Nick Esasky
Nicholas Andrew Esasky
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 24, 1960 in Hialeah, FL
High School: Carol City (Carol City, FL)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 19, 1983
Final Game: April 21, 1990
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1983 23 CIN NL 85 335 302 41 80 10 5 12 46 6 2 27 99 .265 .328 .450 .779 112 136 5 3 0 3 1 5
1984 24 CIN NL 113 382 322 30 62 10 5 10 45 1 2 52 103 .193 .301 .348 .649 79 112 6 0 3 5 3 53
1985 25 CIN NL 125 464 413 61 108 21 0 21 66 3 4 41 102 .262 .332 .465 .797 118 192 9 4 3 3 3 573
1986 26 CIN NL 102 383 330 35 76 17 2 12 41 0 2 47 97 .230 .325 .403 .728 97 133 8 1 1 4 0 37/5
1987 27 CIN NL 100 378 346 48 94 19 2 22 59 0 0 29 76 .272 .327 .529 .856 119 183 10 0 2 1 3 3/57
1988 28 CIN NL 122 450 391 40 95 17 2 15 62 7 2 48 104 .243 .327 .412 .738 108 161 6 4 0 7 4 *3
1989 29 BOS AL 154 633 564 79 156 26 5 30 108 1 2 66 117 .277 .355 .500 .855 133 282 11 3 0 0 9 *3/7 MVP-18
1990 30 ATL NL 9 39 35 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 .171 .256 .171 .428 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 /3
8 Seasons 810 3064 2703 336 677 120 21 122 427 18 14 314 712 .250 .329 .446 .775 111 1205 55 15 9 23 23
162 Game Avg. 162 613 541 67 135 24 4 24 85 4 3 63 142 .250 .329 .446 .775 111 241 11 3 2 5 5
CIN (6 yrs) 647 2392 2104 255 515 94 16 92 319 17 12 244 581 .245 .324 .436 .759 106 917 44 12 9 23 14
ATL (1 yr) 9 39 35 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 .171 .256 .171 .428 18 6 0 0 0 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 154 633 564 79 156 26 5 30 108 1 2 66 117 .277 .355 .500 .855 133 282 11 3 0 0 9
NL (7 yrs) 656 2431 2139 257 521 94 16 92 319 17 12 248 595 .244 .322 .432 .754 105 923 44 12 9 23 14
AL (1 yr) 154 633 564 79 156 26 5 30 108 1 2 66 117 .277 .355 .500 .855 133 282 11 3 0 0 9

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1983 23 CIN NL 335 232 46 5.3 99 .351 .265 .267 .328 .336 .450 .395 .779 .731 112 .603 3.6 0.4 .742 .288 .185 8.0
1984 24 CIN NL 382 276 36 3.5 97 .243 .193 .268 .301 .333 .348 .390 .649 .723 79 .421 -9.0 -0.9 .608 .314 .155 1.8
1985 25 CIN NL 464 324 63 5.2 98 .297 .262 .264 .332 .333 .465 .394 .797 .727 118 .600 9.1 0.9 .742 .300 .203 5.3
1986 26 CIN NL 383 269 44 4.4 101 .284 .230 .266 .325 .337 .403 .401 .728 .738 97 .510 -1.2 -0.1 .678 .309 .173 .0
1987 27 CIN NL 378 265 57 5.8 109 .289 .272 .274 .327 .344 .529 .426 .856 .770 119 .588 7.6 0.7 .809 .341 .257 .0
1988 28 CIN NL 450 311 56 4.9 93 .287 .243 .261 .327 .325 .412 .383 .738 .708 108 .589 4.8 0.5 .717 .304 .169 9.5
1989 29 BOS AL 633 421 100 6.3 99 .302 .277 .269 .355 .335 .500 .395 .855 .730 133 .668 23.3 2.3 .831 .339 .223 1.9
1990 30 ATL NL 39 29 2 1.8 102 .286 .171 .270 .256 .337 .171 .406 .428 .743 18 .170 -4.1 -0.4 .345 .114 .000
8 Seasons 3064 2127 404 5.1 99 .293 .250 .267 .329 .334 .446 .397 .775 .732 111 .579 34.2 3.4 .734 .313 .195 31.4
162 Game Avg. 613 425 81 5.1 99 .293 .250 .267 .329 .334 .446 .397 .775 .732 111 .579 7 1 .734 .313 .195 6
CIN (6 yrs) 2392 1677 302 4.9 99 .291 .245 .266 .324 .334 .436 .398 .759 .732 106 .558 15.0 1.5 .716 .309 .191 28.7
ATL (1 yr) 39 29 2 1.8 102 .286 .171 .270 .256 .337 .171 .406 .428 .743 18 .170 -4.1 -0.4 .345 .114 .000
BOS (1 yr) 633 421 100 6.3 99 .302 .277 .269 .355 .335 .500 .395 .855 .730 133 .668 23.3 2.3 .831 .339 .223 1.9
NL (7 yrs) 2431 1706 304 4.8 99 .291 .244 .266 .322 .334 .432 .398 .754 .732 105 .553 10.9 1.1 .710 .306 .188 28.7
AL (1 yr) 633 421 100 6.3 99 .302 .277 .269 .355 .335 .500 .395 .855 .730 133 .668 23.3 2.3 .831 .339 .223 1.9

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1983 23 CIN NL 335 3.6% 29.6% 8.1% 8.1% 34% 3.67 3.1 25.2 6.6 0.66 58%
1984 24 CIN NL 382 2.6% 27.0% 13.6% 6.5% 40% 1.98 3.1 32.2 7.2 0.71 56%
1985 25 CIN NL 464 4.5% 22.0% 8.8% 9.1% 39% 2.49 4.0 19.7 6.3 0.94 63%
1986 26 CIN NL 383 3.1% 25.3% 12.3% 8.1% 41% 2.06 3.4 27.5 8.0 0.64 59%
1987 27 CIN NL 378 5.8% 20.1% 7.7% 11.4% 46% 2.62 4.6 15.7 5.9 0.83 66%
1988 28 CIN NL 450 3.3% 23.1% 10.7% 7.6% 36% 2.17 3.8 26.1 6.3 0.66 0.85 62% 20% 14.9% 41%
1989 29 BOS AL 633 4.7% 18.5% 10.4% 9.6% 39% 1.77 4.8 18.8 5.2 0.62 0.83 66% 18% 13.2% 17%
1990 30 ATL NL 39 0.0% 35.9% 10.3% 0.0% 0% 3.50 2.5 0.50 0.67 54% 19% 0.0% 14%
8 Seasons 3064 4.0% 23.2% 10.3% 8.6% 39% 2.27 3.8 22.2 6.3 0.63 0.79 62% 19% 13.2% 26%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1983 23 CIN NL 4 0 30% 136 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 44% 16 13 3 7 3 4 9 2 7
1984 24 CIN NL 5 0 19% 137 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 6 31% 19 15 2 4 3 1 12 3 8
1985 25 CIN NL 7 0 30% 156 3 4 43% 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 40% 23 17 6 9 4 4 13 4 8
1986 26 CIN NL 1 0 21% 115 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 48% 16 12 4 3 1 2 8 1 7
1987 27 CIN NL 5 0 26% 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 29% 18 17 1 6 3 3 10 2 6
1988 28 CIN NL 4 0 19% 170 7 2 78% 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 6 10 38% 20 14 5 4 2 1 8 1 6
1989 29 BOS AL 8 0 25% 225 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 18 36% 30 23 7 15 12 3 19 5 13
1990 30 ATL NL 0 0 20% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
8 Seasons 34 0 24% 1062 18 14 56% 16 12 1 0 1 2 4 1 37 61 38% 143 112 28 49 28 19 79 18 55
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1983 23 CIN NL 335 25% 80 1 0 0 0 1.42 12 1 8 10 2 5 7 1 0 0 64 5 8% 35 6 17% 210 35 17% 20 7 35% 23 7 30% 0
1984 24 CIN NL 382 45% 62 12 0 0 0 1.68 10 1 11 4 6 5 5 0 3 3 100% 63 6 10% 36 13 36% 235 36 15% 20 10 50% 26 9 35% 0
1985 25 CIN NL 464 34% 108 10 4 0 2 1.54 21 1 11 14 7 7 14 0 3 3 100% 88 9 10% 45 15 33% 289 49 17% 30 15 50% 28 8 29% 0
1986 26 CIN NL 383 36% 76 5 1 0 1 1.60 12 0 9 7 5 9 3 0 1 1 100% 70 8 11% 29 7 24% 244 30 12% 24 11 46% 13 2 15% 0
1987 27 CIN NL 378 29% 94 6 1 0 1 1.46 22 1 7 16 6 10 12 0 2 2 100% 74 10 14% 32 6 19% 227 37 16% 15 6 40% 19 5 26% 0
1988 28 CIN NL 450 31% 95 8 0 11 0 0 0 2.31 15 1 17 12 3 7 8 0 0 0 76 6 8% 43 14 33% 309 51 17% 38 20 53% 28 9 32% 0
1989 29 BOS AL 633 31% 156 21 0 4 0 0 0 1.37 30 1 20 19 11 15 15 0 1 0 0% 136 11 8% 54 9 17% 479 82 17% 39 21 54% 48 16 33% 0
1990 30 ATL NL 39 28% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 2 1 50% 20 0 0% 0 0 2 2 100% 0
8 Seasons 3064 33% 677 29 0 49 6 0 4 1.73 122 6 83 82 40 58 64 1 10 9 90% 576 55 10% 276 71 26% 2013 320 16% 186 90 48% 187 58 31% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 28 CIN NL 435 1607 3.69 964 60% 18% 26% 26% 30% 82% 2% 49% 68% 46% 7% 31 8 16% 71 31 9% 38 24 28% 15 2 0
1989 29 BOS AL 630 2317 3.68 1371 59% 17% 21% 30% 33% 83% 4% 49% 75% 44% 5% 29 6 14% 87 45 11% 69 46 26% 3 0 0
1990 30 ATL NL 22 86 3.91 54 63% 22% 31% 20% 26% 78% 0% 49% 60% 59% 5% 1 0 9% 2 0 14% 3 3 29% 17 0 0
3 Seasons 1087 4010 3.69 2389 60% 18% 23% 28% 31% 82% 3% 49% 72% 45% 6% 61 14 15% 160 76 10% 110 73 27% 35 2 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1983 23 85 335 302 41 80 10 5 12 46 6 2 27 99 .265 .328 .450 .779 112 136 5 3 0 3 1
1984 24 198 717 624 71 142 20 10 22 91 7 4 79 202 .228 .314 .397 .711 95 248 11 3 3 8 4
1985 25 323 1181 1037 132 250 41 10 43 157 10 8 120 304 .241 .321 .424 .745 104 440 20 7 6 11 7
1986 26 425 1564 1367 167 326 58 12 55 198 10 10 167 401 .238 .322 .419 .741 102 573 28 8 7 15 7
1987 27 525 1942 1713 215 420 77 14 77 257 10 10 196 477 .245 .323 .441 .764 106 756 38 8 9 16 10
1988 28 647 2392 2104 255 515 94 16 92 319 17 12 244 581 .245 .324 .436 .759 106 917 44 12 9 23 14
1989 29 801 3025 2668 334 671 120 21 122 427 18 14 310 698 .251 .330 .449 .780 112 1199 55 15 9 23 23
1990 30 810 3064 2703 336 677 120 21 122 427 18 14 314 712 .250 .329 .446 .775 111 1205 55 15 9 23 23

