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Nolan Ryan George Brett Robin Yount. The BBWAA was authorized to elect players active in 1979 or later but not after 1993 (final game, 1979 to 1993). There were 28 candidates, 17 returning from the 1998 ballot, where they received at least 5% support, and 11 on the ballot for the first time (†), chosen by a screening committee from players who last appeared in 1993.
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 .
Of the players awarded, Nolan Ryan was the only player to win the award for two different teams: the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers. Three of the honored players were true "hometown heroes" in the sense of starring with MLB teams in or near their actual hometowns. Ryan grew up from infancy in the Houston suburb of Alvin, Texas.
Nolan Ryan: 98.8% (491/497) Cal Ripken Jr: 98.5% (537/545) ... Ichiro (1st ballot): Baseball's all-time hit king (4,367 in MLB and NPB) will be the Hall's first Japanese-born player. The 10-time ...
As a result, Ichiro will be added to the list of greats who came close to being unanimous selections — a list that includes Ken Griffey Jr. (3 votes shy), Ty Cobb (4), Tom Seaver (5), Nolan Ryan ...
We’ve had a former president and future Hall of Famer throw out first pitches, but not the Rangers Hall of Fame former president.
Nolan Ryan is Major League Baseball's all-time strikeout leader at 5,714. In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 3,000 strikeout club is the group of 19 pitchers who have struck out 3,000 or more batters in their careers. Walter Johnson became the first member in 1923, and was the only one until Bob Gibson joined in 1974.
A message from Texas legends:#RRExpress principal owner and namesake, Hall-of-Famer Nolan Ryan, and his exceptional wife, the star of "Facing Nolan" and the most competitive Ryan family member ...