Doug Nickle

Douglas Alan Nickle

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 2, 1974 in Sonoma, CA
High School: Sonoma Valley HS (Sonoma, CA)
School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
Drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 13th round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 2000
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Padres 2000-2002

Final Game: September 28, 2002
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Standard Pitching

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
1997	22	ANA-min	A-	0	1	.000	6.41	17	2	7	0	0	0	19.2	27	17	14	3	8	1	22	1	0	0	96		1.780	12.4	1.4	3.7	10.1	2.75	BOI · NORW
1998	23	ANA-min	A,A+	11	8	.579	4.12	31	17	3	2	1	0	135.1	134	70	62	5	45	0	128	7	1	24	570		1.323	8.9	0.3	3.0	8.5	2.84	CDR,LEL · MIDW,CALL
1999	24	PHI-min	A+	2	4	.333	2.29	60	0	50	0	0	28	70.2	60	25	18	1	23	3	70	4	0	6	299		1.175	7.6	0.1	2.9	8.9	3.04	CLW · FLOR
2000	25	PHI-min	AA	8	3	.727	2.44	49	0	36	0	0	16	77.1	55	25	21	4	22	2	58	3	0	4	311		0.996	6.4	0.5	2.6	6.8	2.64	REA · EL
2000	25	PHI	NL	0	0		13.50	4	0	3	0	0	0	2.2	5	4	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	15	39	2.625	16.9	0.0	6.8	0.0	0.00
2001	26	PHI-min	AAA	9	3	.750	1.68	47	1	27	0	0	7	85.2	62	19	16	2	37	7	60	1	1	5	347		1.156	6.5	0.2	3.9	6.3	1.62	SWB · IL
2001	26	PHI	NL	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7		0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	4.5
2002	27	PHI-STL-min	AAA	6	6	.500	3.30	48	1	29	0	3	10	76.1	71	32	28	7	23	4	47	5	0	3	316		1.231	8.4	0.8	2.7	5.5	2.04	SWB,MEM · IL,PCL
2002	27	TOT	NL	1	0	1.000	7.88	14	0	6	0	0	0	16.0	26	16	14	3	13	0	9	1	0	0	90	50	2.438	14.6	1.7	7.3	5.1	0.69
2002	27	PHI	NL	0	0		6.23	4	0	4	0	0	0	4.1	6	3	3	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	23	68	2.308	12.5	4.2	8.3	4.2	0.50
2002	27	SDP	NL	1	0	1.000	8.49	10	0	2	0	0	0	11.2	20	13	11	1	9	0	7	1	0	0	67	46	2.486	15.4	0.8	6.9	5.4	0.78
2003	28	ANA-CHW-min	AAA	3	3	.500	1.82	45	0	21	0	0	6	64.1	57	13	13	2	21	0	39	2	0	4	264		1.212	8.0	0.3	2.9	5.5	1.86	SLK,CHR · PCL,IL
2004	29	LAD-min	AAA	2	2	.500	4.73	19	1	6	0	0	2	32.1	35	19	17	0	21	0	19	0	0	3	148		1.732	9.7	0.0	5.8	5.3	0.90	LVG · PCL
3 Yrs				1	0	1.000	7.84	20	0	11	0	0	0	20.2	32	20	18	3	15	0	10	2	0	0	112	54	2.274	13.9	1.3	6.5	4.4	0.67
162 Game Avg.				3	0	1.000	7.84	68	0	37	0	0	0	70	109	68	61	10	51	0	34	7	0	0	381	54	2.274	13.9	1.3	6.5	4.4	0.67

PHI (3 yrs)				0	0		7.00	10	0	9	0	0	0	9.0	12	7	7	2	6	0	3	1	0	0	45	67	2.000	12.0	2.0	6.0	3.0	0.50
SDP (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	8.49	10	0	2	0	0	0	11.2	20	13	11	1	9	0	7	1	0	0	67	46	2.486	15.4	0.8	6.9	5.4	0.78

