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Hugh Nicol
Hugh Nicol

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 4", Weight 145 lb.

Debut May 3, 1881
Final Game August 2, 1890
Born January 1, 1858 in Campsie, Scotland
Died June 27, 1921 in Lafayette, IN

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1881 23 CHC NL  26  108   13   22   2  0   0    7          4  12  .204  .232  .222   40   24                    
 1882 24 CHC NL  47  186   19   37   9  1   1   16          7  29  .199  .228  .274   57   51                    
 1883 25 STL AA  94  368   73  105  13  3   0   39   0     18      .285  .319  .337  105  124                    
 1884 26 STL AA 110  442   79  116  14  5   0    0   0     22      .262  .302  .317   98  140               3    
 1885 27 STL AA 112  425   59   88  11  1   0   45   0     34      .207  .271  .238   58  101               3    
 1886 28 STL AA  67  253   44   52   6  3   0   19  38     26      .206  .280  .253   64   64               0    
 1887 29 CIN AA 125  475  122  102  18  2   1   34 138     86      .215  .341  .267   69  127               5    
 1888 30 CIN AA 135  548  112  131  10  2   1   35 103     67      .239  .330  .270   89  148               7    
 1889 31 CIN AA 122  474   82  121   7  8   2   58  80     54  35  .255  .338  .316   83  150               5    
 1890 32 CIN NL  50  186   28   39   1  4   0   19  24     19  12  .210  .283  .258   57   48               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     888 3465  631  813  91 29   5  272 383  0 337  88  .235  .307  .282   78  977   0   0   0  23   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        632  115  148  17  5   1   50  70  0  61  16  .235  .307  .282   78  178   0   0   0   4   0
 Career High    135  548  122  131  18  8   2   58 138  0  86  35  .285  .341  .337  105  150   0   0   0   7   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1881 23 CHC NL  112   86    6   1.9    78| .204  .270| .232  .301| .222  .354| .454  .655|  40  .223  -7.6  -0.8     
 1882 24 CHC NL  193  149   12   2.2    74| .199  .259| .228  .287| .274  .353| .502  .640|  57  .277  -8.7  -1.0     
 1883 25 STL AA  386  263   40   4.0    75| .285  .264| .319  .294| .337  .347| .656  .641| 105  .561   2.8   0.3     
 1884 26 STL AA  467  326   42   3.4    71| .262  .249| .302  .288| .317  .339| .619  .626|  98  .519  -0.3   0.0     
 1885 27 STL AA  462  337   27   2.1    77| .207  .257| .271  .303| .238  .344| .509  .648|  58  .297 -19.0  -2.2     
 1886 28 STL AA  279  201   18   2.4    78| .206  .251| .280  .315| .253  .334| .533  .650|  64  .327 -10.2  -1.2     
 1887 29 CIN AA  566  373   43   3.0    99| .215  .282| .341  .347| .267  .381| .608  .727|  69  .328 -15.9  -1.6     
 1888 30 CIN AA  622  417   48   3.1    75| .239  .250| .330  .308| .270  .330| .600  .638|  89  .474  -3.4  -0.4     
 1889 31 CIN AA  533  353   50   3.7    96| .255  .274| .338  .346| .316  .371| .654  .718|  83  .449 -10.6  -1.1     
 1890 32 CIN NL  205  147   14   2.5    89| .210  .260| .283  .337| .258  .352| .541  .690|  57  .305 -10.7  -1.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     3825 2652  300   3.0    82| .235  .261| .307  .316| .282  .351| .589  .666|  78  .405 -83.6  -9.1     

