Steve Nicosia
Steven Richard Nicosia
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 6, 1955 in Paterson, NJ
High School: North Miami (North Miami, FL)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 8, 1978
Final Game: September 27, 1985
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1978 22 PIT NL 3 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 -50 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1979 23 PIT NL 70 215 191 22 55 16 0 4 13 0 2 23 17 .288 .364 .435 .799 113 83 5 0 1 0 7 2
1980 24 PIT NL 60 201 176 16 38 8 0 1 22 0 1 19 16 .216 .291 .278 .570 59 49 6 1 2 3 5 2
1981 25 PIT NL 54 184 169 21 39 10 1 2 18 3 1 13 10 .231 .286 .337 .623 74 57 7 0 2 0 2 2
1982 26 PIT NL 39 114 100 6 28 3 0 1 7 0 1 11 13 .280 .348 .340 .688 91 34 1 0 2 1 4 2/7
1983 27 TOT NL 36 86 79 8 17 2 0 1 7 0 0 4 9 .215 .253 .278 .531 47 22 7 0 3 0 1 2
1983 27 PIT NL 21 49 46 4 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 7 .130 .149 .239 .388 5 11 5 0 2 0 0 2
1983 27 SFG NL 15 37 33 4 11 0 0 0 6 0 0 3 2 .333 .389 .333 .722 105 11 2 0 1 0 1 /2
1984 28 SFG NL 48 144 132 9 40 11 2 2 19 1 1 8 14 .303 .336 .462 .798 126 61 3 0 1 3 0 2
1985 29 TOT MLB 48 94 86 4 16 2 0 0 2 1 0 7 11 .186 .247 .209 .457 31 18 2 0 1 0 0 2/3
1985 29 MON NL 42 79 71 4 12 2 0 0 1 1 0 7 11 .169 .244 .197 .441 28 14 2 0 1 0 0 2/3
1985 29 TOR AL 6 15 15 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .267 .267 .267 .533 45 4 0 0 0 0 0 /2
8 Seasons 358 1044 938 86 233 52 3 11 88 5 6 86 90 .248 .310 .345 .655 82 324 31 1 12 7 19
162 Game Avg. 162 472 424 39 105 24 1 5 40 2 3 39 41 .248 .310 .345 .655 82 147 14 0 5 3 9
PIT (6 yrs) 247 769 687 69 166 39 1 9 61 3 5 68 63 .242 .309 .341 .650 79 234 24 1 9 4 18
SFG (2 yrs) 63 181 165 13 51 11 2 2 25 1 1 11 16 .309 .346 .436 .783 122 72 5 0 2 3 1
MON (1 yr) 42 79 71 4 12 2 0 0 1 1 0 7 11 .169 .244 .197 .441 28 14 2 0 1 0 0
TOR (1 yr) 6 15 15 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .267 .267 .267 .533 45 4 0 0 0 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 352 1029 923 86 229 52 3 11 87 5 6 86 90 .248 .311 .347 .657 82 320 31 1 12 7 19
AL (1 yr) 6 15 15 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .267 .267 .267 .533 45 4 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1978 22 PIT NL 6 5 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .268 .167 .336 .000 .394 .167 .730 -50 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .200 .200 .000
1979 23 PIT NL 215 144 29 5.4 104 .300 .288 .275 .364 .341 .435 .408 .799 .749 113 .593 4.2 0.4 .727 .257 .147 .0
1980 24 PIT NL 201 150 14 2.5 97 .228 .216 .270 .291 .333 .278 .392 .570 .725 59 .278 -9.4 -1.0 .469 .165 .063 .0
1981 25 PIT NL 184 140 15 2.9 95 .236 .231 .267 .286 .333 .337 .383 .623 .716 74 .345 -6.3 -0.7 .522 .195 .107 2.4
1982 26 PIT NL 114 77 12 4.2 98 .310 .280 .270 .348 .334 .340 .393 .688 .727 91 .499 -1.0 -0.1 .595 .160 .060 .0
1983 27 TOT NL 86 72 5 1.9 97 .232 .215 .264 .253 .332 .278 .391 .531 .723 47 .183 -5.9 -0.6 .377 .114 .063 .0
1983 27 PIT NL 49 47 1 0.6 99 .132 .130 .267 .149 .336 .239 .395 .388 .731 5 .025 -6.2 -0.6 .267 .130 .109 .0
1983 27 SFG NL 37 25 4 4.3 94 .355 .333 .260 .389 .328 .333 .385 .722 .712 105 .506 0.3 0.0 .583 .091 .000
1984 28 SFG NL 144 100 20 5.4 91 .319 .303 .260 .336 .324 .462 .378 .798 .702 126 .614 4.5 0.5 .719 .220 .159 1.3
1985 29 TOT MLB 94 73 5 1.8 93 .213 .186 .256 .247 .323 .209 .385 .457 .708 31 .178 -7.9 -0.8 .361 .116 .023 .0
