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Chris Nabholz

Christopher William Nabholz

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 5, 1967 in Harrisburg, PA
High School: Pottsville HS (Pottsville, PA)
School: Towson University (Towson, MD)
Drafted
by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed August 9, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 11, 1990
Teams (by GP): Expos/Cubs/RedSox/Indians 1990-1995

Final Game: August 8, 1995
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Standard Pitching

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
1990 23 MON NL 6 2 .750 2.83 11 11 0 1 1 0 70.0 43 23 22 6 32 1 53 2 1 1 282 130 1.071 5.5 0.8 4.1 6.8 1.66
1991 24 MON NL 8 7 .533 3.63 24 24 0 1 0 0 153.2 134 66 62 5 57 4 99 2 1 3 631 101 1.243 7.8 0.3 3.3 5.8 1.74
1992 25 MON NL 11 12 .478 3.32 32 32 0 1 1 0 195.0 176 80 72 11 74 2 130 5 1 5 812 105 1.282 8.1 0.5 3.4 6.0 1.76
1993 26 MON NL 9 8 .529 4.09 26 21 2 1 0 0 116.2 100 57 53 9 63 4 74 8 0 7 505 102 1.397 7.7 0.7 4.9 5.7 1.17
1994 27 TOT AL 3 5 .375 7.64 14 12 1 0 0 0 53.0 67 48 45 6 38 1 28 3 0 6 254 65 1.981 11.4 1.0 6.5 4.8 0.74
1994 27 CLE AL 0 1 .000 11.45 6 4 1 0 0 0 11.0 23 16 14 1 9 0 5 1 0 1 66 42 2.909 18.8 0.8 7.4 4.1 0.56
1994 27 BOS AL 3 4 .429 6.64 8 8 0 0 0 0 42.0 44 32 31 5 29 1 23 2 0 5 188 76 1.738 9.4 1.1 6.2 4.9 0.79
1995 28 CHC NL 0 1 .000 5.40 34 0 4 0 0 0 23.1 22 15 14 4 14 3 21 0 0 2 104 76 1.543 8.5 1.5 5.4 8.1 1.50
6 Yrs 37 35 .514 3.94 141 100 7 4 2 0 611.2 542 289 268 41 278 15 405 20 3 24 2588 97 1.341 8.0 0.6 4.1 6.0 1.46
162 Game Avg. 10 10 .514 3.94 40 28 2 1 1 0 173 153 82 76 12 78 4 114 6 1 7 730 97 1.341 8.0 0.6 4.1 6.0 1.46
MON (4 yrs) 34 29 .540 3.51 93 88 2 4 2 0 535.1 453 226 209 31 226 11 356 17 3 16 2230 106 1.268 7.6 0.5 3.8 6.0 1.58
BOS (1 yr) 3 4 .429 6.64 8 8 0 0 0 0 42.0 44 32 31 5 29 1 23 2 0 5 188 76 1.738 9.4 1.1 6.2 4.9 0.79
CHC (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.40 34 0 4 0 0 0 23.1 22 15 14 4 14 3 21 0 0 2 104 76 1.543 8.5 1.5 5.4 8.1 1.50
CLE (1 yr) 0 1 .000 11.45 6 4 1 0 0 0 11.0 23 16 14 1 9 0 5 1 0 1 66 42 2.909 18.8 0.8 7.4 4.1 0.56
NL (5 yrs) 34 30 .531 3.59 127 88 6 4 2 0 558.2 475 241 223 35 240 14 377 17 3 18 2334 104 1.280 7.7 0.6 3.9 6.1 1.57
AL (1 yr) 3 5 .375 7.64 14 12 1 0 0 0 53.0 67 48 45 6 38 1 28 3 0 6 254 65 1.981 11.4 1.0 6.5 4.8 0.74

