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Dave
Nicholson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 235
 
Born: August 29, 1939 in Usa, MO, ST. LOUIS
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1960 20 CLE AL     4 4 4 7 6 7 4 4 4 10 8 9 4 4 4
1961 21 CLE AL     3 3 4 7 6 7 4 4 4 10 9 9 4 4 4
1962 22 CLE AL     4 4 4 8 7 7 5 4 4 10 9 9 4 4 4
1963 23 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 8 7 8 5 5 5 10 9 9 3 3 3
1964 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 8 9 3 3 3
1965 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 8 9 3 3 3
1966 26 KCR AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10 3 3 3
1967 27 KCR AL $ 3,178,571   5 5 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10 3 3 3
1968 28 KCR AL $ 3,178,571   5 5 6 9 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10 3 3 3
1969 29 KCR AL $ 2,500,000   5 5 6 9 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10 3 3 3
1970 30 KCR AL $ 2,500,000   5 5 6 9 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10 3 3 3
1971 31 KCR AL $ 2,500,000   5 5 5 9 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10 3 3 3
1972 32 KCR AL $ 2,500,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10 3 3 3
1973 33 CLN NL $ 3,003,003   4 4 4 7 7 7 5 4 4 10 10 10 3 3 3
1974 34 CLN NL $ 3,003,003   4 4 4 7 6 7 5 4 4 10 10 10 3 3 3
1975 35 CLN NL $ 3,003,003   3 3 4 7 6 7 5 4 4 10 10 10 3 3 3
1976 36 CLN NL $ 3,003,003   3 3 3 7 6 7 5 4 4 10 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 7 6 7 4 4 4 10 8 9 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,178,571   5 5 6 9 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10 4 4 4
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
1960 20 AA   31 121 14 23 1 0 5 11 1 1 22 37 .190 .315 .322 .637 14.4  
    A   106 329 73 106 13 3 34 69 11 8 117 76 .322 .500 .690 1.190 107.2  
1961 21 AA   136 462 87 123 11 0 38 81 10 3 102 135 .266 .399 .537 .936 102.6  
1962 22 A   137 454 125 148 21 2 61 134 13 12 156 97 .326 .498 .784 1.283 159.2  
1963 23 CLE AL 102 209 28 42 6 2 6 36 2 0 35 62 .201 .312 .335 .647 24.0 3.1
    AA   26 100 16 26 4 1 7 13 1 1 18 22 .260 .373 .530 .903 19.9  
1964 24 CLE AL 128 283 48 71 16 2 11 56 0 1 39 84 .251 .338 .438 .777 43.5 9.4
1965 25 CLE AL 130 294 55 75 8 1 15 41 4 2 52 85 .255 .372 .442 .815 48.8 11.7
1966 26 CLE AL 44 102 10 21 2 1 4 12 1 1 15 32 .206 .308 .363 .670 11.6 1.3
  KCR AL 85 252 45 66 9 0 20 45 3 3 34 71 .262 .348 .536 .884 45.9 9.3
  TOT   129 354 55 87 11 1 24 57 4 4 49 103 .246 .337 .486 .823 57.5 10.6
1967 27 KCR AL 153 533 93 127 19 3 21 86 3 3 98 161 .238 .356 .403 .759 82.5 14.2
1968 28 KCR AL 157 488 66 117 11 1 19 62 1 2 71 155 .240 .335 .383 .718 64.0 10.6
1969 29 BSN NL 100 365 63 93 13 2 19 56 2 6 64 113 .255 .366 .458 .824 60.1 10.3
  KCR AL 33 87 20 22 3 0 6 16 1 1 16 29 .253 .371 .494 .866 16.0 3.5
  TOT   133 452 83 115 16 2 25 72 3 7 80 142 .254 .367 .465 .832 76.1 13.9
1970 30 KCR AL 72 199 29 48 11 0 10 29 0 1 34 59 .241 .352 .447 .799 31.1 6.4
1971 31 KCR AL 75 230 50 70 6 1 15 54 0 1 41 60 .304 .407 .535 .941 49.0 12.3
1972 32 KCR AL 65 186 35 50 6 0 12 36 0 0 24 53 .269 .357 .495 .851 31.5 5.8
1973 33 NYG NL 102 356 44 87 10 0 16 53 1 2 63 105 .244 .357 .407 .764 53.7 10.6
  CLN NL 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 0.7 0.3
  TOT   105 359 44 88 10 0 16 54 1 2 64 105 .245 .358 .407 .765 54.4 10.9
    AA   29 97 21 28 3 1 9 23 1 1 26 21 .289 .439 .619 1.058 25.7  
1974 34 CLN NL 82 265 34 58 10 2 9 41 2 0 32 67 .219 .300 .374 .674 31.7 4.2
1975 35 CLN NL 37 94 15 23 2 0 7 16 1 0 14 17 .245 .339 .489 .829 16.3 2.7
