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Matt Nokes
Matthew Dodge Nokes
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 31, 1963 in San Diego, CA
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 20th round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1985
Final Game: September 27, 1995
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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
1985 21 SFG NL 19 55 53 3 11 2 0 2 5 0 0 1 9 .208 .236 .358 .595 68 19 2 1 0 0 0 2
1986 22 DET AL 7 25 24 2 8 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .333 .360 .500 .860 132 12 1 0 0 0 1 /2
1987 23 DET AL 135 508 461 69 133 14 2 32 87 2 1 35 70 .289 .345 .536 .880 133 247 13 6 3 3 2 *2D/759 AS,MVP-24,RoY-3,SS
1988 24 DET AL 122 425 382 53 96 18 0 16 53 0 1 34 58 .251 .313 .424 .737 108 162 11 1 6 2 3 *2/D
1989 25 DET AL 87 290 268 15 67 10 0 9 39 1 0 17 37 .250 .298 .388 .686 94 104 7 2 1 2 1 2D
1990 26 TOT AL 136 382 351 33 87 9 1 11 40 2 2 24 47 .248 .306 .373 .680 90 131 11 6 0 1 6 2D/9
1990 26 DET AL 44 118 111 12 30 5 1 3 8 0 0 4 14 .270 .305 .414 .719 99 46 5 2 0 1 3 D2
1990 26 NYY AL 92 264 240 21 57 4 0 8 32 2 2 20 33 .238 .307 .354 .661 85 85 6 4 0 0 3 2D/9
1991 27 NYY AL 135 493 456 52 122 20 0 24 77 3 2 25 49 .268 .308 .469 .778 113 214 6 5 0 7 5 *2/D
1992 28 NYY AL 121 430 384 42 86 9 1 22 59 0 1 37 62 .224 .293 .424 .718 100 163 13 3 0 6 11 *2
1993 29 NYY AL 76 238 217 25 54 8 0 10 35 0 0 16 31 .249 .303 .424 .726 96 92 4 2 0 3 2 2D
1994 30 NYY AL 28 85 79 11 23 3 0 7 19 0 0 5 16 .291 .329 .595 .924 136 47 1 0 0 1 0 2/D3
1995 31 TOT 36 66 60 5 8 2 0 2 6 0 0 5 15 .133 .197 .267 .464 17 16 3 0 0 1 1 2/D
1995 31 BAL AL 26 54 49 4 6 1 0 2 6 0 0 4 11 .122 .185 .265 .450 15 13 2 0 0 1 0 2/D
1995 31 COL NL 10 12 11 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .182 .250 .273 .523 25 3 1 0 0 0 1 /2
11 Seasons 902 2997 2735 310 695 96 4 136 422 8 7 200 395 .254 .308 .441 .750 105 1207 72 26 10 26 32
162 Game Avg. 162 538 491 56 125 17 1 24 76 1 1 36 71 .254 .308 .441 .750 105 217 13 5 2 5 6
NYY (5 yrs) 452 1510 1376 151 342 44 1 71 222 5 5 103 191 .249 .304 .437 .741 103 601 30 14 0 17 21
DET (5 yrs) 395 1366 1246 151 334 48 3 61 189 3 2 91 180 .268 .322 .458 .780 114 571 37 11 10 8 10
COL (1 yr) 10 12 11 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .182 .250 .273 .523 25 3 1 0 0 0 1
SFG (1 yr) 19 55 53 3 11 2 0 2 5 0 0 1 9 .208 .236 .358 .595 68 19 2 1 0 0 0
BAL (1 yr) 26 54 49 4 6 1 0 2 6 0 0 4 11 .122 .185 .265 .450 15 13 2 0 0 1 0
AL (10 yrs) 873 2930 2671 306 682 93 4 134 417 8 7 198 382 .255 .310 .444 .754 107 1185 69 25 10 26 31
NL (2 yrs) 29 67 64 4 13 3 0 2 5 0 0 2 13 .203 .239 .344 .583 59 22 3 1 0 0 1

