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Hideo Nomo
Hideo Nomo (The Tornado)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: August 31, 1968 in Osaka, Japan
Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1995
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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
1995 26 LAD NL 13 6 .684 2.54 28 28 0 4 3 0 191.1 124 63 54 14 78 2 236 5 5 19 780 150 1.056 5.8 0.7 3.7 11.1 3.03 AS,CYA-4,RoY-1
1996 27 LAD NL 16 11 .593 3.19 33 33 0 3 2 0 228.1 180 93 81 23 85 6 234 2 3 11 932 122 1.161 7.1 0.9 3.4 9.2 2.75 CYA-4
1997 28 LAD NL 14 12 .538 4.25 33 33 0 1 0 0 207.1 193 104 98 23 92 2 233 9 4 10 904 91 1.375 8.4 1.0 4.0 10.1 2.53
1998 29 TOT NL 6 12 .333 4.92 29 28 0 3 0 0 157.1 130 88 86 19 94 2 167 4 4 13 687 84 1.424 7.4 1.1 5.4 9.6 1.78
1998 29 LAD NL 2 7 .222 5.05 12 12 0 2 0 0 67.2 57 39 38 8 38 0 73 3 1 4 295 80 1.404 7.6 1.1 5.1 9.7 1.92
1998 29 NYM NL 4 5 .444 4.82 17 16 0 1 0 0 89.2 73 49 48 11 56 2 94 1 3 9 392 87 1.439 7.3 1.1 5.6 9.4 1.68
1999 30 MIL NL 12 8 .600 4.54 28 28 0 0 0 0 176.1 173 96 89 27 78 2 161 3 1 10 767 100 1.423 8.8 1.4 4.0 8.2 2.06
2000 31 DET AL 8 12 .400 4.74 32 31 0 1 0 0 190.0 191 102 100 31 89 1 181 3 0 16 828 99 1.474 9.0 1.5 4.2 8.6 2.03
2001 32 BOS AL 13 10 .565 4.50 33 33 0 2 2 0 198.0 171 105 99 26 96 2 220 3 0 6 849 101 1.348 7.8 1.2 4.4 10.0 2.29
2002 33 LAD NL 16 6 .727 3.39 34 34 0 0 0 0 220.1 189 92 83 26 101 5 193 2 0 6 926 112 1.316 7.7 1.1 4.1 7.9 1.91
2003 34 LAD NL 16 13 .552 3.09 33 33 0 2 2 0 218.1 175 82 75 24 98 6 177 1 0 11 897 130 1.250 7.2 1.0 4.0 7.3 1.81
2004 35 LAD NL 4 11 .267 8.25 18 18 0 0 0 0 84.0 105 77 77 19 42 1 54 4 0 3 393 50 1.750 11.3 2.0 4.5 5.8 1.29
2005 36 TBD AL 5 8 .385 7.24 19 19 0 0 0 0 100.2 127 82 81 16 51 2 59 2 0 3 472 60 1.768 11.4 1.4 4.6 5.3 1.16
2008 39 KCR AL 0 0 18.69 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.1 10 9 9 3 4 0 3 0 0 1 27 23 3.231 20.8 6.2 8.3 6.2 0.75
12 Seasons 123 109 .530 4.24 323 318 2 16 9 0 1976.1 1768 993 932 251 908 31 1918 38 17 109 8462 97 1.354 8.1 1.1 4.1 8.7 2.11
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .530 4.24 34 34 0 2 1 0 210 188 105 99 27 96 3 203 4 2 12 898 97 1.354 8.1 1.1 4.1 8.7 2.11
LAD (7 yrs) 81 66 .551 3.74 191 191 0 12 7 0 1217.1 1023 550 506 137 534 22 1200 26 13 64 5127 104 1.279 7.6 1.0 3.9 8.9 2.25
KCR (1 yr) 0 0 18.69 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.1 10 9 9 3 4 0 3 0 0 1 27 23 3.231 20.8 6.2 8.3 6.2 0.75
TBD (1 yr) 5 8 .385 7.24 19 19 0 0 0 0 100.2 127 82 81 16 51 2 59 2 0 3 472 60 1.768 11.4 1.4 4.6 5.3 1.16
NYM (1 yr) 4 5 .444 4.82 17 16 0 1 0 0 89.2 73 49 48 11 56 2 94 1 3 9 392 87 1.439 7.3 1.1 5.6 9.4 1.68
BOS (1 yr) 13 10 .565 4.50 33 33 0 2 2 0 198.0 171 105 99 26 96 2 220 3 0 6 849 101 1.348 7.8 1.2 4.4 10.0 2.29
DET (1 yr) 8 12 .400 4.74 32 31 0 1 0 0 190.0 191 102 100 31 89 1 181 3 0 16 828 99 1.474 9.0 1.5 4.2 8.6 2.03
MIL (1 yr) 12 8 .600 4.54 28 28 0 0 0 0 176.1 173 96 89 27 78 2 161 3 1 10 767 100 1.423 8.8 1.4 4.0 8.2 2.06
NL (8 yrs) 97 79 .551 3.90 236 235 0 13 7 0 1483.1 1269 695 643 175 668 26 1455 30 17 83 6286 102 1.306 7.7 1.1 4.1 8.8 2.18
AL (4 yrs) 26 30 .464 5.28 87 83 2 3 2 0 493.0 499 298 289 76 240 5 463 8 0 26 2176 86 1.499 9.1 1.4 4.4 8.5 1.93

