#8 Nicholas Cross, Reliever, 34 yrs, Los Angeles Meat Puppets

#8 Nicholas Cross, Reliever, 34 yrs, Los Angeles Meat Puppets
Monday, 9/14/2013

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Nicholas Cross

3/18/1979
34
USA
6"2
200

Reliever
R
R

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1.5 Stars

Contract & Roster Status

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Big League Contract
$ 540,000
2014
13 Year(s), 99 Days (2335 total Days)
172 Day(s)
14 Year(s), 88 Days (2496 total Days)
16 Year(s)
Not eligible
1 Option Year(s) left

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	10	6	4	95-99 Mph
Versus LHB	10	6	4
Versus RHB	10	6	4
Talent	10	7	5

Pitching Ratings
Endurance :
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Holding Runners :

4
43
5

Pitches:
Fastball
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	1	5	1	3	2
Versus LHP	1	5	1	3	2
Versus RHP	1	5	1	3	2
Talent	1	5	1	3	2

Running & Bunting Ratings
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4
4
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1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 5 (Range), .901 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
8/13	@MAR	L 1-3		2	0	0	0	1	2
8/14	@MAR	W 7-5		1.1	2	3	3	2	3
8/19	BOS	L 2-4		3.2	2	1	1	1	3
8/21	@BRI	W 14-3		2.1	3	2	0	1	2	W
8/24	HFD	L 4-7		0.2	2	2	2	0	1
8/26	@CGY	L 5-15		1	1	0	0	2	1
9/5	BEN	W 10-6		3.2	0	0	0	0	4	W
9/7	TEX	L 5-8		2	1	3	3	1	0
9/11	BRI	L 2-9		3.1	2	0	0	1	3
9/13	BRI	W 3-2		3	0	0	0	2	2

Pitching Stats 2013

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	39	0	4	3	2	4.47	50.1	36	28	25	26	44	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	44	0	5	3	2	4.47	57.0	41	32	28	29	50

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	6	3	40.0	39	18	11.6	6.4	7.9	4.6	17	7	41.2	21	8	38.1	3.31

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	70	16	5	0	5	18	16	14	15	0	0	1	.229	.360	.514	.875
vs. RHB	114	20	8	1	2	10	12	12	29	0	0	2	.175	.264	.316	.579

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	23	0	2	2	2	3.73	31.1	20	14	13	14	28
Road	16	0	2	1	0	5.68	19.0	16	14	12	12	16
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	3	0	0	0	0	3.24	8.1	3	3	3	4	5

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	3	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.1	1	0	0	0	2
May	4	0	0	0	0	3.86	2.1	2	1	1	0	1
June	7	0	0	1	1	6.75	4.0	3	3	3	4	3
July	10	0	1	0	0	4.76	11.1	10	7	6	9	10
August	11	0	2	2	1	5.89	18.1	17	14	12	9	19
Sept./Oct.	4	0	1	0	0	2.25	12.0	3	3	3	4	9

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
2005	62	0	5	2	26	4.09	72.2	63	34	33	6	29	94	0	0	1.27	.328	CGY
2006	68	0	9	4	35	2.69	70.1	48	22	21	9	34	87	0	0	1.17	.248	CGY,UL
2007	73	0	7	6	15	3.23	92.0	70	33	33	5	44	120	0	0	1.24	.308	CGY
2008	85	0	9	4	1	2.20	94.0	75	28	23	5	47	122	0	0	1.30	.320	CGY
2009	59	0	3	5	4	3.01	83.2	63	34	28	7	33	100	0	0	1.15	.281	CGY
2010	34	0	2	0	1	3.39	63.2	41	24	24	6	25	80	0	0	1.04	.254	CGY
2011	33	0	2	2	0	4.97	54.1	39	31	30	5	31	67	0	0	1.29	.276	CGY
2012	24	0	3	3	1	4.38	37.0	31	24	18	9	17	47	0	0	1.30	.250	CGY LA
2013	39	0	4	3	2	4.47	50.1	36	28	25	7	26	44	0	0	1.23	.218	LA
Total	477	0	44	29	85	3.42	618.0	466	258	235	59	286	761	0	0	1.22	.282

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
2012, AAA	48	0	1	2	2	5.17	54.0	51	31	31	12	31	72	0	0	1.52	.328

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
2006	4	0	0	0	3	0.00	3.1	3	0	0	3	5	0	0
2008	4	0	0	0	0	3.86	4.2	5	2	2	0	7	0	0
2009	3	0	0	0	0	5.79	4.2	10	3	3	0	6	0	0
2010	2	0	0	0	0	1.59	5.2	3	1	1	1	9	0	0
2011	2	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2012	8	0	1	0	0	2.93	15.1	11	5	5	3	15	0	0
Total	23	0	1	0	4	2.88	34.1	32	11	11	7	43	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2005	62	11	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	.091	.091	.273	.364	CGY
2006	68	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	CGY,UL
2007	73	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	CGY
2008	85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CGY
2009	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CGY
2010	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CGY
2011	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CGY
2012	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CGY LA
Total	438	23	2	1	1	0	1	2	1	10	0	0	.087	.125	.217	.342

Fielding Stats 2013

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PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

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Pitcher

1.000

50.1

1.07

Player History

Drafted in 7th round, 151st overall pick, by Calgary in 2005...
Earned first career win on 4/2/2005...
Had first career hit (triple) on 5/9/2005, off Russell Tobias (POC)...
7/14/2005: Signed a contract extension with Calgary, $2,800,000 per year, for 3 years.
Injured on 9/5/2005 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week...
Was selected to the 2006 Allstar game...
5/7/2008: Signed a contract extension with Calgary, $2,900,000 per year, for 4 years.
5/14/2008: Signed a contract extension with Calgary, $2,900,000 per year, for 4 years.
Injured on 5/25/2009 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 6 weeks...
Released by Calgary on 4/1/2012...
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 4/13/2012 to a minor league deal...
11/7/2012: Signed a contract extension with Los Angeles, $540,000 per year, for 2 years.

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

Saves
2005 - 26 - 8th
2006 - 35 - 6th

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