Nomar Garciaparra was born on Monday, July 23, 1973, in Whittier, California. Garciaparra was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 31, 1996, with the Boston Red Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Nomar Garciaparra baseball stats page.
"He's as good a young player as anyone I've ever seen come into the big leagues. He's tremendous. One of the very best young hitters I ever saw. He's a smart kid and he knows all about hitting." - Ted Williams in Emperors and Idiots: The Hundred Year Rivalry Between the Yankees and Red Sox, From the Very Beginning to the End of the Curse (Mike Vaccaro, Anchor Publishing, 05/09/2006, Page 173)
Nomar GarciaparraNomar Garciaparra Autograph on a 1994 Signature Rookies Baseball Card (#12) |
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Nomar GarciaparraNomar Garciaparra Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
- | - | Did Not Pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
Nomar GarciaparraNomar Garciaparra Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1996 | 23 | Red Sox | 24 | 87 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .272 | .471 |
1997 | 24 | Red Sox | 153 | 684 | 122 | 209 | 44 | 11 | 30 | 0 | 98 | 35 | 2 | 92 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | .306 | .342 | .534 |
1998 | 25 | Red Sox | 143 | 604 | 111 | 195 | 37 | 8 | 35 | 1 | 122 | 33 | 1 | 62 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 20 | .323 | .362 | .584 |
1999 | 26 | Red Sox | 135 | 532 | 103 | 190 | 42 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 104 | 51 | 7 | 39 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | .357 | .418 | .603 |
2000 | 27 | Red Sox | 140 | 529 | 104 | 197 | 51 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 96 | 61 | 20 | 50 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | .372 | .434 | .599 |
2001 | 28 | Red Sox | 21 | 83 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .289 | .352 | .470 |
2002 | 29 | Red Sox | 156 | 635 | 101 | 197 | 56 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 120 | 41 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 17 | .310 | .352 | .528 |
2003 | 30 | Red Sox | 156 | 658 | 120 | 198 | 37 | 13 | 28 | 0 | 105 | 39 | 1 | 61 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 10 | .301 | .345 | .524 |
2004 | 31 | Red Sox | 38 | 156 | 24 | 50 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .321 | .367 | .500 |
2004 | 31 | Cubs | 43 | 165 | 28 | 49 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .297 | .364 | .455 |
2005 | 32 | Cubs | 62 | 230 | 28 | 65 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 30 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | .283 | .320 | .452 |
2006 | 33 | Dodgers | 122 | 469 | 82 | 142 | 31 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 93 | 42 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 | .303 | .367 | .505 |
2007 | 34 | Dodgers | 121 | 431 | 39 | 122 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 59 | 31 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | .283 | .328 | .371 |
2008 | 35 | Dodgers | 55 | 163 | 24 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | .264 | .326 | .466 |
2009 | 36 | Athletics | 65 | 160 | 17 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .281 | .314 | .388 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
14 Years | 1,434 | 5,586 | 927 | 1,747 | 370 | 52 | 229 | 7 | 936 | 403 | 54 | 554 | 5 | 63 | 59 | 129 | .313 | .361 | .521 |
Nomar GarciaparraNomar Garciaparra Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1996 Red Sox | 2B | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 13.50 |
1996 Red Sox | SS | 22 | 21 | 570 | 86 | 3.9 | 85 | 35 | 50 | 1 | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .988 | 4.03 |
1997 Red Sox | SS | 153 | 152 | 4,032 | 720 | 4.7 | 699 | 249 | 450 | 21 | 113 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .971 | 4.68 |
1998 Red Sox | SS | 143 | 143 | 3,765 | 655 | 4.6 | 630 | 228 | 402 | 25 | 68 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .962 | 4.52 |
1999 Red Sox | SS | 134 | 133 | 3,521 | 606 | 4.5 | 589 | 232 | 357 | 17 | 72 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .972 | 4.52 |
2000 Red Sox | SS | 136 | 135 | 3,555 | 621 | 4.6 | 603 | 201 | 402 | 18 | 65 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .971 | 4.58 |
2001 Red Sox | SS | 21 | 21 | 552 | 93 | 4.4 | 90 | 34 | 56 | 3 | 13 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .968 | 4.40 |
2002 Red Sox | SS | 154 | 153 | 4,023 | 710 | 4.6 | 685 | 218 | 467 | 25 | 92 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .965 | 4.60 |
2003 Red Sox | SS | 156 | 155 | 4,094 | 692 | 4.4 | 672 | 216 | 456 | 20 | 83 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .971 | 4.43 |
2004 Red Sox | SS | 37 | 37 | 934 | 140 | 3.8 | 134 | 52 | 82 | 6 | 17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .957 | 3.87 |
2004 Cubs | SS | 42 | 41 | 1,094 | 166 | 4.0 | 163 | 69 | 94 | 3 | 17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .982 | 4.02 |
2005 Cubs | 3B | 34 | 34 | 888 | 91 | 2.7 | 85 | 20 | 65 | 6 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .934 | 2.58 |
