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hefalumps · 11-29-2010, 02:59 PM

I started a historical league in 1970, and while Ryan was definitely in the big leagues in my league, he definitely wasn't the legend he was in real life. The big knock against him was his control - he was always walking too many guys and not going deep into games. He had a few years where he was near the tops in strikeouts, but the W/L records and ERA were unimpressive.

I don't do recalc - I like to let the player development engine take over so I don't know if a guy like Ryan is going to be a sure thing, a dud, or something in between.

In my league, Ryan stayed with the Mets until 1978 when he was traded to the Angels after starting the season 0-3. He went 13-6 for the Angels to finish out the '78 season, but that was pretty much it for him. He went 8-12 in 1979 with 134 walks in 190 innings and then bounced around between three different teams in 1980. He finished out his career with a couple of seasons in the minors before retiring at the end of the 1982 season.

He finished with career ML numbers of 136-140, 3.50 ERA, 1.43 WHIP, 1502 walks against 2341 strikeouts. His strikeouts are 8th best on the career leaderboard. Sam McDowell is #1 with 4440 K's between 1961 and 1985.

11-29-2010, 02:59 PM	#4
hefalumps All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,389	I started a historical league in 1970, and while Ryan was definitely in the big leagues in my league, he definitely wasn't the legend he was in real life. The big knock against him was his control - he was always walking too many guys and not going deep into games. He had a few years where he was near the tops in strikeouts, but the W/L records and ERA were unimpressive. I don't do recalc - I like to let the player development engine take over so I don't know if a guy like Ryan is going to be a sure thing, a dud, or something in between. In my league, Ryan stayed with the Mets until 1978 when he was traded to the Angels after starting the season 0-3. He went 13-6 for the Angels to finish out the '78 season, but that was pretty much it for him. He went 8-12 in 1979 with 134 walks in 190 innings and then bounced around between three different teams in 1980. He finished out his career with a couple of seasons in the minors before retiring at the end of the 1982 season. He finished with career ML numbers of 136-140, 3.50 ERA, 1.43 WHIP, 1502 walks against 2341 strikeouts. His strikeouts are 8th best on the career leaderboard. Sam McDowell is #1 with 4440 K's between 1961 and 1985.