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Ivan Nova    \ee-VONN NOH-va\

Ivan Manuel (Guance) Nova (Super Nova) (twitter: @IvanNova47)

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

Born: January 12, 1987 in Palenque, San Cristobal, Dominican Republic
Signed
by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 13, 2010 (Age 23)
Team: Yankees 2010-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$576k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.035, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: SFX [*]
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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
2010 23 NYY AL 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
2011 24 NYY AL 16 4 .800 3.70 28 27 1 0 0 0 165.1 163 74 68 13 57 3 98 6 0 11 704 116 1.331 8.9 0.7 3.1 5.3 1.72 RoY-4
2012 25 NYY AL 12 8 .600 5.02 28 28 0 0 0 0 170.1 194 100 95 28 56 3 153 10 2 6 748 83 1.468 10.3 1.5 3.0 8.1 2.73
2013 26 NYY AL 2 1 .667 5.16 6 4 1 0 0 0 22.2 30 13 13 1 10 0 26 3 0 1 106 80 1.765 11.9 0.4 4.0 10.3 2.60
4 Yrs 31 15 .674 4.43 72 66 5 0 0 0 400.1 431 209 197 46 140 8 303 20 2 20 1743 96 1.426 9.7 1.0 3.1 6.8 2.16
162 Game Avg. 15 7 .674 4.43 35 33 2 0 0 0 197 212 103 97 23 69 4 149 10 1 10 859 96 1.426 9.7 1.0 3.1 6.8 2.16

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2010 23 NYY AL 42.0 10 7 22 4.71 4.71 0.30 0.10 103.9 4.69 -0 -0.0 1.5 -0.0 0.4 4 .495 .500
2011 24 NYY AL 165.1 28 27 74 4.03 4.46 0.03 0.16 107.6 4.94 16 1.8 2.3 -0.1 3.4 34 .563 .511 $432,900 RoY-4
2012 25 NYY AL 170.1 28 28 100 5.28 4.49 -0.05 0.17 101.5 4.78 -10 -1.0 -0.1 0.6 8 .465 .494 $527,200
2013 26 NYY AL 22.2 6 4 13 5.16 4.38 0.07 0.04 103.3 4.48 -2 -0.2 1.1 -0.0 -0.0 0 .463 .499 $575,600
4 Seasons 400.1 72 66 209 4.70 4.49 0.02 0.15 104.4 4.82 4 0.5 1.5 -0.3 4.3 46 .507 .502 $1,535,700

Postseason Pitching

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 PAu 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
2012 25 NYY AL 28 748 673 100 194 52 7 28 7 3 56 153 .288 .349 .511 .860 .333 344 19 10 3 6 3 5
2013 26 NYY AL 6 106 90 13 30 4 0 1 2 2 10 26 .333 .410 .411 .821 .446 37 2 3 1 2 0 0
4 Yrs 72 1743 1560 209 431 101 9 46 22 13 140 303 .276 .341 .441 .782 .314 688 40 20 7 15 8 14
162 Game Avg. 35 859 769 103 212 50 4 23 11 6 69 149 .276 .341 .441 .782 .314 339 20 10 3 7 4 7
MLB Averages .255 .321 .402 .723 .296

Win Probability*

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2010 23 NYY AL -0.4 -0.0 191 -0.1 3.5 -3.5 1.14 0.3 -0.3 1.5 0.2 1.14 2.7 1 0 2
2011 24 NYY AL 10.5 1.1 735 0.1 12.1 -12.0 1.01 0.0 0.1 5.2 0.5 1.01 0.8 1 0 0
2012 25 NYY AL -14.3 -1.4 767 -1.5 13.6 -15.1 1.02 -1.9 0.4 -18.1 -1.7 1.02 -22.3 0 0 0
2013 26 NYY AL -2.1 -0.2 112 -0.2 1.8 -2.0 1.08 -0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.08 -1.7 1 0 1
4 Yrs -6.4 -0.6 1805 -1.7 31.0 -32.7 1.03 -1.8 0.2 -11.3 -1.1 1.03 -20.4 3 0 3

