Ivan Nova

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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

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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	64	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	4.27	-0.02	0.17	104.5	4.65	-4	-0.4		-0.0	-0.2	-2	.409	.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

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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
2006	19	NYY-min	Rk	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		YNK · GULF
2007	20	NYY-min	A	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CHS · SALL
2008	21	NYY-min	A+	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TAM · FLOR
2009	22	NYY-min	AAA,AA	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SWB,TRE · IL,EL
2010	23	NYY-min	AAA	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SWB · IL
2010	23	NYY	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011	24	NYY-min	AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SWB · IL
2011	24	NYY	AL	28	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	RoY-4
2012	25	NYY	AL	28	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.143	.143	.143	.286	-21	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
2013	26	NYY	AL	4	0																							/1
4 Yrs				70	14	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.091	.091	.091	.182	-50	1	0	0	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	32	25	0	2	0	0	0	0			0		.091	.091	.091	.182	-50	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2010	23	NYY	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0		1
2011	24	NYY	AL	28	5	-1	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	-0	$432,900	1	RoY-4
2012	25	NYY	AL	28	9	-1	-0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	-0.0	.500	.500	-0.0	0	$527,200	1
3 Seasons				66	14	-3	-0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	-0	$960,100

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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
2011	24	NYY	AL	ALDS	DET	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALDS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Awards
2010	NYY	AL	23	P	10	7	42.0	11	5	5	1	0	.909	-1	-5	2.14	1.00	.953	1.63	1.61	3	0	0%	26%
2011	NYY	AL	24	P	28	27	165.1	37	16	21	0	0	1.000	2	2	2.01	1.32	.949	1.60	1.59	10	8	44%	28%	RoY-4
2012	NYY	AL	25	P	28	28	170.1	19	9	9	1	2	.947	-3	-4	0.95	0.64	.954	1.57	1.56	7	3	30%	25%
2013	NYY	AL	26	P	4	4	16.2	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	-1	-11	0.54	0.25	.970	1.57	1.52	2	2	50%	24%
	4 Seasons			P	70	66	394.1	68	30	36	2	2	.971	-3	-1	1.51	0.94	.951	1.59	1.58	22	13	37%	27%
	4 Seasons			TOT	70	66	394.1	68	30	36	2	2	.971	-3	-9	1.51	0.94	.951	1.59	1.58	22	13	37%	27%

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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) 2013 AL 3 (10th)
Fielding % as P s c a p y 2011 AL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 7 (1702), 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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Transactions

July 15, 2004: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.
December 11, 2008: Drafted by the San Diego Padres from the New York Yankees in the 2008 rule 5 draft.
March 29, 2009: Returned (earlier draft pick) by the San Diego Padres to the New York Yankees.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2011	24	New York Yankees	$432,900
2012	25	New York Yankees	$527,200	contracts
2013	26	New York Yankees	$575,600
2013 Status		Pre-Arb Eligible, Earliest Arb Eligible: 2014, Earliest Free Agent: 2017
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,535,700

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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