Steve Nichols  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He can get groundballs when he needs them in a jam. Nichols can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Nichols has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. He comes right after righthanded hitters, who are lucky even to reach base against him, but he works more carefully to lefties.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is merely average. Nichols is nothing special in the field.

          -- Emu Nyman, AA/AAA Scout
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2003 CAR 78 69 74 58 49 39 50 53 51 69 0 64 0 66 0 0 31 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 45 296
2004 CAR 81 69 74 58 49 39 50 53 51 69 0 64 0 66 0 0 33 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 44 296
2005 CAR 80 67 74 58 49 39 50 53 51 69 0 65 0 66 0 0 34 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 44 293
2006 CAR 80 67 74 58 49 39 50 53 51 69 0 65 0 66 0 0 34 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 44 293
2007 SAN 81 68 74 58 49 39 50 53 51 69 0 65 0 66 0 0 36 8 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 45 293
2008 SAN 80 69 74 56 49 39 50 53 51 69 0 66 0 66 0 0 37 9 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 44 290
2009 FA 80 68 74 57 49 39 50 53 51 69 0 66 0 66 0 0 38 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 45 289
2010 FA 79 67 72 57 49 39 50 53 51 69 0 66 0 66 0 0 39 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 43 283
2011 FA 76 67 71 55 49 39 50 53 51 69 0 66 0 66 0 0 40 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 41 275
Ratings Delta   -3   -1 -2                         +1 +1           -2 -8
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Tue May 10 16:22:47 EDT 2005

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.