Nino Espinosa

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 192lb (185cm, 87kg)

Born: August 15, 1953 in Villa Altagracia, Dominican Republic do

Died: December 24, 1987 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Debut: September 13, 1974 (Age 21-029d, 13,578th in major league history)
vs. CHC 8.0 IP, 8 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: September 23, 1981 (Age 28-039d)
vs. OAK 1.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Full Name: Arnulfo Acevedo Espinosa

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.1

ERA

4.17

140

126

820.1

338

WHIP

1.362

Summary of 85 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

3 leading off, 0 walk-off, 11 tying, 32 go ahead

2 Tms
NYM	45
PHI	40

Platoon
vs RHB	44
vs LHB	41

Home/Road
Home	57
Away	28

Outs
0	34
2	28
1	23

12 Opps
PIT	11
MON	10
LAD	9
CIN	9
ATL	8
PHI	8
SFG	7
CHC	6
NYM	5
SDP	5
HOU	4
STL	3

63 Batters
Mike Schmidt	4
Gary Carter	3
Darrell Evans	3
Barry Foote	2
Davey Lopes	2
John Milner	2
Gary Matthews	2
Warren Cromartie	2
Dave Winfield	2
Ken Griffey	2
José Cruz	2
Steve Garvey	2
Johnny Bench	2
Ellis Valentine	2
Tim Foli	2
Ed Ott	2
Richie Hebner	2
Reggie Smith	2
Andre Dawson	1
Jerry Mumphrey	1
Pete Rose	1
César Gerónimo	1
Andre Thornton	1
Terry Whitfield	1
Gene Tenace	1
Joe Morgan	1
George Foster	1
Mike Tyson	1
Chris Speier	1
Dale Murphy	1
Dan Driessen	1
Gaylord Perry	1
Mookie Wilson	1
Don Robinson	1
Steve Ontiveros	1
George Hendrick	1
Bake McBride	1
Ron Cey	1
Lee Mazzilli	1
Bobby Murcer	1
Dane Iorg	1
Jerry Reuss	1
Phil Garner	1
Rowland Office	1
Jason Thompson	1
Jack Clark	1
Claudell Washington	1
Rick Monday	1
Tony Scott	1
Doug Flynn	1
Bill Buckner	1
Chris Chambliss	1
Joe Nolan	1
Bob Horner	1
Biff Pocoroba	1
Tony Pérez	1
John Tamargo	1
Rennie Stennett	1
Bruce Kison	1
Bob Boone	1
Tim McCarver	1
Juan Bonilla	1
César Cedeño	1

11 Parks
Shea Stad (NYC)	33
VeteransStad (PHI)	29
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	7
Astrodome (HOU)	3
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	3
Stade Olymp. (MON)	3
Qualcomm St (SAN)	2
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1

Where Hit
9	16
7	13
8	4
89	1
78	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	53
2·HR gms	11
3·HR gms	2
4·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	43
1--	26
-2-	5
12-	4
--3	2
-23	2
1-3	2
123	1

137 Runs
RISP	16
0 on	43
1 on	33
2 on	8
3 on	1
Any on	42

Inning
1	11
2	14
3	13
4	15
5	12
6	7
7	9
8	4

1-3	38
4-6	34
7-end	13

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	5
+2	6
+1	11
Tied	25
-1	15
-2	10
-3	2
-4..	10

Ahead	23
Tied	25
Behind	37

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	16
C	15
3B	13
1B	12
CF	8
2B	7
LF	7
P	4
SS	3

