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Nelson Briles
Nelson Kelley Briles

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 200 lb.
School Santa Clara University

Debut April 19, 1965
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game September 13, 1978
Born August 5, 1943 in Dorris, CA
Died February 13, 2005 in Orlando, FL

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)

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Nelson Briles died tragically young on 2/13/05. He was my favorite player when I was a kid. He replaced Bob Gibson in the rotation when Gibby broke his leg in 1967, led the NL in winning percentage and helped the Cards win it all.

Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1965 21 STL NL   3   3  37   2   0   0  14  4   82.3   79   33   32   4   26   52   6   2   341   6   0  3.50  3.86  110 1.275
 1966 22 STL NL   4  15  49  17   0   0  17  6  154.0  162   65   55  14   54  100   7   3   654  11   0  3.21  3.61  112 1.403
 1967 23 STL NL  14   5  49  14   4   2  14  6  155.3  139   45   42   8   40   94   5   8   642   8   2  2.43  3.27  135 1.152 MVP-15
 1968 24 STL NL  19  11  33  33  13   4   0  0  243.7  251   90   76  18   55  141   7   4  1024  12   0  2.81  2.90  103 1.256 MVP-20
 1969 25 STL NL  15  13  36  33  10   3   1  0  227.7  218  104   89  17   63  126   2   9   954   7   1  3.52  3.56  101 1.234
 1970 26 STL NL   6   7  30  19   1   1   6  0  106.7  129   84   74  14   36   59   2   5   484   7   1  6.24  4.14   66 1.547
 1971 27 PIT NL   8   4  37  14   4   2   8  1  136.0  131   51   46  12   35   76   3   1   566  12   0  3.04  3.47  114 1.221
 1972 28 PIT NL  14  11  28  27   9   2   1  0  195.7  185   83   67  14   43  120   1   2   802   8   0  3.08  3.35  109 1.165
 1973 29 PIT NL  14  13  33  33   7   1   0  0  218.7  201   87   69  19   51   94   1   1   893   3   0  2.84  3.52  124 1.152
 1974 30 KCR AL   5   7  18  17   3   0   0  0  103.0  118   48   46   9   21   41   2   1   432   1   0  4.02  3.81   95 1.350
 1975 31 KCR AL   6   6  24  16   3   0   4  2  112.0  127   60   53  19   25   73   5   1   478   1   0  4.26  3.86   91 1.357
 1976 32 TEX AL  11   9  32  31   7   1   1  1  210.0  224   87   76  17   47   98   2   6   879   0   1  3.26  3.59  110 1.290
 1977 33 TOT AL   6   4  30  15   2   1   4  2  112.3  119   61   54  15   30   59   6   5   473   1   0  4.33  4.10   95 1.326
         TEX AL   6   4  28  15   2   1   3  1  108.3  114   58   51  13   30   57   6   4   456   1   0  4.24  4.11   97 1.329
         BAL AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  1    4.0    5    3    3   2    0    2   0   1    17   0   0  6.75  3.83   57 1.250
 1978 34 BAL AL   4   4  16   8   1   0   4  0   54.3   58   31   28   6   21   30   2   2   236   2   0  4.64  3.51   76 1.454
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 14 Yr WL% .535 129 112 452 279  64  17  74 22 2111.7 2141  929  807 186  547 1163  51  50  8858  79   5  3.44  3.54  103 1.273
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  10  42  25   5   1   6  2  196.3  199   86   75  17   50  108   4   4   824   7   0  3.44  3.54  103 1.273
 Career High     19  15  49  33  13   4  17  6  243.7  251  104   89  19   63  141   7   9  1024  12   2  2.43  4.14  135 1.152
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1965 21 STL NL  37   15    0    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   1   8  .133  .188  .133  -11    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1966 22 STL NL  49   38    2    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   2  16  .079  .125  .079  -42    3   1   0   0   0   1
 1967 23 STL NL  49   40    5    6   0  0   0    0   0  0   3  20  .150  .209  .150    5    6   5   0   0   0   0 MVP-15
 1968 24 STL NL  33   80    5   11   2  0   0    5   0  0   4  21  .138  .186  .163    6   13   9   1   0   1   2 MVP-20
 1969 25 STL NL  36   76    1    8   0  0   1    5   0  0   4  26  .105  .150  .145  -17   11   5   0   0   0   2
 1970 26 STL NL  30   39    4    7   1  2   0    3   0  0   1  14  .179  .200  .308   33   12   3   0   0   0   0
 1971 27 PIT NL  37   39    3   10   3  0   1    4   0  0   2  13  .256  .293  .410   96   16   3   0   0   0   0
 1972 28 PIT NL  28   70    6   11   1  0   0    4   0  0   2  32  .157  .178  .171    1   12   5   1   0   0   0
 1973 29 PIT NL  33   72    3   14   2  0   1    6   0  0   2  21  .194  .224  .264   36   19   6   1   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     452  469   29   72   9  2   3   29   0  0  21 171  .154  .192  .200   12   94  37   3   0   2   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        168   10   26   3  1   1   10   0  0   8  61  .154  .192  .200   12   34  13   1   0   1   2
