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Reid
Nichols		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: August 5, 1958 in Ocala, FL, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1985    1992    1993   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1984 25 HOU NL 141 571 68 149 24 9 6 56 5 6 27 40 .261 .293 .366 .659 56.2 13.0
1985 26 HOU NL 157 623 90 191 36 11 14 84 7 6 47 31 .307 .353 .467 .820 91.7 19.8
1986 27 HOU NL 156 619 66 165 23 6 8 68 11 8 37 48 .267 .307 .362 .668 63.9 10.0
1987 28 HOU NL 153 558 51 129 20 7 11 79 5 2 42 37 .231 .283 .351 .634 55.3 7.2
1988 29 HOU NL 154 579 73 165 21 7 12 59 9 6 32 46 .285 .320 .408 .727 71.1 11.7
1989 30 HOU NL 153 576 77 166 33 8 5 70 6 6 57 34 .288 .352 .399 .751 74.6 12.1
1990 31 HOU NL 156 571 87 164 29 7 18 80 4 5 39 27 .287 .331 .457 .788 77.0 15.2
1991 32 HOU NL 153 567 68 181 33 3 10 62 7 8 37 24 .319 .358 .441 .799 75.4 13.4
1992 33 HOU NL 160 600 76 192 25 5 10 66 9 8 55 29 .320 .375 .428 .804 87.5 16.6
1993 34 HOU NL 161 604 109 216 33 9 17 92 3 8 48 28 .358 .403 .526 .930 108.2 25.7
1994 35 HOU NL 158 583 89 173 20 6 18 91 2 8 55 48 .297 .356 .444 .800 85.2 16.4
1995 36 HOU NL 144 424 47 105 18 4 9 53 3 1 35 38 .248 .304 .373 .677 44.8 5.7
1996 37 CHW AL 108 280 33 91 8 3 9 41 0 0 22 34 .325 .372 .471 .843 46.7 8.7
13 Years Sim 1954 7155 934 2087 323 85 147 901 71 72 533 464 .292 .339 .422 .761 937.6 175.3
162 Game Average 593 77 173 26 7 12 74 5 5 44 38 .292 .339 .422 .761 77.7  
Career Highs 161 623 109 216 36 11 18 92 11 8 57 48 .358 .403 .526 .930 108.2  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1984 25 HOU NL RF 133 132 1142.7 218 9 14 1 .942 1.79 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    CF 4 3 28.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.61 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 0 7.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1985 26 HOU NL RF 154 150 1338.7 269 14 15 4 .950 1.90 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1986 27 HOU NL RF 150 149 1320.7 234 11 10 2 .961 1.67 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    CF 3 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1987 28 HOU NL RF 152 145 1294.3 273 11 15 3 .950 1.97 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    LF 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1988 29 HOU NL RF 135 134 1163.0 237 5 10 0 .960 1.87 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    CF 13 6 66.0 24 0 2 0 .923 3.27 0 0 .000 0  
    C 3 3 27.0 22 1 0 0 1.000 7.67 0 0 .000 5 0.0
    LF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
1989 30 HOU NL CF 94 92 840.7 202 8 13 0 .942 2.25 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    RF 54 51 469.7 83 3 2 1 .977 1.65 0 0 .000 0  
1990 31 HOU NL RF 136 131 1157.7 220 14 15 2 .940 1.82 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    CF 13 11 105.0 23 0 2 0 .920 1.97 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 5 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1991 32 HOU NL RF 133 128 1180.3 215 10 21 1 .915 1.72 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    CF 12 0 21.0 8 0 1 0 .889 3.43 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1992 33 HOU NL CF 144 142 1264.0 295 11 16 2 .950 2.18 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    RF 12 5 61.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.62 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1993 34 HOU NL CF 144 143 1260.0 268 10 20 3 .933 1.99 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    RF 11 0 16.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 4 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
