Nolan Ryan Career Win Percentage Overview

Nolan Ryan's Win Percentage was 52.6 for his 27-year Major League Baseball career. 1981 was his best season when his Win Percentage was 68.75 and his worst season was 1966 when his Win Percentage was 0. Nolan Ryan outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, besting USA (0.45129377380684), Baby Boomers (0.46063395008227), Y (0.57623183828032), mlb (0.45427648784862), and SP (0.44189712744181) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

Win percentage is a metric that shows how often a pitcher wins when they are responsible for a win or a loss. It is calculated by dividing wins by the number of decisions which is the sum of wins and loses. No descisions are not reflected in win percentage. Generally, for Win Percentage, higher is better. (Source)

Nolan Ryan Lifetime Win Percentage

Stats similar to Win Percentage for Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
Win Percentage
Career52.6
Season Avg.50.55
162 Game Avg.52.6
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Nolan Ryan Win Percentage By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Nolan Ryan's yearly Win Percentage 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 Win Percentage By Year Change

This waterfall chart attempts to show how Nolan Ryan's career Win Percentage changed per season. This data is cumulative for each season, each column represents the career Win Percentage Nolan Ryan had at that season in his career.
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Nolan Ryan Win Percentage By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Nolan Ryan and related player groups by summarizing Win Percentage 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 Win Percentage Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Nolan Ryan Win Percentage 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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