Steve Nicosia

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: August 6, 1955 in Paterson, NJ us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (24th) of the 1973 MLB June Amateur Draft from North Miami Beach HS (North Miami Beach, FL).

High School: North Miami Beach HS (North Miami Beach, FL)

Debut: July 8, 1978 (Age 22-336d, 14,058th in major league history)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1985 (Age 30-052d)
vs. MIL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Agents: Chuck Berry, Tom Reich

Full Name: Steven Richard Nicosia

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1979 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.1

938

233

.248

RBI

OBP

.310

SLG

.345

OPS

.656

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	39-31 / in Starts: 34-21
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	25 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 215 PAs	13
Actual Runners on Base	115 (54-45-16)
Avg. MLBer w/ 215 PAs	24
Avg. Runners on Base	133 (65-44-23)

Most Driven In
Self	4
P Garner	2
B Robinson	2
B Madlock	1
R Stennett	1
J Milner	1
L Lacy	1
D Berra	1

Most Driven In By
O Moreno	8
Self	4
T Foli	4
D Berra	1
G Jackson	1
J Candelaria	1
B Kison	1
J Bibby	1

1979 Batting Game Log

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1979 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	4	1	Apr 6	PIT		MON	L,2-3	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	3.45	-0.088	5.47	-0.08%	-0.23	C
2	5	2	Apr 7	PIT		MON	W,7-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.800	1.000	7	.37	0.074	.52	0.06%	0.16	C
3	6	5 (2)	Apr 11	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.222	.222	.556	.778	7	2.18	-0.137	2.84	-0.11%	-0.55	C
4	7	9 (3)	Apr 15	PIT		STL	L,4-9	CG(10)	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.571	.857	7	.57	0.041	.86	0.04%	0.23	C
5	8	10	Apr 17	PIT		PHI	L,2-13	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.278	.500	.778	7	.37	0.001	.54	0.00%	-0.44	C
6	9	11	Apr 18	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.227	.409	.636	7	1.74	-0.158	2.18	-0.12%	-0.91	C
7	10	13 (1)	Apr 21	PIT	@	HOU	L,4-5	8-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.227	.409	.636	6						C
8	11	16 (2)	Apr 25	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.280	.542	.822	8	1.04	0.165	.80	0.08%	1.15	C
9	12	17	Apr 27	PIT		HOU	L,8-9	10-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.269	.520	.789	9	1.79	-0.044	1.35	-0.02%	-0.16	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	13	20 (2)	May 2	PIT		ATL	W,10-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.300	.500	.800	8	.31	-0.018	.19	-0.01%	-0.02	C
11	14	21	May 4	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.324	.531	.855	8	1.52	-0.083	1.32	-0.04%	-0.26	C
12	15	24 (2)	May 7	PIT	@	ATL	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.286	.342	.514	.856	8	1.11	0.147	.60	0.05%	1.57	C
13	16	28 (3)	May 12	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.325	.486	.811	5	.88	-0.044	.43	-0.01%	-0.47	C
14	17	31 (2)	May 16	PIT		NYM	W,4-3	GS-9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.318	.488	.806	6	.84	0.023	.42	0.01%	-0.28	C
15	18	32	May 17	PIT		NYM	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.313	.467	.779	6	.80	-0.040	.43	-0.01%	-0.17	C
16	19	33	May 18	PIT	@	CHC	W,9-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.321	.520	.841	6	1.05	-0.008	.61	0.00%	0.58	C
17	20	37 (3)	May 22	PIT	@	MON	L,3-6	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.316	.519	.834	7	1.12	-0.073	1.33	-0.05%	-0.70	C
18	21	40 (2)	May 26	PIT	@	NYM	L,8-10	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.310	.509	.819	9	4.74	-0.163	3.52	-0.07%	-0.67	PH
