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Hall-of-Famers as Seen Through Player Won-Lost Records: Nolan Ryan

Nolan Ryan was elected to the Hall of Fame in his 1st year of eligibility, 1999, with 98.8% of the vote.

Five highlights of Nolan Ryan's career:

Nolan Ryan led his league in strikeouts eleven times. He also led the league in the fewest hits allowed per nine innings eleven times. He led the league in ERA, shutouts, and WHIP (fewest walks plus hits allowed per nine innings) twice each.

Ryan holds career records in strikeouts (5,714) and fewest hits per nine innings (6.555). He also holds the career record for walks (2,795). He is second in major-league history in games started (773, #1 is Cy Young), fifth in career innings pitched (5,386), and seventh in career shutouts (61).

In addition to his major-league record 7 no-hitters, Nolan Ryan also threw 12 career one-hitters, tied with Bob Feller for the most in major-league history. Nolan Ryan threw 37 complete games in his career allowing 2 hits or fewer, more than twice as many as any other pitcher in major-league history: Jim Palmer and Jim Maloney had 17 such games apiece.

Nolan Ryan was the oldest player in the American League in each of his last four seasons, 1990 through 1993. In 1990, at the age of 43, Nolan Ryan led the American League in age, strikeouts (232), WHIP (1.034), hits per nine innings (5.3), threw his sixth no-hitter, and earned his 300th pitcher win. In 1991, at the age of 44, Ryan led the league in age, WHIP (1.006), hits per nine innings (5.3), and strikeouts per nine innings (10.6), while throwing his seventh and final no-hitter.

The four teams for whom Nolan Ryan played in his major-league career were the first four expansion teams in major-league history: the New York Mets, California Angels, Houston Astros, and Texas Rangers (who debuted as the Washington Senators).

The first two tables below present Nolan Ryan's career as measured by Player won-lost records, in and out of context.

Season	Team	Age	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWORL	pWOPA

Basic Player Won-Lost Records
						Value Decomposition
1966	NYN	19	2	0.1	0.5	-0.3	-0.4
1967	-	20	-	-	-	-	-
1968	NYN	21	21	7.7	9.9	-0.7	-1.8
1969	NYN	22	25	5.1	4.9	1.2	0.5
1970	NYN	23	27	8.6	11.2	-0.8	-2.0
1971	NYN	24	30	11.6	14.8	-1.0	-2.6
1972	CAL	25	39	21.1	20.1	4.7	2.2
1973	CAL	26	41	22.8	15.7	9.7	7.2
1974	CAL	27	42	21.8	18.4	6.1	3.5
1975	CAL	28	28	12.6	12.1	2.2	0.6
1976	CAL	29	39	20.2	17.9	4.9	2.4
1977	CAL	30	37	19.8	16.6	5.9	3.4
1978	CAL	31	31	15.3	13.3	3.9	2.1
1979	CAL	32	34	16.1	13.6	4.6	2.7
1980	HOU	33	35	14.7	13.9	3.3	1.6
1981	HOU	34	21	10.7	7.7	4.8	3.8
1982	HOU	35	35	16.2	15.8	3.3	1.4
1983	HOU	36	29	13.2	11.5	4.1	2.6
1984	HOU	37	30	11.7	13.0	1.0	-0.5
1985	HOU	38	35	13.5	13.9	2.2	0.5
1986	HOU	39	30	12.5	11.8	2.9	1.5
1987	HOU	40	34	13.3	13.8	2.2	0.6
1988	HOU	41	33	13.8	15.2	1.3	-0.5
1989	TEX	42	32	16.1	11.6	6.6	4.7
1990	TEX	43	30	12.3	10.1	3.8	2.3
1991	TEX	44	27	10.7	8.0	4.1	2.9
1992	TEX	45	27	9.6	9.4	1.6	0.3
1993	TEX	46	13	3.8	4.8	-0.4	-1.0
			------	------	------	------	------
CAREER (reg. season)			807	354.6	329.6	81.0	38.1
			------	------	------	------	------
PostSeason (career)			9	2.7	2.6	0.6	0.3
			------	------	------	------	------
COMBINED			816	357.3	332.2	81.6	38.4

