Hugh Nicol

Hugh N. Nicol

Positions: Rightfielder and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 4", Weight: 145 lb.

Born: January 1, 1858 in Campsie, Stirling, United Kingdom (All Transactions)
Debut: May 3, 1881
Teams (by GP): Browns/RedStockings/WhiteStockings/Reds 1881-1890

Final Game: August 2, 1890
Died: June 27, 1921 in Lafayette, IN
Buried: Grand View Cemetery, West Lafayette, IN
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards
1881	CHC	NL	23	OF	26				59	44	11	4	1	.932		2.12	.871		2.06	2-12-12
1881	CHC	NL	23	SS	1				3	1	1	1	0	.667		2.00	.873		4.60
1882	CHC	NL	24	OF	47				97	59	27	11	1	.887		1.83	.855		1.93	0-0-47
1882	CHC	NL	24	SS	8				15	3	8	4	1	.733		1.38	.852		4.47
1883	STL	AA	25	OF	84				179	133	31	15	4	.916		1.95	.851		1.80	1-1-84
1883	STL	AA	25	2B	11				73	29	32	12	3	.836		5.55	.878		6.09
1884	STL	AA	26	OF	87				220	144	48	28	3	.873		2.21	.847		1.64	0-0-87
1884	STL	AA	26	2B	23				153	61	75	17	12	.889		5.91	.902		5.99
1884	STL	AA	26	3B	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			3.00
1884	STL	AA	26	SS	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			4.30
1885	STL	AA	27	OF	111				277	213	33	31	2	.888		2.22	.879		1.87	0-0-111
1885	STL	AA	27	3B	1				3	1	2	0	0	1.000		3.00	.860		3.00
1886	STL	AA	28	OF	57				103	86	11	6	0	.942		1.70	.877		1.79	0-1-56
1886	STL	AA	28	SS	8				40	7	24	9	0	.775		3.88	.854		4.56
1886	STL	AA	28	2B	4				19	10	5	4	2	.789		3.75	.908		6.08
1887	CIN	AA	29	OF	125				233	194	20	19	1	.918		1.71	.898		2.04	0-6-119
1888	CIN	AA	30	OF	125				211	187	15	9	3	.957		1.62	.907		1.83	0-0-125
1888	CIN	AA	30	2B	12				58	29	27	2	6	.966		4.67	.916		5.64
1888	CIN	AA	30	SS	1				3	1	1	1	0	.667		2.00	.863		4.60
1889	CIN	AA	31	OF	115				207	168	22	17	4	.918		1.65	.903		2.00	0-0-115
1889	CIN	AA	31	2B	7				41	24	15	2	3	.951		5.57	.917		5.66
1889	CIN	AA	31	3B	3				3	1	2	0	0	1.000		1.00	.857		3.57
1890	CIN	NL	32	OF	46				76	62	8	6	3	.921		1.52	.914		1.91	0-0-46
1890	CIN	NL	32	SS	3				17	4	6	7	0	.588		3.33	.902		5.33
1890	CIN	NL	32	2B	1				1	0	1	0	0	1.000		1.00	.920		5.50
	10 Seasons			OF	823				1662	1290	226	146	22	.912		1.84	.881		1.88	3-20-802
	6 Seasons			2B	58				345	153	155	37	26	.893		5.31	.901		5.89
	6 Seasons			SS	22				78	16	40	22	1	.718		2.55	.865		4.63
	3 Seasons			3B	5				6	2	4	0	0	1.000		1.20	.858		3.34
	10 Seasons			TOT	908				2091	1461	425	205	49	.902		2.08	.884		2.21	3-20-802
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF
1881	CHC	NL	23	26	26	0	0	1	2	12	12	26
1882	CHC	NL	24	47	47	0	0	8	0	0	47	47
1883	STL	AA	25	94	94	11	0	0	1	1	84	84
1884	STL	AA	26	110	110	23	1	1	0	0	87	87
1885	STL	AA	27	112	112	0	1	0	0	0	111	111
1886	STL	AA	28	67	67	4	0	8	0	1	56	57
1887	CIN	AA	29	125	125	0	0	0	0	6	119	125
1888	CIN	AA	30	135	135	12	0	1	0	0	125	125
1889	CIN	AA	31	122	122	7	3	0	0	0	115	115
1890	CIN	NL	32	50	50	1	0	3	0	0	46	46
	10 Seasons			888	888	58	5	22	3	20	802	823

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as OF s c a p y 1885 AA 111 (4th)	Assists as OF s c a p y 1882 NL 27 (2nd) 1883 AA 31 (1st) 1884 AA 48 (1st) 1885 AA 33 (2nd) Career 226 (32nd)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1885 AA 31 (4th) Career 146 (70th)	Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y 1884 AA 2.21 (1st) 1885 AA 2.22 (3rd)
Fielding % as OF s c a p y 1882 NL .887 (5th) 1883 AA .916 (2nd) 1888 AA .957 (2nd)

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