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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1978 PIT NL 22 C 1 1 9.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 9.00 .989 6.20 5.10 0 0 2 1 33%
1979 PIT NL 23 C 65 55 492.2 348 320 25 3 4 .991 0.0 0.0 0 6.30 5.31 .985 6.13 5.27 2 15 31 16 34%
1980 PIT NL 24 C 58 52 468.1 314 284 25 5 4 .984 -1.0 -2.6 -1 5.94 5.33 .983 6.09 5.23 0 10 37 13 26%
1981 PIT NL 25 C 52 49 436.1 285 257 23 5 2 .982 -2.0 -5.5 -2 5.78 5.38 .983 5.93 5.07 2 14 38 14 27%
1982 PIT NL 26 C 35 31 268.1 206 182 22 2 1 .990 0.0 0.0 0 6.84 5.83 .985 6.29 5.52 2 10 26 14 35%
1982 PIT NL 26 LF 3 0 4.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 27.7 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.08 0.33 1.000 2.08 1.60
1982 PIT NL 26 OF 3 0 4.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 27.7 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.08 0.33 1.000 2.28 1.90
1983 TOT NL 27 C 24 20 174.2 142 131 9 2 0 .986 -4.0 -27.5 -4 7.21 5.83 .984 6.57 5.55 1 10 22 4 15%
1983 PIT NL 27 C 15 11 101.2 80 76 3 1 0 .988 -2.0 -23.6 -2 6.99 5.27 .984 6.57 5.55 1 4 15 3 17%
1983 SFG NL 27 C 9 9 73.0 62 55 6 1 0 .984 -2.0 -32.9 -2 7.52 6.78 .984 6.57 5.54 0 6 7 1 13%
1984 SFG NL 28 C 41 34 308.1 204 190 11 3 1 .985 -5.0 -19.5 -5 5.87 4.90 .986 6.53 5.68 6 5 42 7 14%
1985 TOT MLB 29 C 29 18 172.0 111 103 7 1 2 .991 0.0 0.0 0 5.76 3.79 .987 6.34 5.37 0 3 11 2 15%
1985 MON NL 29 C 23 15 137.0 86 80 5 1 1 .988 -1.0 -8.8 -1 5.58 3.70 .987 6.42 5.45 0 3 10 0 0%
1985 MON NL 29 1B 2 1 7.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -85.7 -0.5 -0.4 -0.1 7.71 3.00 1.000 10.03 8.55
1985 TOR AL 29 C 6 3 35.0 25 23 2 0 1 1.000 1.0 34.3 1 6.43 4.17 .988 6.04 5.03 0 0 1 2 67%
8 Seasons C 305 260 2329.2 1619 1475 123 21 14 .987 -12.0 -6.2 -12 6.17 5.24 .984 6.20 5.34 13 67 209 71 25%
1 Season LF 3 0 4.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 27.7 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.08 0.33 1.000 2.08 1.60
1 Season OF 3 0 4.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 27.7 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.08 0.33 1.000 2.28 1.90
1 Season 1B 2 1 7.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -85.7 -0.5 -0.4 -0.1 7.71 3.00 1.000 10.03 8.55
8 Seasons TOT 310 261 2341.0 1626 1482 123 21 14 .987 -12.4 -6.4 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 -12 6.17 5.18 .972 6.21 5.33 13 67 209 71 25%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1978 PIT NL 22 3 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1979 PIT NL 23 70 55 70 65 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1980 PIT NL 24 60 52 60 58 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1981 PIT NL 25 54 49 54 52 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1982 PIT NL 26 39 31 39 36 0 35 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 1
1983 PIT NL 27 21 11 21 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1983 SFG NL 27 15 9 15 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1984 SFG NL 28 48 34 48 41 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1985 MON NL 29 42 16 42 25 0 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1985 TOR AL 29 6 3 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Seasons 358 261 358 308 0 305 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 55 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1978 PIT NL 22 40 3.00 3.00 1 100% 0 0 8 1 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 PIT NL 23 2122 3.12 3.71 10 100% 0 0 318 6 4 4 304 22 3 0 0 4 3 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 1 100%
1980 PIT NL 24 2016 3.69 4.07 27 93% 1 1 287 16 0 5 266 25 5 1 1 2 5 0 4 1 1 4 1 0 2 3 67%
1981 PIT NL 25 1932 3.86 4.37 22 95% 0 1 257 17 0 7 233 25 3 0 0 3 5 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
1982 PIT NL 26 1190 3.45 3.89 20 100% 0 0 182 13 0 2 167 22 7 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 100%
1983 PIT NL 27 495 6.29 6.55 1 100% 0 0 76 1 0 1 74 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 SFG NL 27 333 2.96 3.58 7 100% 0 0 57 4 2 2 49 4 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1984 SFG NL 28 1418 4.55 4.87 13 100% 0 0 190 7 2 5 176 12 3 1 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 100%
1985 MON NL 29 608 4.40 4.86 2 100% 0 0 77 1 1 0 75 5 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 100%
1985 TOR AL 29 155 3.60 3.86 2 100% 0 0 23 2 0 1 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 10309 3.82 4.27 105 97% 1 2 1475 68 9 27 1371 121 25 2 1 19 20 0 6 14 1 14 2 1 5 13 92%
MLB Averages 3.82 4.29 96% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1978 PIT NL 22 0 0 13 2 1 1 33% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2.28 1.57
1979 PIT NL 23 2 15 744 31 16 13 34% 25 14 6 2 0 0 0 0 60 16 1.51 1.54
1980 PIT NL 24 0 10 672 37 13 10 26% 35 11 2 1 0 1 0 0 57 14 1.41 1.59
1981 PIT NL 25 2 14 697 38 14 14 27% 36 13 1 1 1 0 2 1 66 16 1.50 1.40
1982 PIT NL 26 2 10 431 26 14 10 35% 23 12 3 2 0 0 0 0 40 14 0.93 1.33
1983 PIT NL 27 1 4 187 15 3 2 17% 13 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 25 4 1.06 1.42
1983 SFG NL 27 0 6 116 7 1 0 13% 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 1.61 1.55
1984 SFG NL 28 6 5 565 42 7 5 14% 41 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 66 7 1.33 1.40
1985 MON NL 29 0 3 224 10 0 0 0% 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 1 1.74
1985 TOR AL 29 0 0 61 1 2 2 67% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.21 1.02
8 Seasons 13 67 3710 209 71 57 25% 189 64 19 6 1 1 2 1 350 76 1.37 1.45
MLB Averages 34% 1.30 1.28

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1982 PIT NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 76% 81% 14% 3 33%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 76% 81% 14% 3 33%
MLB Averages 58.1% 2.8% 57% 79% 26% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1985 MON NL 29 36 39% 83% 22% 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 36 39% 83% 22% 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 95% 90%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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