* 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 ------+
1881 23 CHC NL OF 26 44 11 4 1 .932 .872 2.12 2.00 2 12 12 SS 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .870 2.00 4.60 1882 24 CHC NL OF 47 59 27 11 1 .887 .855 1.83 1.88 0 0 47 SS 8 3 8 4 1 .733 .853 1.38 4.36 1883 25 STL AA OF 84 133 31 15 4 .916 .851 1.95 1.73 1 1 84 2B 11 29 32 12 3 .836 .878 5.55 6.01 1884 26 STL AA OF 87 144 48 28 3 .873 .846 2.21 1.61 0 0 87 2B 23 61 75 17 12 .889 .902 5.91 5.91 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.20 1885 27 STL AA OF 111 213 33 31 2 .888 .879 2.22 1.83 0 0 111 3B 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .857 3.00 3.00 1886 28 STL AA OF 57 86 11 6 0 .942 .877 1.70 1.75 0 1 56 SS 8 7 24 9 0 .775 .854 3.88 4.51 2B 4 10 5 4 2 .789 .909 3.75 6.00 1887 29 CIN AA OF 125 194 20 19 1 .918 .898 1.71 2.01 0 6 119 1888 30 CIN AA OF 125 187 15 9 3 .957 .907 1.62 1.79 0 0 125 2B 12 29 27 2 6 .966 .917 4.67 5.54 SS 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .870 2.00 4.50 1889 31 CIN AA OF 115 168 22 17 4 .918 .903 1.65 1.96 0 0 115 2B 7 24 15 2 3 .951 .918 5.57 5.59 3B 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 .857 1.00 3.53 1890 32 CIN NL OF 46 62 8 6 3 .921 .914 1.52 1.89 0 0 46 SS 3 4 6 7 0 .588 .901 3.33 5.30 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 5.40
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1883 25 STL AA 2B 11 29 32 12 3 .836 .878 5.55 6.01 1884 26 STL AA 2B 23 61 75 17 12 .889 .902 5.91 5.91 1886 28 STL AA 2B 4 10 5 4 2 .789 .909 3.75 6.00 1888 30 CIN AA 2B 12 29 27 2 6 .966 .917 4.67 5.54 1889 31 CIN AA 2B 7 24 15 2 3 .951 .918 5.57 5.59 1890 32 CIN NL 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 5.40 1884 26 STL AA 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90 1885 27 STL AA 3B 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .857 3.00 3.00 1889 31 CIN AA 3B 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 .857 1.00 3.53 1881 23 CHC NL OF 26 44 11 4 1 .932 .872 2.12 2.00 2 12 12 1882 24 CHC NL OF 47 59 27 11 1 .887 .855 1.83 1.88 0 0 47 1883 25 STL AA OF 84 133 31 15 4 .916 .851 1.95 1.73 1 1 84 1884 26 STL AA OF 87 144 48 28 3 .873 .846 2.21 1.61 0 0 87 1885 27 STL AA OF 111 213 33 31 2 .888 .879 2.22 1.83 0 0 111 1886 28 STL AA OF 57 86 11 6 0 .942 .877 1.70 1.75 0 1 56 1887 29 CIN AA OF 125 194 20 19 1 .918 .898 1.71 2.01 0 6 119 1888 30 CIN AA OF 125 187 15 9 3 .957 .907 1.62 1.79 0 0 125 1889 31 CIN AA OF 115 168 22 17 4 .918 .903 1.65 1.96 0 0 115 1890 32 CIN NL OF 46 62 8 6 3 .921 .914 1.52 1.89 0 0 46 1881 23 CHC NL SS 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .870 2.00 4.60 1882 24 CHC NL SS 8 3 8 4 1 .733 .853 1.38 4.36 1884 26 STL AA SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.20 1886 28 STL AA SS 8 7 24 9 0 .775 .854 3.88 4.51 1888 30 CIN AA SS 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .870 2.00 4.50 1890 32 CIN NL SS 3 4 6 7 0 .588 .901 3.33 5.30
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 823 1290 226 146 22 .912 .880 1.84 1.84 3 20 802 2B 58 153 155 37 26 .893 .902 5.31 5.81 SS 22 16 40 22 1 .718 .863 2.55 4.55 3B 5 2 4 0 0 1.000 .857 1.20 3.30 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 908 1461 425 205 49 .902 .883 2.08 2.17
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1885   WS    STL CHC     T   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Games
1884 AA-110-6
1885 AA-112-1
1888 AA-135-10

At Bats
1888 AA-548-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1888 AA-622-2

Runs
1888 AA-112-6

Bases on Balls
1885 AA-34-8
1887 AA-86-3
1888 AA-67-3

Stolen Bases
1886 AA-38-8
1887 AA-138-1
1888 AA-103-2
1889 AA-80-4
Car-383-78

Singles
1888 AA-118-10

Times on Base
1888 AA-205-7

Outs
1885 AA-337-10
1888 AA-417-4

     

Black Ink: Batting - 3 (507) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 21 (966) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2489) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 9.0 (1155) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1883 Season: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Chicago White Stockings for $50.

November 12, 1886: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Cincinnati Red Stockings for Jack Boyle and $350.


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