Nelson Briles
Nelson Kelley Briles
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 5, 1943 in Dorris, CA
High School: Chico (Chico, CA)
School: Santa Clara University
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1965
Final Game: September 13, 1978
Died: February 13, 2005 in Orlando, FL
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1965 21 STL NL 37 16 15 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .133 .188 .133 .321 -11 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1966 22 STL NL 49 41 38 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 .079 .125 .079 .204 -42 3 1 0 1 0 0 1
1967 23 STL NL 49 48 40 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20 .150 .209 .150 .359 5 6 0 0 5 0 0 1 MVP-15
1968 24 STL NL 33 95 80 5 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 21 .138 .186 .163 .349 6 13 2 1 9 1 0 1 MVP-20
1969 25 STL NL 36 85 76 1 8 0 0 1 5 0 0 4 26 .105 .150 .145 .295 -17 11 2 0 5 0 0 1
1970 26 STL NL 30 43 39 4 7 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 14 .179 .200 .308 .508 33 12 0 0 3 0 0 1
1971 27 PIT NL 37 44 39 3 10 3 0 1 4 0 0 2 13 .256 .293 .410 .703 96 16 0 0 3 0 0 1
1972 28 PIT NL 28 78 70 6 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 32 .157 .178 .171 .350 1 12 0 0 5 1 0 1
1973 29 PIT NL 33 82 72 3 14 2 0 1 6 0 0 2 21 .194 .224 .264 .488 36 19 0 1 6 1 0 1
1974 30 KCR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Seasons 333 532 469 29 72 9 2 3 29 0 0 21 171 .154 .192 .200 .392 12 94 5 2 37 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 259 228 14 35 4 1 1 14 0 0 10 83 .154 .192 .200 .392 12 46 2 1 18 1 0
STL (6 yrs) 234 328 288 17 37 3 2 1 15 0 0 15 105 .128 .174 .163 .337 -4 47 5 1 23 1 0
PIT (3 yrs) 98 204 181 12 35 6 0 2 14 0 0 6 66 .193 .221 .260 .481 36 47 0 1 14 2 0
KCR (2 yrs) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (9 yrs) 332 532 469 29 72 9 2 3 29 0 0 21 171 .154 .192 .200 .392 12 94 5 2 37 3 0
AL (5 yrs) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1965 21 STL NL 16 13 0 0.0 101 .286 .133 .269 .188 .334 .133 .407 .321 .741 -11 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .231 .067 .000
1966 22 STL NL 41 37 0 0.0 96 .136 .079 .265 .125 .323 .079 .399 .204 .722 -42 .000 -7.4 -0.8 .139 .053 .000
1967 23 STL NL 48 39 2 1.4 90 .300 .150 .257 .209 .319 .150 .377 .359 .696 5 .126 -5.0 -0.5 .265 .075 .000
1968 24 STL NL 95 81 3 1.0 81 .183 .138 .251 .186 .309 .163 .354 .349 .663 6 .088 -9.1 -1.0 .254 .075 .025
1969 25 STL NL 85 75 2 0.7 94 .143 .105 .259 .150 .330 .145 .384 .295 .714 -17 .038 -12.2 -1.3 .214 .092 .039 .0
1970 26 STL NL 43 35 3 2.3 106 .280 .179 .270 .200 .344 .308 .413 .508 .757 33 .216 -4.2 -0.4 .406 .154 .128
1971 27 PIT NL 44 32 5 4.2 94 .360 .256 .262 .293 .328 .410 .384 .703 .712 96 .514 -0.3 0.0 .621 .205 .154 .0
1972 28 PIT NL 78 65 3 1.2 91 .282 .157 .255 .178 .323 .171 .377 .350 .701 1 .103 -9.2 -1.0 .237 .043 .014
1973 29 PIT NL 82 65 5 2.1 95 .255 .194 .260 .224 .329 .264 .387 .488 .716 36 .210 -6.3 -0.7 .379 .097 .069 .0
14 Seasons 532 442 23 1.4 92 .232 .154 .259 .192 .325 .200 .382 .392 .707 12 .123 -56.0 -5.9 .291 .092 .047 .0
162 Game Avg. 259 215 11 1.4 92 .232 .154 .259 .192 .325 .200 .382 .392 .707 12 .123 -56.0 -5.9 .291 .092 .047
STL (6 yrs) 328 280 10 1.0 92 .197 .128 .259 .174 .324 .163 .382 .337 .705 -4 .068 -40.1 -4.2 .246 .087 .035 .0
PIT (3 yrs) 204 162 13 2.2 93 .287 .193 .259 .221 .327 .260 .382 .481 .709 36 .233 -15.9 -1.7 .370 .099 .066 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1967 23 STL NL WS BOS W 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 24 STL NL WS DET L 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 1 0 0 0
1971 27 PIT NL WS BAL W 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 2 0 0
1972 28 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 6 14 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .091 .167 .091 .258 1 0 1 2 0 0
1 NLCS 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 5 12 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .111 .200 .111 .311 1 0 1 2 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1965 21 STL NL 16 0.0% 50.0% 6.3% 0.0% 0% 8.00 1.9 7.5 1.50 44%
1966 22 STL NL 41 0.0% 39.0% 4.9% 0.0% 0% 8.00 2.4 2.00 54%
1967 23 STL NL 48 0.0% 41.7% 6.3% 0.0% 0% 6.67 2.0 4.00 42%
1968 24 STL NL 95 0.0% 22.1% 4.2% 2.1% 18% 5.25 3.8 16.0 2.11 63%
1969 25 STL NL 85 1.2% 30.6% 4.7% 1.2% 13% 6.50 2.9 76.0 15.2 1.78 58%
1970 26 STL NL 43 0.0% 32.6% 2.3% 7.0% 43% 14.00 2.8 13.0 0.67 58%
1971 27 PIT NL 44 2.3% 29.6% 4.6% 9.1% 40% 6.50 3.0 39.0 9.8 1.22 57%
1972 28 PIT NL 78 0.0% 41.0% 2.6% 1.3% 9% 16.00 2.2 17.5 1.13 50%
