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Nino Espinosa	Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6' 1'' Weight: 202   Born: August 15, 1953 in D.R., , VILLA ALTAGRAC

Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won	1984
All-Star Selections	1980

Ratings - Pitching     Help
								Stuff						Control						Movement
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary	Endurance			vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA
1974	20	KCR	AL		7			3		4		3		7		7		7		4		5		5
1975	21	KCR	AL		7			3		3		3		6		7		7		4		5		5
1976	22	KCR	AL		7			3		3		3		6		7		7		3		4		4
1977	23	KCR	AL		7			3		4		3		7		8		7		3		4		4
1978	24	KCR	AL		8			5		5		5		7		8		8		3		4		4
1979	25	KCR	AL	$ 300,000	8			7		8		8		9		9		9		5		6		5
1980	26	KCR	AL	$ 300,000	8			7		8		8		9		10		9		5		6		6
1981	27	KCR	AL	$ 300,000	8			7		8		8		9		9		9		5		6		6
1982	28	KCR	AL	$ 300,000	8			7		8		8		8		9		9		5		6		6
1983	29	COL	NL	$ 4,985,714	8			7		8		8		8		9		9		5		6		6
1984	30	COL	NL	$ 4,985,714	7			8		8		8		8		9		9		5		6		5
1985	31	COL	NL	$ 5,000,000	7			8		8		8		8		9		9		4		5		5
1986	32	COL	NL	$ 5,000,000	7			7		8		8		8		9		9		4		5		5
1987	33	COL	NL	$ 5,000,000	7			7		8		8		8		9		9		4		5		5
1988	34	COL	NL	$ 7,720,000	7			7		8		7		8		9		8		4		5		4
1989	35	COL	NL	$ 7,720,000	7			6		7		7		7		8		8		3		4		3
1990	36	COL	NL	$ 7,720,000	6			5		6		5		6		7		7		3		3		3
OOTP6 Min Ratings					6			3		3		3		6		7		7		3		3		3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 7,720,000	8			8		8		8		9		10		9		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
1974	20	AA		12	6	.667	25	25	1	0	0	177.3	173	61	8	29	102	3.10	.254	.284	.333	.617
1975	21	AA		9	10	.474	29	29	1	1	0	214.7	221	78	16	54	141	3.27	.268	.313	.366	.678
1976	22	AA		11	9	.550	25	25	2	1	0	170.3	180	69	12	43	102	3.65	.270	.315	.380	.694
1977	23	A		18	4	.818	29	29	2	2	0	215.7	170	53	12	51	176	2.21	.215	.263	.311	.574
1978	24	AAA		4	6	.400	13	13	0	0	0	88.0	95	37	14	25	51	3.78	.271	.320	.440	.760
		A		10	4	.714	17	17	5	3	0	134.0	100	30	6	21	92	2.01	.206	.239	.278	.517
1979	25	KCR	AL	10	6	.625	18	18	3	1	0	132.3	136	52	13	25	60	3.54	.261	.294	.382	.676	8.9
		AAA		5	7	.417	18	18	2	1	0	128.3	138	57	16	29	89	4.00	.269	.308	.411	.719
1980	26	KCR	AL	19	11	.633	34	34	14	2	0	270.0	261	118	35	47	139	3.93	.252	.287	.414	.701	15.8
1981	27	KCR	AL	14	12	.538	34	34	10	3	0	266.7	263	115	27	51	168	3.88	.258	.293	.397	.690	16.0
1982	28	KCR	AL	17	9	.654	34	34	11	1	0	275.7	220	95	24	56	184	3.10	.214	.255	.338	.592	22.5
1983	29	COL	NL	13	12	.520	33	33	13	1	0	261.7	243	94	27	48	166	3.23	.241	.275	.388	.663	17.2
1984	30	COL	NL	15	10	.600	31	31	7	2	0	232.7	235	99	22	46	193	3.83	.257	.294	.398	.692	12.1
1985	31	COL	NL	10	15	.400	32	32	7	1	0	247.3	231	102	27	56	186	3.71	.247	.290	.405	.695	12.1
1986	32	COL	NL	17	9	.654	32	32	3	1	0	246.7	221	73	22	53	199	2.66	.239	.283	.355	.637	21.0
1987	33	COL	NL	12	5	.706	28	23	2	1	0	163.0	128	52	10	41	121	2.87	.215	.271	.331	.602	14.1
1988	34	COL	NL	9	12	.429	32	32	1	0	0	222.0	223	90	19	41	178	3.65	.258	.292	.402	.694	12.1
1989	35	COL	NL	8	10	.444	32	32	1	0	0	193.0	213	81	28	51	157	3.78	.276	.321	.454	.775	8.2
1990	36	COL	NL	7	1	.875	46	0	0	0	2	111.3	125	51	9	51	63	4.12	.286	.361	.414	.775	6.1
12 Years Sim				151	112	.574	386	335	72	13	2	2622.3	2499	1022	263	566	1814	3.51	.248	.290	.390	.679	166.2
2 Years AAA				9	13	.409	31	31	2	1	0	216.3	233	94	30	54	140	3.91	.270	.313	.423	.736
3 Years AA				32	25	.561	79	79	4	2	0	562.3	574	208	36	126	345	3.33	.264	.304	.360	.664
2 Years A				28	8	.778	46	46	7	5	0	349.7	270	83	18	72	268	2.14	.212	.254	.298	.552
7 Years Minors				69	46	.600	156	156	13	8	0	1128.3	1077	385	84	252	753	3.07	.250	.291	.354	.645
Season Average				12	9	.571	32	27	6	1	0	218.5	208	85	21	47	151	3.51	.248	.290	.390	.679
Career Highs				19	15	.875	46	34	14	3	2	275.7	263	118	35	56	199	4.12	.286	.361	.454	.775

