Derek Nicholson

Derek Michael Nicholson
Born: June 17, 1976
Torrance, CA US
Primary Position: Outfield
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, 3B, CF, LF, P, RF, SS
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 205
Draft: Round 50 (1994 June Amateur Draft, Seattle Mariners)
Draft: Round 16 (1998 June Amateur Draft, Houston Astros)
Draft: Round 1 (2000 Rule V (3A phase), Detroit Tigers)
School: Torrance HS (CA)
Florida
N/A
Career: 1998-2009

Derek Nicholson compiled a career batting average of .285 with 90 home runs and 559 RBI in his 1010-game career with the Auburn Doubledays, Michigan Battle Cats, Lakeland Tigers, Erie Seawolves, Toledo Mud Hens, Corpus Christi Hooks, Round Rock Express, Joliet JackHammers and Grand Prairie AirHogs. He began playing during the 1998 season and last took the field during the 2009 campaign.

Auburn Doubledays	Michigan Battle Cats	Lakeland Tigers	Erie Seawolves	Toledo Mud Hens	Round Rock Express
Corpus Christi Hooks	Joliet JackHammers	Grand Prairie AirHogs

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Pitching:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	BF
2004	AA	EL	Erie SeaWolves	22.50	2	2	2.0	7	5	5	0	1	14
2005	Advanced A	FLOR	Lakeland Tigers	27.00	1	1	1.0	2	3	3	1	2	7
Totals				24.00	3	3	3.0	9	8	8	1	3	21

Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1998	Short Season A	NYPL	Auburn Doubledays	50	196	168	28	52	9	1	4	34	3	2	23	34	.310	.393	.446	.839	75	1	2	0	3	1
1999	A	MIDW	Michigan Battle Cats	66	250	216	40	69	8	5	3	39	3	4	30	25	.319	.402	.444	.846	96	6	1	1	2	0
2000	A	MIDW	Michigan Battle Cats	116	486	408	62	127	25	4	7	69	9	7	65	54	.311	.405	.444	.849	181	6	5	0	8	2
2001	AA	EL	Erie Seawolves	30	109	94	19	31	8	3	2	13	0	0	13	13	.330	.422	.543	.965	51	4	2	0	0	1
2001	Advanced A	FLOR	Lakeland Tigers	39	137	116	12	31	4	1	0	18	2	0	16	16	.267	.358	.319	.677	37	5	2	0	3	2
2002	AAA	IL	Toledo Mud Hens	89	349	292	46	84	22	3	6	58	1	0	50	71	.288	.387	.445	.832	130	5	1	0	6	1
2002	AA	EL	Erie SeaWolves	10	41	34	9	10	5	1	2	7	0	1	6	11	.294	.415	.676	1.091	23	0	1	0	0	0
2003	AAA	IL	Toledo Mud Hens	23	80	67	9	15	2	0	2	9	1	0	12	17	.224	.338	.343	.681	23	1	0	0	1	1
2003	AA	EL	Erie SeaWolves	80	327	279	35	75	16	1	3	31	3	2	39	56	.269	.362	.366	.728	102	6	4	1	4	0
2004	AAA	IL	Toledo Mud Hens	24	75	62	12	17	8	1	1	11	2	1	11	10	.274	.373	.484	.857	30	2	0	0	2	0
2004	AA	EL	Erie SeaWolves	61	247	221	31	60	13	1	10	37	1	0	23	47	.271	.337	.475	.813	105	4	0	1	2	0
2005	Advanced A	FLOR	Lakeland Tigers	118	497	427	78	127	24	4	18	66	13	0	59	77	.297	.382	.499	.881	213	5	4	0	7	9
2006	AAA	PCL	Round Rock Express	9	31	26	5	6	1	0	3	6	0	0	5	5	.231	.355	.615	.970	16	0	0	0	0	0
2006	AA	TL	Corpus Christi Hooks	59	158	136	11	33	10	1	2	18	1	0	20	28	.243	.335	.375	.710	51	2	0	0	2	0
2007	Ind	NORL	Joliet JackHammers	85	371	313	51	92	15	3	14	54	1	4	50	60	.294	.396	.495	.891	155	5	5	0	3	3
2008	Ind	AA	Grand Prairie AirHogs	85	359	307	50	87	15	4	12	55	7	4	43	51	.283	.379	.476	.854	146	8	6	0	3	2
2009	Ind	AA	Grand Prairie AirHogs	66	279	240	33	54	12	2	1	34	5	2	28	53	.225	.310	.304	.615	73	5	4	2	5	0
Totals				1010	3992	3406	531	970	197	35	90	559	52	27	493	628	.285	.376	.442	.819	1507	65	37	5	51	22

