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Rich Nye

Richard Raymond Nye

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 4, 1944 in Oakland, CA
High School: Las Lomas HS (Las Lomas, CA)
School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 14th round of the 1966 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1966
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Expos/Cardinals 1966-1970

Final Game: September 2, 1970
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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
1966 21 CHC NL 0 2 .000 2.12 3 2 0 0 0 0 17.0 16 4 4 1 7 2 9 0 0 0 71 178 1.353 8.5 0.5 3.7 4.8 1.29
1967 22 CHC NL 13 10 .565 3.20 35 30 1 7 0 0 205.0 179 82 73 15 52 4 119 2 1 2 835 111 1.127 7.9 0.7 2.3 5.2 2.29
1968 23 CHC NL 7 12 .368 3.80 27 20 3 6 1 1 132.2 145 65 56 16 34 4 74 1 1 1 570 84 1.349 9.8 1.1 2.3 5.0 2.18
1969 24 CHC NL 3 5 .375 5.11 34 5 9 1 0 3 68.2 72 43 39 13 21 4 39 1 0 1 294 79 1.354 9.4 1.7 2.8 5.1 1.86
1970 25 TOT NL 3 2 .600 4.14 14 6 2 2 0 0 54.1 60 28 25 5 26 4 26 0 0 0 246 100 1.583 9.9 0.8 4.3 4.3 1.00
1970 25 STL NL 0 0 4.50 6 0 2 0 0 0 8.0 13 5 4 2 6 1 5 0 0 0 43 96 2.375 14.6 2.3 6.8 5.6 0.83
1970 25 MON NL 3 2 .600 4.08 8 6 0 2 0 0 46.1 47 23 21 3 20 3 21 0 0 0 203 101 1.446 9.1 0.6 3.9 4.1 1.05
5 Yrs 26 31 .456 3.71 113 63 15 16 1 4 477.2 472 222 197 50 140 18 267 4 2 4 2016 97 1.281 8.9 0.9 2.6 5.0 1.91
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .456 3.71 44 24 6 6 0 2 185 182 86 76 19 54 7 103 2 1 2 779 97 1.281 8.9 0.9 2.6 5.0 1.91
CHC (4 yrs) 23 29 .442 3.66 99 57 13 14 1 4 423.1 412 194 172 45 114 14 241 4 2 4 1770 96 1.243 8.8 1.0 2.4 5.1 2.11
STL (1 yr) 0 0 4.50 6 0 2 0 0 0 8.0 13 5 4 2 6 1 5 0 0 0 43 96 2.375 14.6 2.3 6.8 5.6 0.83
MON (1 yr) 3 2 .600 4.08 8 6 0 2 0 0 46.1 47 23 21 3 20 3 21 0 0 0 203 101 1.446 9.1 0.6 3.9 4.1 1.05

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1966 21 CHC NL 17.0 3 2 4 2.12 3.63 -0.25 0.04 102.7 4.03 3 0.4 .5 -0.0 0.5 5 .637 .503 $
1967 22 CHC NL 205.0 35 30 82 3.60 3.74 0.25 0.05 103.1 3.65 -1 -0.2 1.2 -0.1 1.5 21 .495 .499 $
1968 23 CHC NL 132.2 27 20 65 4.41 3.32 -0.04 0.03 103.9 3.52 -15 -1.8 1.3 -0.1 -0.7 -2 .434 .489 $
1969 24 CHC NL 68.2 34 5 43 5.64 4.12 -0.07 -0.10 111.4 4.56 -9 -1.0 1.3 -0.2 -0.5 -1 .472 .494 $
1970 25 STL NL 8.0 6 0 5 5.63 4.58 -0.54 -0.19 108.5 5.35 -0 -0.0 .9 -0.0 0.0 1 .494 .500 $
1970 25 MON NL 46.1 8 6 23 4.47 4.32 0.15 0.06 99.2 4.19 -2 -0.2 .5 -0.0 0.1 3 .474 .499 $
5 Seasons 477.2 113 63 222 4.18 3.74 0.08 0.02 104.2 3.84 -24 -2.8 1.2 -0.5 0.9 28 .476 .497 $
CHC (4 yrs) 423.1 99 57 194 4.12 3.66 0.09 0.02 104.7 3.77 -22 -2.5 1.3 -0.5 0.8 24 .475 .496 $
STL (1 yr) 8.0 6 0 5 5.63 4.58 -0.54 -0.19 108.5 5.35 -0 -0.0 .9 -0.0 0.0 1 .494 .500 $
MON (1 yr) 46.1 8 6 23 4.47 4.32 0.15 0.06 99.2 4.19 -2 -0.2 .5 -0.0 0.1 3 .474 .499 $

