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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1986 BAL AL 23 C 5 2 19.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -63.2 -1 5.21 2.20 .991 6.63 5.44 1 2 2 0 0%
1987 BAL AL 24 C 13 7 64.0 42 39 3 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.91 3.23 .988 6.74 5.49 0 2 7 3 30%
1988 BAL AL 25 C 13 11 102.1 79 66 12 1 2 .987 1.0 11.7 1 6.86 6.00 .989 6.22 5.28 3 4 8 8 50%
1988 BAL AL 25 OF 3 3 19.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.3 82.1 0.3 0.0 0.3 1 2.84 2.00 .983 2.46 2.13
1988 BAL AL 25 RF 3 3 19.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.3 82.1 0.3 0.0 0.3 1 2.84 2.00 .967 2.23 1.90
1989 HOU NL 26 C 6 2 22.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.95 2.83 .988 6.67 5.57 0 2 1 0 0%
1990 HOU NL 27 C 15 10 90.0 74 64 9 1 3 .986 1.0 13.3 1 7.30 4.87 .986 6.65 5.44 2 2 8 4 33%
1990 HOU NL 27 1B 3 3 25.0 25 22 1 2 1 .920 -2.3 -110.4 -2.3 0.0 -2.3 0 8.28 7.67 .992 9.58 7.87
1990 HOU NL 27 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1990 HOU NL 27 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
1991 HOU NL 28 C 17 14 125.2 103 86 14 3 2 .971 3.0 28.6 3 7.16 5.88 .988 6.78 5.59 2 2 8 9 53%
6 Seasons C 69 46 423.0 326 282 39 5 8 .985 4.0 11.3 4 6.83 4.65 .988 6.60 5.47 8 14 34 24 41%
2 Seasons OF 4 3 20.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.3 78.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 1 2.70 1.50 .983 2.48 2.10
1 Season 1B 3 3 25.0 25 22 1 2 1 .920 -2.3 -110.4 -2.3 0.0 -2.3 0 8.28 7.67 .992 9.58 7.87
1 Season RF 3 3 19.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.3 82.1 0.3 0.0 0.3 1 2.84 2.00 .967 2.23 1.90
1 Season LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
6 Seasons TOT 76 52 468.0 357 309 41 7 9 .980 3.0 7.7 -2.0 0.0 -2.0 1 0 4 6.73 4.61 .969 6.58 5.38 8 14 34 24 41%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1986 BAL AL 23 5 2 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 BAL AL 24 13 7 13 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1988 BAL AL 25 18 14 18 15 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 1
1989 HOU NL 26 8 2 8 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1990 HOU NL 27 32 13 32 19 0 15 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 14 2
1991 HOU NL 28 20 14 20 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
6 Seasons 96 52 96 75 0 69 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 24 6
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1986 BAL AL 23 93 5.68 5.68 2 100% 0 0 11 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1987 BAL AL 24 291 3.80 4.92 2 100% 0 0 39 2 0 0 37 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1988 BAL AL 25 470 4.31 5.10 9 89% 0 1 66 5 0 1 60 12 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0%
1989 HOU NL 26 101 4.91 4.91 0 0 0 16 0 0 1 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 HOU NL 27 387 3.20 3.60 6 100% 0 0 64 5 1 1 57 9 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 2 100%
1991 HOU NL 28 556 4.15 4.44 6 100% 0 0 86 4 0 1 81 14 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 2 100%
6 Seasons 1898 4.04 4.57 25 96% 0 1 282 18 1 4 259 38 5 1 0 2 5 0 0 5 0 9 0 1 2 6 83%
MLB Averages 3.90 4.35 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1986 BAL AL 23 1 2 30 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.74
1987 BAL AL 24 0 2 114 7 3 2 30% 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 1.41 1.00
1988 BAL AL 25 3 4 178 8 8 8 50% 7 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 16 8 1.52 0.84
1989 HOU NL 26 0 2 36 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 1.48
1990 HOU NL 27 2 2 132 8 4 4 33% 7 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 14 6 1.51 1.73
1991 HOU NL 28 2 2 196 8 9 9 53% 8 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 10 1.32 1.22
6 Seasons 8 14 686 34 24 23 41% 31 22 3 2 0 0 4 0 69 28 1.40 1.15
MLB Averages 32% 1.29 1.28

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1988 BAL AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 83 66% 76% 33% 8 75%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 83 66% 76% 33% 8 75%
MLB Averages 44.2% 2.6% 56% 77% 36% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1990 HOU NL 27 125 37% 83% 26% 8 50% 1 22 3 19 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 125 37% 83% 26% 8 50% 1 22 3 19 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 30% 94% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1990 HOU NL 27 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 0 0 0 0 0 3 67% 100% 33% 0
1 Season 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 0 0 0 0 0 3 67% 100% 33% 0
MLB Averages 59.4% 2.5% 56% 77% 36% 51%

* 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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