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
1987 23 DET AL ALCS MIN L 5 15 14 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 4 .143 .200 .357 .557 5 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 5 15 14 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 4 .143 .200 .357 .557 5 0 0 0 0 0
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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 Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1985 SFG NL 21 C 14 13 105.0 88 84 2 2 0 .977 -3.0 -34.3 -3 7.37 6.14 .988 6.42 5.45 0 3 15 1 6%
1986 DET AL 22 C 7 7 62.0 45 43 2 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.53 6.43 .989 6.62 5.44 0 3 3 1 25%
1987 DET AL 23 C 109 94 845.1 632 595 32 5 2 .992 -5.0 -7.1 -5 6.68 5.75 .988 6.74 5.49 7 37 71 18 20% AS,MVP-24,RoY-3,SS
1987 DET AL 23 DH 19 0.0 AS,MVP-24,RoY-3,SS
1987 DET AL 23 LF 3 2 21.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -28.1 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 0 1.27 1.00 .967 2.11 1.73 AS,MVP-24,RoY-3,SS
1987 DET AL 23 OF 3 3 32.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -11.1 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 0 1.39 1.67 .980 2.31 2.00 AS,MVP-24,RoY-3,SS
1987 DET AL 23 3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30 AS,MVP-24,RoY-3,SS
1987 DET AL 23 RF 1 1 11.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 21.8 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 1.64 2.00 1.000 2.13 1.80 AS,MVP-24,RoY-3,SS
1988 DET AL 24 C 110 100 889.2 626 574 45 7 8 .989 4.0 5.4 4 6.26 5.63 .989 6.22 5.28 6 33 50 31 38%
1988 DET AL 24 DH 4 0.0
1989 DET AL 25 C 51 45 390.2 267 235 26 6 3 .978 -3.0 -9.2 -3 6.01 5.12 .989 6.24 5.20 7 20 38 19 33%
1989 DET AL 25 DH 33 0.0
1990 TOT AL 26 C 65 52 434.1 272 236 34 2 6 .993 1.0 2.8 1 5.59 4.15 .991 6.42 5.36 8 31 41 31 43%
1990 TOT AL 26 DH 54 0.0
1990 DET AL 26 DH 24 0.0
1990 DET AL 26 C 19 15 119.0 63 55 7 1 1 .984 1.0 10.1 1 4.69 3.26 .990 6.42 5.36 1 7 10 9 47%
1990 NYY AL 26 C 46 37 315.1 209 181 27 1 5 .995 0.0 0.0 0 5.94 4.52 .991 6.42 5.36 7 24 31 22 42%
1990 NYY AL 26 DH 30 0.0
1990 NYY AL 26 OF 2 1 12.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 30.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 0.75 0.50 1.000 2.40 2.05
1990 NYY AL 26 RF 2 1 12.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 30.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 0.75 0.50 1.000 2.25 1.80
1991 NYY AL 27 C 130 112 1001.2 744 690 48 6 7 .992 -5.0 -6.0 -5 6.63 5.68 .990 6.49 5.28 11 33 99 36 27%
1991 NYY AL 27 DH 3 0.0
1992 NYY AL 28 C 111 101 903.0 603 552 47 4 6 .993 -8.0 -10.6 -8 5.97 5.40 .989 6.20 5.26 7 30 108 33 23%
1993 NYY AL 29 C 56 47 400.2 266 245 19 2 0 .992 -2.0 -6.0 -2 5.93 4.71 .991 6.56 5.46 1 9 46 17 27%
1993 NYY AL 29 DH 11 0.0
1994 NYY AL 30 C 17 13 115.1 79 75 2 2 0 .975 -1.0 -10.4 -1 6.01 4.53 .991 6.79 5.73 0 6 8 2 20%
1994 NYY AL 30 DH 5 0.0
1994 NYY AL 30 1B 4 3 24.2 36 31 4 1 7 .972 -0.3 -14.6 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0 12.77 8.75 .992 9.60 8.50
1995 TOT 31 C 19 14 109.0 100 93 5 2 0 .980 -1.0 -11.0 -1 8.09 5.16 .990 6.80 5.75 1 2 13 3 19%
1995 BAL AL 31 C 16 12 99.0 89 83 5 1 0 .989 -1.0 -12.1 -1 8.00 5.50 .990 6.74 5.64 1 2 13 3 19%
1995 BAL AL 31 DH 2 0.0
1995 COL NL 31 C 3 2 10.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 3.33 .991 7.38 6.33 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons C 689 598 5256.2 3722 3422 262 38 34 .990 -23.0 -5.3 -23 6.31 5.35 .989 6.43 5.36 48 207 492 192 28%
8 Seasons DH 131 0.0
2 Seasons OF 5 4 44.1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0 1.22 1.20 .983 2.33 2.02
1 Season 1B 4 3 24.2 36 31 4 1 7 .972 -0.3 -14.6 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0 12.77 8.75 .992 9.60 8.50
1 Season LF 3 2 21.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -28.1 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 0 1.27 1.00 .967 2.11 1.73
2 Seasons RF 3 2 23.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 26.1 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 1.17 1.00 1.000 2.19 1.80
1 Season 3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
11 Seasons TOT 700 605 5329.2 3764 3459 266 39 41 .990 -23.5 -5.3 -0.5 -0.2 -0.3 0 0 -23 6.29 5.32 .979 6.41 5.34 48 207 492 192 28%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1987 *

Silver Sluggers
1987-AL-C

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1987-AL-24-0%
0.00 Career Shares (1667th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1987 AL--32--9th

AB per HR s c a p y
1987 AL--14.406--4th
1992 AL--17.455--10th**

Youngest s c a p y
1985 NL--born 1963-10-31--9th

                           
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1812), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 7 (1303), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2291), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Johnny Romano (974)
  2. Earl Williams (956)
  3. Stan Lopata (951)
  4. Chris Hoiles (937)
  5. Joe Crede (932)
  6. Jim Pagliaroni (926)
  7. Bob Brenly (922)
  8. Eddie Taubensee (922)
  9. Gene Oliver (921)
  10. Jim Leyritz (919)
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  1. Bill DeLancey (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joe Gordon (959) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Tony Batista (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Gus Triandos (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Gus Triandos (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Gus Triandos (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Gus Triandos (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ed Bailey (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Johnny Romano (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 20th round of the 1981 amateur draft.

October 7, 1985: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Eric King and Dave LaPoint to the Detroit Tigers for Juan Berenguer and Bob Melvin. The Detroit Tigers sent Scott Medvin (December 11, 1985) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

June 4, 1990: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the New York Yankees for Lance McCullers and Clay Parker.

October 18, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

December 9, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

June 19, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

July 20, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

October 10, 1995: Released by the Colorado Rockies.

December 21, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1987Detroit Tigers$68,000
1988Detroit Tigers$165,000
1989Detroit Tigers$195,000
1990Detroit Tigers$650,000
1991New York Yankees$887,500
1992New York Yankees$2,500,000
1993New York Yankees$2,500,000
1994New York Yankees$2,500,000
1995Baltimore Orioles$700,000
Colorado Rockies$109,000
Career (may be incomplete)$10,274,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Matthew Dodge marquis Matt matthew Nokes

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