By The Numbers

Nolan Ryan at a Glance

REGULAR SEASON

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Year, Team W L SO ERA 1966, NYM 0 1 6 15.0 1968, NYM 6 9 133 3.09 1969, NYM 6 3 92 3.54 1970, NYM 7 11 125 3.41 1971, NYM 10 14 137 3.97 1972, Cal 19 16 329 2.28 1973, Cal 21 16 383 2.87 1974, Cal 22 16 367 2.89 1975, Cal 14 12 186 3.45 1976, Cal 17 18 327 3.36 1977, Cal 19 16 341 2.77 1978, Cal 10 13 260 3.71 1979, Cal 16 14 223 3.59 1980, Hou 11 10 200 3.35 1981, Hou 11 5 140 1.69 1982, Hou 16 12 245 3.16 1983, Hou 14 9 183 2.98 1984, Hou 12 11 197 3.05 1985, Hou 10 12 209 3.80 1986, Hou 12 8 194 3.34 1987, Hou 8 16 270 2.76 1988, Hou 12 11 228 3.52 1989, Tex 16 10 301 3.20 1990, Tex 13 9 232 3.44 1991, Tex 12 6 203 2.91 1992, Tex 5 9 157 3.83 1993, Tex 5 5 46 4.88 Totals 324 292 5714 3.19

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DIVISION SERIES

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Year, Opp. W L SO ERA 1981, LA 1 1 14 1.80

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LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

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Year, Opp. W L SO ERA 1969, Atl 1 0 7 2.57 1979, Bal 0 0 8 1.29 1980, Phi 0 0 14 5.40 1986, NY 0 1 17 3.86 Totals 1 1 46 3.70

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WORLD SERIES

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Year, Opp. W L SO ERA 1969, Bal 0 0 3 0.00

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NO-HITTERS

* May 15, 1973, California, at Kansas City, 3-0

* July 15, 1973, California, at Detroit, 6-0

* Sept. 28, 1974, California, vs. Minnesota, 4-0

* June 1, 1975, California, vs. Baltimore, 1-0

* June 11, 1990, Texas, at Oakland, 5-0

* May 1, 1991, Texas, vs. Toronto, 3-0

* Sept. 26, 1981, Houston, vs. Los Angeles, 5-0

MILESTONE STRIKEOUTS

1,000--July 3, 1973, Sal Bando, Oakland

2,000--Aug. 31, 1976, Ron LeFlore, Detroit

3,000--July 4, 1980, Cesar Geronimo, Cincinnati

3,509--Apr. 27, 1983, Brad Mills, Montreal (breaks Walter Johnson’s all-time strikeout record)

4,000--July 11, 1985, Danny Heep, N.Y. Mets

5,000--Aug. 22, 1989, Rickey Henderson, Oakland

George Brett at a Glance

REGULAR SEASON

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Year, Team AB R H HR RBI AVG 1973, KC 40 2 5 0 0 .125 1974, KC 457 49 129 2 47 .282 1975, KC 634 84 195 11 89 .308 1976, KC 645 94 215 7 67 .333 1977, KC 564 105 176 22 88 .312 1978, KC 510 79 150 9 62 .294 1979, KC 645 119 212 23 107 .329 1980, KC 449 87 175 24 118 .390 1981, KC 347 42 109 6 43 .314 1982, KC 552 101 166 21 82 .301 1983, KC 464 90 144 25 93 .310 1984, KC 377 42 107 13 69 .284 1985, KC 550 108 184 30 112 .335 1986, KC 441 70 128 16 73 .290 1987, KC 427 71 124 22 78 .290 1988, KC 589 90 180 24 103 .306 1989, KC 457 67 129 12 80 .282 1990, KC 544 82 179 14 87 .329 1991, KC 505 77 129 10 61 .255 1992, KC 592 55 169 7 61 .285 1993, KC 560 69 149 19 75 .266 Totals 10349 1583 3154 317 1595 .305

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DIVISION SERIES

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Year, Team AB R H HR RBI AVG 1981, Oak 12 0 2 0 0 .167

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LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

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Year, Team AB R H HR RBI AVG 1976, NY 18 4 8 1 5 .444 1977, NY 20 2 6 0 2 .300 1978, NY 18 7 7 3 3 .389 1980, NY 11 3 3 2 4 .273 1984, Det 13 0 3 0 0 .231 1985, Tor 23 6 8 3 5 .348 Totals 103 22 35 9 19 .340

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WORLD SERIES

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Year, Team AB R H HR RBI AVG 1980, Phi 24 3 9 1 3 .375 1985, StL 27 5 10 0 1 .370 Totals 51 8 19 1 4 .373

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MILESTONE HITS

1--Aug. 2, 1973, at Chicago, Stan Bahnsen, single.

1,000--July 23, 1979, at Texas, Ferguson Jenkins, single.

2,000--May 25, 1986, vs. Chicago, Joel Davis, single.

3,000--Sept. 30, 1992, vs. California, Tim Fortugno, single.

3,154--Oct. 3, 1993, vs. Texas, Tom Henke, single.

