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Nate
Colbert		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 224
 
Born: April 9, 1946 in Usa, MO, ST. LOUIS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1980   
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
1968 22 WAS NL     5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
1969 23 WAS NL     5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
1970 24 CLE AL     5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3
1971 25 CLE AL     5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3
1972 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
1973 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4
1974 28 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4
1975 29 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4
1976 30 CLE AL $ 920,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4
1977 31 CLN NL $ 1,278,571   5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3
1978 32 CLN NL $ 400,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3
1979 33 SDP NL $ 400,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3
1980 34 SDP NL $ 400,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3
1981 35 SDP NL $ 400,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3
1982 36 BOS AL     4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,278,571   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 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
1968 22 AAA   83 294 49 82 7 3 25 52 2 1 45 66 .279 .375 .578 .953 62.6  
    AA   54 206 36 59 8 1 15 31 1 2 30 55 .286 .377 .553 .931 41.5  
1969 23 AAA   137 515 92 139 10 5 38 102 6 5 84 130 .270 .372 .530 .902 102.1  
1971 25 AAA   124 360 69 105 12 1 29 76 2 4 52 103 .292 .381 .572 .953 75.2  
1972 26 CLE AL 104 328 49 68 9 0 12 37 6 1 34 96 .207 .282 .345 .626 35.4 2.9
1973 27 CLE AL 39 65 8 13 1 0 5 12 1 2 12 18 .200 .325 .446 .771 9.8 1.6
    AAA   25 37 6 10 0 0 3 9 0 0 1 8 .270 .289 .514 .803 5.6  
1974 28 CLE AL 30 49 12 10 0 0 4 8 0 1 10 16 .204 .350 .449 .799 8.2 1.1
1975 29 CLE AL 92 277 31 55 9 1 7 34 4 2 25 69 .199 .266 .314 .581 24.0 0.4
1976 30 CLE AL 124 366 51 90 16 2 14 61 7 5 42 87 .246 .325 .415 .741 49.5 7.3
1977 31 CLN NL 94 276 34 54 5 3 8 29 1 2 31 69 .196 .281 .322 .603 25.6 2.0
1978 32 CLN NL 67 152 26 40 3 1 8 21 1 0 14 39 .263 .325 .454 .779 22.5 4.6
1979 33 SDP NL 83 185 19 38 7 0 7 30 0 3 24 41 .205 .300 .357 .657 18.5 2.0
1980 34 SDP NL 89 200 22 46 4 4 6 25 0 1 26 42 .230 .316 .380 .696 24.2 3.3
1981 35 SDP NL 152 498 50 118 8 4 20 71 2 1 54 110 .237 .312 .390 .701 61.4 11.3
1982 36 AAA   104 286 40 59 10 0 14 36 5 4 45 72 .206 .314 .388 .702 38.0  
    A   17 62 6 20 4 0 3 12 1 0 9 7 .323 .408 .532 .941 12.9  
10 Years Sim 874 2396 302 532 62 15 91 328 22 18 272 587 .222 .302 .374 .677 279.1 36.6
5 Years AAA 473 1492 256 395 39 9 109 275 15 14 227 379 .265 .361 .522 .883 283.5  
1 Years AA 54 206 36 59 8 1 15 31 1 2 30 55 .286 .381 .553 .934 41.5  
1 Years A 17 62 6 20 4 0 3 12 1 0 9 7 .323 .417 .532 .949 12.9  
7 Years Minors 544 1760 298 474 51 10 127 318 17 16 266 441 .269 .366 .526 .892 337.9  
162 Game Average 444 55 98 11 2 16 60 4 3 50 108 .222 .302 .374 .677 51.7  
Career Highs 152 498 51 118 16 4 20 71 7 5 54 110 .263 .350 .454 .799 61.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1515 196 355 40 10 61 228 19 9 148 336 .234 .303 .395 .698 188.5
vs LH   881 106 177 22 5 30 100 3 9 124 251 .201 .301 .339 .641 96.5
Home 422 1125 142 244 15 5 42 147 7 10 144 302 .217 .306 .351 .657 129.9
Away 452 1271 160 288 47 10 49 181 15 8 128 285 .227 .300 .395 .695 155.1
RISP   625 0 142 19 3 22 219 0 0 78 156 .227 .313 .373 .686 77.6
Pinch Hitting   92 10 22 1 1 4 21 0 0 14 22 .239 .340 .402 .742 13.6
