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Steve Nicosia
Steven Richard Nicosia

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 185 lb.

Debut July 8, 1978
  vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 27, 1985
Born August 6, 1955 in Paterson, NJ

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1978 22 PIT NL   3    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .000  .167  .000  -50    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1979 23 PIT NL  70  191   22   55  16  0   4   13   0  2  23  17  .288  .364  .435  113   83   1   0   7   0   5
 1980 24 PIT NL  60  176   16   38   8  0   1   22   0  1  19  16  .216  .291  .278   59   49   2   3   5   1   6
 1981 25 PIT NL  54  169   21   39  10  1   2   18   3  1  13  10  .231  .286  .337   74   57   2   0   2   0   7
 1982 26 PIT NL  39  100    6   28   3  0   1    7   0  1  11  13  .280  .348  .340   91   34   2   1   4   0   1
 1983 27 TOT NL  36   79    8   17   2  0   1    7   0  0   4   9  .215  .253  .278   47   22   3   0   1   0   7
         PIT NL  21   46    4    6   2  0   1    1   0  0   1   7  .130  .149  .239    5   11   2   0   0   0   5
         SFG NL  15   33    4   11   0  0   0    6   0  0   3   2  .333  .389  .333  105   11   1   0   1   0   2
 1984 28 SFG NL  48  132    9   40  11  2   2   19   1  1   8  14  .303  .336  .462  126   61   1   3   0   0   3
 1985 29 TOT     48   86    4   16   2  0   0    2   1  0   7  11  .186  .247  .209   31   18   1   0   0   0   2
         MON NL  42   71    4   12   2  0   0    1   1  0   7  11  .169  .244  .197   28   14   1   0   0   0   2
         TOR AL   6   15    0    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   0  .267  .267  .267   45    4   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      358  938   86  233  52  3  11   88   5  6  86  90  .248  .310  .345   82  324  12   7  19   1  31
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        424   39  105  24  1   5   40   2  3  39  41  .248  .310  .345   82  147   5   3   9   0  14
 Career High     70  191   22   55  16  2   4   22   3  2  23  17  .231  .286  .337   74   83   3   3   7   1   7
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1978 22 PIT NL    6    5    0   0.0    99| .000  .268| .167  .336| .000  .394| .167  .730| -50  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 1979 23 PIT NL  215  144   29   5.4   104| .288  .275| .364  .341| .435  .408| .799  .749| 113  .593   4.2   0.4   0%
 1980 24 PIT NL  201  150   14   2.5    97| .216  .270| .291  .333| .278  .392| .569  .725|  59  .278  -9.4  -1.0   0%
 1981 25 PIT NL  184  140   15   2.9    95| .231  .267| .286  .333| .337  .383| .623  .716|  74  .345  -6.3  -0.7  75%
 1982 26 PIT NL  114   77   12   4.2    98| .280  .270| .348  .334| .340  .393| .688  .727|  91  .499  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 1983 27 TOT NL   86   72    5   1.9    97| .215  .264| .253  .332| .278  .391| .531  .723|  47  .183  -5.9  -0.7   0%
         PIT NL   49   47    1   0.6    99| .130  .267| .149  .336| .239  .395| .388  .731|   5  .025  -6.2  -0.7   0%
         SFG NL   37   25    4   4.3    94| .333  .260| .389  .328| .333  .385| .722  .712| 105  .506   0.3   0.0   0%
 1984 28 SFG NL  144  100   20   5.4    91| .303  .260| .336  .324| .462  .378| .798  .702| 126  .613   4.5   0.5  50%
 1985 29 TOT      94   73    5   1.8    93| .186  .256| .247  .323| .209  .385| .456  .708|  31  .178  -7.9  -0.8 100%
         MON NL   79   62    4   1.7    91| .169  .254| .244  .321| .197  .379| .441  .700|  28  .166  -6.7  -0.7 100%