19	22	41	May 27	PIT	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.306	.492	.798	6	.84	-0.029	.56	-0.01%	-0.33	C
20	23	42	May 28	PIT	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.303	.468	.771	6	.59	-0.029	.47	-0.01%	0.09	C
21	24	43	May 29	PIT		CHC	W,8-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.300	.455	.755	6	.52	-0.047	.46	-0.03%	-0.55	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	25	46 (2)	Jun 1	PIT		SDP	W,9-8	GS-6	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.315	.471	.786	7	1.39	0.200	1.54	0.13%	1.77	C
23	26	48 (1)	Jun 3	PIT		SDP	W,7-0	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.271	.329	.471	.800	8	.17	0.010	.20	0.01%	0.29	C
24	27	51 (2)	Jun 6	PIT		LAD	W,5-4	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.342	.479	.821	8	.78	0.062	.98	0.05%	0.54	C
25	28	52	Jun 8	PIT		SFG	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.341	.467	.808	8	1.14	-0.015	1.44	-0.01%	0.05	C
26	29	53	Jun 9	PIT		SFG	L,2-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.337	.449	.786	6	1.09	-0.079	1.63	-0.07%	-0.46	C
27	30	54	Jun 10	PIT		SFG	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.333	.439	.772	6	1.23	0.060	1.70	0.05%	0.01	C
28	31	57 (2)	Jun 14	PIT	@	SDP	L,1-2	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.330	.434	.763	9	1.67	-0.040	1.77	-0.03%	-0.14	PH
29	32	62 (4)	Jun 20	PIT	@	SFG	W,8-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.326	.429	.755	9	.59	-0.014	.83	-0.01%	-0.14	PH
30	33	70 (7)	Jun 28	PIT		NYM	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.319	.419	.738	8	.89	-0.045	1.08	-0.03%	-0.34	C
31	34	71	Jun 29	PIT		MON	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.327	.433	.760	8	.69	0.002	1.13	0.00%	0.07	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	35	77 (5)	Jul 6	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.327	.433	.760	9						C
33	36	78	Jul 7	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-6	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.320	.424	.744	9	.53	-0.027	.59	-0.02%	-0.58	C
34	37	79	Jul 8 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.308	.406	.714	8	1.17	-0.114	1.19	-0.07%	-0.98	C
35	38	88 (8)	Jul 19 (2)	PIT		HOU	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.299	.394	.693	8	.42	-0.019	.76	-0.02%	-0.41	C
36	39	92 (3)	Jul 22 (2)	PIT		ATL	W,3-2	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.300	.402	.702	8	.81	0.012	1.92	0.02%	-0.04	C
37	40	94 (1)	Jul 23 (2)	PIT		ATL	L,0-8	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.301	.410	.710	8	.65	-0.049	1.75	-0.08%	-0.24	C
38	41	95	Jul 24	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.302	.407	.709	8	1.13	0.003	2.73	0.00%	-0.08	C
39	42	98 (2)	Jul 27 (1)	PIT	@	MON	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.308	.405	.714	8	1.44	0.068	4.55	0.13%	0.13	C
40	43	100 (1)	Jul 28	PIT	@	MON	W,5-3	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.315	.404	.718	8	.40	0.003	1.56	0.01%	0.19	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
41	44	107 (6)	Aug 3 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.246	.305	.390	.695	8	.57	-0.001	1.73	0.00%	-0.66	C
42	45	109 (1)	Aug 5 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,12-8	GS-9	4	4	3	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.326	.451	.777	8	1.51	0.435	5.14	0.89%	2.88	C
43	46	114 (4)	Aug 10 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG(12)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.321	.437	.758	8	1.54	-0.135	6.08	-0.32%	-0.59	C
44	47	115	Aug 10 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.319	.431	.750	8	.63	-0.036	2.49	-0.09%	-0.52	C
45	48	119 (3)	Aug 15	PIT		SDP	W,5-1	CG	3	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.447	.780	8	.30	0.041	1.04	0.08%	0.75	C