OrderPos
3rd	18
5th	16
4th	13
6th	9
1st	8
2nd	8
7th	6
9th	4
8th	3

Leverage
High Lev	18
Medium Lev	40
Low Lev	27

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1974-09-13 (2)	Andre Thornton	CHC	@	NYM	behind 1-2	t 8	2	1--	2	5	3	54%	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Morales Scores
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1976-08-01 (2)	Mike Schmidt	PHI	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 6	2	1--	2	3	5	32%	79%		Home Run; L. Bowa Scores
3	3	2	1	1976-09-02	Bobby Murcer	SFG	@	NYM	ahead 5-3	t 4	2	1--	2	4	9	15%	89%		Home Run; M. Perez Scores
4	4	3	1	1976-09-04	Mike Schmidt	PHI	@	NYM	behind 2-4	t 6	0	---	1	3	5	12%	31%		Home Run
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1977-04-23	Bruce Kison	PIT	@	NYM	behind 0-1	t 3	1	---	1	9	1	12%	48%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	2	1	1977-05-14	Reggie Smith	LAD	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	9	11%	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	3	2	1977-05-14	Rick Monday	LAD	@	NYM	tied 1-1	t 2	0	---	1	6	8	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	4	1	1977-05-22 (2)	Joe Morgan	CIN		NYM	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	1	3	4	14%	56%		Home Run (CF-RF)
9	9	5	1	1977-05-30 (1)	Tony Pérez	MON	@	NYM	behind 0-1	t 6	1	1--	2	4	3	32%	65%		Home Run; C. Speier Scores
10	10	6	1	1977-06-11 (2)	José Cruz	HOU		NYM	behind 0-2	b 5	2	-2-	2	3	9	27%	51%		Home Run; A. Gardner Scores
11	11	7	1	1977-06-22	Biff Pocoroba	ATL	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	2	6	2	17%	71%		Home Run; R. Office Scores
12	12	8	1	1977-06-27	Richie Hebner	PHI	@	NYM	behind 0-2	t 7	0	1--	2	5	3	27%	50%		Home Run; G. Luzinski Scores
13	13	9	1	1977-07-02	Warren Cromartie	MON		NYM	behind 1-2	b 4	0	1--	2	6	7	23%	69%		Home Run; G. Carter Scores
14	14	10	1	1977-07-07	Mike Schmidt	PHI		NYM	tied 0-0	b 3	0	-23	3	3	5	13%	84%		Home Run; G. Maddox Scores; L. Bowa Scores
15	15	11	1	1977-07-24	Reggie Smith	LAD		NYM	behind 1-2	b 8	1	---	1	3	9	32%	56%		Home Run (Deep CF)
16	16	12	1	1977-08-03	Davey Lopes	LAD	@	NYM	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	-2-	2	1	4	13%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Rau Scores
17	17	13	1	1977-08-14	Phil Garner	PIT		NYM	ahead 2-1	b 3	1	-2-	2	2	5	14%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); O. Moreno Scores
18	18	14	1	1977-08-19 (2)	George Foster	CIN	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	7	20%	67%		Home Run (LF-CF); K. Griffey Scores
19	19	15	2	1977-08-19 (2)	Ken Griffey	CIN	@	NYM	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	---	1	3	9	9%	79%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	16	1	1977-08-28	Rowland Office	ATL		NYM	behind 1-2	b 5	2	1--	2	1	8	28%	66%		Home Run; E. Solomon Scores
21	21	17	1	1977-09-20	Ed Ott	PIT	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	2	12%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1978-04-29	Dan Driessen	CIN	@	NYM	behind 0-4	t 2	0	---	1	5	3	6%	20%		Home Run (Deep CF)
23	23	2	2	1978-04-29	César Gerónimo	CIN	@	NYM	behind 1-6	t 4	0	---	1	7	8	4%	10%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	3	3	1978-04-29	Pete Rose	CIN	@	NYM	behind 2-6	t 4	2	---	1	1	5	5%	13%		Home Run (Deep RF)
25	25	4	4	1978-04-29	Ken Griffey	CIN	@	NYM	behind 3-6	t 4	2	---	1	2	9	8%	21%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	5	1	1978-05-05	Mike Schmidt	PHI		NYM	ahead 2-1	b 5	0	---	1	3	5	11%	83%		Home Run
27	27	6	1	1978-05-10	Gary Carter	MON		NYM	behind 1-7	b 8	2	---	1	4	2	0%	1%		Home Run
28	28	7	1	1978-05-28	César Cedeño	HOU		NYM	behind 0-1	b 4	1	---	1	3	8	16%	53%		Home Run