2005 Cubs | SS | 26 | 25 | 618 | 98 | 3.8 | 92 | 41 | 51 | 6 | 16 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .939 | 4.02 |
2006 Dodgers | 1B | 118 | 117 | 3,051 | 1,124 | 9.5 | 1,120 | 1,059 | 61 | 4 | 113 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .996 | 9.91 |
2007 Dodgers | 1B | 68 | 66 | 1,713 | 587 | 8.6 | 583 | 556 | 27 | 4 | 52 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .993 | 9.19 |
2007 Dodgers | 3B | 43 | 41 | 1,065 | 102 | 2.4 | 96 | 32 | 64 | 6 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .941 | 2.43 |
2008 Dodgers | 1B | 8 | 6 | 117 | 53 | 6.6 | 53 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 12.23 |
2008 Dodgers | 3B | 11 | 9 | 219 | 25 | 2.3 | 23 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .920 | 2.84 |
2008 Dodgers | SS | 31 | 29 | 714 | 122 | 3.9 | 118 | 29 | 89 | 4 | 14 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .967 | 4.46 |
2009 Athletics | 1B | 16 | 11 | 303 | 100 | 6.3 | 100 | 95 | 5 | 0 | 13 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 8.91 |
2009 Athletics | 3B | 6 | 6 | 96 | 9 | 1.5 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.53 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
SS Totals | 1,055 | 1,045 | 27,472 | 4,709 | 4.5 | 4,560 | 1,604 | 2,956 | 149 | 581 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .968 | 4.48 | |
1B Totals | 210 | 200 | 5,184 | 1,864 | 8.9 | 1,856 | 1,759 | 97 | 8 | 180 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .996 | 9.67 | |
3B Totals | 94 | 90 | 2,268 | 227 | 2.4 | 213 | 55 | 158 | 14 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .938 | 2.54 | |
2B Totals | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 13.50 | |
14 Years | 1,360 | 1,335 | 34,930 | 6,803 | 5.0 | 6,632 | 3,420 | 3,212 | 171 | 765 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .975 | 5.13 |
Nomar GarciaparraNomar Garciaparra Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1996 Red Sox | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21.8 | 6.2 | 5.4 | - | - | - |
1997 Red Sox | 22 | 9 | .710 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22.8 | 7.4 | 7.0 | - | - | - |
1998 Red Sox | 12 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 9.7 | 5.0 | - | - | - |
1999 Red Sox | 14 | 3 | .824 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 13.6 | 5.1 | - | - | - |
2000 Red Sox | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25.2 | 10.6 | 5.5 | - | - | - |
2001 Red Sox | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.8 | 9.2 | 10.4 | - | - | - |
2002 Red Sox | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26.5 | 10.1 | 5.3 | - | - | - |
2003 Red Sox | 19 | 5 | .792 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23.5 | 10.8 | 6.3 | - | - | - |
2004 Red Sox | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31.2 | 9.8 | 7.4 | - | - | - |
2004 Cubs | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 41.3 | 11.8 | 8.3 | - | - | - |
2005 Cubs | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25.6 | 9.6 | 7.7 | - | - | - |
2006 Dodgers | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23.5 | 15.6 | 5.0 | - | - | - |
2007 Dodgers | 3 | 1 | .750 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 61.6 | 10.5 | 7.3 | - | - | - |
2008 Dodgers | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20.4 | 14.8 | 5.8 | - | - | - |
2009 Athletics | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 53.3 | 5.7 | 10.0 | - | - | - |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
14 Years | 95 | 31 | .754 | 67 | 3 | 3 | 24.4 | 10.1 | 6.0 | - | - | - |
Nomar GarciaparraNomar Garciaparra Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1996 Boston Red Sox | 5 | $109,000.00 | - | - |
1997 Boston Red Sox | 5 | $150,000.00 | Stats | - |
1998 Boston Red Sox | 5 | $1,075,000.00 | - | - |
1999 Boston Red Sox | 5 | $1,400,000.00 | Stats | - |
2000 Boston Red Sox | 5 | $3,700,000.00 | Stats | - |
2001 Boston Red Sox | 5 | $7,250,000.00 | - | - |
2002 Boston Red Sox | 5 | $9,000,000.00 | Stats | - |
2003 Boston Red Sox | 5 | $10,500,000.00 | Stats | - |
2004 Boston Red Sox | 5 | $11,500,000.00 | - | - |
2004 Chicago Cubs | 8, 5 | $11,500,000.00 | - | - |
2005 Chicago Cubs | 5 | $8,250,000.00 | - | - |
2006 Los Angeles Dodgers | 5 | $6,000,000.00 | Stats | - |
2007 Los Angeles Dodgers | 5 | $8,516,697.00 | - | - |
2008 Los Angeles Dodgers | 5 | $9,516,697.00 | - | - |
2009 Oakland Athletics | 1, 5 | $1,000,000.00 | - | - |
Nomar Garciaparra Stats by Baseball Almanac |
Did you know that Nomar Garciaparra is the only player in baseball history to hit three home runs in a regular season game (July 23, 2002) on his birthday? Too easy? Did you know Nomar is the only shortstop in Major League history to drive in ten-or-more runs during a game? [Box Score | RBI Records]
Nomar Garciaparra was a two-time American League batting champion, hitting .357 in 1999 (Top 25), and .372 in 2000 (Top 25). His back-to-back batting titles were the first by a junior circuit right-handed batter since Joe DiMaggio did it in 1939-1940!
On May 10, 1999, Nomar Garciaparra hit two grand slams in the same game. He was the tenth player in Major League history to join the "club" and the first shortstop in Major League history to ever hit two slams in the same game!