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Nick Kingham

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 235lb (196cm, 106kg)

Born: November 8, 1991 in Houston, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 4th round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft from Sierra Vista HS (Las Vegas, NV).

High School: Sierra Vista HS (Las Vegas, NV)

Debut: April 29, 2018 (Age 26-172d, 21,623rd in major league history)
vs. STL 7.0 IP, 1 H, 9 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: August 2, 2019 (Age 27-267d)
vs. BAL 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2018 season

Full Name: Nicholas Gordon Kingham

Pronunciation: \king-UM\

Twitter: @NickKingham

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.5

ERA

6.08

131.2

115

WHIP

1.580

Summary of 29 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 4 go ahead

2 Tms
PIT	25
TOR	4

Platoon
vs LHB	17
vs RHB	12

Home/Road
Home	16
Away	13

Outs
1	12
0	12
2	5

15 Opps
MIL	10
LAD	3
CIN	3
NYM	2
KCR	1
ARI	1
COL	1
ATL	1
PHI	1
STL	1
TEX	1
LAA	1
CHC	1
BAL	1
HOU	1

28 Batters
Travis Shaw	2
Cody Bellinger	1
Wilmer Flores	1
Mike Moustakas	1
Christian Yelich	1
Max Muncy	1
Josh Reddick	1
Stevie Wilkerson	1
Jorge Soler	1
Curt Casali	1
Orlando Arcia	1
Eduardo Escobar	1
Derek Dietrich	1
Eugenio Suárez	1
Ben Zobrist	1
Mike Trout	1
Manny Piña	1
Asdrúbal Cabrera	1
Nick Williams	1
Tony Wolters	1
Ronald Acuña Jr.	1
Jonathan Schoop	1
Joey Gallo	1
Joc Pederson	1
Domingo Santana	1
Brandon Woodruff	1
Marcell Ozuna	1
Ryan Braun	1

9 Parks
PNC Pk (PIT)	13
Am Fam Field (MIL)	4
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	3
Dodger Stad (LOS)	3
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	2
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	1
Chase Field (PHO)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1
Truist Pk (ATL)	1

Where Hit
9	9
89	6
7	6
8	4
78	4

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	8
1	6
3	5
4	4
7+	3
5	2
6	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	16
2·HR gms	5
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	15
1--	6
-2-	3
1-3	2
12-	1
123	1
--3	1

48 Runs
RISP	8
0 on	15
1 on	10
2 on	3
3 on	1
Any on	14

Inning
1	3
2	4
3	5
4	5
5	2
6	6
7	2
8	1
9	1

1-3	12
4-6	13
7-end	4

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	2
+2	2
+1	5
Tied	4
-1	3
-2	1
-3	2
-4..	4

Ahead	15
Tied	4
Behind	10

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	6
1-0	4
0-1	4
3-2	3
1-2	3
1-1	3
0-2	2
3-0	2
3-1	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
2B	5
LF	5
RF	4
3B	4
1B	3
CF	3
C	3
P	1
SS	1

OrderPos
5th	6
4th	6
2nd	5
1st	3
8th	3
7th	2
6th	2
3rd	1
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	10
Low Lev	14

