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Name Team Age
Wade Nichols Retired (1990, Age 36) Died (2016, Age 62)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 5, Pick 67
(1977)
C R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Bobby Doerr League 0 9 years (52 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- B+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A- C+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C+ B+ D-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B- A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
0 9/3/1954
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
D- (11.3 %) (0.0 %) (0.0 %)

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Year Type   Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1977 Minors 57.00 6 / 7 5 / 9 3 / 7 6 / 10 5 / 7 6 / 9 6 / 8 37 / 57
1978 Minors 70.00 8 / 10 9 / 11 8 / 11 6 / 13 10 / 10 5 / 7 6 / 8 52 / 70
1979 Minors 69.00 1 / 8 4 / 13 3 / 8 7 / 12 6 / 11 0 / 5 6 / 12 27 / 69
1980 Minors 43.00 2 / 3 3 / 5 4 / 10 1 / 7 2 / 4 5 / 9 2 / 5 19 / 43
1980 Majors 16.25 41 24 0 1 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 4 1 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 1 6 / 16
1981 Minors 10.00 0 / 1 3 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 4 / 10
1981 Majors 29.67 130 22 0 3 / 7 1 / 4 1 / 5 1 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 2 2 / 5 8 / 29
1982 Minors 39.00 2 / 9 1 / 6 0 / 3 1 / 5 2 / 7 2 / 6 0 / 3 8 / 39
1982 Majors 9.64 44 7 0 0 / 0 1 / 3 0 / 2 1 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 2 / 9
1983 Minors 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1
1983 Majors 31.98 160 26 0 0 / 7 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 31
1984 Majors 30.97 145 32 17 0 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 2 0 / 4 1 / 8 0 / 1 0 / 5 1 / 30
1985 Majors 40.17 162 51 0 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 5 1 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 5 1 / 40
1986 Majors 31.29 162 20 0 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 31
1987 Majors 35.06 143 45 19 0 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 4 1 / 1 0 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 8 1 / 35
1988 Majors 58.82 162 106 0 -2 / 5 0 / 8 -3 / 8 0 / 11 -3 / 7 -2 / 11 -3 / 8 -13 / 58
1989 Majors 61.49 162 113 0 -3 / 5 -4 / 4 -3 / 11 -3 / 12 -5 / 10 -1 / 13 -2 / 6 -21 / 61
1990 Majors 24.92 162 24 0 -5 / 0 -8 / 5 -2 / 5 -2 / 5 -5 / 3 -1 / 4 -2 / 2 -25 / 24
Total 1473 470 36 13 / 82 15 / 96 12 / 94 21 / 111 16 / 94 15 / 90 15 / 86 107 / 653
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1990-11-01Wade Nichols has retired from the Kansas City Royals
1987-06-02Wade Nichols of the Kansas City Royals is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1984-07-15Wade Nichols of the Kansas City Royals is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1983-04-03The Kansas City Royals have promoted Lee Pierre to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have promoted Wade Nichols to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have sent Jim Wilson to the minors. The Kansas City Royals have sent Preston Ryan to the minors.
1982-05-21The Kansas City Royals have demoted Wade Nichols to the minor leagues.
1981-05-07The Kansas City Royals have promoted Wade Nichols to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have promoted Kevin Andrews to the major league team.
1981-04-01The Kansas City Royals have auto-demoted Wade Nichols to the minor leagues.
1980-08-17The Kansas City Royals have promoted Johnny Silvestri to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have promoted Wade Nichols to the major league team.