1976 Topps #330 - Nolan Ryan

• It would take several posts to do Mr. Ryan justice. He's a legend. We didn't always think so though. Perhaps it was his winning percentages. He was usually right around .500 and he also never won a Cy Young Award.

• Here's a list of his accomplishments:

7 no-hitters

12 one-hitters

8 All Star games

Strikeout leader 11 times

ERA leader twice

Lifetime record: 324-292 (.526)

All time strikeout leader (5714)

All time walk leader (2795)

27 major league seasons (all-time record)

Number retired by the Angels (#30), Astros (#34), and Rangers (#34)

Major League All Century Team

Hall of Fame in 1999 (98.79% of the vote)

• Seven of the ten pitchers with the highest similarity scores are in the Hall of Fame. Two others will be there (Randy Johnson and Bert Blyleven) and the tenth might get there if the writers don't hold the 'roids against him (Roger Clemens).
  
  

• Nolan Ryan's website

• Nolan Ryan Foundation
  
  


• Baseball Digest articles:


• October 1972 - Nolan Ryan Fastest Gun in the West!

• May 1973 - Nolan Ryan Next 30 Game Winner?

• May 1975 - Nolan Ryan Entering his Prime as Power Pitcher

• December 1976 - Bob Feller: Was he Faster than Nolan Ryan?

• September 1979 - Nolan Ryan: Baseball's No. 1 Strikeout Artist
  


• March 1980 - When Nolan Ryan Almost Quit the Game

• May 1982 - Nolan Ryan Chases SO Record of 'The Big Train'

• January 1982 - Nolan Ryan Belongs in a Higher League!

• July 1985 - Strikeout King Nolan Ryan Still A Power Pitcher at Age 38
  
  


• August 1989 - Nolan Ryan: The Greatest Strikeout Pitcher Ever!
  
  


• August 1991 - Nolan Ryan Legend Grew From 'A Little White Lie'


• November 1991 - Nolan Ryan: Still A Gem Among his Pitching Peers


• February 1994 - Farewell to Nolan Ryan: He Was A Baseball Treasure
  
  


• Nolan Ryan is now President of the Texas Rangers.
  


• Liked to face: Gates Brown (.000 in 24 AB); Eric Davis (.040 in 21 AB); Butch Wynegar (.050 in 40 AB)


• Hated to face: Manny Sanguillen (.524 in 24 AB); Lonnie Smith (.500 in 24 AB); Gary Sutherland (.417 in 24 AB)
  

Nolan Ryan's 5000th Strikeout August 12, 1989




Nolan Ryan's 7th No-Hitter




Nolan Ryan on the soap opera Ryan's Hope in September 1975.

Nolan Ryan vs. Robin Ventura