Reid Nichols
Thomas Reid Nichols
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: August 5, 1958 in Ocala, FL
High School: Forest (Ocala, FL)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 12th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1980
Final Game: October 4, 1987
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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
1980 21 BOS AL 12 39 36 5 8 0 1 0 3 0 1 3 8 .222 .282 .278 .560 51 10 0 0 0 0 0 /8D
1981 22 BOS AL 39 55 48 13 9 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 6 .188 .216 .229 .445 25 11 0 0 4 1 0 8/D57
1982 23 BOS AL 92 265 245 35 74 16 1 7 33 5 3 14 28 .302 .341 .461 .802 112 113 3 1 4 1 1 87/D9
1983 24 BOS AL 100 307 274 35 78 22 1 6 22 7 5 26 36 .285 .352 .438 .790 111 120 5 3 3 1 2 89D7/6
1984 25 BOS AL 74 141 124 14 28 5 1 1 14 2 1 12 18 .226 .307 .306 .614 68 38 0 3 1 1 1 87/9D
1985 26 TOT AL 72 173 150 23 41 8 1 2 18 6 5 17 17 .273 .347 .380 .727 97 57 2 1 3 2 1 87/9D4
1985 26 BOS AL 21 37 32 3 6 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 4 .188 .250 .313 .563 51 10 1 1 1 1 0 /8D479
1985 26 CHW AL 51 136 118 20 35 7 1 1 15 5 5 15 13 .297 .373 .398 .771 109 47 1 0 2 1 1 87/9D
1986 27 CHW AL 74 150 136 9 31 4 0 2 18 5 4 11 23 .228 .282 .301 .583 57 41 2 0 1 2 0 789/D4
1987 28 MON NL 77 164 147 22 39 8 2 4 20 2 1 14 13 .265 .329 .429 .758 97 63 4 1 0 2 1 8/795
8 Seasons 540 1294 1160 156 308 63 8 22 131 27 21 99 149 .266 .326 .391 .716 91 453 16 9 16 10 6
162 Game Avg. 162 388 348 47 92 19 2 7 39 8 6 30 45 .266 .326 .391 .716 91 136 5 3 5 3 2
BOS (6 yrs) 338 844 759 105 203 44 5 15 78 15 11 59 100 .267 .325 .398 .723 94 302 9 8 13 5 4
CHW (2 yrs) 125 286 254 29 66 11 1 3 33 10 9 26 36 .260 .325 .346 .672 81 88 3 0 3 3 1
MON (1 yr) 77 164 147 22 39 8 2 4 20 2 1 14 13 .265 .329 .429 .758 97 63 4 1 0 2 1
AL (7 yrs) 463 1130 1013 134 269 55 6 18 111 25 20 85 136 .266 .325 .385 .710 91 390 12 8 16 8 5
NL (1 yr) 77 164 147 22 39 8 2 4 20 2 1 14 13 .265 .329 .429 .758 97 63 4 1 0 2 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
1980 21 BOS AL 39 29 3 2.8 104 .286 .222 .276 .282 .339 .278 .409 .560 .749 51 .286 -2.7 -0.3 .414 .111 .056
1981 22 BOS AL 55 45 3 1.8 94 .209 .188 .264 .216 .330 .229 .384 .445 .714 25 .180 -5.0 -0.5 .300 .063 .042
1982 23 BOS AL 265 182 38 5.6 104 .318 .302 .272 .341 .337 .461 .414 .802 .751 112 .591 3.7 0.4 .734 .224 .159 5.8
1983 24 BOS AL 307 210 42 5.4 104 .309 .285 .274 .352 .336 .438 .413 .790 .749 111 .574 4.5 0.4 .733 .255 .153 6.5
1984 25 BOS AL 141 99 13 3.5 101 .255 .226 .269 .307 .333 .306 .406 .614 .739 68 .388 -5.4 -0.5 .557 .185 .081 1.3
1985 26 TOT AL 173 121 21 4.6 102 .293 .273 .266 .347 .332 .380 .413 .727 .745 97 .505 -0.2 0.0 .655 .227 .107 3.0
1985 26 BOS AL 37 29 3 2.8 102 .179 .188 .266 .250 .332 .313 .413 .563 .745 51 .284 -2.2 -0.2 .519 .219 .125 1.0
1985 26 CHW AL 136 92 18 5.2 102 .324 .297 .266 .373 .332 .398 .413 .771 .745 109 .559 2.0 0.2 .697 .229 .102 1.7
1986 27 CHW AL 150 114 12 2.8 104 .257 .228 .266 .282 .335 .301 .415 .583 .750 57 .283 -8.4 -0.8 .477 .162 .074 2.9
