Nino Espinosa
Arnulfo Acevedo Espinosa
born Arnulfo Acevedo Espinosa
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 192 lb.

Born: August 15, 1953 in Villa Altagracia, D.R.
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1974
Final Game: September 23, 1981
Died: December 24, 1987 in Villa Altagracia, D.R.
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1974 20 NYM NL 0 0 5.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 12 5 5 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 39 72 1.333 12.0 1.0 0.0 2.0
1975 21 NYM NL 0 1 .000 18.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 8 6 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 18 19 3.000 24.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1976 22 NYM NL 4 4 .500 3.67 12 5 0 0 0 0 41.2 41 21 17 3 13 3 30 0 0 1 175 90 1.296 8.9 0.6 2.8 6.5 2.31
1977 23 NYM NL 10 13 .435 3.42 32 29 2 7 1 0 200.0 188 82 76 17 55 5 105 5 2 2 825 109 1.215 8.5 0.8 2.5 4.7 1.91
1978 24 NYM NL 11 15 .423 4.73 32 32 0 6 1 0 203.2 230 117 107 24 75 10 76 3 3 0 888 73 1.498 10.2 1.1 3.3 3.4 1.01
1979 25 PHI NL 14 12 .538 3.65 33 33 0 8 3 0 212.0 211 94 86 20 65 8 88 3 1 3 881 105 1.302 9.0 0.8 2.8 3.7 1.35
1980 26 PHI NL 3 5 .375 3.77 12 12 0 1 0 0 76.1 73 36 32 9 19 2 13 2 0 0 317 100 1.205 8.6 1.1 2.2 1.5 0.68
1981 27 TOT MLB 2 5 .286 6.15 15 14 1 2 0 0 74.2 102 53 51 11 24 2 22 1 0 1 333 59 1.688 12.3 1.3 2.9 2.7 0.92
1981 27 PHI NL 2 5 .286 6.11 14 14 0 2 0 0 73.2 98 52 50 11 24 2 22 1 0 1 327 59 1.656 12.0 1.3 2.9 2.7 0.92
1981 27 TOR AL 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 44 4.000 36.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Seasons 44 55 .444 4.17 140 126 3 24 5 0 820.1 865 414 380 85 252 30 338 14 8 7 3476 88 1.362 9.5 0.9 2.8 3.7 1.34
162 Game Avg. 11 14 .444 4.17 36 32 1 6 1 0 210 221 106 97 22 64 8 86 4 2 2 889 88 1.362 9.5 0.9 2.8 3.7 1.34
NYM (5 yrs) 25 33 .431 4.15 80 67 2 13 2 0 457.1 479 231 211 45 144 18 215 8 7 3 1945 86 1.362 9.4 0.9 2.8 4.2 1.49
PHI (3 yrs) 19 22 .463 4.18 59 59 0 11 3 0 362.0 382 182 168 40 108 12 123 6 1 4 1525 90 1.354 9.5 1.0 2.7 3.1 1.14
TOR (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 44 4.000 36.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
NL (8 yrs) 44 55 .444 4.16 139 126 2 24 5 0 819.1 861 413 379 85 252 30 338 14 8 7 3470 88 1.358 9.5 0.9 2.8 3.7 1.34
AL (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 44 4.000 36.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 20 NYM NL 2 39 37 5 12 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 .324 .324 .459 .784 .324 17 0 0 2 0 0
1975 21 NYM NL 2 18 17 6 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 .471 .500 .588 1.088 .533 10 0 0 0 0 0
1976 22 NYM NL 12 175 155 21 41 8 1 3 1 3 13 30 .265 .316 .387 .703 .304 60 2 0 4 3 3
1977 23 NYM NL 32 825 755 82 188 30 6 17 14 11 55 105 .249 .304 .372 .676 .269 281 13 5 8 2 5
1978 24 NYM NL 32 888 789 117 230 39 10 24 15 13 75 76 .292 .352 .458 .810 .296 361 17 3 13 8 10
1979 25 PHI NL 33 881 806 94 211 47 7 20 11 7 65 88 .262 .318 .412 .730 .272 332 20 3 4 3 8
1980 26 PHI NL 12 317 292 36 73 8 4 9 9 4 19 13 .250 .298 .397 .696 .235 116 6 2 2 2 2
1981 27 TOT MLB 15 333 300 53 102 13 8 11 15 6 24 22 .340 .384 .547 .930 .333 164 10 1 2 6 2
1981 27 PHI NL 14 327 294 52 98 13 8 11 14 6 24 22 .333 .378 .544 .923 .326 160 9 1 2 6 2
1981 27 TOR AL 1 6 6 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 .667 4 1 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 140 3476 3151 414 865 147 37 85 65 44 252 338 .275 .329 .426 .754 .283 1341 68 14 35 24 30
162 Game Avg. 36 889 806 106 221 38 9 22 17 11 64 86 .275 .329 .426 .754 .283 343 17 4 9 6 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1974 20 NYM NL 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 1 100% 56 56 56 0 0 0 1 2.5 2.6 8.0
1976 22 NYM NL 12 5 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 .600 1 0 0 0 3 60% 55 64 36 11 6 0 5 2.5 2.3 5.8
1977 23 NYM NL 32 29 9 13 7 0 5 13 16 .448 1 4 7 1 19 66% 53 83 25 21 8 4 15 3.7 3.5 6.7
1978 24 NYM NL 32 32 11 15 6 2 3 14 18 .438 0 6 6 1 16 50% 46 82 17 16 5 5 12 4.3 4.2 6.4
1979 25 PHI NL 33 33 14 12 7 1 3 17 15 .531 2 1 8 3 19 58% 51 83 14 18 4 12 10 3.7 4.3 6.4
1980 26 PHI NL 12 12 3 5 4 0 0 3 9 .250 1 1 1 0 6 50% 50 77 24 11 7 0 6 3.4 4.3 6.4
1981 27 TOT MLB 15 14 2 5 7 0 3 8 6 .571 0 6 2 0 5 36% 68 13 10 4 3 9 4.7 3.5 5.3
1981 27 PHI NL 14 14 2 5 7 0 3 8 6 .571 0 6 2 0 5 36% 40 68 13 10 4 3 9 4.7 3.5 5.3
7 Seasons 137 126 41 52 33 4 15 58 67 .464 5 19 24 5 69 55% 49 83 13 87 34 24 58 3.9 3.9 6.3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1974 20 NYM NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.116 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1975 21 NYM NL 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 4 1.041 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 4.5
1976 22 NYM NL 12 7 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 5 1.123 2 3 2 1 1 5 3 4 7 0 7 0 5.4
1977 23 NYM NL 32 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.009 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 4.7
1981 27 TOT MLB 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.949 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1981 27 TOR AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.031 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
5 Seasons 49 14 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 1.027 3 5 6 1 3 10 4 10 10 0 11 0 4.8