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1983 23 85 340 306 43 84 10 5 13 48 6 28 99 .275 .338 .467 .806 48 85
1984 24 113 386 326 32 66 11 5 11 48 1 55 103 .202 .313 .368 .682 38 113
1985 25 125 464 415 63 110 21 0 21 68 3 42 102 .265 .336 .467 .804 65 125
1986 26 102 385 332 36 78 17 2 12 42 0 48 97 .235 .330 .407 .736 45 102
1987 27 100 368 340 45 88 18 2 21 56 0 27 76 .259 .313 .509 .821 54 100
1988 28 122 464 400 44 104 19 2 16 68 8 53 104 .260 .347 .438 .784 61 122
1989 29 154 636 566 81 158 26 5 30 110 1 67 117 .279 .358 .502 .860 102 154
1990 30 9 41 36 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 5 14 .194 .293 .194 .487 2 9
8 Seasons 810 3084 2721 346 695 122 21 124 440 19 325 712 .255 .336 .452 .788 415 810
162 Game Avg. 162 617 544 69 139 24 4 25 88 4 65 142 .255 .336 .452 .788 83 810

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1989-AL-18-5%
0.05 Career Shares (1085th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1989 AL--.500--4th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1989 AL--.855--8th

Total Bases s c a p y
1989 AL--282--7th

Home Runs s c a p y
1989 AL--30--5th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1989 AL--108--3rd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1984 NL--103--10th
1985 NL--102--10th

Runs Created s c a p y
1989 AL--100--10th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1989 AL--61--6th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1989 AL--.668--9th

AB per HR s c a p y
1989 AL--18.800--9th
Career--22.156--178th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 8 (1395), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1487), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1840), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Phil Plantier (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Deron Johnson (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dan Pasqua (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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