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Nolan Ryan's rookie card [60] [61] 38 $763,111 $575,000 Babe Ruth: 1914 Baltimore News: c. 8 [62] [63] PSA Good 2 August 2012: Private sale Features Ruth with the minor league Baltimore Orioles two years before his first Major League card. The seller had bought the card for $199,750 in 2007. [64] 39 $601,200 $601,200 Stephen Curry: 2009–10
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 ...
Nolan Ryan (pictured) became the first player to earn an average salary above $1 million in 1979. 17 years later Albert Belle became the first player to average above $10 million a year. This list documents the progression of the highest average annual value contracts/contract extensions. [36]
In the 11th inning (after nearly 200 pitches), Ryan struck out Rich Reese for his 16th of the game and 383rd of the season, a record that still stands over five decades.
Hall of Famer Dave Winfield opens baseball cards from 1984 and 1986, talking about Nolan Ryan, Pete Rose and others, plus his good friend Don Baylor.
Twenty-eight years later, in 1997, the Florida Marlins would break that record by reaching and winning the World Series with only five years of existence. Four years after the Marlins, the Arizona Diamondbacks would break that by reaching and winning the World Series in just their fourth year. Game 3 was Nolan Ryan's first playoff victory of ...
Nolan Ryan, Rangers pitcher from 1989 to 1993. The signing of 41-year-old star pitcher Nolan Ryan prior to the 1989 season allowed Ryan to reach his 5,000th strikeout, 300th win, and 6th and 7th no-hitters with the Rangers.
3,000 strikeout club. Nolan Ryan is Major League Baseball's all-time strikeout leader at 5,714. In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 3,000 strikeout club is the group of 19 pitchers who have struck out 3,000 or more batters in their careers. Walter Johnson became the first member in 1923, and was the only one until Bob Gibson joined in 1974.