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The big number is his career NUT, his total production against league average, with its letter grade. This season's NUT sits just below it, followed by his season and career lines, recent form over 7, 14 and 30 days, game logs, and percentile ranks against every qualified player. NUT is built on the advanced hitting and pitching stats analysts trust, with defense left out, so the number reflects what the player controls.

Nolan Ryan 2026 Season · TEX

Career: 324-292, 3.19 ERA, 5714 K in 5386.0 IP.

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Nolan Ryan Career Stats: +49.9 NUT, #6 All-Time | Baseball NUT

Nolan Ryan

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+49.9Career NUT

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3.19ERA1.25WHIP324W5714K5386.0IP3SV

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 2", 195 lb · b. Jan 31, 1947 · Refugio, TX · Draft 1965 (12th Rd, #226)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1966	19	NYM	—	0	1	15.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	3.0	5	5	3	0	6	2.67
1968	21	NYM	-0.7	6	9	3.09	21	18	3	0	1	0	0	0	559	134.0	93	46	75	4	133	1.25
1969	22	NYM	+1.0	6	3	3.53	25	10	2	0	4	1	0	1	375	89.1	60	35	53	1	92	1.26
1970	23	NYM	-0.2	7	11	3.42	27	19	5	2	4	1	1	2	570	131.2	86	50	97	4	125	1.39
1971	24	NYM	-0.9	10	14	3.97	30	26	3	0	1	0	0	0	705	152.0	125	67	116	15	137	1.59
1972	25	LAA	+2.9	19	16	2.28	39	39	20	9	0	0	0	0	1154	284.0	166	72	157	10	329	1.14
1973	26	LAA	+4.9	21	16	2.87	41	39	26	4	2	1	0	1	1355	326.0	238	104	162	7	383	1.23
1974	27	LAA	+2.6	22	16	2.89	42	41	26	3	1	0	0	0	1392	332.2	221	107	202	9	367	1.27
1975	28	LAA	+0.1	14	12	3.45	28	28	10	5	0	0	0	0	864	198.0	152	76	132	7	186	1.43
1976	29	LAA	+2.1	17	18	3.36	39	39	21	7	0	0	0	0	1195	284.1	193	106	183	5	327	1.32
1977	30	LAA	+3.0	19	16	2.77	37	37	22	4	0	0	0	0	1272	299.0	198	92	204	9	341	1.34
1978	31	LAA	+2.1	10	13	3.72	31	31	14	3	0	0	0	0	1008	234.2	183	97	148	3	260	1.41
1979	32	LAA	+2.0	16	14	3.60	34	34	17	5	0	0	0	0	937	222.2	169	89	114	6	223	1.27
1980	33	HOU	+2.6	11	10	3.35	35	35	4	2	0	0	0	0	982	233.2	205	87	98	3	200	1.30
1981	34	HOU	+2.4	11	5	1.69	21	21	5	3	0	0	0	0	605	149.0	99	28	68	1	140	1.12
1982	35	HOU	+1.9	16	12	3.16	35	35	10	3	0	0	0	0	1050	250.1	196	88	109	8	245	1.22
1983	36	HOU	+1.8	14	9	2.98	29	29	5	2	0	0	0	0	804	196.1	134	65	101	4	183	1.20
1984	37	HOU	+2.5	12	11	3.04	30	30	5	2	0	0	0	0	760	183.2	143	62	69	4	197	1.15
1985	38	HOU	+2.7	10	12	3.80	35	35	4	0	0	0	0	0	983	232.0	205	98	95	9	209	1.29
1986	39	HOU	+1.9	12	8	3.34	30	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	729	178.0	119	66	82	4	194	1.13
1987	40	HOU	+4.2	8	16	2.76	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	873	211.2	154	65	87	4	270	1.14
1988	41	HOU	+1.8	12	11	3.52	33	33	4	1	0	0	0	0	930	220.0	186	86	87	7	228	1.24
1989	42	TEX	+3.5	16	10	3.20	32	32	6	2	0	0	0	0	988	239.1	162	85	98	9	301	1.09
1990	43	TEX	+2.4	13	9	3.44	30	30	5	2	0	0	0	0	818	204.0	137	78	74	7	232	1.03
1991	44	TEX	+2.4	12	6	2.91	27	27	2	2	0	0	0	0	683	173.0	102	56	72	5	203	1.01
1992	45	TEX	+1.3	5	9	3.72	27	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	675	157.1	138	65	69	12	157	1.32
1993	46	TEX	-0.2	5	5	4.88	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	291	66.1	54	36	40	1	46	1.42
Career	—	27 yrs	+49.9	324	292	3.19	807	773	222	61	13	3	1	4	22574	5386.0	3923	1911	2795	158	5714	1.25

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NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Ryan's career NUT of +49.9

Slice size = share of total NUT. K Ability = Strikeouts · HR Prevention = HR allowed · Walk Avoidance = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

4.9

6869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293

NUT by Season

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+4.2

+1.8

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+2.4

+1.3

-0.2

Awards

1969World Series Championship

1972AL All-Star

1973AL All-Star

1974AL Player of the Month · AL Player of the Week

1975AL Player of the Week · AL All-Star

1976AL Player of the Month

1977AL All-Star

1979AL Player of the Week · AL All-Star

1981NL Player of the Week · NL All-Star · Astros Most Valuable Player

1982NL Pitcher of the Month

1983NL Player of the Week

1984NL Player of the Week · NL Pitcher of the Month

1985NL All-Star

1989AL All-Star · Rangers Pitcher of the Year

1990AL Player of the Week

1991AL Player of the Week

1992Uniform number retired

1996Uniform number retired · Uniform number retired

1999Hall Of Fame

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