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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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1983 CIN NL 23 3B 84 83 79 733.0 199 53 133 13 11 .935 -5 -8 2.28 2.21 .949 2.70 2.69
1984 CIN NL 24 3B 82 76 43 615.1 199 51 130 18 8 .910 -9 -17 2.65 2.21 .943 2.79 2.78
1984 CIN NL 24 1B 25 19 18 177.2 176 169 7 0 11 1.000 -2 -15 8.92 7.04 .992 9.86 9.83
1985 CIN NL 25 3B 62 51 45 463.1 148 41 99 8 13 .946 1 2 2.72 2.26 .948 2.88 2.88
1985 CIN NL 25 LF 54 54 30 434.2 95 91 4 0 0 1.000 -1 -2 1.97 1.76 .977 1.92 1.92
1985 CIN NL 25 OF 54 54 30 434.2 95 91 4 0 0 1.000 -1 -2 1.97 1.76 .979 2.20 2.20
1985 CIN NL 25 1B 12 2 2 41.0 40 37 3 0 3 1.000 -1 -20 8.78 3.33 .993 10.05 10.05
1986 CIN NL 26 1B 70 49 46 491.2 547 512 30 5 42 .991 -0 -1 9.92 7.74 .992 9.94 9.95
1986 CIN NL 26 LF 42 41 13 302.2 77 74 3 0 2 1.000 2 10 2.29 1.83 .975 1.97 1.97
1986 CIN NL 26 OF 42 41 13 302.2 76 73 3 0 2 1.000 2 10 2.26 1.81 .979 2.19 2.19
1986 CIN NL 26 3B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1987 CIN NL 27 1B 93 92 81 805.2 817 772 40 5 72 .994 -5 -7 9.07 8.73 .991 9.88 9.83
1987 CIN NL 27 3B 1 0 0 3.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 -0 -160 3.00 1.00 .950 2.70 2.80
1987 CIN NL 27 LF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 180 4.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.00
1987 CIN NL 27 OF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 180 4.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.20
1988 CIN NL 28 1B 116 109 91 953.1 1040 982 52 6 70 .994 -1 -1 9.76 8.91 .991 9.96 9.98
1989 BOS AL 29 1B 153 147 142 1323.1 1430 1317 107 6 129 .996 2 1 9.68 9.31 .993 9.79 9.69 MVP-18
1989 BOS AL 29 LF 1 0 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1 240 6.00 2.00 .975 2.10 2.10 MVP-18
1989 BOS AL 29 OF 1 0 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1 240 6.00 2.00 .980 2.40 2.40 MVP-18
1990 ATL NL 30 1B 9 9 9 78.0 89 79 5 5 7 .944 -3 -46 9.69 9.33 .992 9.59 9.53
7 Seasons 1B 478 427 389 3870.2 4139 3868 244 27 334 .993 -11 -3 9.56 8.60 .992 9.87 9.84
5 Seasons 3B 230 210 167 1815.2 548 145 363 40 32 .927 -13 -8 2.52 2.21 .947 2.78 2.77
4 Seasons OF 98 95 43 742.1 174 167 7 0 2 1.000 3 4 2.11 1.78 .979 2.20 2.20
4 Seasons LF 98 95 43 742.1 175 168 7 0 2 1.000 3 4 2.12 1.79 .976 1.94 1.94
8 Seasons TOT 806 732 599 6428.2 4861 4180 614 67 368 .986 -21 -4 6.71 5.95 .986 6.98 6.89
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1983 CIN NL 23 3B -5 -8 -5 -4 -1 0
1984 CIN NL 24 3B -9 -17 -8 -4 -3 -1
1984 CIN NL 24 1B -2 -15 -2 -3 1 0
1985 CIN NL 25 3B 1 2 -0 -2 1 1
1985 CIN NL 25 LF -1 -2 -1 -0 -1 0
1985 CIN NL 25 1B -1 -20 -1 -0 -0 0
1986 CIN NL 26 1B -0 -1 -0 1 -2 0
1986 CIN NL 26 LF 2 10 0 2 -1 2
1986 CIN NL 26 3B 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CIN NL 27 1B -5 -7 -5 -4 -2 0
1987 CIN NL 27 3B -0 -160 -0 0 -0 0
1987 CIN NL 27 LF 0 180 0 0 0 0
1988 CIN NL 28 1B -1 -1 -0 1 -1 -1
1989 BOS AL 29 1B 2 1 2 1 0 0
1989 BOS AL 29 LF 1 240 1 1 0 0
1990 ATL NL 30 1B -3 -46 -3 -1 -2 0
7 Seasons 1B -11 -3 -10 -5 -5 -1
5 Seasons 3B -13 -8 -13 -10 -3 0
4 Seasons LF 3 4 1 2 -1 2
8 Seasons TOT -21 -4 -22 -12 -10 -1 2