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										1114	484	132	194	916		.234	.264	.381	.645
vs LH										1385	538	131	372	898		.261	.310	.397	.707
Home	81	55	.596	198	171	37	8	2	1370.3	1275	515	128	303	968	3.38	.244	.285	.380	.666
Away	70	57	.551	188	164	35	5	0	1252.0	1224	507	135	263	846	3.64	.253	.292	.400	.691
Mar/Apr	21	15	.583	59	50	7	1	0	387.3	348	149	36	87	276	3.46	.236	.279	.374	.653
May	29	19	.604	69	61	12	1	1	481.3	461	192	56	90	342	3.59	.249	.284	.402	.686
June	21	19	.525	60	51	12	0	1	407.3	422	178	36	81	290	3.93	.265	.300	.402	.702
July	24	17	.585	58	53	12	3	0	420.0	348	128	31	111	275	2.74	.223	.274	.336	.610
August	31	18	.633	73	60	17	6	0	478.6	471	175	51	92	324	3.29	.256	.292	.395	.686
Sep/Oct	25	24	.510	67	60	15	2	0	447.6	449	200	53	105	307	4.02	.258	.300	.421	.722

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	25	KCR	AL	P	18	18	132.3	4	27	2	1	.939	2.11
1980	26	KCR	AL	P	34	34	270.0	8	53	0	4	1.000	2.03
1981	27	KCR	AL	P	34	34	266.7	19	48	1	2	.985	2.26
1982	28	KCR	AL	P	34	34	275.7	24	53	0	3	1.000	2.51
1983	29	COL	NL	P	33	33	261.7	21	45	0	4	1.000	2.27
1984	30	COL	NL	P	31	31	232.7	27	43	1	2	.986	2.71
1985	31	COL	NL	P	32	32	247.3	15	43	0	5	1.000	2.11
1986	32	COL	NL	P	32	32	246.7	17	43	2	2	.968	2.19
1987	33	COL	NL	P	28	23	163.0	16	32	0	2	1.000	2.65
1988	34	COL	NL	P	32	32	222.0	13	41	1	4	.982	2.19
1989	35	COL	NL	P	32	32	193.0	11	39	2	2	.962	2.33
1990	36	COL	NL	P	46	0	111.3	9	18	0	0	1.000	2.18
Career Totals					386	335	2622.3	184	485	9	31	.987	2.30
Career Highs					46	34	275.7	27	53	2	5	1.000	2.71

