Joe Nolan
Joseph William Nolan Jr.
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 12, 1951 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Southwest (St. Louis, MO)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1972
Final Game: June 25, 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
1972 21 NYM NL 4 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .091 .000 .091 -72 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1975 24 ATL NL 4 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 82 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1977 26 ATL NL 62 96 82 13 23 3 0 3 9 1 0 13 12 .280 .375 .427 .802 105 35 2 0 0 1 1 2
1978 27 ATL NL 95 249 213 22 49 7 3 4 22 3 2 34 28 .230 .339 .347 .686 84 74 3 1 1 0 5 2
1979 28 ATL NL 89 261 230 28 57 9 3 4 21 1 3 27 28 .248 .333 .365 .699 86 84 5 3 0 1 3 2
1980 29 TOT NL 70 200 176 16 54 8 0 3 26 0 0 15 12 .307 .350 .403 .754 110 71 4 0 3 6 0 2
1980 29 ATL NL 17 24 22 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .273 .333 .318 .652 81 7 1 0 0 0 0 /2
1980 29 CIN NL 53 176 154 14 48 7 0 3 24 0 0 13 8 .312 .353 .416 .768 114 64 3 0 3 6 0 2
1981 30 CIN NL 81 264 236 25 73 18 1 1 26 1 2 24 19 .309 .371 .407 .778 120 96 7 1 0 3 6 *2
1982 31 BAL AL 77 242 219 24 51 7 1 6 35 1 1 16 35 .233 .278 .356 .634 73 78 5 0 1 6 1 2
1983 32 BAL AL 73 202 184 25 51 11 1 5 24 0 0 16 31 .277 .342 .429 .771 113 79 5 2 0 0 1 2
1984 33 BAL AL 35 75 62 2 18 1 1 1 9 0 0 12 10 .290 .400 .387 .787 122 24 0 0 0 1 4 D/2
1985 34 BAL AL 31 44 38 1 5 2 0 0 6 0 0 5 5 .132 .227 .184 .411 16 7 1 0 0 1 1 /2D
11 Seasons 621 1649 1454 156 382 66 10 27 178 7 8 164 183 .263 .336 .378 .714 95 549 32 7 5 19 22
162 Game Avg. 162 430 379 41 100 17 3 7 46 2 2 43 48 .263 .336 .378 .714 95 143 8 2 1 5 6
ATL (5 yrs) 267 635 551 65 136 20 6 11 54 5 5 77 72 .247 .342 .365 .707 88 201 11 4 1 2 9
BAL (4 yrs) 216 563 503 52 125 21 3 12 74 1 1 49 81 .249 .313 .374 .687 90 188 11 2 1 8 7
CIN (2 yrs) 134 440 390 39 121 25 1 4 50 1 2 37 27 .310 .364 .410 .774 117 160 10 1 3 9 6
NYM (1 yr) 4 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .091 .000 .091 -72 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (7 yrs) 405 1086 951 104 257 45 7 15 104 6 7 115 102 .270 .348 .380 .728 98 361 21 5 4 11 15
AL (4 yrs) 216 563 503 52 125 21 3 12 74 1 1 49 81 .249 .313 .374 .687 90 188 11 2 1 8 7

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
1972 21 NYM NL 11 10 0 0.0 89 .000 .000 .253 .091 .321 .000 .374 .091 .695 -72 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .100 .100 .000
1975 24 ATL NL 5 3 1 9.0 99 .250 .250 .269 .400 .340 .250 .388 .650 .728 82 .792 -0.0 0.0 .667 .250 .000
1977 26 ATL NL 96 62 14 6.1 113 .294 .280 .283 .375 .352 .427 .431 .802 .783 105 .624 1.0 0.1 .803 .317 .146 1.5
1978 27 ATL NL 249 170 27 4.2 104 .249 .230 .275 .339 .345 .347 .405 .686 .750 84 .508 -4.6 -0.5 .651 .282 .117 3.4
1979 28 ATL NL 261 182 28 4.1 105 .266 .248 .277 .333 .344 .365 .411 .699 .755 86 .471 -4.6 -0.5 .619 .226 .117 1.6
