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Gary
Nolan		  
Nickname: Not The Only
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 212
 
Born: May 27, 1948 in Usa, CA, HERLONG
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1974   
Bronze Rookie 1971   
All-Star Selections 1974    1977    1978    1981    1984    1985   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1967 19 BOS AL   8 7 9 8 7 8 7 3 3 3
1968 20 BOS AL   8 7 9 8 7 7 7 3 3 3
1969 21 BOS AL   8 7 9 8 7 8 7 3 3 3
1970 22 COL NL $ 300,000 8 7 9 8 8 8 8 3 3 3
1971 23 COL NL $ 300,000 8 8 9 8 8 9 8 3 3 3
1972 24 COL NL $ 300,000 8 8 9 8 9 9 9 3 4 4
1973 25 COL NL $ 300,000 7 8 9 9 9 10 10 3 4 4
1974 26 COL NL $ 300,000 7 8 10 9 10 10 10 4 4 4
1975 27 COL NL $ 7,300,000 7 8 9 9 10 10 10 5 5 5
1976 28 COL NL $ 7,300,000 7 7 9 8 10 10 10 5 6 6
1977 29 COL NL $ 7,300,000 7 8 9 8 10 10 10 4 5 5
1978 30 KCR AL $ 7,300,000 7 8 9 8 10 10 10 5 5 5
1979 31 KCR AL $ 15,000,000 7 9 10 9 10 10 10 4 5 5
1980 32 KCR AL $ 15,000,000 7 9 10 10 10 10 10 4 5 5
1981 33 KCR AL $ 15,000,000 7 9 10 10 10 10 10 4 5 5
1982 34 KCR AL $ 15,000,000 7 9 10 9 10 10 10 3 4 3
1983 35 CLN NL $ 3,828,000 7 9 10 9 10 10 10 3 4 3
1984 36 LAD NL $ 9,000,000 7 8 10 9 10 10 10 3 4 4
1985 37 CLN NL $ 4,750,000 7 8 10 9 10 10 10 3 3 3
1986 38 CLN NL $ 4,750,000 7 8 9 8 9 9 9 3 3 3
1987 39 CLN NL $ 4,750,000 7 7 9 8 8 9 9 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 7 9 8 7 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 15,000,000 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 5 6 6
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
1967 19 AAA   11 7 .611 23 23 2 1 0 165.7 146 42 12 30 202 2.28 .233 .268 .338 .606  
1968 20 AAA   12 12 .500 29 29 2 0 0 187.3 178 86 36 47 233 4.13 .248 .294 .442 .736  
1969 21 AAA   9 11 .450 29 29 2 0 0 194.3 167 95 35 75 221 4.40 .231 .304 .425 .729  
1970 22 COL NL 1 0 1.000 2 2 1 0 0 16.3 10 2 1 2 14 1.10 .172 .197 .310 .507 2.4
    AAA   13 10 .565 29 29 3 1 0 211.7 169 66 33 50 235 2.81 .213 .260 .369 .629  
1971 23 COL NL 10 12 .455 27 27 6 0 0 208.0 202 85 30 40 158 3.68 .255 .293 .422 .716 14.2
    AAA   0 5 .000 6 6 1 0 0 31.7 46 29 5 14 40 8.24 .324 .385 .472 .856  
1972 24 COL NL 10 13 .435 35 31 2 0 1 227.7 197 75 23 43 173 2.96 .232 .272 .361 .633 20.5
1973 25 COL NL 18 15 .545 36 36 10 2 0 280.7 262 110 32 51 222 3.53 .244 .280 .402 .682 21.0
1974 26 COL NL 21 9 .700 35 30 14 4 0 259.3 228 83 27 37 189 2.88 .232 .261 .375 .635 23.1
1975 27 COL NL 14 9 .609 30 30 8 2 0 226.0 222 94 24 25 153 3.74 .254 .276 .398 .674 13.6
1976 28 COL NL 17 8 .680 34 30 6 1 0 244.7 208 83 22 18 177 3.05 .227 .246 .363 .609 20.7
1977 29 COL NL 22 9 .710 35 35 14 5 0 280.0 262 97 23 27 199 3.12 .246 .270 .380 .650 22.5
1978 30 KCR AL 18 6 .750 34 33 11 3 0 268.0 273 116 39 24 163 3.90 .260 .276 .433 .709 16.7
1979 31 KCR AL 13 10 .565 35 34 7 2 0 264.7 254 98 33 28 173 3.33 .249 .269 .407 .676 19.1
1980 32 KCR AL 18 8 .692 32 32 11 4 0 254.3 212 83 25 29 196 2.94 .222 .246 .347 .594 21.9
1981 33 KCR AL 21 8 .724 36 36 8 2 0 288.0 236 81 30 32 226 2.53 .219 .242 .351 .593 29.2
