What years did Charles Nagy play?

Charles Nagy played in Major League Baseball from 1990 to 2003.

Was Charles Nagy a pitcher?

Yes. Charles Nagy pitched in the major leagues, recording 129 wins and 1242 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Charles Nagy hit?

Charles Nagy hit 0 career home runs with 2 hits.

What was Charles Nagy's career batting average?

Charles Nagy batted .105 over his career, with 2 hits in 19 at bats.

What was Charles Nagy's career ERA?

Charles Nagy finished with a 4.51 career ERA, going 129-105 with 1,242 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Charles Nagy have?

Charles Nagy recorded 1,242 career strikeouts.

Charles Nagy

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1990-2003)

Charles Nagy was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1990 to 2003 for the Cleveland Guardians and the San Diego Padres, a span of 14 seasons. Across 318 career appearances, he went 129-105 with a 4.51 ERA and 1,242 strikeouts. Charles Nagy was a 3-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 7468.4.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 129–105

ERA 4.51

WHIP 1.42

SO 1,242

Pitcher PIV 7468.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / R
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 200 lb
Born: 5/5/1967 in Bridgeport, CT, USA
MLB Debut: 1990-06-29
Last Game: 2003-06-01
Awards: 3× All-Star

Full name: Charles Harrison Nagy

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Career Pitching Statistics

Charles Nagy — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
129	105	318	297	31	6	0	1954.2	2,188	980	217	586	1,242	4.51	7468.4

Career ERA 4.51 vs. league average 4.34 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Charles Nagy Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1990	CLE	AL	2	4	9	8	0	0	45.2	58	30	21	26	5.91	3.86 (-53%)	-1422.8
1991	CLE	AL	10	15	33	33	6	1	211.1	228	97	66	109	4.13	3.91 (-6%)	784.3
1992	CLE	AL	17	10	33	33	10	3	252.0	245	83	57	169	2.96	3.75 (+21%)	6850.3
1993	CLE	AL	2	6	9	9	1	0	48.2	66	34	13	30	6.29	4.19 (-50%)	-112.2
1994	CLE	AL	10	8	23	23	3	0	169.1	175	65	48	108	3.45	4.51 (+23%)	2478.1
1995	CLE	AL	16	6	29	29	2	1	178.0	194	90	61	139	4.55	4.45 (-2%)	1474.8
1996	CLE	AL	17	5	32	32	5	0	222.0	217	84	61	167	3.41	4.61 (+26%)	4928.7
1997	CLE	AL	15	11	34	34	1	1	227.0	253	108	77	149	4.28	4.39 (+2%)	-359.6
1998	CLE	AL	15	10	33	33	2	0	210.1	250	122	66	120	5.22	4.43 (-18%)	-3878.6
1999	CLE	AL	17	11	33	32	1	0	202.0	238	111	59	126	4.95	4.71 (-5%)	964.7
2000	CLE	AL	2	7	11	11	0	0	57.0	71	52	21	41	8.21	4.77 (-72%)	-2219.6
2001	CLE	AL	5	6	15	13	0	0	70.1	102	50	20	29	6.40	4.42 (-45%)	-893.9
2002	CLE	AL	1	4	19	7	0	0	48.2	76	48	13	22	8.88	4.28 (-107%)	-1673.9
2003	SDN	NL	0	2	5	0	0	0	12.1	15	6	3	7	4.38	4.40 (avg)	548.2
Career · 14 seasons			129	105	318	297	31	6	1,954.2	2,188	980	586	1,242	4.51	—	7,468

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Charles Nagy — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
320	19	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.105	.105	.105	.211	0

Career AVG .105 vs. league average .265 across their career seasons — 60.2% below league average.

Career OBP .105 vs. league average .334 across their career seasons — 68.5% below league average.

Career SLG .105 vs. league average .415 across their career seasons — 74.6% below league average.

Career OPS .211 vs. league average .749 across their career seasons — 71.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Charles Nagy Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1990	CLE	AL	9	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	CLE	AL	33	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	CLE	AL	33	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	CLE	AL	9	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	CLE	AL	23	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	CLE	AL	29	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	CLE	AL	32	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	CLE	AL	34	5	1	1	1	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	CLE	AL	33	5	0	0	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	CLE	AL	34	6	0	0	5	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	CLE	AL	11	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	CLE	AL	15	1	1	1	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	CLE	AL	20	0	1	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	SDN	NL	5	2	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 14 seasons			320	19	3	2	10	.105	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Charles Nagy — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Charles Nagy — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
1999	ALDS1	CLE	2	.000
1998	ALCS	CLE	2	.000
1998	ALDS1	CLE	1	.000
1997	ALCS	CLE	2	.000
1997	ALDS1	CLE	1	.000
1997	WS	CLE	2	.000
1996	ALDS1	CLE	2	.000
1995	ALCS	CLE	1	.000
1995	ALDS1	CLE	1	.000
1995	WS	CLE	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Charles Nagy — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
3	4	15	14	0	84.2	87	42	30	55	4.46

Playoff Pitching by Year

Charles Nagy — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1999	ALDS1	CLE	1	0	2	2	10.0	11	8	2	6	7.20
1998	ALCS	CLE	0	1	2	2	9.2	13	4	1	6	3.72
1998	ALDS1	CLE	1	0	1	1	8.0	4	1	0	3	1.12
1997	ALCS	CLE	0	0	2	2	13.0	17	4	5	5	2.77
1997	ALDS1	CLE	0	1	1	1	3.2	2	4	6	1	9.82
1997	WS	CLE	0	1	2	1	7.0	8	5	5	5	6.43
1996	ALDS1	CLE	0	1	2	2	11.1	15	9	5	13	7.15
1995	ALCS	CLE	0	0	1	1	8.0	5	1	0	6	1.12
1995	ALDS1	CLE	1	0	1	1	7.0	4	1	5	6	1.29
1995	WS	CLE	0	0	1	1	7.0	8	5	1	4	6.43

