Ivan Nova Pitching Statistics and History

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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	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	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	170.1	194	100	95	28	56	3	153	10	2	6	748	82	1.468	10.3	1.5	3.0	8.1	2.73
2013	26	NYY	AL	1	1	.500	6.48	4	4	0	0	0	16.2	23	12	12	1	8	0	18	3	0	1	79	66	1.860	12.4	0.5	4.3	9.7	2.25
4 Yrs				30	15	.667	4.47	70	66	4	0	0	394.1	424	208	196	46	138	8	295	20	2	20	1716	95	1.425	9.7	1.0	3.1	6.7	2.14
162 Game Avg.				15	8	.667	4.47	35	33	2	0	0	197	212	104	98	23	69	4	148	10	1	10	858	95	1.425	9.7	1.0	3.1	6.7	2.14

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	16.2	4	4	12	6.48	4.29	0.05	0.17	103.9	4.58	-4	-0.4		-0.0	-0.2	-2	.410	.498	$575,600
4 Seasons				394.1	70	66	208	4.75	4.49	0.02	0.16	104.4	4.83	2	0.4	1.7	-0.3	4.1	44	.505	.501	$1,535,700

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
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	4	79	65	12	23	4	0	1	2	2	8	18	.354	.436	.462	.897	.458	30	2	3	1	2	0	0
4 Yrs				70	1716	1535	208	424	101	9	46	22	13	138	295	.276	.341	.444	.784	.313	681	40	20	7	15	8	14
162 Game Avg.				35	858	768	104	212	51	5	23	11	7	69	148	.276	.341	.444	.784	.313	341	20	10	4	8	4	7
MLB Averages																.255	.321	.402	.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	-0.4	-0.0	191	-0.1	3.5	-3.5	1.14	0.3	-0.3	1.5	0.2	1.14	2.7	1	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
2012	25	NYY	AL	-14.3	-1.4	767	-1.5	13.6	-15.1	1.02	-1.9	0.4	-18.1	-1.8	1.02	-22.3	0	0
2013	26	NYY	AL	-3.7	-0.4	85	-0.3	1.4	-1.8	1.11	-0.3	0.0	-1.6	-0.2	1.11	-3.1	0	0
4 Yrs				-7.9	-0.7	1778	-1.8	30.6	-32.4	1.03	-1.9	0.1	-13.0	-1.2	1.03	-21.8	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%	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	4	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				70	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					4.4	4.4	6.0	96

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	1.138	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 Yrs				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%
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	79	52%	1.3%	22.8%	10.1%	6.3%	22%	1.04	1.31	61%	30%	4.3%	4%	21	2	10%
4 Yrs				1716	49%	2.7%	17.2%	8.0%	9.1%	37%	1.00	1.34	70%	20%	8.1%	9%	315	40	13%
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	79	345	4.37	208	60%	29%	14%	32%	24%	71%	0%	43%	80%	53%	8%	6	6	22%	17	7	0	28%	3	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1721	6264	3.64	3915	63%	30%	13%	25%	32%	70%	1%	44%	81%	59%	6%	99	61	21%	370	202	18	20%	66	30	-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	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	79	23	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	8	5	1	63%	0	1	1	41	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
4 Yrs				1716	424	42	5	46	2	33	21	25	27	19	110	66	16	60%	14	20	4	610	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	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	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	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	377.2	401	196	184	45	130	8	277	17	2	19	1637	96	1.406	9.6	1.1	3.1	6.6	2.13	96
2013	26	30	15	.667	4.47	70	66	4	394.1	424	208	196	46	138	8	295	20	2	20	1716	95	1.425	9.7	1.0	3.1	6.7	2.14	95

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	4.83	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	5.59	161.0	199	111	100	29	57	144	10	1.590	11.1	3.2	8.0	2.53	1.6	28
2013	26	0	1	.000	7.20	15.0	23	13	12	1	8	16	3	2.067	13.8	4.8	9.6	2.00	0.6	4
4 Yrs		17	22	.436	4.84	376.0	430	224	202	47	139	279	20	1.513	10.3		6.7	2.01	1.1	70

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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

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 7 (1701), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 5 (1321), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS	Starting Pitcher (1289th), 4.2 career WAR/4.2 7yr-peak WAR/4.2 JAWS Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

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