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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 4364559, member: 5798"] There is another "express" Nolan Ryan, HOF. He got the nick name "express" because of his ability to consistently throw pitches that were clocked above 100 miles per hour (161 km/h). [ATTACH type="full" alt="1660014945030.png"]78117[/ATTACH] Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr., 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 spanning four decades, Ryan pitched for the New York Mets, California Angels, Houston Astros, and Texas Rangers. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Ryan']Wikipedia[/URL]. As any real baseball fan knows, Ryan holds the record for the most career no-hitters with 7, and 12 one hitters. :eek: Ryan was a right-handed pitcher who consistently threw pitches that were clocked above 100 miles per hour (161 km/h). He maintained this velocity throughout his pitching career. Ryan was also known to throw a devastating [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12%E2%80%936_curveball']12–6 curveball[/URL] at exceptional velocity for a breaking ball.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Ryan#cite_note-2'][2][/URL] Ryan had a lifetime win–loss record of 324–292 (.526) and was an eight-time [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game']All-Star[/URL]. [B]His 5,714 career [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strikeout']strikeouts[/URL] is [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_career_strikeout_leaders']an MLB record[/URL] by a significant margin[/B].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Ryan#cite_note-data-1'][1][/URL] He leads the runner-up, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Johnson']Randy Johnson[/URL], by 839 strikeouts. Similarly, Ryan's 2,795 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bases_on_balls']bases on balls[/URL] lead second-place [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Carlton']Steve Carlton[/URL] by 962 – walking over 50% more hitters than any other pitcher in MLB history. Ryan's lifetime [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batting_average_against']batting average against[/URL] of .204 is also a major league record. Ryan, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Mart%C3%ADnez']Pedro Martínez[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Johnson']Randy Johnson[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Hoffman']Trevor Hoffman[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Koufax']Sandy Koufax[/URL] are the only five pitchers inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame who had more strikeouts than [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innings_pitched']innings pitched[/URL]. Ryan is one of only three players in history to have his number retired by at least three teams, along with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson']Jackie Robinson[/URL] (whose number was retired by Major League Baseball) and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Robinson']Frank Robinson[/URL]. [B]Ryan is the all-time leader in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-hitter']no-hitters[/URL] with seven, three more than any other pitcher.[/B] He is tied with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Feller']Bob Feller[/URL] for the most one-hitters, with 12. Ryan also pitched 18 two-hitters. Despite this, he never pitched a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_game_(baseball)']perfect game[/URL], nor did he ever win a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cy_Young_Award']Cy Young Award[/URL]. Ryan is one of only 29 players in baseball history to have [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_players_who_played_in_four_decades']appeared in MLB games in four different decades[/URL]. [/QUOTE]

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