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Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr. (born January 31, 1947), nicknamed "the Ryan Express", is an American former professional baseball pitcher and sports executive. Over a record 27-year playing career in Major League Baseball (MLB), Ryan pitched for the New York Mets, California Angels, Houston Astros, and Texas Rangers.
In the 11th inning (after nearly 200 pitches), Ryan struck out Rich Reese for his 16th of the game and 383rd of the season, a record that still stands over five decades.
Many have come to believe that the risk of arm injuries becomes far more prevalent after a pitcher has thrown 100 to 120 pitches in a single game. [8] Though Hall-of-Famer Nolan Ryan once threw well over 200 pitches in a single game (a 1974 contest in which he pitched 13 innings), [9] it is now rare for a manager to allow a pitcher to throw ...
Nolan Ryan threw seven no-hitters in MLB, the most of any pitcher. Below is a list of Major League Baseball no-hitters , enumerating every no-hitter pitched in Major League Baseball history . The list also includes no-hit games that were broken up in extra innings or were in shortened games, although they have not been considered official no ...
As Major League Baseball pauses for the All-Star Break, let’s break to talk about an All-Star for the ages, fireballer Nolan Ryan. The Hall of Fame pitcher holds a number of records that many ...
Mullane pitched through 4,531 1 ⁄ 3 innings, 24th all-time, throwing 343 wild pitches and averaged an errant pitch in 7.6 percent of those innings. Nolan Ryan is second on the list of most wild pitches with 277. The active leader in wild pitches as of October 2024 is Clayton Kershaw with 103, less than a third of Mullane's total. [43]
Nolan Ryan's fastball was clocked at 100.9 mph in 1974, a time in which radar readings were measured near the plate instead of out of the hand. Some calculate the same pitch would be clocked at ...
Nolan Ryan amassed 18 or more strikeouts in a nine-inning game twice, as well as 19 strikeouts in extra-inning games three times. Eight different pitchers have struck out at least 18 batters in an extra-inning Major League Baseball (MLB) game to date. Only Nolan Ryan accomplished the feat more than once in his career and no player has ever ...