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1998	Short Season A	NYPL	Auburn Doubledays	OF	38	61	3	4	0	.941	1.684
1998	Short Season A	NYPL	Auburn Doubledays	RF	38						.000
1998	Short Season A	NYPL	Auburn Doubledays	1B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
1999	A	MIDW	Michigan Battle Cats	RF	9						.000
1999	A	MIDW	Michigan Battle Cats	1B	6	35	3	1	4	.974	6.333
1999	A	MIDW	Michigan Battle Cats	3B	3	1	10	0	0	1.000	3.667
1999	A	MIDW	Michigan Battle Cats	OF	22	41	2	2	1	.956	1.955
1999	A	MIDW	Michigan Battle Cats	LF	13						.000
2000	A	MIDW	Michigan Battle Cats	OF	68	100	8	3	2	.973	1.588
2000	A	MIDW	Michigan Battle Cats	LF	40						.000
2000	A	MIDW	Michigan Battle Cats	RF	26						.000
2000	A	MIDW	Michigan Battle Cats	3B	22	12	34	9	4	.836	2.091
2000	A	MIDW	Michigan Battle Cats	CF	2						.000
2000	A	MIDW	Michigan Battle Cats	2B	1	1	4	0	1	1.000	5.000
2000	A	MIDW	Michigan Battle Cats	SS	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
2001	Advanced A	FLOR	Lakeland Tigers	RF	7						.000
2001	Advanced A	FLOR	Lakeland Tigers	3B	6	4	15	1	0	.950	3.167
2001	AA	EL	Erie Seawolves	3B	3	0	2	1	0	.667	.667
2001	AA	EL	Erie Seawolves	OF	20	31	1	2	0	.941	1.600
2001	AA	EL	Erie Seawolves	RF	20						.000
2001	Advanced A	FLOR	Lakeland Tigers	OF	17	20	4	0	0	1.000	1.412
2001	Advanced A	FLOR	Lakeland Tigers	1B	12	77	9	0	12	1.000	7.167
2001	Advanced A	FLOR	Lakeland Tigers	LF	12						.000
2001	AA	EL	Erie Seawolves	1B	1	4	0	0	1	1.000	4.000
2002	AAA	IL	Toledo Mud Hens	OF	45	88	3	2	0	.978	2.022
2002	AAA	IL	Toledo Mud Hens	1B	3	9	0	1	3	.900	3.000
2002	AA	EL	Erie SeaWolves	3B	3	2	7	2	0	.818	3.000
2002	AAA	IL	Toledo Mud Hens	RF	25						.000
2002	AAA	IL	Toledo Mud Hens	LF	20						.000
2002	AA	EL	Erie SeaWolves	1B	1	6	0	0	0	1.000	6.000
2002	AAA	IL	Toledo Mud Hens	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2003	AA	EL	Erie SeaWolves	OF	59	96	4	5	0	.952	1.695
2003	AA	EL	Erie SeaWolves	RF	43						.000
2003	AA	EL	Erie SeaWolves	1B	2	7	2	0	0	1.000	4.500
2003	AAA	IL	Toledo Mud Hens	LF	2						.000
2003	AAA	IL	Toledo Mud Hens	OF	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
2003	AA	EL	Erie SeaWolves	LF	16						.000
2003	AAA	IL	Toledo Mud Hens	1B	13	94	5	1	14	.990	7.615
2004	AAA	IL	Toledo Mud Hens	OF	4	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.750
2004	AA	EL	Erie SeaWolves	3B	3	2	8	1	2	.909	3.333
2004	AA	EL	Erie SeaWolves	OF	23	27	0	1	0	.964	1.174
2004	AA	EL	Erie SeaWolves	1B	21	170	12	2	18	.989	8.667
2004	AA	EL	Erie SeaWolves	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
2004	AAA	IL	Toledo Mud Hens	3B	13	6	23	3	1	.906	2.231
2004	AAA	IL	Toledo Mud Hens	1B	1	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.000
2005	Advanced A	FLOR	Lakeland Tigers	1B	9	83	7	0	10	1.000	1.000
2005	Advanced A	FLOR	Lakeland Tigers	LF	9	13	1	0	0	1.000	1.556
2005	Advanced A	FLOR	Lakeland Tigers	OF	10	16	1	0	0	1.000	1.700
2005	Advanced A	FLOR	Lakeland Tigers	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2005	Advanced A	FLOR	Lakeland Tigers	RF	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
2006	AAA	PCL	Round Rock Express	OF	8	14	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
2006	AA	TL	Corpus Christi Hooks	OF	7	12	0	0	0	1.000	1.714
2006	AA	TL	Corpus Christi Hooks	RF	7	12	0	0	0	1.000	1.714
2006	AAA	PCL	Round Rock Express	RF	7	11	2	0	0	1.000	1.857
2006	AAA	PCL	Round Rock Express	LF	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
2006	AA	TL	Corpus Christi Hooks	1B	17	83	11	1	8	.989	5.529
2007	Ind	NORL	Joliet JackHammers	1B	45	386	29	9	42	.979	9.222
2007	Ind	NORL	Joliet JackHammers	LF	17						.000
2007	Ind	NORL	Joliet JackHammers	OF	17	26	1	1	0	.964	1.588
2007	Ind	NORL	Joliet JackHammers	3B	12	2	21	3	2	.885	1.917
2008	Ind	AA	Grand Prairie AirHogs	1B	19	172	4	4	16	.978	9.263
2008	Ind	AA	Grand Prairie AirHogs	OF	11	14	3	0	0	1.000	1.545
2008	Ind	AA	Grand Prairie AirHogs	RF	11						.000
2009	Ind	AA	Grand Prairie AirHogs	1B	4	29	1	2	1	.938	7.500
2009	Ind	AA	Grand Prairie AirHogs	2B	3	5	5	0	2	1.000	3.333
2009	Ind	AA	Grand Prairie AirHogs	OF	21	44	4	0	3	1.000	2.286
2009	Ind	AA	Grand Prairie AirHogs	RF	21						.000
2009	Ind	AA	Grand Prairie AirHogs	3B	16	11	22	4	3	.892	2.062
Totals					965	1849	275	65	150	.970	2.201

