Atley Nickols  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. The Retired or Inactive Players hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. The running movement on his pitches makes life tougher on lefties than righties.

Defense & Hitting
Nickols's move to first base is average. Nickols seems distracted after his delivery. He's sometimes out of position, fails to cover a base or doesn't back up throws. Nickols is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Nickols has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Nickols as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2025 Outlook
One has to wonder what Atley Nickols is doing in AA. In all honesty, he could use a lot of work on the fundamentals in the low minors. But if you ask me, I'll pass on Nickols.

          -- Emu Nyman, AA/AAA Scout

 

Player Skills Yearly Scouting Report Cards
Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2001 MMM 62 65 46 56 47 59 51 51 51 59 0 55 56 0 0 0 30 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 9 28 43 180
2002 MMM 62 64 48 56 47 59 51 51 51 59 0 57 60 0 0 0 31 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 43 184
2003 MMM 62 63 48 56 47 59 51 51 51 59 0 57 63 0 0 0 32 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 45 184
2004 FA 65 63 48 57 47 59 51 51 51 59 0 57 65 0 0 0 33 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 45 189
2005 FA 65 63 48 57 47 59 51 51 51 59 0 57 65 0 0 0 34 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 45 187
2006 FA 65 62 47 56 47 59 51 51 51 59 0 57 65 0 0 0 35 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 45 181
2007 FA 64 60 46 57 47 59 51 51 51 59 0 57 65 0 0 0 36 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 44 175
Ratings Delta -1 -2 -1 +1                         +1             -1 -6

CBL Collegiate League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
Totals     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

CBL Pioneer League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
2001 30 PHUM 14 12 0 0 36 36 20 2 216.2 6.0 201 20 124 181 0 0 7.53 1.46 1.50 .244 .363 .248 .243 4.45
2002 31 PHUM 7 13 0 0 36 36 17 2 203 5.2 205 23 108 164 0 0 7.27 1.52 1.54 .258 .401 .277 .255 4.74
2003 32 PHUM 12 14 0 0 36 36 13 0 196.2 5.1 198 22 108 146 0 0 6.70 1.35 1.56 .256 .391 .348 .244 4.62
2004 33 PHUM 5 5 0 0 14 14 7 1 87.2 6.1 101 6 47 52 0 0 5.37 1.11 1.70 .289 .409 .276 .290 4.62
2005 34 PHUM 6 15 1 0 39 30 8 2 170.2 4.1 213 26 111 100 9 4 5.29 0.90 1.90 .303 .469 .311 .302 7.07
2006 35 PHUR 4 3 0 1 16 12 7 0 86.2 5.1 78 11 41 41 3 0 4.28 1.00 1.38 .239 .404 .224 .242 3.74
2007 36 PTES 12 13 0 0 37 37 18 1 211.2 5.2 205 21 90 123 0 0 5.24 1.37 1.40 .249 .369 .202 .254 3.95
Totals     60 75 1 1 214 201 90 8 1173 5.1 1201 129 629 807 12 4 6.19 1.28 1.56 .261 .398 .282 .257 4.78

CBL Major League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
Totals     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Atley Nickols's Comparable Players
Player Names
Tayvon Macon 95.4% Trenathen Jackson 93.8% Hanzel Cherrez 93.3% Gerard Broder 92.0% Dallas Schwartz 87.6%

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Report Cards generated by Biorhythm v2.7.82 on Fri Aug 12 01:15:47 CEST 2011
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