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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1988 23 CLE AL 1 7 .125 5.06 11 10 1 3 0 0 69.1 73 41 39 5 23 1 31 2 3 2 297 81 1.385 9.5 0.6 3.0 4.0 1.35
1989 24 CLE AL 4 6 .400 4.40 15 11 2 0 0 0 71.2 81 42 35 9 24 0 42 2 0 0 315 90 1.465 10.2 1.1 3.0 5.3 1.75
1990 25 CLE AL 0 3 .000 7.88 4 2 0 0 0 0 16.0 24 14 14 5 6 0 3 2 0 0 79 50 1.875 13.5 2.8 3.4 1.7 0.50
1991 26 CLE AL 2 11 .154 3.54 31 16 4 3 1 1 137.1 145 63 54 6 30 3 76 6 0 3 578 118 1.274 9.5 0.4 2.0 5.0 2.53
1992 27 CLE AL 4 3 .571 4.53 30 9 5 0 0 0 105.1 114 58 53 13 31 1 56 2 0 3 456 87 1.377 9.7 1.1 2.6 4.8 1.81
1993 28 LAD NL 0 1 .000 5.68 4 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 9 5 4 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 28 68 1.737 12.8 1.4 2.8 4.3 1.50
1995 30 ATL NL 0 0 5.40 5 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 14 11 4 3 5 1 3 0 0 0 38 79 2.850 18.9 4.1 6.8 4.1 0.60
7 Seasons 11 31 .262 4.43 100 48 14 6 1 1 412.2 460 234 203 42 121 8 214 14 3 8 1791 92 1.408 10.0 0.9 2.6 4.7 1.77
162 Game Avg. 5 14 .262 4.43 46 22 6 3 0 0 190 211 108 93 19 56 4 98 6 1 4 823 92 1.408 10.0 0.9 2.6 4.7 1.77
CLE (5 yrs) 11 30 .268 4.39 91 48 12 6 1 1 399.2 437 218 195 38 114 5 208 14 3 8 1725 92 1.379 9.8 0.9 2.6 4.7 1.82
ATL (1 yr) 0 0 5.40 5 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 14 11 4 3 5 1 3 0 0 0 38 79 2.850 18.9 4.1 6.8 4.1 0.60
LAD (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.68 4 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 9 5 4 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 28 68 1.737 12.8 1.4 2.8 4.3 1.50
AL (5 yrs) 11 30 .268 4.39 91 48 12 6 1 1 399.2 437 218 195 38 114 5 208 14 3 8 1725 92 1.379 9.8 0.9 2.6 4.7 1.82
NL (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 5.54 9 0 2 0 0 0 13.0 23 16 8 4 7 3 6 0 0 0 66 73 2.308 15.9 2.8 4.8 4.2 0.86

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1988 23 CLE AL 11 297 268 41 73 12 2 5 11 3 23 31 .272 .332 .388 .720 .291 104 2 2 2 2 1
1989 24 CLE AL 15 315 284 42 81 12 1 9 8 3 24 42 .285 .343 .430 .773 .306 122 5 2 3 2 0
1990 25 CLE AL 4 79 70 14 24 6 4 5 0 1 6 3 .343 .410 .757 1.167 .306 53 0 2 1 0 0
1991 26 CLE AL 31 578 532 63 145 18 1 6 16 8 30 76 .273 .316 .344 .660 .306 183 10 6 6 4 3
1992 27 CLE AL 30 456 417 58 114 16 5 13 6 2 31 56 .273 .323 .429 .752 .286 179 6 2 1 5 1
1993 28 LAD NL 4 28 25 5 9 2 0 1 0 0 2 3 .360 .407 .560 .967 .381 14 1 0 1 0 2
1995 30 ATL NL 5 38 33 11 14 6 0 3 1 0 5 3 .424 .500 .879 1.379 .407 29 0 0 0 0 1
7 Seasons 100 1791 1629 234 460 72 13 42 42 17 121 214 .282 .335 .420 .755 .302 684 24 14 14 13 8
162 Game Avg. 46 823 748 108 211 33 6 19 19 8 56 98 .282 .335 .420 .755 .302 314 11 6 6 6 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1988 23 CLE AL 11 10 1 6 3 1 2 3 7 .300 2 1 3 0 4 40% 46 65 31 6 3 0 6 2.8 3.4 6.5 102 2 4 2 2 137