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
1979	25	KCR	AL	3	1	.750	4	4	1	0	0	33.3	41	15	8	2	14	4.05	.295	.305	.532	.837
1980	26	KCR	AL	1	1	.500	2	2	0	0	0	15.7	17	8	3	2	8	4.60	.279	.302	.492	.793
1982	28	KCR	AL	0	1	.000	1	1	1	0	0	8.0	10	6	0	3	4	6.75	.333	.394	.433	.827
1983	29	COL	NL	1	1	.500	2	2	0	0	0	16.0	12	4	2	2	11	2.25	.200	.226	.367	.592
1984	30	COL	NL	1	1	.500	3	3	1	0	0	19.7	13	6	1	3	14	2.75	.191	.225	.294	.519
1986	32	COL	NL	1	3	.250	5	5	0	0	0	35.3	45	23	3	11	19	5.86	.315	.364	.490	.853
1987	33	COL	NL	1	2	.333	3	3	0	0	0	19.3	19	9	3	4	18	4.19	.250	.288	.408	.695
1988	34	COL	NL	0	1	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0.3	5	4	0	0	0	109.09	.833	.833	1.333	2.167
1989	35	COL	NL	0	0	.000	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0.00	.000	.143	.000	.143
Career Post-Season Pitching				8	11	.421	23	21	3	0	0	149.6	162	75	20	28	90	4.51	.275	.308	.455	.763

Pitching Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. Season Rankings are League Based.

ERA 1982-6-3.10 1986-2-2.66 1987-7-2.87 Wins 1980-3-19 1982-4-17 1986-10-17 Winning Pct 1979-8-.625 1982-3-.654 1986-9-.654 1987-2-.706 Games Started 1982-9-34 Complete Games 1980-3-14 1981-4-10 1982-3-11 1983-1-13 Shutouts 1980-6-2 1981-2-3 1984-10-2 1987-9-1 Innings Pitched 1980-3-270.0 1981-5-266.7 1982-2-275.7 1983-8-261.7 Hits Allowed 1980-8-261 1981-5-263 1988-8-223 Homeruns Allowed 1980-2-35 1981-4-27 1982-7-24 1983-9-27 1985-5-27 1989-1-28 Strikeouts 1981-8-168 1982-2-184 1984-7-193 1985-8-186 1986-7-199 1988-9-178 Walks per 9IP 1980-6-1.6 1981-6-1.7 1982-8-1.8 1983-7-1.7 1984-7-1.8 1985-9-2.0 1986-7-1.9 1988-7-1.7 Hits per 9IP 1982-3-7.2 1987-5-7.1 Strikeouts per 9IP 1982-8-6.0 1984-6-7.5 1986-7-7.3 WHiP 1980-5-1.14 1981-8-1.18 1982-1-1.00 1983-7-1.11 1986-2-1.11 1987-4-1.04 CAR-27-1.17 OAVG 1982-3-.214 1987-6-.215 OOBP 1980-6-.287 1981-8-.293 1982-1-.255 1983-7-.275 1986-6-.283 1987-5-.271 CAR-26-.290 OSLG 1982-8-.338 1987-7-.331 OOPS 1982-3-.592 1986-9-.637 1987-4-.602

Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)    Gray Ink Test: 111    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)    Hall of Fame Standards: 41    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)

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History

Drafted in 5th round, 91st overall pick, by Oakland in 1974

Injured on 7/25/1974 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4 weeks

Traded from Oakland to Kansas City on 7/31/1974 (Going to KCR: P Nino Espinosa, P Tom Carroll, P Sandy Koufax. Going to OAK: P Phil Niekro, CF Johnny Lewis, C Bill Freehan)

Injured on 8/29/1974 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week

Injured on 4/28/1975 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week

Injured on 4/7/1976 with a Strained Back, out for one week

Injured on 4/24/1976 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 3-4 weeks

Injured on 6/10/1977 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week

Injured on 7/26/1977 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week

Earned first career win on 7/4/1979

Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game

Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1982, going 5-1, 2.25

Pitched NO-HITTER against Indianapolis on 9/8/1982, striking out 8

2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,985,714 through salary arbitration

Traded from Kansas City to Colorado on 2/4/1983 (Going to KCR: P Matt Keough. Going to COL: P Nino Espinosa)

2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,985,714 through salary arbitration

6/1/1984: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $5,000,000 per year, for 3 years

Won World Championship with Colorado in 1984

10/3/1987: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $7,720,000 per year, for 4 years

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