How many saves did Nolan Ryan have in 1969?
11969 Regular Season
Nolan Ryan recorded 1 saves in the 1969 regular season, 94th in the MLB.
- Nolan Ryan's best regular season for saves in 27 seasons on file.
- Up 1 from 0 in 1968.
Best of 27 regular seasons, 1966 through 1993. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 |  NYM | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15.00 | 3.0 | 6 | 3 | 2.67 | 0 |
| 1968 | NYM | 21 | 6 | 9 | 3.09 | 134.0 | 133 | 75 | 1.25 | 0 |
| 1969 | NYM | 25 | 6 | 3 | 3.54 | 89.0 | 92 | 53 | 1.27 | 1 |
| 1970 | NYM | 27 | 7 | 11 | 3.41 | 132.0 | 125 | 97 | 1.39 | 1 |
| 1971 | NYM | 30 | 10 | 14 | 3.97 | 152.0 | 137 | 116 | 1.59 | 0 |
| 1972 |  LAA | 39 | 19 | 16 | 2.28 | 284.0 | 329 | 157 | 1.14 | 0 |
| 1973 | LAA | 41 | 21 | 16 | 2.87 | 326.0 | 383 | 162 | 1.23 | 1 |
| 1974 | LAA | 42 | 22 | 16 | 2.89 | 333.0 | 367 | 202 | 1.27 | 0 |
| 1975 | LAA | 28 | 14 | 12 | 3.45 | 198.0 | 186 | 132 | 1.43 | 0 |
| 1976 | LAA | 39 | 17 | 18 | 3.36 | 284.0 | 327 | 183 | 1.32 | 0 |
| 1977 | LAA | 37 | 19 | 16 | 2.77 | 299.0 | 341 | 204 | 1.34 | 0 |
| 1978 | LAA | 31 | 10 | 13 | 3.71 | 235.0 | 260 | 148 | 1.41 | 0 |
| 1979 | LAA | 34 | 16 | 14 | 3.59 | 223.0 | 223 | 114 | 1.27 | 0 |
| 1980 |  HOU | 35 | 11 | 10 | 3.35 | 234.0 | 200 | 98 | 1.29 | 0 |
| 1981 | HOU | 21 | 11 | 5 | 1.69 | 149.0 | 140 | 68 | 1.12 | 0 |
| 1982 | HOU | 35 | 16 | 12 | 3.16 | 250.1 | 245 | 109 | 1.22 | 0 |
| 1983 | HOU | 29 | 14 | 9 | 2.98 | 196.1 | 183 | 101 | 1.20 | 0 |
| 1984 | HOU | 30 | 12 | 11 | 3.04 | 183.2 | 197 | 69 | 1.15 | 0 |
| 1985 | HOU | 35 | 10 | 12 | 3.80 | 232.0 | 209 | 95 | 1.29 | 0 |
| 1986 | HOU | 30 | 12 | 8 | 3.34 | 178.0 | 194 | 82 | 1.13 | 0 |
| 1987 | HOU | 34 | 8 | 16 | 2.76 | 211.2 | 270 | 87 | 1.14 | 0 |
| 1988 | HOU | 33 | 12 | 11 | 3.52 | 220.0 | 228 | 87 | 1.24 | 0 |
| 1989 |  TEX | 32 | 16 | 10 | 3.20 | 239.1 | 301 | 98 | 1.09 | 0 |
| 1990 | TEX | 30 | 13 | 9 | 3.44 | 204.0 | 232 | 74 | 1.03 | 0 |
| 1991 | TEX | 27 | 12 | 6 | 2.91 | 173.0 | 203 | 72 | 1.01 | 0 |
| 1992 | TEX | 27 | 5 | 9 | 3.72 | 157.1 | 157 | 69 | 1.32 | 0 |
| 1993 | TEX | 13 | 5 | 5 | 4.88 | 66.1 | 46 | 40 | 1.42 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV