Three months past his 41st birthday, Cy Young was the oldest pitcher to record a no-hitter, a record which would stand 82 years until 43-year-old Nolan Ryan surpassed the feat.

McMullen showed the city of Houston that he too wanted a winning team, signing nearby Alvin, Texas native Nolan Ryan to the first million-dollar-a-year deal.

Rookie Phillies pitcher Marty Bystrom was sent out by Philadelphia manager Dallas Green to face veteran Nolan Ryan in Game Five.

This allowed Lanier to keep his three starters ( Nolan Ryan, Bob Knepper, and Mike Scott ) sharp and to slowly work in rookie hurler Jim Deshaies.

Hometown favorites Nolan Ryan and José Cruz moved on and the team entered a rebuilding phase.

Eamon Ryan – Leader, Catherine Martin – Deputy Leader, Roderic O ' Gorman – Chairman, Martin Nolan – Treasurer, Catherine Fravalo – Deputy National Coordinator, Micheal Callaghan – Young Greens, Damian Connon, Roderic O ' Gorman, Claire Bailey, Dominick Donnelly – National Coordinator, Steven Agnew, Marianne Butler, Darcy Longergan, Trish Forde-Brennan and Stan Nangle.

The ultimate example of this trend is Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan, who started his career with the Mets, but threw a record seven no-hitters after leaving the club.

In 1999, Martínez became just the 8th modern pitcher to have a second 300-strikeout season, along with Nolan Ryan ( 6 times ), Randy Johnson ( third time in 1999, and three more times since ), Sandy Koufax ( 3 times ), Rube Waddell, Walter Johnson, Sam McDowell, J. R. Richard, and Curt Schilling ; Schilling would later add a third 300-K season.

He became the 21st pitcher ever to record 300 wins and the third ever to record 4, 000 strikeouts, joining Nolan Ryan ( 5, 714 ) and Steve Carlton ( 4, 136 ).

On May 5,, Clemens recorded his 4, 137th career strikeout to place him second on the all-time list behind Nolan Ryan.

The signing of 41-year-old star pitcher Nolan Ryan prior to the 1989 season allowed Ryan to reach his 5, 000th strikeout, 300th win, and sixth and seventh no-hitters with the Rangers.

Nolan Ryan pitching to Detroit Tigers ' Travis Fryman, Arlington Stadium, August 16, 1992.

Edited by Sir Ryan Nolan.

On August 22, 1989, he became Nolan Ryan's 5, 000th strikeout victim, but Henderson took an odd delight in the occurrence, saying, " If you haven't been struck out by Nolan Ryan, you're nobody.

Lynn Nolan Ryan, Jr. ( born on January 31, 1947 ), nicknamed " The Ryan Express ", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.

Ryan was born in Refugio, Texas, the youngest of six children, to Lynn Nolan Ryan, Sr. and Martha Lee Hancock Ryan.

) Greg Myers of the California Angels was the last strikeout victim of Nolan Ryan ’ s career, on September 17, 1993.

He is also one of only five players to throw a no-hitter in both leagues, the others being Young, Johnson, Nolan Ryan and Hideo Nomo.

Alvin's claim to fame is Baseball Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan, who moved with his family to the city in 1947 as an infant and lived there until he moved to Round Rock in 2003.

Carducci suggested they sign with the label, and the Meat Puppets released their first album Meat Puppets in 1982, which among several new originals and a pair of heavily skewed Doc Watson and Bob Nolan covers, featured the songs " The Gold Mine " and " Melons Rising ", two tunes Derrick and Cris originally had written and performed as Atomic Bomb Club previously.

For example, " Tumbling Tumbleweeds " by Bob Nolan was chosen for the Stranger at the time the Coens wrote the screenplay, as was " Lujon " by Henry Mancini for Jackie Treehorn.

* " Tumbling Tumbleweeds " – written by Bob Nolan ; performed by Sons of the Pioneers

* June 16 – Bob Nolan ( 72 ), country singer and songwriter

Bob Nolan

Bob Nolan

* Bob Nolan ( 1908-1980 ), singer / actor in western musicals as leader of " The Sons of the Pioneers "

After four years of little success, he formed the Sons of the Pioneers with Bob Nolan and Tim Spencer, a Western cowboy music group, in 1934.

Some other famous Tucson musicians include Bob Nolan, Katie Lee, and Rex Allen.

Bob Nolan, a founder of the Sons of the Pioneers and the composer of classics such as " Cool Water " and " Tumbling Tumbleweeds ," is a Tucson High graduate and is said to have written " Cool Water " while still in school.

In September 1931, Canadian-born Bob Nolan answered a classified ad in the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner that read, " Yodeler for old-time act, to travel.

By early 1934, the group consisted of Leonard Slye, Bob Nolan, and Tim Spencer on vocals, with Nolan playing string bass and Slye playing rhythm guitar.

One of the first songs recorded by the Sons of the Pioneers during that first August session was written by Bob Nolan, " Tumbling Tumbleweeds ", that would soon become a staple in their repertoire.

In 1971, Bob Nolan and Tim Spencer were both elected to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

In 1972, most of the surviving members of the Sons of the Pioneers, including the original Pioneer Trio of Roy Rogers, Bob Nolan, and Tim Spencer, gathered at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles for one last performance.

And in 1979, Bob Nolan returned to the studio for the final time and recorded a successful solo album of classics and newer compositions titled Bob Nolan – The Sound of a Pioneer.

Bob Nolan died on June 16, 1980.

# Bob Nolan ( 1933 – 1949 ) baritone vocals, bass

* The Songs of Bob Nolan ( 1966 )

Also for Houston, Nolan Ryan went 0 – 1 with a 3. 86 ERA, striking out 17 through 14 innings, and Bob Knepper posted an ERA of 3. 52 with no decisions in his two starts.

He picked Edison Studios to produce his cartoons and while visiting the studio, met Bill Nolan, a live-action shorts producer who became his business and artistic partner.

" To write, Nolan used a special computer and keyboard ; in order to help him type, his mother, Bernadette Nolan, held his head in her cupped hands while Christopher painstakingly picked out each word, letter by letter, with a pointer attached to his forehead.