Nolan Ryan is an all-time great pitcher. Where he ranks in the pecking order is a great debate. Other posters have outlined his favorable statistics, so I’ll just point to some adverse ones.
He is the all-time walks leader. Ryan has the third most loses - almost 300. He only has the 249th lowest era. Ryan is only 20th in pitching WAR. Ryan never won a Cy Young award. Ryan only had two 20-win seasons. He never lead the league in wins. Ryan was only an eight-time all star.
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