Dave Nicholson
[edit] Biography
Dave Nicholson (David Lawrence Nicholson) was born on August 29, 1939 in St. Louis, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on May 24, 1960 for the Baltimore Orioles. In 1962, his rookie year, he hit .173 with 9 home runs and 15 RBI. Nicholson played for the Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 7 year career.
Most people believe that Dave Nicholson's best season was 1963, when he slugged 22 home runs and knocked in 70 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1960
| BAL
| A
| 54
| 113
| 17
| 21
| 5
| 11
| .186
| .308
| .345
| 1
| 1
| 20
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1962
| BAL
| A
| 97
| 173
| 25
| 30
| 9
| 15
| .173
| .289
| .364
| 4
| 1
| 27
| 76
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 2
|
| 1963
| CHI
| A
| 126
| 449
| 53
| 103
| 22
| 70
| .229
| .319
| .419
| 11
| 4
| 63
| 175
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 3
|
| 1964
| CHI
| A
| 97
| 294
| 40
| 60
| 13
| 39
| .204
| .329
| .364
| 6
| 1
| 52
| 126
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| 1965
| CHI
| A
| 54
| 85
| 11
| 13
| 2
| 12
| .153
| .234
| .271
| 2
| 1
| 9
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1966
| HOU
| N
| 100
| 280
| 36
| 69
| 10
| 31
| .246
| .356
| .411
| 8
| 4
| 46
| 92
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 6
| 0
|
| 1967
| ATL
| N
| 10
| 25
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .200
| .250
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 110
| 305
| 38
| 74
| 10
| 32
| .243
| .348
| .393
| 8
| 4
| 48
| 101
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 7
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 428
| 1114
| 146
| 227
| 51
| 147
| .204
| .310
| .377
| 24
| 8
| 171
| 472
| 4
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 13
|
| Total
|
|
| 538
| 1419
| 184
| 301
| 61
| 179
| .212
| .318
| .381
| 32
| 12
| 219
| 573
| 7
| 4
| 6
| 7
| 13
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1960
| BAL
| A
| LF
| 34
| 28
| 218.2
| 45
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1960
| BAL
| A
| RF
| 11
| 6
| 58.1
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1960
| BAL
| A
| OF
| 44
| 34
| 277
| 51
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1962
| BAL
| A
| LF
| 34
| 6
| 115
| 29
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1962
| BAL
| A
| RF
| 27
| 17
| 179
| 34
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1962
| BAL
| A
| OF
| 80
| 42
| 473
| 111
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1962
| BAL
| A
| CF
| 20
| 19
| 179
| 45
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1963
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 123
| 121
| 1073
| 213
| 10
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1963
| CHI
| A
| LF
| 123
| 121
| 1073
| 212
| 9
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1964
| CHI
| A
| LF
| 91
| 84
| 720
| 134
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1964
| CHI
| A
| RF
| 1
| 1
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1964
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 92
| 85
| 728
| 136
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1965
| CHI
| A
| LF
| 25
| 11
| 117
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1965
| CHI
| A
| RF
| 12
| 10
| 83
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1965
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 36
| 21
| 204
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1965
| CHI
| A
| CF
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1966
| HOU
| N
| LF
| 15
| 12
| 113
| 23
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1966
| HOU
| N
| OF
| 90
| 71
| 671.2
| 139
| 11
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1966
| HOU
| N
| CF
| 6
| 5
| 44
| 9
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1966
| HOU
| N
| RF
| 70
| 54
| 514.2
| 106
| 8
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1967
| ATL
| N
| LF
| 7
| 7
| 61
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1967
| ATL
| N
| CF
| 1
| 0
| 4.2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1967
| ATL
| N
| OF
| 7
| 7
| 65.2
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 329
| 269
| 2417.2
| 471
| 16
| 14
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 472
| 381
| 3492.1
| 690
| 33
| 19
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| Total
|
|
| CF
| 28
| 24
| 231.2
| 56
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 121
| 88
| 843
| 160
| 12
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Baltimore Orioles (1958).
- Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Hoyt Wilhelm, Pete Ward and Ron Hansen to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Luis Aparicio and Al Smith (January 14, 1963).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox with Bill Heath to Houston Astros in exchange for Jack Lamabe, Ray Cordeiro and cash (December 1, 1965).
- Traded by Houston Astros with Bob Bruce to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Eddie Mathews, Arnold Umbach and a player to be named later (December 31, 1966); Houston Astros received Sandy Alomar (February 25, 1967).
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