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Joe Nolan

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: May 12, 1951 in St. Louis, MO us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from Southwest HS (St. Louis, MO).

High School: Southwest HS (St. Louis, MO)

Debut: September 21, 1972 (Age 21-132d, 13,319th in major league history)
vs. PIT 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 25, 1985 (Age 34-044d)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: Joseph William Nolan

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1983 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.5

1454

382

.263

156

RBI

178

OBP

.336

SLG

.378

OPS

.714

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	24 (23)	May 5	ATL	@	CHC	L,3-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH
2	25	May 6	ATL	@	CHC	L,13-14	CG	45	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
3	33 (7)	May 16	ATL		LAD	W,3-2	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
4	41 (7)	May 23	ATL		HOU	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
5	43 (1)	May 26	ATL	@	SFG	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
6	46 (2)	May 29 (1)	ATL	@	SDP	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
7	49 (2)	May 31	ATL	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	52 (2)	Jun 3	ATL		NYM	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
9	53	Jun 4	ATL		MON	L,1-8	GF	24	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
10	54	Jun 5	ATL		MON	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
11	55	Jun 6	ATL		MON	L,2-12	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
12	56	Jun 8	ATL	@	PHI	W,11-5	CG	47	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
13	59 (2)	Jun 11	ATL	@	MON	L,5-6	GF	10	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
14	60	Jun 13	ATL	@	MON	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
15	61	Jun 14	ATL	@	MON	L,3-4	GF	6	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	C
16	65 (3)	Jun 18	ATL		PHI	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	C
17	68 (2)	Jun 21	ATL		LAD	L,4-6	GS	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	69	Jun 22	ATL		LAD	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
19	71 (1)	Jun 24	ATL		LAD	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
20	72	Jun 25	ATL	@	SFG	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	76 (3)	Jun 28	ATL	@	SDP	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
22	77	Jun 29	ATL	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
23	78	Jun 30	ATL	@	LAD	W,7-4	GS	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	80 (1)	Jul 3	ATL		SFG	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	83 (2)	Jul 6 (1)	ATL		STL	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	84	Jul 6 (2)	ATL		STL	L,4-5	CG	41	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
27	85	Jul 7	ATL		STL	W,10-2	GS	26	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
28	86	Jul 8	ATL		STL	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
29	87	Jul 9	ATL		CHC	L,4-7	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
30	88	Jul 10	ATL		CHC	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
31	89	Jul 11	ATL		CHC	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
32	92 (2)	Jul 15	ATL		PIT	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
33	94 (1)	Jul 20	ATL	@	CHC	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
34	95	Jul 21	ATL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
35	96	Jul 22 (1)	ATL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
36	97	Jul 22 (2)	ATL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
37	98	Jul 23 (1)	ATL	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	100 (1)	Jul 24	ATL	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	7	2	1	10	0	C
39	101	Jul 25	ATL	@	STL	W,13-4	GS	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
40	102	Jul 26	ATL	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
41	104 (1)	Jul 28 (1)	ATL		CIN	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
42	106 (1)	Jul 29	ATL		CIN	L,4-9	GF	18	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH C
43	107	Jul 31	ATL		SDP	L,3-10	GF	13	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	109 (1)	Aug 2	ATL		SDP	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
45	110	Aug 3	ATL	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
46	111	Aug 4 (1)	ATL	@	HOU	L,3-4	GS	35	6.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
47	112	Aug 4 (2)	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-6	GF	16	3.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
48	113	Aug 5	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
49	114	Aug 6	ATL	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
50	115	Aug 7	ATL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	40	11.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
51	118 (2)	Aug 10	ATL		HOU	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
52	120 (1)	Aug 14	ATL		NYM	L,5-18	GS	41	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
53	121	Aug 15	ATL		NYM	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
54	124 (2)	Aug 18	ATL	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	34	8.1	5	1	0	6	0	C
55	125	Aug 19	ATL	@	MON	L,1-5	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
56	128 (2)	Aug 22	ATL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
57	132 (3)	Aug 29	ATL	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
58	133	Aug 31	ATL		PHI	L,2-6	CG	31	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	135 (1)	Sep 2	ATL		PHI	L,1-2	CG	42	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
60	136	Sep 3	ATL		CIN	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
61	137	Sep 4	ATL		CIN	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
62	138	Sep 5	ATL		LAD	L,3-5	GF	10	2.0	1	0	1	2	0	PH C
63	139	Sep 6	ATL		LAD	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
64	140	Sep 7	ATL		SDP	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
65	143 (2)	Sep 11	ATL	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
66	147 (3)	Sep 15	ATL	@	SDP	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
67	148	Sep 17	ATL	@	LAD	L,4-9	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
68	150 (1)	Sep 19	ATL	@	HOU	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
69	151	Sep 20	ATL	@	HOU	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
70	153 (1)	Sep 23	ATL		SFG	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
71	154	Sep 24 (1)	ATL		HOU	W,5-4	GS	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
72	156 (1)	Sep 25	ATL		HOU	L,0-8	GF	11	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
73	158 (1)	Sep 28	ATL	@	CIN	L,0-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
74	159	Sep 29	ATL	@	CIN	W,2-0	GF	24	7.0	9	0	0	9	1	PH C
							74gm		534.0	328	27	6	361	2