Close/Late   288 41 72 7 3 10 40 0 0 22 81 .250 .304 .399 .704 35.3
Mar/Apr 160 489 71 123 21 5 23 75 5 3 57 127 .252 .333 .456 .789 74.6
May 179 567 61 116 15 3 22 78 6 5 56 128 .205 .276 .358 .634 58.8
June 166 457 54 88 5 0 14 43 6 3 65 121 .193 .294 .295 .589 45.1
July 122 299 39 62 5 2 8 42 1 2 33 70 .207 .290 .318 .607 28.7
August 117 288 41 69 9 2 13 58 2 2 27 72 .240 .303 .420 .723 37.7
Sep/Oct 127 296 35 74 7 3 11 32 2 3 34 69 .250 .328 .405 .734 40.1
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
1972 26 CLE AL LF 90 88 755.7 153 2 0 2 1.000 1.85   1.3
    1B 9 5 41.0 45 1 0 3 1.000 10.10   0.1
    RF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1973 27 CLE AL 1B 17 8 89.0 95 6 1 10 .990 10.21   0.1
    LF 16 7 80.0 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.1
1974 28 CLE AL LF 10 5 59.0 11 1 1 1 .923 1.83   0.1
    1B 12 4 52.7 63 6 0 3 1.000 11.79   0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1975 29 CLE AL LF 84 72 607.7 118 4 0 2 1.000 1.81   1.4
    1B 13 7 66.7 82 3 1 8 .988 11.48   0.1
1976 30 CLE AL LF 110 107 924.0 197 1 0 1 1.000 1.93   2.1
    1B 6 1 15.0 19 0 0 2 1.000 11.40   0.0
1977 31 CLN NL LF 81 77 649.0 128 1 0 0 1.000 1.79   1.2
    1B 2 0 4.0 5 1 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1978 32 CLN NL LF 33 30 260.3 42 1 0 0 1.000 1.49   0.6
    1B 16 9 93.0 133 6 1 9 .993 13.45   0.2
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
1979 33 SDP NL LF 63 47 440.0 74 4 1 2 .987 1.60   0.7
    1B 4 1 15.0 17 0 1 1 .944 10.20   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 2 1 0 .667 18.00   0.0
1980 34 SDP NL LF 60 49 424.7 72 0 0 0 1.000 1.53   0.8
    1B 8 4 36.0 46 2 0 5 1.000 12.00   0.0
1981 35 SDP NL LF 149 147 1271.0 252 3 1 2 .996 1.81   3.7
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  LF 696 629 5471.3 1061 18 3 10 .997 1.77   12.0
  1B 88 39 413.3 506 25 4 42 .993 11.56   0.7
  RF 3 0 8.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
  SS 3 0 5.0 0 4 1 1 .800 7.20   0.0
  CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   792 668 5899.6 1571 47 8 53 .995 2.47   12.8
Career Highs   151 147 1273.0 253 8 3 10 1.000 6.51    
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
1977 31 CLN NL 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1978 32 CLN NL 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1980 34 SDP NL 11 15 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 3 .067 .167 .067 .233
1981 35 SDP NL 5 17 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 6 .118 .211 .176 .387
Career Post-Season Batting 21 40 1 4 1 0 0 6 1 0 4 10 .100 .178 .125 .303
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.
Strikeouts
1981-9-110
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Washington in 1968
Traded from Washington to Cleveland (A) on 7/31/1970 (Going to CLE: LF Nate Colbert, LF Norm Siebern. Going to WAS: C John Bateman, P Jack Billingham)
Injured on 6/6/1971 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 4/4/1972, off Steve Carlton (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 4/6/1972, off Mickey Lolich (OAK)
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $920,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,278,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Cleveland (N) on 2/1/1977 (Going to CLN: 3B Kurt Bevacqua, LF Nate Colbert. Going to CLE: P Ken Wright, LF Al Ferrara, SS Denis Menke, P Fred Holdsworth)
11/2/1977: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $400,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Cleveland (N) to San Diego on 2/22/1979 (Going to SDP: 3B Kurt Bevacqua, P Jim Shellenback, LF Nate Colbert. Going to CLN: CF Rick Reichardt)
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1980
 
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