1987 28 MON NL 164 115 21 4.9 108 .265 .265 .273 .329 .343 .429 .425 .758 .767 97 .514 -0.8 -0.1 .699 .265 .163 2.7
8 Seasons 1294 915 153 4.5 104 .286 .266 .270 .326 .336 .391 .413 .716 .749 91 .490 -14.3 -1.4 .638 .216 .125 24.2
162 Game Avg. 388 275 46 4.5 104 .286 .266 .270 .326 .336 .391 .413 .716 .749 91 .490 -14.3 -1.4 .638 .216 .125 7
BOS (6 yrs) 844 594 102 4.6 103 .290 .267 .272 .325 .336 .398 .410 .723 .746 94 .508 -7.1 -0.7 .648 .213 .130 15.0
CHW (2 yrs) 286 206 30 3.9 103 .289 .260 .266 .325 .334 .346 .414 .672 .747 81 .421 -6.4 -0.6 .575 .193 .087 4.6
MON (1 yr) 164 115 21 4.9 108 .265 .265 .273 .329 .343 .429 .425 .758 .767 97 .514 -0.8 -0.1 .699 .265 .163 2.7
AL (7 yrs) 1130 800 132 4.4 103 .290 .266 .270 .325 .335 .385 .411 .710 .746 91 .486 -13.5 -1.3 .629 .208 .119 20.9
NL (1 yr) 164 115 21 4.9 108 .265 .265 .273 .329 .343 .429 .425 .758 .767 97 .514 -0.8 -0.1 .699 .265 .163 2.7

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
1980 21 BOS AL 39 0.0% 20.5% 7.7% 2.6% 13% 2.67 4.5 12.0 1.25 72%
1981 22 BOS AL 55 0.0% 10.9% 3.6% 1.8% 11% 3.00 8.0 16.0 1.33 78%
1982 23 BOS AL 265 2.6% 10.6% 5.3% 9.1% 32% 2.00 8.8 35.0 7.4 0.70 80%
1983 24 BOS AL 307 2.0% 11.7% 8.5% 9.5% 37% 1.38 7.6 45.7 12.5 0.59 76%
1984 25 BOS AL 141 0.7% 12.8% 8.5% 5.0% 25% 1.50 6.9 124.0 8.9 0.63 75%
1985 26 TOT AL 173 1.2% 9.8% 9.8% 6.4% 27% 1.00 8.8 75.0 8.3 0.75 77%
1985 26 BOS AL 37 2.7% 10.8% 5.4% 5.4% 33% 2.00 8.0 32.0 10.7 0.79 76%
1985 26 CHW AL 136 0.7% 9.6% 11.0% 6.6% 26% 0.87 9.1 118.0 7.9 0.74 77%
1986 27 CHW AL 150 1.3% 15.3% 7.3% 4.0% 19% 2.09 5.9 68.0 7.6 0.87 75%
1987 28 MON NL 164 2.4% 7.9% 8.5% 8.5% 36% 0.93 11.3 36.8 7.4 0.72 80%
8 Seasons 1294 1.7% 11.5% 7.7% 7.2% 30% 1.51 7.8 52.7 8.9 0.73 77%
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
1980 21 BOS AL 2 0 46% 10 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33% 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 0
1981 22 BOS AL 2 0 118% 31 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 50% 6 5 1 1 1 0 5 0 5
1982 23 BOS AL 1 0 34% 102 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 9 37% 15 13 2 2 2 0 18 4 11
1983 24 BOS AL 2 0 29% 133 7 5 58% 7 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 7 42% 18 13 5 8 5 3 10 1 7
1984 25 BOS AL 1 0 31% 33 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 29% 9 5 4 0 0 0 5 4 0
1985 26 TOT AL 1 0 37% 78 6 5 55% 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 37% 11 8 3 2 1 1 6 3 3
1985 26 BOS AL 0 0 25% 13 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1985 26 CHW AL 1 0 39% 65 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 41% 10 7 3 2 1 1 5 2 3
1986 27 CHW AL 2 0 18% 65 5 4 56% 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 54% 10 5 5 1 0 1 2 1 1
1987 28 MON NL 1 0 36% 63 2 1 67% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 48% 6 4 1 6 3 3 9 3 6
8 Seasons 12 0 34% 515 27 21 56% 26 20 1 0 0 1 4 2 19 35 41% 79 55 23 21 13 8 56 17 33
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
1980 21 BOS AL 39 46% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 25 4 16% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