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2000	25	PHI	NL	2.2	4	0	4	13.50	4.96	0.12	-0.38	97.2	4.34	-3	-0.2	.3	0.1	-0.1	-2	.438	.498	$
2001	26	PHI	NL	2.0	2	0	0	0.00	4.16	0.24	-0.31	98.3	3.54	1	0.1	.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.540	.500	$
2002	27	PHI	NL	4.1	4	0	3	6.23	4.37	0.19	-0.32	93.1	3.59	-1	-0.1	.0	0.1	0.0	-1	.467	.499	$
2002	27	SDP	NL	11.2	10	0	13	10.03	4.81	-0.60	-0.36	87.9	4.44	-7	-0.7	.4	0.2	-0.4	-6	.429	.496	$
3 Seasons				20.2	20	0	20	8.71	4.67	-0.26	-0.35	91.2	4.16	-11	-1.0	.3	0.3	-0.4	-8	.449	.498	$

PHI (3 yrs)				9.0	10	0	7	7.00	4.50	0.18	-0.34	95.5	3.80	-3	-0.3	.1	0.1	0.0	-2	.470	.499	$
SDP (1 yr)				11.2	10	0	13	10.03	4.81	-0.60	-0.36	87.9	4.44	-7	-0.7	.4	0.2	-0.4	-6	.429	.496	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
2000	25	PHI	NL	4	15	12	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.417	.533	.417	.950	.417	5	1	1	0	0	0	0
2001	26	PHI	NL	2	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	.167	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	27	PHI	NL	4	23	19	3	6	2	0	2	0	0	4	2	.316	.435	.737	1.172	.267	14	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	27	SDP	NL	10	67	56	13	20	3	0	1	0	0	9	7	.357	.448	.464	.912	.388	26	1	1	0	1	0	4
2002	27	TOT	NL	14	90	75	16	26	5	0	3	0	0	13	9	.347	.444	.533	.978	.359	40	1	1	0	1	0	4
3 Yrs				20	112	94	20	32	5	0	3	0	0	15	10	.340	.438	.489	.927	.354	46	2	2	0	1	0	4
162 Game Avg.				68	381	320	68	109	17	0	10	0	0	51	34	.340	.438	.489	.927	.354	156	7	7	0	3	0	14
MLB Averages																.265	.336	.427	.763	.296

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevLo
2000	25	PHI	NL	-2.2	-0.2	15	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.35	-0.1	-0.2	-1.5	-0.1	0.35	-1.3	0	3
2001	26	PHI	NL	1.1	0.1	7	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.04	0.1	0.0	1.0	0.1	0.04	1.3	0	2
2002	27	TOT	NL	-8.0	-0.8	90	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.18	-0.6	0.0	-12.0	-1.2	0.18	-10.3	1	10
2002	27	PHI	NL	-0.9	-0.1	23	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.00	-0.1	-0.2	-2.6	-0.3	0.00	-3.6	0	2
2002	27	SDP	NL	-7.1	-0.7	67	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.24	-0.6	0.1	-9.3	-0.9	0.24	-6.7	1	8
3 Yrs				-9.1	-0.9	112	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.19	-0.7	-0.4	-12.4	-1.2	0.19	-10.3	1	15

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2000	25	PHI	NL	4	4	3	0	0	0		9	.353	0	3	0	0	4	0	4	0	2	0	1	2.0	15
2001	26	PHI	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0		9	.041	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	15
2002	27	TOT	NL	14	14	6	1	5	4	80%		.178	1	10	1	1	12	2	12	5	2	5	3	3.4	22
2002	27	PHI	NL	4	4	4	0	2	2	100%	8	.005	0	2	1	0	3	1	3	1	1	1	0	3.3	20
2002	27	SDP	NL	10	10	2	1	3	2	67%	7	.238	1	8	0	1	9	1	9	4	1	4	3	3.5	23
3 Yrs				20	20	11	1	5	4	80%		.193	1	15	2	1	17	2	18	5	4	5	4	3.1	20