         TOR AL   15   11    1   2.4   102| .267  .266| .267  .332| .267  .413| .534  .745|  45  .238  -1.2  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      1044  761  100   3.6    97| .248  .267| .310  .333| .345  .391| .655  .723|  82  .418 -22.8  -2.5  45%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1978 22 PIT NL C 1 8 1 0 0 1.000 .989 9.00 5.10 9.00 6.20 1 9.0 0 0 2 1 1979 23 PIT NL C 65 320 25 3 4 .991 .985 5.31 5.27 6.30 6.13 55 492.7 2 15 31 16 1980 24 PIT NL C 58 284 25 5 4 .984 .983 5.33 5.23 5.94 6.09 52 468.3 0 10 37 13 1981 25 PIT NL C 52 257 23 5 2 .982 .983 5.38 5.07 5.78 5.93 49 436.3 2 14 38 14 1982 26 PIT NL C 35 182 22 2 1 .990 .985 5.83 5.52 6.84 6.29 31 268.3 2 10 26 14 LF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.60 2.09 2.09 0 4.3 1983 27 TOT NL C 24 131 9 2 0 .986 .984 5.83 5.55 7.21 6.57 20 174.7 1 10 22 4 PIT NL C 15 76 3 1 0 .988 .984 5.27 5.55 6.99 6.57 11 101.7 1 4 15 3 SFG NL C 9 55 6 1 0 .984 .984 6.78 5.54 7.52 6.57 9 73.0 0 6 7 1 1984 28 SFG NL C 41 190 11 3 1 .985 .986 4.90 5.68 5.87 6.53 34 308.3 6 5 42 7 1985 29 TOT C 29 103 7 1 2 .991 .987 3.79 5.37 5.76 6.34 18 172.0 0 3 11 2 MON NL C 23 80 5 1 1 .988 .987 3.70 5.45 5.58 6.42 15 137.0 0 3 10 0 1B 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.55 7.71 10.03 1 7.0 TOR AL C 6 23 2 0 1 1.000 .988 4.17 5.03 6.43 6.04 3 35.0 0 0 1 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1985 29 MON NL 1B 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.55 7.71 10.03 1 7.0 1978 22 PIT NL C 1 8 1 0 0 1.000 .989 9.00 5.10 9.00 6.20 1 9.0 0 0 2 1 1979 23 PIT NL C 65 320 25 3 4 .991 .985 5.31 5.27 6.30 6.13 55 492.7 2 15 31 16 1980 24 PIT NL C 58 284 25 5 4 .984 .983 5.33 5.23 5.94 6.09 52 468.3 0 10 37 13 1981 25 PIT NL C 52 257 23 5 2 .982 .983 5.38 5.07 5.78 5.93 49 436.3 2 14 38 14 1982 26 PIT NL C 35 182 22 2 1 .990 .985 5.83 5.52 6.84 6.29 31 268.3 2 10 26 14 1983 27 TOT NL C 24 131 9 2 0 .986 .984 5.83 5.55 7.21 6.57 20 174.7 1 10 22 4 PIT NL C 15 76 3 1 0 .988 .984 5.27 5.55 6.99 6.57 11 101.7 1 4 15 3 SFG NL C 9 55 6 1 0 .984 .984 6.78 5.54 7.52 6.57 9 73.0 0 6 7 1 1984 28 SFG NL C 41 190 11 3 1 .985 .986 4.90 5.68 5.87 6.53 34 308.3 6 5 42 7 1985 29 TOT C 29 103 7 1 2 .991 .987 3.79 5.37 5.76 6.34 18 172.0 0 3 11 2 MON NL C 23 80 5 1 1 .988 .987 3.70 5.45 5.58 6.42 15 137.0 0 3 10 0 TOR AL C 6 23 2 0 1 1.000 .988 4.17 5.03 6.43 6.04 3 35.0 0 0 1 2 1982 26 PIT NL LF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.60 2.09 2.09 0 4.3 1982 26 PIT NL OF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.90 2.09 2.30 0 4.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 305 1475 123 21 14 .987 .984 5.24 5.34 6.17 6.20 260 2329.7 13 67 209 71 LF* 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.60 2.09 2.09 0 4.3 1B* 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.55 7.71 10.03 1 7.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 310 1482 123 21 14 .987 .985 5.18 5.33 6.17 6.21 261 2341
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1979   WS    PIT BAL     W   4  16   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .063  .063  .063   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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


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Transactions 

June 5, 1973: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1973 amateur draft.

August 19, 1983: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the San Francisco Giants for Milt May and cash.

November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.

February 15, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

August 22, 1985: Released by the Montreal Expos.

September 1, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

November 12, 1985: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Montreal Expos$105,000
Career (may be incomplete)$105,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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