Season	Team	Age	Games	eWins	eLosses	eWORL	eWOPA

Expected Player Won-Lost Records
						Value Decomposition
1966	NYN	19	2	0.2	0.4	-0.2	-0.2
1967	-	20	-	-	-	-	-
1968	NYN	21	21	7.7	10.0	-0.7	-1.8
1969	NYN	22	25	5.0	4.9	1.0	0.3
1970	NYN	23	27	9.4	10.3	1.0	-0.2
1971	NYN	24	30	11.7	14.7	-0.6	-2.2
1972	CAL	25	39	21.0	20.1	4.7	2.2
1973	CAL	26	41	22.0	16.5	8.1	5.6
1974	CAL	27	42	21.8	18.4	6.2	3.6
1975	CAL	28	28	12.2	12.5	1.3	-0.3
1976	CAL	29	39	20.0	18.1	4.5	2.1
1977	CAL	30	37	20.0	16.4	6.3	3.9
1978	CAL	31	31	15.4	13.2	4.2	2.3
1979	CAL	32	34	16.4	13.3	5.2	3.2
1980	HOU	33	35	14.2	14.5	2.3	0.6
1981	HOU	34	21	10.1	8.3	3.7	2.6
1982	HOU	35	35	15.0	16.9	1.3	-0.6
1983	HOU	36	29	12.5	12.2	3.0	1.5
1984	HOU	37	30	12.2	12.6	2.1	0.6
1985	HOU	38	35	13.3	14.1	2.1	0.4
1986	HOU	39	30	12.4	11.9	3.0	1.5
1987	HOU	40	34	14.7	12.4	5.4	3.8
1988	HOU	41	33	13.5	15.5	0.8	-0.9
1989	TEX	42	32	15.5	12.2	5.3	3.5
1990	TEX	43	30	12.8	9.6	4.8	3.3
1991	TEX	44	27	11.5	7.3	5.5	4.3
1992	TEX	45	27	9.8	9.2	2.0	0.8
1993	TEX	46	13	4.1	4.4	0.4	-0.2
			------	------	------	------	------
CAREER (reg. season)			807	354.5	329.7	82.8	39.9
			------	------	------	------	------
PostSeason (career)			9	3.1	2.2	1.4	1.1
			------	------	------	------	------
COMBINED			816	357.6	331.8	84.2	41.0

Nolan Ryan holds several major-league records: some positive - 5,714 career strikeouts - some not so positive - 2,795 career walks. His most impressive record, however, may well be his seven no-hitters - as many as any other two major-league pitchers combined (Sandy Koufax is the only other pitcher in major-league history with as many as 4 career no-hitters).

So, for this article, I thought I'd take a look at Nolan Ryan's 7 no-hitters.

No-Hitter #1: May 15, 1973

Nolan Ryan threw his first career no-hitter against the Kansas City Royals on May 15, 1973. Ryan allowed 0 runs on 0 hits, 3 walks, and 12 strikeouts, as the Angels beat the Royals, 3-0.

Here's how that game looks in Player won-lost records.

Player Won-Lost Records by Player: Summary

	Basic Player Won-Lost Records (sorted by net pWins)
	pWins	pLosses	Net pWins	eWins	eLosses	Net eWins


Nolan Ryan	0.96	0.16	0.80	0.53	0.10	0.42
Bob Oliver	0.44	0.08	0.36	0.23	0.05	0.18
Al Gallagher	0.21	0.06	0.15	0.11	0.06	0.05
Vada Pinson	0.13	0.07	0.05	0.09	0.11	-0.03
Ken Berry	0.02	0.00	0.02	0.02	0.00	0.02
Frank Robinson	0.07	0.06	0.02	0.08	0.06	0.03
Rudy Meoli	0.06	0.08	-0.02	0.07	0.07	-0.01
Sandy Alomar Sr.	0.03	0.12	-0.09	0.01	0.11	-0.10
Bobby Valentine	0.04	0.13	-0.09	0.05	0.07	-0.02
Jim Spencer	0.03	0.12	-0.10	0.04	0.08	-0.04
Jeff Torborg	0.01	0.12	-0.11	0.04	0.08	-0.04
Team Totals	2	1	1	1.27	0.80	0.47



