Ricky Nolasco
Carlos Enrique Nolasco
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: December 13, 1982 in Corona, CA
High School: Rialto (Rilato, CA)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 4th round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed July 31, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 2006
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2006 23 FLA NL 11 11 .500 4.82 35 22 0 0 0 0 140.0 157 86 75 20 41 5 99 10 0 7 613 89 1.414 10.1 1.3 2.6 6.4 2.41
2007 24 FLA NL 1 2 .333 5.48 5 4 0 0 0 0 21.1 26 16 13 3 9 2 11 1 0 1 99 79 1.641 11.0 1.3 3.8 4.6 1.22
2008 25 FLA NL 15 8 .652 3.52 34 32 0 1 1 0 212.1 192 88 83 28 42 6 186 6 3 1 868 123 1.102 8.1 1.2 1.8 7.9 4.43
2009 26 FLA NL 13 9 .591 5.06 31 31 0 2 0 0 185.0 188 111 104 23 44 7 195 2 0 2 785 84 1.254 9.1 1.1 2.1 9.5 4.43
4 Seasons 40 30 .571 4.43 105 89 0 3 1 0 558.2 563 301 275 74 136 20 491 19 3 11 2365 97 1.251 9.1 1.2 2.2 7.9 3.61
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .571 4.43 37 31 0 1 0 0 196 197 106 96 26 48 7 172 7 1 4 829 97 1.251 9.1 1.2 2.2 7.9 3.61

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 23 FLA NL 35 613 548 86 157 25 5 20 6 6 41 99 .286 .344 .460 .804 .315 252 12 10 8 6 5
2007 24 FLA NL 5 99 81 16 26 2 1 3 2 1 9 11 .321 .375 .481 .856 .319 39 0 1 3 5 2
2008 25 FLA NL 34 868 805 88 192 44 5 28 7 5 42 186 .239 .278 .410 .688 .273 330 11 6 6 9 6
2009 26 FLA NL 31 785 726 111 188 43 7 23 13 4 44 195 .259 .301 .433 .734 .322 314 7 2 8 5 7
4 Seasons 105 2365 2160 301 563 114 18 74 28 16 136 491 .261 .307 .433 .740 .302 935 30 19 25 25 20
162 Game Avg. 37 829 757 106 197 40 6 26 10 6 48 172 .261 .307 .433 .740 .302 328 11 7 9 9 7
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2006 23 FLA NL 35 22 9 10 3 0 3 10 12 .455 0 2 0 0 13 59% 47 75 5 21 8 0 13 4.6 4.8 5.4 87 7 9 6 0 112
2007 24 FLA NL 5 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0% 45 56 30 0 0 0 2 2.8 2.8 5.0 81 2 1 1 0 100
2008 25 FLA NL 34 32 15 8 9 2 3 21 11 .656 1 7 1 1 23 72% 56 93 16 12 3 0 12 4.8 4.5 6.5 99 0 17 13 2 132
2009 26 FLA NL 31 31 13 9 9 2 1 18 13 .581 0 7 2 0 16 52% 51 86 3 16 7 0 14 4.9 4.6 6.0 98 3 13 14 1 123
4 Seasons 105 89 38 29 22 5 7 50 39 .562 1 16 3 1 52 58% 52 93 3 49 18 0 41 4.7 4.5 6.0 95 12 40 34 3 132
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2006 23 FLA NL 35 13 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 3 11 5 45% 6 0.953 4 4 5 5 3 5 6 7 8 2 10 1 4.7 25
2007 24 FLA NL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.898 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4.0 26
2008 25 FLA NL 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 3 0.916 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 8.5 31
3 Seasons 74 16 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 3 14 6 43% 0.929 4 5 7 5 3 8 7 9 11 2 13 1 5.1 26

