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Poncho
Nieves		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 215
 
Born: September 10, 1946 in Dominican Republic
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 1973   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 26 HON JL $ 3,057,000   6 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 5 4 5
1974 27 HON JL $ 3,057,000   5 5 6 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 5 5 5
1975 28 HON JL $ 3,057,000   5 5 6 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 5
1976 29 WAS JL $ 2,260,000   5 5 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 5 5 5
1977 30 WAS JL $ 2,260,000   5 5 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5
1978 31 CLG FL $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5
1979 32 CAL JL $ 900,000   5 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 6 6 5 4 5
1980 33 CAL JL $ 900,000   3 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 6 6 5 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 3,057,000   6 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 6 6 5 5
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 26 HON JL $ 3,057,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1974 27 HON JL $ 3,057,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1975 28 HON JL $ 3,057,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1976 29 WAS JL $ 2,260,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1977 30 WAS JL $ 2,260,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1978 31 CLG FL $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1979 32 CAL JL $ 900,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1980 33 CAL JL $ 900,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 3,057,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1973 26 HON JL 12 14 .462 37 37 1 1 0 234.3 244 115 34 85 115 4.42 .266 .326 .453 .779 8.4
1974 27 HON JL 12 16 .429 35 35 14 0 0 262.3 251 112 31 90 113 3.84 .255 .316 .403 .719 11.8
1975 28 HON JL 9 11 .450 25 25 6 1 0 175.3 198 84 23 58 103 4.31 .285 .337 .450 .788 5.3
1976 29 HON JL 0 3 .000 6 5 1 0 0 47.7 44 19 6 14 28 3.59 .244 .296 .428 .724 2.0
  WAS JL 3 2 .600 11 8 1 1 1 46.3 51 19 7 13 29 3.69 .279 .325 .497 .822 1.3
  TOT   3 5 .375 17 13 2 1 1 94.0 95 38 13 27 57 3.64 .262 .310 .463 .773 3.4
1977 30 WAS JL 1 2 .333 28 0 0 0 1 27.0 24 11 3 13 9 3.67 .238 .319 .406 .725 2.1
1978 31 CLG FL 1 4 .200 6 6 1 0 0 40.7 46 25 2 20 19 5.53 .288 .361 .431 .792 0.0
    AAA   0 2 .000 4 4 2 0 0 31.7 26 10 3 6 19 2.84 .218 .256 .336 .592  
1979 32 CAL JL 5 5 .500 24 7 3 0 1 76.7 83 33 11 18 45 3.87 .274 .314 .446 .759 3.3
1980 33 AAA   9 5 .643 21 21 3 1 0 157.3 142 57 10 47 114 3.26 .239 .295 .355 .650  
7 Years Sim 43 57 .430 172 123 27 3 3 910.3 941 418 117 311 461 4.13 .267 .324 .437 .761 34.3
2 Years AAA 9 7 .563 25 25 5 1 0 189.0 168 67 13 53 133 3.19 .236 .289 .352 .641  
Season Average 6 8 .429 24 17 3 0 0 130.0 134 59 16 44 65 4.13 .267 .324 .437 .761  
Career Highs 12 16 .500 37 37 14 1 1 262.3 251 115 34 90 115 5.53 .288 .361 .463 .792  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   509 228 64 170 245   .259 .318 .416 .735
vs LH   432 190 53 141 216   .277 .337 .462 .799
Home 19 33 .365 78 59 14 2 0 431.0 440 200 56 163 230 4.18 .266 .332 .438 .769
Away 24 24 .500 94 64 13 1 3 479.3 501 218 61 148 231 4.09 .268 .322 .436 .757
Mar/Apr 6 11 .353 28 21 6 0 1 169.3 174 64 19 53 91 3.40 .268 .323 .419 .742
May 7 11 .389 26 19 7 1 0 150.7 139 63 22 47 90 3.76 .245 .303 .429 .732
June 9 10 .474 26 22 7 1 0 155.0 169 64 18 58 65 3.72 .279 .342 .445 .787
July 6 11 .353 28 19 3 0 1 139.7 136 74 17 52 74 4.77 .253 .319 .418 .737
August 9 7 .563 41 20 2 0 1 145.7 177 89 23 50 68 5.50 .298 .353 .499 .852
Sep/Oct 6 7 .462 23 22 2 1 0 150.0 146 64 18 51 73 3.84 .255 .316 .408 .724
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 26 HON JL 37 76 2 10 3 1 0 4 0 0 1 32 .132 .141 .197 .338 0.3 0.0
1974 27 HON JL 35 96 5 10 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 50 .104 .130 .125 .255 -1.2 0.0
1975 28 HON JL 25 64 4 11 2 0 0 7 0 1 2 26 .172 .191 .203 .394 1.8 0.0
1976 29 WAS JL 16 35 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 18 .086 .158 .086 .244 -0.5 0.0
  HON JL 6 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .133 .235 .133 .369 0.5 0.0
  TOT   22 50 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 27 .100 .182 .100 .282 0.0 0.0
1977 30 WAS JL 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1978 31 CLG FL 6 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .067 .067 .067 .133 -1.1 0.0
1979 32 CAL JL 24 26 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 15 .115 .179 .154 .332 0.2 0.0
7 Years Sim 177 328 16 40 8 1 0 20 1 1 13 157 .122 .154 .152 .306 -0.2 0.0
162 Game Average 300 14 36 7 0 0 18 0 0 11 143 .122 .154 .152 .306 -0.2  
Career Highs 37 96 5 11 3 1 0 7 1 1 5 50 .172 .191 .203 .394 1.8  
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   228 12 30 4 1 0 14 0 1 8 109 .132 .159 .158 .317 -0.2
vs LH   96 4 10 4 0 0 6 1 0 5 46 .104 .147 .146 .293 -0.5
Home 70 150 2 13 4 0 0 10 0 0 2 77 .087 .099 .113 .212 -5.1
Away 97 174 14 27 4 1 0 10 1 1 11 78 .155 .201 .190 .391 4.4
RISP   81 0 15 2 0 0 19 0 0 5 39 .185 .222 .210 .432 3.3
Close/Late   29 2 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 12 .172 .194 .207 .400 0.8
Mar/Apr 23 55 4 10 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 23 .182 .262 .218 .480 2.9
May 26 46 3 5 3 0 0 4 1 0 4 27 .109 .180 .174 .354 0.8
June 27 73 4 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 33 .096 .118 .096 .214 -2.2
July 24 46 2 6 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 23 .130 .143 .152 .295 -0.3
August 27 48 2 7 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 24 .146 .146 .208 .354 0.2
Sep/Oct 22 56 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 25 .089 .088 .107 .195 -2.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1973 26 HON JL P 37 37 234.3 10 38 2 1 .960 1.84    
1974 27 HON JL P 35 35 262.3 13 60 2 4 .973 2.50    
1975 28 HON JL P 25 25 175.3 16 32 2 5 .960 2.46    
1976 29 HON JL SS 6 5 47.7 3 7 1 1 .909 1.89   0.1
    P 6 5 47.7 4 10 0 1 1.000 2.64    
  WAS JL SS 11 8 46.3 3 6 0 1 1.000 1.75   0.1
    P 11 8 46.3 4 10 0 1 1.000 2.72    
  TOT   SS 17 13 94.0 6 13 1 2 .950 1.82   0.1
      P 17 13 94.0 8 20 0 2 1.000 2.68    
1977 30 WAS JL P 28 0 27.0 1 3 1 0 .800 1.33    
1978 31 CLG FL P 6 6 40.7 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.77    
1979 32 CAL JL P 24 7 76.7 6 10 0 1 1.000 1.88    
  P 172 123 910.3 56 169 7 14 .970 2.22    
  SS 17 13 94.0 6 13 1 2 .950 1.82   0.1
Career Totals   189 136 1004.3 62 182 8 16 .968 2.19    
Career Highs   37 37 262.3 16 60 2 5 1.000 2.50    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1973 26 HON JL 2 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 14.3 11 1 0 4 8 0.63 .204 .259 .315 .573
1974 27 HON JL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.3 10 7 1 3 4 11.82 .400 .464 .640 1.104
1975 28 HON JL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 2 0 0 0 0.00 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 0 1.000 4 4 0 0 0 19.7 23 10 1 7 12 4.58 .284 .341 .457 .798
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
1973 26 HON JL 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333
1974 27 HON JL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1973-4-14
1974-6-16
 Games Started
1973-4-37
1974-8-35
 Complete Games
1974-4-14
 Shutouts
1973-1-1
 Innings Pitched
1973-6-234.3
1974-9-262.3
 Hits Allowed
1973-3-244
1974-5-251
Homeruns Allowed
1973-8-34
1974-6-31
 Walks Allowed
1973-10-85
1974-9-90
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
 