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	Affiliation	First Appearance	Final Appearance
1998	Short Season A	New York-Pennsylvania League	Auburn Doubledays	HOU
1999	A	Midwest League	Michigan Battle Cats	HOU
2000	A	Midwest League	Michigan Battle Cats	HOU
2001	Advanced A	Florida State League	Lakeland Tigers	DET
2001	AA	Eastern League	Erie Seawolves	DET
2002	AA	Eastern League	Erie SeaWolves	DET
2002	AAA	International League	Toledo Mud Hens	DET
2003	AAA	International League	Toledo Mud Hens	DET
2003	AA	Eastern League	Erie SeaWolves	DET
2004	AA	Eastern League	Erie SeaWolves	DET	April 8, 2004	September 6, 2004
2004	AAA	International League	Toledo Mud Hens	DET	May 13, 2004	June 20, 2004
2005	Advanced A	Florida State League	Lakeland Tigers	DET	April 7, 2005	September 4, 2005
2006	AA	Texas League	Corpus Christi Hooks	HOU	April 6, 2006	August 20, 2006
2006	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Round Rock Express	HOU	August 24, 2006	September 4, 2006
2007	Ind	Northern League	Joliet JackHammers
2008	Ind	American Association	Grand Prairie AirHogs		May 8, 2008	August 22, 2008
2009	Ind	American Association	Grand Prairie AirHogs

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