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Phil Niekro League
10-26-2088
Calvin Nekola Relief Pitcher
Retired (1985, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 4.27 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws L/R
W-L 118-105 Status Deceased (2021) Option Years 0  
SV 0 Age at Death 73 Date of Birth 12-10-1948
K 1587 Drafted Round 2, Pick 29
(1969)		 Majors Svc Time 11 years
(0 games)
IP 2217.1
WHIP 1.31
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R D- Contact vs. L D- Endurance C+   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R D  Power vs. L D- Velocity B+   Mentor Val B 
Speed D  Bunt C- Control B+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm C+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health C+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA Awards
1974 SEA
3
 16
33
33
3
1
0
 0
177.2
 207 132 122 4 69
111
1.55
6.18
1975 SEA
10
 17
38
38
2
0
0
 0
206.2
 221 135 132 4 91
125
1.51
5.75
1976 SEA
16
 13
37
37
8
4
0
 0
248.1
 223 117 106 2 74
189
1.20
3.84
1977 SEA
12
 10
36
36
4
1
0
 0
231.1
 226 117 114 4 80
149
1.32
4.44
1978 SEA
18
 8
36
36
5
2
0
 0
256.0
 253 112 107 6 74
190
1.28
3.76
1979 SEA
14
 10
37
37
6
1
0
 0
240.0
 222 113 103 3 89
166
1.30
3.86
1980 SEA
13
 8
36
36
6
1
0
 0
252.0
 250 139 128 2 82
190
1.32
4.57
1981 SEA
15
 9
35
35
7
2
0
 0
243.1
 222 107 98 8 84
184
1.26
3.62
1982 SEA
11
 10
31
31
10
3
0
 0
217.2
 180 96 87 8 88
180
1.23
3.60
1983 SEA
5
 3
33
0
0
0
0
 0
81.1
 75 28 27 2 21
63
1.18
2.99
1984 SEA
1
 1
27
0
0
0
0
 1
63.0
 62 28 27 1 15
40
1.22
3.86
2088
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
 0
0.0
 0 0 0 0 0
0
0.00
0.00
Total
118
 105
379
319
51
15
0
 1
2217.1
 2141 1124 1051 44 767
1587
1.31
4.27
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1985-11-01Calvin Nekola has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1985-04-08The Seattle Mariners have waived Calvin Nekola.
1985-03-25The Seattle Mariners have promoted Brian Archer to the major league team. The Seattle Mariners have designated Calvin Nekola for assignment.
1973-10-03The Seattle Pilots have promoted Calvin Nekola to the major league team. The Seattle Pilots have designated Lee Kuenn for assignment.
1969-04-01The Seattle Pilots have renamed Cal Nekola to Calvin Nekola.
1968-05-29A trade has been completed between the Seattle Rainiers and the Cleveland Cyanide. The Cleveland Cyanide receive Hal Connelly, Domingo Varga from the Seattle Rainiers in exchange for Draft Pick 1969 Round 1 CLE (Mykal Tejada), Draft Pick 1970 Round 1 CLE (Jim Berenyi), Draft Pick 1969 Round 2 CLE (Calvin Nekola), Draft Pick 1970 Round 2 CLE (Ken Martinez).