Carl Nichols

Carl Edward Nichols

Positions: Catcher and Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 184 lb.

Born: October 14, 1962 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Compton HS (Compton, CA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 4th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1986
Teams (by GP): Astros/Orioles 1986-1991

Final Game: July 5, 1991
Relatives: Uncle of Ray Lankford
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Standard Batting

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
1980	17	BAL-min	Rk	37	107	85	24	18	2	2	0	10	4	1	18	12	.212	.364	.282	.647		24		3	0	1			BLD · APPY
1981	18	BAL-min	A	54	130	112	9	28	4	0	1	9	3	4	15	24	.250	.336	.313	.648		35		0	2	1	1		HGR,MIA · CARL,FLOR
1982	19	DET-min	A	84	290	257	33	55	10	2	0	30	7	1	27	50	.214	.291	.268	.559		69		2	1	3	0		MAC · SALL
1983	20	BAL-min	A-,A	120	440	369	56	94	18	0	6	38	6	3	57	101	.255	.360	.352	.712		130		7	1	6	2		NWK,SJO · NYPL,CALL
1984	21	ANA-min	A	121	454	389	53	88	14	2	4	54	9	2	54	81	.226	.324	.303	.627		118		4	3	4	1		SJO,RWD · CALL
1985	22	BAL-min	AA	115	399	331	45	78	11	2	2	37	7	4	48	51	.236	.342	.299	.641		99		9	4	7	2		CHR · SOUL
1986	23	BAL-min	AA	118	512	439	63	118	26	1	14	72	8	2	61	78	.269	.367	.428	.795		188		8	2	2	1		CHR · SOUL
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-min	AAA	109	415	364	45	93	15	3	11	52	3	4	42	76	.255	.337	.404	.741		147		3	6	0	1		ROC · IL
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-min	AAA	75	218	193	20	44	7	1	3	16	0	1	21	50	.228	.306	.321	.627		62		1	2	1	1		ROC · IL
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-min	AAA	104	381	340	45	87	27	1	4	27	0	0	35	76	.256	.325	.376	.702		128		1	3	2	3		TUC · PCL
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-min	AAA	58	205	170	24	43	11	0	4	33	1	0	30	39	.253	.369	.388	.758		66		2	2	1	7		TUC · PCL
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-min	AAA	36	141	121	13	26	4	1	3	17	0	0	17	27	.215	.317	.339	.655		41		1	2	0	0		TUC · PCL
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 Yrs				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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1986	23	BAL	AL	5	6	-2	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.449	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/2
1987	24	BAL	AL	13	23	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.2	1	3	0.3	.516	.501	0.3	0.1	3	$	2
1988	25	BAL	AL	18	52	-5	-0	-1	2	1	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.2	.482	.498	-0.4	0.3	-4	$65,000	2/9
1989	26	HOU	NL	8	13	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.466	.498	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/2
1990	27	HOU	NL	32	61	-3	-1	-0	-1	0	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.3	.483	.497	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$100,000	2/37
1991	28	HOU	NL	20	56	-4	-0	0	3	1	0	0.0	2	2	0.2	.501	.500	-0.2	0.4	-1	$	2
6 Seasons				96	211	-14	-2	-0	3	3	-10	-1.1	6	-4	-0.4	.488	.499	-0.8	0.7	-7	$165,000

HOU (3 yrs)				60	130	-9	-2	0	2	1	-7	-0.8	4	-3	-0.3	.487	.498	-0.6	0.4	-5	$100,000
BAL (3 yrs)				36	81	-5	-0	-1	1	1	-3	-0.4	3	-1	-0.1	.489	.499	-0.2	0.3	-2	$65,000

Advanced Batting

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
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	.090	-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	.298	-3.0	-0.3	.439	.157	.059
6 Yrs				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	-0.5	.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	-0.5	.407	.096	.027