1976 36 AAA   137 474 75 102 13 1 28 79 2 6 94 136 .215 .345 .424 .769 75.4  
13 Years Sim 1368 3946 635 971 132 15 190 640 21 23 633 1153 .246 .350 .432 .781 610.4 115.7
1 Years AAA 137 474 75 102 13 1 28 79 2 6 94 136 .215 .346 .424 .770 75.4  
4 Years AA 222 780 138 200 19 2 59 128 13 6 168 215 .256 .389 .513 .902 162.6  
2 Years A 243 783 198 254 34 5 95 203 24 20 273 173 .324 .498 .745 1.243 266.4  
7 Years Minors 602 2037 411 556 66 8 182 410 39 32 535 524 .273 .424 .581 1.006 504.4  
162 Game Average 467 75 114 15 1 22 75 2 2 74 136 .246 .350 .432 .781 72.3  
Career Highs 157 533 93 127 19 3 25 86 4 7 98 161 .304 .407 .535 .941 82.5  
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   1798 285 422 57 8 80 266 8 13 240 511 .235 .323 .409 .732 249.8
vs LH   2148 350 549 75 7 110 374 13 10 393 642 .256 .371 .451 .822 377.4
Home 678 1907 314 470 62 7 100 322 8 11 320 558 .246 .353 .444 .797 315.2
Away 690 2039 321 501 70 8 90 318 13 12 313 595 .246 .346 .420 .767 312.1
RISP   1046 0 252 36 5 35 409 0 0 208 304 .241 .361 .385 .746 164.0
Pinch Hitting   193 26 43 6 1 7 45 2 0 28 52 .223 .320 .373 .693 25.4
Close/Late   450 78 117 12 3 27 83 0 0 90 136 .260 .382 .480 .862 86.8
Mar/Apr 219 666 84 167 17 2 28 112 1 4 87 202 .251 .335 .408 .743 95.2
May 258 757 117 186 27 5 33 103 2 4 136 202 .246 .360 .425 .785 123.2
June 234 676 92 164 23 2 26 97 4 3 106 220 .243 .346 .398 .744 99.2
July 231 673 127 167 19 2 43 125 5 4 110 207 .248 .354 .474 .828 117.6
August 219 604 109 151 17 4 29 113 5 3 103 165 .250 .359 .435 .794 100.1
Sep/Oct 207 570 106 136 29 0 31 90 4 5 91 157 .239 .342 .453 .794 91.9
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
1963 23 CLE AL LF 56 48 412.3 68 0 2 0 .971 1.48   1.2
    RF 18 2 46.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.96    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1964 24 CLE AL LF 66 60 494.3 84 3 4 0 .956 1.58   1.5
    RF 22 7 111.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.30    
    CF 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    2B 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1965 25 CLE AL LF 81 72 598.0 105 1 1 0 .991 1.60   1.2
    RF 12 4 57.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.40    
1966 26 CLE AL LF 34 30 225.8 40 0 1 0 .976 1.59   0.6
    RF 1 1 6.8 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.65   0.0
    CF 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  KCR AL LF 67 58 556.9 98 0 2 0 .980 1.58   1.6
    RF 3 1 16.8 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.14   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 101 88 782.7 138 0 3 0 .979 1.59   2.1
      RF 4 2 23.6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.29   0.0
      CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1967 27 KCR AL LF 116 115 1025.3 166 8 3 4 .983 1.53   3.2
    RF 37 37 328.0 58 2 0 0 1.000 1.65    
1968 28 KCR AL LF 103 103 854.0 127 6 3 0 .978 1.40   2.9
    RF 54 51 448.7 68 2 1 0 .986 1.40    
1969 29 BSN NL LF 92 92 853.0 166 3 5 0 .971 1.78   1.7
    RF 10 0 16.1 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.80   0.0
  KCR AL LF 31 30 206.4 40 1 1 0 .976 1.79   0.6
    RF 3 0 3.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.31   0.0
  TOT   LF 123 122 1059.4 206 4 6 0 .972 1.78   2.3
      RF 13 0 20.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
1970 30 KCR AL LF 62 56 479.3 92 4 2 2 .980 1.80   1.0
    RF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1971 31 KCR AL LF 61 59 508.0 86 1 2 0 .978 1.54   1.1