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1990 23 MON NL 70.0 11 11 23 2.96 4.38 -0.11 0.16 96.2 4.47 11 1.2 -0.0 1.7 18 .612 .508 $100,000
1991 24 MON NL 153.2 24 24 66 3.87 4.21 0.07 0.15 98.3 4.22 5 0.6 -0.1 1.6 19 .523 .503 $120,000
1992 25 MON NL 195.0 32 32 80 3.69 3.89 -0.01 0.14 100.2 4.05 7 0.8 -0.1 2.1 24 .524 .505 $195,000
1993 26 MON NL 116.2 26 21 57 4.40 4.46 -0.13 0.14 102.7 4.85 4 0.4 .5 -0.1 1.2 17 .516 .503 $307,500
1994 27 CLE AL 11.0 6 4 16 13.09 5.97 -0.06 0.15 95.3 5.89 -9 -0.7 1.3 -0.0 -0.7 -8 .377 .495 $950,000
1994 27 BOS AL 42.0 8 8 32 6.86 5.35 0.10 0.19 101.2 5.50 -6 -0.6 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .430 .497 $
1995 28 CHC NL 23.1 34 0 15 5.79 5.05 0.10 -0.38 94.4 4.31 -4 -0.4 1.3 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .488 .498 $300,000
6 Seasons 611.2 141 100 289 4.25 4.32 -0.01 0.13 99.5 4.43 7 1.3 1.2 -0.5 5.4 66 .509 .501 $1,972,500
MON (4 yrs) 535.1 93 88 226 3.80 4.17 -0.03 0.14 99.7 4.33 26 3.0 .5 -0.3 6.6 78 .532 .505 $722,500
BOS (1 yr) 42.0 8 8 32 6.86 5.35 0.10 0.19 101.2 5.50 -6 -0.6 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .430 .497 $
CHC (1 yr) 23.1 34 0 15 5.79 5.05 0.10 -0.38 94.4 4.31 -4 -0.4 1.3 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .488 .498 $300,000
CLE (1 yr) 11.0 6 4 16 13.09 5.97 -0.06 0.15 95.3 5.89 -9 -0.7 1.3 -0.0 -0.7 -8 .377 .495 $950,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1990 23 MON NL 11 282 245 23 43 8 2 6 7 3 32 53 .176 .274 .298 .572 .197 73 3 2 1 2 1 3
1991 24 MON NL 24 631 566 66 134 35 3 5 15 11 57 99 .237 .307 .336 .643 .277 190 9 2 2 4 4 4
1992 25 MON NL 32 812 722 80 176 29 7 11 23 6 74 130 .244 .317 .349 .666 .282 252 21 5 7 4 2 4
1993 26 MON NL 26 505 423 57 100 18 1 9 15 9 63 74 .236 .343 .348 .691 .265 147 12 8 7 4 4 8
1994 27 BOS AL 8 188 156 32 44 5 2 5 8 4 29 23 .282 .399 .436 .835 .302 68 6 2 0 1 1 1
1994 27 CLE AL 6 66 55 16 23 5 1 1 3 1 9 5 .418 .500 .600 1.100 .440 33 1 1 0 1 0 2
1994 27 TOT AL 14 254 211 48 67 10 3 6 11 5 38 28 .318 .425 .479 .904 .341 101 7 3 0 2 1 3
1995 28 CHC NL 34 104 87 15 22 5 0 4 2 0 14 21 .253 .350 .448 .798 .281 39 2 0 1 2 3 1
6 Yrs 141 2588 2254 289 542 105 16 41 73 34 278 405 .240 .327 .356 .683 .274 802 54 20 18 18 15 23
162 Game Avg. 40 730 636 82 153 30 5 12 21 10 78 114 .240 .327 .356 .683 .274 226 15 6 5 5 4 6
MLB Averages .262 .330 .398 .727 .291

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1990 23 MON NL 7.5 0.8 295 1.2 5.4 -4.2 1.05 0.9 0.2 9.1 1.0 1.05 9.2 0 0 0
1991 24 MON NL 2.0 0.2 663 0.2 10.4 -10.2 .97 1.2 -1.0 7.5 0.8 0.97 12.8 0 0 0
1992 25 MON NL 3.3 0.4 843 -0.5 14.1 -14.6 1.03 0.3 -0.8 4.7 0.5 1.03 6.5 0 0 0
1993 26 MON NL 2.6 0.3 534 0.6 8.9 -8.3 .98 0.5 0.1 5.0 0.5 0.98 7.3 0 1 3
1994 27 TOT AL -14.8 -1.3 277 -1.7 4.1 -5.7 .99 -1.1 -0.5 -16.6 -1.4 0.99 -15.0 1 0 1
1994 27 CLE AL -8.7 -0.8 71 -1.1 0.9 -2.0 1.07 -0.8 -0.3 -10.8 -0.9 1.07 -9.5 1 0 1
1994 27 BOS AL -6.1 -0.5 206 -0.6 3.1 -3.7 .96 -0.4 -0.2 -5.8 -0.5 0.96 -5.5 0 0 0
1995 28 CHC NL -3.0 -0.3 108 0.3 2.1 -1.8 1.34 -0.0 0.2 -2.8 -0.3 1.34 -0.6 10 11 12
6 Yrs -2.4 0.1 2720 0.1 45.0 -44.9 1.01 1.7 -1.7 6.8 1.1 1.01 20.2 11 12 16