Gene Garber	0.11	0.02	0.09	0.16	0.06	0.10
Carl Taylor	0.07	0.05	0.01	0.04	0.02	0.01
Paul Schaal	0.06	0.09	-0.03	0.07	0.06	0.01
Steve Hovley	0.16	0.19	-0.03	0.10	0.13	-0.03
Gail Hopkins	0.00	0.04	-0.04	0.00	0.02	-0.02
Lou Piniella	0.04	0.13	-0.08	0.04	0.09	-0.05
Bruce Dal Canton	0.45	0.59	-0.14	0.29	0.37	-0.07
Cookie Rojas	0.03	0.17	-0.14	0.05	0.11	-0.07
Ed Kirkpatrick	0.00	0.15	-0.15	0.00	0.07	-0.07
John Mayberry Sr.	0.00	0.15	-0.15	0.00	0.08	-0.08
Freddie Patek	0.06	0.22	-0.15	0.05	0.14	-0.09
Amos Otis	0.01	0.21	-0.20	0.01	0.12	-0.11
Team Totals	1	2	-1	0.80	1.27	-0.47

No-Hitter #2: July 15, 1973

Nolan Ryan threw his second career no-hitter exactly two months after his first, beating the Detroit Tigers 6-0 on July 15, 1973. Ryan allowed 0 runs on 0 hits, 4 walks, and 17 strikeouts.

Here's how that game looks in Player won-lost records.

Player Won-Lost Records by Player: Summary

	Basic Player Won-Lost Records (sorted by net pWins)
	pWins	pLosses	Net pWins	eWins	eLosses	Net eWins


Nolan Ryan	0.84	0.16	0.68	0.53	0.13	0.41
Winston Llenas	0.22	0.00	0.22	0.06	0.00	0.05
Art Kusnyer	0.24	0.05	0.19	0.15	0.06	0.09
Mike Epstein	0.08	0.04	0.04	0.09	0.05	0.04
Al Gallagher	0.10	0.06	0.04	0.11	0.06	0.05
Bob Oliver	0.11	0.07	0.03	0.10	0.06	0.04
Leroy Stanton	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.01
Rudy Meoli	0.12	0.12	-0.00	0.10	0.10	0.00
Sandy Alomar Sr.	0.12	0.14	-0.01	0.11	0.11	-0.00
Tommy McCraw	0.02	0.05	-0.03	0.03	0.05	-0.02
Vada Pinson	0.11	0.16	-0.05	0.04	0.13	-0.10
Ken Berry	0.03	0.15	-0.12	0.06	0.11	-0.05
Team Totals	2	1	1	1.38	0.86	0.52



Jim Perry	0.44	0.35	0.09	0.37	0.25	0.12
Fred Scherman	0.04	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.01	0.02
Dick Sharon	0.15	0.15	0.00	0.09	0.09	0.01
Gates Brown	0.05	0.06	-0.01	0.06	0.05	0.02
Ed Farmer	0.00	0.03	-0.03	0.05	0.09	-0.03
Mickey Stanley	0.10	0.19	-0.09	0.08	0.18	-0.10
Norm Cash	0.06	0.17	-0.11	0.02	0.10	-0.08
Duke Sims	0.02	0.15	-0.13	0.01	0.07	-0.05
Ed Brinkman	0.03	0.16	-0.13	0.04	0.11	-0.08
Jim Northrup	0.05	0.18	-0.14	0.06	0.14	-0.09
Aurelio Rodriguez	0.00	0.16	-0.15	0.00	0.10	-0.09
Dick McAuliffe	0.06	0.23	-0.16	0.05	0.11	-0.06
Bob L. Miller	0.00	0.17	-0.16	0.00	0.09	-0.09
Team Totals	1	2	-1	0.86	1.38	-0.52

No-Hitter #3: September 28, 1974

Nolan Ryan's third career no-hitter was his first no-hitter thrown at home. On September 28, 1974, the Angels beat the Minnesota Twins, 4-0, as Ryan allowed 0 runs on 0 hits, 8 walks, and 15 strikeouts.

Here's how that game looks in Player won-lost records.

