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Matt Nokes
Matthew Dodge Nokes

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 3, 1985
  vs. PHI 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 27, 1995
Born October 31, 1963 in San Diego, CA

Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 20th round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1985 21 SFG NL  19   53    3   11   2  0   2    5   0  0   1   9  .208  .236  .358   68   19   0   0   0   1   2
 1986 22 DET AL   7   24    2    8   1  0   1    2   0  0   1   1  .333  .360  .500  132   12   0   0   1   0   1
 1987 23 DET AL 135  461   69  133  14  2  32   87   2  1  35  70  .289  .345  .536  133  247   3   3   2   6  13 SS,MVP-24,RoY-3,AS
 1988 24 DET AL 122  382   53   96  18  0  16   53   0  1  34  58  .251  .313  .424  108  162   6   2   3   1  11
 1989 25 DET AL  87  268   15   67  10  0   9   39   1  0  17  37  .250  .298  .388   94  104   1   2   1   2   7
 1990 26 TOT AL 136  351   33   87   9  1  11   40   2  2  24  47  .248  .306  .373   90  131   0   1   6   6  11
         DET AL  44  111   12   30   5  1   3    8   0  0   4  14  .270  .305  .414   99   46   0   1   3   2   5
         NYY AL  92  240   21   57   4  0   8   32   2  2  20  33  .238  .307  .354   85   85   0   0   3   4   6
 1991 27 NYY AL 135  456   52  122  20  0  24   77   3  2  25  49  .268  .308  .469  113  214   0   7   5   5   6
 1992 28 NYY AL 121  384   42   86   9  1  22   59   0  1  37  62  .224  .293  .424  100  163   0   6  11   3  13
 1993 29 NYY AL  76  217   25   54   8  0  10   35   0  0  16  31  .249  .303  .424   96   92   0   3   2   2   4
 1994 30 NYY AL  28   79   11   23   3  0   7   19   0  0   5  16  .291  .329  .595  136   47   0   1   0   0   1
 1995 31 TOT     36   60    5    8   2  0   2    6   0  0   5  15  .133  .197  .267   17   16   0   1   1   0   3
         BAL AL  26   49    4    6   1  0   2    6   0  0   4  11  .122  .185  .265   15   13   0   1   0   0   2
         COL NL  10   11    1    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .182  .250  .273   25    3   0   0   1   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     902 2735  310  695  96  4 136  422   8  7 200 395  .254  .308  .441  105 1207  10  26  32  26  72
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        491   56  125  17  1  24   76   1  1  36  71  .254  .308  .441  105  217   2   5   6   5  13
 Career High    136  461   69  133  20  2  32   87   3  2  37  70  .289  .345  .536  133  247   6   7  11   6  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1985 21 SFG NL   55   44    4   2.4    91| .208  .254| .236  .321| .358  .379| .594  .700|  68  .271  -2.5  -0.3   0%
 1986 22 DET AL   25   17    4   6.3   100| .333  .262| .360  .330| .500  .408| .860  .737| 132  .633   0.9   0.1   0%
 1987 23 DET AL  508  348   82   6.3   102| .289  .260| .345  .328| .536  .418| .881  .746| 133  .605  20.2   1.9  66%
 1988 24 DET AL  425  306   49   4.3    92| .251  .256| .313  .320| .424  .385| .737  .706| 108  .487   3.3   0.3   0%
 1989 25 DET AL  290  211   30   3.8    92| .250  .258| .298  .323| .388  .380| .686  .703|  94  .441  -2.8  -0.3 100%
 1990 26 TOT AL  382  278   37   3.6    95| .248  .259| .306  .328| .373  .388| .679  .716|  90  .405  -6.2  -0.7  50%
         DET AL  118   87   12   3.7    95| .270  .260| .305  .329| .414  .389| .719  .718|  99  .421  -0.6  -0.1   0%
         NYY AL  264  191   25   3.5    95| .238  .259| .307  .327| .354  .388| .661  .715|  85  .399  -5.6  -0.6  50%
 1991 27 NYY AL  493  349   66   5.1    97| .268  .260| .308  .329| .469  .395| .777  .724| 113  .552   5.9   0.6  60%