Robin Yount at a Glance

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Year, Team AB R H HR RBI AVG 1974, Mil 344 48 86 3 26 .250 1975, Mil 558 67 149 8 52 .267 1976, Mil 638 59 161 2 54 .252 1977, Mil 605 66 174 4 49 .288 1978, Mil 502 66 147 9 71 .293 1979, Mil 577 72 154 8 51 .267 1980, Mil 611 121 179 23 87 .293 1981, Mil 377 50 103 10 49 .273 1982, Mil 635 129 210 29 114 .331 1983, Mil 578 102 178 17 80 .308 1984, Mil 624 105 186 16 80 .298 1985, Mil 466 76 129 15 68 .277 1986, Mil 522 82 163 9 46 .312 1987, Mil 635 99 198 21 103 .312 1988, Mil 621 92 190 13 91 .306 1989, Mil 614 101 195 21 103 .318 1990, Mil 587 98 145 17 77 .247 1991, Mil 503 66 131 10 77 .260 1992, Mil 557 71 147 8 77 .264 1993, Mil 454 62 117 8 51 .258 Totals 11008 1632 3142 251 1406 .285

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DIVISION SERIES

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Year, Team AB R H HR RBI AVG 1981, NYY 19 4 6 0 1 .316

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LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

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Year, Team AB R H HR RBI AVG 1982, Cal 16 1 4 0 0 .250

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WORLD SERIES

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Year, Team AB R H HR RBI AVG 1982, StL 29 6 12 1 6 .414

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MILESTONE HITS

1,000--Aug. 16, 1980 at Cleveland, Sandy Wihtol.

2,000--Sept. 6, 1986 vs. Cleveland, Don Schulze.

3,000--Sept. 9, 1992 vs. Cleveland, Jose Mesa.

The Voting

Results announced Tuesday in the 1999 Baseball Hall of Fame voting (497 votes cast; 373 needed for election; elected in CAPS):

x-NOLAN RYAN: 491

x-GEORGE BRETT: 488

x-ROBIN YOUNT: 385

x-Carlton Fisk: 330

Tony Perez: 302

Gary Carter: 168

Steve Garvey: 150

Jim Rice: 46

Bruce Sutter: 121

Jim Kaat: 100

x-Dale Murphy: 96

Tommy John: 93

Dave Parker: 80

y-Minnie Minoso: 73

Bert Blyleven: 70

Dave Concepcion: 59

Luis Tiant: 53

Keith Hernandez: 34

Ron Guidry: 31

Bob Boone: 27

y-Mickey Lolich: 26

ELIMINATED

Dropped from future consideration for failing to receive at least 5% (25 votes):

Dwight Evans: 18

x-George Bell: 6

x-John Candelaria: 1

x-Mike Boddicker: 0

x-Charlie Leibrandt: 0

x-Frank Tanana: 0

x-Mike Witt: 0

x-first year on ballot; y-last year of eligibility.

Most Elected

Most candidates elected at one time:

5--1936 (Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner)

4--1955 (Joe DiMaggio, Gabby Hartnett, Ted Lyons, Dazzy Vance

4--1947 (Carl Hubbell, Frankie Frisch, Mickey Cochrane, Lefty Grove)

3--1999 (Nolan Ryan, George Brett, Robin Yount)

3--1991 (Rod Carew, Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry)

3--1984 (Luis Aparicio, Harmon Killebrew, Don Drysdale)

3--1972 (Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, Early Wynn)

3--1954 (Rabbit Maranville, Bill Dickey, Bill Terry)

3--1939 (George Sisler, Eddie Collins, Willie Keeler)

3--1937 (Nap Lajoie, Tris Speaker, Cy Young)

First Time In

Players elected in first year of eligibility (not including 1936, the first year of elections):

1962--Jackie Robinson, Bob Feller

1966--Ted Williams

1969--Stan Musial

1972--Sandy Koufax

1973--Warren Spahn

1974--Mickey Mantle

1977--Ernie Banks

1979--Willie Mays

1980--Al Kaline

1981--Bob Gibson

1982--Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson

1983--Brooks Robinson

1985--Lou Brock

1986--Willie McCovey

1988--Wille Stargell

1989--Johnny Bench, Carl Yastrzemski

1990--Jim Palmer, Joe Morgan

1991--Rod Carew

1992--Tom Seaver

1993--Reggie Jackson

1994--Steve Carlton

1995--Mike Schmidt

1999--Nolan Ryan, George Brett, Robin Yount

Future Candidates

Candidates who will appear on the ballot for the first time in upcoming years:

2000: Storm Davis, Rich Gossage, Dave Henderson, Kent Hrbek, Jack Morris, Jeff Reardon, Steve Sax, Bob Welch, Willie Wilson

2001: Steve Bedrosian, Ron Darling, Kirk Gibson, John Kruk, Candy Maldonado, Don Mattingly, Kirby Puckett, Dave Righetti, Dave Stewart, Andy Van Slyke, Lou Whitaker, Dave Winfield.

2002: *Andre Dawson, Ozzie Smith, Alan Trammell

2003: *Eddie Murray

*Partial list

Highest Vote Percentage

Highest percentage of votes received:

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Player (Year) Votes Vote % Tom Seaver (1992) 425-430 98.84 Nolan Ryan (1999) 491-497 98.79 Ty Cobb (1936) 222-226 98.23 George Brett (1999) 488-497 98.19 Hank Aaron (1982) 406-415 97.83 Mike Schmidt (1995) 444-460 96.52 Johnny Bench (1989) 431-447 96.42 Steve Carlton (1994) 436-455 95.82 Honus Wagner (1936) 215-226 95.13 Babe Ruth (1936) 215-226 95.13 Willie Mays (1979) 409-432 94.67 Carl Yastrzemski (1989) 423-447 94.63

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Researched by HOUSTON MITCHELL