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Luke
Nichols		  
Nickname: Pluto
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 190
 
Born: March 29, 1982 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2007    2009   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 22 XND HL $ 350,000 9 10 10 10 7 6 6 6 7 6
2005 23 XNG HL   9 10 10 10 7 6 7 8 8 8
2006 24 IH HL $ 300,000 9 10 10 10 7 7 7 8 8 8
2007 25 IH HL $ 300,000 9 10 10 10 8 7 7 8 8 8
2008 26 IH HL $ 300,000 9 10 10 10 8 7 7 8 8 8
2009 27 IH HL $ 3,664,286 9 10 10 10 8 7 7 8 8 8
2010 28 IH HL $ 9,350,000 9 10 10 10 7 6 7 8 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings   9 10 10 10 7 6 6 6 7 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,350,000 9 10 10 10 8 7 7 8 9 9
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 22 XND HL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2005 23 XNG HL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2006 24 IH HL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2007 25 IH HL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2008 26 IH HL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2009 27 IH HL $ 3,664,286   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2010 28 IH HL $ 9,350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Nolan Ryan Award or Super Newbie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2004 22 AAA   11 13 .458 30 30 5 0 0 210.0 201 90 33 65 245 3.86 .248 .303 .431 .734  
2005 23 AAA   18 6 .750 30 30 5 3 0 228.3 139 53 22 72 343 2.09 .172 .239 .289 .528  
2006 24 IH HL 14 8 .636 34 34 0 0 0 205.7 157 83 15 71 279 3.63 .207 .278 .329 .607 12.4
2007 25 IH HL 21 8 .724 36 36 4 3 0 254.7 164 74 24 103 333 2.62 .182 .273 .304 .577 27.1
2008 26 IH HL 13 15 .464 35 35 4 3 0 242.7 187 91 28 84 280 3.38 .212 .286 .354 .641 15.7
2009 27 IH HL 18 10 .643 36 36 7 4 0 260.7 188 88 22 95 316 3.04 .200 .276 .327 .602 20.9
2010 28 IH HL 17 7 .708 34 34 7 3 0 242.3 164 60 14 85 282 2.23 .191 .268 .295 .563 25.6
5 Years Sim 83 48 .634 175 175 22 13 0 1206.0 860 396 103 438 1490 2.96 .198 .276 .322 .598 101.7
2 Years AAA 29 19 .604 60 60 10 3 0 438.3 340 143 55 137 588 2.94 .210 .271 .360 .631  
Season Average 16 9 .640 35 35 4 2 0 241.2 172 79 20 87 298 2.96 .198 .276 .322 .598  
Career Highs 21 15 .724 36 36 7 4 0 260.7 188 91 28 103 333 3.63 .212 .286 .354 .641  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   720 320 84 363 1167   .205 .279 .325 .605
vs LH   140 76 19 75 323   .170 .240 .307 .546
Home 31 31 .500 90 90 12 8 0 623.3 455 222 64 235 770 3.21 .202 .277 .343 .620
Away 52 17 .754 85 85 10 5 0 582.7 405 174 39 203 720 2.69 .194 .266 .299 .565
Mar/Apr 8 9 .471 27 27 2 0 0 183.0 165 82 22 69 231 4.03 .239 .309 .412 .721
May 16 7 .696 31 31 4 3 0 205.7 154 75 18 84 255 3.28 .206 .286 .331 .617
June 15 9 .625 30 30 5 3 0 209.0 141 64 16 70 251 2.76 .193 .263 .302 .566
July 6 11 .353 21 21 2 2 0 134.3 97 54 14 42 164 3.62 .198 .261 .340 .601
August 17 4 .810 31 31 6 3 0 225.3 134 51 17 79 279 2.04 .170 .246 .273 .519
Sep/Oct 21 8 .724 35 35 3 2 0 248.7 169 70 16 94 310 2.53 .189 .267 .294 .560
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hank Aaron Award or Super Newbie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2006 24 IH HL 34 70 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 35 .029 .056 .043 .098 -4.2 0.0
2007 25 IH HL 36 85 5 9 4 0 0 9 0 0 3 40 .106 .156 .153 .308 -0.1 0.0
2008 26 IH HL 35 75 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 31 .053 .078 .093 .171 -3.2 0.0
2009 27 IH HL 36 79 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 36 .038 .084 .038 .122 -4.4 0.0
2010 28 IH HL 34 75 1 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 34 .093 .128 .107 .235 -1.9 0.0
5 Years Sim 175 384 8 25 7 1 0 13 0 0 13 176 .065 .103 .089 .191 -13.8 0.0
162 Game Average 355 7 23 6 0 0 12 0 0 12 162 .065 .103 .089 .191 -12.8  
Career Highs 36 85 5 9 4 1 0 9 0 0 4 40 .106 .156 .153 .308 -0.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   286 6 20 5 1 0 10 0 0 10 130 .070 .107 .094 .202 -10.5
vs LH   98 2 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 46 .051 .088 .071 .160 -5.0
Home 90 189 7 13 5 1 0 6 0 0 5 84 .069 .102 .106 .208 -7.1
Away 85 195 1 12 2 0 0 7 0 0 8 92 .062 .103 .072 .175 -8.4
RISP   79 0 6 3 0 0 13 0 0 4 33 .076 .131 .114 .245 -2.0
Close/Late   18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.7
Mar/Apr 27 61 3 6 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 28 .098 .154 .131 .285 -0.8
May 31 62 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 26 .016 .032 .016 .048 -5.0
June 30 67 4 7 2 1 0 3 0 0 3 22 .104 .155 .164 .319 -0.3
July 20 40 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 .025 .049 .025 .074 -3.2
August 31 76 0 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 32 .092 .115 .132 .247 -1.8
Sep/Oct 35 78 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 45 .038 .085 .038 .124 -4.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hoover Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2006 24 IH HL P 34 34 205.7 4 17 2 1 .913 0.92    
2007 25 IH HL P 36 36 254.7 6 17 0 0 1.000 0.81    
2008 26 IH HL P 35 35 242.7 7 24 1 2 .969 1.15    
2009 27 IH HL P 36 36 260.7 10 21 2 3 .939 1.07    
2010 28 IH HL P 34 34 242.3 6 20 0 1 1.000 0.97    
Career Totals   175 175 1206.0 33 99 5 7 .964 0.99    
Career Highs   36 36 260.7 10 24 2 3 1.000 1.15    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2007-4-2.62
2010-3-2.23
CAR-7-2.96
 Wins
2006-6-14
2007-3-21
2009-3-18
2010-7-17
CAR-20-83
 Losses
2008-4-15
 Winning Pct
2006-10-.636
2007-3-.724
2010-6-.708
CAR-8-.634
 Games Started
2007-4-36
2009-2-36
CAR-39-175
 Complete Games
2007-9-4
2009-1-7
2010-5-7
CAR-14-22
Shutouts
2007-2-3
2008-4-3
2009-1-4
2010-6-3
CAR-1-13
 Innings Pitched
2007-2-254.7
2009-2-260.7
CAR-36-1206.0
 Homeruns Allowed
2008-3-28
CAR-32-103
 Strikeouts
2006-2-279
2007-3-333
2008-5-280
2009-1-316
2010-6-282
CAR-12-1490
 Walks Allowed
2006-10-71
2007-2-103
2008-4-84
2009-2-95
2010-3-85
CAR-13-438
 Walks per 9IP
CAR-44-3.3
Hits per 9IP
2006-2-6.9
2007-1-5.8
2008-6-6.9
2009-4-6.5
2010-2-6.1
CAR-3-6.4
 Strikeouts per 9IP
2006-2-12.2
2007-4-11.8
2008-3-10.4
2009-3-10.9
2010-5-10.5
CAR-3-11.1
 WHiP
2006-7-1.11
2007-4-1.05
2010-10-1.03
CAR-8-1.08
 OAVG
2006-2-.207
2007-1-.182
2008-6-.212
2009-4-.200
2010-3-.191
CAR-3-.198
 OOBP
2006-5-.278
2007-6-.273
2008-8-.286
2009-8-.276
2010-9-.268
CAR-8-.276
 OSLG
2006-6-.329
2007-5-.304
2009-9-.327
2010-5-.295
CAR-5-.322
OOPS
2006-4-.607
2007-5-.577
2009-8-.602
2010-6-.563
CAR-5-.598
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 9
   Gray Ink Test: 91
   Hall of Fame Standards: 39
 
