Dave Nicholson
David Lawrence Nicholson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: August 29, 1939 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Southwest (St. Louis, MO)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 24, 1960
Final Game: October 1, 1967
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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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1960 BAL AL 20 OF 44 34 277.0 55 51 3 1 1 .982 -3.4 -14.7 -2.4 -1.0 -1.3 -1 1.75 1.23 .982 2.25 1.95
1960 BAL AL 20 LF 34 28 218.2 48 45 2 1 1 .979 -0.9 -4.9 -0.9 0.1 -0.9 0 1.93 1.38 .983 2.14 1.67
1960 BAL AL 20 RF 11 6 58.1 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 -2.5 -51.4 -1.5 -1.1 -0.4 -1 1.08 0.64 .971 1.94 1.68
1962 BAL AL 22 OF 80 42 473.0 117 111 4 2 0 .983 -2.1 -5.3 -1.1 -4.5 3.5 -1 2.19 1.44 .980 2.19 1.92
1962 BAL AL 22 LF 34 6 115.0 30 29 0 1 0 .967 0.5 5.2 1.5 -0.1 1.6 -1 2.27 0.85 .977 2.01 1.61
1962 BAL AL 22 RF 27 17 179.0 37 34 3 0 0 1.000 -1.9 -12.7 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 -1 1.86 1.37 .978 2.00 1.71
1962 BAL AL 22 CF 20 19 179.0 47 45 1 1 0 .979 -0.7 -4.7 -1.7 -3.8 2.2 1 2.31 2.30 .985 2.57 2.18
1963 CHW AL 23 LF 123 121 1073.0 228 212 9 7 1 .969 0.6 0.7 0.6 -0.8 1.4 0 1.85 1.80 .976 1.90 1.57
1963 CHW AL 23 OF 123 121 1073.0 230 213 10 7 1 .970 0.6 0.7 0.6 -0.8 1.4 0 1.87 1.81 .981 2.16 1.91
1964 CHW AL 24 OF 92 85 728.0 144 136 4 4 0 .972 3.7 6.1 2.7 2.8 -0.1 1 1.73 1.52 .980 2.04 1.79
1964 CHW AL 24 LF 91 84 720.0 141 134 3 4 0 .972 3.8 6.3 2.8 2.8 0.0 1 1.71 1.51 .975 1.81 1.46
1964 CHW AL 24 RF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -15.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 1.91 1.60
1965 CHW AL 25 OF 36 21 204.0 30 30 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -1.8 -0.3 -0.9 0.6 0 1.32 0.83 .977 2.04 1.78
1965 CHW AL 25 LF 25 11 117.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 4.1 0.4 -0.7 1.1 0 1.54 0.80 .980 1.87 1.49
1965 CHW AL 25 RF 12 10 83.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -4.3 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 0 1.41 1.08 .977 1.85 1.57
1965 CHW AL 25 CF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -120.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.48 2.00
1966 HOU NL 26 OF 90 71 671.2 155 139 11 5 0 .968 -7.2 -12.9 -6.2 -5.2 -1.0 -1 2.01 1.67 .974 2.03 1.78
1966 HOU NL 26 RF 70 54 514.2 117 106 8 3 1 .974 -4.0 -9.3 -3.0 -4.5 1.5 -1 1.99 1.63 .978 1.96 1.68
1966 HOU NL 26 LF 15 12 113.0 25 23 1 1 0 .960 -0.6 -6.4 -0.6 1.1 -1.7 0 1.91 1.60 .964 1.74 1.35
1966 HOU NL 26 CF 6 5 44.0 11 9 1 1 0 .909 -2.6 -70.9 -2.6 -1.8 -0.8 0 2.05 1.67 .982 2.37 2.12
1967 ATL NL 27 LF 7 7 61.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -29.5 -1.5 -1.5 0.0 0 1.33 1.29 .967 1.76 1.50
1967 ATL NL 27 OF 7 7 65.2 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -23.8 -1.3 -1.3 0.0 0 1.51 1.57 .973 2.03 1.81
1967 ATL NL 27 CF 1 0 4.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 51.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.86 2.00 1.000 2.31 2.00
7 Seasons OF 472 381 3492.1 742 690 33 19 2 .974 -10.0 -3.4 -8.0 -10.9 3.1 -2 1.86 1.53 .979 2.11 1.86
7 Seasons LF 329 269 2417.2 501 471 16 14 2 .972 2.3 1.1 2.3 0.9 1.5 0 1.81 1.48 .976 1.89 1.54
5 Seasons RF 121 88 843.0 175 160 12 3 1 .983 -8.8 -12.5 -5.8 -6.0 0.2 -3 1.84 1.42 .978 1.96 1.68
4 Seasons CF 28 24 231.2 60 56 2 2 0 .967 -3.5 -18.1 -4.5 -5.8 1.4 1 2.25 2.07 .985 2.53 2.15
