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Nolan Ryan Center
Nolan Ryan Center
Nolan Ryan Center
Nolan Ryan Center
Nolan Ryan Center
Nolan Ryan Center
Nolan Ryan Center
Nolan Ryan Center
Nolan Ryan Center
Nolan Ryan Center
Nolan Ryan Center
Nolan Ryan Center
Nolan Ryan Center
Nolan Ryan Center
Nolan Ryan Center
Phone:
+1 281-388-1134

Address:
2925 TX-35 Loop, Alvin, TX 77511, USA

Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr. , nicknamed The Ryan Express, is a former Major League Baseball pitcher and a previous chief executive officer of the Texas Rangers. He is currently an executive adviser to the owner of the Houston Astros. Ryan enjoyed a major league record 27-year baseball career that spanned four decades: 1966, 1968–1993. He pitched for the New York Mets, California Angels, Houston Astros, and Texas Rangers. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999.Ryan, a hard-throwing, right-handed pitcher, threw pitches that were regularly clocked above 100 miles per hour . He maintained this velocity throughout his career, even into his 40s. Ryan was also known to throw a devastating 12–6 curveball at exceptional velocity for a breaking ball.Ryan had a lifetime winning percentage of .526, and he was an eight-time MLB All-Star. His 5,714 career strikeouts is an MLB record by a significant margin and will be difficult for any future pitcher to surpass. He leads the runner-up, Randy Johnson, by 839 strikeouts. Similarly, Ryan's 2,795 bases on balls lead second-place Steve Carlton by 962—walking over 50% more hitters than any other pitcher in MLB history. Ryan, Pedro Martínez, Randy Johnson, and Sandy Koufax are the only four pitchers inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame who had more strikeouts than innings pitched. Besides Jackie Robinson and Frank Robinson , Ryan is the only other major league baseball player to have his number retired by at least three teams: the Angels, Astros, and Rangers. Ryan is the all-time leader in no-hitters with seven, three more than any other pitcher. He is tied with Bob Feller for the most one-hitters, with 12. Ryan also pitched 18 two-hitters. Despite the seven no-hitters, he was never the winning pitcher of a perfect game, nor did he ever win a Cy Young Award. Ryan is one of only 29 players in baseball history to have appeared in Major League baseball games in four decades.
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