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Fred Nicholson
Fred Nicholson (Shoemaker)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 173 lb.

Debut April 11, 1917
Final Game September 16, 1922
Born September 1, 1894 in Honey Grove, TX
Died January 23, 1972 in Kilgore, TX

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1917 22 DET AL  13   14    4    4   1  0   0    1   0      1   2  .286  .333  .357  111    5   2           0    
 1919 24 PIT NL  30   66    8   18   2  2   1    6   2      6  11  .273  .333  .409  119   27   1           0    
 1920 25 PIT NL  99  247   33   89  16  7   4   30   9  6  18  31  .360  .404  .530  163  131   6           0    
 1921 26 BSN NL  83  245   36   80  11  7   5   41   5  4  17  29  .327  .370  .490  131  120   9           0    
 1922 27 BSN NL  78  222   31   56   4  5   2   29   5  7  23  24  .252  .336  .342   78   76   7           5    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      303  794  112  247  34 21  12  107  21 17  65  97  .311  .367  .452  124  359  25   0   0   5   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        425   60  132  18 11   6   57  11  9  35  52  .311  .367  .452  124  192  13   0   0   3   0
 Career High     99  247   36   89  16  7   5   41   9  7  23  31  .360  .404  .530  163  131   9   0   0   5   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1917 22 DET AL   17   12    2   4.5    80| .286  .255| .333  .326| .357  .330| .690  .656| 111  .628   0.2   0.0     
 1919 24 PIT NL   73   49    9   5.0    85| .273  .269| .333  .324| .409  .353| .742  .677| 119  .648   1.4   0.2     
 1920 25 PIT NL  271  170   52   8.3    93| .360  .280| .404  .334| .530  .372| .934  .706| 163  .803  19.9   2.1  60%
 1921 26 BSN NL  271  178   44   6.6   101| .327  .290| .370  .340| .490  .400| .860  .740| 131  .660  10.5   1.0  55%
 1922 27 BSN NL  257  180   23   3.4   108| .252  .296| .336  .354| .342  .412| .678  .765|  78  .338  -6.8  -0.6  41%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       889  589  130   6.0    99| .311  .286| .367  .340| .452  .389| .819  .730| 124  .638  25.2   2.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1917 22 DET AL OF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 2.13 1 0 2 1919 24 PIT NL OF 17 29 2 2 1 .939 .963 1.82 2.18 13 1 3 1B 1 14 1 0 1 1.000 .987 15.00 10.80 1920 25 PIT NL OF 58 125 9 6 2 .957 .964 2.31 2.21 28 18 13 1921 26 BSN NL OF 59 112 4 2 0 .983 .965 1.97 2.24 57 0 3 1B 4 21 2 1 2 .958 .991 5.75 10.45 2B 2 5 5 3 2 .769 .962 5.00 5.45 1922 27 BSN NL OF 63 125 5 12 0 .915 .962 2.06 2.26 20 0 44
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1919 24 PIT NL 1B 1 14 1 0 1 1.000 .987 15.00 10.80 1921 26 BSN NL 1B 4 21 2 1 2 .958 .991 5.75 10.45 1921 26 BSN NL 2B 2 5 5 3 2 .769 .962 5.00 5.45 1917 22 DET AL OF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 2.13 1 0 2 1919 24 PIT NL OF 17 29 2 2 1 .939 .963 1.82 2.18 13 1 3 1920 25 PIT NL OF 58 125 9 6 2 .957 .964 2.31 2.21 28 18 13 1921 26 BSN NL OF 59 112 4 2 0 .983 .965 1.97 2.24 57 0 3 1922 27 BSN NL OF 63 125 5 12 0 .915 .962 2.06 2.26 20 0 44
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 200 394 20 22 3 .950 .964 2.07 2.23 119 19 65 1B 5 35 3 1 3 .974 .990 7.60 10.52 2B 2 5 5 3 2 .769 .962 5.00 5.45 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 207 434 28 26 8 .947 .966 2.23 2.46
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Adjusted Batting Runs
1920 NL-20-7

Batting Wins
1920 NL-2.1-7

HOF Standards: Batting - 20.0 (613) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 30, 1919: Selected off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Detroit Tigers.

January 23, 1921: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Walter Barbare, Billy Southworth, and $15,000 to the Boston Braves for Rabbit Maranville.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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