46	49	122 (2)	Aug 18	PIT		LAD	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.338	.449	.786	8	.53	0.037	1.95	0.08%	0.05	C
47	50	124 (1)	Aug 20	PIT		SFG	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.338	.449	.786	4						C
48	51	125	Aug 21	PIT		SFG	L,1-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.275	.333	.442	.775	8	.73	-0.056	2.73	-0.13%	-0.62	C
49	52	127 (1)	Aug 24	PIT	@	SDP	L,2-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.333	.436	.769	8	1.73	-0.092	6.46	-0.21%	-0.66	C
50	53	128	Aug 25	PIT	@	SDP	W,4-3	16-16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.331	.433	.764	5	1.67	-0.040	6.70	-0.10%	-0.14	PH
51	54	129	Aug 26	PIT	@	SDP	W,9-2	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.271	.340	.431	.770	8	.42	0.049	1.65	0.12%	-0.12	C
52	55	132 (2)	Aug 29	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-1	GS-8	3	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.352	.445	.797	8	1.24	0.191	4.71	0.44%	1.03	C
53	56	133	Aug 31	PIT	@	SFG	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.349	.440	.789	8	.60	0.119	2.31	0.27%	0.90	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
54	57	135 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	PIT	@	SFG	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.353	.438	.791	8	1.02	-0.029	3.56	-0.06%	0.03	C
55	58	136	Sep 2	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-3	GS-9	4	3	1	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.288	.362	.455	.817	8	1.02	0.231	3.38	0.46%	2.07	C
56	59	137	Sep 3 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,0-2	GS-6	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.364	.462	.826	8	1.28	0.084	3.94	0.15%	0.39	C
57	60	138	Sep 3 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.367	.469	.836	8	.48	0.008	1.76	0.02%	0.09	C
58	61	140 (1)	Sep 6	PIT	@	STL	L,6-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.367	.469	.836	7						C
59	62	141	Sep 7	PIT	@	NYM	W,6-4	8-GF(14)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.363	.463	.826	9	3.60	-0.233	15.42	-0.60%	-1.05	C
60	63	142	Sep 8	PIT	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.368	.464	.831	8	.98	0.079	3.91	0.19%	0.47	C
61	64	143	Sep 9	PIT	@	NYM	W,6-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.368	.464	.831	7						C
62	65	146 (2)	Sep 15	PIT		NYM	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.365	.459	.824	8	.65	0.002	3.06	0.01%	-0.05	C
63	66	147	Sep 16	PIT		NYM	L,0-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.365	.457	.821	7	1.00	-0.003	4.90	-0.01%	-0.13	C
64	67	149 (1)	Sep 18	PIT	@	MON	W,5-3	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.362	.449	.811	8	1.28	-0.072	13.26	-0.45%	-0.92	C
65	68	151 (1)	Sep 19 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.360	.446	.807	7	1.56	-0.038	6.08	-0.09%	-0.16	PH C
66	69	152	Sep 20	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.363	.444	.808	8	2.35	0.078	13.18	0.26%	0.08	C
67	70	154 (1)	Sep 22	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.290	.366	.443	.808	7	.60	0.054	3.55	0.19%	0.34	C
68	71	156 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	PIT		MON	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.290	.368	.441	.809	7	1.13	0.198	16.96	1.79%	1.74	C
69	72	157	Sep 24 (2)	PIT		MON	L,6-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.366	.437	.803	7	1.80	-0.044	28.64	-0.42%	-0.75	C
70	73	162 (4)	Sep 29	PIT		CHC	L,6-7	11-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.288	.364	.435	.799	7	1.79	0.055	10.02	0.18%	0.26	C
							39-31		215	191	22	55	16	0	4	13	23	7	17	0	1	0	4	5	0	2	.288	.364	.435	.799		1.03	0.390	3.46	2.38%	2.41

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