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Nick Esasky

Nicholas Andrew Esasky

Positions: First Baseman, Third Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 24, 1960 in Hialeah, FL
High School: Carol City HS (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
Teams (by GP): Reds/RedSox/Braves 1983-1990
Agents: Jim Turner [*]
Final Game: April 21, 1990
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Standard Batting

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 Yrs 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1983 23 CIN NL 85 335 5 0 -0 -5 0 1 0.1 10 11 1.1 .501 .501 1.6 -0.4 16 $ 5
1984 24 CIN NL 113 382 -8 -1 -0 -11 -1 -22 -2.4 12 -10 -1.2 .478 .485 -0.1 -1.2 1 $ 53
1985 25 CIN NL 125 464 11 -1 1 -1 -3 8 0.9 14 22 2.3 .507 .505 2.3 -0.3 23 $ 573
1986 26 CIN NL 102 383 -3 -1 -2 2 -6 -10 -1.0 12 2 0.1 .489 .493 -0.1 -0.4 0 $272,500 37/5
1987 27 CIN NL 100 378 9 -2 -1 -5 -6 -5 -0.5 12 6 0.6 .495 .497 1.1 -1.1 11 $305,000 3/57
1988 28 CIN NL 122 450 3 -1 0 -1 -7 -5 -0.5 14 9 0.8 .495 .497 0.9 -0.9 10 $460,000 *3
1989 29 BOS AL 154 633 24 -2 -1 2 -9 14 1.8 20 33 3.5 .510 .509 3.3 -0.6 31 $570,000 *3/7 MVP-18
1990 30 ATL NL 9 39 -4 0 0 -3 -0 -7 -0.7 1 -6 -0.6 .418 .495 -0.3 -0.4 -3 $1,350,000 /3
8 Seasons 810 3064 37 -8 -3 -21 -32 -26 -2.3 94 68 6.6 .496 .498 8.7 -5.3 89 $2,957,500
CIN (6 yrs) 647 2392 17 -5 -2 -20 -22 -33 -3.4 74 41 3.7 .494 .496 5.7 -4.3 61 $1,037,500
ATL (1 yr) 9 39 -4 0 0 -3 -0 -7 -0.7 1 -6 -0.6 .418 .495 -0.3 -0.4 -3 $1,350,000
BOS (1 yr) 154 633 24 -2 -1 2 -9 14 1.8 20 33 3.5 .510 .509 3.3 -0.6 31 $570,000

Advanced Batting

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 -8.9 -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 6.4 99 .302 .277 .269 .355 .335 .500 .395 .855 .730 133 .668 23.3 2.4 .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 Yrs 3064 2127 404 5.1 99 .293 .250 .267 .329 .334 .446 .397 .775 .732 111 .579 34.3 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 2.4 .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 11.0 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 2.4 .831 .339 .223 1.9

Ratio Batting*

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 Yrs 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 2.2% 14.6% 8.5% 6.8% 29% 1.71 6.1 40.9 8.4 0.80 1.06 73% 20% 6.6% 26%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1983 23 CIN NL 3.6 0.4 346 0.1 6.7 -6.5 1.07 0.9 -0.7 8.4 0.8 0.96 9.5 1.28 1
1984 24 CIN NL -8.9 -0.9 388 -0.6 6.1 -6.7 1.09 -0.7 0.1 -5.4 -0.5 0.95 -5.4 1.67 12
1985 25 CIN NL 9.1 0.9 479 1.3 10.2 -8.9 1.12 1.9 -0.8 9.4 0.9 0.99 16.6 1.49 10
1986 26 CIN NL -1.2 -0.1 388 -1.1 6.2 -7.3 1.02 -0.8 -0.4 -3.8 -0.4 0.96 -3.8 1.49 5
1987 27 CIN NL 7.6 0.7 380 1.6 8.0 -6.3 .98 1.1 0.6 11.9 1.1 0.93 9.2 1.43 6
1988 28 CIN NL 4.8 0.5 461 0.4 8.2 -7.8 1.03 0.5 -0.1 3.6 0.4 1.00 7.4 2.21 11
1989 29 BOS AL 23.3 2.4 644 3.1 13.7 -10.7 1.05 1.7 1.2 35.6 3.5 1.03 23.5 1.29 4
1990 30 ATL NL -4.1 -0.4 40 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 .81 -0.3 -0.0 -2.7 -0.3 0.86 -3.9 0
8 Yrs 34.3 3.4 3126 4.5 59.3 -54.9 1.05 4.3 -0.1 57.2 5.6 0.98 53.2 1.67 49