Player Won-Lost Records by Player: Summary

	Basic Player Won-Lost Records (sorted by net pWins)
	pWins	pLosses	Net pWins	eWins	eLosses	Net eWins


Steve Brye	0.19	0.10	0.08	0.17	0.08	0.09
Rod Carew	0.14	0.13	0.01	0.09	0.12	-0.03
Harmon Killebrew	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.03
Jerry Terrell	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-0.00
Tony Oliva	0.07	0.09	-0.02	0.04	0.07	-0.03
Larry Hisle	0.11	0.14	-0.03	0.08	0.09	-0.01
Eric Soderholm	0.00	0.03	-0.03	0.00	0.05	-0.05
Bill F. Butler	0.14	0.22	-0.08	0.27	0.19	0.09
Luis Gomez	0.04	0.13	-0.09	0.03	0.06	-0.03
Glenn Borgmann	0.01	0.11	-0.10	0.01	0.09	-0.08
Pat Bourque	0.00	0.12	-0.12	0.01	0.08	-0.07
Joe Decker	0.19	0.35	-0.16	0.15	0.16	-0.01
Steve Braun	0.07	0.28	-0.21	0.06	0.13	-0.07
Bobby Darwin	0.03	0.30	-0.26	0.05	0.16	-0.11
Team Totals	1	2	-1	0.99	1.28	-0.29



Nolan Ryan	0.80	0.36	0.44	0.54	0.28	0.26
Morris Nettles	0.33	0.12	0.21	0.14	0.13	0.01
John Balaz	0.19	0.05	0.14	0.15	0.03	0.12
Denny Doyle	0.17	0.07	0.11	0.11	0.08	0.03
Rudy Meoli	0.20	0.10	0.10	0.13	0.10	0.03
Bruce Bochte	0.09	0.05	0.04	0.02	0.09	-0.08
Dave Chalk	0.10	0.06	0.03	0.07	0.07	-0.00
Leroy Stanton	0.07	0.06	0.01	0.06	0.07	-0.01
Joe Lahoud	0.04	0.04	-0.00	0.06	0.08	-0.02
Tom Egan	0.01	0.08	-0.07	0.00	0.06	-0.06
Team Totals	2	1	1	1.28	0.99	0.29

No-Hitter #4: June 1, 1975

Nolan Ryan's fourth career no-hitter gave him no-hitters in three consecutive season, when Ryan beat the Baltimore Orioles, 1-0, on July 1, 1975. Ryan allowed 0 runs on 0 hits, 4 walks, and 9 strikeouts. This was the fewest strikeouts in any of Ryan's seven no-hitters.

Here's how that game looks in Player won-lost records.

Player Won-Lost Records by Player: Summary

	Basic Player Won-Lost Records (sorted by net pWins)
	pWins	pLosses	Net pWins	eWins	eLosses	Net eWins


Wayne Garland	0.16	0.04	0.12	0.21	0.05	0.16
Lee May	0.11	0.07	0.04	0.06	0.07	-0.01
Bobby Grich	0.14	0.12	0.02	0.12	0.10	0.02
Mark Belanger	0.11	0.15	-0.04	0.13	0.10	0.03
Don Baylor	0.00	0.06	-0.06	0.00	0.05	-0.05
Tom Shopay	0.04	0.11	-0.07	0.05	0.09	-0.03
H. Tommy Davis	0.00	0.12	-0.12	0.00	0.05	-0.05
Ross Grimsley Jr.	0.24	0.36	-0.12	0.17	0.25	-0.08
Ellie Hendricks	0.04	0.22	-0.18	0.04	0.08	-0.04
Brooks Robinson	0.11	0.29	-0.18	0.06	0.11	-0.05
Al Bumbry	0.03	0.23	-0.20	0.03	0.13	-0.10
Ken Singleton	0.02	0.23	-0.20	0.03	0.15	-0.12
Team Totals	1	2	-1	0.90	1.21	-0.30



