Rich Nye

Full Name: Richard Raymond Nye	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/185	First Game: September 16, 1966
Birthdate: August 4, 1944	Final Game: September 2, 1970
Birthplace: Oakland, California	MLB Experience: 5 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on August 4, 1944 in Oakland, California, Rich Nye (Richard Raymond Nye) played for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and Montreal Expos over the course of his 5 year career. Nye broke into the bigs on September 16, 1966 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 3.20 ERA in 205 innings pitched in 1967, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Rich Nye's best season was 1967, when he posted a 3.20 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 119 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1966	CHI	N	3	2	0	2	2.12	9	4	4	0	0	0	17	16	1	7	2	0	0
1967	CHI	N	35	30	13	10	3.20	119	82	73	7	0	0	205	179	15	52	4	2	2
1968	CHI	N	27	20	7	12	3.80	74	65	56	6	1	1	132.2	145	16	34	4	1	1
1969	CHI	N	34	5	3	5	5.11	39	43	39	1	0	3	68.2	72	13	21	4	1	1
1970	STL	N	6	0	0	0	4.50	5	5	4	0	0	0	8	13	2	6	1	0	0
1970	MON	N	8	6	3	2	4.08	21	23	21	2	0	0	46.1	47	3	20	3	0	0
1970	TOT	N	14	6	3	2	4.14	26	28	25	2	0	0	54.1	60	5	26	4	0	0
Total			113	63	26	31	3.71	267	222	197	16	1	4	477.2	472	50	140	18	4	4

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1966	CHI	N	P	3	2	17	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	1.000
1967	CHI	N	P	35	30	205	10	35	1	2	0	10	8	3	.978
1968	CHI	N	P	27	20	132.2	6	22	2	2	0	3	1	1	.933
1969	CHI	N	P	34	5	68.2	1	10	0	0	0	2	2	0	1.000
1970	STL	N	P	6	0	8	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.000
1970	MON	N	P	8	6	46.1	4	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1970	TOT	N	P	14	6	54.1	5	7	0	1	1	1	0	0	1.000
Total			P	113	63	477.2	22	75	3	5	2	17	13	4	.970

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1966	CHI	N	3	4	0	1	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	0	0
1967	CHI	N	35	75	5	16	4	.213	.234	.267	4	2	29	3	0
1968	CHI	N	27	44	0	8	2	.182	.178	.182	0	0	18	1	1
1969	CHI	N	36	16	1	1	0	.063	.063	.063	0	0	7	0	1
1970	STL	N	6	2	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	0	1	0	0	0
1970	MON	N	10	17	2	3	0	.176	.222	.176	0	1	4	1	0
1970	TOT	N	16	19	2	4	0	.211	.286	.211	0	2	4	1	0
Total			117	158	8	30	6	.190	.209	.215	4	4	58	5	2

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Selected by Houston Astros in the 56th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 8, 1965).
Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 14th round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1966 - signed June 12, 1966).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Boots Day (December 4, 1969).
Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Montreal Expos (May 15, 1970).

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