1981 22 BOS AL 55 75% 9 1 0 0 0 0.34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 16 0 0% 6 5 83% 30 4 13% 3 3 100% 1 0 0% 0
1982 23 BOS AL 265 47% 74 6 0 0 1 1.97 7 0 11 5 2 1 6 0 5 4 80% 43 3 7% 30 10 33% 178 27 15% 20 9 45% 23 8 35% 0
1983 24 BOS AL 307 53% 78 7 2 0 1 1.70 6 0 7 2 4 3 3 0 3 3 100% 55 5 9% 20 5 25% 176 16 9% 14 4 29% 19 7 37% 0
1984 25 BOS AL 141 43% 28 19 5 1 3 1.86 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 22 0 0% 9 2 22% 88 13 15% 6 1 17% 3 1 33% 0
1985 26 TOT AL 173 77% 41 16 4 0 2 1.32 2 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 4 3 75% 26 2 8% 15 5 33% 99 17 17% 13 5 38% 9 3 33% 0
1985 26 BOS AL 37 84% 6 5 1 0 0 2.04 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 9 1 11% 4 2 50% 29 2 7% 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 0
1985 26 CHW AL 136 75% 35 11 3 0 2 0.99 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 67% 17 1 6% 11 3 27% 70 15 21% 10 4 40% 8 2 25% 0
1986 27 CHW AL 150 86% 31 16 6 0 4 2.36 2 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 50% 21 2 10% 15 4 27% 91 16 18% 17 7 41% 9 2 22% 0
1987 28 MON NL 163 91% 39 16 3 0 2 1.28 4 0 5 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 31 4 13% 15 3 20% 94 17 18% 8 5 63% 6 3 50% 1
8 Seasons 1293 63% 308 81 20 1 13 1.71 22 0 37 9 13 10 12 0 22 16 73% 217 16 7% 111 34 31% 781 114 15% 82 35 43% 72 25 35% 1
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
1980 21 12 39 36 5 8 0 1 0 3 0 1 3 8 .222 .282 .278 .560 51 10 0 0 0 0 0
1981 22 51 94 84 18 17 0 2 0 6 0 2 5 14 .202 .244 .250 .494 37 21 0 0 4 1 0
1982 23 143 359 329 53 91 16 3 7 39 5 5 19 42 .277 .316 .407 .724 94 134 3 1 8 2 1
1983 24 243 666 603 88 169 38 4 13 61 12 10 45 78 .280 .333 .421 .754 101 254 8 4 11 3 3
1984 25 317 807 727 102 197 43 5 14 75 14 11 57 96 .271 .328 .402 .730 96 292 8 7 12 4 4
1985 26 389 980 877 125 238 51 6 16 93 20 16 74 113 .271 .332 .398 .730 96 349 10 8 15 6 5
1986 27 463 1130 1013 134 269 55 6 18 111 25 20 85 136 .266 .325 .385 .710 91 390 12 8 16 8 5
1987 28 540 1294 1160 156 308 63 8 22 131 27 21 99 149 .266 .326 .391 .716 91 453 16 9 16 10 6

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1980 21 12 39 36 5 8 0 1 0 3 0 3 8 .222 .282 .278 .560 3 12
1981 22 59 79 74 23 15 0 2 0 5 0 3 9 .203 .228 .257 .485 5 39
1982 23 92 261 245 35 74 16 1 7 33 5 14 28 .302 .341 .461 .802 38 92
1983 24 100 303 273 34 77 22 1 6 22 7 26 36 .282 .350 .436 .786 41 100
1984 25 74 144 127 14 31 6 1 1 14 2 13 18 .244 .326 .331 .657 13 74
1985 26 72 170 150 23 41 8 1 2 18 6 17 17 .273 .347 .380 .727 20 72
1986 27 74 148 135 9 30 4 0 2 17 5 11 23 .222 .277 .296 .573 11 74
1987 28 77 163 146 21 38 8 2 4 19 2 14 13 .260 .325 .425 .750 20 77
8 Seasons 560 1307 1186 164 314 64 9 22 131 27 101 152 .265 .324 .390 .714 151 540
162 Game Avg. 162 378 343 47 91 19 3 6 38 8 29 44 .265 .324 .390 .714 44 540

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2562), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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