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2018-05-04	Manny Piña	MIL		PIT	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	2	11%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2	2	2	2	2018-05-04	Domingo Santana	MIL		PIT	behind 2-5	b 6	1	-2-	3,(0-2) SFX	2	5	9	18%	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Aguilar Scores
3	3	3	1	2018-05-29	Ben Zobrist	CHC	@	PIT	behind 0-3	t 5	1	1--	3,(0-2) FFX	2	1	4	17%	32%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Lester Scores
4	4	4	1	2018-06-03	Marcell Ozuna	STL		PIT	tied 0-0	b 1	0	123	1,(0-0) X	4	4	7	16%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Carpenter Scores; T. Pham Scores/unER; J. Martínez Scores
5	5	5	1	2018-07-02	Cody Bellinger	LAD		PIT	ahead 2-1	b 3	1	---	4,(3-0) BBBX	1	4	3	10%	76%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
6	6	6	2	2018-07-02	Joc Pederson	LAD		PIT	ahead 4-1	b 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	5%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
7	7	7	3	2018-07-02	Max Muncy	LAD		PIT	ahead 5-1	b 4	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	2	4	3%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
8	8	8	1	2018-07-08	Nick Williams	PHI	@	PIT	behind 0-1	t 4	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	5	9	13%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
9	9	9	1	2018-07-13	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	@	PIT	behind 1-6	t 6	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	9	1	3%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
10	10	10	2	2018-07-13	Travis Shaw	MIL	@	PIT	behind 2-6	t 7	1	---	6,(3-2) BBFBCX	1	5	5	4%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
11	11	11	1	2018-07-21	Curt Casali	CIN		PIT	behind 0-5	b 7	1	1--	7,(3-2) CSBFBBX	2	7	2	6%	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Winker Scores
12	12	12	1	2018-07-26	Wilmer Flores	NYM	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	4	3	19%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); M. Conforto Scores
13	13	13	2	2018-07-26	Asdrúbal Cabrera	NYM	@	PIT	tied 4-4	t 4	0	1--	2,(1-0) 111BX	2	2	4	20%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Rosario Scores
14	14	14	1	2018-08-26	Jonathan Schoop	MIL		PIT	ahead 6-4	b 6	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	4	7%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
15	15	15	1	2018-09-02	Ronald Acuña Jr.	ATL		PIT	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	7	10%	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
16	16	16	1	2018-09-23	Christian Yelich	MIL	@	PIT	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	2	7	17%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); O. Arcia Scores; W. Miley Scores
17	17	17	2	2018-09-23	Travis Shaw	MIL	@	PIT	ahead 4-0	t 2	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	4	8%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); L. Cain Scores/unER
18	18	18	1	2018-09-28	Eugenio Suárez	CIN		PIT	behind 0-2	b 3	2	--3	5,(2-2) FFBBX	2	5	5	21%	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Votto Scores
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	2019-04-07	Derek Dietrich	CIN	@	PIT	behind 3-7	t 8	2	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	5	3	5%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Kemp Scores
20	20	2	1	2019-05-08	Joey Gallo	TEX	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 3	1	-2-	4,(1-2) BCFX	2	4	8	17%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); E. Andrus Scores
21	21	3	1	2019-05-13	Eduardo Escobar	ARI		PIT	ahead 6-2	b 4	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	5	4%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
22	22	4	1	2019-05-22	Tony Wolters	COL	@	PIT	ahead 3-2	t 3	2	12-	4,(1-2) CBSX	3	8	2	24%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); N. Arenado Scores; B. Rodgers Scores
23	23	5	1	2019-06-01	Orlando Arcia	MIL	@	PIT	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	6	12%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); E. Thames Scores
24	24	6	2	2019-06-01	Mike Moustakas	MIL	@	PIT	ahead 4-0	t 3	0	---	7,(1-2) BCFFFFX	1	4	5	5%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
25	25	7	1	2019-06-07	Ryan Braun	MIL		PIT	ahead 4-3	b 6	1	1-3	8,(3-2) BBBCC1FFX	3	3	7	14%	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); L. Cain Scores; C. Yelich Scores
26	26	8	1	2019-06-15	Josh Reddick	HOU		TOR	ahead 5-2	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	6	9	4%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
27	27	9	1	2019-06-17	Mike Trout	LAA	@	TOR	ahead 9-1	t 6	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	8	0%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
28	28	10	1	2019-06-30	Jorge Soler	KCR	@	TOR	ahead 6-5	t 5	1	---	4,(3-0) BBBX	1	5	9	12%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
29	29	11	1	2019-07-06	Stevie Wilkerson	BAL	@	TOR	ahead 7-1	t 9	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	8	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)