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  1. Sakuichirou Kaii (952)
  2. Oscar Muņoz (927)
  3. Matthew Dean (915)
  4. Robert Dark (905)
  5. Daniel Mitchem (897)
  6. Herbert Witherington (893)
  7. Tom Eberhard (890)
  8. Kenneth Daniels (890)
  9. Lazaro Santiago (881)
  10. James Lyon (881)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Donald Setser (992)
  2. Samuel Santiago (992)
  3. James Lyon (991)
  4. Wilson Amezaga (990)
  5. Carlton Frasher (989)
  6. Geronimo Gracia (987)
  7. Hiram Defazio (987)
  8. Billy Cotto (986)
  9. Gonzalo Canton (983)
  10. Tito Valdejuli (979)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 18th overall pick, by Xiang Nan in 2004
Earned first career win on 5/19/2006
Earned first career win on 5/19/2006
Struck out 16 batters against Local on 7/29/2006
Had first career hit (double) on 8/3/2006, off Gary Romaine (JBZ)
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/2007, going 5-0, 1.66
Struck out 15 batters against Ottawa on 8/20/2008
2/6/2009: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game
9/16/2009: Signed a contract extension with Inner Harbor, $9,350,000 per year, for 6 years
Injured on 7/2/2010 with a Strained Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
 
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