1980 29 TOT NL 200 135 26 5.2 96 .305 .307 .268 .350 .331 .403 .389 .754 .720 110 .592 3.0 0.3 .683 .182 .097 .0
1980 29 ATL NL 24 17 2 3.2 97 .333 .273 .270 .333 .333 .318 .392 .652 .725 81 .371 -0.5 -0.1 .529 .136 .045
1980 29 CIN NL 176 118 24 5.5 96 .302 .312 .268 .353 .330 .416 .389 .768 .719 114 .617 3.6 0.4 .706 .188 .104 .0
1981 30 CIN NL 264 175 35 5.4 93 .329 .309 .265 .371 .330 .407 .379 .778 .710 120 .623 7.3 0.8 .698 .195 .097 1.0
1982 31 BAL AL 242 181 22 3.3 98 .245 .233 .264 .278 .328 .356 .402 .634 .730 73 .350 -8.1 -0.8 .540 .196 .123 1.7
1983 32 BAL AL 202 138 26 5.0 96 .311 .277 .263 .342 .325 .429 .397 .771 .722 113 .548 3.3 0.3 .703 .239 .152 .0
1984 33 BAL AL 75 45 11 6.6 95 .327 .290 .261 .400 .324 .387 .394 .787 .718 122 .664 2.5 0.2 .818 .290 .097 .0
1985 34 BAL AL 44 35 2 1.5 96 .147 .132 .258 .227 .323 .184 .400 .411 .723 16 .118 -4.2 -0.4 .353 .184 .053
11 Seasons 1649 1136 192 4.6 100 .281 .263 .269 .336 .334 .378 .399 .714 .734 95 .518 -6.8 -0.7 .647 .227 .115 11.1
162 Game Avg. 430 296 50 4.6 100 .281 .263 .269 .336 .334 .378 .399 .714 .734 95 .518 -6.8 -0.7 .647 .227 .115 3
ATL (5 yrs) 635 434 72 4.5 106 .266 .247 .277 .342 .345 .365 .411 .707 .756 88 .512 -8.9 -1.0 .654 .258 .118 6.9
BAL (4 yrs) 563 399 61 4.1 97 .270 .249 .263 .313 .326 .374 .399 .687 .725 90 .451 -6.5 -0.7 .613 .223 .125 1.8
CIN (2 yrs) 440 293 59 5.5 94 .318 .310 .266 .364 .330 .410 .383 .774 .714 117 .620 10.8 1.2 .701 .192 .100 1.6
NYM (1 yr) 11 10 0 0.0 89 .000 .000 .253 .091 .321 .000 .374 .091 .695 -72 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .100 .100 .000
NL (7 yrs) 1086 737 131 4.8 101 .286 .270 .272 .348 .339 .380 .399 .728 .738 98 .552 -0.3 0.0 .665 .229 .109 8.6
AL (4 yrs) 563 399 61 4.1 97 .270 .249 .263 .313 .326 .374 .399 .687 .725 90 .451 -6.5 -0.7 .613 .223 .125 1.8

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
1983 32 BAL AL ALCS CHW W 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0
1983 32 BAL AL WS PHI W 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 Season (2 Series) 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 1 1
1 ALCS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 WS 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 1

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
1972 21 NYM NL 11 0.0% 27.3% 9.1% 0.0% 3.00 3.3 0.40 64%
1975 24 ATL NL 5 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 2.00 80%
1977 26 ATL NL 96 3.1% 12.5% 13.5% 6.3% 26% 0.92 6.8 27.3 9.1 1.29 71%
1978 27 ATL NL 249 1.6% 11.2% 13.7% 5.6% 29% 0.82 7.6 53.3 9.7 0.70 73%
1979 28 ATL NL 261 1.5% 10.7% 10.3% 6.1% 28% 1.04 8.2 57.5 11.0 0.77 76%
1980 29 TOT NL 200 1.5% 6.0% 7.5% 5.5% 20% 0.80 14.7 58.7 6.8 1.18 84%
1980 29 ATL NL 24 0.0% 16.7% 8.3% 4.2% 17% 2.00 5.5 11.0 1.60 75%
1980 29 CIN NL 176 1.7% 4.6% 7.4% 5.7% 21% 0.62 19.3 51.3 6.4 1.14 85%
1981 30 CIN NL 264 0.4% 7.2% 9.1% 7.6% 27% 0.79 12.4 236.0 9.1 1.25 83%
1982 31 BAL AL 242 2.5% 14.5% 6.6% 5.8% 28% 2.19 6.3 36.5 6.3 0.88 76%
1983 32 BAL AL 202 2.5% 15.4% 7.9% 8.4% 33% 1.94 5.9 36.8 7.7 1.12 73%
