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Lynn Nolan Ryan

First name: Nolan

Last name: Ryan

Birthdate: 1947-01-31

Bats: R   Throws: R

RetroID: ryann001

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1968NYN0.60.00.6-0.3-0.10.70
1969NYN0.40.00.40.00.10.30
1970NYN0.60.00.60.10.30.31
1971NYN0.70.00.70.10.30.31
1972CAL1.30.01.30.30.70.72
1980HOU1.00.01.00.30.60.42
1981HOU0.80.00.80.30.50.31
1982HOU1.20.01.20.20.50.72
1983HOU1.00.01.0-0.30.01.00
1984HOU0.90.00.90.10.30.51
1985HOU1.00.01.00.20.50.52
1986HOU0.80.00.8-0.20.00.80
1987HOU0.90.00.9-0.20.10.90
1988HOU1.00.01.0-0.10.20.81
Career12.20.012.20.54.08.213

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1968NYN47-7-70-1000005-37.2-0.40.00.0-0.40
1969NYN32-5-500000004-18.3-0.10.00.0-0.10
1970NYN47-7-70010000609.00.00.00.00.00
1971NYN53-6-60000000608.10.00.00.00.00
1972CAL99-11-1000000001007.50.00.00.00.00
1980HOU83-11-101100000918.50.10.00.00.10
1981HOU60-3-3-1-100000617.70.10.00.00.10
1982HOU94-13-12100000010-18.3-0.10.00.0-0.10
1983HOU75-14-1300000009-48.8-0.50.00.0-0.50
1984HOU68-10-900000008-19.0-0.10.00.0-0.10
1985HOU82-10-1000000001009.30.00.00.00.00
1986HOU63-11-111-1000008-38.5-0.40.00.0-0.40
1987HOU73-14-141-10000010-49.0-0.40.00.0-0.40
1988HOU81-14-14000100010-38.6-0.30.00.0-0.30
Career957-136-1313-311000111-18--2.10.00.0-2.10

Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1966 NYN NL 2 0.1 3.0 5 1 0 1.50 8.9 -0.30 0.09 -3 0.59 -2 -0.2 -0.1 0.3 -0.1 0
1968 NYN NL 21 5.7 134.0 50 50 3 6.38 8.0 0.05 0.09 -1 0.96 -1 -0.1 2.8 3.0 1.1 8
1969 NYN NL 25 3.8 89.3 38 41 3 3.57 9.1 -0.10 0.09 0 0.91 0 0.0 1.9 1.9 0.8 6
1970 NYN NL 27 5.9 131.7 59 67 6 4.88 9.7 0.08 0.03 3 1.06 3 0.3 3.3 2.7 1.6 10
1971 NYN NL 30 6.7 152.0 78 65 0 5.07 9.0 0.07 0.03 -11 1.01 -11 -1.2 2.1 4.5 0.1 6
1972 CAL AL 39 13.2 284.0 80 103 4 7.28 7.4 0.10 -0.03 21 1.00 21 2.8 9.4 3.8 5.5 28
1973 CAL AL 41 14.6 326.0 113 145 -4 7.95 8.2 0.03 -0.03 36 1.02 36 4.4 11.7 2.9 7.4 35
1974 CAL AL 42 15.1 332.7 127 143 0 7.92 8.4 0.02 -0.03 16 1.00 16 1.9 9.4 5.6 5.0 28
1975 CAL AL 28 8.8 198.0 90 89 -1 7.07 8.9 0.04 -0.03 1 1.00 1 0.1 4.5 4.3 1.9 14
1976 CAL AL 39 12.2 284.3 117 121 2 7.29 8.6 0.03 -0.03 2 1.00 2 0.2 6.3 5.9 2.7 19
1977 CAL AL 37 13.7 299.0 110 146 3 8.08 8.8 0.07 -0.03 35 1.00 35 4.0 10.8 2.8 6.8 32
1978 CAL AL 31 10.4 234.7 106 102 -3 7.57 8.8 0.08 -0.03 0 1.00 0 0.0 5.2 5.2 2.2 16
1979 CAL AL 34 9.9 222.7 104 110 -1 6.55 9.4 0.10 -0.03 9 1.00 9 1.0 6.0 4.0 3.1 18
1980 HOU NL 35 10.0 233.7 100 95 -2 6.68 8.4 0.09 -0.04 -2 1.00 -2 -0.2 4.8 5.2 1.9 14
1981 HOU NL 21 6.5 149.0 34 63 4 7.10 7.7 0.15 -0.04 27 1.00 27 3.5 6.7 -0.3 4.8 20
1982 HOU NL 35 11.1 250.3 100 108 1 7.15 8.5 0.11 -0.04 9 1.00 9 1.1 6.6 4.4 3.3 20
1983 HOU NL 29 8.5 196.3 74 83 5 6.77 8.5 0.16 -0.04 6 1.00 6 0.7 4.9 3.5 2.4 15
1984 HOU NL 30 8.2 183.7 78 78 1 6.12 8.6 0.14 -0.04 1 1.00 1 0.1 4.2 4.0 1.8 13
1985 HOU NL 35 10.1 232.0 108 99 -3 6.63 8.8 0.12 -0.04 -4 1.00 -4 -0.5 4.6 5.6 1.6 14
1986 HOU NL 30 7.7 178.0 71 80 5 5.93 8.8 0.10 -0.04 5 1.00 5 0.6 4.5 3.3 2.2 14
1987 HOU NL 34 9.5 211.7 75 101 2 6.23 8.8 0.14 -0.04 26 1.00 26 3.0 7.8 1.8 5.0 23
1988 HOU NL 33 9.6 220.0 98 92 -3 6.67 8.6 0.09 -0.04 -2 1.00 -2 -0.2 4.6 5.0 1.8 14
1989 TEX AL 32 10.6 239.3 96 117 3 7.48 9.0 0.18 0.04 24 1.00 24 2.7 8.0 2.6 4.9 24
1990 TEX AL 30 9.0 204.0 86 98 2 6.80 9.1 0.18 0.01 15 1.00 15 1.6 6.1 2.9 3.4 18
1991 TEX AL 27 7.4 173.0 58 84 4 6.41 8.8 0.15 0.01 25 1.00 25 2.8 6.5 0.9 4.3 20
1992 TEX AL 27 6.8 157.3 75 73 -4 5.83 9.1 0.12 0.01 4 1.00 4 0.4 3.8 3.0 1.8 11
1993 TEX AL 13 3.0 66.3 47 32 1 5.10 10.3 0.17 0.01 -14 1.00 -14 -1.4 0.1 2.9 -0.8 0
Career 807 238.1 5386 2177 2386 28 228 229 27.4 146.5 91.7 76.5 440