1985 29 MON NL 79 62 4 1.7 91 .200 .169 .254 .244 .321 .197 .379 .441 .700 28 .166 -6.7 -0.7 .361 .141 .028 .0
1985 29 TOR AL 15 11 1 2.4 102 .267 .267 .266 .267 .332 .267 .413 .533 .745 45 .238 -1.2 -0.1 .364 .000 .000
8 Seasons 1044 761 100 3.6 97 .263 .248 .267 .310 .333 .345 .391 .655 .723 82 .418 -22.8 -2.4 .553 .188 .097 6.9
162 Game Avg. 472 344 45 3.6 97 .263 .248 .267 .310 .333 .345 .391 .655 .723 82 .418 -22.8 -2.4 .553 .188 .097 3
PIT (6 yrs) 769 563 71 3.4 99 .254 .242 .270 .309 .336 .341 .394 .650 .730 79 .399 -19.7 -2.1 .547 .195 .099 4.5
SFG (2 yrs) 181 125 24 5.2 92 .327 .309 .260 .346 .325 .436 .379 .783 .704 122 .594 4.8 0.5 .692 .194 .127 1.3
MON (1 yr) 79 62 4 1.7 91 .200 .169 .254 .244 .321 .197 .379 .441 .700 28 .166 -6.7 -0.7 .361 .141 .028 .0
TOR (1 yr) 15 11 1 2.4 102 .267 .267 .266 .267 .332 .267 .413 .533 .745 45 .238 -1.2 -0.1 .364 .000 .000
NL (8 yrs) 1029 750 99 3.6 97 .263 .248 .267 .311 .333 .347 .390 .657 .723 82 .421 -21.6 -2.3 .555 .191 .099 6.9
AL (1 yr) 15 11 1 2.4 102 .267 .267 .266 .267 .332 .267 .413 .533 .745 45 .238 -1.2 -0.1 .364 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 23 PIT NL WS BAL W 4 16 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .063 .063 .063 .125 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 16 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .063 .063 .063 .125 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1978 22 PIT NL 6 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0.00 0.67 83%
1979 23 PIT NL 215 1.9% 7.9% 10.7% 9.3% 36% 0.74 11.2 47.8 14.7 0.86 79%
1980 24 PIT NL 201 0.5% 8.0% 9.5% 4.5% 24% 0.84 11.0 176.0 8.0 1.32 81%
1981 25 PIT NL 184 1.1% 5.4% 7.1% 7.1% 33% 0.77 16.9 84.5 9.4 1.10 85%
1982 26 PIT NL 114 0.9% 11.4% 9.7% 3.5% 14% 1.18 7.7 100.0 14.3 1.06 76%
1983 27 TOT NL 86 1.2% 10.5% 4.7% 3.5% 18% 2.25 8.8 79.0 11.3 1.30 80%
1983 27 PIT NL 49 2.0% 14.3% 2.0% 6.1% 50% 7.00 6.6 46.0 46.0 1.44 78%
1983 27 SFG NL 37 0.0% 5.4% 8.1% 0.0% 0% 0.67 16.5 5.5 1.09 84%
1984 28 SFG NL 144 1.4% 9.7% 5.6% 10.4% 38% 1.75 9.4 66.0 6.9 1.24 83%
1985 29 TOT MLB 94 0.0% 11.7% 7.5% 2.1% 13% 1.57 7.8 43.0 1.03 80%
1985 29 MON NL 79 0.0% 13.9% 8.9% 2.5% 17% 1.57 6.5 71.0 1.17 76%
1985 29 TOR AL 15 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 15.0 0.57 100%
8 Seasons 1044 1.1% 8.6% 8.2% 6.3% 28% 1.05 10.4 85.3 10.7 1.11 81%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1978 22 PIT NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 23 PIT NL 4 0 24% 81 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 47% 9 5 4 1 0 1 9 4 4
1980 24 PIT NL 2 0 26% 63 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 44% 10 8 2 2 1 1 6 1 5
1981 25 PIT NL 7 0 38% 83 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 52% 12 10 2 3 1 2 10 1 9
1982 26 PIT NL 0 0 13% 48 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 40% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1983 27 TOT NL 2 0 35% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44% 3 3 0 2 1 1 4 1 3
1983 27 PIT NL 2 0 50% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
1983 27 SFG NL 0 0 29% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 3 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 1
1984 28 SFG NL 1 0 15% 63 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 0% 4 4 0 1 1 0 3 2 0
1985 29 TOT MLB 1 0 17% 26 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1985 29 MON NL 1 0 21% 23 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1985 29 TOR AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 17 0 24% 395 5 6 45% 4 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 10 21 42% 42 33 9 10 5 5 34 10 22