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2006 23 FLA NL 613 48% 3.3% 16.2% 6.7% 8.2% 32% 0.65 0.90 71% 19% 8.1% 10% 114 12 11%
2007 24 FLA NL 99 54% 3.0% 11.1% 9.1% 6.1% 23% 0.60 0.53 73% 24% 6.8% 6% 24 0 0%
2008 25 FLA NL 868 54% 3.2% 21.4% 4.8% 8.9% 40% 0.64 0.77 69% 19% 8.9% 17% 121 11 9%
2009 26 FLA NL 785 55% 2.9% 24.8% 5.6% 9.3% 39% 0.63 0.87 65% 21% 7.9% 10% 139 7 5%
4 Seasons 2365 53% 3.1% 20.8% 5.8% 8.7% 37% 0.64 0.82 69% 20% 8.2% 12% 398 30 8%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2006 23 FLA NL 613 2242 3.66 1392 62% 28% 13% 26% 33% 72% 2% 45% 83% 57% 4% 25 10 17% 106 48 3 27% 14 10 0 0 0
2007 24 FLA NL 99 349 3.53 213 61% 25% 11% 27% 37% 75% 4% 46% 85% 58% 5% 5 2 21% 21 11 3 18% 3 1 0 0 0
2008 25 FLA NL 868 3237 3.73 2190 68% 28% 16% 27% 29% 72% 2% 48% 78% 64% 4% 33 20 28% 247 140 16 33% 40 7 0 0 0
2009 26 FLA NL 785 3027 3.86 2001 66% 27% 16% 29% 27% 73% 2% 48% 78% 61% 5% 38 20 28% 222 118 17 26% 39 11 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2365 8855 3.74 5796 65% 28% 15% 28% 30% 72% 2% 47% 79% 61% 4% 101 52 25% 596 317 39 29% 96 29 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2006 23 FLA NL 613 157 20 4 20 1 16 8 12 8 12 37 22 7 59% 7 7 2 225 6 6 50% 6 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 20 0
2007 24 FLA NL 99 26 6 0 3 0 3 3 0 2 1 14 9 2 64% 2 1 0 39 2 1 67% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0
2008 25 FLA NL 868 192 20 3 28 0 9 8 20 13 15 34 21 5 62% 10 1 0 283 7 5 58% 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 16 0
2009 26 FLA NL 785 188 23 3 23 1 13 11 12 11 12 45 22 8 49% 9 2 1 264 13 4 76% 11 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
4 Seasons 2365 563 69 10 74 2 41 30 44 34 40 130 74 22 57% 28 11 3 811 28 16 64% 25 12 3 3 0 1 2 0 54 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2006 23 11 11 .500 4.82 35 22 0 0 0 0 140.0 157 86 75 20 41 5 99 10 0 7 613 89 1.414 10.1 1.3 2.6 6.4 2.41 89
2007 24 12 13 .480 4.91 40 26 0 0 0 0 161.1 183 102 88 23 50 7 110 11 0 8 712 88 1.444 10.2 1.3 2.8 6.1 2.20 88
2008 25 27 21 .563 4.12 74 58 0 1 1 0 373.2 375 190 171 51 92 13 296 17 3 9 1580 105 1.250 9.0 1.2 2.2 7.1 3.22 105
2009 26 40 30 .571 4.43 105 89 0 3 1 0 558.2 563 301 275 74 136 20 491 19 3 11 2365 97 1.251 9.1 1.2 2.2 7.9 3.61 97

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2006 23 6 9 .400 4.87 135.0 156 81 73 20 41 95 10 1.459 10.4 2.7 6.3 2.32 1.3 35
2007 24 1 1 .500 5.14 21.0 26 13 12 3 9 11 1 1.667 11.1 3.9 4.7 1.22 1.3 5
2008 25 13 10 .565 3.44 209.0 192 89 80 28 42 183 6 1.120 8.3 1.8 7.9 4.36 1.2 34
2009 26 8 12 .400 4.89 184.0 188 111 100 23 44 194 2 1.261 9.2 2.2 9.5 4.41 1.1 31
4 Seasons 28 32 .467 4.34 549.0 562 294 265 74 136 483 19 1.271 9.2 7.9 3.55 1.2 105

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2008 NL  1.102 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL  8.138 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL  1.780 (3rd)
2009 NL  2.141 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 NL  9.487 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2008 NL  212.3 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2008 NL  186 (8th)
2009 NL  195 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 NL  1 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2008 NL  28 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2008 NL  4.429 (2nd)
2009 NL  4.432 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2009 NL  104 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2008 NL  868 (9th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 18 (1117), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (541), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Mike Harkey (958)
  7. Wayne Simpson (957)
  8. Kazuhisa Ishii (957)
  9. Slick Castleman (956)
  10. Joe Cowley (956)
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  5. Adam Eaton (963)
  6. Joe Blanton (962)
  7. Odalis Perez (960)
  8. James Shields (959)
  9. Todd Stottlemyre (959)
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