Gary Nolan (baseball)

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Gary Nolan
Pitcher
Born: (1948-05-27) May 27, 1948 (age 75)
Herlong, California, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 15, 1967, for the Cincinnati Reds
Last MLB appearance
September 18, 1977, for the California Angels
MLB statistics
Win–loss record110–70
Earned run average3.08
Strikeouts1,039
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Gary Lynn Nolan (born May 27, 1948) is an American former professional

Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame.[1]

Early life

Nolan was born in

1966 Major League Baseball Draft.[2]

Major League career

Nolan's first Major League game was at the young age of 18. A hard thrower, Nolan had a promising debut on April 15, 1967, when he struck out the side in the first inning en route to a 7–3 victory over the

Mets, and Dick Hughes of the Cardinals
.

In 1970 Nolan went 18–7 with 181 strikeouts and a 3.26 ERA, helping the Reds to win the NL pennant and establishing himself as one of the league's great young starting pitchers. Nolan pitched a remarkable nine innings of shutout ball to earn a victory in the 10-inning Game One of that year's National League Championship Series against Pittsburgh. But he took the loss in Game One of the World Series against the eventual champion Baltimore Orioles.

After a disappointing 12–15 record in 1971, he posted 13 victories before the 1972

winning percentage (.750) and was second to Steve Carlton in ERA. In the World Series against Oakland
that year, he lost Game One (six innings, three runs) and was pulled from the game early in Game Six (41⁄3 innings, one earned run).

Arm problems forced Nolan to miss most of 1973, and he missed the entire 1974 season. He returned in 1975 in good form, going 15–9 with a 3.16 ERA. In the World Series against Boston, he pitched just six innings in two starts. In 1976, he duplicated his 15–9 record and finally got his first World Series victory against the Yankees in the last game of a four-game sweep. New arm and shoulder problems bothered him in 1977, and he opted to retire.

In 1975, he earned the

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
.

In his 10-season career, Nolan compiled a 110–70 record with 1,039 strikeouts, a 3.08 ERA, 45

shutouts, and 1,674.2 innings pitched in 250 games (247 starts). In eleven post season games he was 2–2 with a 3.34 ERA covering 59.1 innings.[6]

Nolan was an excellent fielding pitcher, committing only 3 errors in 287 total chances for a .990 fielding percentage, among the best in history for pitchers whose careers spanned 10 seasons (1,500 innings) or more.[7]

After baseball

After retiring from baseball, he worked for 25 years in

Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 1983.[3][8]

He moved back to Oroville in 2003, where he is involved with several charitable and civic organizations and works with high school pitchers. In 2011, he was inducted into the Oroville Union High School District Hall of Fame.[2]

External links

References

  1. ^ "Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame at MLB.com". mlb.com. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Arrigoni, Barbara (September 19, 2011). "Gary Nolan keeps swinging away, 2011 OUHSD Hall of Fame, Part 7 of a series". Archived from the original on July 17, 2013. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Miller, Richard. "Gary Nolan". sabr.org. Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
  4. ^ "San Francisco Giants at Cincinnati Reds Box Score, June 7, 1967". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  5. ISBN 0671632922
    .
  6. ^ "Gary Nolan Career Stats at Baseball Reference". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  7. ^ "All Time Leaders in Fielding Percentage-Pitchers". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  8. ^ Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: G-P, page 1128, retrieved November 26, 2013.
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