Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr. (born January 31, 1947), 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 (MLB), Ryan pitched for the New York Mets, California Angels, Houston Astros, and Texas Rangers. After his retirement in 1993, Ryan served as chief executive officer (CEO) of the Texas Rangers and an executive advisor to the Houston Astros. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999, and is widely considered to be one of the greatest MLB pitchers of all time. 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 12–6 curveball at exceptional velocity for a breaking ball. More about Nolan Ryan
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Ryan had a lifetime win–loss record of 324–292 (.526) and was an eight-time All-Star. He has 5,714 career strikeouts, an MLB record that is 839 more than runner-up Randy Johnson. 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's lifetime batting average against of .204 is also a major league record. Ryan, Pedro Martínez, Randy Johnson, Trevor Hoffman, and Sandy Koufax are the only five pitchers inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame who had more strikeouts than innings pitched. Ryan is one of three players in history to have his number retired by at least three teams, along with Jackie Robinson (whose number was retired by Major League Baseball) and Frank Robinson.In total, we tracked 594 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Nolan Ryan (1968 Topps NOLAN RYAN Signed Rookie Baseball Card #177 PSADNA Auto Grade 10) was sold in October 2023 for £1883.21 while the cheapest item (Nolan Ryan photo w printed signature Texas Rangers Owner HOF) found a new owner for £0.78 in March 2024. The month with the most items sold (27) was January 2023 with an average selling price of £60.62 for an autographed item of Nolan Ryan. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2014 with £313.79 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was January 2019. In average, an autographed item from Nolan Ryan is worth £47.85.
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