1989 24 CLE AL 15 11 4 4 3 1 0 6 5 .545 1 1 0 0 4 36% 46 78 26 12 4 3 6 3.8 3.8 5.3 83 3 6 2 0 104
1990 25 CLE AL 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36 37 35 3 0 0 2 2.5 0.9 4.8 82 1 1 0 0 85
1991 26 CLE AL 31 16 2 10 4 0 2 2 14 .125 1 1 3 1 6 38% 49 84 26 17 10 1 5 2.2 2.3 6.1 96 3 8 3 2 137
1992 27 CLE AL 30 9 2 1 6 0 0 7 2 .778 2 0 0 0 6 67% 52 81 9 16 5 0 6 4.3 4.2 6.4 95 1 4 4 0 119
5 Seasons 91 48 9 23 16 2 4 18 30 .375 6 3 6 1 20 42% 48 84 9 54 22 4 25 3.1 3.2 6.0 94 10 23 11 4 137
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1988 23 CLE AL 11 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.993 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 12.0 75
1989 24 CLE AL 15 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 1 1.043 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 2 1 2 0 9.8 48
1990 25 CLE AL 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0.620 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 9.5 58
1991 26 CLE AL 31 15 4 0 1 2 1 1 50% 3 1 17 11 65% 7 0.968 6 4 4 5 2 8 8 7 11 1 11 1 8.0 37
1992 27 CLE AL 30 21 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 20 10 50% 6 0.906 5 5 11 5 2 14 12 9 14 2 16 2 6.9 40
1993 28 LAD NL 4 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 4 3 75% 3 1.395 2 0 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 3 1 4.8 28
1995 30 ATL NL 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.500 1 0 4 0 1 4 0 5 2 1 2 0 4.0 28
7 Seasons 100 52 14 2 8 3 1 2 33% 5 2 46 26 57% 0.951 15 13 23 11 8 33 25 27 34 6 37 4 7.2 40

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1988 23 CLE AL 297 52% 1.7% 10.4% 7.7% 6.4% 26% 0.60 0.61 79% 22% 5.6% 39% 51 2 4%
1989 24 CLE AL 315 45% 2.9% 13.3% 7.6% 7.0% 27% 0.52 0.67 75% 23% 6.9% 15% 63 5 8%
1990 25 CLE AL 79 46% 6.3% 3.8% 7.6% 19.0% 63% 0.55 0.91 78% 22% 14.7% 19% 12 0 0%
1991 26 CLE AL 578 53% 1.0% 13.2% 5.2% 4.3% 17% 0.62 0.68 79% 24% 2.6% 17% 107 10 9%
1992 27 CLE AL 456 41% 2.9% 12.3% 6.8% 7.5% 30% 0.66 0.84 77% 22% 7.0% 15% 91 6 7%
1993 28 LAD NL 28 50% 3.6% 10.7% 7.1% 10.7% 33% 0.38 0.60 75% 35% 7.7% 19% 9 1 11%
1995 30 ATL NL 38 26% 7.9% 7.9% 13.2% 23.7% 64% 0.87 1.29 71% 20% 23.1% 13% 5 0 0%
7 Seasons 1791 47% 2.4% 12.0% 6.8% 7.1% 28% 0.60 0.72 77% 23% 6.0% 20% 338 24 7%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 23 CLE AL 297 1095 3.69 676 62% 26% 10% 28% 36% 74% 1% 46% 86% 57% 5% 14 7 17% 50 24 4 39% 2 6 0 1 0
1989 24 CLE AL 315 1107 3.51 706 64% 25% 10% 30% 35% 75% 0% 48% 87% 58% 3% 10 6 18% 56 34 3 40% 11 4 0 0 1
1990 25 CLE AL 79 279 3.53 171 61% 20% 9% 31% 40% 80% 0% 49% 89% 59% 3% 2 2 22% 17 8 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1991 26 CLE AL 578 2101 3.63 1310 62% 30% 11% 24% 36% 70% 1% 44% 85% 58% 5% 28 20 16% 94 37 4 24% 5 5 0 0 0
1992 27 CLE AL 456 1700 3.73 1035 61% 27% 9% 28% 35% 73% 1% 44% 87% 54% 5% 22 16 16% 75 39 6 36% 5 5 0 0 0
1993 28 LAD NL 25 85 3.40 55 65% 31% 15% 18% 36% 69% 27% 45% 79% 68% 8% 2 0 12% 3 2 0 0% 0 0 3 0 0