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
1966 21 CHC NL 3 71 63 4 16 0 0 1 1 2 7 9 .254 .329 .302 .630 .283 19 0 0 1 0 2 0
1967 22 CHC NL 35 835 765 82 179 24 6 15 10 8 52 119 .234 .282 .340 .622 .257 260 15 2 9 7 4 11
1968 23 CHC NL 27 570 525 65 145 21 3 16 3 1 34 74 .276 .319 .419 .738 .294 220 13 1 6 4 4 9
1969 24 CHC NL 34 294 266 43 72 9 2 13 2 2 21 39 .271 .324 .466 .790 .273 124 5 1 4 2 4 2
1970 25 MON NL 8 203 181 23 47 7 2 3 0 0 20 21 .260 .330 .370 .700 .277 67 5 0 0 2 3 2
1970 25 STL NL 6 43 35 5 13 2 0 2 1 0 6 5 .371 .452 .600 1.052 .379 21 0 0 1 1 1 1
1970 25 TOT NL 14 246 216 28 60 9 2 5 1 0 26 26 .278 .351 .407 .758 .293 88 5 0 1 3 4 3
5 Yrs 113 2016 1835 222 472 63 13 50 17 13 140 267 .257 .309 .387 .696 .275 711 38 4 21 16 18 25
162 Game Avg. 44 779 709 86 182 24 5 19 7 5 54 103 .257 .309 .387 .696 .275 275 15 2 8 6 7 10
MLB Averages .246 .313 .366 .679 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1966 21 CHC NL 3.3 0.4 75 0.2 1.7 -1.5 1.38 0.4 -0.2 3.7 0.4 1.38 3.3 0 0 1
1967 22 CHC NL 7.9 0.9 854 1.3 17.0 -15.7 1.18 1.8 -0.7 9.6 1.0 1.18 15.4 1 1 3
1968 23 CHC NL -9.0 -1.0 577 -0.8 8.8 -9.6 .97 -1.3 0.4 -12.3 -1.3 0.97 -13.5 1 4 2
1969 24 CHC NL -6.7 -0.7 298 -1.6 4.9 -6.5 1.03 -0.5 -1.0 -6.0 -0.6 1.03 -9.2 14 4 10
1970 25 TOT NL 0.1 0.0 248 0.5 4.2 -3.7 .98 0.1 0.4 -2.3 -0.2 0.97 -0.9 2 1 5
1970 25 STL NL -0.4 -0.0 45 0.1 0.8 -0.7 .85 -0.2 0.4 -3.3 -0.3 0.85 -4.3 2 0 4
1970 25 MON NL 0.5 0.0 203 0.4 3.4 -3.0 1.00 0.3 0.0 1.0 0.1 1.00 3.4 0 1 1
5 Yrs -4.4 -0.5 2052 -0.3 36.7 -37.1 1.08 0.5 -0.8 -7.2 -0.7 1.08 -4.9 18 10 21

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
1966 21 CHC NL 3 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 2 100% 56.0 61 51 0 0 0 2 0.0 0.0 7.5
1967 22 CHC NL 35 30 13 9 8 2 2 18 12 .600 0 2 7 0 17 57% 56.0 80 28 30 12 17 7 3.7 3.7 6.5
1968 23 CHC NL 27 20 6 12 2 1 4 7 13 .350 0 1 6 1 9 45% 49.0 80 24 16 5 5 11 3.1 2.9 5.9
1969 24 CHC NL 34 5 1 3 1 1 1 2 3 .400 0 2 1 0 1 20% 44.4 65 30 17 9 0 2 3.4 2.7 4.5
1970 25 TOT NL 14 6 3 2 1 1 0 3 3 .500 0 0 2 0 3 50% 73 23 11 5 3 3 5.2 6.3 7.4
1970 25 MON NL 8 6 3 2 1 1 0 3 3 .500 0 0 2 0 3 50% 51.7 73 23 8 4 3 3 5.2 6.3 7.4
5 Yrs 107 63 23 28 12 5 9 30 33 .476 0 5 16 1 32 51% 52 80 23 71 30 25 25 3.5 3.5 6.3
MLB Averages .500 56% 54 112 0 3.9 3.9 6.4

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
1966 21 CHC NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.383 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1967 22 CHC NL 35 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 5 1.177 1 1 3 1 1 3 2 3 4 1 4 1 5.6
1968 23 CHC NL 27 7 3 1 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 4 1 25% 8 .968 1 4 2 2 1 4 2 5 6 1 6 2 6.1
1969 24 CHC NL 34 29 9 2 2 4 3 1 75% 6 2 27 8 30% 7 1.027 14 4 10 7 6 16 16 13 14 11 16 10 4.8
1970 25 TOT NL 14 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 40% .975 2 1 5 1 1 6 6 2 4 2 6 0 3.8
1970 25 STL NL 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 44% 8 .850 2 0 4 1 1 4 5 1 4 2 5 0 4.0
1970 25 MON NL 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 1.002 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3.0
5 Yrs 113 50 15 3 3 6 4 2 67% 8 2 45 13 29% 1.079 18 10 21 11 9 30 26 24 29 15 33 13 4.9