Starting Pitching*

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
1990 23 MON NL 11 11 6 2 3 3 2 8 3 .727 0 1 1 1 7 64% 59.5 88 37 6 2 0 5 3.7 4.2 6.4 98 0 6 2 1 123
1991 24 MON NL 24 24 8 7 9 2 4 12 12 .500 4 3 1 0 13 54% 53.6 82 28 16 9 0 10 4.1 4.1 6.4 93 5 11 7 1 134
1992 25 MON NL 32 32 11 12 9 3 5 17 15 .531 4 3 1 1 17 53% 53.3 87 24 34 10 0 13 4.2 4.1 6.1 89 6 20 6 0 114
1993 26 MON NL 26 21 9 8 4 1 1 11 10 .524 1 2 1 0 10 48% 51.0 78 14 19 8 2 10 4.9 5.3 5.3 84 6 7 5 0 113
1994 27 TOT AL 14 12 3 5 4 1 0 4 8 .333 0 4 0 0 2 17% 38.0 74 20 14 5 1 7 4.8 3.4 4.3 76 6 2 4 0 117
1994 27 CLE AL 6 4 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 .250 0 2 0 0 0 0% 31.5 43 20 8 1 0 3 6.3 5.7 2.5 55 3 1 0 0 93
1994 27 BOS AL 8 8 3 4 1 1 0 3 5 .375 0 2 0 0 2 25% 41.2 74 23 6 4 1 4 3.9 2.8 5.3 86 3 1 4 0 117
5 Yrs 107 100 37 34 29 10 12 52 48 .520 9 13 4 2 49 49% 52 88 14 89 34 3 45 4.3 4.3 5.8 88 23 46 24 2 134
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 101 -14 4.5 4.5 6.1 95

Reliever Pitching*

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
1993 26 MON NL 26 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0% 9 .981 0 1 3 1 0 4 2 3 1 0 3 1 3.2 18
1994 27 TOT AL 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0% .986 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.5 7
1994 27 CLE AL 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0% 6 1.065 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.5 7
1995 28 CHC NL 34 34 4 0 1 0 0 0 10 8 33 8 24% 8 1.341 10 11 12 13 6 15 21 13 6 19 10 15 2.1 12
3 Yrs 66 41 7 0 1 0 0 0 12 9 37 8 22% 1.045 11 12 16 15 6 20 24 17 7 20 13 16 2.2 12

