Dave Nicholson | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | August 29, 1939|
Died: February 25, 2023 Carmi, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 83)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
May 24, 1960, for the Baltimore Orioles | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 1, 1967, for the Atlanta Braves | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .212 |
Home runs | 61 |
Runs batted in | 179 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
David Lawrence Nicholson (August 29, 1939 – February 25, 2023) was an American professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball for the Baltimore Orioles (1960 and 1962), Chicago White Sox (1963–1965), Houston Astros (1966) and Atlanta Braves (1967). Nicholson was known for his towering, although infrequent, home runs. In 1964, he hit a home run measured at 573 feet (175 m) over the left-field roof of Chicago's Comiskey Park.