Eric Nolte

Eric Carl Nolte

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 28, 1964 in Canoga Park, CA
High School: Hemet HS (Hemet, CA)
School: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 6th round of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 1, 1987
Teams (by GP): Padres/Rangers 1987-1991

Final Game: June 1, 1991
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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
1985	21	SDP-min	A-	3	8	.273	3.99	14	14	0	0	0	0	76.2	79	50	34	6	46	0	52	3	2	11			1.630	9.3	0.7	5.4	6.1	1.13	SPO · NORW
1986	22	SDP-min	A	12	9	.571	3.90	26	26	0	3	0	0	164.0	154	80	71	11	68	1	121	1	1	10			1.354	8.5	0.6	3.7	6.6	1.78	CHS · SALL
1987	23	SDP-min	AA,A	7	6	.538	3.56	21	21	0	3	1	0	139.0	138	66	55	8	43	0	114	3	1	5			1.302	8.9	0.5	2.8	7.4	2.65	WCH,REN · TL,CALL
1987	23	SDP	NL	2	6	.250	3.21	12	12	0	1	0	0	67.1	57	28	24	6	36	2	44	2	1	3	293	124	1.381	7.6	0.8	4.8	5.9	1.22
1988	24	SDP-min	AAA	8	7	.533	6.03	27	25	1	1	0	0	128.1	168	97	86	11	53	2	68	1	8	7			1.722	11.8	0.8	3.7	4.8	1.28	LVG · PCL
1988	24	SDP	NL	0	0		6.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	3	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	14	66	1.667	9.0	3.0	6.0	3.0	0.50
1989	25	SDP-min	AAA	6	9	.400	5.18	23	21	1	3	0	0	116.1	121	74	67	7	54	2	89	3	5	13			1.504	9.4	0.5	4.2	6.9	1.65	LVG · PCL
1989	25	SDP	NL	0	0		11.00	3	1	1	0	0	0	9.0	15	12	11	1	7	1	8	0	0	3	49	33	2.444	15.0	1.0	7.0	8.0	1.14

1990	26	SDP-min	AAA	2	11	.154	8.58	33	18	4	1	0	0	122.2	187	130	117	15	49	4	79	1	7	8			1.924	13.7	1.1	3.6	5.8	1.61	LVG · PCL
1991	27	TEX-min	AAA	1	3	.250	5.91	25	9	6	0	0	1	56.1	74	39	37	4	31	0	40	2	2	3	269		1.864	11.8	0.6	5.0	6.4	1.29	OKC · AA
1991	27	TOT	MLB	3	2	.600	10.22	9	6	2	0	0	0	24.2	40	28	28	6	13	0	16	0	1	1	125	39	2.149	14.6	2.2	4.7	5.8	1.23
1991	27	SDP	NL	3	2	.600	11.05	6	6	0	0	0	0	22.0	37	27	27	6	10	0	15	0	1	1	111	35	2.136	15.1	2.5	4.1	6.1	1.50
1991	27	TEX	AL	0	0		3.38	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.2	3	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	14	137	2.250	10.1	0.0	10.1	3.4	0.33
1992	28	MIL-min	AAA	5	5	.500	5.12	49	2	22	0	0	3	72.0	74	53	41	7	31	4	45	4	2	4	316		1.458	9.2	0.9	3.9	5.6	1.45	DEN · AA
1993	29	LAD-SEA-MIL-min	AAA	3	5	.375	6.34	40	7	5	0	0	1	76.2	108	64	54	10	32	1	66	1	3	8	360		1.826	12.7	1.2	3.8	7.7	2.06	ABQ,CGY,NOR · PCL,AA
1994	30	SBR	A+	3	2	.600	5.32	54	0	38	0	0	7	89.2	105	62	53	14	43	0	110	5	0	5	425		1.651	10.5	1.4	4.3	11.0	2.56	SBR · CALL
4 Yrs				5	8	.385	5.63	26	19	4	1	0	0	104.0	115	70	65	14	58	3	69	2	3	7	481	70	1.663	10.0	1.2	5.0	6.0	1.19
162 Game Avg.				8	12	.385	5.63	39	29	6	2	0	0	157	174	106	98	21	88	5	104	3	5	11	727	70	1.663	10.0	1.2	5.0	6.0	1.19

