MLB / Players

Gary Nolan

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 2 in · 197 lb
BornMay 27, 1948 · Herlong, CA, USA
MLB debutApril 15, 1967
Final gameSeptember 18, 1977
Seasons10 (1967–1977)

Cincinnati Reds 1967–1973; Cincinnati Reds 1975–1976; California Angels 1977; Cincinnati Reds 1977

Percentile snapshot

1976 season — qualified pitchers

G
34
41.4
GS
34
64.4
W
15
62.1
L
9
78.2
SV
0
0
CG
7
24.1
SHO
1
11.5
H
232
23
ER
92
21.8
BB
27
100
SO
113
51.7
HR
28
0
IP
239.3
65.5
ERA
3.46
33.3
WHIP
1.082
93.1
K/9
4.25
41.4
FIP
3.57
27.6
FIP-
100.8
32.2
ERA+
102.5
37.9
sWAR
2.2
32.2

of 88 qualified 1976 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
116.7
85.7
sWAR
27.4
96

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
196733816717100163600.104.178.119.297-27.1-17.1.1565.4
196823604656101572300.130.245.217.46338.536.5.2373.3
196917453558320221500.229.270.429.69987.489.7.3171.7
1970379782413110652700.159.205.195.4004.08.2.1924.7
1971358475311100631900.147.179.160.339-12.0-1.6.1663.0
197225686057100242400.117.172.133.305-16.1-9.3.1554.4
19732320000001100.000.333.000.33350.23.2.2510.1
19753281681012110772900.176.253.221.47432.332.7.2383.6
197634887918000333300.101.134.101.235-46.9-32.5.1202.2
19771417152100000400.067.067.067.133-85.9-64.2.061-1.0

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19673332148085193656220618226.72.581.1258.182.7674.1144.35.4
1968232294042105404911110150.02.401.0276.662.9794.3131.33.3
196916158802110243408311108.73.561.3076.873.5594.8105.11.7
19703737187042226919618125250.73.271.2856.503.8695.6123.74.7
197135351215090208865914612244.73.161.0915.372.7380.9106.93.0
1972252515506214739309013176.01.991.0064.602.9991.8163.64.4
197322010006473110.33.481.2582.615.26151.199.90.1
1975323215905120274297418210.73.161.0973.163.4594.7115.43.6
19763434159071232922711328239.33.461.0824.253.57100.8102.52.2
1977131344000843914321057.76.091.6994.994.61116.864.9-1.0

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
252
PA
624
AB
529
R
36
H
73
2B
9
3B
4
HR
1
RBI
32
BB
38
SO
211
SB
0
BA
.1380
OBP
.1954
SLG
.1758
OPS
.3712

Pitching

G (P)
250
GS
247
W
110
L
70
SV
0
CG
45
SHO
14
436th-most career SHO
IP
1,675
SO (P)
1,039
BB allowed
413
ERA
3.079
200th-lowest career ERA
WHIP
1.1453
71st-lowest career WHIP
K/9
5.58
483rd-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1968-06-29CIN @ SF Gameday412001305
1969-09-21CIN @ HOU Gameday412110205
1970-09-16CIN @ HOU Gameday312010104
1969-08-25CIN @ CHC Gameday312010014
1970-09-27LAD @ CIN Gameday312100203

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1967-06-07SF @ CIN Gameday7.28330151
1967-04-20CIN @ LAD Gameday9.08112120
1967-06-01CHC @ CIN Gameday7.010332122
1967-07-19STL @ CIN Gameday7.05110120
1969-04-07LAD @ CIN Gameday7.07334120

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.