1982 34 KCR AL 11 5 .688 23 23 2 2 0 166.7 160 58 24 19 128 3.13 .250 .272 .426 .698 13.5
1983 35 LAD NL 7 1 .875 11 11 3 0 0 85.7 80 19 7 6 70 2.00 .242 .257 .352 .609 10.7
  CLN NL 7 6 .538 14 14 4 1 0 104.3 93 41 8 10 94 3.54 .234 .254 .338 .592 6.6
  TOT   14 7 .667 25 25 7 1 0 190.0 173 60 15 16 164 2.84 .238 .256 .344 .600 17.3
    AAA   0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 11.0 8 5 2 1 15 4.09 .205 .225 .385 .610  
1984 36 LAD NL 15 13 .536 32 32 9 2 0 239.3 225 87 25 22 188 3.27 .245 .265 .365 .631 18.6
1985 37 CLN NL 18 9 .667 29 29 5 3 0 223.0 196 61 15 13 191 2.46 .231 .244 .340 .584 20.5
1986 38 CLN NL 10 9 .526 22 22 2 1 0 154.7 140 58 15 21 138 3.38 .236 .262 .390 .652 10.5
1987 39 CLN NL 9 7 .563 70 11 1 0 0 135.7 143 62 13 31 96 4.11 .278 .317 .422 .739 6.7
18 Years Sim 260 157 .624 572 498 124 34 1 3926.9 3603 1393 416 478 2948 3.19 .241 .266 .382 .648 311.8
6 Years AAA 45 45 .500 121 116 10 2 0 801.6 714 323 123 217 946 3.63 .235 .286 .398 .684  
Season Average 14 8 .636 31 27 6 1 0 218.2 200 77 23 26 163 3.19 .241 .266 .382 .648  
Career Highs 22 15 1.000 70 36 14 5 1 288.0 273 116 39 51 226 4.11 .278 .317 .433 .739  
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   1656 700 224 201 1695   .224 .245 .373 .617
vs LH   1947 693 192 277 1253   .257 .284 .392 .676
Home 126 87 .592 294 258 52 13 1 2014.3 1929 757 209 262 1546 3.38 .249 .274 .392 .666
Away 134 70 .657 278 240 72 21 1 1912.6 1674 636 207 216 1402 2.99 .232 .255 .372 .627
Mar/Apr 45 22 .672 92 78 23 11 0 635.9 583 214 55 60 447 3.03 .241 .260 .377 .637
May 51 29 .638 107 91 17 5 0 726.0 682 257 68 81 534 3.19 .246 .267 .382 .649
June 37 28 .569 92 77 25 5 0 620.0 556 216 75 83 455 3.14 .237 .263 .388 .651
July 43 25 .632 93 79 21 4 0 611.3 564 225 71 87 467 3.31 .242 .269 .378 .647
August 43 32 .573 95 95 22 6 0 709.6 661 268 78 86 555 3.40 .243 .266 .391 .658
Sep/Oct 41 21 .661 93 78 23 4 2 624.0 557 213 69 81 490 3.07 .236 .262 .378 .639
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1970 22 COL NL P 2 2 16.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.20    
1971 23 COL NL P 27 27 208.0 14 21 1 2 .972 1.51    
1972 24 COL NL P 35 31 227.7 18 35 2 3 .964 2.10    
1973 25 COL NL P 36 36 280.7 20 37 2 3 .966 1.83    
1974 26 COL NL P 35 30 259.3 18 28 1 1 .979 1.60    
1975 27 COL NL P 30 30 226.0 19 29 1 2 .980 1.91    
1976 28 COL NL P 34 30 244.7 15 26 1 3 .976 1.51    
1977 29 COL NL P 35 35 280.0 16 41 1 1 .983 1.83    
1978 30 KCR AL P 34 33 268.0 16 35 1 3 .981 1.71    
1979 31 KCR AL P 35 34 264.7 13 35 0 4 1.000 1.63    
1980 32 KCR AL P 32 32 254.3 21 34 1 2 .982 1.95    
1981 33 KCR AL P 36 36 288.0 17 39 4 1 .933 1.75    
1982 34 KCR AL P 23 23 166.7 3 22 0 0 1.000 1.35    
1983 35 LAD NL P 11 11 85.7 5 10 0 0 1.000 1.58    
  CLN NL P 14 14 104.3 7 13 0 0 1.000 1.73    
  TOT   P 25 25 190.0 12 23 0 0 1.000 1.66    
1984 36 LAD NL P 32 32 239.3 18 30 0 2 1.000 1.81    
1985 37 CLN NL P 29 29 223.0 14 35 0 1 1.000 1.98    
1986 38 CLN NL P 22 22 154.7 10 20 0 1 1.000 1.75    
