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Ricky Nolasco

Carlos Enrique Nolasco

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: December 13, 1982 in Corona, CA
High School: Rialto HS (Rialto, 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
Team: Marlins 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 3 yrs/$26.5M (11-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.142, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Matt Sosnick [*]
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Standard Pitching

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 90 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 81 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 1 868 124 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 85 1.254 9.1 1.1 2.1 9.5 4.43
2010 27 FLA NL 14 9 .609 4.51 26 26 0 1 0 0 157.2 169 82 79 24 33 1 147 2 0 5 665 92 1.281 9.6 1.4 1.9 8.4 4.45
2011 28 FLA NL 10 12 .455 4.67 33 33 0 2 1 0 206.0 244 117 107 20 44 8 148 3 0 6 891 84 1.398 10.7 0.9 1.9 6.5 3.36
2012 29 MIA NL 5 3 .625 4.26 10 10 0 0 0 0 61.1 64 29 29 6 16 4 34 3 0 0 264 95 1.304 9.4 0.9 2.3 5.0 2.13
7 Yrs 69 54 .561 4.48 174 158 0 6 2 0 983.2 1040 529 490 124 229 33 820 27 3 22 4185 94 1.290 9.5 1.1 2.1 7.5 3.58
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .561 4.48 36 32 0 1 0 0 201 213 108 100 25 47 7 168 6 1 5 857 94 1.290 9.5 1.1 2.1 7.5 3.58

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2006 23 FLA NL 140.0 35 22 86 5.53 4.89 -0.18 0.11 96.4 4.99 -8 -0.8 1.2 -0.1 0.2 6 .478 .495 $327,000
2007 24 FLA NL 21.1 5 4 16 6.75 4.74 -0.40 0.16 94.5 5.01 -4 -0.4 .4 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .425 .498 $380,000
2008 25 FLA NL 212.1 34 32 88 3.73 4.60 0.06 0.17 99.4 4.69 24 2.6 .9 -0.2 4.0 43 .576 .516 $390,000
2009 26 FLA NL 185.0 31 31 111 5.40 4.46 -0.32 0.17 101.9 5.05 -8 -0.8 -0.1 0.5 10 .475 .495 $2,400,000
2010 27 FLA NL 157.2 26 26 82 4.68 4.38 -0.14 0.17 102.7 4.81 2 0.2 -0.1 1.3 17 .508 .501 $3,800,000
2011 28 FLA NL 206.0 33 33 117 5.11 4.12 -0.49 0.15 100.7 4.80 -8 -0.9 -0.1 0.5 11 .473 .494 $6,000,000
2012 29 MIA NL 61.1 10 10 29 4.26 4.23 -0.38 0.16 101.2 4.82 3 0.3 -0.1 0.7 9 .532 .502 $
7 Seasons 983.2 174 158 529 4.84 4.46 -0.23 0.16 100.2 4.86 1 0.3 1.1 -0.7 7.0 95 .502 .500 $13,297,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
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 7
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 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 10
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 9
2010 27 FLA NL 26 665 620 82 169 34 4 24 5 6 33 147 .273 .309 .456 .766 .319 283 5 2 5 5 1 4
2011 28 FLA NL 33 891 828 117 244 50 5 20 12 2 44 148 .295 .331 .440 .770 .337 364 19 3 11 5 8 11
2012 29 MIA NL 10 264 236 29 64 12 4 6 6 3 16 34 .271 .322 .432 .754 .291 102 5 3 5 3 4 4
7 Yrs 174 4185 3844 529 1040 210 31 124 51 27 229 820 .271 .313 .438 .751 .312 1684 59 27 46 38 33 47
162 Game Avg. 36 857 787 108 213 43 6 25 10 6 47 168 .271 .313 .438 .751 .312 345 12 6 9 8 7 10
MLB Averages .262 .330 .414 .745 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2006 23 FLA NL -10.2 -1.0 635 -0.4 10.2 -10.6 .95 -0.7 0.3 -11.8 -1.1 0.95 -7.3 4 4 5
2007 24 FLA NL -3.5 -0.3 102 -0.4 1.3 -1.7 .90 -0.3 -0.2 -5.1 -0.5 0.90 -3.3 0 0 1
2008 25 FLA NL 20.2 2.1 884 1.5 14.3 -12.8 .91 1.4 0.2 21.2 2.1 0.91 13.5 0 1 1
2009 26 FLA NL -15.0 -1.4 803 -1.6 12.8 -14.4 .95 0.5 -2.2 -16.4 -1.6 0.95 4.8 0 0 0
2010 27 FLA NL -4.1 -0.4 677 1.0 10.8 -9.8 .89 -0.1 1.2 -3.9 -0.4 0.89 -1.9 0 0 0
2011 28 FLA NL -17.4 -1.8 909 -0.8 15.4 -16.2 1.01 -1.1 0.3 -18.7 -1.9 1.01 -11.9 0 0 0
2012 29 MIA NL -0.1 -0.0 272 -0.2 5.0 -5.2 1.11 -0.4 0.2 -3.3 -0.3 1.11 -5.3 0 0 0
7 Yrs -30.0 -2.8 4282 -0.9 69.7 -70.6 .96 -0.7 -0.2 -37.9 -3.6 0.96 -11.5 4 5 7

