Nolan Ryan pitched a record 27 seasons from 1966 to 1993, and his 5,714 strikeouts and seven no-hitters stand in the major-league record book. He won a World Series with the 1969 Mets, set strikeout records with the Angels, and finished as a folk hero with the Astros and Rangers, throwing his final two no-hitters in his forties. He entered the Hall of Fame in 1999 on the first ballot, and his fastball made him a card-collecting icon across four decades.