7 Seasons TOT 472 381 3492.1 742 690 33 19 2 .974 -10.0 -3.4 -8.0 -10.9 3.1 -2 1.86 1.53 .954 2.11 1.86
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1960 BAL AL 20 54 34 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 11 44 13 3
1962 BAL AL 22 97 42 97 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 20 27 80 6 20
1963 CHW AL 23 126 121 126 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 0 0 123 3 1
1964 CHW AL 24 97 85 97 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 0 1 92 8 1
1965 CHW AL 25 54 21 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 1 12 36 17 8
1966 HOU NL 26 100 71 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 6 70 90 20 0
1967 ATL NL 27 10 7 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 7 1 1
7 Seasons 538 381 538 538 0 0 0 0 0 0 329 28 121 472 68 34
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 -- 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%
1960 BAL AL 20 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 12 9 0 7 1 0 6 5 0 3 1 0 5 5 0 33 21 63.6% 12 0 0.0% 2 938 63% 77% 30% 101 46%
1962 BAL AL 22 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 471 56% 82% 30% 53 55%
1963 CHW AL 23 7 0 7 0 3 9 0 7 0 1 37 28 0 20 4 0 15 10 1 6 2 0 14 13 0 92 57 62.0% 34 1 1.1% 8 4538 63% 78% 27% 408 53%
1964 CHW AL 24 4 0 2 2 1 3 0 3 0 0 41 33 0 20 6 0 11 7 0 5 1 0 8 7 0 85 54 63.5% 31 0 0.0% 3 3005 62% 77% 25% 316 43%
1965 CHW AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 8 5 62.5% 3 0 0.0% 0 504 64% 75% 23% 33 61%
1966 HOU NL 26 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 488 63% 81% 27% 34 68%
1967 ATL NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 7 4 57.1% 2 1 14.3% 0 270 63% 81% 23% 25 36%
7 Seasons 14 0 11 3 4 16 0 11 1 2 96 74 1 54 13 0 34 23 1 18 5 0 33 31 0 235 146 62.1% 87 2 0.9% 14 10214 62% 78% 26% 970 50%
MLB Averages 56.9% 2.4% 61% 77% 27% 48%

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%
1960 BAL AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.0% 6 0 0.0% 1 269 58% 71% 23% 21 33%
1962 BAL AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 7 2 0 4 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 19 7 36.8% 12 0 0.0% 3 794 55% 75% 25% 73 49%
1964 CHW AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 34 65% 76% 21% 1 100%
1965 CHW AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 7 3 42.9% 4 0 0.0% 0 345 57% 81% 22% 23 57%
1966 HOU NL 26 3 0 3 0 2 8 0 1 3 3 14 3 1 5 0 1 3 2 0 7 2 0 9 7 0 38 14 36.8% 22 2 5.3% 6 2268 62% 77% 25% 175 63%
5 Seasons 3 0 3 0 2 12 0 4 4 3 27 6 1 12 0 1 7 4 0 9 2 0 16 12 0 71 24 33.8% 45 2 2.8% 10 3710 60% 77% 25% 293 57%
MLB Averages 41.6% 3.1% 61% 77% 27% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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%
1962 BAL AL 22 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 6 0 8 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 0 22 11 50.0% 11 0 0.0% 1 815 54% 76% 26% 84 54%
1965 CHW AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 20 50% 45% 10% 1 0%
1966 HOU NL 26 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 5 41.7% 7 0 0.0% 1 226 42% 78% 23% 30 30%
1967 ATL 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 23 43% 83% 26% 4 50%
4 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 14 8 0 13 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 3 0 35 16 45.7% 19 0 0.0% 2 1084 51% 76% 25% 119 47%
MLB Averages 40.1% 2.0% 61% 77% 27% 56%

* 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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