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Nick
Esasky		  
Nickname: Nickotine
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 205
 
Born: February 24, 1960 in Usa, FL, HIALEAH
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1983 23 BSN NL     4 4 5 7 7 7 6 5 6 7 6 6 4 3 4
1984 24 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 4 4 4
1985 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 5 4 4
1986 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 8 7 7 7 6 7 7 6 6 5 5 5
1987 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5
1988 28 BSN NL $ 3,178,571   5 5 6 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5
1989 29 BSN NL $ 3,178,571   5 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5
1990 30 BSN NL $ 3,178,571   5 5 6 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 7 7 7 6 5 6 7 6 6 4 3 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,178,571   6 6 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1983 23 AA   137 519 64 138 26 2 29 70 7 2 79 115 .266 .363 .491 .854 94.0  
1984 24 BSN NL 130 467 51 103 12 4 17 53 5 2 44 122 .221 .287 .373 .659 48.0 6.8
    AAA   25 92 13 25 3 1 7 15 0 0 16 23 .272 .380 .554 .934 19.3  
1985 25 BSN NL 137 512 58 117 21 3 25 63 5 0 48 118 .229 .294 .428 .722 64.1 10.3
    AAA   4 13 3 4 1 0 2 4 0 0 2 3 .308 .400 .846 1.246 3.9  
1986 26 BSN NL 154 562 69 148 36 0 15 70 4 1 57 150 .263 .330 .407 .738 71.9 13.8
1987 27 BSN NL 130 476 65 130 25 3 21 79 4 2 45 95 .273 .339 .471 .810 74.6 17.0
1988 28 BSN NL 154 565 70 154 41 1 21 75 4 1 46 152 .273 .329 .460 .789 82.0 16.4
1989 29 BSN NL 151 532 51 100 30 1 18 61 3 2 34 111 .188 .237 .350 .586 43.9 1.2
1990 30 BSN NL 154 533 62 116 26 0 21 69 3 1 38 126 .218 .270 .385 .655 58.0 6.5
7 Years Sim 1010 3647 426 868 191 12 138 470 28 9 312 874 .238 .298 .410 .709 442.4 72.1
2 Years AAA 29 105 16 29 4 1 9 19 0 0 18 26 .276 .382 .590 .973 23.2  
1 Years AA 137 519 64 138 26 2 29 70 7 2 79 115 .266 .366 .491 .857 94.0  
3 Years Minors 166 624 80 167 30 3 38 89 7 2 97 141 .268 .368 .508 .877 117.2  
162 Game Average 584 68 139 30 1 22 75 4 1 50 140 .238 .298 .410 .709 71.0  
Career Highs 154 565 70 154 41 4 25 79 5 2 57 152 .273 .339 .471 .810 82.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2572 277 589 126 6 90 297 16 8 190 638 .229 .283 .388 .670 284.6
vs LH   1075 149 279 65 6 48 173 12 1 122 236 .260 .335 .465 .800 169.1
Home 496 1752 207 427 86 6 67 231 14 3 153 427 .244 .304 .414 .718 225.0
Away 514 1895 219 441 105 6 71 239 14 6 159 447 .233 .293 .407 .700 228.7
RISP   902 0 213 45 5 32 328 0 0 112 202 .236 .316 .404 .719 121.1
Pinch Hitting   30 4 12 1 0 1 6 0 1 7 5 .400 .514 .533 1.047 7.5
Close/Late   436 60 133 29 0 20 52 0 0 46 82 .305 .370 .509 .880 78.2
Mar/Apr 146 539 51 118 16 1 20 63 4 0 40 154 .219 .274 .364 .638 55.8
May 189 685 80 155 37 2 25 82 9 1 60 174 .226 .287 .396 .683 81.0
June 180 655 77 166 30 1 26 95 5 1 58 158 .253 .316 .421 .737 87.9
July 170 625 82 149 40 3 26 86 2 3 53 134 .238 .298 .437 .735 81.1
August 183 666 82 154 35 1 20 70 6 3 53 160 .231 .288 .377 .665 73.0
Sep/Oct 142 477 54 126 33 4 21 74 2 1 48 94 .264 .331 .482 .814 74.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1984 24 BSN NL 3B 125 125 1108.7 72 266 18 15 .949 2.74   3.6
    1B 5 0 11.3 17 2 0 2 1.000 15.09   0.0
1985 25 BSN NL 3B 134 132 1181.7 74 290 22 23 .943 2.77   2.7
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1986 26 BSN NL 3B 145 143 1270.3 78 281 21 20 .945 2.54   3.8
    LF 3 0 4.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 2 0 4.0 7 0 0 1 1.000 15.75   0.0
1987 27 BSN NL 3B 127 124 1104.0 63 243 12 24 .962 2.49   2.3
    LF 3 2 20.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35   0.0
1988 28 BSN NL 3B 154 150 1319.7 81 314 21 24 .950 2.69   5.5
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1989 29 BSN NL 3B 150 148 1292.0 70 278 12 23 .967 2.42   5.3
1990 30 BSN NL 3B 146 143 1246.3 77 260 18 23 .949 2.43   2.9
    LF 3 1 21.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
  3B 981 965 8522.6 515 1932 124 152 .952 2.58   26.1
  LF 10 3 46.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.17   0.0
  1B 9 0 17.3 27 2 0 3 1.000 15.06   0.0
Career Totals   1000 968 8586.3 548 1934 124 155 .952 2.60   26.1
Career Highs   155 150 1320.7 89 314 22 24 .967 2.87    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1988-9-.460
 Homeruns
1985-6-25
 Strikeouts
1984-5-122
1986-1-150
1988-1-152
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Kevin Mitchell (915)
  7. Dave Kingman (915)
  8. Kevin McReynolds (906)
  9. Jerry Lynch (901)
  10. Joe Lis (900)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 82nd overall pick, by Miami in 1981
Released by Miami on 10/13/1982
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1983
Had first career hit on 5/1/1984, off Gary Nolan (LAD)
Hit first career homerun on 5/4/1984, off Tom Candiotti (LAD)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/1/1985, hitting .385 with 5 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/29/1985, hitting .360 with 5 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/27/1986, hitting .538 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/9/1986, hitting .440 with 1 HR, 10 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 4/25/1987
Injured on 9/2/1987 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for full season
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/1988, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1988, hitting .311 with 6 HR, 23 RBI
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
2/2/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
 
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