Ratio Pitching*

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%
2000	25	PHI	NL	15	80%	0.0%	0.0%	13.3%	0.0%	0%	4.50		80%	17%	0.0%	0%	4	1	25%
2001	26	PHI	NL	7	71%	0.0%	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%	1.00	1.50	86%	33%	0.0%	33%	1	0	0%
2002	27	TOT	NL	90	59%	3.3%	10.0%	14.4%	8.9%	31%	0.88	1.44	71%	30%	9.4%	6%	26	1	4%
2002	27	PHI	NL	23	57%	8.7%	8.7%	17.4%	17.4%	67%	0.25	0.38	65%	29%	18.2%	8%	2	0	0%
2002	27	SDP	NL	67	60%	1.5%	10.5%	13.4%	6.0%	20%	1.23	2.50	73%	30%	4.8%	5%	24	1	4%
3 Yrs				112	63%	2.7%	8.9%	13.4%	7.1%	25%	1.08	1.89	73%	28%	8.3%	8%	31	2	6%
MLB Averages					47%	2.9%	16.9%	8.9%	8.1%	34%	0.74	1.06	70%	25%	8.5%	14%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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
2000	25	PHI	NL	15	59	3.93	37	63%	24%	5%	38%	32%	76%	0%	47%	93%	73%	0%	0	0	27%	4	1	0		0	0	0	0	0
2001	26	PHI	NL	7	30	4.29	20	67%	15%	15%	40%	30%	85%	0%	57%	82%	43%	0%	0	0	14%	1	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0
2002	27	TOT	NL	90	304	3.38	169	56%	25%	9%	27%	40%	75%	0%	42%	88%	44%	7%	6	2	17%	15	11	0	33%	3	4	0	0	0
2002	27	PHI	NL	23	79	3.43	41	52%	32%	10%	17%	41%	68%	0%	35%	86%	39%	9%	2	2	9%	2	2	0	50%	1	0	0	0	0
2002	27	SDP	NL	67	225	3.36	128	57%	23%	9%	30%	39%	77%	0%	44%	89%	46%	6%	4	0	19%	13	9	0	29%	2	4	0	0	0
3 Yrs				112	393	3.51	226	58%	24%	9%	30%	38%	76%	0%	44%	88%	48%	5%	6	2	18%	20	12	0	30%	3	4	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	58%	5%			21%				27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
2000	25	PHI	NL	15	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	26	PHI	NL	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	27	TOT	NL	90	26	0	0	3	0	6	3	0	1	2	8	5	0	63%	4	0	0	45	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2002	27	PHI	NL	23	6	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	27	SDP	NL	67	20	0	0	1	0	6	1	0	1	0	8	5	0	63%	4	0	0	33	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3 Yrs				112	32	2	1	3	0	6	3	0	1	2	8	5	0	63%	4	0	0	55	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2000	25	0		13.50	4	3	2.2	5	4	4	0	2	0	1	15	39	2.625	16.9	0.0	6.8	0.0	0.00	39
2001	26	0		7.71	6	5	4.2	6	4	4	0	2	1	1	22	67	1.714	11.6	0.0	3.9	1.9	0.50	67
2002	27	1	1.000	7.84	20	11	20.2	32	20	18	3	15	10	2	112	54	2.274	13.9	1.3	6.5	4.4	0.67	54

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2000	25	0		18.00	2.0	5	4	4	0	2	0	1	3.500	22.5	9.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	4
2001	26	0		0.00	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	4.5		0.0	2
2002	27	1	.000	8.44	16.0	27	17	15	3	14	9	1	2.563	15.2	7.9	5.1	0.64	1.7	14
3 Yrs		1	.000	8.55	20.0	32	21	19	3	16	10	2	2.400	14.4		4.5	0.63	1.4	20

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