What years did Ivan Nova play?

Ivan Nova played in Major League Baseball from 2010 to 2020.

Was Ivan Nova a pitcher?

Yes. Ivan Nova pitched in the major leagues, recording 90 wins and 963 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Ivan Nova hit?

Ivan Nova hit 0 career home runs with 6 hits.

What was Ivan Nova's career batting average?

Ivan Nova batted .040 over his career, with 6 hits in 149 at bats.

What was Ivan Nova's career ERA?

Ivan Nova finished with a 4.38 career ERA, going 90-77 with 963 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Ivan Nova have?

Ivan Nova recorded 963 career strikeouts.

Ivan Nova

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2010-2020)

Ivan Nova was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2010 to 2020 for 4 teams, including the New York Yankees, a span of 11 seasons. Across 240 career appearances, he went 90-77 with a 4.38 ERA and 963 strikeouts.

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 90–77

ERA 4.38

WHIP 1.36

SO 963

Pitcher PIV -10361.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'5" / 250 lb
Born: 1/12/1987 in San Cristobal, San Cristóbal, D.R.
MLB Debut: 2010-05-13
Last Game: 2020-08-14

Full name: Ivan Manuel Nova

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Career Pitching Statistics

Ivan Nova — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
90	77	240	227	10	3	1	1347.2	1,463	656	185	368	963	4.38	-10361.0

Career ERA 4.38 vs. league average 4.09 across their career seasons — 7.0% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Ivan Nova Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2010	NYA	AL	1	2	10	7	0	0	0	42.0	44	21	17	26	4.50	4.08 (-10%)	-299.2
2011	NYA	AL	16	4	28	27	0	0	0	165.1	163	68	57	98	3.70	3.94 (+6%)	-259.6
2012	NYA	AL	12	8	28	28	0	0	0	170.1	194	95	56	153	5.02	4.01 (-25%)	-2482.7
2013	NYA	AL	9	6	23	20	3	2	0	139.1	135	48	44	116	3.10	3.87 (+20%)	1412.4
2014	NYA	AL	2	2	4	4	0	0	0	20.2	32	19	6	12	8.27	3.74 (-121%)	-1635.7
2015	NYA	AL	6	11	17	17	0	0	0	94.0	99	53	33	63	5.07	3.96 (-28%)	-2129.4
2016	NYA	AL	7	6	21	15	0	0	1	97.1	107	53	25	75	4.90	4.19 (-17%)	-2211.2
2016	PIT	NL	5	2	11	11	3	0	0	64.2	68	22	3	52	3.06	4.19 (+27%)	2570.5
2017	PIT	NL	11	14	31	31	2	1	0	187.0	203	86	36	131	4.14	4.36 (+5%)	-488.3
2018	PIT	NL	9	9	29	29	0	0	0	161.0	171	75	35	114	4.19	4.15 (-1%)	-1697.4
2019	CHA	AL	11	12	34	34	2	0	0	187.0	225	98	47	114	4.72	4.51 (-5%)	-2214.7
2020	DET	AL	1	1	4	4	0	0	0	19.0	22	18	9	9	8.53	4.45 (-91%)	-925.6
Career · 12 seasons			90	77	240	227	10	3	1	1,347.2	1,463	656	368	963	4.38	—	-10,361

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

Ivan Nova — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
240	149	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	96	.040	.040	.040	.081	-1,587

Career AVG .040 vs. league average .253 across their career seasons — 84.1% below league average.

Career OBP .040 vs. league average .320 across their career seasons — 87.4% below league average.

Career SLG .040 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 90.1% below league average.

Career OPS .081 vs. league average .729 across their career seasons — 88.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Ivan Nova Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2010	NYA	AL	10	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	NYA	AL	28	4	0	0	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	NYA	AL	28	7	0	1	6	.143	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	NYA	AL	23	3	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	NYA	AL	4	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	NYA	AL	17	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	NYA	AL	21	4	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	PIT	NL	11	22	1	3	15	.136	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	PIT	NL	31	51	0	1	31	.020	.254 (-92%)	.324 (-94%)	.425 (-95%)	.750 (-95%)	-789.2
2018	PIT	NL	29	53	1	1	30	.019	.247 (-92%)	.318 (-94%)	.409 (-95%)	.727 (-95%)	-798.1
2019	CHA	AL	34	5	0	0	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	DET	AL	4	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			240	149	2	6	96	.040	—	—	—	—	-1,587