29	29	8	1	1978-06-02	Dave Winfield	SDP	@	NYM	ahead 2-1	t 5	1	1-3	3	4	9	18%	91%		Home Run; O. Smith Scores; O. Gamble Scores/unER
30	30	9	1	1978-06-11	Darrell Evans	SFG	@	NYM	ahead 3-0	t 3	0	---	1	3	5	6%	88%		Home Run
31	31	10	1	1978-06-25	Rennie Stennett	PIT	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 5	0	-2-	2	6	4	19%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Milner Scores
32	32	11	2	1978-06-25	John Milner	PIT	@	NYM	ahead 2-0	t 7	0	1--	2	5	3	9%	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Robinson Scores
33	33	12	1	1978-07-06	Steve Ontiveros	CHC	@	NYM	ahead 3-2	t 6	0	1--	2	5	5	17%	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Murcer Scores
34	34	13	1	1978-07-17 (1)	Dale Murphy	ATL		NYM	tied 0-0	b 7	1	---	1	7	3	22%	77%		Home Run
35	35	14	1	1978-07-26	Johnny Bench	CIN	@	NYM	behind 0-6	t 4	1	1--	2	5	2	5%	9%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Henderson Scores
36	36	15	1	1978-07-31	Bob Boone	PHI		NYM	tied 0-0	b 5	1	---	1	6	2	16%	70%		Home Run
37	37	16	1	1978-08-05	Jerry Mumphrey	STL		NYM	tied 0-0	b 1	2	12-	3	5	9	26%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Hendrick Scores; K. Hernandez Scores
38	38	17	1	1978-08-18	Steve Garvey	LAD	@	NYM	ahead 3-0	t 4	2	-23	3	4	3	11%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. North Scores; R. Smith Scores
39	39	18	1	1978-08-22	Darrell Evans	SFG	@	NYM	behind 1-2	t 3	2	1-3	3	5	5	33%	71%		Home Run; J. Clark Scores; W. McCovey Scores
40	40	19	2	1978-08-22	John Tamargo	SFG	@	NYM	ahead 4-2	t 3	2	---	1	6	2	9%	80%		Home Run
41	41	20	1	1978-09-02 (2)	Steve Garvey	LAD		NYM	behind 1-2	b 7	2	--3	2	3	3	45%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Lopes Scores
42	42	21	1	1978-09-13	Ellis Valentine	MON	@	NYM	behind 0-1	t 4	0	---	1	3	9	14%	50%		Home Run
43	43	22	2	1978-09-13	Gary Carter	MON	@	NYM	tied 2-2	t 6	2	1--	2	6	2	32%	78%		Home Run; T. Pérez Scores
44	44	23	1	1978-09-24	Bake McBride	PHI	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	9	11%	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run
45	45	24	2	1978-09-24	Tim McCarver	PHI	@	NYM	ahead 5-2	t 6	1	12-	3	7	2	8%	98%		Home Run; R. Hebner Scores; M. Schmidt Scores
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1979-04-15 (2)	Lee Mazzilli	NYM		PHI	behind 0-6	b 8	1	12-	3	1	8	3%	5%		Home Run; D. Flynn Scores; E. Kranepool Scores
47	47	2	1	1979-05-01	Terry Whitfield	SFG	@	PHI	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	--3	2	2	7	17%	78%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF (Line Drive); R. Metzger Scores/unER; T. Whitfield Scores/unER
48	48	3	1	1979-05-10	Gaylord Perry	SDP		PHI	behind 1-3	b 5	0	---	1	9	1	13%	39%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	4	1	1979-05-15	Barry Foote	CHC		PHI	ahead 3-0	b 5	1	123	4	7	2	7%	99%		Home Run; D. Kingman Scores; S. Ontiveros Scores; J. Martin Scores
50	50	5	1	1979-05-20	Warren Cromartie	MON	@	PHI	behind 3-5	t 5	0	---	1	3	7	12%	36%		Home Run
51	51	6	1	1979-05-25	Barry Foote	CHC	@	PHI	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	1--	2	7	2	16%	82%		Home Run; J. Martin Scores
52	52	7	1	1979-05-30	Gary Carter	MON		PHI	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	2	5	2	17%	76%		Home Run; T. Pérez Scores
53	53	8	1	1979-06-18	Gary Matthews	ATL		PHI	behind 0-3	b 1	0	1--	2	2	9	15%	45%		Home Run; J. Royster Scores
54	54	9	2	1979-06-18	Gary Matthews	ATL		PHI	behind 2-4	b 3	0	---	1	2	9	11%	43%		Home Run
55	55	10	3	1979-06-18	Joe Nolan	ATL		PHI	behind 3-4	b 3	1	1--	2	5	2	21%	65%		Home Run; J. Burroughs Scores
56	56	11	1	1979-07-02	Richie Hebner	NYM	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	5	19%	66%		Home Run; J. Youngblood Scores