 Career High     49   80    6   14   3  2   1    6   0  0   4  32                          19   9   1   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1965 21 STL NL   16   13    0   0.0   101| .133  .269| .188  .334| .133  .407| .321  .741| -11  .000  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1966 22 STL NL   41   37    0   0.0    96| .079  .265| .125  .323| .079  .399| .204  .722| -42  .000  -7.4  -0.8   0%
 1967 23 STL NL   48   39    2   1.4    90| .150  .257| .209  .319| .150  .377| .359  .696|   5  .126  -5.0  -0.5   0%
 1968 24 STL NL   95   81    3   1.0    81| .138  .251| .186  .309| .163  .354| .349  .663|   6  .088  -9.1  -1.0   0%
 1969 25 STL NL   85   75    2   0.7    94| .105  .259| .150  .330| .145  .384| .295  .714| -17  .038 -12.2  -1.3   0%
 1970 26 STL NL   43   35    3   2.3   106| .179  .270| .200  .344| .308  .413| .508  .757|  33  .216  -4.2  -0.4   0%
 1971 27 PIT NL   44   32    5   4.2    94| .256  .262| .293  .328| .410  .384| .703  .712|  96  .514  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1972 28 PIT NL   78   65    3   1.2    91| .157  .255| .178  .323| .171  .377| .349  .701|   1  .103  -9.2  -1.0   0%
 1973 29 PIT NL   82   65    5   2.1    95| .194  .260| .224  .329| .264  .387| .488  .716|  36  .210  -6.3  -0.7   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons      532  442   23   1.4    92| .154  .259| .192  .325| .200  .382| .392  .707|  12  .123 -56.0  -5.9   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1965 21 STL NL   P   37      6    8    0    1 1.000  .959  0.38  0.81  1.53  2.08    2   82.3
 1966 22 STL NL   P   49      9   29    1    3  .974  .948  0.78  0.74  2.22  1.96   17  154.0
 1967 23 STL NL   P   49     10   18    2    1  .933  .959  0.57  0.78  1.62  2.00   14  155.3
 1968 24 STL NL   P   33     15   31    2    1  .958  .958  1.39  0.85  1.70  2.01   33  243.7
 1969 25 STL NL   P   36     13   34    3    3  .940  .957  1.31  0.78  1.86  1.95   33  227.7
 1970 26 STL NL   P   30      6    7    0    0 1.000  .949  0.43  0.71  1.10  1.85   19  106.7
 1971 27 PIT NL   P   37     13   13    1    1  .963  .952  0.70  0.78  1.72  1.90   14  136.0
 1972 28 PIT NL   P   28     11   26    1    1  .974  .951  1.32  0.73  1.70  1.78   27  195.7
 1973 29 PIT NL   P   33     14   35    1    3  .980  .950  1.48  0.73  2.02  1.88   33  218.7
 1974 30 KCR AL   P   18      8   12    1    1  .952  .948  1.11  0.83  1.75  1.81   17  103.0
 1975 31 KCR AL   P   24     11   15    1    1  .963  .939  1.08  0.85  2.09  1.87   16  112.0
 1976 32 TEX AL   P   32     10   18    0    0 1.000  .949  0.88  0.85  1.20  1.87   31  210.0
 1977 33 TOT AL   P   30      3   13    0    1 1.000  .947  0.53  0.84  1.28  1.96   15  112.3
         TEX AL   P   28      3   13    0    1 1.000  .947  0.57  0.84  1.33  1.95   15  108.3
         BAL AL   P    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.85  0.00  2.02    0    4.0
 1978 34 BAL AL   P   16      2    4    1    0  .857  .952  0.38  0.85  0.99  1.91    8   54.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1965 21 STL NL   P   37      6    8    0    1 1.000  .959  0.38  0.81  1.53  2.08    2   82.3
 1966 22 STL NL   P   49      9   29    1    3  .974  .948  0.78  0.74  2.22  1.96   17  154.0
 1967 23 STL NL   P   49     10   18    2    1  .933  .959  0.57  0.78  1.62  2.00   14  155.3
 1968 24 STL NL   P   33     15   31    2    1  .958  .958  1.39  0.85  1.70  2.01   33  243.7
 1969 25 STL NL   P   36     13   34    3    3  .940  .957  1.31  0.78  1.86  1.95   33  227.7
 1970 26 STL NL   P   30      6    7    0    0 1.000  .949  0.43  0.71  1.10  1.85   19  106.7
 1971 27 PIT NL   P   37     13   13    1    1  .963  .952  0.70  0.78  1.72  1.90   14  136.0
 1972 28 PIT NL   P   28     11   26    1    1  .974  .951  1.32  0.73  1.70  1.78   27  195.7
 1973 29 PIT NL   P   33     14   35    1    3  .980  .950  1.48  0.73  2.02  1.88   33  218.7
 1974 30 KCR AL   P   18      8   12    1    1  .952  .948  1.11  0.83  1.75  1.81   17  103.0
 1975 31 KCR AL   P   24     11   15    1    1  .963  .939  1.08  0.85  2.09  1.87   16  112.0
 1976 32 TEX AL   P   32     10   18    0    0 1.000  .949  0.88  0.85  1.20  1.87   31  210.0
 1977 33 TOT AL   P   30      3   13    0    1 1.000  .947  0.53  0.84  1.28  1.96   15  112.3
         TEX AL   P   28      3   13    0    1 1.000  .947  0.57  0.84  1.33  1.95   15  108.3
         BAL AL   P    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.85  0.00  2.02    0    4.0
 1978 34 BAL AL   P   16      2    4    1    0  .857  .952  0.38  0.85  0.99  1.91    8   54.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 452    131  263   14   17  .966  .952  0.87  0.79  1.68  1.91  279 2111.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       452    131  263   14   17  .966  .952  0.87  0.79  1.68  1.91  279   2112

