114  2.38  143    9  .562   2.9   1.2
1984  183.7  12  11 .522   0  3.04  110  2.53  132    6  .544   2.4   0.8
1985  232.0  10  12 .455   0  3.80   91  3.07  112   -9  .455   0.9  -1.2
1986  178.0  12   8 .600   0  3.34  108  2.36  153    5  .536   2.3   0.7
1987  211.7   8  16 .333   0  2.76  142  2.41  163   27  .661   5.1   3.2
1988  220.0  12  11 .522   0  3.52   94  3.03  109   -5  .472   1.3  -0.6
1989  239.3  16  10 .615   0  3.20  124  2.20  180   20  .597   4.6   2.3
1990  204.0  13   9 .591   0  3.44  113  2.13  183   11  .558   3.0   1.2
1991  173.0  12   6 .667   0  2.91  138  1.82  221   21  .647   4.0   2.4
1992  157.3   5   9 .357   0  3.72  102  3.17  119    1  .508   1.5   0.1
1993   66.3   5   5 .500   0  4.88   85  3.52  118   -5  .421  -0.1  -0.7
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Tot  5386.0 324 292 .526   3  3.19  111  2.70  132  218  .554  74.1  26.8

Note: * indicates figure is era- and park-adjusted.

MVP Awards Shares (Rank)

1972: 0.01 (30)  1973: 0.06 (17)  1974: 0.07 (14)  1977: 0.01 (24)  
1981: 0.07 (16)  1989: 0.01 (23)  1990: 0.00 (25)  

Cy Young Awards Shares (Rank)

1972: 0.02 ( 8)  1973: 0.52 ( 2)  1974: 0.23 ( 3)  1977: 0.33 ( 3)  
1981: 0.23 ( 4)  1983: 0.01 ( 9)  1987: 0.10 ( 5)  1989: 0.04 ( 5)  

Similar Peaks - Wins Above Average

Name                  Y1   Y2   Y3   Y4   Y5   Y6   Y7   Y8   Y9  Y10
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Nolan Ryan           4.5  3.5  3.2  3.1  2.9  2.6  2.4  2.3  1.3  1.2
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Tommy Bridges        4.4  3.6  3.2   .    .    .    .    .    .    . 
Tex Hughson          4.5  3.5  3.5   .    .    .    .    .    .    . 
Bill Dinneen         4.3  3.7  3.3   .    .    .    .    .    .    . 
Tommy Thomas         4.3  3.6  3.5   .    .    .    .    .    .    . 
Dennis Eckersley     4.3  3.8  3.1   .    .    .    .    .    .    . 
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Tommy Bridges        4.4  3.6  3.2  3.2  3.2   .    .    .    .    . 
Bill Dinneen         4.3  3.7  3.3  3.0  2.7   .    .    .    .    . 
Mark Langston        4.1  3.5  3.3  2.7  2.7   .    .    .    .    . 
Wilbur Cooper        4.4  3.7  3.7  3.4  2.5   .    .    .    .    . 
Deacon Phillippe     5.0  3.7  3.7  3.2  3.0   .    .    .    .    . 
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Wilbur Cooper        4.4  3.7  3.7  3.4  2.5  2.5  2.5   .    .    . 
Tommy Bridges        4.4  3.6  3.2  3.2  3.2  3.1  2.8   .    .    . 
John Smoltz          4.5  3.8  2.8  2.7  2.6  2.5  2.0   .    .    . 
David Cone           4.0  3.8  3.6  3.5  2.8  2.7  2.3   .    .    . 
Hoyt Wilhelm         4.9  3.0  2.8  2.8  2.8  2.4  2.3   .    .    . 
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Wilbur Cooper        4.4  3.7  3.7  3.4  2.5  2.5  2.5  1.9  1.7  1.6
David Cone           4.0  3.8  3.6  3.5  2.8  2.7  2.3  2.2  1.7  1.5
Eddie Rommel         3.7  3.3  3.0  2.9  2.8  2.2  2.1  2.0  1.7  0.9
Dutch Leonard        4.3  4.1  3.2  2.7  2.5  2.4  2.0  1.5  1.5  1.4
Fergie Jenkins       5.2  4.2  3.5  3.3  3.1  2.6  2.4  2.4  1.9  1.8
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