Carl Nichols
Carl Edward Nichols
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 208 lb.

Born: October 14, 1962 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Compton (Compton, CA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 4th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1986
Final Game: July 5, 1991
Relatives: Uncle of Ray Lankford
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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
1986 23 BAL AL 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .167 .000 .167 -49 0 0 0 0 0 1 /2
1987 24 BAL AL 13 23 21 4 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 .381 .409 .429 .838 126 9 0 0 1 0 0 2
1988 25 BAL AL 18 52 47 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 10 .191 .235 .213 .448 29 10 3 0 1 1 0 2/9
1989 26 HOU NL 8 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .077 .077 .077 .154 -55 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1990 27 HOU NL 32 61 49 7 10 3 0 0 11 0 0 8 11 .204 .317 .265 .582 65 13 1 1 1 2 1 2/37
1991 28 HOU NL 20 56 51 3 10 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 17 .196 .268 .255 .523 53 13 0 0 0 0 1 2
6 Seasons 96 211 186 16 38 8 0 0 18 0 0 18 49 .204 .274 .247 .521 49 46 4 1 3 3 3
162 Game Avg. 162 356 314 27 64 14 0 0 30 0 0 30 83 .204 .274 .247 .521 49 78 7 2 5 5 5
HOU (3 yrs) 60 130 113 10 21 6 0 0 14 0 0 13 31 .186 .271 .239 .510 47 27 1 1 1 2 2
BAL (3 yrs) 36 81 73 6 17 2 0 0 4 0 0 5 18 .233 .278 .260 .539 52 19 3 0 2 1 1
NL (3 yrs) 60 130 113 10 21 6 0 0 14 0 0 13 31 .186 .271 .239 .510 47 27 1 1 1 2 2
AL (3 yrs) 36 81 73 6 17 2 0 0 4 0 0 5 18 .233 .278 .260 .539 52 19 3 0 2 1 1

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
1986 23 BAL AL 6 5 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .259 .167 .327 .000 .404 .167 .731 -49 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .200 .200 .000
1987 24 BAL AL 23 14 4 7.6 103 .471 .381 .262 .409 .329 .429 .420 .838 .749 126 .686 0.8 0.1 .769 .095 .048
1988 25 BAL AL 52 43 2 1.2 92 .237 .191 .256 .235 .320 .213 .385 .448 .706 29 .091 -4.4 -0.4 .317 .085 .021
1989 26 HOU NL 13 12 0 0.0 88 .100 .077 .250 .077 .317 .077 .373 .154 .690 -55 .000 -2.6 -0.3 .083 .000 .000
1990 27 HOU NL 61 43 5 3.1 95 .250 .204 .261 .317 .327 .265 .392 .582 .718 65 .348 -1.7 -0.2 .550 .224 .061
1991 28 HOU NL 56 41 4 2.6 88 .294 .196 .249 .268 .316 .255 .374 .523 .690 53 .297 -3.0 -0.3 .439 .157 .059
6 Seasons 211 158 15 2.6 93 .271 .204 .256 .274 .322 .247 .387 .521 .709 49 .269 -11.9 -1.2 .428 .140 .043
162 Game Avg. 356 267 25 2.6 93 .271 .204 .256 .274 .322 .247 .387 .521 .709 49 .269 -11.9 -1.2 .428 .140 .043
HOU (3 yrs) 130 96 9 2.5 91 .250 .186 .254 .271 .321 .239 .381 .510 .702 47 .275 -7.3 -0.8 .441 .168 .053
BAL (3 yrs) 81 62 6 2.6 96 .304 .233 .258 .278 .323 .260 .397 .539 .720 52 .259 -4.6 -0.4 .407 .096 .027
NL (3 yrs) 130 96 9 2.5 91 .250 .186 .254 .271 .321 .239 .381 .510 .702 47 .275 -7.3 -0.8 .441 .168 .053
AL (3 yrs) 81 62 6 2.6 96 .304 .233 .258 .278 .323 .260 .397 .539 .720 52 .259 -4.6 -0.4 .407 .096 .027