1984 33 BAL AL 75 1.3% 13.3% 16.0% 4.0% 17% 0.83 6.2 62.0 6.9 0.94 69%
1985 34 BAL AL 44 0.0% 11.4% 11.4% 4.6% 40% 1.00 7.6 6.3 1.07 77%
11 Seasons 1649 1.6% 11.1% 10.0% 6.3% 27% 1.12 8.0 53.9 8.2 0.97 77%
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
1972 21 NYM NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 24 ATL NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 26 ATL NL 2 0 30% 26 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33% 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 2
1978 27 ATL NL 3 0 23% 76 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 44% 12 7 5 0 0 0 11 6 5
1979 28 ATL NL 4 0 29% 93 1 3 25% 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 40% 20 12 8 5 2 3 10 6 3
1980 29 TOT NL 3 0 20% 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 47% 8 6 2 5 1 3 6 2 4
1980 29 ATL NL 0 0 25% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
1980 29 CIN NL 3 0 19% 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 41% 8 6 2 4 1 2 5 2 3
1981 30 CIN NL 1 0 25% 146 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 10 31% 17 12 4 4 2 1 8 4 4
1982 31 BAL AL 2 0 30% 63 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 39% 8 5 3 2 2 0 3 1 2
1983 32 BAL AL 3 0 31% 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 33% 12 10 2 4 0 4 8 5 2
1984 33 BAL AL 0 0 3% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1985 34 BAL AL 1 0 10% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
11 Seasons 19 0 25% 598 7 8 47% 7 6 0 0 0 2 2 0 18 34 38% 84 58 25 22 9 11 50 25 23
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
1972 21 NYM NL 11 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0.67 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 2 0 0% 9 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1975 24 ATL NL 5 100% 1 3 0 0 0 1.39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 26 ATL NL 96 96% 23 39 14 2 6 1.73 3 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 23 2 9% 4 1 25% 60 7 12% 4 2 50% 7 2 29% 0
1978 27 ATL NL 249 90% 49 34 6 0 2 1.74 4 0 6 4 0 3 1 0 2 1 50% 39 3 8% 14 2 14% 153 19 12% 10 5 50% 13 5 38% 0
1979 28 ATL NL 261 93% 57 16 2 0 0 1.62 4 0 6 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 44 5 11% 26 5 19% 142 18 13% 18 8 44% 15 2 13% 0
1980 29 TOT NL 200 86% 54 15 3 0 1 1.59 3 0 10 3 0 3 0 0 3 3 100% 50 4 8% 29 12 41% 148 27 18% 18 12 67% 16 7 44% 0
1980 29 ATL NL 24 88% 6 12 3 0 1 1.61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 5 2 40% 16 3 19% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
1980 29 CIN NL 176 85% 48 3 0 0 0 1.50 3 0 10 3 0 3 0 0 3 3 100% 43 3 7% 24 10 42% 132 24 18% 15 11 73% 16 7 44% 0
1981 30 CIN NL 264 85% 73 9 3 0 2 1.93 1 0 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 51 7 14% 22 8 36% 169 25 15% 16 8 50% 13 6 46% 0
1982 31 BAL AL 242 94% 51 12 2 1 1 1.38 6 1 7 6 0 3 3 0 3 1 33% 53 5 9% 26 11 42% 171 30 18% 15 11 73% 13 7 54% 0
1983 32 BAL AL 202 92% 51 12 2 0 1 1.83 5 1 9 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 49 5 10% 20 2 10% 148 23 16% 8 3 38% 6 1 17% 0