1994 35 HOU NL CF 148 145 1288.0 299 9 14 2 .957 2.15 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    2B 2 2 18.0 3 3 1 2 .857 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 3 0 3.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 5.41 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1995 36 HOU NL RF 99 98 837.7 138 7 9 1 .942 1.56 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    CF 10 8 74.0 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.68 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 9 5 45.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.40 0 0 .000 0  
1996 37 CHW AL CF 39 15 192.7 42 1 2 1 .956 2.01 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 19 17 142.0 27 2 1 0 .967 1.84 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 24 14 140.0 32 2 1 1 .971 2.19 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 5.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 10.80 1 0 .000 1 0.0
  RF 1189 1140 10125.6 1930 86 112 15 .947 1.79 0 0 .000 0 20.2
  CF 625 565 5144.3 1188 41 70 8 .946 2.15 0 0 .000 0 12.4
  LF 58 19 229.0 46 4 1 1 .980 1.97 0 0 .000 0  
  C 4 3 32.0 28 1 0 0 1.000 8.16 1 0 .000 6 0.0
  2B 3 2 25.0 4 5 1 2 .900 3.24 0 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   1879 1729 15555.9 3196 137 184 26 .948 1.93 1 0 .000 6 32.6
Career Highs   159 150 1340.7 310 14 22 4 .966 2.18 1 0 .000 5  
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
1993 34 HOU NL 10 42 3 6 1 1 0 4 0 0 3 4 .143 .196 .214 .410
1995 36 HOU NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 12 43 3 6 1 1 0 4 0 0 3 4 .140 .191 .209 .401
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
1985-9-.307
1991-9-.319
1992-10-.320
1993-1-.358
 On-Base Pct
1993-3-.403
 Slugging Pct
1985-9-.467
1993-7-.526
 OPS
1985-8-.820
1993-3-.930
 XR
1985-7-91.7
1993-8-108.2
 Games
1992-4-160
1993-4-161
At-Bats
1985-5-623
1986-5-619
 Runs
1985-5-90
1993-4-109
 Hits
1985-2-191
1991-10-181
1992-5-192
1993-1-216
 Total Bases
1985-4-291
1993-7-318
 Singles
1985-9-130
1986-8-128
1991-10-135
1992-1-152
1993-1-157
1994-10-129
CAR-43-1532
 Triples
1989-9-8
1990-8-7
1993-9-9
RBIs
1985-10-84
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 51    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  1. Al Woods (942)
  2. Mitch Webster (923)
  3. Chris James (922)
  4. Ruppert Jones (899)
  5. Bip Roberts (882)
  6. Junior Felix (881)
  7. Ken Griffey (878)
  8. Willie Upshaw (873)
  9. Tony Gwynn (871)
  10. Steve Finley (871)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 63rd overall pick, by Chicago (A) in 1980
Injured on 5/14/1982 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for 5 days
Traded from Chicago (A) to Cincinnati on 7/31/1982 (Going to CHW: RF G. Foster. Going to CIN: CF R. Nichols)
Traded from Cincinnati to Houston on 7/16/1983 (Going to CIN: SS G. Brett, DH V. Hayes. Going to HOU: P M. Dempsey, P M. Huismann, CF R. Nichols, P S. Monge)
Had first career hit (double) on 4/16/1984, off Dwight Gooden (ATL)
Hit first career homerun on 4/19/1984, off Dennis Martinez (MON)
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Philadelphia on 9/22/1985
Won Player of the Week award on 9/16/1989, hitting .600 with 0 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 10/7/1989, hitting .429 with 0 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/2/1990, hitting .545 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1992 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against San Diego on 7/4/1993
Won Player of the Week award on 7/8/1993, hitting .636 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1993 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1993, hitting .433 with 6 HR, 22 RBI
10/23/1993: Signed a contract extension with Houston, $12,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Released by Houston on 1/31/1996
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/17/1996 to a 1-year deal worth $432,000 per year
Had 2000th career hit on 4/4/1996, off Tom Waddell (KCR)
 
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