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Name	Team	Age
Marino Nekola	Retired (1990, Age 36)	Died (2024, Age 71)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 3 (1976)	C	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Thurman Munson League	0	13 years (95 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B+	C-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	B-	C+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	A	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
F	C	C
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C-	0	12/10/1953
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	2
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (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

1976

Minors

53.00

5 / 8

2 / 6

1 / 6

4 / 8

3 / 8

9 / 11

6 / 6

30 / 53

1977

Majors

51.46

51

41

0

4 / 11

0 / 8

3 / 7

0 / 6

6 / 9

3 / 3

6 / 7

22 / 51

1978

Majors

63.22

162

130

0

2 / 12

2 / 8

1 / 8

0 / 11

6 / 10

9 / 10

3 / 4

23 / 63

1979

Majors

58.64

152

123

10

2 / 4

0 / 7

1 / 9

0 / 7

2 / 13

4 / 8

3 / 10

12 / 58

1980

Majors

65.40

162

130

0

2 / 9

0 / 9

1 / 13

0 / 12

2 / 10

2 / 6

2 / 6

9 / 65

1981

Majors

66.16

162

130

0

2 / 17

2 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 9

1 / 8

1 / 9

6 / 66

1982

Majors

60.37

155

125

7

0 / 9

0 / 10

0 / 10

0 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 6

3 / 9

3 / 60

1983

Majors

64.45

162

130

0

1 / 6

0 / 11

1 / 9

0 / 10

1 / 6

2 / 10

1 / 12

6 / 64

1984

Majors

64.45

162

130

0

0 / 11

1 / 6

0 / 9

0 / 10

1 / 13

0 / 9

0 / 6

2 / 64

1985

Majors

64.45

162

130

0

1 / 10

0 / 7

0 / 6

0 / 10

0 / 10

1 / 12

0 / 9

2 / 64

1986

Majors

55.67

148

119

14

1 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 4

0 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 13

0 / 6

1 / 55

1987

Majors

64.45

162

130

0

-4 / 7

0 / 17

-3 / 10

-6 / 7

-6 / 7

-2 / 5

1 / 11

-20 / 64

1988

Majors

40.08

103

83

29

0 / 6

-6 / 3

-2 / 6

-2 / 7

-8 / 4

-4 / 6

-1 / 8

-23 / 40

1989

Majors

64.52

162

130

0

-2 / 9

-6 / 11

-3 / 10

-2 / 10

-7 / 7

-2 / 6

-2 / 11

-24 / 64

1990

Minors

2.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

1990

Majors

42.41

111

90

22

-1 / 8

-2 / 2

0 / 7

-6 / 2

-9 / 6

-3 / 5

0 / 12

-21 / 42

Total

2016

1621

82

13 / 136

-7 / 121

0 / 123

-12 / 124

-9 / 126

20 / 119

23 / 126

28 / 875

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1990-11-01	Marino Nekola has retired from the Pittsburgh Pirates
1990-08-30	The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Carlos Ramirez to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have designated Marino Nekola for assignment.
1990-06-20	Marino Nekola of the Pittsburgh Pirates is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1990-04-20	Marino Nekola of the Pittsburgh Pirates is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1988-05-23	Marino Nekola of the Pittsburgh Pirates is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
1986-04-01	Marino Nekola of the Pittsburgh Pirates is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1982-07-15	Marino Nekola of the Pittsburgh Pirates is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1979-07-21	Marino Nekola of the Pittsburgh Pirates is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1977-04-01	The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Marino Nekola to the major league team.
1976-04-21	The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Bill Joss to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Marino Nekola to the minors.
1976-04-21	The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Marino Nekola to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Bob Hurst to the minors.