Nolan Ryan Career Loses Overview

During Nolan Ryan's 27-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of 292 loses, an average of 11 loses per season. 1966 was his best season with 1 loses and his worst season was 1976 when he had 18 loses. Nolan Ryan underperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, not beating USA (33.935871373129), Baby Boomers (37.926066350711), Y (168.5), mlb (32.757816219648), and SP (47.717948717949) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

A loss is charged to a pitcher who allowed the run that the winning team scored to take the final lead of the game. Generally, for Loses, lower is better. (Source)

Nolan Ryan Lifetime Loses

Stats similar to Loses for Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
Loses
Career292
Season Avg.11
162 Game Avg.292
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Nolan Ryan Loses By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Nolan Ryan's yearly Loses for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
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Nolan Ryan Cumulative Loses by Year

This line chart attempts to show show how Nolan Ryan's career Loses progressed by year. Each year on the chart represents Nolan Ryan's career Loses at the end of that season.
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Nolan Ryan Loses By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Nolan Ryan and related player groups by summarizing Loses for each season played by Nolan Ryan. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!
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Nolan Ryan Loses Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Nolan Ryan Loses stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Nolan Ryan career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.
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