Ratio Batting*

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 Yrs				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					2.2%	15.1%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	1.75	5.9	40.4	8.4	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.5%	24%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1986	23	BAL	AL	-1.0	-0.1	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.66	-0.1	-0.0	-1.5	-0.2	1.07	-1.4		0
1987	24	BAL	AL	0.8	0.1	24	0.2	0.5	-0.4	1.13	0.1	0.1	2.5	0.2	0.99	1.6		0
1988	25	BAL	AL	-4.4	-0.4	52	-0.7	0.6	-1.3	1.24	-0.6	-0.0	-6.9	-0.7	0.99	-5.9	4.55	1
1989	26	HOU	NL	-2.6	-0.3	13	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.31	-0.2	0.1	-2.5	-0.3	1.14	-2.5	0.39	4
1990	27	HOU	NL	-1.7	-0.2	62	0.7	1.4	-0.7	1.03	-0.1	0.8	4.1	0.4	1.08	-0.5	1.61	11
1991	28	HOU	NL	-3.0	-0.3	56	-0.4	0.6	-1.1	1.14	-0.4	-0.0	-2.1	-0.2	0.91	-3.1	2.11	4
6 Yrs				-11.9	-1.2	213	-0.6	3.3	-3.9	1.13	-1.3	0.8	-6.5	-0.7	1.01	-11.8	1.61	20

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1986	23	BAL	AL	0	0%	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	24	BAL	AL	1	44%	22	2	2	33%	5	3	1	1	1	0	3	1	2
1988	25	BAL	AL	0	17%	18	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
1990	27	HOU	NL	0	37%	11	2	3	17%	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	1
1991	28	HOU	NL	0	20%	20	0	0	17%	3	3	0	1	0	1	2	2	0
6 Yrs				1	28%	71	4	5	25%	16	12	3	2	1	1	10	6	3

Situational Hitting*

						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%	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%	1	1	100%	0
1988	25	BAL	AL	52	71%	9	3	1	1	0	0	0	4.55	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	10	3	30%	7	3	43%	30	1	3%	2	1	50%	3	2	67%	0
1989	26	HOU	NL	13	54%	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.39	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	12	2	17%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1990	27	HOU	NL	61	82%	10	1	0	11	3	0	3	1.61	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	15	1	7%	6	5	83%	50	11	22%	9	5	56%	1	1	100%	0
1991	28	HOU	NL	56	52%	10	5	1	4	0	0	0	2.11	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 Yrs				211	66%	38	9	2	20	3	0	3	1.61	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	45	4	9%	22	11	50%	138	18	13%	16	8	50%	7	5	71%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			72%			11%			35%			15%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 Yrs				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						3.62		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1986	23	5	6	5	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	3	2	8	.308	.357	.346	.703	92	9	0	0	1	0	1
1988	25	36	81	73	6	17	2	4	5	18	.233	.278	.260	.539	52	19	3	0	2	1	1
1989	26	44	94	86	6	18	2	6	5	21	.209	.250	.233	.483	37	20	3	0	2	1	1
1990	27	76	155	135	13	28	5	17	13	32	.207	.276	.244	.521	48	33	4	1	3	3	2
1991	28	96	211	186	16	38	8	18	18	49	.204	.274	.247	.521	49	46	4	1	3	3	3

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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1986	23	5	6	5	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	5
1987	24	13	23	21	4	8	1	3	1	4	.381	.409	.429	.838	4	13
1988	25	18	53	48	2	10	1	1	3	10	.208	.250	.229	.479	3	18
1989	26	8	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8
1990	27	32	61	49	7	10	3	11	8	11	.204	.317	.265	.582	4	32
1991	28	20	58	52	3	11	3	1	6	17	.212	.293	.269	.562	4	20
6 Yrs		96	214	188	16	39	8	16	19	49	.207	.280	.250	.530	15	96
162 Game Avg.		162	361	317	27	66	14	27	32	83	.207	.280	.250	.530	25	96

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