57	57	12	1	1979-07-10	Gene Tenace	SDP	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	2	11%	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	13	1	1979-07-14	Davey Lopes	LAD	@	PHI	behind 1-9	t 7	1	1--	2	1	4	1%	1%		Home Run; D. Thomas Scores
59	59	14	1	1979-08-09	Ellis Valentine	MON	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	2	5	9	17%	71%		Home Run; R. Staub Scores
60	60	15	1	1979-08-25	José Cruz	HOU	@	PHI	behind 0-1	t 4	2	---	1	4	7	13%	45%		Home Run
61	61	16	1	1979-08-29	Johnny Bench	CIN	@	PHI	behind 4-6	t 5	2	1--	2	5	2	24%	45%		Home Run (Deep CF); G. Foster Scores
62	62	17	1	1979-09-06 (1)	Doug Flynn	NYM	@	PHI	tied 1-1	t 7	1	1--	2	8	4	31%	81%		Home Run; R. Hodges Scores
63	63	18	1	1979-09-19 (1)	Tim Foli	PIT	@	PHI	behind 0-2	t 5	1	---	1	2	6	11%	32%		Home Run (Deep LF)
64	64	19	1	1979-09-23	Andre Dawson	MON	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	8	10%	57%		Home Run
65	65	20	2	1979-09-23	Chris Speier	MON	@	PHI	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	1--	2	8	6	16%	77%		Home Run; L. Parrish Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
66	66	1	1	1980-07-13	Don Robinson	PIT	@	PHI	ahead 2-1	t 2	2	1--	2	9	1	18%	77%		Home Run; E. Ott Scores
67	67	2	2	1980-07-13	John Milner	PIT	@	PHI	ahead 4-2	t 6	0	---	1	4	3	8%	87%		Home Run
68	68	3	3	1980-07-13	Tim Foli	PIT	@	PHI	ahead 5-2	t 7	2	---	1	2	6	5%	94%		Home Run (Deep CF)
69	69	4	1	1980-07-18	Bob Horner	ATL		PHI	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	5	12%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
70	70	5	2	1980-07-18	Chris Chambliss	ATL		PHI	behind 1-5	b 7	1	---	1	3	3	4%	9%		Home Run (Deep RF)
71	71	6	1	1980-08-09	Ed Ott	PIT		PHI	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	1	7	2	12%	53%		Home Run
72	72	7	1	1980-08-14	Claudell Washington	NYM		PHI	behind 0-6	b 7	0	---	1	4	7	1%	3%		Home Run
73	73	8	1	1980-08-20	Dave Winfield	SDP	@	PHI	behind 1-5	t 5	0	1--	2	3	9	11%	24%		Home Run; L. Salazar Scores
74	74	9	1	1980-08-25	Jerry Reuss	LAD	@	PHI	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	-2-	2	9	1	17%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Russell Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
75	75	1	1	1981-04-19	Mike Tyson	CHC	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	4	11%	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
76	76	2	2	1981-04-19	Bill Buckner	CHC	@	PHI	behind 1-2	t 3	0	---	1	3	3	12%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
77	77	3	1	1981-05-02 (1)	Jack Clark	SFG	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	2	5	9	17%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Evans Scores
78	78	4	2	1981-05-02 (1)	Darrell Evans	SFG	@	PHI	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	1	4	5	9%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
79	79	5	1	1981-05-06	Ron Cey	LAD	@	PHI	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	---	1	5	5	12%	73%		Home Run
80	80	6	1	1981-05-17	Juan Bonilla	SDP		PHI	behind 1-3	b 2	2	---	1	8	4	11%	38%		Home Run
81	81	7	1	1981-05-23	Jason Thompson	PIT		PHI	behind 0-2	b 4	0	---	1	4	3	12%	41%		Home Run
82	82	8	1	1981-05-29	George Hendrick	STL	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 1	1	12-	3	4	9	23%	77%		Home Run; G. Templeton Scores; K. Hernandez Scores
83	83	9	2	1981-05-29	Dane Iorg	STL	@	PHI	ahead 6-0	t 3	0	---	1	5	7	2%	97%		Home Run
84	84	10	1	1981-06-02	Mookie Wilson	NYM	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	8	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run
85	85	11	1	1981-08-30	Tony Scott	HOU		PHI	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	8	11%	66%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)