Game Log & Splits

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Batting — Home / Away

Charles Nagy — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	164	4	1	0	0	0	.000
Away	156	15	2	2	0	0	.133

Pitching — Home / Away

Charles Nagy — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	162	1014.0	1102	481	291	675	4.27
Away	156	940.2	1086	499	295	567	4.77

Last 10 Games — Batting

Charles Nagy — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB
2003-06-01	SDP	AZ	L	0
2003-05-28	SDP	MIL	W	2
2003-05-25	SDP	AZ	L	0
2003-05-19	SDP	MIL	L	0
2003-05-16	SDP	ATL	L	0
2002-09-28	CLE	KCR	W	0
2002-09-01	CLE	BOS	L	0
2002-08-25	CLE	SEA	L	0
2002-08-21	CLE	OAK	L	0
2002-08-11	CLE	TEX	L	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Charles Nagy — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2003-06-01	SDP	AZ	—	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0
2003-05-28	SDP	MIL	—	5.0	1	0	0	1	3	0
2003-05-25	SDP	AZ	L	2.0	6	4	4	1	1	0
2003-05-19	SDP	MIL	—	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	0
2003-05-16	SDP	ATL	L	2.0	4	2	1	1	1	0
2002-09-28	CLE	KCR	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2002-09-01	CLE	BOS	L	1.2	7	5	5	0	3	2
2002-08-25	CLE	SEA	—	3.1	4	2	2	0	1	1
2002-08-21	CLE	OAK	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002-08-11	CLE	TEX	L	1.2	7	6	6	1	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Charles Nagy — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	318	297	185	335	12	28

Season-by-Season Fielding

Charles Nagy — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1990	CLE	P	9	8	3	8	1	2
1991	CLE	P	33	33	17	20	2	4
1992	CLE	P	33	33	22	43	1	3
1993	CLE	P	9	9	8	14	1	2
1994	CLE	P	23	23	9	26	2	1
1995	CLE	P	29	29	19	34	1	5
1996	CLE	P	32	32	29	35	0	3
1997	CLE	P	34	34	16	45	0	0
1998	CLE	P	33	33	17	46	2	4
1999	CLE	P	33	32	21	33	1	3
2000	CLE	P	11	11	12	13	0	0
2001	CLE	P	15	13	9	12	1	1
2002	CLE	P	19	7	2	4	0	0
2003	SDN	P	5	0	1	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Charles Nagy Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	318

Awards & Honors

Charles Nagy — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1996	Pitcher of the Month	May
1996	Pitcher of the Month	September

Salary History

Charles Nagy — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2002	CLE	AL	$6,000,000
2001	CLE	AL	$6,000,000
2000	CLE	AL	$6,000,000
1999	CLE	AL	$6,000,000
1998	CLE	AL	$3,416,666
1997	CLE	AL	$3,437,500
1996	CLE	AL	$3,487,500
1995	CLE	AL	$1,888,890
1994	CLE	AL	$1,241,667
1993	CLE	AL	$541,667
1992	CLE	AL	$391,666
1991	CLE	AL	$115,000
Total Career Earnings			$38,520,556

College History

Charles Nagy — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Connecticut	Storrs	CT	1987, 1988

Award Voting History

Charles Nagy — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max
1996	Cy Young Award	AL	4th	12.0	140
1995	Cy Young Award	AL	6th	1.0	140
1992	Cy Young Award	AL	7th	1.0	140
1991	Rookie of the Year	AL	8th	1.0	140

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Charles Nagy: the record in brief

Between the debut on June 29, 1990 and the final game on June 1, 2003, Charles Nagy built the record summarized on this page. The season rows list, in order, the Cleveland Indians (1990 to 2002) and the San Diego Padres (2003). At 6 feet, 3 inches and 200 pounds, Nagy is listed as a pitcher. The bio says Nagy batted left-handed and threw right-handed. The recorded birth is May 5, 1967, in Bridgeport, CT, USA. The bio lists the given name Charles Harrison.

Nagy went 129-105 with a 4.51 ERA in 318 games, 297 of them starts. Also on Nagy's record: 1,242 strikeouts, 31 complete games, and 6 shutouts. Nagy's 4.51 ERA was close to the 4.34 league figure for those seasons. No season topped the 17 wins of 1992. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 2.96 in 1992, when the league's was 3.75. Pitcher PIV, the site's era-adjusted run-prevention measure, totals 7,468.4 for Nagy's career.

Frequently Asked Questions about Charles Nagy

What years did Charles Nagy play?: Charles Nagy played in Major League Baseball from 1990 to 2003.
Was Charles Nagy a pitcher?: Yes. Charles Nagy pitched in the major leagues, recording 129 wins and 1242 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Charles Nagy hit?: Charles Nagy hit 0 career home runs with 2 hits.
What was Charles Nagy's career batting average?: Charles Nagy batted .105 over his career, with 2 hits in 19 at bats.
What was Charles Nagy's career ERA?: Charles Nagy finished with a 4.51 career ERA, going 129-105 with 1,242 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Charles Nagy have?: Charles Nagy recorded 1,242 career strikeouts.