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
1986 23 BAL AL 6 0.0% 66.7% 16.7% 0.0% 4.00 1.3 17%
1987 24 BAL AL 23 0.0% 17.4% 4.4% 4.4% 13% 4.00 5.3 7.0 3.50 74%
1988 25 BAL AL 52 0.0% 19.2% 5.8% 1.9% 11% 3.33 4.7 47.0 1.64 2.30 73% 10% 0.0% 57%
1989 26 HOU NL 13 0.0% 23.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.3 6.5 4.00 4.00 77% 10% 0.0% 0%
1990 27 HOU NL 61 0.0% 18.0% 13.1% 4.9% 30% 1.38 4.5 4.5 0.82 1.00 66% 20% 0.0% 18%
1991 28 HOU NL 56 0.0% 30.4% 8.9% 5.4% 30% 3.40 3.0 51.0 0.65 0.85 61% 21% 0.0% 10%
6 Seasons 211 0.0% 23.2% 8.5% 3.8% 21% 2.72 3.8 10.3 1.07 1.53 66% 16% 0.0% 24%
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
1986 23 BAL AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 24 BAL AL 1 0 44% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 33% 5 3 1 1 1 0 3 1 2
1988 25 BAL AL 0 0 17% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17% 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 0
1989 26 HOU NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 27 HOU NL 0 0 37% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 17% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 1
1991 28 HOU NL 0 0 20% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17% 3 3 0 1 0 1 2 2 0
6 Seasons 1 0 28% 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 25% 16 12 3 2 1 1 10 6 3
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
1986 23 BAL AL 6 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 6 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1987 24 BAL AL 23 65% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 2 1 50% 13 3 23% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1988 25 BAL AL 52 71% 9 3 1 1 0 0 0 4.69 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 10 3 30% 7 3 43% 30 1 3% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
1989 26 HOU NL 13 54% 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.45 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 12 2 17% 1 1 100% 2 2 100% 0
1990 27 HOU NL 61 82% 10 1 0 11 3 0 3 1.67 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 15 1 7% 6 5 83% 50 11 22% 9 5 56% 6 2 33% 0
1991 28 HOU NL 56 52% 10 5 1 4 0 0 0 2.34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 12 0 0% 5 1 20% 27 1 4% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
6 Seasons 211 66% 38 9 2 20 3 0 3 1.71 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 45 4 9% 22 11 50% 138 18 13% 16 8 50% 13 6 46% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 25 BAL AL 52 214 4.12 138 64% 22% 19% 30% 28% 78% 0% 50% 76% 37% 6% 3 0 19% 10 5 15% 8 7 10% 0 0 0
1989 26 HOU NL 13 48 3.69 34 71% 35% 26% 9% 29% 65% 0% 46% 59% 31% 8% 1 0 8% 1 0 8% 1 1 0% 0 0 0
1990 27 HOU NL 35 129 3.69 76 59% 26% 16% 22% 36% 74% 0% 43% 79% 40% 6% 2 0 11% 4 2 23% 8 6 20% 26 0 0
1991 28 HOU NL 56 240 4.29 150 63% 24% 25% 29% 23% 76% 4% 48% 68% 27% 5% 3 0 16% 9 4 14% 8 6 0% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 156 631 4.04 398 63% 25% 21% 26% 28% 75% 2% 47% 72% 33% 6% 9 0 15% 24 11 16% 25 20 6% 26 0 0
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
1986 23 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .167 .000 .167 -49 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 24 18 29 26 4 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 8 .308 .357 .346 .703 92 9 0 0 1 0 1
1988 25 36 81 73 6 17 2 0 0 4 0 0 5 18 .233 .278 .260 .539 52 19 3 0 2 1 1
1989 26 44 94 86 6 18 2 0 0 6 0 0 5 21 .209 .250 .233 .483 37 20 3 0 2 1 1
1990 27 76 155 135 13 28 5 0 0 17 0 0 13 32 .207 .276 .244 .521 48 33 4 1 3 3 2
1991 28 96 211 186 16 38 8 0 0 18 0 0 18 49 .204 .274 .247 .521 49 46 4 1 3 3 3

Neutralized Batting

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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
1986 23 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 5
1987 24 13 22 21 4 8 1 0 0 3 0 1 4 .381 .409 .429 .838 4 13
1988 25 18 50 46 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 3 10 .174 .220 .196 .416 2 18
1989 26 8 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8
1990 27 32 62 50 7 11 3 0 0 11 0 9 11 .220 .339 .280 .619 5 32
1991 28 20 58 52 3 11 3 0 0 1 0 6 17 .212 .293 .269 .562 4 20
6 Seasons 96 211 187 16 38 8 0 0 16 0 20 49 .203 .280 .246 .526 15 96
162 Game Avg. 162 356 316 27 64 14 0 0 27 0 34 83 .203 .280 .246 .526 25 96

* 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.

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