David
Nova
 
Nickname: Aldo
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: December 1, 1983 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2005    2008   
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 20 NAZ KL     9 9 9 4 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 7 7 7
2005 21 NAZ KL $ 300,000   9 9 8 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 7 8 7
2006 22 AMA HL $ 300,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 5 6 6 8 9 8 7 8 8
2007 23 AMA HL $ 300,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 9 8 7 8 8
2008 24 SEA HL $ 300,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 8 7
2009 25 SEA HL $ 2,178,571   9 9 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 8 8
2010 26 SEA HL $ 2,785,714   9 9 8 5 6 5 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     9 9 8 4 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,785,714   9 9 9 5 6 5 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 8 8
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
2004 20 AAA   122 520 73 180 36 0 11 62 2 0 33 53 .346 .385 .479 .864 87.2  
    AA   14 55 7 18 2 1 1 8 0 0 9 4 .327 .422 .455 .876 10.4  
2005 21 NAZ KL 159 544 75 181 25 0 8 46 4 3 55 72 .333 .402 .423 .825 84.1 22.2
2006 22 NAZ KL 100 357 40 92 14 0 8 48 2 2 42 58 .258 .338 .364 .702 45.0 8.1
  AMA HL 44 95 10 33 4 1 3 13 1 1 10 7 .347 .415 .505 .920 17.9 3.7
  TOT   144 452 50 125 18 1 11 61 3 3 52 65 .277 .354 .394 .748 62.9 11.8
2007 23 AMA HL 150 480 63 145 27 2 10 56 3 1 65 67 .302 .391 .429 .820 78.2 16.4
2008 24 SEA HL 162 593 80 157 40 1 7 70 0 0 76 93 .265 .357 .371 .728 77.8 15.0
2009 25 SEA HL 156 549 81 159 36 1 10 87 0 0 73 95 .290 .372 .413 .786 83.3 17.4
2010 26 SEA HL 151 540 61 144 28 0 9 58 2 2 51 90 .267 .333 .369 .702 65.2 10.4
6 Years Sim 922 3158 410 911 174 5 55 378 12 9 372 482 .288 .368 .399 .767 451.4 93.2
1 Years AAA 122 520 73 180 36 0 11 62 2 0 33 53 .346 .387 .479 .866 87.2  
1 Years AA 14 55 7 18 2 1 1 8 0 0 9 4 .327 .415 .455 .870 10.4  
2 Years Minors 136 575 80 198 38 1 12 70 2 0 42 57 .344 .390 .477 .867 97.6  
162 Game Average 554 72 160 30 0 9 66 2 1 65 84 .288 .368 .399 .767 79.3  
Career Highs 162 593 81 181 40 2 11 87 4 3 76 95 .333 .402 .429 .825 84.1  
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   2273 319 700 134 4 47 302 11 7 284 295 .308 .389 .432 .821 371.1
vs LH   885 91 211 40 1 8 76 1 2 88 187 .238 .315 .313 .628 87.1
Home 465 1536 193 426 76 4 31 174 8 1 183 231 .277 .359 .393 .752 217.8
Away 457 1622 217 485 98 1 24 204 4 8 189 251 .299 .377 .405 .782 240.4
RISP   805 0 228 36 1 14 303 0 0 130 136 .283 .386 .383 .769 124.4
Pinch Hitting   79 8 24 6 0 2 8 1 0 9 9 .304 .382 .456 .838 13.2
Close/Late   419 41 116 20 0 7 49 0 0 80 67 .277 .400 .375 .774 67.1
Mar/Apr 135 469 67 135 27 1 9 50 2 3 57 83 .288 .373 .407 .780 69.2
May 159 559 57 148 27 1 11 63 2 1 55 86 .265 .337 .376 .712 70.1
June 157 548 80 164 32 1 8 71 2 2 61 72 .299 .377 .405 .782 80.7
July 147 512 62 143 26 0 5 56 3 1 65 77 .279 .364 .359 .723 68.8
August 146 478 68 150 31 0 10 62 2 1 62 68 .314 .394 .441 .836 80.9
Sep/Oct 178 592 76 171 31 2 12 76 1 1 72 96 .289 .369 .409 .778 88.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hoover Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2005 21 NAZ KL 3B 143 141 1246.7 63 223 14 17 .953 2.06   5.6
    2B 9 0 25.7 7 9 0 0 1.000 5.61   0.2
2006 22 NAZ KL 3B 81 79 787.1 51 165 6 13 .973 2.47   3.8
    2B 8 0 15.3 3 3 0 0 1.000 3.53   0.1
  AMA HL 3B 36 35 206.5 14 43 1 4 .983 2.48   0.7
    2B 3 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  TOT   3B 117 114 993.6 65 208 7 17 .975 2.47   4.4
      2B 11 0 19.3 4 4 0 0 1.000 3.73   0.1
2007 23 AMA HL 3B 127 125 1094.3 85 219 15 21 .953 2.50   4.3
    2B 11 0 23.7 3 5 1 1 .889 3.04   0.0
    LF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 7.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.35   0.0
    1B 1 0 4.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 11.25   0.0
2008 24 SEA HL 3B 162 162 1446.7 87 321 16 27 .962 2.54   6.1
2009 25 SEA HL 3B 146 145 1298.0 92 273 23 18 .941 2.53   4.7
    2B 3 0 7.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
2010 26 SEA HL 3B 143 141 1254.3 100 268 16 27 .958 2.64   4.6
    2B 4 0 13.0 1 7 0 1 1.000 5.54   0.1
  3B 838 828 7333.6 492 1512 91 127 .957 2.46   29.9
  2B 38 0 88.6 15 27 1 2 .977 4.27   0.5
  LF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 1 0 7.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.35   0.0
  1B 1 0 4.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 11.25   0.0
Career Totals   879 829 7442.9 511 1542 92 130 .957 2.48   30.4
Career Highs   162 162 1446.7 101 321 23 28 .976 2.67    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2005 21 NAZ KL 11 44 7 13 2 0 1 6 0 0 3 7 .295 .354 .409 .763
2008 24 SEA HL 4 14 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 .143 .250 .143 .393
2009 25 SEA HL 3 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .077 .143 .077 .220
Career Post-Season Batting 18 71 9 16 2 0 1 8 0 0 6 17 .225 .295 .296 .591
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2005-3-.333
CAR-40-.288
On-Base Pct
2005-7-.402
CAR-30-.368
Games
2005-5-159
2008-1-162
Hits
2005-5-181
Singles
2005-2-148
CAR-42-677
Doubles
2008-4-40
Walks
CAR-32-372
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 1
   Gray Ink Test: 11
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28
 
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  1. Tony Tarancon (954)
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  4. Daniel Leffler (920)
  5. Mark Pratt (916)
  6. Rigo Rosas (910)
  7. Sixto Monagas (910)
  8. Willie Stripling (908)
  9. Silas Nitz (904)
  10. Basilio Laguna (903)
History
Drafted in 9th round, 163rd overall pick, by Nazareth in 2004
Had first career hit on 4/5/2005, off Johnny Berkey (EFH)
Hit first career homerun on 4/6/2005, off Alan Preiss (EFH)
Was selected to the 2005 Allstar game
Traded from Nazareth to Amarillo on 7/31/2006 (Going to NAZ: LF Porfirio Muņoz, 1B Eric Chafin, SS Amando Lera. Going to AMA: 1B Alexander Bodiford, 3B David Nova, C Robert Everett, P Eduardo Narbaiza, P David Swart)
Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game
2/6/2009: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,178,571 through salary arbitration
2/5/2010: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,785,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/17/2010 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week