Nolan Ryan  
Starting Pitcher | Houston Astros

Pitching
Ryan can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. He has an above-average changeup and the ability to throw from a variety of arm angles. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
Ryan does an average job of holding runners. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Ryan is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Ryan has some pop in his swing.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
1999 HOU 76 72 42 49 48 47 52 52 51 64 59 0 54 0 0 0 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 14 11 53 49 247
2000 HOU 78 71 52 51 48 47 52 52 51 64 61 0 63 0 0 0 22 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 4 53 271
2001 HOU 85 71 64 47 48 47 52 52 51 65 61 0 68 0 0 0 23 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 57 293
2002 HOU 91 72 74 51 48 47 52 52 51 65 61 0 68 0 0 0 24 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 317
2003 HOU 91 72 86 53 48 47 52 52 51 65 62 0 68 0 0 0 25 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 57 333
2004 HOU 81 72 88 55 48 47 52 52 51 65 62 0 71 0 0 0 26 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 66 328
2005 HOU 81 72 88 57 48 47 52 52 51 65 63 0 73 0 0 0 27 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 332
2006 HOU 85 72 88 58 48 47 52 52 51 65 64 0 73 0 0 0 28 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 337
2007 HOU 86 72 88 58 48 47 52 52 51 65 64 0 74 0 0 0 29 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 339
2008 HOU 91 72 88 58 48 47 52 52 51 65 64 0 75 0 0 0 30 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 345
2009 HOU 91 71 88 58 48 47 52 52 51 65 64 0 75 0 0 0 31 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 342
2010 HOU 91 71 88 58 48 47 52 52 51 65 64 0 75 0 0 0 32 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 69 341
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History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.