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

Ivan Nova — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Ivan Nova — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2011	ALDS1	NYA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Ivan Nova — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	1	2	1	0	8.1	7	4	4	8	4.32

Playoff Pitching by Year

Ivan Nova — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2011	ALDS1	NYA	1	1	2	1	0	8.1	7	4	4	8	4.32

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Ivan Nova — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	115	59	1	3	0	0	.051
Away	125	90	1	3	0	0	.033

Pitching — Home / Away

Ivan Nova — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	115	666.1	681	293	172	467	3.96
Away	125	681.1	782	363	196	496	4.80

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Ivan Nova — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2020-08-14	DET	CLE	L	3.1	5	8	8	2	1	2
2020-08-08	DET	PIT	W	5.0	6	5	5	3	3	0
2020-07-30	DET	KCR	—	5.2	8	2	2	0	3	0
2020-07-25	DET	CIN	—	5.0	3	3	3	4	2	2
2019-09-28	CHW	DET	—	5.0	3	1	1	2	4	0
2019-09-21	CHW	DET	W	5.0	8	2	2	0	3	0
2019-09-18	CHW	MIN	—	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0
2019-09-15	CHW	SEA	—	3.1	10	5	5	1	3	0
2019-09-10	CHW	KCR	W	5.2	6	3	3	0	5	3
2019-09-04	CHW	CLE	L	4.1	11	6	6	2	1	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Ivan Nova — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	240	227	90	142	13	11

Season-by-Season Fielding

Ivan Nova — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2010	NYA	P	10	7	5	5	1	0
2011	NYA	P	28	27	16	21	0	0
2012	NYA	P	28	28	9	9	1	2
2013	NYA	P	23	20	8	18	0	1
2014	NYA	P	4	4	1	1	0	0
2015	NYA	P	17	17	4	8	2	2
2016	NYA	P	21	15	4	6	1	1
2016	PIT	P	11	11	6	6	1	1
2017	PIT	P	31	31	18	34	1	1
2018	PIT	P	29	29	8	11	5	0
2019	CHA	P	34	34	9	18	1	3
2020	DET	P	4	4	2	5	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Ivan Nova Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	240

Awards & Honors

Ivan Nova — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2017	Pitcher of the Month	April
2013	Pitcher of the Month	August

Salary History

Ivan Nova — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	NYA	AL	$4,100,000
2015	NYA	AL	$3,300,000
2013	NYA	AL	$575,600
2012	NYA	AL	$527,200
2011	NYA	AL	$432,900
Total Career Earnings			$8,935,700

Award Voting History

Ivan Nova — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2011	Rookie of the Year	AL	4th	30.0	140	1

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Ivan Nova: the record in brief

According to the bio, Ivan Nova debuted on May 13, 2010 and played a final game on August 14, 2020. The season rows list, in order, the New York Yankees (2010 through 2016), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2016 through 2018), the Chicago White Sox (2019), and the Detroit Tigers (2020). Nova played primarily as a pitcher and batted and threw right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on January 12, 1987, in San Cristobal, San Cristóbal, D.R. and a listed size of 6'5" and 250 pounds. On the record, Ivan Nova was born Ivan Manuel Nova.

The pitching table credits Nova with a 90-77 record and a 4.38 ERA in 240 games. Also on Nova's record: 963 strikeouts and 10 complete games. The league ERA over Nova's seasons was 4.09, so the 4.38 figure ran 7.0% worse than average. The best win total was 16, in 2011. 2012 produced Nova's most strikeouts, 153. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 3.10 in 2013, when the league's was 3.87.

Frequently Asked Questions about Ivan Nova

What years did Ivan Nova play?: Ivan Nova played in Major League Baseball from 2010 to 2020.
Was Ivan Nova a pitcher?: Yes. Ivan Nova pitched in the major leagues, recording 90 wins and 963 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Ivan Nova hit?: Ivan Nova hit 0 career home runs with 6 hits.
What was Ivan Nova's career batting average?: Ivan Nova batted .040 over his career, with 6 hits in 149 at bats.
What was Ivan Nova's career ERA?: Ivan Nova finished with a 4.38 career ERA, going 90-77 with 963 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Ivan Nova have?: Ivan Nova recorded 963 career strikeouts.