Simon Nicholls

Simon Burdette Nicholls

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: July 18, 1882 in Germantown, MD
School: University of Maryland (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1903
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Naps/Tigers 1903-1910

Final Game: April 25, 1910
Died: March 12, 1911 in Baltimore, MD
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1903	20	DET	AL	2	8	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.375	.375	.375	.750	129	3	0	0	/6

1906	23	-min	A	142	547	547		142								.260	.260							MEM · SOUA
1906	23	PHA	AL	12	47	44	1	8	1	0	0	1	0	3	4	.182	.234	.205	.439	36	9	0	0	6
1907	24	PHA	AL	124	519	460	75	139	12	2	0	23	13	24	37	.302	.338	.337	.675	114	155	1	34	645
1908	25	PHA	AL	150	617	550	58	119	17	3	4	31	14	35	47	.216	.265	.280	.545	72	154	1	31	*64/5
1909	26	PHA	AL	21	76	71	10	15	2	1	0	3	0	3	12	.211	.243	.268	.511	60	19	0	2	6/53
1910	27	-min	A	124	455	455		116	13	5	2					.255	.255	.319	.574		145			BLT · EL
1910	27	CLE	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	/6
6 Seasons				312	1267	1133	144	284	32	6	4	58	27	65	101	.251	.293	.300	.593	87	340	2	67
162 Game Avg.				162	658	588	75	147	17	3	2	30	14	34	52	.251	.293	.300	.593	87	177	1	35

PHA (4 yrs)				307	1259	1125	144	281	32	6	4	58	27	65	100	.250	.292	.300	.592	87	337	2	67
CLE (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				2	8	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.375	.375	.375	.750	129	3	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1903	20	DET	AL	8	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	/6

1906	23	PHA	AL	47	-3	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	6
1907	24	PHA	AL	519	5	2	0	0	0	6	16	29	3.1	29	3.2	-0.1	$	645
1908	25	PHA	AL	617	-16	0	0	0	-13	8	20	-1	-0.5	12	1.5	-2.0	$	*64/5
1909	26	PHA	AL	76	-3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	6/53
5 Seasons				1267	-17	2	0	0	-13	16	40	28	2.5	41	4.7	-2.2	$

PHA (4 yrs)				1259	-17	2	0	0	-12	16	40	29	2.6	41	4.7	-2.1	$
DET (1 yr)				8	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1903	DET	AL	20	SS	2	10	3	3	4	0	.600	3.00	.913	5.30
1906	PHA	AL	23	SS	12	57	22	33	2	4	.965	4.58	.934	5.58
1907	PHA	AL	24	SS	82	469	178	258	33	12	.930	5.32	.934	5.71
1907	PHA	AL	24	2B	28	120	41	69	10	3	.917	3.93	.954	5.43
1907	PHA	AL	24	3B	13	23	8	10	5	2	.783	1.38	.913	3.14
1908	PHA	AL	25	SS	120	647	221	370	56	26	.913	4.93	.927	5.54
1908	PHA	AL	25	2B	23	115	51	58	6	6	.948	4.74	.951	5.22
1908	PHA	AL	25	3B	7	15	8	6	1	1	.933	2.00	.932	3.29
1909	PHA	AL	26	SS	14	63	24	32	7	3	.889	4.00	.925	5.35
1909	PHA	AL	26	3B	5	27	8	17	2	1	.926	5.00	.931	3.40
1909	PHA	AL	26	1B	1	7	7	0	0	1	1.000	7.00	.986	11.10
1910	CLE	AL	27	SS	3	1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00	.930	5.33
	6 Seasons			SS	233	1247	448	696	103	45	.917	4.91	.930	5.59
	2 Seasons			2B	51	235	92	127	16	9	.932	4.29	.953	5.34
	3 Seasons			3B	25	65	24	33	8	4	.877	2.28	.925	3.23
	1 Season			1B	1	7	7	0	0	1	1.000	7.00	.986	11.10
	6 Seasons			TOT	310	1554	571	856	127	59	.918	4.60	.933	5.37

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y 1907 AL .302 (5th)	Games Played s c a p y 1908 AL 150 (10th)	At Bats s c a p y 1908 AL 550 (9th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1908 AL 4 (6th)
Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1907 AL 34 (2nd) 1908 AL 31 (6th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1908 AL 6.2 (9th)	AB per HR s c a p y 1908 AL 137.5 (9th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1908 AL 462 (4th)
Errors Committed† s c a p y 1908 AL 63 (2nd)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1908 AL 120 (5th)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1908 AL 221 (5th)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1908 AL 56 (3rd)
Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1908 AL .913 (5th)	Youngest s c a p y 1903 AL born 1882-07-18 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Batting - 10 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1908), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Ricky Gutierrez (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mario Guerrero (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Larry Kopf (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

August, 1906: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from Memphis (Southern Association).
December 1, 1909: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics to the Cleveland Naps for Wilbur Good. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

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