#17 James Nickerson, Starting Pitcher, 34 yrs, No Team Tuesday, 1/31/1951 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| James Nickerson
4/19/1916 34 USA 6"1 200
Starting Pitcher L L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Very inconsistent Normal Prone 2.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service :
| Free Agent - - 13 Year(s), 46 Days (2282 total Days) 0 Day(s) 13 Year(s), 29 Days (2265 total Days) 14 Year(s)
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| Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
| Overall | 6 | 7 | 6 | 88-91 Mph |
| Versus LHB | 8 | 8 | 7 | |
| Versus RHB | 6 | 7 | 6 | |
| Talent | 6 | 8 | 5 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 5 55 4
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Versus LHP | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Versus RHP | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Talent | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 4 4 2 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 5 (Range), .952 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 2 Outfield Arm : 2
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| Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
| Projected | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
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| Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0.00 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| vs. RHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Road | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
| 1947 | 36 | 36 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 4.17 | 246.1 | 229 | 126 | 114 | 26 | 66 | 204 | 3 | 0 | 1.20 | .290 | SBP |
| 1948 | 28 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2.14 | 206.0 | 157 | 55 | 49 | 12 | 46 | 180 | 3 | 1 | 0.99 | .263 | SBP,KL |
| 1949 | 37 | 36 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4.55 | 225.2 | 217 | 124 | 114 | 28 | 82 | 182 | 2 | 1 | 1.32 | .288 | SBP |
| 1950 | 34 | 34 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4.61 | 205.0 | 228 | 118 | 105 | 30 | 58 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 1.40 | .305 | SBP |
| Total | 135 | 134 | 57 | 40 | 0 | 3.89 | 883.0 | 831 | 423 | 382 | 96 | 252 | 703 | 8 | 2 | 1.23 | .287 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
| 1948 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.17 | 15.1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.53 | 10.2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.73 | 26.0 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 1947 | 36 | 80 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 0 | .163 | .193 | .250 | .443 | SBP |
| 1948 | 28 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 0 | .190 | .239 | .254 | .493 | SBP,KL |
| 1949 | 37 | 77 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .312 | .338 | .338 | .675 | SBP |
| 1950 | 34 | 73 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .211 | .219 | .430 | SBP |
| Total | 135 | 293 | 63 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 28 | 12 | 98 | 5 | 1 | .215 | .245 | .266 | .511 | |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
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Drafted in 2nd round, 30th overall pick, by South Beach in 1947... Had first career hit (double) on 4/6/1947, off Craig Riemer (OMA)... Earned first career win on 4/6/1947... 5/29/1947: Signed a contract extension with South Beach, $8,500,000 per year, for 3 years. Hit first career homerun on 9/7/1947, off Jacob Borne (FAI)... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1948, going 6-0, 1.41... Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game... Injured on 7/19/1948 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 5 weeks... Injured on 4/8/1949 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks... Injured on 10/9/1949 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for full season...
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| Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1948 - 2.14 - 1st
| WHIP 1947 - 1.20 - 5th 1948 - 0.99 - 1st
| Wins 1948 - 19 - 4th
| K's 1947 - 204 - 10th
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