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1974 20 NYM NL 39 28% 2.6% 5.1% 0.0% 7.7% 25% 1.00 87% 4 0 0%
1975 21 NYM NL 18 17% 0.0% 11.1% 5.6% 5.6% 13% 0.40 83% 1 0 0%
1976 22 NYM NL 175 45% 1.7% 17.1% 7.4% 6.9% 29% 0.64 71% 28 2 7%
1977 23 NYM NL 825 44% 2.1% 12.7% 6.7% 6.4% 28% 0.92 77% 113 13 12%
1978 24 NYM NL 888 44% 2.7% 8.6% 8.5% 8.2% 32% 0.91 78% 147 17 12%
1979 25 PHI NL 881 46% 2.3% 10.0% 7.4% 8.4% 35% 1.04 80% 141 20 14%
1980 26 PHI NL 317 54% 2.8% 4.1% 6.0% 6.6% 29% 0.94 86% 42 6 14%
1981 27 TOT MLB 333 43% 3.3% 6.6% 7.2% 9.6% 31% 1.21 82% 55 10 18%
1981 27 PHI NL 327 43% 3.4% 6.7% 7.3% 9.8% 33% 1.20 82% 54 9 17%
1981 27 TOR AL 6 50% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.00 100% 1 1 100%
8 Seasons 3476 45% 2.5% 9.7% 7.3% 7.7% 31% 0.96 79% 531 68 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1974 20 NYM NL 39 12 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 2 0 50% 1 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1975 21 NYM NL 18 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 50% 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 22 NYM NL 175 41 3 0 3 2 1 3 0 6 3 1 50% 2 1 1 67 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
1977 23 NYM NL 825 188 17 0 7 6 11 10 7 30 16 0 53% 6 2 1 270 14 11 56% 14 10 0 0 0 1 3 0 9 0
1978 24 NYM NL 887 230 24 0 22 12 12 17 7 51 25 3 49% 13 0 2 320 15 13 54% 13 13 2 0 0 0 7 1 15 1
1979 25 PHI NL 881 211 20 1 11 14 6 13 7 38 17 3 45% 7 3 0 294 11 7 61% 11 6 0 1 0 0 3 0 6 0
1980 26 PHI NL 317 73 9 0 6 4 5 5 4 15 8 0 53% 4 0 0 89 9 4 69% 9 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0
1981 27 TOT MLB 333 102 11 0 4 5 6 8 3 16 11 0 69% 3 1 0 116 15 6 71% 14 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
1981 27 PHI NL 327 98 11 0 4 5 6 8 3 16 11 0 69% 3 1 0 112 14 6 70% 13 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
1981 27 TOR AL 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 3475 865 85 1 55 44 41 57 28 162 83 8 51% 36 7 4 1175 65 44 60% 62 40 2 3 1 1 14 2 50 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1974 20 0 0 5.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 12 5 5 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 39 72 1.333 12.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 72
1975 21 0 1 .000 8.25 4 1 0 0 0 0 12.0 20 11 11 1 1 0 4 0 2 0 57 43 1.750 15.0 0.8 0.8 3.0 4.00 43
1976 22 4 5 .444 4.70 16 6 0 0 0 0 53.2 61 32 28 4 14 3 34 0 2 1 232 71 1.398 10.2 0.7 2.3 5.7 2.43 71
1977 23 14 18 .438 3.69 48 35 2 7 1 0 253.2 249 114 104 21 69 8 139 5 4 3 1057 99 1.254 8.8 0.7 2.4 4.9 2.01 99
1978 24 25 33 .431 4.15 80 67 2 13 2 0 457.1 479 231 211 45 144 18 215 8 7 3 1945 86 1.362 9.4 0.9 2.8 4.2 1.49 86
1979 25 39 45 .464 3.99 113 100 2 21 5 0 669.1 690 325 297 65 209 26 303 11 8 6 2826 91 1.343 9.3 0.9 2.8 4.1 1.45 91
1980 26 42 50 .457 3.97 125 112 2 22 5 0 745.2 763 361 329 74 228 28 316 13 8 6 3143 92 1.329 9.2 0.9 2.8 3.8 1.39 92
1981 27 44 55 .444 4.17 140 126 3 24 5 0 820.1 865 414 380 85 252 30 338 14 8 7 3476 88 1.362 9.5 0.9 2.8 3.7 1.34 88

