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The Only Nolan was born on Saturday, November 7, 1857, in Paterson, New Jersey. Nolan was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 1, 1878, with the Indianapolis Browns. 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 The Only Nolan baseball stats page.

"Nolan, known as 'The Only,' looked to Boston like simply a swift underhand thrower like Devlin, McCormick and many others. But their speed as compared with that of Nolan's was 'like the velocity of a ball from an old smooth bore would compare with a ball from a Winchester rifle." - Author Preston D. Orem in Baseball from the Newspaper Accounts (1961)

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Birth Name:	Edward Sylvester Nolan
Nickname:	The Only
Born On:	11-07-1857
Born In:	Paterson, New Jersey
Zodiac:	Scorpio
Died On:	05-18-1913
Died In:	Paterson, New Jersey
Cemetery:	Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa, New Jersey

College:	None Attended
Bats:	Left
Throws:	Right
Height:	5-08
Weight:	171
First Game:	05-01-1878 (Age 20)
Last Game:	10-09-1885
Draft:	Not Applicable

The Only Nolan The Only Nolan Pitching Stats
Year	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
1878	Browns	38	38	0	13	22	.371	2.57	37	1	0	347.0	1,469	357	99	208	1	56	-	125	21	0	0	-
1881	Blues	22	21	1	8	14	.364	3.05	20	0	0	180.0	768	183	61	111	3	38	-	54	10	0	0	-
1883	Alleghenys	7	7	0	0	7	.000	4.25	6	0	0	55.0	0	81	26	44	0	10	-	23	0	0	0	-
1884	Quicksteps	5	5	0	1	4	.200	2.93	5	0	0	40.0	0	44	13	28	1	7	-	52	0	0	0	-
1885	Phillies	7	7	0	1	5	.167	4.17	6	0	0	54.0	239	55	25	43	1	24	-	20	5	0	0	-
Career		G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
5 Years		79	78	1	23	52	.307	2.98	74	1	0	676.0	2,476	720	224	434	6	135	-	274	36	0	0	-

The Only Nolan The Only Nolan Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1878	Browns	38	152	11	37	8	0	0	0	16	2	-	10	-	-	0	-	.243	.253	.296
1881	Blues	41	168	12	41	5	1	0	0	18	4	-	13	-	-	0	-	.244	.262	.286
1883	Alleghenys	7	26	4	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	-	-	-	-	0	-	.308	.333	.346
1884	Quicksteps	9	33	5	9	2	1	0	0	0	2	-	-	-	-	0	-	.273	.314	.394
1885	Phillies	7	26	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	3	-	-	-	-	0	-	.077	.172	.115
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
5 Years		102	405	33	97	17	2	0	0	35	12	-	23	-	-	0	-	.240	.261	.291

The Only Nolan The Only Nolan Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1878 Browns	CF	1	-	-	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00	-
1878 Browns	P	38	38	1,041	110	2.9	99	19	80	11	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	.900	2.57	-
1881 Blues	3B	6	-	-	13	2.2	10	3	7	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.769	0.00	-
1881 Blues	OF	14	-	-	24	1.7	22	20	2	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.917	0.00	-
1881 Blues	P	22	21	540	41	1.9	37	9	28	4	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.902	1.85	-
1883 Alleghenys	CF	1	-	-	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00	-
1883 Alleghenys	P	7	7	165	18	2.6	13	2	11	5	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.722	2.13	-
1884 Quicksteps	OF	4	-	-	4	1.0	4	4	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1884 Quicksteps	P	5	5	120	13	2.6	12	1	11	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.923	2.70	-
1885 Phillies	OF	1	-	-	3	3.0	2	1	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.667	0.00	-
1885 Phillies	P	7	7	162	12	1.7	10	0	10	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.833	1.67	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
P Totals		79	78	2,028	194	2.5	171	31	140	23	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	.881	2.28	--
OF Totals		19	0	0	31	1.6	28	25	3	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.903	0.00	--
3B Totals		6	0	0	13	2.2	10	3	7	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.769	0.00	--
CF Totals		2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00	--
5 Years		106	78	2,028	238	2.2	209	59	150	29	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	.878	2.78	--

The Only Nolan The Only Nolan Miscellaneous Stats
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
1878 Browns	-	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	15.2	9.5	2.23	3.24	1.45
1881 Blues	-	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	12.9	9.3	1.42	2.70	1.90
1883 Alleghenys	-	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.30	3.76	1.64
1884 Quicksteps	-	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.43	11.70	1.58
1885 Phillies	-	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	26.0	0.83	3.33	4.00
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
5 Years	-	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	17.6	11.6	2.03	3.65	1.80

The Only Nolan The Only Nolan Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1878 Indianapolis Browns	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1881 Cleveland Blues	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1883 Pittsburgh Alleghenys	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1884 Wilmington Quicksteps	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1885 Philadelphia Phillies	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
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