Defense

Pitcher Defense

Year Team Chances OAA OAA adj
1966 NYN 0 0.0 0
1968 NYN 12 -2.0 -2
1969 NYN 8 -2.0 -2
1970 NYN 16 -3.0 -3
1971 NYN 20 -2.0 -2
1972 CAL 33 0.0 0
1973 CAL 36 -1.0 -1
1974 CAL 53 2.0 2
1975 CAL 24 -3.0 -3
1976 CAL 40 0.0 0
1977 CAL 43 -1.0 -1
1978 CAL 42 -1.0 -1
1979 CAL 34 0.0 0
1980 HOU 36 -3.0 -3
1981 HOU 21 0.0 0
1982 HOU 40 1.0 1
1983 HOU 31 2.0 2
1984 HOU 19 -2.0 -2
1985 HOU 28 -4.0 -4
1986 HOU 24 -1.0 -1
1987 HOU 23 -2.0 -2
1988 HOU 27 -4.0 -4
1989 TEX 25 -1.0 -1
1990 TEX 18 0.0 0
1991 TEX 15 0.0 0
1992 TEX 18 -1.0 -1
1993 TEX 10 -2.0 -2
696 -30.0 -30

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1969NYN0.00.00.00.10.1-0.10
1980HOU0.10.00.10.00.00.00
1981HOU0.10.00.10.20.2-0.21
1986HOU0.00.00.00.00.00.00
Career0.20.00.20.30.3-0.31

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1969NYN4000000000119.00.10.00.00.10
1980HOU6-1-10000000108.70.00.00.00.00
1981HOU5000000000115.20.20.00.00.20
1986HOU4-1-10000000107.50.00.00.00.00
Career19-2-2000000042-0.30.00.00.30

Postseason Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1969 NYN MLB 2 0.5 9.3 2 5 1 4.65 8.9 0.03 0.00 2 1.31 2 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.3 1
1979 CAL MLB 1 0.3 7.0 3 4 0 7.00 9.4 0.10 0.00 1 1.00 1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 1
1980 HOU MLB 2 0.5 13.3 8 6 -1 6.65 9.4 0.07 0.00 -1 1.00 -1 -0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 0
1981 HOU MLB 2 0.7 15.0 4 7 1 7.50 8.1 0.12 0.00 2 1.00 2 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.4 2
1986 HOU MLB 2 0.5 14.0 6 7 0 7.00 9.4 0.13 0.00 1 1.00 1 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.3 1
Career 9 2.5 58.6 23 29 1 5 5 0.5 1.8 0.8 1.2 5

Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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