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%
1966 21 CHC NL 71 17% 1.4% 12.7% 9.9% 1.4% 6% 1.11 75% 12 0 0%
1967 22 CHC NL 835 18% 1.8% 14.3% 6.2% 5.4% 25% 1.14 76% 148 15 10%
1968 23 CHC NL 570 18% 2.8% 13.0% 6.0% 7.0% 28% 1.39 77% 101 13 13%
1969 24 CHC NL 294 32% 4.4% 13.3% 7.1% 8.2% 33% 1.09 73% 57 5 9%
1970 25 TOT NL 246 20% 2.0% 10.6% 10.6% 6.5% 27% 1.12 76% 57 5 9%
1970 25 STL NL 43 51% 4.7% 11.6% 14.0% 9.3% 31% 2.17 67% 6 0 0%
1970 25 MON NL 203 13% 1.5% 10.3% 9.9% 5.9% 26% 1.02 78% 51 5 10%
5 Yrs 2016 20% 2.5% 13.2% 6.9% 6.3% 27% 1.19 76% 375 38 10%
MLB Averages 47% 2.1% 15.6% 8.4% 6.1% 27% 1.11 73% 10%

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
1966 21 CHC NL 71 16 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 0% 0 0 1 23 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1967 22 CHC NL 835 179 15 0 6 13 2 11 4 36 14 6 39% 11 2 0 293 10 8 56% 9 5 1 2 0 1 5 3 12 0
1968 23 CHC NL 570 145 16 0 7 15 1 10 6 24 15 2 63% 9 1 0 204 3 1 75% 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 0
1969 24 CHC NL 294 72 13 0 8 11 2 3 10 18 7 4 39% 2 1 0 114 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1970 25 TOT NL 246 60 5 1 11 3 2 2 3 23 9 3 39% 3 0 1 93 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1970 25 STL NL 43 13 2 0 4 0 2 2 0 6 1 3 17% 1 0 1 16 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1970 25 MON NL 203 47 3 1 7 3 0 0 3 17 8 0 47% 2 0 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
5 Yrs 2016 472 50 1 34 43 7 27 23 105 45 16 43% 25 4 2 727 17 13 57% 15 10 1 2 1 1 6 3 32 0
MLB Averages 49% 62%

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+
1966 21 0 2 .000 2.12 3 2 0 0 0 0 17.0 16 4 4 1 7 2 9 0 0 0 71 178 1.353 8.5 0.5 3.7 4.8 1.29 178
1967 22 13 12 .520 3.12 38 32 1 7 0 0 222.0 195 86 77 16 59 6 128 2 1 2 906 114 1.144 7.9 0.6 2.4 5.2 2.17 114
1968 23 20 24 .455 3.38 65 52 4 13 1 1 354.2 340 151 133 32 93 10 202 3 2 3 1476 101 1.221 8.6 0.8 2.4 5.1 2.17 101
1969 24 23 29 .442 3.66 99 57 13 14 1 4 423.1 412 194 172 45 114 14 241 4 2 4 1770 96 1.243 8.8 1.0 2.4 5.1 2.11 96
1970 25 26 31 .456 3.71 113 63 15 16 1 4 477.2 472 222 197 50 140 18 267 4 2 4 2016 97 1.281 8.9 0.9 2.6 5.0 1.91 97

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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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
1966 21 1 0 1.000 2.25 16.0 17 4 4 1 7 8 0 1.500 9.6 3.9 4.5 1.14 0.6 3
1967 22 11 10 .524 3.65 197.0 187 89 80 16 54 115 2 1.223 8.5 2.5 5.3 2.13 0.7 35
1968 23 5 8 .385 4.98 123.0 159 76 68 18 37 69 1 1.593 11.6 2.7 5.0 1.86 1.3 27
1969 24 3 4 .429 5.10 67.0 71 42 38 13 21 38 1 1.373 9.5 2.8 5.1 1.81 1.7 34
1970 25 2 3 .400 4.00 54.0 59 27 24 5 26 26 0 1.574 9.8 4.3 4.3 1.00 0.8 14
5 Yrs 22 25 .468 4.21 457.0 493 238 214 53 145 256 4 1.396 9.7 5.0 1.77 1.0 113

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1967 NL  1.127 (10th)

                                         

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