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Dickie
Noles		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: November 19, 1956 in Usa, NC, CHARLOTTE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1982   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1979 22 WAS NL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 8 8 8
1980 23 WAS NL   6 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 8 8
1981 24 WAS NL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 6 7 6 8 9 9
1982 25 WAS NL $ 300,000 6 5 6 6 7 8 7 8 9 8
1983 26 WAS NL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 8
1984 27 CLN NL $ 1,285,714 6 6 6 6 7 8 7 8 9 8
1985 28 CLN NL $ 3,964,286 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
1986 29 CLN NL $ 5,342,857 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 8 8 8
1987 30 CLN NL $ 5,700,000 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 7
1988 31 CLN NL $ 5,700,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1989 32 CLE AL $ 5,700,000 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6
1990 33 CLE AL $ 1,500,000 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,700,000 6 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 9 9
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1979 22 WAS NL 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 4.7 3 0 0 2 0 0.00 .176 .263 .294 .557 0.9
    AAA   4 4 .500 63 3 0 0 5 69.7 52 19 3 25 39 2.45 .212 .285 .290 .575  
1980 23 AAA   14 3 .824 75 6 0 0 6 93.0 94 35 5 34 55 3.39 .257 .320 .344 .664  
1981 24 WAS NL 3 1 .750 30 0 0 0 3 61.0 52 12 2 17 18 1.77 .228 .285 .281 .565 7.9
1982 25 WAS NL 8 9 .471 67 0 0 0 41 72.0 64 27 7 23 40 3.38 .241 .303 .368 .672 11.0
1983 26 WAS NL 8 9 .471 69 2 0 0 37 68.3 89 39 3 26 40 5.14 .312 .369 .393 .762 4.0
1984 27 WAS NL 6 6 .500 15 15 2 1 0 107.0 96 40 3 28 58 3.36 .238 .289 .332 .621 7.0
  CLN NL 7 4 .636 16 16 2 1 0 123.0 111 43 4 19 71 3.15 .238 .270 .337 .607 8.4
  TOT   13 10 .565 31 31 4 2 0 230.0 207 83 7 47 129 3.25 .238 .279 .334 .613 15.4
1985 28 CLN NL 13 9 .591 35 35 4 3 0 254.0 243 84 9 58 159 2.98 .251 .295 .345 .640 18.2
1986 29 CLN NL 11 7 .611 25 25 2 0 0 174.7 159 65 6 58 104 3.35 .242 .301 .339 .640 11.6
    AAA   0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 3.7 5 2 1 2 4 4.92 .357 .438 .571 1.009  
1987 30 CLN NL 9 9 .500 34 34 0 0 0 205.0 198 78 15 77 146 3.42 .252 .320 .375 .694 12.2
1988 31 CLN NL 5 8 .385 39 16 0 0 0 122.0 136 58 14 47 84 4.28 .283 .347 .435 .782 4.6
1989 32 CLE AL 6 5 .545 19 19 0 0 0 115.3 95 38 8 41 83 2.97 .219 .290 .329 .619 9.9
    AAA   4 0 1.000 6 6 0 0 0 39.0 29 6 2 11 32 1.38 .206 .263 .291 .554  
1990 33 CLE AL 6 11 .353 28 28 0 0 0 146.3 151 75 16 57 99 4.61 .269 .340 .422 .763 5.6
11 Years Sim 83 78 .516 380 190 10 5 81 1453.3 1397 559 87 453 902 3.46 .252 .309 .362 .671 101.4
4 Years AAA 22 8 .733 145 16 0 0 11 205.3 180 62 11 72 130 2.72 .235 .301 .321 .622  
Season Average 7 7 .500 34 17 0 0 7 132.1 127 50 7 41 82 3.46 .252 .309 .362 .671  
Career Highs 13 11 1.000 69 35 4 3 41 254.0 243 84 16 77 159 5.14 .312 .369 .435 .782  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   625 253 42 179 497   .241 .290 .349 .639
vs LH   772 306 45 274 405   .261 .323 .374 .697
Home 44 35 .557 184 94 4 3 32 717.6 696 273 44 229 451 3.42 .253 .311 .362 .672
Away 39 43 .476 196 96 6 2 49 735.6 701 286 43 224 451 3.50 .250 .305 .362 .668
Mar/Apr 14 7 .667 46 27 0 0 11 178.0 182 66 14 57 129 3.34 .261 .317 .374 .690