1995 30 ATL NL 29 111 3.83 68 61% 28% 6% 32% 34% 72% 9% 44% 92% 79% 3% 1 0 34% 10 4 0 50% 1 0 9 0 0
7 Seasons 1779 6478 3.64 4021 62% 27% 10% 27% 36% 73% 1% 45% 86% 57% 4% 79 51 17% 305 148 17 32% 24 20 12 1 1
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1988 23 CLE AL 297 73 9 1 5 0 6 3 2 2 3 15 10 2 67% 2 2 0 105 11 3 79% 9 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
1989 24 CLE AL 315 81 6 2 9 0 7 4 5 3 6 14 7 3 50% 3 0 0 116 8 3 73% 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1990 25 CLE AL 79 24 0 0 5 0 0 4 1 0 5 7 3 0 43% 0 0 0 32 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 26 CLE AL 578 145 33 4 6 1 11 4 2 3 3 29 19 3 66% 10 3 1 219 16 8 67% 15 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 12 0
1992 27 CLE AL 456 114 36 2 13 0 4 6 7 10 3 23 13 2 57% 6 3 2 179 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 12 0
1993 28 LAD NL 28 9 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 7 2 1 29% 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 30 ATL NL 38 14 0 0 3 0 2 2 1 3 0 4 1 1 25% 1 0 0 14 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1791 460 84 9 42 1 33 23 19 21 21 99 55 12 56% 22 8 3 672 42 17 71% 37 16 5 1 0 0 3 0 34 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1988 23 1 7 .125 5.06 11 10 1 3 0 0 69.1 73 41 39 5 23 1 31 2 3 2 297 81 1.385 9.5 0.6 3.0 4.0 1.35 81
1989 24 5 13 .278 4.72 26 21 3 3 0 0 141.0 154 83 74 14 47 1 73 4 3 2 612 85 1.426 9.8 0.9 3.0 4.7 1.55 85
1990 25 5 16 .238 5.04 30 23 3 3 0 0 157.0 178 97 88 19 53 1 76 6 3 2 691 80 1.471 10.2 1.1 3.0 4.4 1.43 80
1991 26 7 27 .206 4.34 61 39 7 6 1 1 294.1 323 160 142 25 83 4 152 12 3 5 1269 94 1.379 9.9 0.8 2.5 4.6 1.83 94
1992 27 11 30 .268 4.39 91 48 12 6 1 1 399.2 437 218 195 38 114 5 208 14 3 8 1725 92 1.379 9.8 0.9 2.6 4.7 1.82 92
1993 28 11 31 .262 4.41 95 48 14 6 1 1 406.0 446 223 199 39 116 7 211 14 3 8 1753 92 1.384 9.9 0.9 2.6 4.7 1.82 92
1994 29 11 31 .262 4.41 95 48 14 6 1 1 406.0 446 223 199 39 116 7 211 14 3 8 1753 92 1.384 9.9 0.9 2.6 4.7 1.82 92
1995 30 11 31 .262 4.43 100 48 14 6 1 1 412.2 460 234 203 42 121 8 214 14 3 8 1791 92 1.408 10.0 0.9 2.6 4.7 1.77 92

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1988 23 2 5 .286 5.59 66.0 74 46 41 5 23 30 2 1.470 10.1 3.1 4.1 1.30 0.7 11
1989 24 3 4 .429 5.03 68.0 85 42 38 9 25 40 2 1.618 11.3 3.3 5.3 1.60 1.2 15
1990 25 0 1 .000 9.00 15.0 26 17 15 5 6 3 2 2.133 15.6 3.6 1.8 0.50 3.0 4
1991 26 7 7 .500 3.75 132.0 146 61 55 6 30 73 6 1.333 10.0 2.0 5.0 2.43 0.4 31
1992 27 4 7 .364 5.22 100.0 120 64 58 14 33 53 2 1.530 10.8 3.0 4.8 1.61 1.3 30
1993 28 0 0 6.00 6.0 9 4 4 1 2 3 0 1.833 13.5 3.0 4.5 1.50 1.5 4
1995 30 0 0 4.50 8.0 15 4 4 3 5 4 0 2.500 16.9 5.6 4.5 0.80 3.4 5
7 Seasons 16 24 .400 4.90 395.0 475 238 215 43 124 206 14 1.516 10.8 4.7 1.66 1.0 100

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