Jerry Nyman

Gerald Smith Nyman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: November 23, 1942 in Logan, UT
School: Brigham Young University (Provo, UT)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 24, 1968
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Padres 1968-1970

Final Game: September 27, 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
1965	22	CHW-min	A	16	11	.593	2.81	30	26					192.0	135	68	60	2	137								1.417	6.3	0.1	6.4			SAR · FLOR
1966	23	CHW-min	A	6	11	.353	2.46	20	19					128.0	90	54	35	1	93								1.430	6.3	0.1	6.5			LBG,DEE,APP · CARL,FLOR,MIDW
1967	24	CHW-min	AA	7	4	.636	2.76	21	16					111.0	77	37	34	3	56		96						1.198	6.2	0.2	4.5	7.8	1.71	EVN · SOUL
1968	25	CHW-min	AAA	7	5	.583	3.09	23	21		5	2		131.0	111	52	45	9	58	4	101	2	1	8			1.290	7.6	0.6	4.0	6.9	1.74	HAW · PCL
1968	25	CHW	AL	2	1	.667	2.01	8	7	0	1	1	0	40.1	38	13	9	1	16	1	27	0	1	2	175	161	1.339	8.5	0.2	3.6	6.0	1.69
1969	26	CHW-min	AAA	2	3	.400	2.74	7	6		2	1	1	46.0	38	19	14	1	30	2	24	1	0	1			1.478	7.4	0.2	5.9	4.7	0.80	TUC · PCL
1969	26	CHW	AL	4	4	.500	5.29	20	10	3	2	1	0	64.2	58	40	38	7	39	1	40	0	0	0	282	74	1.500	8.1	1.0	5.4	5.6	1.03
1970	27	SDP-min	AAA	9	13	.409	4.09	37	29		7	2	2	187.0	200	100	85	13	99	16	101	3	1	8			1.599	9.6	0.6	4.8	4.9	1.02	SLC · PCL
1970	27	SDP	NL	0	2	.000	15.19	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.1	8	9	9	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	26	28	1.875	13.5	1.7	3.4	3.4	1.00
1971	28	SDP-MIL-min	A,AAA	2	9	.182	4.59	28	12		0	0	0	98.0	115	63	50	9	50	0	19	1	0	1			1.684	10.6	0.8	4.6	1.7	0.38	LOD,HAW,EVN · CALL,PCL,AA
3 Yrs				6	7	.462	4.57	30	19	3	3	2	0	110.1	104	62	56	9	57	2	69	0	1	2	483	80	1.459	8.5	0.7	4.6	5.6	1.21
162 Game Avg.				8	10	.462	4.57	42	26	4	4	3	0	153	144	86	78	12	79	3	96	0	1	3	670	80	1.459	8.5	0.7	4.6	5.6	1.21

CHW (2 yrs)				6	5	.545	4.03	28	17	3	3	2	0	105.0	96	53	47	8	55	2	67	0	1	2	457	90	1.438	8.2	0.7	4.7	5.7	1.22
SDP (1 yr)				0	2	.000	15.19	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.1	8	9	9	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	26	28	1.875	13.5	1.7	3.4	3.4	1.00

AL (2 yrs)				6	5	.545	4.03	28	17	3	3	2	0	105.0	96	53	47	8	55	2	67	0	1	2	457	90	1.438	8.2	0.7	4.7	5.7	1.22
NL (1 yr)				0	2	.000	15.19	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.1	8	9	9	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	26	28	1.875	13.5	1.7	3.4	3.4	1.00

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
1968	25	CHW	AL	40.1	8	7	13	2.90	3.45	0.21	0.05	104.0	3.43	3	0.4	1.1	-0.0	0.6	5	.546	.502	$
1969	26	CHW	AL	64.2	20	10	40	5.57	4.15	-0.10	0.03	109.6	4.70	-6	-0.6	.5	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.469	.496	$
1970	27	SDP	NL	5.1	2	2	9	15.19	4.79	-0.20	0.08	94.5	4.78	-6	-0.5		-0.0	-0.4	-6	.255	.497	$12,500
3 Seasons				110.1	30	19	62	5.06	3.93	0.01	0.04	106.8	4.24	-9	-0.7	.6	-0.0	0.0	-1	.475	.498	$12,500

CHW (2 yrs)				105.0	28	17	53	4.54	3.88	0.02	0.04	107.5	4.21	-3	-0.3	.6	-0.0	0.4	5	.491	.499	$
SDP (1 yr)				5.1	2	2	9	15.19	4.79	-0.20	0.08	94.5	4.78	-6	-0.5		-0.0	-0.4	-6	.255	.497	$12,500