    RF 9 3 39.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.85    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1972 32 KCR AL LF 50 46 401.0 88 2 3 0 .968 2.02   0.9
    RF 9 0 21.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.14    
1973 33 NYG NL LF 95 92 848.6 200 6 1 0 .995 2.18   3.1
    RF 4 0 11.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.76   0.0
  CLN NL LF 3 3 8.1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.22   0.0
    RF 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 98 95 856.7 202 6 1 0 .995 2.19   3.1
      RF 4 0 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 .75   0.0
1974 34 CLN NL RF 16 15 126.3 26 1 0 0 1.000 1.92   0.5
    LF 12 9 91.7 17 1 1 0 .947 1.77    
1975 35 CLN NL 1B 19 19 165.0 202 13 2 17 .991 11.73   0.3
    RF 9 8 70.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.19   0.3
    LF 2 1 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  LF 931 874 7572.8 1380 36 31 6 .979 1.68   20.5
  RF 208 129 1307.3 231 5 1 0 .996 1.62   0.7
  1B 19 19 165.0 202 13 2 17 .991 11.73   0.3
  CF 3 0 5.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1164 1022 9055.4 1813 54 34 23 .982 1.86   21.5
Career Highs   157 154 1353.3 224 13 6 17 .995 8.52    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1964 24 CLE AL 12 33 2 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 14 .212 .308 .242 .550
1965 25 CLE AL 3 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500
1966 26 KCR AL 9 23 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 .174 .296 .261 .557
1967 27 KCR AL 18 66 5 16 1 0 1 9 0 1 8 19 .242 .320 .303 .623
1968 28 KCR AL 11 35 5 9 1 0 2 4 0 0 7 12 .257 .381 .457 .838
1969 29 KCR AL 4 10 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 5 .100 .308 .400 .708
1970 30 KCR AL 3 9 2 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 .333 .417 .667 1.083
1971 31 KCR AL 4 13 3 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 6 .231 .333 .462 .795
Career Post-Season Batting 64 197 20 45 6 1 5 24 0 1 31 67 .228 .329 .345 .674
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.
Games
1968-5-157
 Runs
1967-8-93
 Homeruns
1966-7-24
 Walks
1967-8-98
 Strikeouts
1967-2-161
1968-1-155
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1960
Had first career hit (double) on 5/3/1963, off Fred Kipp (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 7/5/1963, off Frank Baumann (TAM)
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Kansas City on 6/1/1966 (Going to KCR: CF Jackie Brandt, 1B Gary Geiger, LF Dave Nicholson. Going to CLE: P Dick Selma)
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
7/1/1968: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $2,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1968, hitting .458 with 6 HR, 12 RBI
Traded from Kansas City to Boston (N) on 4/2/1969 (Going to BSN: LF Dave Nicholson, P Red Swanson. Going to KCR: C John Orsino)
Traded from Boston (N) to Kansas City on 7/31/1969 (Going to KCR: LF Mike Hershberger, LF Dave Nicholson, 2B Johnny Goryl. Going to BSN: RF Rocky Colavito, 2B Julio Gotay, P Ed Rakow, CF Willie Davis)
Hit 3 homeruns against Detroit, driving in 4 runs on 7/12/1971
Injured on 9/14/1972 with a Broken Jaw, out for 3 weeks
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/16/1973 to a 4-year deal worth $3,003,003 per year
Traded from New York (N) to Cleveland (N) on 7/31/1973 (Going to NYG: CF Chico Salmon, RF Len Gabrielson, C Jerry Grote. Going to CLN: LF Dave Nicholson)
Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 8/25/1974
Injured on 6/27/1976 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days
 
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