Derek
Nickerson
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: March 20, 1980 in Canada
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2002 22 GRE VL     0 0 1 1 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 4
2003 23 GRE VL     0 2 3 2 4 5 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5
2004 24 LON GL     0 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 4 5 4 5 5 5
2005 25 LON GL     0 3 4 4 4 5 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4
2006 26 LON GL $ 100,000   0 3 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 5 4 2 2 2
2007 27 LON GL $ 100,000   0 3 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2
2008 28 LON GL     0 3 4 4 5 6 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2
2009 29 LON GL $ 100,000   2 3 5 4 5 6 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 7 6 3 2 3
2010 30 LON GL $ 100,000   2 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 7 6 3 2 2
2011 31 LON GL $ 100,000   0 2 3 3 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 1 1 1
Min Ratings     0 0 1 1 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 3 2 4 4 4 1 1 1
Max Ratings $ 100,000   2 4 5 4 5 6 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 7 6 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Pitcher or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2002 22 A   9 12 .429 29 29 5 1 0 217.7 183 89 17 57 154 3.68 .225 .276 .332 .607  
2003 23 AA   7 10 .412 25 25 2 1 0 171.7 162 78 22 70 116 4.09 .251 .324 .406 .730  
    A   3 1 .750 4 4 1 0 0 33.0 24 10 4 4 22 2.73 .200 .226 .367 .592  
2004 24 AA   10 11 .476 30 29 0 0 0 190.3 210 93 26 64 143 4.40 .278 .334 .438 .772  
2005 25 AA   10 12 .455 29 29 2 1 0 191.0 162 80 26 63 120 3.77 .226 .288 .374 .662  
2006 26 LON GL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 3.3 7 3 2 1 0 8.18 .389 .421 .722 1.143 0.0
    AAA   4 5 .444 11 11 0 0 0 71.0 76 39 8 28 27 4.94 .276 .343 .447 .791  
    AA   0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 12.3 7 7 3 5 5 5.11 .159 .245 .409 .654  
    A   6 1 .857 12 12 0 0 0 86.7 44 14 5 21 34 1.45 .149 .205 .236 .442  
2007 27 LON GL 2 3 .400 9 9 0 0 0 46.7 54 28 5 22 14 5.40 .292 .383 .438 .821 1.0
    AAA   6 9 .400 18 18 0 0 0 116.0 124 65 12 46 38 5.04 .270 .337 .423 .759  
2008 28 AAA   9 13 .409 27 27 0 0 0 173.7 184 92 24 68 51 4.77 .270 .336 .441 .777  
2009 29 LON GL 4 13 .235 23 23 0 0 0 122.3 155 69 25 30 32 5.08 .306 .357 .519 .876 2.7
    AAA   2 1 .667 4 4 0 0 0 24.3 20 9 4 6 8 3.33 .217 .265 .424 .689  
    AA   1 4 .200 6 6 0 0 0 38.0 45 24 6 10 10 5.68 .302 .346 .490 .836  
2010 30 LON GL 9 20 .310 32 32 0 0 0 174.7 223 109 37 43 35 5.62 .308 .353 .521 .875 2.6
2011 31 LON GL 0 4 .000 5 5 0 0 0 20.0 48 27 6 5 8 12.15 .471 .495 .765 1.260 0.0
5 Years Sim 15 41 .268 70 70 0 0 0 367.0 487 236 75 101 89 5.79 .317 .368 .529 .897 6.3
4 Years AAA 21 28 .429 60 60 0 0 0 385.0 404 205 48 148 124 4.79 .268 .334 .435 .769  
5 Years AA 28 38 .424 92 91 4 2 0 603.3 586 282 83 212 394 4.21 .253 .316 .412 .728  
3 Years A 18 14 .563 45 45 6 1 0 337.3 251 113 26 82 210 3.01 .204 .254 .312 .566  
12 Years Minors 67 80 .456 197 196 10 3 0 1325.6 1241 600 157 442 728 4.07 .246 .307 .395 .701  
Season Average 3 8 .273 14 14 0 0 0 73.4 97 47 15 20 17 5.79 .317 .368 .529 .897  
Career Highs 9 20 .400 32 32 0 0 0 174.7 223 109 37 43 35 12.15 .471 .495 .765 1.260  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Pitching split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   242 115 33 52 42   .298 .340 .484 .824
vs LH   245 121 42 49 47   .339 .381 .580 .960
Home 5 19 .208 31 31 0 0 0 155.0 189 101 28 47 44 5.86 .296 .345 .492 .837
Away 10 22 .313 39 39 0 0 0 212.0 298 135 47 54 45 5.73 .332 .370 .555 .925
Mar/Apr 2 4 .333 8 8 0 0 0 44.3 69 30 7 13 10 6.09 .363 .404 .547 .951
May 2 7 .222 9 9 0 0 0 34.0 62 39 10 10 8 10.33 .392 .429 .652 1.080
June 1 9 .100 15 15 0 0 0 72.7 94 56 21 33 13 6.94 .309 .377 .572 .949
July 2 7 .222 11 11 0 0 0 52.0 75 37 11 16 11 6.41 .341 .386 .568 .954
August 3 5 .375 11 11 0 0 0 70.3 61 20 6 14 14 2.56 .232 .271 .335 .605
Sep/Oct 5 9 .357 16 16 0 0 0 93.7 126 54 20 15 33 5.19 .315 .340 .545 .885
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2006 26 LON GL P 1 1 3.3 1 2 1 0 .750 8.18    
2007 27 LON GL P 9 9 46.7 3 7 1 2 .909 1.93    
2009 29 LON GL P 23 23 122.3 12 21 3 1 .917 2.43    
2010 30 LON GL P 32 32 174.7 9 27 4 3 .900 1.86    
2011 31 LON GL P 5 5 20.0 3 4 1 0 .875 3.15    
Career Totals   70 70 367.0 28 61 10 6 .899 2.18    
Career Highs   32 32 174.7 12 27 4 3 .917 8.18    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
2010-8-20
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 23)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 102)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 59th overall pick, by Green Bay (from Seminole) in 2002
Injured on 5/12/2006 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Earned first career win on 5/15/2007
Injured on 7/25/2007 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/9/2011 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for full season