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  1. Vaslov Zernov (979)
  2. Douglas Jensen (968)
  3. Homer Belanger (966)
  4. Timothy Morgan (956)
  5. Jerome Winter (955)
  6. Joey Hotpoint (955)
  7. Jose Arriga (954)
  8. Shawn Boskie (952)
  9. Ronnie Lee (949)
  10. Chris Topper (948)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Santos Vazquez (997)
  2. Sam Morton (992)
  3. David Chappel (992)
  4. Paul Raybeck (991)
  5. Jesus Calabro (989)
  6. Tito Corbin (988)
  7. Shawn Boskie (986)
  8. Ricky Knutsen (982)
  9. Earl Pulver (981)
  10. Hoyt Perea (980)
History
Drafted in 8th round, 175th overall pick, by Honolulu in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/14/1973, off Billy Kraft (VAL)
Earned first career win on 4/14/1973
Won Landis Memorial Series with Honolulu in 1973
Traded from Honolulu to Las Vegas on 5/11/1976 (Going to HON: P C. Robbins, CF F. Aguilar, P C. Perras, LF G. McBob. Going to LV: P P. Nieves, RF J. Desmidt, CF I. Bolton)
Traded from Las Vegas to Washington on 5/11/1976 (Going to WAS: P P. Nieves, CF E. Gaedel. Going to LV: 1B V. Verde, P T. Holden)
Released by Washington on 6/11/1978
Signed as a free agent by Calgary on 8/11/1978 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by California on 2/4/1979 to a 3-year deal worth $900,000 per year
Injured on 9/11/1979 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for full season
 
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