Nolan Ryan	0.98	0.18	0.79	0.51	0.17	0.34
Dave Chalk	0.32	0.06	0.26	0.13	0.07	0.06
Winston Llenas	0.11	0.03	0.08	0.06	0.05	0.01
Billy E. Smith	0.16	0.10	0.06	0.14	0.07	0.07
Morris Nettles	0.05	0.00	0.05	0.02	0.00	0.02
Leroy Stanton	0.07	0.04	0.03	0.08	0.05	0.03
Mickey Rivers	0.04	0.04	0.00	0.06	0.07	-0.01
Jerry Remy	0.10	0.14	-0.03	0.08	0.12	-0.05
Bruce Bochte	0.10	0.14	-0.04	0.06	0.06	0.01
Tommy Harper	0.05	0.10	-0.05	0.06	0.12	-0.06
Ellie Rodriguez	0.00	0.16	-0.16	0.00	0.11	-0.11
Team Totals	2	1	1	1.21	0.90	0.30

No-Hitter #5: September 26, 1981

It took six years and a change of teams before Nolan Ryan was finally able to beat Sandy Koufax's major-league record with his fifth career no-hitter. On September 26, 1981, Ryan no-hit the Los Angeles Dodgers as a member of the Houston Astros.on May 15, 1973. For the game, Ryan allowed 0 runs on 0 hits, 3 walks, 1 wild pitch, and 11 strikeouts, as the Astros won 5-0.

Here's how that game looks in Player won-lost records.

Player Won-Lost Records by Player: Summary

	Basic Player Won-Lost Records (sorted by net pWins)
	pWins	pLosses	Net pWins	eWins	eLosses	Net eWins


Steve Garvey	0.20	0.10	0.09	0.10	0.07	0.03
Dave Goltz	0.04	0.00	0.04	0.04	0.00	0.04
Terry Forster	0.08	0.07	0.01	0.14	0.10	0.04
Derrel Thomas	0.19	0.17	0.01	0.11	0.14	-0.02
Steve Howe	0.00	0.00	-0.00	0.03	0.05	-0.02
Reggie Smith	0.00	0.00	-0.00	0.00	0.02	-0.02
Jack Perconte	0.00	0.01	-0.01	0.00	0.02	-0.02
Jay Johnstone	0.00	0.01	-0.01	0.00	0.02	-0.02
Dave Stewart	0.00	0.04	-0.04	0.00	0.12	-0.12
Ken Landreaux	0.05	0.12	-0.07	0.05	0.10	-0.06
Mike Scioscia	0.05	0.15	-0.10	0.03	0.09	-0.05
Dusty Baker	0.02	0.13	-0.10	0.05	0.10	-0.06
Pedro Guerrero	0.04	0.18	-0.15	0.04	0.08	-0.04
Davey Lopes	0.04	0.20	-0.16	0.04	0.12	-0.07
Ron Roenicke	0.05	0.26	-0.21	0.07	0.24	-0.17
Ted Power	0.24	0.54	-0.30	0.17	0.36	-0.19
Team Totals	1	2	-1	0.88	1.62	-0.74



Nolan Ryan	0.82	0.31	0.51	0.52	0.21	0.31
Jose Cruz Sr.	0.36	0.03	0.33	0.29	0.05	0.24
Phil Garner	0.27	0.15	0.12	0.23	0.15	0.09
Craig Reynolds	0.09	0.04	0.05	0.18	0.05	0.13
Alan Ashby	0.21	0.17	0.04	0.10	0.12	-0.01
Terry Puhl	0.11	0.09	0.03	0.11	0.09	0.01
Denny Walling	0.03	0.00	0.03	0.06	0.00	0.06
Joe Pittman	0.04	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.00	0.05
Tony Scott	0.06	0.08	-0.02	0.05	0.09	-0.04
Harry Spilman	0.00	0.03	-0.03	0.00	0.04	-0.04
Art Howe	0.02	0.09	-0.06	0.03	0.08	-0.06
Team Totals	2	1	1	1.62	0.88	0.74

No-Hitter #6: June 11, 1990

It took another nine years - and another team change - before Nolan Ryan threw his sixth no-hitter on June 11, 1990, as Ryan's Texas Rangers defeated the Oakland A's, 5-0. Ryan allowed 0 runs on 0 hits, 2 walks, and 14 strikeouts.

Here's how that game looks in Player won-lost records.

