Its absolutely insane that Nola Ryan did not win a Cy Young Award

well the first thing you have to realize about nolan ryan is he pitched for a LONG time

he has one of the most impressive careers ever by volume

but that doesn't mean he was the "Best" in any given year

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led the NL in ERA twice,

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i'd be curious to see who beat him out these years. probably writers over-valuing wins

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dude had 7 no hitters (all time leader), is the MLB all time strike out leader, 8 time all star, led the NL in ERA twice, 11 time season strike out leader...............and never won a Cy Young.

How is that possible?

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The reason is that Ryan was an extremely frustrating pitcher to watch. He's the greatest power pitcher of all-time yet he didn't have a season with a strikeout to walk ratio above 2.5:1 until his 17th season due to his mentality of always wanting to strike out hitters no matter the count or the situation. He threw 277 wild pitches which is the most since 1900, was terrible at holding baserunners leading the league in stolen bases allowed eight times, and was an atrocious fielder with a ghastly career fielding percentage of .895. He also gave up six or more runs in a game 99 times. That's a lot of games where Ryan gave his team virtually no chance of winning. Speaking of wins, Ryan also only had five seasons with a winning percentage above .600 and never led the league in wins. When you add all of those things up, it's pretty easy to see why the writers never voted for Ryan to win a Cy Young. They were in awe of his abilities but his flaws were so considerable that it prevented Ryan from being the best pitcher in his league for pretty much his entire career.

Nolan Ryan was great but he's also overrated

All time leader in walks, wild pitches, and and third in losses. He played 27 seasons and only had 324 wins. Sure that's a lot cumulatively speaking but it only averages to a little over 10 wins a season

Dude could ball - but he had his flaws

Well that's the knock against him.

We all love strikeouts and no-hitters and Paul Bunyon type things but Ryan played FOREVER!!!!!! to get all those strikeouts but was never good enough to win the Cy Young award.

People forget he was traded in the 70's because he was so wild.

Cy Young award winners hit the strike zone.

Is Nola, Nolan's sister?