Nick Esasky
Cincinnati Reds 1983–1988; Boston Red Sox 1989; Atlanta Braves 1990
Percentile snapshot
1989 season — qualified batters
of 126 qualified 1989 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 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
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 85 | 335 | 302 | 41 | 80 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 46 | 27 | 99 | 6 | 2 | .265 | .328 | .450 | .779 | 112.2 | 110.8 | .355 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 113 | 382 | 322 | 30 | 62 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 45 | 52 | 103 | 1 | 2 | .193 | .301 | .348 | .649 | 79.7 | 78.8 | .305 | 0.3 |
| 1985 | 125 | 464 | 413 | 61 | 108 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 66 | 41 | 102 | 3 | 4 | .262 | .332 | .465 | .797 | 118.0 | 116.7 | .360 | 2.3 |
| 1986 | 102 | 383 | 330 | 35 | 76 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 41 | 47 | 97 | 0 | 2 | .230 | .325 | .403 | .728 | 100.5 | 97.0 | .337 | 0.5 |
| 1987 | 100 | 378 | 346 | 48 | 94 | 19 | 2 | 22 | 59 | 29 | 76 | 0 | 0 | .272 | .327 | .529 | .856 | 118.7 | 119.3 | .372 | 1.3 |
| 1988 | 122 | 450 | 391 | 40 | 95 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 62 | 48 | 104 | 7 | 2 | .243 | .327 | .412 | .738 | 109.5 | 108.2 | .338 | 0.9 |
| 1989 | 154 | 633 | 564 | 79 | 156 | 26 | 5 | 30 | 108 | 66 | 117 | 1 | 2 | .277 | .355 | .500 | .855 | 134.2 | 133.9 | .382 | 3.4 |
| 1990 | 9 | 39 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .171 | .256 | .171 | .428 | 18.3 | 17.6 | .219 | -0.3 |
Career totals
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
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987-06-01 | STL @ CIN Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 1983-07-04 | CIN @ ATL Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 1987-06-19 | CIN @ ATL Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 1989-04-19 | BOS @ CLE Gameday | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 1988-04-21 | SF @ CIN Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
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.