 1992 28 NYY AL  430  318   45   3.8    94| .224  .259| .293  .328| .424  .385| .717  .713| 100  .433  -2.1  -0.2   0%
 1993 29 NYY AL  238  170   28   4.4   100| .249  .263| .303  .333| .424  .402| .727  .736|  96  .458  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 1994 30 NYY AL   85   58   16   7.4   109| .291  .269| .329  .341| .595  .428| .924  .769| 136  .644   3.6   0.3   0%
 1995 31 TOT      66   56    3   1.4   115| .133  .278| .197  .352| .267  .438| .464  .790|  17  .087  -7.9  -0.7   0%
         BAL AL   54   46    2   1.2   111| .122  .273| .185  .347| .265  .431| .450  .778|  15  .060  -6.6  -0.6   0%
         COL NL   12   10    1   2.7   130| .182  .302| .250  .376| .273  .470| .523  .846|  25  .254  -1.3  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     2997 2155  364   4.5    97| .254  .260| .308  .328| .441  .396| .749  .724| 105  .494  10.5   0.8  53%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / 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 ------+
1985 21 SFG NL C 14 84 2 2 0 .977 .987 6.14 5.45 7.37 6.42 13 105.0 0 3 15 1 1986 22 DET AL C 7 43 2 0 2 1.000 .989 6.43 5.44 6.53 6.62 7 62.0 0 3 3 1 1987 23 DET AL C 109 595 32 5 2 .992 .988 5.75 5.49 6.68 6.74 94 845.3 7 37 71 18 AS DH 19 AS OF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 2.00 1.39 2.31 3 32.3 AS LF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.73 1.27 2.11 2 21.3 AS 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 4.0 AS RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.80 1.64 2.13 1 11.0 AS 1988 24 DET AL C 110 574 45 7 8 .989 .989 5.63 5.28 6.26 6.22 100 889.7 6 33 50 31 DH 4 1989 25 DET AL C 51 235 26 6 3 .978 .989 5.12 5.20 6.01 6.24 45 390.7 7 20 38 19 DH 33 1990 26 TOT AL C 65 236 34 2 6 .993 .991 4.15 5.36 5.60 6.42 52 434.3 8 31 41 31 TOT AL DH 54 DET AL DH 24 C 19 55 7 1 1 .984 .990 3.26 5.36 4.69 6.42 15 119.0 1 7 10 9 NYY AL C 46 181 27 1 5 .995 .991 4.52 5.36 5.94 6.42 37 315.3 7 24 31 22 DH 30 RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.80 0.75 2.25 1 12.0 1991 27 NYY AL C 130 690 48 6 7 .992 .990 5.68 5.28 6.63 6.49 112 1001.7 11 33 99 36 DH 3 1992 28 NYY AL C 111 552 47 4 6 .993 .989 5.40 5.26 5.97 6.20 101 903.0 7 30 108 33 1993 29 NYY AL C 56 245 19 2 0 .992 .991 4.71 5.46 5.93 6.56 47 400.7 1 9 46 17 DH 11 1994 30 NYY AL C 17 75 2 2 0 .975 .991 4.53 5.73 6.01 6.79 13 115.3 0 6 8 2 DH 5 1B 4 31 4 1 7 .972 .992 8.75 8.50 12.75 9.58 3 24.7 1995 31 TOT C 19 93 5 2 0 .980 .990 5.16 5.75 8.09 6.80 14 109.0 1 2 13 3 BAL AL C 16 83 5 1 0 .989 .990 5.50 5.64 8.00 6.74 12 99.0 1 2 13 3 DH 2 COL NL C 3 10 0 1 0 .909 .990 3.33 6.33 9.00 7.38 2 10.0 0 0 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1994 30 NYY AL 1B 4 31 4 1 7 .972 .992 8.75 8.50 12.75 9.58 3 24.7 1987 23 DET AL 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 4.0 1985 21 SFG NL C 14 84 2 2 0 .977 .987 6.14 5.45 7.37 6.42 13 105.0 0 3 15 1 1986 22 DET AL C 7 43 2 0 2 1.000 .989 6.43 5.44 6.53 6.62 7 62.0 0 3 3 1 1987 23 DET AL C 109 595 32 5 2 .992 .988 5.75 5.49 6.68 6.74 94 845.3 7 37 71 18 1988 24 DET AL C 110 574 45 7 8 .989 .989 5.63 5.28 6.26 6.22 100 889.7 6 33 50 31 1989 25 DET AL C 51 235 26 6 3 .978 .989 5.12 5.20 6.01 6.24 45 390.7 7 20 38 19 1990 26 TOT AL C 65 236 34 2 6 .993 .991 4.15 5.36 5.60 6.42 52 434.3 8 31 41 31 DET AL C 19 55 7 1 1 .984 .990 3.26 5.36 4.69 6.42 15 119.0 1 7 10 9 NYY AL C 46 181 27 1 5 .995 .991 4.52 5.36 5.94 6.42 37 315.3 7 24 31 22 1991 27 NYY AL C 130 690 48 6 7 .992 .990 5.68 5.28 6.63 6.49 112 1001.7 11 33 99 36 1992 28 NYY AL C 111 552 47 4 6 .993 .989 5.40 5.26 5.97 6.20 101 903.0 7 30 108 33 1993 29 NYY AL C 56 245 19 2 0 .992 .991 4.71 5.46 5.93 6.56 47 400.7 