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
1968	25	CHW	AL	8	175	154	13	38	3	0	1	5	1	16	27	.247	.314	.286	.600	.289	44	3	0	3	2	1	6
1969	26	CHW	AL	20	282	238	40	58	9	1	7	8	2	39	40	.244	.346	.378	.725	.263	90	3	0	2	3	1	2
1970	27	SDP	NL	2	26	22	9	8	2	0	1	0	0	2	2	.364	.400	.591	.991	.350	13	1	0	1	1	0	1
3 Yrs				30	483	414	62	104	14	1	9	13	3	57	69	.251	.338	.355	.693	.278	147	7	0	6	6	2	9
162 Game Avg.				42	670	575	86	144	19	1	12	18	4	79	96	.251	.338	.355	.693	.278	204	10	0	8	8	3	12
MLB Averages																.247	.316	.366	.682	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1968	25	CHW	AL	4.0	0.5	185	-0.2	3.1	-3.2	1.10	-0.1	-0.0	-0.5	-0.1	1.10	-0.8	0	1	0
1969	26	CHW	AL	-8.1	-0.8	292	-0.8	3.6	-4.5	.80	-0.2	-0.9	-11.5	-1.1	0.80	-2.4	1	2	6
1970	27	SDP	NL	-6.1	-0.5	26	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.95	-0.4	0.0	-4.4	-0.4	0.95	-4.2	0	0	0
3 Yrs				-10.2	-0.9	503	-1.4	7.0	-8.4	.92	-0.7	-0.8	-16.4	-1.6	0.92	-7.5	1	3	6

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
1968	25	CHW	AL	8	7	2	1	4	0	0	4	3	.571	0	1	1	1	3	43%	54.9	81	37	7	1	3	0	2.7	3.7	5.7
1969	26	CHW	AL	20	10	4	4	2	0	1	5	5	.500	0	1	2	1	5	50%	48.7	89	24	12	5	2	5	5.1	5.4	5.4
1970	27	SDP	NL	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	33.0	39	27	4	4	0	2	4.5	0.0	2.7
3 Yrs				30	19	6	7	6	0	1	9	10	.474	0	2	3	2	8	42%	49	89	24	23	10	5	7	4.1	4.4	5.2
MLB Averages													.500						57%	54	104	4					4.0	3.9	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1968	25	CHW	AL	8	1	0	2	2	100%	7	1.100	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.0
1969	26	CHW	AL	20	10	3	8	7	88%	7	.798	1	2	6	10	4	6	3	3	3	2	3.3
2 Yrs				28	11	3	10	9	90%		.914	1	3	6	11	5	6	3	4	3	2	3.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1968	25	CHW	AL	175	15%	0.6%	15.4%	9.1%	2.3%	11%	1.56	73%	36	3	8%
1969	26	CHW	AL	282	21%	2.5%	14.2%	13.8%	6.0%	29%	0.78	69%	68	3	4%
1970	27	SDP	NL	26	15%	3.9%	7.7%	7.7%	11.5%	38%	1.33	77%	7	1	14%
3 Yrs				483	18%	1.9%	14.3%	11.8%	5.0%	23%	1.03	71%	111	7	6%
MLB Averages					47%	2.1%	15.5%	8.8%	6.0%	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
1968	25	CHW	AL	175	38			1	0	2	1	0	0	1	8	3	0	38%	6	2	1	75	5	1	83%	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
1969	26	CHW	AL	282	58			7	0	5	6	1	2	5	18	10	3	56%	2	0	0	110	8	2	80%	5	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	3	0
1970	27	SDP	NL	26	8			1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	100%	1	0	0	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3 Yrs				483	104			9	0	7	8	1	3	6	28	15	3	54%	9	2	1	195	13	3	81%	10	3	1	0	2	0	2	1	10	0
MLB Averages																		49%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1968	25	2	1	.667	2.01	8	7	0	1	1	40.1	38	13	9	1	16	1	27	1	2	175	161	1.339	8.5	0.2	3.6	6.0	1.69	161
1969	26	6	5	.545	4.03	28	17	3	3	2	105.0	96	53	47	8	55	2	67	1	2	457	90	1.438	8.2	0.7	4.7	5.7	1.22	90
1970	27	6	7	.462	4.57	30	19	3	3	2	110.1	104	62	56	9	57	2	69	1	2	483	80	1.459	8.5	0.7	4.6	5.6	1.21	80

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1968	25	3	1	.750	2.61	38.0	42	12	11	1	18	26	1.579	9.9	4.3	6.2	1.44	0.2	8
1969	26	2	4	.333	5.52	62.0	58	42	38	7	39	38	1.565	8.4	5.7	5.5	0.97	1.0	20
1970	27	0	0		16.20	5.0	8	10	9	1	2	2	2.000	14.4	3.6	3.6	1.00	1.8	2
3 Yrs		5	5	.500	4.97	105.0	108	64	58	9	59	66	1.590	9.3		5.7	1.12	0.8	30

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