Rod Nichols
Rodney Lea Nichols
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 29, 1964 in Burlington, IA
School: University of New Mexico
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 5th round of the 1985 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 30, 1988
Final Game: August 29, 1995
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1988 CLE AL 23 P 11 10 69.1 15 5 9 1 0 .933 1.82 1.27 .960 1.78 0.67
1989 CLE AL 24 P 15 11 71.2 12 4 8 0 2 1.000 1.51 0.80 .958 1.87 0.66
1990 CLE AL 25 P 4 2 16.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.25 1.00 .950 1.80 0.60
1991 CLE AL 26 P 31 16 137.1 25 10 14 1 1 .960 1.57 0.77 .956 1.80 0.58
1992 CLE AL 27 P 30 9 105.1 18 4 14 0 0 1.000 1.54 0.60 .950 1.72 0.56
1993 LAD NL 28 P 4 0 6.1 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 4.26 0.75 .967 1.85 0.55
1995 ATL NL 30 P 5 0 6.2 3 0 2 1 0 .667 2.70 0.40 .967 1.89 0.52
7 Seasons P 100 48 412.2 80 24 53 3 4 .963 1.68 0.77 .956 1.79 0.59
7 Seasons TOT 100 48 412.2 80 24 53 3 4 .963 1.68 0.77 .919 1.79 0.59

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
1988 CLE AL 23 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 CLE AL 24 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 CLE AL 25 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 CLE AL 26 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 CLE AL 27 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 LAD NL 28 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 ATL NL 30 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 100 0 9 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1988 CLE AL 23 316 82% 28% 13 92% 1 5 2 3 10 8 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1989 CLE AL 24 326 79% 25% 10 80% 0 4 0 2 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 4 100%
1990 CLE AL 25 79 86% 29% 4 100% 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1991 CLE AL 26 606 82% 29% 19 95% 0 10 2 6 14 13 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 100%
1992 CLE AL 27 472 81% 31% 13 92% 1 4 0 4 14 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1993 LAD NL 28 28 82% 21% 3 67% 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1995 ATL NL 30 40 80% 33% 4 75% 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1867 81% 28% 66 89% 4 25 5 15 53 43 3 3 0 0 3 2 3 1 2 1 16 94%
MLB Averages 77% 32% 90% 86%

* 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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