1 9 46 17 1994 30 NYY AL C 17 75 2 2 0 .975 .991 4.53 5.73 6.01 6.79 13 115.3 0 6 8 2 1995 31 TOT C 19 93 5 2 0 .980 .990 5.16 5.75 8.09 6.80 14 109.0 1 2 13 3 BAL AL C 16 83 5 1 0 .989 .990 5.50 5.64 8.00 6.74 12 99.0 1 2 13 3 COL NL C 3 10 0 1 0 .909 .990 3.33 6.33 9.00 7.38 2 10.0 0 0 0 0 1987 23 DET AL DH 19 1988 24 DET AL DH 4 1989 25 DET AL DH 33 1990 26 TOT AL DH 54 DET AL DH 24 NYY AL DH 30 1991 27 NYY AL DH 3 1993 29 NYY AL DH 11 1994 30 NYY AL DH 5 1995 31 BAL AL DH 2 1987 23 DET AL LF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.73 1.27 2.11 2 21.3 1987 23 DET AL OF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 2.00 1.39 2.31 3 32.3 1990 26 NYY AL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.05 0.75 2.40 1 12.0 1987 23 DET AL RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.80 1.64 2.13 1 11.0 1990 26 NYY AL RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.80 0.75 2.25 1 12.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 689 3422 262 38 34 .990 .989 5.35 5.36 6.31 6.43 598 5256.7 48 207 492 192 DH 131 Games not counted in Overall Total below OF* 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.20 2.02 1.22 2.34 4 44.3 3 0 3# 1B* 4 31 4 1 7 .972 .992 8.75 8.50 12.75 9.58 3 24.7 LF* 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.73 1.27 2.11 2 21.3 RF* 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 1.17 2.19 2 23.0 3B* 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 4.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 700 3459 266 39 41 .990 .989 5.32 5.34 6.29 6.41 605 5330
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1987   ALCS  DET MIN     L   5  14   2   2  0  0  1   2   1   4  .143  .200  .357   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1987   DET AL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   1   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   1   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1987 *

Silver Sluggers
1987-AL--C

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1987-AL-24-0.00

Home Runs
1987 AL-32-9

At Bats per Home Run
1987 AL-14.4-4
1992 AL-**17.5-10

Youngest Player
1985 NL-21-9

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2276) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 7.0 (1276) (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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Transactions 

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 20th round of the 1981 amateur draft.

October 7, 1985: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Eric King and Dave LaPoint to the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later, Juan Berenguer, and Bob Melvin. The Detroit Tigers sent Scott Medvin (December 11, 1985) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

June 4, 1990: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the New York Yankees for Lance McCullers and Clay Parker.

October 18, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

December 9, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

June 19, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

July 20, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

October 10, 1995: Released by the Colorado Rockies.

December 21, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1987Detroit Tigers$68,000
1988Detroit Tigers$165,000
1989Detroit Tigers$195,000
1990Detroit Tigers$650,000
1991New York Yankees$887,500
1992New York Yankees$2,500,000
1993New York Yankees$2,500,000
1994New York Yankees$2,500,000
1995Baltimore Orioles$700,000
Colorado Rockies$109,000
Career (may be incomplete)$10,274,500

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