Larry
Nickel
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7''
Weight: 210
 
Born: October 1, 1992 in Australia
 
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2011 18 TN FF   7 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4
2012 19 TN FF   7 2 2 2 4 3 3 5 5 5
2013 20 TN FF   7 2 2 2 4 3 4 5 5 5
2014 21 TN FF   7 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5
2015 22 TN FF   7 2 2 2 5 4 5 6 6 6
2016 23 TN FF   7 3 3 3 5 4 5 7 7 7
2017 24 TN FF   7 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 7 7
2018 25 TN FF   7 2 2 2 8 7 8 7 7 7
2019 26 TN FF   6 2 2 2 8 8 8 7 7 7
2020 27 TN FF   5 2 2 2 9 9 9 7 7 7
2021 28 TN FF   5 2 2 2 9 8 8 7 7 7
2022 29 TN FF   5 2 2 2 8 8 8 7 7 7
2023 30 TN FF   5 2 2 2 8 8 8 7 7 7
2024 31 TN FF $ 300,000 4 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5
2025 32 TN FF $ 300,000 4 1 1 1 8 8 8 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 7 3 3 3 9 9 9 7 7 7
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  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2011 18 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2012 19 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2013 20 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2014 21 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2015 22 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2016 23 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2017 24 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2018 25 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2019 26 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2020 27 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2021 28 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2022 29 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2023 30 TN FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2024 31 TN FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2025 32 TN FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2011 18 AAA   2 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 15.0 14 7 3 2 8 4.20 .241 .267 .431 .698  
    A   9 10 .474 26 26 1 1 0 170.7 163 76 11 64 88 4.01 .251 .318 .367 .685  
2012 19 A   7 16 .304 27 27 2 0 0 176.0 160 74 19 50 89 3.78 .239 .292 .375 .666  
2013 20 A   8 6 .571 23 23 0 0 0 147.0 123 54 9 60 75 3.31 .231 .309 .332 .641  
2014 21 A   16 4 .800 30 30 1 1 0 208.3 156 57 13 69 95 2.46 .207 .274 .310 .584  
2015 22 AA   12 6 .667 25 25 2 2 0 169.0 114 53 15 63 78 2.82 .190 .267 .331 .598  
    A   0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 4.3 12 6 2 1 3 12.47 .462 .481 .731 1.212  
2016 23 AA   16 6 .727 31 31 1 0 0 199.0 183 67 11 78 80 3.03 .245 .317 .347 .664  
2017 24 AAA   1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 14.0 12 4 0 6 3 2.57 .235 .316 .353 .669  
    AA   12 8 .600 28 28 2 2 0 190.0 169 52 8 53 94 2.46 .233 .286 .314 .599  
2018 25 AAA   2 2 .500 5 5 0 0 0 29.7 44 18 3 8 14 5.46 .358 .397 .504 .901  
    AA   9 9 .500 23 23 4 1 0 135.7 153 70 8 31 60 4.64 .283 .322 .403 .725  
2019 26 AAA   0 1 .000 3 3 0 0 0 19.7 24 10 2 4 6 4.58 .296 .329 .457 .786  
    AA   15 6 .714 27 27 3 1 0 186.0 176 57 9 28 74 2.76 .250 .279 .354 .633  
2020 27 AA   11 6 .647 25 25 1 0 0 173.0 172 50 5 22 68 2.60 .259 .282 .344 .627  
2021 28 AA   6 3 .667 62 7 0 0 4 99.0 92 37 8 21 42 3.36 .248 .288 .356 .644  
2022 29 AAA   7 3 .700 49 0 0 0 0 87.3 99 44 9 25 30 4.53 .283 .331 .423 .754  
2023 30 AAA   6 4 .600 51 4 0 0 1 70.3 76 36 10 17 21 4.61 .271 .313 .479 .792  
2024 31 TN FF 1 1 .500 29 0 0 0 0 39.7 46 25 5 13 8 5.67 .303 .355 .434 .789 0.0
    AAA   2 2 .500 16 0 0 0 0 17.3 16 9 3 8 5 4.67 .254 .338 .476 .814  
2025 32 AAA   0 2 .000 43 0 0 0 2 49.7 71 29 6 14 19 5.26 .336 .378 .507 .885  
1 Years Sim 1 1 .500 29 0 0 0 0 39.7 46 25 5 13 8 5.67 .303 .355 .434 .789 0.0
8 Years AAA 20 15 .571 171 16 0 0 3 303.0 356 157 36 84 106 4.66 .293 .338 .461 .799  
7 Years AA 81 44 .648 221 166 13 6 4 1151.7 1059 386 64 296 496 3.02 .244 .292 .348 .639  
5 Years A 40 36 .526 107 107 4 2 0 706.3 614 267 54 244 350 3.40 .233 .299 .349 .648  
20 Years Minors 141 95 .597 499 289 17 8 7 2161.0 2029 810 154 624 952 3.37 .248 .301 .365 .666  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   28 20 4 8 3   .322 .379 .483 .862
vs LH   18 5 1 5 5   .277 .329 .369 .698
Home 1 0 1.000 11 0 0 0 0 16.0 15 8 1 6 5 4.50 .259 .328 .328 .656
Away 0 1 .000 18 0 0 0 0 23.7 31 17 4 7 3 6.47 .330 .376 .500 .876
June 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.3 7 5 2 2 1 13.51 .438 .500 .813 1.313
July 1 1 .500 12 0 0 0 0 16.3 20 13 2 6 4 7.16 .313 .371 .453 .825
August 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 0 11.7 9 3 0 3 3 2.32 .243 .300 .243 .543
Sep/Oct 0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 0 8.3 10 4 1 2 0 4.32 .286 .324 .429 .753
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2022 29 AAA   6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
2024 31 TN FF 29 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
1 Years Sim 29 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
1 Years AAA 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .000 .000 .000 .000 -4.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
vs LH   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Home 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Away 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Close/Late   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
July 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
August 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Sep/Oct 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2024 31 TN FF P 29 0 39.7 1 6 1 0 .875 1.59    
Career Totals   29 0 39.7 1 6 1 0 .875 1.59    
Career Highs   29 0 39.7 1 6 1 0 .875 1.59    
History
Drafted in 1st round, 21st overall pick, by Illinois in 2011
Traded from Illinois to Tennessee on 7/31/2011 (Going to Ten: P Larry Nickel, C Richard Baxley. Going to Ill: P J.J. Cobb, CF Francisco Diaz)
Injured on 8/4/2012 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 3-4 weeks
Injured on 7/30/2013 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 5/7/2014 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 6/27/2015 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 4/1/2020 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
Earned first career win on 7/24/2024
Injured on 9/18/2024 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 5/11/2025 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days