The Only Nolan
Indianapolis Blues 1878; Cleveland Blues 1881; Pittsburg Alleghenys 1883; Wilmington Quicksteps 1884; Philadelphia Quakers 1885
Percentile snapshot
1884 season — qualified pitchers
of 82 qualified 1884 pitchers (min 17 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878 | 38 | 154 | 152 | 11 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .253 | .296 | .549 | 84.7 | 79.8 | .254 | 2.7 |
| 1881 | 41 | 172 | 168 | 12 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .244 | .262 | .286 | .547 | 76.5 | 70.8 | .252 | 1.4 |
| 1883 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .333 | .346 | .679 | 112.7 | 118.3 | .313 | 0.2 |
| 1884 | 9 | 35 | 33 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .314 | .394 | .708 | 124.1 | 137.9 | .326 | 0.6 |
| 1885 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .172 | .115 | .288 | 26.9 | -5.7 | .154 | -0.4 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878 | 38 | 38 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 357 | 99 | 56 | 125 | 1 | 347.0 | 2.57 | 1.190 | 3.24 | 2.34 | 101.4 | 89.7 | 2.7 |
| 1881 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 183 | 61 | 38 | 54 | 3 | 180.0 | 3.05 | 1.228 | 2.70 | 2.94 | 105.8 | 91.0 | 1.4 |
| 1883 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 81 | 26 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 55.0 | 4.25 | 1.655 | 3.76 | 2.97 | 90.0 | 77.5 | 0.2 |
| 1884 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 52 | 1 | 40.0 | 2.93 | 1.275 | 11.70 | 1.92 | 63.0 | 104.0 | 0.6 |
| 1885 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 55 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 54.0 | 4.17 | 1.463 | 3.33 | 3.51 | 124.5 | 67.6 | -0.4 |
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
Pitching
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.