Nolan Ryan: The Best Baseball Pitcher Ever

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Nolan Ryan is the Best Baseball Pitcher Ever

Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr. is a former major league baseball pitcher that holds the record for playing in 27 seasons as a pitcher. He was know as a hard throwing pitcher who threw pitches that clocked at 100mph or faster even after he had turned 40 years old. Nolan Ryan was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999

The Top Five Reasons Nolan Ryan is the Best Baseball Pitcher 

  1. Played in more seasons than any other player
  2. All time strike out leader
  3. Threw 7 no-hitters
  4. Had 15 or more strikeouts in 27 games
  5. Had his number retired by 3 different teams

Thew a Major League record 7 no-hitters

Nolan's No-Nos 

Nolan Ryan holds the record for throwing the most no-hitters in a career by throwing 7 of them over his major league baseball career. Here are the dates and results.
  1. May 15, 1973, the final score was 3-0.
  2. July 15, 1973, the final score was 6-0.
  3. September 28, 1974, the final score was 4-0.
  4. June 1, 1975, the final score was 1-0.
  5. September 26, 1981, the final score was 5-0.
  6. June 11, 1990, the final score was 5-0.
  7. May 1, 1991, the final score was 3-0.

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Nolan Ryan at a Glance 

Lynn Nolan Ryan, Jr. (born January 31, 1947 in Refugio, Texas) is a retired pitcher in Major League Baseball and current president of the Texas Rangers.

Ryan played in a major league record 27 seasons for the New York Mets, California Angels, Houston Astros, and Texas Rangers, from to . He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999.

Ryan, a hard-throwing right-handed pitcher, threw pitches that were regularly recorded above , even past the age of 40. The media tagged him, or more specifically his pitching, as "The Ryan Express" (a reference to the 1965 film Von Ryans Express).

While his lifetime winning percentage was a relatively pedestrian .526, Ryan was an eight-time MLB All-Star, and his 5,714 career strikeouts rank first in baseball history. He leads the runner-up, Randy Johnson, by 856 strikeouts as of June 23, 2009. Similarly, Ryans 2,795 bases on balls lead second-place Steve Carlton by 962?walking over 50% more hitters than any other pitcher in Major League history.

Ryan is the all-time leader in no-hitters with seven, three more than any other pitcher. He is tied with Bob Feller for the most one-hitters, with 12. Ryan also pitched 18 two-hitters.

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lefty78 wrote...

Ryan is one of the greats, love the lens...

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22Hicks wrote...

Cried like a baby as a ten year old when I read he was traded by the Mets. Oh the humanity! Take a look at my site www.baseballbatreviewsblog.com

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SugarRae wrote...

Nolan Ryan set the standard for strikeout pitchers.

ReplyPosted May 04, 2008

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