SDP (4 yrs)				5	8	.385	5.68	23	19	2	1	0	0	101.1	112	69	64	14	55	3	68	2	3	7	467	69	1.648	9.9	1.2	4.9	6.0	1.24
TEX (1 yr)				0	0		3.38	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.2	3	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	14	137	2.250	10.1	0.0	10.1	3.4	0.33

NL (4 yrs)				5	8	.385	5.68	23	19	2	1	0	0	101.1	112	69	64	14	55	3	68	2	3	7	467	69	1.648	9.9	1.2	4.9	6.0	1.24
AL (1 yr)				0	0		3.38	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.2	3	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	14	137	2.250	10.1	0.0	10.1	3.4	0.33

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
1987	23	SDP	NL	67.1	12	12	28	3.74	4.47	0.20	0.16	96.3	4.27	3	0.4		-0.0	0.9	11	.530	.502	$62,500
1988	24	SDP	NL	3.0	2	0	2	6.00	4.18	0.22	-0.33	90.6	3.29	-1	-0.1	.2	0.0	0.0	-1	.449	.499	$70,000
1989	25	SDP	NL	9.0	3	1	12	12.00	3.93	-0.58	-0.11	100.0	4.41	-8	-0.7	.0	0.2	-0.4	-7	.275	.496	$

1991	27	SDP	NL	22.0	6	6	27	11.05	4.17	0.48	0.15	99.2	3.80	-18	-1.5		-0.0	-1.3	-16	.252	.491	$100,000
1991	27	TEX	AL	2.2	3	0	1	3.38	5.06	-0.26	-0.38	98.0	4.84	0	0.0	.1	-0.0	0.0	1	.515	.500	$
4 Seasons				104.0	26	19	70	6.06	4.37	0.18	0.11	97.1	4.17	-23	-1.9	.1	0.1	-0.8	-11	.428	.498	$232,500

SDP (4 yrs)				101.1	23	19	69	6.13	4.35	0.20	0.12	97.1	4.15	-23	-1.9	.1	0.2	-0.8	-12	.417	.497	$232,500
TEX (1 yr)				2.2	3	0	1	3.38	5.06	-0.26	-0.38	98.0	4.84	0	0.0	.1	-0.0	0.0	1	.515	.500	$

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
1987	23	SDP	NL	12	293	252	28	57	10	0	6	9	1	36	44	.226	.326	.337	.664	.251	85	4	2	2	1	2	4
1988	24	SDP	NL	2	14	11	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.273	.385	.545	.930	.222	6	0	0	1	0	0	0
1989	25	SDP	NL	3	49	40	12	15	6	0	1	0	0	7	8	.375	.458	.600	1.058	.438	24	0	0	1	1	1	0

1991	27	SDP	NL	6	111	98	27	37	5	1	6	9	1	10	15	.378	.423	.633	1.056	.388	62	1	0	0	3	0	0
1991	27	TEX	AL	3	14	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.273	.429	.273	.701	.300	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	27	TOT	MLB	9	125	109	28	40	5	1	6	9	1	13	16	.367	.424	.596	1.020	.378	65	1	0	0	3	0	0
4 Yrs				26	481	412	70	115	21	1	14	18	2	58	69	.279	.367	.437	.804	.302	180	5	2	4	5	3	4
162 Game Avg.				39	727	623	106	174	32	2	21	27	3	88	104	.279	.367	.437	.804	.302	272	8	3	6	8	5	6
MLB Averages																.257	.323	.388	.711	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1987	23	SDP	NL	5.4	0.6	310	0.3	5.8	-5.5	1.16	0.2	0.1	5.1	0.5	1.16	2.4	0	0	0
1988	24	SDP	NL	-0.6	-0.1	15	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.13	-0.2	-0.2	-0.8	-0.1	0.13	-1.6	0	0	2
1989	25	SDP	NL	-7.1	-0.7	52	-0.5	0.2	-0.8	.56	-0.6	-0.4	-10.5	-0.9	0.56	-6.0	0	0	1

