# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nolan-ryan
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:21:33.045Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nolan-ryan"
name: "Nolan Ryan"
slug: "nolan-ryan"
description: "Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr., nicknamed \"the Ryan Express\", is an American former professional baseball pitcher and sports executive. Over a record 27-year playing career in Major League Baseball (MLB), Ryan pitched for the New York Mets, California Angels, Houston Astros, and Texas Rangers. After his retirement in 1993, Ryan served as chief executive officer (CEO) of the Texas Rangers and an executive advisor to the Houston Astros. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999 in his first year of eligibility, and is widely considered to be one of the greatest pitchers of all time."
tagline: "American baseball player (born 1947)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nolan_Ryan_in_Atlanta_close-up.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1947-01-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.55707866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm1717194"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump