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Iván Nova

Ivan Manuel (Guance) Nova (Super Nova)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: January 12, 1987 in San Cristobal, San Cristobal, D.R.
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 13, 2010 vs. DET 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Team: Yankees 2010-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$433k (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.035, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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	19	NYY-min	Rk	3	0	1.000	2.72	10	5	2	0	1	43.0	36	13	13	5	7	0	36	3	0	3	167		1.000	7.5	1.0	1.5	7.5	5.14	YNK · GULF
2007	20	NYY-min	A	6	8	.429	4.98	21	21	0	0	0	99.1	121	64	55	8	31	0	54	6	0	4	440		1.530	11.0	0.7	2.8	4.9	1.74	CHS · SALL
2008	21	NYY-min	A+	8	13	.381	4.36	26	24	1	0	0	148.2	168	81	72	6	46	2	109	9	1	12	637		1.439	10.2	0.4	2.8	6.6	2.37	TAM · FLOR
2009	22	NYY-min	AA,AAA	6	8	.429	3.68	24	24	0	1	0	139.1	137	66	57	7	59	0	90	5	3	9	597		1.407	8.8	0.5	3.8	5.8	1.53	TRE,SWB · EL,IL
2010	23	NYY-min	AAA	12	3	.800	2.86	23	23	0	0	0	145.0	135	50	46	10	48	1	115	2	1	4	595		1.262	8.4	0.6	3.0	7.1	2.40	SWB · IL
2010	23	NYY	AL	1	2	.333	4.50	10	7	3	0	0	42.0	44	22	21	4	17	2	26	1	0	2	185	97	1.452	9.4	0.9	3.6	5.6	1.53
2011	24	NYY-min	AAA	1	2	.333	3.38	3	3	0	0	0	16.0	16	6	6	3	2	0	18	0	0	6	65		1.125	9.0	1.7	1.1	10.1	9.00	SWB · IL
2011	24	NYY	AL	16	4	.800	3.70	28	27	1	0	0	165.1	163	74	68	13	57	3	98	6	0	11	704	119	1.331	8.9	0.7	3.1	5.3	1.72	RoY-4
2 Seasons				17	6	.739	3.86	38	34	4	0	0	207.1	207	96	89	17	74	5	124	7	0	13	889	114	1.355	9.0	0.7	3.2	5.4	1.68
162 Game Avg.				16	6	.739	3.86	36	32	4	0	0	196	196	91	84	16	70	5	117	7	0	12	840	114	1.355	9.0	0.7	3.2	5.4	1.68

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
2010	23	NYY	AL	42.0	7	22	27	0	1.1	5	0.5	$
2011	24	NYY	AL	165.1	27	74	111	2	1.0	37	3.6	$432,900	RoY-4
2 Seasons				207.1	34	96	138	2	1.0	42	4.1	$432,900

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

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
2011	24	NYY	AL	ALDS	L	DET	1	1	.500	4.32	2	1	0	0	0	0	8.1	7	4	4	2	4	0	8	0	0	0	34	1.320	7.6	2.2	4.3	8.6	2.00
1 ALDS							1	1	.500	4.32	2	1	0	0	0	0	8.1	7	4	4	2	4	0	8	0	0	0	34	1.320	7.6	2.2	4.3	8.6	2.00

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
2010	23	NYY	AL	10	185	164	22	44	8	0	4	3	0	17	26	.268	.339	.390	.729	.296	64	3	1	1	1	2	0
2011	24	NYY	AL	28	704	633	74	163	37	2	13	10	8	57	98	.258	.322	.384	.706	.284	243	16	6	2	6	3	9
2 Seasons				38	889	797	96	207	45	2	17	13	8	74	124	.260	.325	.385	.711	.287	307	19	7	3	7	5	9
162 Game Avg.				36	840	753	91	196	43	2	16	12	8	70	117	.260	.325	.385	.711	.287	290	18	7	3	7	5	9
MLB Averages																.256	.323	.401	.724	.296

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevLo
2010	23	NYY	AL	-0.6	-0.1	191	-0.1	3.5	-3.5	1.14	0.3	-0.3	2.0	0.2	1.14	3.1	1	2
2011	24	NYY	AL	12.3	1.3	735	0.2	12.2	-12.0	1.01	0.1	0.1	6.7	0.7	1.01	2.3	1	0
2 Seasons				11.6	1.2	926	0.1	15.7	-15.5	1.03	0.4	-0.3	8.7	0.9	1.03	5.4	2	2

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
2010	23	NYY	AL	10	7	1	1	5	1	0	5	2	.714	1	1	0	0	1	14%	47	61	27	9	4	0	4	4.8	5.1	5.2	80	4	3	0	0	91
2011	24	NYY	AL	28	27	16	3	8	4	1	19	8	.704	2	4	0	0	16	59%	51	77	15	29	4	0	15	6.0	6.5	6.1	94	2	16	9	0	110
2 Seasons				38	34	17	4	13	5	1	24	10	.706	3	5	0	0	17	50%	50	77	15	38	8	0	19	5.7	6.3	5.9	91	6	19	9	0	110
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	100	-8					4.4	4.4	6.0	97

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2010	23	NYY	AL	10	3	3	1	1	1	0%	1	2	2	100%	7	1.139	1	2	1	0	2	1	2	2	0	2	5.3	35
2011	24	NYY	AL	28	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0		10	1.007	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2.0	14
2 Seasons				38	4	4	2	1	1	0%	1	2	2	100%		1.034	2	2	1	1	2	1	3	2	1	2	4.5	30

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%
2010	23	NYY	AL	185	41%	2.2%	14.1%	9.2%	6.5%	27%	1.03	1.33	73%	19%	6.3%	7%	33	3	9%
2011	24	NYY	AL	704	50%	1.9%	13.9%	8.1%	7.4%	32%	1.17	1.52	75%	17%	5.8%	10%	133	16	12%
2 Seasons				889	48%	1.9%	14.0%	8.3%	7.2%	31%	1.14	1.47	75%	17%	5.9%	9%	166	19	11%
MLB Averages					46%	2.5%	18.6%	8.3%	7.5%	33%	0.81	1.08	69%	19%	7.3%	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
2010	23	NYY	AL	185	666	3.60	404	61%	31%	12%	22%	35%	69%	3%	42%	83%	60%	9%	16	11	19%	36	17	1	31%	4	3	0	0	0
2011	24	NYY	AL	709	2562	3.61	1602	63%	30%	12%	24%	34%	70%	1%	44%	83%	60%	5%	37	21	23%	163	91	8	21%	26	13	-5	0	0
2 Seasons				894	3228	3.61	2006	62%	30%	12%	24%	34%	70%	1%	43%	83%	60%	6%	53	32	22%	199	108	9	23%	30	16	-5	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				24%

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
2010	23	NYY	AL	185	44	4	0	4	0	8	1	3	2	2	12	8	1	67%	0	2	0	63	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
2011	24	NYY	AL	704	163	13	1	13	0	8	7	6	10	3	45	32	4	71%	9	11	2	247	10	8	56%	9	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	22	0
2 Seasons				889	207	17	1	17	0	16	8	9	12	5	57	40	5	70%	9	13	2	310	13	8	62%	12	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	28	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

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+
2010	23	1	2	.333	4.50	10	7	3	0	0	0	42.0	44	22	21	4	17	2	26	1	0	2	185	97	1.452	9.4	0.9	3.6	5.6	1.53	97
2011	24	17	6	.739	3.86	38	34	4	0	0	0	207.1	207	96	89	17	74	5	124	7	0	13	889	114	1.355	9.0	0.7	3.2	5.4	1.68	114

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2010	23	2	2	.500	4.61	41.0	44	23	21	4	17	25	1	1.488	9.7	3.7	5.5	1.47	0.9	10
2011	24	9	8	.529	3.71	160.0	161	73	66	13	56	95	6	1.356	9.1	3.2	5.3	1.70	0.7	28
2 Seasons		11	10	.524	3.90	201.0	205	96	87	17	73	120	7	1.383	9.2		5.4	1.64	0.8	38

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y 2011 AL 16 (4th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 2011 AL .800 (2nd)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 2011 AL 0.708 (7th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 2011 AL 11 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
2011 AL 16 (4th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2011 AL .800 (2nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2011 AL 0.708 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2011 AL 11 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 7 (1666), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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