1991	27	TOT	MLB	-15.2	-1.4	137	-1.4	1.2	-2.7	.78	-1.4	-0.5	-19.6	-1.8	0.79	-13.5	0	0	3
1991	27	SDP	NL	-15.7	-1.4	123	-1.4	1.2	-2.7	.87	-1.2	-0.4	-17.4	-1.5	0.87	-12.7	0	0	0
1991	27	TEX	AL	0.4	0.0	14	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.07	-0.2	-0.2	-2.2	-0.2	0.07	-0.8	0	0	3
4 Yrs				-17.5	-1.6	514	-1.7	7.3	-9.0	.97	-1.9	0.1	-25.8	-2.2	0.97	-18.8	0	0	6

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
1987	23	SDP	NL	12	12	2	6	4	0	2	4	8	.333	1	0	1	0	6	50%	52.7	78	21	11	4	0	7	3.4	3.1	5.6

1989	25	SDP	NL	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	35.0	35	35	2	0	0	1	12.4	9.0	4.0	85	0	1	0	0	85

1991	27	TOT	MLB	9	6	3	2	1	2	0	4	2	.667	0	1	0	0	1	17%		56	6	11	1	0	3	5.1	9.4	3.7	75	3	1	2	0	116
1991	27	SDP	NL	6	6	3	2	1	2	0	4	2	.667	0	1	0	0	1	17%	32.8	56	6	8	1	0	3	5.1	9.4	3.7	75	3	1	2	0	116
3 Yrs				21	19	5	8	6	2	2	9	10	.474	1	1	1	0	7	37%	45	78	6	21	5	0	11	4.4	4.9	4.9	77	3	2	2	0	116
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	103	-4					4.3	4.3	6.1	94

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1988	24	SDP	NL	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	.133	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	1	4.5	23
1989	25	SDP	NL	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	5	.565	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	7.5	50

1991	27	TOT	MLB	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%		.783	0	0	3	1	0	2	1	2	1	2	1	0	2.7	19
1991	27	TEX	AL	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	9	.072	0	0	3	1	0	2	1	2	1	2	1	0	2.7	19
3 Yrs				8	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%		.397	0	0	6	1	0	6	2	5	4	2	4	1	4.6	29

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%
1987	23	SDP	NL	293	14%	2.1%	15.0%	12.3%	5.5%	28%		1.44	69%				57	4	7%
1988	24	SDP	NL	14	36%	7.1%	7.1%	14.3%	7.1%	33%	0.29	0.33	64%	9%	100.0%	86%	4	0	0%
1989	25	SDP	NL	49	24%	2.0%	16.3%	14.3%	14.3%	47%	0.94	1.38	65%	18%	6.3%	6%	11	0	0%

1991	27	TOT	MLB	125	28%	4.8%	12.8%	10.4%	9.6%	30%	0.65	0.84	72%	28%	11.3%	7%	24	1	4%
1991	27	SDP	NL	111	29%	5.4%	13.5%	9.0%	10.8%	32%	0.62	0.72	72%	29%	12.5%	8%	20	1	5%
1991	27	TEX	AL	14	21%	0.0%	7.1%	21.4%	0.0%	0%	1.00	2.50	71%	20%	0.0%	0%	4	0	0%
4 Yrs				481	19%	2.9%	14.4%	12.1%	7.5%	31%	0.68	1.20	69%	24%	11.4%	14%	96	5	5%
MLB Averages					40%	2.2%	15.0%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.5%	24%			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
1988	24	SDP	NL	14	46	3.29	26	57%	23%	8%	27%	42%	77%	0%	43%	90%	57%	7%	1	1	21%	3	2	1	0%	1	0	0	0	0
1989	25	SDP	NL	49	184	3.76	108	59%	18%	16%	34%	31%	81%	5%	48%	80%	57%	6%	3	2	22%	11	8	0	25%	4	0	0	0	1