Starting Pitching*

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% 46.5 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% 44.5 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 3 7 1 1 23 72% 55.9 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 1 7 2 0 16 52% 50.8 86 3 16 7 0 14 4.9 4.6 6.0 98 3 13 14 1 123
2010 27 FLA NL 26 26 14 9 3 1 2 15 11 .577 2 1 1 0 16 62% 51.4 74 15 13 5 0 12 4.4 4.8 6.1 95 4 10 12 0 119
2011 28 FLA NL 33 33 10 12 11 1 4 14 19 .424 5 2 2 1 18 55% 48.1 78 -6 18 10 0 16 4.4 4.2 6.2 97 5 9 19 0 112
2012 29 MIA NL 10 10 5 3 2 2 1 6 4 .600 2 0 0 0 5 50% 49.8 67 22 7 0 0 5 4.0 4.8 6.1 96 1 6 3 0 107
7 Yrs 174 158 67 53 38 9 14 85 73 .538 13 19 6 2 91 58% 51 93 -6 87 33 0 74 4.6 4.5 6.1 95 22 65 68 3 132
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 100 -13 4.6 4.6 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

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 .954 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 .899 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 .911 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 8.5 32
3 Yrs 74 16 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 3 14 6 43% .927 4 5 7 5 3 8 7 9 11 2 13 1 5.1 26