1987 39 CLN NL P 70 11 135.7 6 24 0 5 1.000 1.99    
Career Totals   572 498 3926.9 251 517 15 34 .981 1.76    
Career Highs   70 36 288.0 21 41 4 5 1.000 2.20    
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
1968 20 BOS AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 1 1 0 3 3.00 .100 .100 .400 .500
1973 25 COL NL 0 2 .000 4 4 0 0 0 31.0 40 13 5 3 26 3.77 .308 .323 .515 .839
1974 26 COL NL 3 1 .750 5 5 0 0 0 36.3 35 22 7 5 36 5.45 .243 .268 .451 .720
1975 27 COL NL 1 3 .250 4 4 2 0 0 31.7 30 18 4 4 32 5.12 .248 .272 .388 .660
1977 29 COL NL 3 2 .600 6 6 4 1 0 49.0 41 17 6 3 38 3.12 .227 .239 .420 .659
1978 30 KCR AL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 15.0 18 11 4 1 13 6.60 .286 .297 .556 .852
1979 31 KCR AL 2 0 1.000 5 5 0 0 0 40.3 29 10 2 0 29 2.23 .192 .192 .272 .464
1980 32 KCR AL 0 1 .000 3 3 0 0 0 23.0 25 9 1 2 23 3.52 .269 .284 .366 .650
1981 33 KCR AL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 16.0 14 6 3 1 10 3.38 .226 .238 .419 .657
1982 34 KCR AL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 0 0 16.0 12 7 0 1 8 3.94 .203 .217 .271 .488
1983 35 CLN NL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 1 6.3 11 5 1 3 3 7.11 .393 .452 .571 1.023
1985 37 CLN NL 2 2 .500 6 6 0 0 0 41.3 46 19 3 4 39 4.14 .279 .296 .448 .744
1986 38 CLN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 3.3 4 2 2 0 3 5.41 .286 .286 .714 1.000
Career Post-Season Pitching 14 13 .519 46 39 7 1 1 312.3 306 140 39 27 263 4.03 .251 .267 .419 .685
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
1968 20 BOS AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1972-6-2.96
1974-4-2.88
1976-2-3.05
1977-10-3.12
1979-9-3.33
1980-2-2.94
1981-2-2.53
1982-7-3.13
1983-6-2.84
1985-2-2.46
CAR-22-3.19
 Wins
1973-6-18
1974-2-21
1976-7-17
1977-2-22
1978-3-18
1980-5-18
1981-2-21
1985-4-18
CAR-24-260
 Winning Pct
1974-7-.700
1976-8-.680
1977-5-.710
1978-1-.750
1980-10-.692
1981-5-.724
1982-2-.688
1985-8-.667
CAR-27-.624
 Games Started
1973-2-36
1977-9-35
1979-9-34
1981-4-36
CAR-44-498
 Complete Games
1974-4-14
1977-6-14
1978-8-11
1980-7-11
1984-10-9
 Shutouts
1973-8-2
1974-1-4
1975-2-2
1977-2-5
1978-4-3
1979-9-2
1980-1-4
1981-6-2
1982-4-2
1984-10-2
1985-4-3
CAR-15-34
Innings Pitched
1973-5-280.7
1977-4-280.0
1978-7-268.0
1979-3-264.7
1980-6-254.3
1981-2-288.0
CAR-40-3926.9
 Hits Allowed
1978-6-273
1979-9-254
CAR-48-3603
 Homeruns Allowed
1971-10-30
1973-4-32
1978-1-39
1979-1-33
1980-9-25
1981-1-30
1982-7-24
1984-6-25
CAR-20-416
 Strikeouts
1973-3-222
1974-6-189
1976-7-177
1977-3-199
1978-5-163
1979-1-173
1980-2-196
1981-2-226
1984-9-188
1985-7-191
CAR-24-2948
 Walks per 9IP
1971-4-1.7
1972-2-1.7
1973-1-1.6
1974-4-1.3
1975-1-1.0
1976-1-0.7
1977-2-0.9
1978-2-0.8
1979-1-1.0
1980-1-1.0
1981-1-1.0
1982-1-1.0
1983-1-0.8
1984-1-0.8
1985-1-0.5
CAR-2-1.1
 Hits per 9IP
1972-8-7.8
1974-8-7.9
1976-3-7.7
1980-2-7.5
1981-4-7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP
1971-10-6.8
1973-5-7.1
1974-10-6.6
1976-7-6.5
1977-7-6.4
1979-2-5.9
1980-3-6.9
1981-6-7.1
1982-3-6.9
1983-2-7.8
1984-7-7.1
1985-4-7.7
 WHiP
1971-5-1.16