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% 46.6 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% 51.4 77 15 29 4 0 15 6.0 6.5 6.1 94 2 16 9 0 110
2012 25 NYY AL 28 28 12 8 8 2 1 17 11 .607 1 5 0 0 13 46% 47.8 74 15 26 5 0 14 5.0 5.1 6.1 96 3 11 14 0 114
2013 26 NYY AL 6 4 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0% 42.5 49 38 6 5 0 2 4.5 5.8 4.2 86 1 2 1 0 101
4 Yrs 72 66 30 13 23 8 2 43 23 .652 5 10 0 0 30 45% 49 77 15 70 18 0 35 5.3 5.7 5.9 93 10 32 24 0 114
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 101 -13 4.3 4.4 6.0 96

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
2010 23 NYY AL 10 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 2 100% 7 1.138 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 5.3 35
2011 24 NYY AL 28 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1.007 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2.0 14
2013 26 NYY AL 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.077 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 9.0 42
3 Yrs 44 6 5 1 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 2 100% 1.039 3 0 3 1 2 3 1 5 3 1 3 0 6.0 34

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%
2012 25 NYY AL 748 51% 3.7% 20.5% 7.5% 11.6% 45% 0.84 1.19 67% 22% 10.9% 10% 128 19 15%
2013 26 NYY AL 106 49% 0.9% 24.5% 9.4% 4.7% 17% 1.06 1.22 61% 27% 3.4% 9% 27 2 7%
4 Yrs 1743 49% 2.6% 17.4% 8.0% 9.0% 36% 1.00 1.34 70% 20% 8.0% 9% 321 40 12%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 19.1% 8.2% 7.6% 33% 0.82 1.10 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
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
2012 25 NYY AL 748 2691 3.60 1701 63% 29% 15% 24% 31% 71% 1% 45% 78% 58% 5% 40 23 21% 154 87 9 16% 33 14 0 0 0
2013 26 NYY AL 106 429 4.05 267 62% 28% 16% 30% 25% 72% 0% 45% 77% 57% 7% 7 6 23% 24 13 0 19% 8 1 0 0 0
4 Yrs 1748 6348 3.63 3974 63% 30% 14% 25% 32% 70% 1% 44% 81% 59% 6% 100 61 22% 377 208 18 19% 71 31 -5 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 46% 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 0 0 22 0
2012 25 NYY AL 748 194 22 4 28 2 16 12 16 14 14 45 21 10 47% 5 6 1 259 7 3 70% 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
2013 26 NYY AL 106 30 4 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 9 5 2 56% 0 1 1 51 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
4 Yrs 1743 431 43 5 46 2 36 21 25 27 19 111 66 17 59% 14 20 4 620 22 13 63% 20 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 52 0
MLB Averages 52% 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+
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 13 889 111 1.355 9.0 0.7 3.2 5.4 1.68 111
2012 25 29 14 .674 4.38 66 62 4 0 0 0 377.2 401 196 184 45 130 8 277 17 2 19 1637 97 1.406 9.6 1.1 3.1 6.6 2.13 97
2013 26 31 15 .674 4.43 72 66 5 0 0 0 400.1 431 209 197 46 140 8 303 20 2 20 1743 96 1.426 9.7 1.0 3.1 6.8 2.16 96

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
2010 23 2 2 .500 4.83 41.0 45 24 22 4 17 25 1 1.512 9.9 3.7 5.5 1.47 0.9 10
2011 24 9 8 .529 3.85 159.0 163 76 68 13 57 94 6 1.384 9.2 3.2 5.3 1.65 0.7 28
2012 25 6 11 .353 5.53 161.0 198 110 99 29 57 145 10 1.584 11.1 3.2 8.1 2.54 1.6 28
2013 26 1 1 .500 6.00 21.0 31 16 14 1 10 24 3 1.952 13.3 4.3 10.3 2.40 0.4 6
4 Yrs 18 22 .450 4.78 382.0 437 226 203 47 141 288 20 1.513 10.3 6.8 2.04 1.1 72



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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)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2012 AL  8.084 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2012 AL  28 (9th)

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

Earned Runs s c a p y
2012 AL  95 (10th)

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

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2012 AL  10 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1704), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1321), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Starting Pitcher (1278th), 4.2 career WAR/4.2 7yr-peak WAR/4.2 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.2 7yr-peak WAR/61.4 JAWS

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