Player Won-Lost Records by Player: Summary

	Basic Player Won-Lost Records (sorted by net pWins)
	pWins	pLosses	Net pWins	eWins	eLosses	Net eWins


Julio Franco	0.72	0.04	0.68	0.30	0.04	0.26
Nolan Ryan	0.52	0.21	0.31	0.46	0.09	0.37
Gary Pettis	0.29	0.13	0.16	0.18	0.09	0.08
John W. Russell	0.20	0.06	0.14	0.17	0.05	0.13
Ruben Sierra	0.09	0.02	0.07	0.10	0.05	0.05
Jeff Huson	0.10	0.10	0.01	0.11	0.08	0.03
Harold Baines	0.04	0.07	-0.03	0.03	0.07	-0.03
Steve Buechele	0.00	0.07	-0.07	0.00	0.08	-0.08
Pete Incaviglia	0.02	0.14	-0.12	0.07	0.07	-0.00
Rafael Palmeiro	0.02	0.16	-0.14	0.07	0.13	-0.06
Team Totals	2	1	1	1.49	0.75	0.74



Walt Weiss	0.18	0.04	0.14	0.08	0.05	0.02
Mike Norris	0.03	0.01	0.02	0.12	0.12	0.01
Gene Nelson	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.05	0.03	0.02
Felix Jose	0.06	0.06	-0.00	0.02	0.07	-0.05
Ken Phelps	0.00	0.01	-0.01	0.00	0.02	-0.02
Carney Lansford	0.00	0.01	-0.01	0.00	0.02	-0.02
Mike Gallego	0.05	0.08	-0.03	0.05	0.03	0.02
Harold Baines	0.04	0.07	-0.03	0.03	0.07	-0.03
Dave Henderson	0.01	0.05	-0.04	0.01	0.07	-0.05
Jamie Quirk	0.10	0.13	-0.04	0.03	0.08	-0.05
Doug Jennings	0.01	0.07	-0.06	0.01	0.06	-0.06
Ron Hassey	0.00	0.07	-0.07	0.00	0.06	-0.06
Willie Randolph	0.01	0.10	-0.09	0.03	0.09	-0.05
Rickey Henderson	0.07	0.19	-0.12	0.08	0.11	-0.03
Scott Sanderson	0.47	1.18	-0.70	0.26	0.67	-0.41
Team Totals	1	2	-1	0.78	1.55	-0.77

Ryan's sixth no-hitter was the only one of his no-hitters in which he did not lead his team in net pWins, which is fairly rare for a no-hitter. Julio Franco was actually the most valuable Texas Ranger in this game. Franco hit two two-run home runs: one in the first inning to give the Rangers a 2-0 lead, the other in the fifth inning to extend the Rangers' lead to 5-0 (where it ended).

Ryan's no-hit performance was better than Franco's performance when context was taken out of consideration. But, in context, Franco's performance was more valuable than expected, while Ryan's performance was somewhat less valuable than expected - Ryan was staked to a 2-0 lead before he threw a pitch and a 5-0 lead halfway through the game; in that situation, Ryan didn't need to throw a no-hitter.

No-Hitter #7: May 1, 1991

Nolan Ryan's seventh and final no-hitter came two weeks short of 18 years after his first career no-hitter. On May 1, 1991, Ryan's Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 3-0, as Ryan allowed 0 runs on 0 hits, 2 walks, and 16 strikeouts.

Here's how that game looks in Player won-lost records.

Player Won-Lost Records by Player: Summary

	Basic Player Won-Lost Records (sorted by net pWins)
	pWins	pLosses	Net pWins	eWins	eLosses	Net eWins


Joe Carter	0.19	0.06	0.13	0.07	0.04	0.02
Kelly Gruber	0.12	0.07	0.05	0.11	0.08	0.03
Bob MacDonald	0.03	0.01	0.02	0.06	0.05	0.01
Willie Fraser	0.01	0.02	-0.02	0.03	0.07	-0.04
Glenallen Hill	0.00	0.06	-0.06	0.00	0.06	-0.06
Devon White	0.01	0.11	-0.11	0.01	0.10	-0.09
Roberto Alomar	0.00	0.13	-0.13	0.00	0.10	-0.10
John Olerud	0.00	0.13	-0.13	0.00	0.07	-0.07
Manuel Lee	0.01	0.14	-0.13	0.02	0.12	-0.10
Greg Myers	0.03	0.17	-0.13	0.02	0.10	-0.08
Mark Whiten	0.10	0.30	-0.19	0.07	0.16	-0.09
Jimmy Key	0.49	0.79	-0.30	0.33	0.37	-0.05
Team Totals	1	2	-1	0.70	1.32	-0.61