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1995 26 LAD NL NLDS L CIN 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 5 5 2 2 1 6 0 0 1 24 1.800 12.6 3.6 3.6 10.8 3.00
1996 27 LAD NL NLDS L ATL 0 1 .000 12.27 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 5 5 5 1 5 0 3 0 0 0 21 2.727 12.3 2.5 12.3 7.4 0.60
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 2 .000 10.38 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.2 12 10 10 3 7 1 9 0 0 1 45 2.192 12.5 3.1 7.3 9.3 1.29
1 NLDS 0 1 .000 12.27 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 5 5 5 1 5 0 3 0 0 0 21 2.727 12.3 2.5 12.3 7.4 0.60
1 NLDS 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 5 5 2 2 1 6 0 0 1 24 1.800 12.6 3.6 3.6 10.8 3.00
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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
1995 26 LAD NL 28 72 66 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 33 .091 .090 .091 .180 -50 6 1 0 5 1 0 1 AS,CYA-4,RoY-1
1996 27 LAD NL 33 87 75 1 10 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 38 .133 .156 .187 .343 -7 14 1 0 10 0 0 1 CYA-4
1997 28 LAD NL 30 75 69 3 11 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 32 .159 .171 .232 .403 8 16 0 0 5 0 0 1
1998 29 TOT NL 28 55 50 4 9 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 17 .180 .196 .240 .436 16 12 0 0 4 0 0 1
1998 29 LAD NL 12 22 20 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 6 .050 .050 .200 .250 -37 4 0 0 2 0 0 1
1998 29 NYM NL 16 33 30 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 11 .267 .290 .267 .557 49 8 0 0 2 0 0 1
1999 30 MIL NL 27 64 56 3 12 2 1 0 5 0 0 1 22 .214 .228 .286 .514 30 16 0 0 7 0 0 1
2000 31 DET AL 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 32 BOS AL 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 33 LAD NL 33 74 63 3 4 2 0 1 3 0 0 5 32 .063 .132 .143 .275 -25 9 1 0 6 0 0 1
2003 34 LAD NL 31 74 65 4 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 25 .138 .176 .200 .376 1 13 1 0 6 0 0 1
2004 35 LAD NL 16 27 26 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 17 .115 .115 .231 .346 -11 6 0 0 1 0 0 1
2005 36 TBD AL 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Seasons 233 543 485 22 65 14 1 4 26 0 0 13 222 .134 .156 .192 .348 -7 93 4 0 44 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 378 337 15 45 10 1 3 18 0 0 9 154 .134 .156 .192 .348 -7 65 3 0 31 1 0
LAD (7 yrs) 183 431 384 16 44 12 0 4 18 0 0 11 183 .115 .139 .177 .316 -15 68 4 0 35 1 0
TBD (1 yr) 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYM (1 yr) 16 33 30 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 11 .267 .290 .267 .557 49 8 0 0 2 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 6 1 0 0 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIL (1 yr) 27 64 56 3 12 2 1 0 5 0 0 1 22 .214 .228 .286 .514 30 16 0 0 7 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 226 528 470 22 64 14 1 4 26 0 0 13 216 .136 .159 .196 .355 -5 92 4 0 44 1 0
AL (4 yrs) 7 15 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .067 .067 .067 .133 -65 1 0 0 0 0 0

