Nick Koback
Nicholas Nicholie Koback
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 187 lb.

Born: July 19, 1935 in Hartford, CT
High School: Hartford (Hartford, CT)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 29, 1953
Final Game: June 19, 1955
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Standard Batting

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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
1953 17 PIT NL 7 18 16 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 .125 .176 .250 .426 10 4 2 0 1 /2
1954 18 PIT NL 4 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1955 19 PIT NL 5 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 54 2 0 0 0 0 0 /2
3 Seasons 16 35 33 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 .121 .147 .182 .329 -14 6 2 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 354 334 10 41 0 10 0 0 0 0 10 132 .121 .147 .182 .329 -14 61 20 0 10

Advanced Batting

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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
1953 17 PIT NL 18 17 1 1.6 109 .167 .125 .273 .176 .344 .250 .425 .426 .769 10 .112 -2.3 -0.2 .313 .188 .125
1954 18 PIT NL 10 10 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .272 .000 .343 .000 .420 .000 .763 -100 .000 -2.9 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
1955 19 PIT NL 7 5 1 5.4 104 .333 .286 .263 .286 .334 .286 .417 .571 .750 54 .561 -0.5 0.0 .400 .000 .000
3 Seasons 35 32 2 1.7 107 .200 .121 .270 .147 .342 .182 .422 .329 .763 -14 .126 -5.7 -0.5 .226 .091 .061
162 Game Avg. 354 324 20 1.7 107 .200 .121 .270 .147 .342 .182 .422 .329 .763 -14 .126 -5.7 -0.5 .226 .091 .061

Ratio Batting*

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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
1953 17 PIT NL 18 0.0% 22.2% 5.6% 5.6% 50% 4.00 4.0 67%
1954 18 PIT NL 10 0.0% 80.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3 20%
1955 19 PIT NL 7 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 7.0 1.00 86%
3 Seasons 35 0.0% 37.1% 2.9% 2.9% 25% 13.00 2.5 2.00 57%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1954 18 PIT NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 19 PIT NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 0 0 20% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1954 18 PIT NL 9 78% 0 1 0 0 0 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 2
1955 19 PIT NL 6 83% 2 2 1 0 0 0.23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 1
3 Seasons 15 80% 4 3 1 0 0 0.16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 100% 1 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 3
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1953 17 7 18 16 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 .125 .176 .250 .426 10 4 2 0 1
1954 18 11 28 26 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 .077 .111 .154 .265 -31 4 2 0 1 0
1955 19 16 35 33 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 .121 .147 .182 .329 -14 6 2 0 1 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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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
1953 17 7 20 18 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 .167 .250 .389 .639 1 7
1954 18 4 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1955 19 5 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 5
3 Seasons 16 38 36 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 13 .083 .132 .194 .326 2 16
162 Game Avg. 162 385 365 10 30 0 20 0 0 0 20 132 .083 .132 .194 .326 20 16

* 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

Youngest s c a p y
1953 NL--born 1935-07-19--2nd
1954 NL--born 1935-07-19--2nd
1955 NL--born 1935-07-19--8th

                                         

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