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Rob Nelson
Robert Augustus Nelson

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 4", Weight 215 lb.

Debut September 9, 1986
  vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game April 29, 1990
Born May 17, 1964 in Pasadena, CA

Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1986 22 OAK AL   5    9    1    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .222  .300  .333   79    3   0   0   0   0   0
 1987 23 TOT     17   35    1    5   1  0   0    1   0  0   1  20  .143  .167  .171   -7    6   1   0   0   0   0
         OAK AL   7   24    1    4   1  0   0    0   0  0   0  12  .167  .167  .208    2    5   1   0   0   0   0
         SDP NL  10   11    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   8  .091  .167  .091  -28    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1988 24 SDP NL   7   21    4    4   0  0   1    3   0  0   2   9  .190  .261  .333   71    7   0   0   0   0   0
 1989 25 SDP NL  42   82    6   16   0  1   3    7   1  3  20  29  .195  .353  .329   96   27   0   0   1   0   2
 1990 26 SDP NL   5    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons       76  152   12   27   2  1   4   11   1  3  24  66  .178  .290  .283   63   43   1   0   1   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        324   26   58   4  2   9   23   2  6  51 141  .178  .290  .283   63   92   2   0   2   0   4
 Career High     42   82    6   16   1  1   3    7   1  3  20  29                          27   1   0   1   0   2
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1986 22 OAK AL   10    7    1   3.8    93| .222  .252| .300  .319| .333  .393| .633  .712|  79  .409  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1987 23 TOT      37   31    1   0.9   101| .143  .259| .167  .327| .171  .412| .338  .739|  -7  .040  -5.3  -0.5   0%
         OAK AL   25   21    1   1.3   100| .167  .257| .167  .324| .208  .412| .375  .736|   2  .076  -3.3  -0.3   0%
         SDP NL   12   10    0   0.0   102| .091  .264| .167  .333| .091  .412| .258  .745| -28  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1988 24 SDP NL   23   17    2   3.2    89| .190  .255| .261  .319| .333  .374| .594  .693|  71  .397  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1989 25 SDP NL  102   71   10   3.8    91| .195  .255| .353  .322| .329  .380| .682  .702|  96  .471   0.1   0.0  25%
 1990 26 SDP NL    5    5    0   0.0    99| .000  .266| .000  .332| .000  .399| .000  .731|-100  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       177  131   14   2.9    93| .178  .256| .290  .323| .283  .388| .573  .711|  63  .327  -7.6  -0.7  25%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1986 22 OAK AL 1B 2 3 1 1 1 .800 1.000 2.00 8.60 4.50 9.45 1 8.0 DH 1 1987 23 TOT 1B 9 63 11 2 7 .974 .992 8.22 8.49 9.90 9.63 7 67.3 OAK AL 1B 7 49 11 2 6 .968 .992 8.57 8.50 9.26 9.59 7 58.3 SDP NL 1B 2 14 0 0 1 1.000 .993 7.00 8.45 14.00 9.90 0 9.0 1988 24 SDP NL 1B 5 48 5 1 5 .981 .991 10.60 8.64 10.37 9.96 5 46.0 1989 25 SDP NL 1B 31 201 23 2 17 .991 .992 7.23 8.38 9.95 9.75 21 202.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1986 22 OAK AL 1B 2 3 1 1 1 .800 1.000 2.00 8.60 4.50 9.45 1 8.0 1987 23 TOT 1B 9 63 11 2 7 .974 .992 8.22 8.49 9.90 9.63 7 67.3 OAK AL 1B 7 49 11 2 6 .968 .992 8.57 8.50 9.26 9.59 7 58.3 SDP NL 1B 2 14 0 0 1 1.000 .993 7.00 8.45 14.00 9.90 0 9.0 1988 24 SDP NL 1B 5 48 5 1 5 .981 .991 10.60 8.64 10.37 9.96 5 46.0 1989 25 SDP NL 1B 31 201 23 2 17 .991 .992 7.23 8.38 9.95 9.75 21 202.7 1986 22 OAK AL DH 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 47 315 40 6 30 .983 .992 7.55 8.44 9.86 9.75 34 324.0 DH 1 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 47 315 40 6 30 .983 .992 7.55 8.44 9.86 9.75 34 324
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 27th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 11, 1983: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

June 6, 1983: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

September 8, 1987: Sent by the Oakland Athletics to the San Diego Padres to complete an earlier deal made on August 30, 1987. The Oakland Athletics sent players to be named later to the San Diego Padres for Storm Davis. The Oakland Athletics sent Dave Leiper (August 31, 1987) and Rob Nelson (September 8, 1987) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

October 15, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

January 8, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1990San Diego Padres$100,000
Career (may be incomplete)$100,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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