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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	PIT		MON	L,2-3	GF	13	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 7	PIT		MON	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
3	5 (2)	Apr 11	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
4	9 (3)	Apr 15	PIT		STL	L,4-9	CG	50	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
5	10	Apr 17	PIT		PHI	L,2-13	CG	50	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
6	11	Apr 18	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
7	13 (1)	Apr 21	PIT	@	HOU	L,4-5	GF	13	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
8	16 (2)	Apr 25	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	20 (3)	May 2	PIT		ATL	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
10	21	May 4	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
11	24 (2)	May 7	PIT	@	ATL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
12	28 (3)	May 12	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	GS	29	7.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
13	31 (2)	May 16	PIT		NYM	W,4-3	GS	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
14	32	May 17	PIT		NYM	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
15	33	May 18	PIT	@	CHC	W,9-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
16	37 (3)	May 22	PIT	@	MON	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
17	41 (3)	May 27	PIT	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
18	42	May 28	PIT	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
19	43	May 29	PIT		CHC	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	46 (2)	Jun 1	PIT		SDP	W,9-8	GS	29	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
21	48 (1)	Jun 3	PIT		SDP	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
22	51 (2)	Jun 6	PIT		LAD	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	52	Jun 8	PIT		SFG	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	53	Jun 9	PIT		SFG	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
25	54	Jun 10	PIT		SFG	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	C
26	70 (15)	Jun 28	PIT		NYM	L,2-3	GS	34	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
27	71	Jun 29	PIT		MON	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	77 (5)	Jul 6	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
29	78	Jul 7	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-6	GF	12	3.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
30	79	Jul 8 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
31	88 (8)	Jul 19 (2)	PIT		HOU	W,4-2	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	92 (3)	Jul 22 (2)	PIT		ATL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
33	94 (1)	Jul 23 (2)	PIT		ATL	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
34	95	Jul 24	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	GS	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
35	98 (2)	Jul 27 (1)	PIT	@	MON	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
36	100 (1)	Jul 28	PIT	@	MON	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	107 (6)	Aug 3 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
38	109 (1)	Aug 5 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,12-8	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	114 (4)	Aug 10 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	50	11.2	5	1	0	6	0	C
40	115	Aug 10 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
41	119 (3)	Aug 15	PIT		SDP	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
42	122 (2)	Aug 18	PIT		LAD	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
43	124 (1)	Aug 20	PIT		SFG	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
44	125	Aug 21	PIT		SFG	L,1-6	GS	24	5.2	3	1	0	4	0	C
45	127 (1)	Aug 24	PIT	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
46	129 (1)	Aug 26	PIT	@	SDP	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
47	132 (2)	Aug 29	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-1	GS	29	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
48	133	Aug 31	PIT	@	SFG	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	135 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	PIT	@	SFG	W,7-2	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
50	136	Sep 2	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-3	GS	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
51	137	Sep 3 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,0-2	GS	24	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
52	138	Sep 3 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	140 (1)	Sep 6	PIT	@	STL	L,6-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
54	141	Sep 7	PIT	@	NYM	W,6-4	GF	23	6.2	3	1	0	4	0	C
55	142	Sep 8	PIT	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
56	143	Sep 9	PIT	@	NYM	W,6-5	GF	7	2.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
57	146 (2)	Sep 15	PIT		NYM	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
58	147	Sep 16	PIT		NYM	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
59	149 (1)	Sep 18	PIT	@	MON	W,5-3	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
60	151 (1)	Sep 19 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6		5	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
61	152	Sep 20	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
62	154 (1)	Sep 22	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
63	156 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	PIT		MON	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
64	157	Sep 24 (2)	PIT		MON	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
65	162 (4)	Sep 29	PIT		CHC	L,6-7		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
							65gm		492.2	320	25	3	348	4