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1967   WS    STL BOS     W   2   1   1.64  1  0  0  1  11     7   2   1   4 
 1968   WS    STL DET     L   2   2   5.56  0  1  0  0  11.1  13   7   4   7 
 1971   WS    PIT BAL     W   1   1   0.00  1  0  0  1   9     2   0   2   2 
 1972   NLCS  PIT CIN     L   1   1   3.00  0  0  0  0   6     6   2   1   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        2-1   5   4   2.59  2  1  0  2  31.1  22   9   7  13 
  4 Postseason Ser      2-2   6   5   2.65  2  1  0  2  37.1  28  11   8  16 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1967   WS    STL BOS     W   2   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1968   WS    STL DET     L   2   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   4  .000  .200  .000   0  0   0   0   1 
 1971   WS    PIT BAL     W   1   2   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   1  .500  .500  .500   0  0   2   0   0 
 1972   NLCS  PIT CIN     L   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        2-1   5   9   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   5  .111  .200  .111   0  0   2   0   1 
  4 Postseason Series   2-2   6  11   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   6  .091  .167  .091   0  0   2   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1967-NL-15-0.07
1968-NL-20-0.01
Car-939-0.08 shares

ERA
1973 NL-2.84-8

Wins
1968 NL-19-4

Won-Loss %
1967 NL-.737-1
1968 NL-.633-8

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1973 NL-1.152-6

Bases on Balls/9IP
1972 NL-1.98-8
1973 NL-2.10-8
1976 AL-2.01-7

Comp. Games
1968 NL-13-9

Home Runs Allow.
1968 NL-18-5

Hits Allowed
1968 NL-251-4

SO to Walk
1976 AL-2.09-10

Losses
1966 NL-15-5

Hit Batsmen
1966 NL-7-9
1968 NL-7-10

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (550) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 22 (988) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 14.0 (523) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 25.0 (491) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
Before 1963 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.
January 29, 1971: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Vic Davalillo to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Matty Alou and George Brunet.
December 4, 1973: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Fernando Gonzalez to the Kansas City Royals for Ed Kirkpatrick, Kurt Bevacqua, and Winston Cole (minors).
November 12, 1975: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Texas Rangers for Dave Nelson.
September 19, 1977: Purchased by the Baltimore Orioles from the Texas Rangers.
January 17, 1979: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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Nelson Briles died tragically young on 2/13/05. He was my favorite player when I was a kid. He replaced Bob Gibson in the rotation when Gibby broke his leg in 1967, led the NL in winning percentage and helped the Cards win it all.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1967-NL-15-0.07 1968-NL-20-0.01 Car-939-0.08 shares	ERA 1973 NL-2.84-8	Wins 1968 NL-19-4	Won-Loss % 1967 NL-.737-1 1968 NL-.633-8	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1973 NL-1.152-6	Bases on Balls/9IP 1972 NL-1.98-8 1973 NL-2.10-8 1976 AL-2.01-7
Comp. Games 1968 NL-13-9	Home Runs Allow. 1968 NL-18-5	Hits Allowed 1968 NL-251-4	SO to Walk 1976 AL-2.09-10	Losses 1966 NL-15-5	Hit Batsmen 1966 NL-7-9 1968 NL-7-10