Nolan Ryan pitched for a record 27 seasons in the big leagues, struck out 5,714 batters and threw seven no-hitters.
FILE - Baseball great and former Texas Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan waves to the crowd as he takes the field for a screening of a documentary film about him, after a baseball ball game between the Atlanta Braves and Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, May 1, 2022.
“Without Ruth ... he might not have pitched for 27 years,” said Bradley Jackson, the director of ”Facing Nolan," a new documentary on Ryan.spanning those record 27 seasons, none of the seven no-hitters, and less than one-tenth of his 5,714 strikeouts and 324 wins. The right-hander who routinely threw more than 100 mph wouldn't have become the first baseball player with a $1 million annual salary, or pitch for both MLB teams in the Lone Star State.
There is a segment filmed in the Astrodome with Craig Biggio, whose Hall of Fame career was mostly at second base, but was a 22-year-old catcher in his fourth big league game when he caught Ryan there in June 1988. Among stories discussed are the bloody lip — and blood-stained jersey —— after a comeback liner hit by Bo Jackson, and the headlock and punches delivered by Ryan when aThere is also plenty about Ryan's youth and his family, including his relationship with his high school sweetheart who has now been his wife for 55 years, and also convinced him to take part in the film project.
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