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
1995 26 LAD NL NLDS CIN L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 27 LAD NL NLDS ATL L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1995 LAD NL 26 P 28 28 191.1 21 6 12 3 2 .857 0.0 0.0 0.85 0.64 .962 1.84 0.51 AS,CYA-4,RoY-1
1996 LAD NL 27 P 33 33 228.1 35 12 22 1 0 .971 0.0 0.0 1.34 1.03 .954 1.84 0.52 CYA-4
1997 LAD NL 28 P 33 33 207.1 26 16 8 2 2 .923 0.0 0.0 1.04 0.73 .954 1.85 0.52
1998 TOT NL 29 P 29 28 157.4 24 10 14 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.37 0.83 .962 1.85 0.54
1998 LAD NL 29 P 12 12 67.2 8 6 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.06 0.67 .962 1.85 0.54
1998 NYM NL 29 P 17 16 89.2 16 4 12 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.61 0.94 .962 1.85 0.54
1999 MIL NL 30 P 28 28 176.1 22 11 11 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.12 0.79 .950 1.72 0.48
2000 DET AL 31 P 32 31 190.0 29 12 16 1 2 .966 0.0 0.0 1.33 0.88 .955 1.62 0.46
2001 BOS AL 32 P 33 33 198.0 37 17 19 1 2 .973 0.0 0.0 1.64 1.09 .954 1.75 0.49
2002 LAD NL 33 P 34 34 220.1 35 10 21 4 2 .886 0.0 0.0 1.27 0.91 .966 1.83 0.48
2003 LAD NL 34 P 33 33 218.1 43 14 28 1 4 .977 0.0 0.0 1.73 1.27 .956 1.85 0.48
2004 LAD NL 35 P 18 18 84.0 19 5 14 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.04 1.06 .963 1.84 0.47
2005 TBD AL 36 P 19 19 100.2 18 2 16 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.61 0.95 .950 1.69 0.46
2008 KCR AL 39 P 3 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.66 0.43
12 Seasons P 323 318 1976.1 309 115 181 13 18 .958 0.0 0.0 1.35 0.92 .957 1.79 0.49
12 Seasons TOT 323 318 1976.1 309 115 181 13 18 .958 0.0 0.0 1.35 0.92 .915 1.79 0.49

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1995 (P)

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1995-NL-Rookie of the Year

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1995-NL--4--21%
1996-NL--4--4%
0.25 Career Shares (134th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1995 NL--2.540--2nd
1996 NL--3.193--8th
2003 NL--3.092--6th

Wins s c a p y
1995 NL--13--9th
1996 NL--16--5th
2002 NL--16--7th
2003 NL--16--5th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1995 NL--.684--7th
2002 NL--.727--4th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1995 NL--1.056--2nd
1996 NL--1.161--7th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1995 NL--5.833--1st
1996 NL--7.095--3rd
2001 AL--7.773--5th
2003 NL--7.214--4th
Career--8.051--125th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1995 NL--11.101--1st
1996 NL--9.223--2nd
1997 NL--10.114--3rd
1999 NL--8.217--4th
2000 AL--8.574--3rd
2001 AL--10.000--1st
2002 NL--7.883--9th
Career--8.734--11th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1996 NL--228.3--9th
2002 NL--220.3--7th
2003 NL--218.3--6th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1995 NL--236--1st
1996 NL--234--2nd
1997 NL--233--4th
2000 AL--181--6th
2001 AL--220--1st
2002 NL--193--8th
2003 NL--177--8th
Career--1918--76th

Games Started s c a p y
1997 NL--33--7th
2002 NL--34--4th
2003 NL--33--8th
Career--318--250th

Complete Games s c a p y
1995 NL--4--5th

Shutouts s c a p y
1995 NL--3--1st
1996 NL--2--2nd
2001 AL--2--4th
2003 NL--2--4th

Home Runs s c a p y
2000 AL--31--5th
2001 AL--26--8th
Career--251--93rd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1995 NL--78--2nd
1996 NL--85--9th
1997 NL--92--3rd
1998 NL--94--6th
2000 AL--89--8th
2001 AL--96--1st
2002 NL--101--2nd
2003 NL--98--4th
Career--908--146th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1995 NL--3.026--7th
Career--2.112--202nd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1995 NL--.659--5th

Losses s c a p y
1997 NL--12--6th
2003 NL--13--6th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1997 NL--98--5th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1995 NL--19--1st
1996 NL--11--7th
1997 NL--10--3rd
1998 NL--13--2nd
1999 NL--10--9th
2000 AL--16--2nd
2003 NL--11--6th
Career--109--62nd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1997 NL--904--9th
2002 NL--926--7th
2003 NL--897--10th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1995 NL--150--2nd
1996 NL--122--10th

Oldest s c a p y
2008 AL--born 1968-08-31--7th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 11 (202), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 88 (265), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 24 (520), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (530), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

February 8, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

June 4, 1998: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Brad Clontz to the New York Mets for Greg McMichael and Dave Mlicki.

March 26, 1999: Released by the New York Mets.

April 2, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

April 23, 1999: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

April 29, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

October 28, 1999: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Milwaukee Brewers.

October 29, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

January 21, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

November 2, 2000: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

December 15, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

November 5, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

December 21, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

November 1, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

January 27, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

July 16, 2005: Released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

July 29, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

October 15, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

March 6, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

June 7, 2006: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

January 17, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

April 25, 2008: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1995Los Angeles Dodgers$2,109,000
1996Los Angeles Dodgers$600,000
1997Los Angeles Dodgers$900,000
1998Los Angeles Dodgers$2,800,000
1999Milwaukee Brewers$250,000
2000Detroit Tigers$1,000,000
2001Boston Red Sox$4,500,000
2002Los Angeles Dodgers$4,500,000
2003Los Angeles Dodgers$7,750,000
2004Los Angeles Dodgers$9,000,000
2005Tampa Bay Devil Rays$800,000
Career (may be incomplete)$34,209,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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