Nolan Ryan, Should Have Gone In Hall As an Angel

LAS VEGAS, NV- My partner on the radio Phil Kohen and I love having these debates this time I picked one that is hands down a slap in the face for all Angels fans. Nolan Ryan who by all means and standards is a California Angels star for life, joining the Hall of fame with...A Texas Rangers hat on??? What gives Nolan?

Gene Autry loved Nolan but Nolan never let the free agent dealings go and took it personally because he got more money with Houston.

Player do get to choose which team they place on their bronze monument, Nolan picked the Rangers.

What happened to that one page good bye you put in the Orange County Register to Angels fans whom were so loyal to you and the career of your first four no hitters?

By all means and with great respect we saw you had a great career after you left with Houston and Texas but to not be an Angel in the hall of fame was wrong flat wrong Nolan. I say Nolans an Angels All Timer, Not a Rangers and really not an Astros or Mets all Timer. They all had a great part in his career but he was most effective as an Angel and most fans see him as...An Angel!

SEASON	TEAM	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	W	L	SV	HLD	BLSV	ERA
1966	Ny	2	1	0	0	3.0	5	5	5	1	3	6	0	1	0	0	--	15.00
1968	Ny	21	18	3	0	134.0	93	50	46	12	75	133	6	9	0	0	--	3.09
1969	NYM	25	10	2	0	89.0	60	38	35	3	53	92	6	3	1	0	--	3.54
1970	NYM	27	19	5	2	132.0	86	59	50	10	97	125	7	11	1	0	--	3.41
1971	NYM	30	26	3	0	152.0	125	78	67	8	116	137	10	14	0	0	--	3.97
1972	Cal	39	39	20	9	284.0	166	80	72	14	157	329	19	16	0	0	--	2.28
1973	Cal	41	39	26	4	326.0	238	113	104	18	162	383	21	16	1	0	--	2.87
1974	Cal	42	41	26	3	333.0	221	127	107	18	202	367	22	16	0	0	--	2.89
1975	Cal	28	28	10	5	198.0	152	90	76	13	132	186	14	12	0	0	--	3.46
1976	Cal	39	39	21	7	284.0	193	117	106	13	183	327	17	18	0	0	--	3.36
1977	Cal	37	37	22	4	299.0	198	110	92	12	204	341	19	16	0	0	--	2.77
1978	Cal	31	31	14	3	235.0	183	106	97	12	148	260	10	13	0	0	--	3.72
1979	Cal	34	34	17	5	223.0	169	104	89	15	114	223	16	14	0	0	--	3.59
1980	Hou	35	35	4	2	234.0	205	100	87	10	98	200	11	10	0	0	--	3.35
1981	Hou	21	21	5	3	149.0	99	34	28	2	68	140	11	5	0	0	--	1.69
1982	Hou	35	35	10	3	250.1	196	100	88	20	109	245	16	12	0	0	--	3.16
1983	Hou	29	29	5	2	196.1	134	74	65	9	101	183	14	9	0	0	--	2.98
1984	Hou	30	30	5	2	183.2	143	78	62	12	69	197	12	11	0	0	--	3.04
1985	Hou	35	35	4	0	232.0	205	108	98	12	95	209	10	12	0	0	--	3.80
1986	Hou	30	30	1	0	178.0	119	72	66	14	82	194	12	8	0	0	--	3.34
1987	Hou	34	34	0	0	211.2	154	75	65	14	87	270	8	16	0	0	--	2.76
1988	Hou	33	33	4	1	220.0	186	98	86	18	87	228	12	11	0	0	--	3.52
1989	Tex	32	32	6	2	239.1	162	96	85	17	98	301	16	10	0	0	--	3.20
1990	Tex	30	30	5	2	204.0	137	86	78	18	74	232	13	9	0	0	--	3.44
1991	Tex	27	27	2	2	173.0	102	58	56	12	72	203	12	6	0	0	--	2.91
1992	Tex	27	27	2	0	157.1	138	75	65	9	69	157	5	9	0	0	--	3.72
1993	Tex	13	13	0	0	66.1	54	47	36	5	40	46	5	5	0	0	--	4.88
Total	--	807	773	222	61	5387.0	3923	2178	1911	321	2795	5714	324	292	3	0	--	3.19