Steve Nicosia stats
Bio
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Debut
- 1978
Bio
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Debut
- 1978
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 358
- AB
- 938
- R
- 86
- H
- 233
- HR
- 11
- RBI
- 88
- SB
- 5
- AVG
- .248
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | PIT | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1979 | PIT | 70 | 191 | 22 | 55 | 4 | 13 | 0 | .288 |
| 1980 | PIT | 60 | 176 | 16 | 38 | 1 | 22 | 0 | .216 |
| 1981 | PIT | 54 | 169 | 21 | 39 | 2 | 18 | 3 | .231 |
| 1982 | PIT | 39 | 100 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .280 |
| 1983 |  PIT/SF | 36 | 79 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .215 |
| 1984 | SF | 48 | 132 | 9 | 40 | 2 | 19 | 1 | .303 |
| 1985 |  TOR/WSH | 48 | 86 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .186 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 4
- AB
- 16
- R
- 1
- H
- 1
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .063
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 1,044
- TB
- 324
- XBH
- 66
- HBP
- 1
- IBB
- 19
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | PIT | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | PIT | 215 | 83 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | PIT | 201 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | PIT | 184 | 57 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | PIT | 114 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | PIT/SF | 86 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | SF | 144 | 61 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | TOR/WSH | 94 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 0.8
- RC
- 107.5
- RC/27
- 4.00
- ISOP
- .097
- SECA
- .188
- BB/K
- 0.96
- AB/HR
- 85.3
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | PIT | -0.1 | -0.2 | -1 | .000 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | PIT | 1.3 | 31.1 | 6 | .147 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 47.8 | 0 |
| 1980 | PIT | -0.4 | 15.7 | 2.9 | .063 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 176 | 0 |
| 1981 | PIT | 0.4 | 17.4 | 3.5 | .107 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 84.5 | 0 |
| 1982 | PIT | 0.3 | 12.8 | 4.6 | .060 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 100 | 0 |
| 1983 | PIT/SF | -0.7 | 5.6 | 2.3 | .063 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 79 | 0 |
| 1984 | SF | 0.4 | 21.1 | 5.9 | .159 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 66 | 0 |
| 1985 | TOR/WSH | -0.4 | 4.3 | 1.6 | .023 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Steve Nicosia's career stats?
Steve Nicosia played 8 seasons for the Pirates and the Giants. He was a career .248 hitter with 233 hits, 11 home runs and 88 RBI. His best season was 1984: a .303 batting average, 2 home runs and 19 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
8 seasons, 1 postseason, 1978 to 1985
Championships
- 1979 World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates
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