Nicholas originally signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers and was a successful base stealer during his minor league career, surpassing the 30-stolen-base mark at least three times during his career.[1] Purchased by the White Sox after the 1951 minor league season, Nicholas made his MLB debut on April 16, 1952, when he pinch ran for Eddie Robinson in a 1–0 defeat at the hands of the Cleveland Indians.[2] The following day, he pinch hit for pitcherHowie Judson and was retired by Mike Garcia.[3] Four days later, he batted for Hal Brown and bounced out to St. Louis Browns pitcher Ned Garver.[4] After spending the rest of 1952 and all of 1953 in the White Sox' farm system, Nicholas made Chicago's opening day roster in 1954. He pinch hit once (and received a base on balls) and scored three runs, but was sent to the Triple-A Havana Sugar Kings at the May cutdown date and played the rest of his career in the minors.
nicholas, donald, leigh, nicholas, october, 1930, october, 2007, american, professional, baseball, player, played, from, 1948, 1959, initially, shortstop, minor, league, baseball, then, outfielder, nicholas, received, brief, trials, major, leagues, with, 1952,. Donald Leigh Nicholas October 30 1930 October 23 2007 was an American professional baseball player who played from 1948 to 1959 Initially a shortstop in minor league baseball then an outfielder Nicholas received two brief trials in the Major Leagues with the 1952 and 1954 Chicago White Sox as a pinch hitter and pinch runner The native of Phoenix Arizona batted left handed threw right handed stood 5 feet 7 inches 1 70 m tall and weighed 150 pounds 68 kg Don NicholasPinch runner Pinch hitterBorn 1930 10 30 October 30 1930Phoenix ArizonaDied October 23 2007 2007 10 23 aged 76 Garden Grove CaliforniaBatted LeftThrew RightMLB debutApril 16 1952 for the Chicago White SoxLast MLB appearanceMay 9 1954 for the Chicago White SoxMLB statisticsGames played10Runs scored3Hits0TeamsChicago White Sox 1952 1954 Nicholas originally signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers and was a successful base stealer during his minor league career surpassing the 30 stolen base mark at least three times during his career 1 Purchased by the White Sox after the 1951 minor league season Nicholas made his MLB debut on April 16 1952 when he pinch ran for Eddie Robinson in a 1 0 defeat at the hands of the Cleveland Indians 2 The following day he pinch hit for pitcher Howie Judson and was retired by Mike Garcia 3 Four days later he batted for Hal Brown and bounced out to St Louis Browns pitcher Ned Garver 4 After spending the rest of 1952 and all of 1953 in the White Sox farm system Nicholas made Chicago s opening day roster in 1954 He pinch hit once and received a base on balls and scored three runs but was sent to the Triple A Havana Sugar Kings at the May cutdown date and played the rest of his career in the minors References edit Minor league statistics from Baseball Reference 1954 4 16 box score from Retrosheet 1954 4 17 box score from Retrosheet 1954 4 20 box score from RetrosheetExternal links editCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference or Baseball Reference Minors Don Nicholas at Find a Grave nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Don Nicholas amp oldid 1121542585, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
