Steve Nicosia

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: August 6, 1955 in Paterson, NJ us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (24th) of the 1973 MLB June Amateur Draft from North Miami Beach HS (North Miami Beach, FL).

High School: North Miami Beach HS (North Miami Beach, FL)

Debut: July 8, 1978 (Age 22-336d, 14,058th in major league history)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1985 (Age 30-052d)
vs. MIL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Agents: Chuck Berry, Tom Reich

Full Name: Steven Richard Nicosia

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1979 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.1

938

233

.248

RBI

OBP

.310

SLG

.345

OPS

.656

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 17	PIT		STL	L,9-12	CG	47	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
2	8 (1)	Apr 19	PIT		STL	L,1-2	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
3	10 (1)	Apr 21	PIT	@	MON	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
4	16 (5)	Apr 30	PIT		MON	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	19 (2)	May 3	PIT		ATL	L,1-3	GS	20	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
6	23 (3)	May 9	PIT	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
7	25 (1)	May 11	PIT	@	SDP	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
8	26	May 13	PIT	@	SFG	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
9	27	May 14	PIT	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
10	29 (1)	May 16	PIT	@	LAD	L,6-8	GS	31	7.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
11	32 (2)	May 21 (1)	PIT		SDP	W,4-3	GS	27	6.0	2	1	1	4	1	C
12	33	May 21 (2)	PIT		SDP	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
13	34	May 22	PIT		SDP	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
14	35	May 23	PIT		SFG	W,5-4	CG	52	13.0	11	2	1	14	0	C
15	37 (1)	May 25	PIT		SFG	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
16	39 (1)	May 27	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS	41	12.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
17	40	May 28	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	44 (3)	Jun 1	PIT		NYM	W,13-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
19	45	Jun 2	PIT		PHI	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
20	47 (1)	Jun 4	PIT		PHI	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
21	48	Jun 6	PIT	@	NYM	L,4-9	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	56 (7)	Jun 14	PIT		HOU	L,3-7	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
23	60 (3)	Jun 18 (1)	PIT	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
24	66 (5)	Jun 23	PIT	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
25	67	Jun 24	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	68	Jun 25	PIT	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
27	69	Jun 27	PIT	@	MON	W,6-4	GF	34	8.2	7	1	0	8	0	C
28	72 (2)	Jun 30	PIT		STL	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	73	Jul 1	PIT		STL	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
30	77 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,1-2	GS	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	82 (4)	Jul 12	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
32	84 (1)	Jul 14	PIT	@	PHI	W,13-11	GS	39	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
33	85	Jul 15	PIT		SFG	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
34	87 (1)	Jul 17	PIT		SFG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
35	91 (3)	Jul 20 (2)	PIT		LAD	W,8-7	GS	28	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
36	92	Jul 22	PIT	@	SDP	W,4-3	GS	38	8.1	3	1	0	4	0	C
37	94 (1)	Jul 24	PIT	@	SDP	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
38	95	Jul 25	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	97 (1)	Jul 27	PIT	@	SFG	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
40	100 (2)	Jul 30	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	102 (1)	Aug 3 (1)	PIT		SDP	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
42	106 (3)	Aug 6 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
43	107	Aug 7	PIT	@	CHC	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
44	110 (2)	Aug 10 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
45	114 (3)	Aug 13	PIT		NYM	L,3-5	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
46	115	Aug 15	PIT		MON	W,7-3	GF	7	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
47	117 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	PIT		MON	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
48	124 (6)	Aug 24	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
49	125	Aug 25	PIT		ATL	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	135 (9)	Sep 5	PIT	@	ATL	L,4-7	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	1	C
51	139 (3)	Sep 9	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
52	140	Sep 10	PIT	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
53	141	Sep 11	PIT	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	146 (4)	Sep 17	PIT		PHI	L,4-5	CG	46	11.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
55	152 (5)	Sep 24	PIT		STL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
56	153	Sep 25	PIT		STL	L,2-10	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
57	156 (2)	Sep 28	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
58	159 (2)	Oct 1	PIT	@	NYM	W,10-5	GF	17	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
							58gm		468.1	284	25	5	314	4