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1983 CIN NL 23 85 83 85 84 0 0 0 0 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1984 CIN NL 24 113 95 113 102 0 0 25 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1985 CIN NL 25 125 107 125 120 0 0 12 0 62 0 54 0 0 54 0 15 1
1986 CIN NL 26 102 90 102 96 0 0 71 0 1 0 42 0 0 42 0 6 2
1987 CIN NL 27 100 92 100 93 0 0 93 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 0
1988 CIN NL 28 122 109 122 116 0 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1989 BOS AL 29 154 147 154 153 0 0 153 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0
1990 ATL NL 30 9 9 9 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 810 732 810 773 0 0 479 0 230 0 98 0 0 98 0 61 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1984 CIN NL 24 749 53% 79% 22% 45 100% 0 167 2 163 2 36 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 0 0 11 1 0 0 0 4 100%
1985 CIN NL 25 178 58% 80% 22% 7 100% 0 36 2 34 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CIN NL 26 2074 59% 82% 30% 120 95% 1 513 20 484 10 69 32 18 6 0 3 5 2 2 1 2 42 2 0 0 36 2 6 2 4 9 78%
1987 CIN NL 27 3455 65% 81% 29% 176 95% 0 777 64 701 13 70 42 28 5 0 5 5 1 4 0 4 73 0 2 0 63 2 10 2 8 9 100%
1988 CIN NL 28 3928 69% 80% 33% 186 96% 0 986 58 917 11 80 48 29 11 0 2 6 1 3 2 4 70 1 0 0 65 1 5 1 4 9 78%
1989 BOS AL 29 5668 53% 78% 33% 344 96% 2 1325 87 1219 16 146 106 74 23 1 6 6 2 4 0 3 130 3 2 3 115 9 14 4 10 16 88%
1990 ATL NL 30 382 65% 81% 33% 15 80% 0 78 4 72 2 4 5 3 2 0 0 5 1 4 0 2 7 0 0 1 7 1 0 0 0 3 100%
7 Seasons 16434 60% 80% 31% 893 96% 3 3882 237 3590 54 407 243 161 48 1 16 27 7 17 3 15 336 7 4 4 300 16 35 9 26 50 88%
MLB Averages 58% 81% 30% 95% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1983 CIN NL 23 3141 53% 79% 23% 188 88% 2 52 39 6 7 133 103 22 3 3 13 0 13 0 12 11 7 1 11 0 0 0 6 83%
1984 CIN NL 24 2701 59% 81% 23% 190 92% 3 54 43 2 9 128 97 29 1 2 18 1 16 1 16 8 6 0 7 1 1 0 7 100%
1985 CIN NL 25 1923 62% 80% 26% 134 94% 1 41 30 4 7 96 74 18 3 3 8 0 7 1 8 13 12 0 12 1 0 0 7 86%
1986 CIN NL 26 4 50% 100% 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CIN NL 27 13 69% 92% 38% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 7782 57% 80% 24% 514 91% 6 147 112 12 23 358 275 69 7 8 40 1 37 2 37 32 25 1 30 2 1 0 20 90%
MLB Averages 58% 81% 30% 90% 70%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1985 CIN NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 9 0 13 9 69.2% 3 1 7.7% 3 1812 56% 80% 26% 92 100%
1986 CIN NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 14 12 1 14 8 0 4 1 0 9 2 1 9 9 0 50 32 64.0% 16 2 4.0% 1 1279 60% 80% 33% 146 51%
1987 CIN NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 86% 29% 29% 1 100%
1989 BOS AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 36% 100% 55% 2 100%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 1 2 15 12 2 14 8 0 4 1 0 11 2 1 19 18 0 63 41 65.1% 19 3 4.8% 4 3109 58% 80% 29% 241 71%
MLB Averages 60.3% 2.9% 58% 81% 33% 55%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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)

Putouts† s c a p y
1989 AL  1,319 (4th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1989 AL  153 (4th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1989 AL  1,317 (4th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1989 AL  107 (5th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1987 NL  .994 (3rd)
1988 NL  .994 (4th)
1989 AL  .996 (3rd)

                           

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