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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1972 NYM NL 21 C 3 2 22.0 16 12 3 1 0 .938 -1.0 -54.5 -1 6.14 5.00 .988 6.63 5.87 2 1 1 1 50%
1975 ATL NL 24 C 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.00 2.00 1.000 6.00 5.20 0 0 0 0
1977 ATL NL 26 C 19 13 120.1 87 80 7 0 2 1.000 -4.0 -39.9 -4 6.51 4.58 .985 6.48 5.54 4 7 20 4 17%
1978 ATL NL 27 C 61 53 470.0 326 295 24 7 3 .979 -13.0 -33.2 -13 6.11 5.23 .985 6.17 5.11 14 24 55 9 14%
1979 ATL NL 28 C 74 58 533.0 361 328 27 6 2 .983 -10.0 -22.5 -10 5.99 4.80 .985 6.13 5.27 6 15 75 17 18%
1980 TOT NL 29 C 57 45 412.0 302 271 26 5 7 .983 -4.0 -11.7 -4 6.49 5.21 .983 6.09 5.23 2 9 69 20 22%
1980 ATL NL 29 C 6 3 30.0 23 20 3 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.90 3.83 .983 6.09 5.23 0 1 5 2 29%
1980 CIN NL 29 C 51 42 382.0 279 251 23 5 6 .982 -4.0 -12.6 -4 6.46 5.37 .983 6.09 5.23 2 8 64 18 22%
1981 CIN NL 30 C 81 62 562.0 413 393 18 2 2 .995 -6.0 -12.8 -6 6.58 5.07 .983 5.93 5.07 2 18 68 12 15%
1982 BAL AL 31 C 72 62 515.1 321 292 22 7 2 .978 -2.0 -4.7 -2 5.48 4.36 .988 5.69 4.90 2 13 51 24 32%
1983 BAL AL 32 C 65 52 426.0 244 223 16 5 2 .980 -5.0 -14.1 -5 5.05 3.68 .986 5.70 4.76 3 12 35 9 20%
1984 BAL AL 33 DH 11
1984 BAL AL 33 C 6 5 43.0 26 22 3 1 0 .962 1.0 27.9 1 5.23 4.17 .988 5.97 5.05 1 1 3 5 63%
1985 BAL AL 34 C 5 4 32.1 24 22 2 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -37.1 -1 6.68 4.80 .987 6.04 5.04 0 2 4 0 0%
1985 BAL AL 34 DH 4
11 Seasons C 444 356 3139.0 2122 1940 148 34 20 .984 -45.0 -17.2 -45 5.99 4.70 .985 5.98 5.08 36 102 381 101 21%
2 Seasons DH 15
11 Seasons TOT 444 356 3139.0 2122 1940 148 34 20 .984 -45.0 -17.2 -45 5.99 4.70 .969 5.98 5.08 36 102 381 101 21%

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
1972 NYM NL 21 4 2 4 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1975 ATL NL 24 4 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1977 ATL NL 26 62 13 62 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 0
1978 ATL NL 27 95 53 95 60 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0
1979 ATL NL 28 89 58 89 73 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1980 CIN NL 29 53 42 53 51 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1980 ATL NL 29 17 3 17 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1981 CIN NL 30 81 62 81 81 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1982 BAL AL 31 77 62 77 72 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1
1983 BAL AL 32 73 52 73 65 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1984 BAL AL 33 35 15 35 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20 0
1985 BAL AL 34 31 5 31 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26 0
11 Seasons 621 367 621 443 0 442 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 218 1
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%
1972 NYM NL 21 95 2.86 3.68 2 100% 0 0 12 1 0 0 11 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 ATL NL 24 16 0.00 3.00 1 0% 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1977 ATL NL 26 584 4.71 6.06 5 100% 0 0 81 3 1 3 74 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
1978 ATL NL 27 2165 4.41 4.92 29 100% 1 0 294 15 1 9 268 23 8 1 0 4 7 0 1 6 0 3 1 0 2 5 100%
1979 ATL NL 28 2484 4.36 5.04 34 100% 0 0 327 26 7 7 287 26 8 0 0 0 7 1 3 3 0 2 0 1 1 6 100%
1980 CIN NL 29 1726 4.12 4.26 21 95% 0 1 252 15 2 3 232 23 3 0 1 1 4 0 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 3 100%
1980 ATL NL 29 150 6.90 8.10 3 100% 0 0 20 3 0 1 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1981 CIN NL 30 2499 3.65 3.92 28 93% 0 0 392 21 4 7 360 18 4 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 6 67%
1982 BAL AL 31 2294 4.19 4.37 28 93% 1 1 293 17 1 5 270 22 6 0 0 1 7 0 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 5 80%
1983 BAL AL 32 1870 3.61 3.99 14 86% 0 0 224 9 1 4 210 15 3 0 0 1 5 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 2 2 50%
1984 BAL AL 33 204 4.19 5.65 3 67% 0 0 22 0 0 2 20 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1985 BAL AL 34 144 3.34 3.62 2 100% 0 0 23 1 0 2 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 14231 4.09 4.53 170 95% 2 2 1942 111 17 43 1770 143 36 1 1 13 34 2 11 21 3 18 1 1 6 28 82%
MLB Averages 3.75 4.22 96% 91%

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
1972 NYM NL 21 2 1 32 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1.14 1.14
1975 ATL NL 24 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 ATL NL 26 4 7 225 20 4 4 17% 17 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 37 5 1.29 1.59
1978 ATL NL 27 14 24 771 55 9 6 14% 51 8 3 1 1 0 1 0 115 13 1.26 1.36
1979 ATL NL 28 6 15 910 75 17 16 18% 72 13 3 3 0 1 0 0 111 17 1.25 1.27
1980 CIN NL 29 2 8 580 64 18 15 22% 57 15 7 3 0 0 1 0 78 20 1.36 1.90
1980 ATL NL 29 0 1 50 5 2 2 29% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0.90 0.62
1981 CIN NL 30 2 18 878 68 12 11 15% 65 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 104 14 1.37 1.21
1982 BAL AL 31 1 13 816 51 24 14 32% 46 21 5 2 0 1 0 0 75 26 1.27 1.19
1983 BAL AL 32 3 12 691 35 9 8 20% 29 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 65 13 1.14 1.47
1984 BAL AL 33 1 1 71 3 5 1 63% 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 5 1.55 0.97
1985 BAL AL 34 0 2 57 4 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1.12
11 Seasons 35 102 5088 381 101 78 21% 348 88 31 11 2 2 2 0 612 115 1.28 1.37
MLB Averages 35% 1.29 1.27

* 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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