Rod Nichols
[edit] Biography
Born on December 29, 1964 in Burlington, Iowa, Rod Nichols (Rodney Lea Nichols) played for the Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 7 year career. Nichols broke into the bigs on July 30, 1988 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 5.06 ERA in 69.1 innings pitched in 1988, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Rod Nichols's best season was 1991, when he posted a 3.54 ERA and struck out 76 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1988
| CLE
| A
| 11
| 10
| 1
| 7
| 5.06
| 31
| 41
| 39
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 69.1
| 73
| 5
| 23
| 1
| 2
| 2
|
| 1989
| CLE
| A
| 15
| 11
| 4
| 6
| 4.40
| 42
| 42
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 71.2
| 81
| 9
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1990
| CLE
| A
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 7.88
| 3
| 14
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 24
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1991
| CLE
| A
| 31
| 16
| 2
| 11
| 3.54
| 76
| 63
| 54
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 137.1
| 145
| 6
| 30
| 3
| 3
| 6
|
| 1992
| CLE
| A
| 30
| 9
| 4
| 3
| 4.53
| 56
| 58
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 105.1
| 114
| 13
| 31
| 1
| 3
| 2
|
| 1993
| LA
| N
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5.68
| 3
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.1
| 9
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1995
| ATL
| N
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.40
| 3
| 11
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.2
| 14
| 3
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5.54
| 6
| 16
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 23
| 4
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 91
| 48
| 11
| 30
| 4.39
| 208
| 218
| 195
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 399.2
| 437
| 38
| 114
| 5
| 8
| 14
|
| Total
|
|
| 100
| 48
| 11
| 31
| 4.43
| 214
| 234
| 203
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 412.2
| 460
| 42
| 121
| 8
| 8
| 14
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1988
| CLE
| A
| P
| 11
| 10
| 69.1
| 5
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 3
| 0
| .933
|
| 1989
| CLE
| A
| P
| 15
| 11
| 71.2
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1990
| CLE
| A
| P
| 4
| 2
| 16
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1991
| CLE
| A
| P
| 31
| 16
| 137.1
| 10
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 16
| 8
| 0
| .960
|
| 1992
| CLE
| A
| P
| 30
| 9
| 105.1
| 4
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 2
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1993
| LA
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 6.1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1995
| ATL
| N
| P
| 5
| 0
| 6.2
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 100
| 48
| 412.2
| 24
| 53
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 42
| 17
| 1
| .962
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1988
| CLE
| A
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1989
| CLE
| A
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| CLE
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1991
| CLE
| A
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1992
| CLE
| A
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| LA
| N
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1995
| ATL
| N
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 91
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 100
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 5th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1985 - signed June 17, 1985).
- Granted free agency (December 19, 1992).
- Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (January 15, 1993).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1993).
- Signed by Kansas City Royals (January 26, 1994).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1994).
- Signed by Atlanta Braves (February 1, 1995).
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