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1978 22 PIT NL 6 50% 0 1 0 0 0 0.49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1979 23 PIT NL 215 75% 55 6 0 0 0 2.04 4 0 2 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 100% 39 5 13% 16 5 31% 115 12 10% 4 2 50% 11 3 27% 0
1980 24 PIT NL 201 77% 38 2 0 0 0 2.14 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 100% 32 6 19% 25 12 48% 128 22 17% 18 11 61% 14 2 14% 0
1981 25 PIT NL 184 31% 39 2 0 0 0 2.39 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 100% 32 7 22% 17 3 18% 120 17 14% 10 2 20% 15 3 20% 0
1982 26 PIT NL 114 38% 28 2 1 0 0 2.26 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 100% 12 1 8% 9 4 44% 61 6 10% 5 2 40% 5 2 40% 0
1983 27 TOT NL 86 38% 17 9 3 0 3 2.09 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 100% 16 7 44% 14 5 36% 60 8 13% 7 2 29% 6 4 67% 0
1983 27 PIT NL 49 35% 6 4 0 0 0 2.19 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 100% 10 5 50% 11 4 36% 32 2 6% 4 1 25% 2 2 100% 0
1983 27 SFG NL 37 43% 11 5 3 0 3 2.01 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 2 33% 3 1 33% 28 6 21% 3 1 33% 4 2 50% 0
1984 28 SFG NL 144 47% 40 10 4 0 4 1.70 2 0 5 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 100% 32 3 9% 18 9 50% 98 17 17% 13 8 62% 8 6 75% 0
1985 29 TOT MLB 94 43% 16 18 2 0 0 1.30 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 14 2 14% 3 1 33% 48 2 4% 3 2 67% 4 1 25% 0
1985 29 MON NL 79 38% 12 17 2 0 0 1.19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 12 2 17% 2 1 50% 40 1 3% 1 1 100% 3 1 33% 0
1985 29 TOR AL 15 67% 4 1 0 0 0 3.16 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 8 1 13% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
8 Seasons 1044 54% 233 50 10 0 7 1.71 11 0 19 2 9 8 3 0 12 12 100% 177 31 18% 102 39 38% 631 84 13% 60 29 48% 63 21 33% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1978 22 3 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 -50 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 23 73 221 196 22 55 16 0 4 13 0 2 24 17 .281 .359 .423 .783 109 83 5 0 1 0 7
1980 24 133 422 372 38 93 24 0 5 35 0 3 43 33 .250 .327 .355 .682 86 132 11 1 3 3 12
1981 25 187 606 541 59 132 34 1 7 53 3 4 56 43 .244 .314 .349 .664 82 189 18 1 5 3 14
1982 26 226 720 641 65 160 37 1 8 60 3 5 67 56 .250 .320 .348 .668 84 223 19 1 7 4 18
1983 27 262 806 720 73 177 39 1 9 67 3 5 71 65 .246 .313 .340 .653 80 245 26 1 10 4 19
1984 28 310 950 852 82 217 50 3 11 86 4 6 79 79 .255 .316 .359 .675 87 306 29 1 11 7 19
1985 29 358 1044 938 86 233 52 3 11 88 5 6 86 90 .248 .310 .345 .655 82 324 31 1 12 7 19

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1978 22 3 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 3
1979 23 70 213 190 22 54 16 0 4 13 0 23 17 .284 .362 .432 .793 29 70
1980 24 60 201 177 17 39 8 0 1 23 0 20 16 .220 .299 .282 .581 15 60
1981 25 82 274 255 34 58 15 1 3 29 4 19 15 .227 .281 .329 .610 24 54
1982 26 39 113 101 6 29 3 0 1 8 0 11 13 .287 .354 .347 .701 13 39
1983 27 36 82 78 9 16 2 0 1 8 0 4 9 .205 .244 .269 .513 5 36
1984 28 48 144 133 10 41 11 2 2 21 1 8 14 .308 .340 .466 .806 22 48
1985 29 48 94 87 4 17 2 0 0 2 1 7 11 .195 .255 .218 .474 5 48
8 Seasons 386 1127 1026 102 254 57 3 12 104 6 93 95 .248 .309 .344 .653 113 358
162 Game Avg. 162 473 431 43 107 24 1 5 44 3 39 40 .248 .309 .344 .653 47 358

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