1972-3-1.05
1973-3-1.12
1974-2-1.02
1975-3-1.09
1976-1-0.92
1977-2-1.03
1978-1-1.11
1979-4-1.07
1980-1-0.95
1981-1-0.93
1982-4-1.07
1983-3-0.99
1984-5-1.03
1985-1-0.94
CAR-8-1.04
 OAVG
1972-8-.232
1974-7-.232
1976-3-.227
1980-2-.222
1981-4-.219
 OOBP
1971-5-.293
1972-3-.272
1973-3-.280
1974-2-.261
1975-3-.276
1976-1-.246
1977-2-.270
1978-1-.276
1979-4-.269
1980-1-.246
1981-1-.242
1982-4-.272
1983-2-.256
1984-5-.265
1985-1-.244
CAR-8-.266
 OSLG
1980-5-.347
 OOPS
1972-5-.633
1974-4-.635
1975-10-.674
1976-2-.609
1980-3-.594
1981-2-.593
1983-5-.600
1985-3-.584
CAR-39-.648
 
   Black Ink Test: 29    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 243    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 69    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1967
Injured on 4/10/1967 with a Tight Elbow, out for one week
Injured on 8/9/1967 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for full season
Injured on 6/24/1969 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Boston (A) to Colorado on 3/3/1970 (Going to COL: P Gary Nolan, RF Frank Robinson, 2B Chuck Schilling. Going to BOS: 1B Willie Stargell)
Earned first career win on 9/23/1970
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1974, going 5-0, 1.73
10/13/1974: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $7,300,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with Colorado in 1974
Won Platinum Arm in 1974, going 21-9, 2.88 ERA
Pitched NO-HITTER against Washington on 6/11/1975, striking out 4
Injured on 8/16/1975 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1976, going 4-0, 1.59
Injured on 9/30/1976 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 7-8 weeks
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/12/1977, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Traded from Colorado to Kansas City on 2/8/1978 (Going to KCR: P Gary Nolan. Going to COL: 3B Oscar Gamble, P Chip Lang)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1978, going 6-0, 1.42
7/1/1978: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $15,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Injured on 5/10/1980 with a Blurred Vision Eye, out for 2 weeks
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1981, going 5-0, 1.28
Injured on 6/8/1982 with a Fractured Elbow, out for 9 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 4/3/1983 to a 1-year deal worth $3,828,000 per year
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1983, going 4-0, 1.57
Traded from Los Angeles to Cleveland (N) on 7/1/1983 (Going to CLN: P Gary Nolan. Going to LAD: CF Greg Johnston)
Injured on 9/18/1983 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/9/1984 to a 1-year deal worth $9,000,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 4/15/1984, winning 2 games with a 1.02 ERA
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/17/1985 to a 4-year deal worth $4,750,000 per year
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
Injured on 5/11/1986 with a Fractured Cheekbone, out for 7 weeks
 
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