How many saves did Nolan Ryan have in 1970?
11970 Regular Season
Nolan Ryan recorded 1 saves in the 1970 regular season, 102nd in the MLB.
- Nolan Ryan's best regular season for saves in 27 seasons on file.
Best of 27 regular seasons, 1966 through 1993. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 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