May 17 17 .500 71 36 2 2 13 278.6 252 112 17 89 161 3.62 .240 .300 .363 .663
June 14 15 .483 66 41 4 2 13 301.0 303 129 17 117 171 3.86 .263 .331 .361 .693
July 11 13 .458 64 32 1 0 20 238.3 235 86 9 67 149 3.25 .255 .305 .352 .658
August 12 13 .480 69 28 2 1 15 234.6 237 88 18 60 154 3.38 .262 .308 .389 .697
Sep/Oct 15 13 .536 64 26 1 0 9 222.6 188 78 12 63 138 3.15 .226 .280 .334 .615
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1979 22 WAS NL P 3 0 4.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1981 24 WAS NL P 30 0 61.0 4 10 0 1 1.000 2.07    
1982 25 WAS NL P 67 0 72.0 5 19 1 3 .960 3.00    
1983 26 WAS NL P 69 2 68.3 4 16 1 1 .952 2.63    
1984 27 WAS NL P 15 15 107.0 4 15 2 2 .905 1.60    
  CLN NL P 16 16 123.0 4 17 2 3 .913 1.54    
  TOT   P 31 31 230.0 8 32 4 5 .909 1.57    
1985 28 CLN NL P 35 35 254.0 22 30 2 2 .963 1.84    
1986 29 CLN NL P 25 25 174.7 17 19 4 2 .900 1.86    
1987 30 CLN NL P 34 34 205.0 6 31 3 4 .925 1.62    
1988 31 CLN NL P 39 16 122.0 15 20 1 4 .972 2.58    
1989 32 CLE AL P 19 19 115.3 3 19 5 0 .815 1.72    
1990 33 CLE AL P 28 28 146.3 12 14 1 0 .963 1.60    
Career Totals   380 190 1453.3 96 212 22 22 .933 1.91    
Career Highs   69 35 254.0 22 32 5 5 1.000 3.86    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1981 24 WAS NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 5.7 2 1 0 1 2 1.59 .105 .150 .105 .255
1982 25 WAS NL 1 1 .500 2 0 0 0 0 1.7 4 1 1 1 2 5.42 .400 .455 .900 1.355
1984 27 CLN NL 2 1 .667 4 4 0 0 0 28.3 29 14 0 9 13 4.45 .276 .333 .352 .686
1985 28 CLN NL 2 2 .500 5 5 0 0 0 33.7 34 10 3 13 21 2.67 .268 .336 .370 .706
1986 29 CLN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 2 0 0 0 1 0.00 .667 .667 .667 1.333
Career Post-Season Pitching 5 4 .556 14 9 0 0 0 69.6 71 26 4 24 39 3.36 .269 .330 .367 .697
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1984-10-3.25
1985-9-2.98
 Saves
1982-1-41
1983-2-37
 Games Pitched
1982-6-67
1983-6-69
 Games Started
1985-8-35
1987-8-34
 Shutouts
1984-10-2
1985-4-3
 Walks per 9IP
1984-10-1.8
1985-10-2.1
WHiP
1984-8-1.10
 OOBP
1984-7-.279
 OSLG
1984-10-.334
1986-8-.339
 OOPS
1984-6-.613
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 24    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 30th overall pick, by Washington in 1979
Earned first career win on 9/29/1979
Injured on 7/9/1980 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,285,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/28/1984 with a Stiff Elbow, out for one week
Traded from Washington to Cleveland (N) on 7/1/1984 (Going to WAS: P Larry Demery. Going to CLN: P Dickie Noles)
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,964,286 through salary arbitration
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,342,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/31/1986 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 7 weeks
9/1/1986: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $5,700,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 4/7/1988 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Cleveland (A) on 2/22/1989 (Going to CLE: LF Harold Baines, 2B Johnny Ray, RF George Bell, P Dickie Noles, P Alejandro Pena. Going to CLN: P Guy Hoffman, 3B Juan Bernhardt)
Injured on 9/1/1989 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 6-7 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 2/13/1990 to a 4-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
 
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