1984 33 BAL AL 75 100% 18 14 4 1 3 2.01 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 0 0% 4 1 25% 58 8 14% 6 4 67% 5 1 20% 0
1985 34 BAL AL 43 98% 5 19 2 0 4 1.46 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 5 3 60% 32 6 19% 4 3 75% 6 2 33% 1
11 Seasons 1648 91% 382 174 38 4 20 1.68 27 2 53 26 1 15 12 0 8 5 63% 336 32 10% 152 45 30% 1090 163 15% 100 56 56% 94 33 35% 1
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
1972 21 4 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .091 .000 .091 -72 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 22 4 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .091 .000 .091 -72 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 23 4 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .091 .000 .091 -72 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 24 8 16 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .071 .188 .071 .259 -24 1 0 0 0 0 0
1976 25 8 16 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .071 .188 .071 .259 -24 1 0 0 0 0 0
1977 26 70 112 96 13 24 3 0 3 9 1 0 15 15 .250 .348 .375 .723 88 36 2 0 0 1 1
1978 27 165 361 309 35 73 10 3 7 31 4 2 49 43 .236 .342 .356 .698 85 110 5 1 1 1 6
1979 28 254 622 539 63 130 19 6 11 52 5 5 76 71 .241 .338 .360 .698 86 194 10 4 1 2 9
1980 29 324 822 715 79 184 27 6 14 78 5 5 91 83 .257 .341 .371 .712 91 265 14 4 4 8 9
1981 30 405 1086 951 104 257 45 7 15 104 6 7 115 102 .270 .348 .380 .728 98 361 21 5 4 11 15
1982 31 482 1328 1170 128 308 52 8 21 139 7 8 131 137 .263 .336 .375 .711 93 439 26 5 5 17 16
1983 32 555 1530 1354 153 359 63 9 26 163 7 8 147 168 .265 .336 .383 .719 96 518 31 7 5 17 17
1984 33 590 1605 1416 155 377 64 10 27 172 7 8 159 178 .266 .339 .383 .722 97 542 31 7 5 18 21
1985 34 621 1649 1454 156 382 66 10 27 178 7 8 164 183 .263 .336 .378 .714 95 549 32 7 5 19 22

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
1972 21 4 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 4
1975 24 4 7 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .400 .571 .400 .971 1 4
1977 26 62 94 81 11 22 3 0 3 8 1 12 12 .272 .362 .420 .781 12 62
1978 27 95 250 214 21 50 7 3 4 21 3 35 28 .234 .344 .350 .694 26 95
1979 28 89 260 229 27 56 9 3 4 20 1 27 28 .245 .331 .362 .693 27 89
1980 29 70 201 179 17 57 8 0 3 28 0 16 12 .318 .363 .413 .777 28 70
1981 30 123 407 362 41 115 28 2 2 43 2 38 29 .318 .381 .423 .803 58 81
1982 31 77 242 220 25 52 7 1 6 37 1 16 35 .236 .281 .359 .640 23 77
1983 32 73 205 186 26 53 11 1 5 25 0 17 31 .285 .351 .435 .787 28 73
1984 33 35 80 65 2 21 1 1 1 10 0 14 10 .323 .438 .415 .853 12 35
1985 34 31 46 39 1 6 2 0 0 7 0 6 5 .154 .261 .205 .466 2 31
11 Seasons 663 1803 1590 171 434 76 11 28 199 8 184 193 .273 .347 .387 .735 217 621
162 Game Avg. 162 441 389 42 106 19 3 7 49 2 45 47 .273 .347 .387 .735 53 621

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2348), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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