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1990 23 MON NL 282 19% 2.1% 18.8% 11.4% 5.7% 37% 0.73 0.87 67% 14% 8.7% 38% 44 3 7%
1991 24 MON NL 631 17% 0.8% 15.7% 9.0% 6.8% 32% 0.74 0.92 74% 21% 2.2% 15% 100 9 9%
1992 25 MON NL 812 19% 1.4% 16.0% 9.1% 5.8% 27% 1.08 1.44 72% 20% 4.5% 14% 154 21 14%
1993 26 MON NL 505 16% 1.8% 14.7% 12.5% 5.5% 28% 0.90 1.06 68% 16% 5.6% 11% 102 12 12%
1994 27 TOT AL 254 13% 2.4% 11.0% 15.0% 7.5% 28% 0.82 1.17 70% 22% 6.7% 12% 57 7 12%
1994 27 CLE AL 66 18% 1.5% 7.6% 13.6% 10.6% 30% 0.76 1.25 76% 24% 3.7% 7% 17 1 6%
1994 27 BOS AL 188 11% 2.7% 12.2% 15.4% 6.4% 27% 0.85 1.15 69% 21% 8.1% 14% 40 6 15%
1995 28 CHC NL 104 47% 3.9% 20.2% 13.5% 8.7% 41% 1.03 2.06 62% 17% 14.8% 18% 18 2 11%
6 Yrs 2588 18% 1.6% 15.7% 10.7% 6.3% 30% 0.89 1.14 71% 19% 5.0% 16% 475 54 11%
MLB Averages 41% 2.3% 15.3% 8.8% 7.0% 30% 0.81 1.07 72% 21% 6.7% 16% 10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1990 23 MON NL 236 885 3.75 509 58% 31% 12% 24% 32% 68% 1% 39% 81% 50% 9% 21 8 19% 44 26 2 40% 5 11 46 1 6
1991 24 MON NL 632 2230 3.53 1388 62% 27% 13% 26% 34% 73% 2% 45% 83% 57% 5% 34 18 19% 123 55 6 36% 18 12 -1 0 0
1992 25 MON NL 813 2840 3.49 1747 62% 27% 14% 24% 35% 73% 1% 45% 80% 54% 8% 63 35 18% 143 82 7 27% 26 26 -1 0 0
1993 26 MON NL 469 1689 3.60 981 58% 27% 13% 25% 34% 73% 2% 42% 82% 55% 9% 40 20 14% 66 32 2 32% 7 16 36 0 2
1994 27 TOT AL 256 922 3.60 504 55% 29% 10% 25% 37% 71% 0% 39% 87% 48% 9% 24 9 13% 33 12 1 43% 6 14 -2 0 0
1994 27 CLE AL 67 232 3.46 132 57% 27% 8% 26% 39% 73% 0% 41% 89% 49% 10% 7 4 12% 8 3 0 20% 2 3 -1 0 0
1994 27 BOS AL 189 690 3.65 372 54% 29% 10% 25% 36% 71% 0% 38% 86% 48% 9% 17 5 13% 25 9 1 48% 4 11 -1 0 0
1995 28 CHC NL 95 368 3.87 205 56% 21% 18% 30% 30% 79% 7% 44% 77% 46% 12% 11 3 9% 9 4 0 30% 1 5 9 0 0
6 Yrs 2501 8934 3.57 5334 60% 27% 13% 25% 34% 73% 2% 43% 82% 54% 8% 193 93 17% 418 211 18 33% 63 84 87 1 8
MLB Averages 3.66 61% 25% 14% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
1990 23 MON NL 282 43 6 0 6 0 4 5 1 4 2 15 7 5 47% 3 1 0 81 7 3 70% 5 3 2 0 0 0 4 2 6 0
1991 24 MON NL 631 134 49 3 5 0 11 3 2 3 2 32 21 4 66% 4 3 2 215 15 11 58% 11 9 4 2 0 0 3 1 12 0
1992 25 MON NL 812 176 70 1 11 0 5 8 3 5 6 30 15 5 50% 4 5 0 303 23 6 79% 21 6 2 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
1993 26 MON NL 505 100 19 4 9 3 7 8 1 2 7 25 12 7 48% 8 7 1 200 15 9 63% 13 8 2 1 0 0 2 2 13 0
1994 27 TOT AL 254 67 3 0 6 0 11 6 0 4 2 21 11 3 52% 3 6 0 98 11 5 69% 10 4 1 1 0 0 6 4 11 0
1994 27 CLE AL 66 23 1 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 10 4 3 40% 2 1 0 29 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
1994 27 BOS AL 188 44 2 0 5 0 7 5 0 4 1 11 7 0 64% 1 5 0 69 8 4 67% 7 3 1 1 0 0 5 3 8 0
1995 28 CHC NL 104 22 2 0 4 0 2 3 1 2 2 10 5 1 50% 1 2 1 44 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
6 Yrs 2588 542 149 8 41 3 40 33 8 20 21 133 71 25 53% 23 24 4 941 73 34 68% 61 30 12 4 0 0 17 9 58 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1990 23 6 2 .750 2.83 11 11 0 1 1 0 70.0 43 23 22 6 32 1 53 2 1 1 282 130 1.071 5.5 0.8 4.1 6.8 1.66 130
1991 24 14 9 .609 3.38 35 35 0 2 1 0 223.2 177 89 84 11 89 5 152 4 2 4 913 108 1.189 7.1 0.4 3.6 6.1 1.71 108
1992 25 25 21 .543 3.35 67 67 0 3 2 0 418.2 353 169 156 22 163 7 282 9 3 9 1725 107 1.232 7.6 0.5 3.5 6.1 1.73 107
1993 26 34 29 .540 3.51 93 88 2 4 2 0 535.1 453 226 209 31 226 11 356 17 3 16 2230 106 1.268 7.6 0.5 3.8 6.0 1.58 106
1994 27 37 34 .521 3.89 107 100 3 4 2 0 588.1 520 274 254 37 264 12 384 20 3 22 2484 98 1.333 8.0 0.6 4.0 5.9 1.45 98
1995 28 37 35 .514 3.94 141 100 7 4 2 0 611.2 542 289 268 41 278 15 405 20 3 24 2588 97 1.341 8.0 0.6 4.1 6.0 1.46 97

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
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
1990 23 4 3 .571 3.22 67.0 45 27 24 6 33 51 2 1.164 6.0 4.4 6.9 1.55 0.8 11
1991 24 7 8 .467 4.19 144.0 139 74 67 5 59 93 2 1.375 8.7 3.7 5.8 1.58 0.3 24
1992 25 9 10 .474 4.15 180.0 189 92 83 12 79 120 5 1.489 9.5 4.0 6.0 1.52 0.6 32
1993 26 6 6 .500 4.10 112.0 98 57 51 9 62 71 8 1.429 7.9 5.0 5.7 1.15 0.7 26
1994 27 2 6 .250 7.13 72.0 90 63 57 8 51 38 4 1.958 11.3 6.4 4.8 0.75 1.0 14
1995 28 1 1 .500 5.19 26.0 24 17 15 4 15 23 0 1.500 8.3 5.2 8.0 1.53 1.4 34
6 Yrs 29 34 .460 4.45 601.0 585 330 297 44 299 396 21 1.471 8.8 5.9 1.32 0.7 141

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1992 NL  74 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1993 NL  8 (10th)

                           

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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