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1974 20 1 0 1.000 3.46 13.0 0 6 5 0 0 3 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 2.1 0.0 2
1975 21 0 0 21.00 3.0 8 8 7 0 1 2 0 3.000 24.0 3.0 6.0 2.00 0.0 2
1976 22 2 2 .500 4.62 39.0 44 22 20 3 14 28 0 1.487 10.2 3.2 6.5 2.00 0.7 12
1977 23 11 10 .524 3.79 190.0 193 89 80 17 56 100 5 1.311 9.1 2.7 4.7 1.79 0.8 32
1978 24 6 14 .300 5.90 186.0 246 136 122 26 80 69 3 1.753 11.9 3.9 3.3 0.86 1.3 32
1979 25 11 11 .500 3.96 200.0 213 98 88 20 66 83 3 1.395 9.6 3.0 3.7 1.26 0.9 33
1980 26 4 4 .500 4.19 73.0 76 38 34 9 20 12 2 1.315 9.4 2.5 1.5 0.60 1.1 12
1981 27 2 9 .182 7.41 102.0 159 93 84 17 37 30 2 1.922 14.0 3.3 2.6 0.81 1.5 15
8 Seasons 37 50 .425 4.91 806.0 939 490 440 92 274 327 15 1.505 10.5 3.7 1.19 1.0 140

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1977 NL--1.215--10th

Shutouts s c a p y
1979 NL--3--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
1978 NL--24--5th
1981 NL--11--3rd

Hits s c a p y
1978 NL--230--8th

Losses s c a p y
1978 NL--15--3rd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1978 NL--107--1st

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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