1973 29 PIT NL 82 1.2% 25.6% 2.4% 3.7% 21% 10.50 3.4 72.0 12.0 1.32 62%
14 Seasons 532 0.6% 32.1% 4.0% 2.6% 19% 8.14 2.7 156.3 16.2 1.58 56%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1965 21 STL NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1966 22 STL NL 0 0 40% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1967 23 STL NL 0 0 56% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 24 STL NL 1 0 31% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 2
1969 25 STL NL 0 0 0% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 26 STL NL 1 0 50% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 27 PIT NL 0 0 18% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1972 28 PIT NL 1 0 46% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 57% 2 2 0 1 0 1 4 1 3
1973 29 PIT NL 1 0 13% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0% 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 4 0 28% 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 23% 16 15 0 3 2 1 11 5 6
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1965 21 STL NL 16 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 6 2 33% 0 0 0 0 0
1966 22 STL NL 41 27% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 1 20% 6 1 17% 14 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1967 23 STL NL 48 29% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 7 0 0% 8 4 50% 26 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1968 24 STL NL 95 37% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 9 82% 25 2 8% 24 5 21% 60 5 8% 5 3 60% 2 1 50% 0
1969 25 STL NL 85 35% 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 5 63% 13 2 15% 20 3 15% 49 4 8% 6 1 17% 8 2 25% 0
1970 26 STL NL 43 23% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 7 0 0% 11 1 9% 38 3 8% 4 0 0% 4 0 0% 0
1971 27 PIT NL 44 34% 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 100% 9 0 0% 6 1 17% 26 3 12% 0 0 0 0 0
1972 28 PIT NL 78 27% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 12 0 0% 16 4 25% 47 4 9% 5 4 80% 8 2 25% 0
1973 29 PIT NL 82 34% 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8 6 75% 12 0 0% 13 3 23% 39 5 13% 5 2 40% 2 1 50% 0
14 Seasons 532 32% 72 0 0 0 0 3 0 9 1 2 1 2 0 48 37 77% 91 5 5% 105 23 22% 305 26 9% 27 10 37% 28 6 21% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1965 21 37 16 15 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .133 .188 .133 .321 -11 2 0 0 0 0 0
1966 22 86 57 53 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 24 .094 .143 .094 .237 -33 5 1 0 1 0 0
1967 23 135 105 93 7 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 44 .118 .172 .118 .290 -17 11 1 0 6 0 0
1968 24 168 200 173 12 22 2 0 0 7 0 0 10 65 .127 .178 .139 .317 -7 24 3 1 15 1 0
1969 25 204 285 249 13 30 2 0 1 12 0 0 14 91 .120 .170 .141 .310 -10 35 5 1 20 1 0
1970 26 234 328 288 17 37 3 2 1 15 0 0 15 105 .128 .174 .163 .337 -4 47 5 1 23 1 0
1971 27 271 372 327 20 47 6 2 2 19 0 0 17 118 .144 .188 .193 .381 8 63 5 1 26 1 0
1972 28 299 450 397 26 58 7 2 2 23 0 0 19 150 .146 .186 .189 .375 7 75 5 1 31 2 0
1973 29 332 532 469 29 72 9 2 3 29 0 0 21 171 .154 .192 .200 .392 12 94 5 2 37 3 0
1974 30 333 532 469 29 72 9 2 3 29 0 0 21 171 .154 .192 .200 .392 12 94 5 2 37 3 0
1975 31 333 532 469 29 72 9 2 3 29 0 0 21 171 .154 .192 .200 .392 12 94 5 2 37 3 0
1976 32 333 532 469 29 72 9 2 3 29 0 0 21 171 .154 .192 .200 .392 12 94 5 2 37 3 0
1977 33 333 532 469 29 72 9 2 3 29 0 0 21 171 .154 .192 .200 .392 12 94 5 2 37 3 0
1978 34 333 532 469 29 72 9 2 3 29 0 0 21 171 .154 .192 .200 .392 12 94 5 2 37 3 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1965 21 37 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 .063 .000 .063 0 37
1966 22 49 40 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 .000 .050 .000 .050 0 49
1967 23 49 46 42 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 4 20 .190 .261 .190 .451 2 49
1968 24 33 91 84 7 15 3 0 0 7 0 5 21 .179 .231 .214 .445 4 33
1969 25 36 81 77 1 9 0 0 1 6 0 4 26 .117 .160 .156 .316 2 36
1970 26 30 39 38 3 6 1 2 0 2 0 1 14 .158 .179 .289 .469 2 30
1971 27 37 41 39 3 10 3 0 1 4 0 2 13 .256 .293 .410 .703 5 37
1972 28 29 80 76 7 14 1 0 0 5 0 3 33 .184 .213 .197 .410 3 28
1973 29 33 78 74 3 16 2 0 1 6 0 2 21 .216 .244 .284 .527 5 33
9 Seasons 333 512 483 30 78 10 2 3 30 0 24 172 .161 .203 .209 .412 23 332
162 Game Avg. 162 249 235 15 38 5 1 1 15 0 12 84 .161 .203 .209 .412 11 332

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1967-NL-15-7%
1968-NL-20-1%
0.08 Career Shares (949th)

                                          

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