Nolan Ryan	0.69	0.10	0.59	0.51	0.09	0.42
Ruben Sierra	0.39	0.07	0.32	0.17	0.07	0.10
Juan Gonzalez	0.24	0.08	0.16	0.15	0.06	0.08
Gary Pettis	0.27	0.14	0.13	0.13	0.09	0.04
Rafael Palmeiro	0.18	0.06	0.12	0.11	0.06	0.06
Julio Franco	0.10	0.05	0.05	0.07	0.08	-0.01
Mike Stanley	0.07	0.03	0.04	0.10	0.05	0.05
Jack Daugherty	0.01	0.12	-0.11	0.04	0.07	-0.04
Jeff Huson	0.01	0.15	-0.14	0.00	0.05	-0.04
Steve Buechele	0.04	0.19	-0.15	0.04	0.09	-0.05
Team Totals	2	1	1	1.32	0.70	0.61

Nolan Ryan's best game: April 26, 1990

Surprisingly, as measured by Player won-lost records (specifically by net pWins), Nolan Ryan's top pitching performance of his career was not a no-hitter. Rather, it came on April 26 ,1990, when Ryan led the Texas Rangers to a 1-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox. In this game, Ryan allowed 0 runs on 1 hit (a single by Ron Kittle, leading off the second inning), 2 walks, 1 wild pitch and 16 strikeouts. In this game, Ryan retired the last 13 batters of the game, 7 by strikeout.

Here's how that game looks in Player won-lost records.

Player Won-Lost Records by Player: Summary

	Basic Player Won-Lost Records (sorted by net pWins)
	pWins	pLosses	Net pWins	eWins	eLosses	Net eWins


Wayne Edwards	0.09	0.05	0.04	0.11	0.06	0.05
Melido Perez	0.50	0.47	0.03	0.38	0.25	0.14
Ron Kittle	0.09	0.10	-0.01	0.07	0.07	-0.01
Scott Fletcher	0.10	0.14	-0.04	0.08	0.08	-0.00
Dan Pasqua	0.00	0.05	-0.05	0.00	0.02	-0.02
Robin Ventura	0.04	0.10	-0.06	0.04	0.05	-0.00
Ivan Calderon	0.02	0.11	-0.08	0.05	0.07	-0.02
Carlton Fisk	0.04	0.13	-0.10	0.02	0.07	-0.05
Sammy Sosa	0.00	0.14	-0.13	0.01	0.10	-0.09
Steve Lyons	0.00	0.17	-0.17	0.00	0.06	-0.06
Lance Johnson	0.00	0.20	-0.20	0.00	0.10	-0.09
Ozzie Guillen	0.11	0.34	-0.23	0.05	0.10	-0.05
Team Totals	1	2	-1	0.81	1.01	-0.21



Nolan Ryan	1.14	0.20	0.93	0.55	0.11	0.44
Jeff Huson	0.25	0.09	0.16	0.05	0.08	-0.03
Geno Petralli	0.15	0.03	0.11	0.11	0.03	0.08
Pete Incaviglia	0.19	0.12	0.07	0.05	0.07	-0.02
Ruben Sierra	0.08	0.06	0.02	0.09	0.05	0.03
Rafael Palmeiro	0.07	0.06	0.01	0.05	0.07	-0.02
Harold Baines	0.02	0.07	-0.05	0.03	0.04	-0.02
Gary Pettis	0.10	0.17	-0.07	0.04	0.14	-0.10
Scott Coolbaugh	0.01	0.09	-0.08	0.01	0.07	-0.05
Julio Franco	0.01	0.11	-0.10	0.03	0.13	-0.10
Team Totals	2	1	1	1.01	0.81	0.21

Article last updated: April 27, 2020

All articles are written so that they pull data directly from the most recent version of the Player won-lost database. Hence, any numbers cited within these articles should automatically incorporate the most recent update to Player won-lost records. In some cases, however, the accompanying text may have been written based on previous versions of Player won-lost records. I apologize if this results in non-sensical text in any cases.

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