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Rick
Nissen		  
Nickname: Little Ricky
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: August 6, 1977 in Sweden
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2002   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 23 VIR GL $ 1,812,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
2002 24 VIR GL $ 3,000,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 8 7
2003 25 VIR GL $ 3,000,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 8 8
2004 26 LON GL $ 3,000,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 8 8
2005 27 VIR GL $ 3,000,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8
2006 28 VIR GL $ 3,000,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8
2007 29 VIR GL $ 3,000,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8
2008 30 AYR GL $ 3,040,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8
2009 31 AYR GL $ 3,040,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8
2010 32 HOL GL $ 3,040,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8
2011 33 KEN VL $ 2,050,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8
2012 34 KEN VL $ 2,050,000 4 4 4 5 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 8 8
2013 35 KEN VL $ 2,050,000 4 3 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 8 8
2014 36 HOL GL $ 500,000 3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
Min Ratings $ 500,000 3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 7 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
Max Ratings $ 3,040,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2001 23 VIR GL 155 589 87 154 23 2 24 108 4 4 47 53 .261 .318 .430 .748 83.6 10.3
2002 24 VIR GL 162 657 113 199 41 3 33 152 14 8 50 63 .303 .352 .525 .877 122.9 19.0
2003 25 VIR GL 162 650 93 139 38 1 29 116 3 1 54 71 .214 .277 .409 .687 76.6 9.1
2004 26 LON GL 162 622 75 157 30 3 20 81 7 5 51 48 .252 .309 .407 .716 77.9 6.8
2005 27 VIR GL 163 605 77 125 21 1 25 78 1 0 53 34 .207 .271 .369 .640 61.4 1.1
2006 28 VIR GL 162 597 108 147 30 1 38 116 2 0 67 31 .246 .320 .491 .811 98.1 19.7
2007 29 VIR GL 134 441 75 100 16 1 28 99 7 2 65 22 .227 .323 .458 .781 72.0 9.9
2008 30 VIR GL 93 326 42 72 21 2 12 46 6 2 32 14 .221 .299 .408 .707 39.5 5.0
  AYR GL 66 249 50 67 14 0 19 43 5 1 34 12 .269 .365 .554 .919 48.3 6.5
  TOT   159 575 92 139 35 2 31 89 11 3 66 26 .242 .328 .471 .799 87.8 11.5
2009 31 AYR GL 161 603 93 146 38 2 40 95 11 8 66 34 .242 .320 .511 .830 99.9 15.9
2010 32 HOL GL 108 376 67 88 18 0 22 69 0 0 40 15 .234 .309 .457 .766 55.6 8.1
  AYR GL 54 205 26 44 4 0 11 32 0 0 21 9 .215 .291 .395 .686 25.3 3.9
  TOT   162 581 93 132 22 0 33 101 0 0 61 24 .227 .303 .435 .738 80.8 12.0
2011 33 KEN VL 159 605 89 140 28 0 34 110 5 2 69 23 .231 .311 .446 .757 85.1 14.7
2012 34 KEN VL 150 534 75 116 27 0 30 96 9 9 59 37 .217 .293 .436 .729 65.2 6.9
2013 35 KEN VL 149 521 65 117 28 4 20 63 0 0 46 57 .225 .293 .409 .702 62.0 10.6
2014 36 HOL GL 33 98 12 18 3 0 3 9 1 3 5 15 .184 .229 .306 .535 5.7 0.0
14 Years Sim 2073 7678 1147 1829 380 20 388 1313 75 45 759 538 .238 .308 .445 .753 1079.1 147.5
162 Game Average 600 89 142 29 1 30 102 5 3 59 42 .238 .308 .445 .753 84.3  
Career Highs 163 657 113 199 41 4 40 152 14 9 69 71 .303 .352 .525 .877 122.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5250 739 1192 260 13 250 846 44 33 483 343 .227 .294 .424 .719 667.2
vs LH   2428 408 637 120 7 138 467 24 12 276 195 .262 .338 .488 .826 400.8
Home 1041 3716 550 856 175 9 173 603 41 24 359 257 .230 .301 .422 .722 481.2
Away 1032 3962 597 973 205 11 215 710 27 21 400 281 .246 .316 .466 .781 586.8
RISP   2037 0 508 96 4 108 907 0 0 239 157 .249 .318 .459 .778 313.3
Pinch Hitting   49 3 6 2 0 2 11 0 0 3 5 .122 .167 .286 .452 2.2
Close/Late   840 107 201 34 1 45 130 0 0 92 73 .239 .318 .443 .761 120.8
Mar/Apr 321 1172 162 262 58 6 59 207 6 6 140 76 .224 .308 .434 .742 161.9
May 338 1301 219 335 63 2 63 217 6 7 105 97 .257 .315 .454 .769 183.5