1991	27	TOT	MLB	125	509	4.07	297	58%	27%	14%	26%	32%	73%	0%	43%	80%	48%	9%	11	7	10%	13	7	1	19%	1	4	0	0	0
1991	27	SDP	NL	111	451	4.06	266	59%	27%	15%	26%	32%	73%	0%	43%	79%	48%	9%	10	6	11%	12	7	1	20%	1	4	0	0	0
1991	27	TEX	AL	14	58	4.14	31	53%	29%	6%	32%	32%	71%	0%	38%	91%	50%	7%	1	1	7%	1	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				188	739	3.93	431	58%	24%	14%	28%	33%	75%	1%	44%	81%	51%	8%	15	10	14%	27	17	2	20%	6	4	0	0	1
MLB Averages						3.62		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			18%				26%

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
1987	23	SDP	NL	293	57			6	0	4	4	2	2	4	11	6	2	55%	4	3	1	116	9	1	90%	7	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
1988	24	SDP	NL	14	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1989	25	SDP	NL	49	15	3	0	1	0	6	1	0	1	0	10	2	3	20%	0	3	0	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0

1991	27	TOT	MLB	125	40	15	1	6	1	2	4	2	2	4	11	9	1	82%	0	1	0	46	9	1	90%	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1991	27	SDP	NL	111	37	13	1	6	1	1	4	2	2	4	10	8	1	80%	0	1	0	41	9	1	90%	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1991	27	TEX	AL	14	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				481	115	18	1	14	1	12	9	5	5	9	32	17	6	53%	4	7	1	184	18	2	90%	15	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	20	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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+
1987	23	2	6	.250	3.21	12	12	0	1	67.1	57	28	24	6	36	2	44	2	1	3	293	124	1.381	7.6	0.8	4.8	5.9	1.22	124
1988	24	2	6	.250	3.33	14	12	1	1	70.1	60	30	26	7	38	2	45	2	2	3	307	120	1.393	7.7	0.9	4.9	5.8	1.18	120
1989	25	2	6	.250	4.20	17	13	2	1	79.1	75	42	37	8	45	3	53	2	2	6	356	94	1.513	8.5	0.9	5.1	6.0	1.18	94
1990	26	2	6	.250	4.20	17	13	2	1	79.1	75	42	37	8	45	3	53	2	2	6	356	94	1.513	8.5	0.9	5.1	6.0	1.18	94
1991	27	5	8	.385	5.63	26	19	4	1	104.0	115	70	65	14	58	3	69	2	3	7	481	70	1.663	10.0	1.2	5.0	6.0	1.19	70

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1987	23	4	3	.571	3.32	65.0	58	27	24	6	37	43	2	1.462	8.0	5.1	6.0	1.16	0.8	12
1988	24	0	0		9.00	3.0	3	3	3	1	2	1	0	1.667	9.0	6.0	3.0	0.50	3.0	2
1989	25	0	0		13.00	9.0	16	14	13	1	7	8	0	2.556	16.0	7.0	8.0	1.14	1.0	3

1991	27	0	2	.000	11.25	24.0	41	33	30	6	13	15	0	2.250	15.4	4.9	5.6	1.15	2.3	9
4 Yrs		4	5	.444	6.24	101.0	118	77	70	14	59	67	2	1.752	10.5		6.0	1.14	1.2	26

* 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.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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