Ratio Pitching*

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 52% 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 46% 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 46% 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 45% 2.9% 24.8% 5.6% 9.3% 39% 0.63 0.87 65% 21% 7.9% 10% 139 7 5%
2010 27 FLA NL 665 50% 3.6% 22.1% 5.0% 9.3% 37% 0.67 0.84 68% 20% 9.8% 13% 105 5 5%
2011 28 FLA NL 891 51% 2.2% 16.6% 4.9% 8.4% 31% 0.85 1.13 75% 21% 6.2% 11% 165 19 12%
2012 29 MIA NL 264 44% 2.3% 12.9% 6.1% 8.3% 34% 0.90 1.37 75% 15% 6.3% 10% 38 5 13%
7 Yrs 4185 48% 3.0% 19.6% 5.5% 8.7% 35% 0.70 0.92 70% 20% 7.9% 12% 706 59 8%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.8% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 870 3242 3.73 2192 68% 28% 16% 27% 29% 72% 2% 48% 78% 64% 4% 33 20 29% 248 140 16 33% 40 7 -2 0 0
2009 26 FLA NL 788 3035 3.85 2006 66% 28% 16% 29% 27% 72% 2% 48% 78% 61% 5% 38 20 28% 222 118 17 26% 39 11 -3 0 0
2010 27 FLA NL 667 2476 3.71 1678 68% 29% 17% 26% 29% 71% 1% 48% 77% 66% 3% 19 14 29% 191 108 8 21% 29 4 -2 0 0
2011 28 FLA NL 893 3196 3.58 2121 66% 26% 15% 27% 33% 74% 3% 49% 80% 65% 3% 30 15 24% 217 108 9 18% 40 7 -2 0 0
2012 29 MIA NL 265 958 3.62 613 64% 27% 15% 24% 34% 73% 5% 47% 80% 61% 3% 9 3 19% 50 19 1 29% 6 2 -1 0 1
7 Yrs 4195 15498 3.69 10215 66% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 48% 79% 62% 4% 159 84 25% 1055 552 57 25% 171 42 -10 0 1
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 1 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 1 1 9 0
2010 27 FLA NL 665 169 29 4 24 0 13 16 8 13 11 26 18 5 69% 4 5 0 221 5 6 45% 4 5 1 0 0 1 2 2 13 0
2011 28 FLA NL 891 244 31 4 20 0 14 8 12 11 9 44 21 8 48% 11 6 0 340 12 2 86% 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2012 29 MIA NL 264 64 7 2 6 0 9 2 4 2 4 16 6 3 38% 4 0 0 82 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
7 Yrs 4185 1040 136 20 124 2 77 56 68 60 64 216 119 38 55% 47 22 3 1454 51 27 65% 44 22 7 3 0 2 4 3 82 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

Cumulative Pitching

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 90 1.414 10.1 1.3 2.6 6.4 2.41 90
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 98 1.251 9.1 1.2 2.2 7.9 3.61 98
2010 27 54 39 .581 4.45 131 115 0 4 1 0 716.1 732 383 354 98 169 21 638 21 3 16 3030 96 1.258 9.2 1.2 2.1 8.0 3.78 96
2011 28 64 51 .557 4.50 164 148 0 6 2 0 922.1 976 500 461 118 213 29 786 24 3 22 3921 93 1.289 9.5 1.2 2.1 7.7 3.69 93
2012 29 69 54 .561 4.48 174 158 0 6 2 0 983.2 1040 529 490 124 229 33 820 27 3 22 4185 94 1.290 9.5 1.1 2.1 7.5 3.58 94

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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 4.76 136.0 154 80 72 20 40 96 10 1.426 10.2 2.6 6.4 2.40 1.3 35
2007 24 1 1 .500 5.14 21.0 25 13 12 3 9 11 1 1.619 10.7 3.9 4.7 1.22 1.3 5
2008 25 13 10 .565 3.41 211.0 189 89 80 28 41 185 6 1.090 8.1 1.7 7.9 4.51 1.2 34
2009 26 8 12 .400 4.99 184.0 186 113 102 23 44 194 2 1.250 9.1 2.2 9.5 4.41 1.1 31
2010 27 7 10 .412 4.56 154.0 168 87 78 24 33 144 2 1.305 9.8 1.9 8.4 4.36 1.4 26
2011 28 8 13 .381 5.14 198.0 250 126 113 20 45 142 3 1.490 11.4 2.0 6.5 3.16 0.9 33
6 Yrs 43 55 .439 4.55 904.0 972 508 457 118 212 772 24 1.310 9.7 7.7 3.64 1.2 164

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y
2012 NL  5 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
Active  .561 (26th)

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)
2011 NL  1.922 (5th)

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)

Games Started s c a p y
2011 NL  33 (4th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2011 NL  2 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 NL  1 (7th)
2011 NL  1 (6th)

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

Hits s c a p y
2011 NL  244 (1st)

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)
2011 NL  107 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2012 NL  3 (5th)

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 28 (844), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1699), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (742), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  8. Robert Person (936)
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