June 338 1249 175 293 56 2 61 222 15 6 109 85 .235 .299 .429 .729 163.3
July 272 1016 137 230 68 3 40 156 6 5 102 77 .226 .296 .417 .714 127.9
August 325 1182 192 284 54 7 78 208 15 6 123 91 .240 .313 .496 .808 187.4
Sep/Oct 479 1758 262 425 81 0 87 303 20 15 180 112 .242 .314 .436 .750 244.1
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2001 23 VIR GL C 153 147 1323.7 1166 107 9 2 .993 8.66 219 77 .352 14 6.0
2002 24 VIR GL C 162 162 1457.3 1288 98 15 5 .989 8.56 209 71 .340 10 6.3
2003 25 VIR GL C 162 162 1460.3 1229 76 7 6 .995 8.04 221 58 .262 9 5.7
2004 26 LON GL C 147 147 1310.3 1097 83 9 2 .992 8.11 178 63 .354 9 7.3
2005 27 VIR GL C 163 163 1467.0 1084 65 11 3 .991 7.05 166 45 .271 14 6.1
2006 28 VIR GL C 162 162 1438.0 1049 62 4 5 .996 6.95 141 42 .298 13 7.9
2007 29 VIR GL C 117 108 985.3 689 52 5 1 .993 6.77 137 41 .299 7 5.7
    LF 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2008 30 VIR GL C 92 89 766.3 477 35 6 1 .988 6.01 85 27 .318 6 2.4
  AYR GL C 65 64 604.7 377 27 5 0 .988 6.01 67 22 .328 4 3.7
  TOT   C 157 153 1371.0 854 62 11 1 .988 6.01 152 49 .322 10 6.1
  VIR GL RF 1 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  AYR GL RF 0 0 1.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
2009 31 AYR GL C 161 158 1408.0 856 83 11 6 .988 6.00 182 64 .352 9 9.7
2010 32 HOL GL C 108 107 926.0 635 39 5 2 .993 6.55 98 30 .306 9 3.6
  AYR GL C 54 54 502.3 344 21 2 1 .995 6.54 53 17 .321 5 3.4
  TOT   C 162 161 1428.3 979 60 7 3 .993 6.55 151 47 .311 14 6.9
2011 33 KEN VL C 159 155 1403.7 960 50 7 2 .993 6.48 91 28 .308 9 8.1
2012 34 KEN VL C 149 143 1292.3 773 42 12 3 .985 5.68 100 28 .280 8 4.0
2013 35 KEN VL C 148 141 1294.3 788 51 6 3 .993 5.83 111 32 .288 5 6.9
2014 36 HOL GL C 25 17 183.3 145 10 0 0 1.000 7.61 17 10 .588 1 1.3
  C 2027 1979 17822.9 12957 901 114 42 .992 7.00 2075 655 .316 132 88.1
  LF 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   2029 1979 17832.9 12957 901 114 42 .992 6.99 2075 655 .316 132 88.1
Career Highs   163 163 1467.0 1288 107 15 6 1.000 8.66 221 77 .588 14  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2001 23 VIR GL 10 38 6 13 3 0 1 7 0 0 1 3 .342 .375 .500 .875
2005 27 VIR GL 5 16 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .176 .313 .489
2007 29 VIR GL 2 12 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .333 .429 .500 .929
2011 33 KEN VL 13 46 13 15 1 0 8 16 0 0 7 1 .326 .407 .870 1.277
2012 34 KEN VL 16 54 5 13 1 1 3 8 1 0 3 2 .241 .279 .463 .742
2013 35 KEN VL 5 19 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 .105 .150 .263 .413
Career Post-Season Batting 51 185 28 49 8 2 13 34 1 0 14 10 .265 .320 .541 .861
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
2002-1-162
2003-7-162
2004-1-162
2005-1-163
2006-9-162
2010-1-162
 Homeruns
2006-9-38
CAR-47-388
 RBIs
2006-10-116
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 106)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 48    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Steve Chastain (934)
  2. Carlos Martinez (916)
  3. Johnson Degarmo (912)
  4. Ricardo Fusco (873)
  5. Kelly Nowacki (858)
  6. Rocco Randazzo (845)
  7. Byron Swopes (840)
  8. Harvey Adkins (817)
  9. Brian Kovac (816)
  10. Jerome Tindall (806)
History
Drafted in 5th round, 171st overall pick, by Virginia in 2001
Was selected to the 2002 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Utah on 5/13/2006
Traded from Virginia to Ayr on 7/30/2008
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Santa Cruz on 8/4/2008
Traded from Ayr to Hollywood on 6/4/2010
Drove in 6 runs against Seminole on 8/18/2010
Traded from Hollywood to Kentucky on 3/2/2011 (Going to HOL: P M. Turner. Going to KEN: C R. Nissen)
Drove in 6 runs against Boston on 4/29/2011
Drove in 6 runs against Essex on 5/21/2011
Won Solecismic Series with Kentucky in 2011
Hit 3 homeruns against Montana, driving in 6 runs on 8/18/2012
 
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