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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 Yrs 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

Situational Hitting*

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 1.28 12 1 8 10 2 5 7 1 0 0 64 5 8% 35 6 17% 210 35 17% 20 7 35% 9 6 67% 0
1984 24 CIN NL 382 45% 62 12 0 0 0 1.67 10 1 11 4 6 5 5 0 3 3 100% 63 6 10% 36 13 36% 235 36 15% 20 10 50% 16 9 56% 0
1985 25 CIN NL 464 34% 108 10 4 0 2 1.49 21 1 11 14 7 7 14 0 3 3 100% 88 9 10% 45 15 33% 289 49 17% 30 15 50% 24 17 71% 0
1986 26 CIN NL 383 36% 76 5 1 0 1 1.49 12 0 9 7 5 9 3 0 1 1 100% 70 8 11% 29 7 24% 244 30 12% 24 11 46% 14 5 36% 0
1987 27 CIN NL 378 29% 94 6 1 0 1 1.43 22 1 7 16 6 10 12 0 2 2 100% 74 10 14% 32 6 19% 227 37 16% 15 6 40% 12 4 33% 0
1988 28 CIN NL 450 31% 95 8 0 11 0 0 0 2.21 15 1 17 12 3 7 8 0 0 0 76 6 8% 43 14 33% 309 51 17% 38 20 53% 22 12 55% 0
1989 29 BOS AL 633 31% 156 21 0 4 0 0 0 1.29 30 1 20 19 11 15 15 0 1 0 0% 136 11 8% 54 9 17% 479 82 17% 39 21 54% 33 15 45% 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 Yrs 3064 33% 677 29 0 49 6 0 4 1.67 122 6 83 82 40 58 64 1 10 9 90% 576 55 10% 276 71 26% 2013 320 16% 186 90 48% 132 70 53% 0
MLB Averages 60% 77% 11% 35% 15% 52% 55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 437 1612 3.69 967 60% 18% 26% 26% 30% 82% 2% 49% 68% 46% 7% 31 8 16% 71 31 9% 38 24 28% 13 2 0
1989 29 BOS AL 632 2323 3.68 1373 59% 17% 21% 30% 32% 83% 4% 49% 75% 44% 5% 29 6 14% 88 46 11% 69 46 26% 1 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 Yrs 1091 4021 3.69 2394 60% 18% 23% 28% 31% 82% 3% 49% 72% 45% 6% 61 14 15% 161 77 10% 110 73 27% 31 2 0
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 32% 6% 16% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

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

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1983 23 85 338 304 43 82 10 5 12 48 6 28 99 .270 .334 .454 .788 46 85
1984 24 113 386 324 32 64 10 5 10 47 1 54 103 .198 .308 .352 .660 36 113
1985 25 125 468 416 64 111 22 0 22 69 3 42 102 .267 .338 .478 .816 66 125
1986 26 102 385 331 35 77 17 2 12 42 0 48 97 .233 .328 .405 .733 44 102
1987 27 100 373 342 45 90 18 2 21 55 0 28 76 .263 .318 .512 .830 56 100
1988 28 122 458 396 43 100 18 2 16 67 7 51 104 .253 .338 .429 .768 57 122
1989 29 154 636 566 81 158 26 5 30 111 1 67 117 .279 .358 .502 .860 102 154
1990 30 9 41 36 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 5 14 .194 .293 .194 .487 2 9
8 Yrs 810 3085 2715 346 689 121 21 123 439 18 323 712 .254 .334 .450 .784 409 810
162 Game Avg. 162 617 543 69 138 24 4 25 88 4 65 142 .254 .334 .450 .784 82 810

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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 (1113th)

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  18.8 (9th)
Career  22.2 (190th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1989 AL  35.65 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1989 AL  3.5 (10th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 11 (1346), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1541), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1691), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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