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Nelson Briles

Nelson Kelley Briles

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 5, 1943 in Dorris, CA
High School: Chico HS (Chico, CA)
School: Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1965
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Pirates/Rangers/Royals/Orioles 1965-1978

Final Game: September 13, 1978
Died: February 13, 2005 in Orlando, FL
Buried: St. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, PA
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Standard Batting

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 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 31 KCR AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 32 TEX AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 33 TOT AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 33 TEX AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 33 BAL AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1978 34 BAL AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Yrs 452 532 469 29 72 9 2 3 29 0 0 21 171 .154 .192 .200 .392 12 94 5 2 37 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 191 168 10 26 3 1 1 10 0 0 8 61 .154 .192 .200 .392 12 34 2 1 13 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) 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEX (2 yrs) 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BAL (2 yrs) 18 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) 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1965 21 STL NL 37 16 -2 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1966 22 STL NL 49 41 -7 0 -0 0 4 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .493 .498 -0.3 0.1 -2 $ 1
1967 23 STL NL 49 48 -5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 2 $ 1 MVP-15
1968 24 STL NL 33 95 -9 -0 0 0 10 1 0.2 3 4 0.2 .503 .501 0.1 0.1 4 $ 1 MVP-20
1969 25 STL NL 36 85 -12 -0 -0 0 10 -3 -0.3 3 -0 -0.3 .491 .498 -0.3 0.0 -0 $ 1
1970 26 STL NL 30 43 -4 0 0 0 5 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $ 1
1971 27 PIT NL 37 44 -0 0 0 0 5 4 0.5 1 6 0.5 .513 .503 0.5 0.0 5 $ 1
1972 28 PIT NL 28 78 -9 0 0 0 8 -1 -0.1 2 2 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1973 29 PIT NL 33 82 -6 -0 0 0 9 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .509 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $61,000 1
1974 30 KCR AL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $71,000 1
1975 31 KCR AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1976 32 TEX AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1977 33 TEX AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1977 33 BAL AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1978 34 BAL AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
14 Seasons 452 532 -55 -0 1 0 58 3 0.5 17 20 0.5 .501 .500 0.4 0.4 20 $132,000
STL (6 yrs) 234 328 -40 0 0 0 36 -3 -0.2 11 8 -0.2 .498 .500 -0.3 0.2 8 $
PIT (3 yrs) 98 204 -16 -0 0 0 22 6 0.7 6 12 0.7 .507 .501 0.7 0.0 12 $61,000
KCR (2 yrs) 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $71,000
TEX (2 yrs) 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $
BAL (2 yrs) 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

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 .268 .188 .333 .133 .405 .321 .738 -11 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .231 .067 .000
1966 22 STL NL 41 37 0 0.0 96 .136 .079 .265 .125 .324 .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 .697 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 95 .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 2.3 105 .280 .179 .269 .200 .342 .308 .411 .508 .754 33 .218 -4.1 -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 90 .282 .157 .254 .178 .322 .171 .376 .350 .698 1 .103 -9.1 -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 Yrs 532 442 23 1.4 92 .232 .154 .259 .192 .325 .200 .382 .392 .706 12 .123 -55.9 -5.9 .291 .092 .047 .0
162 Game Avg. 191 158 8 1.4 92 .232 .154 .259 .192 .325 .200 .382 .392 .706 12 .123 -55.9 -5.9 .291 .092 .047
STL (6 yrs) 328 280 10 1.0 92 .197 .128 .259 .174 .323 .163 .382 .337 .705 -4 .068 -40.1 -4.3 .246 .087 .035 .0
PIT (3 yrs) 204 162 13 2.2 93 .287 .193 .258 .221 .326 .260 .382 .481 .708 36 .233 -15.8 -1.7 .370 .099 .066 .0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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 Yrs (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*

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 Yrs 532 0.6% 32.1% 4.0% 2.6% 19% 8.14 2.7 156.3 16.2 1.58 56%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.2% 8.5% 6.1% 27% 1.68 6.3 45.4 9.0 1.10 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1965 21 STL NL -2.3 -0.2 16 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .71 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.0 0.88 -1.9 0
1966 22 STL NL -7.4 -0.8 42 -0.8 0.1 -0.9 .88 -0.8 -0.0 -7.0 -0.7 0.75 -8.3 0
1967 23 STL NL -5.0 -0.5 48 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 .69 -0.5 0.2 -5.9 -0.6 0.93 -5.4 0
1968 24 STL NL -9.1 -1.0 96 -0.3 0.9 -1.2 .73 -0.9 0.5 -7.5 -0.9 0.96 -7.8 0
1969 25 STL NL -12.2 -1.3 85 -0.9 0.8 -1.7 .89 -1.3 0.2 -13.4 -1.4 0.92 -13.3 0
1970 26 STL NL -4.2 -0.4 43 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 .91 -0.4 -0.2 -6.2 -0.6 1.10 -5.0 0
1971 27 PIT NL -0.3 -0.0 44 -0.0 0.4 -0.4 .60 -0.2 0.2 -0.5 -0.1 0.89 0.5 0
1972 28 PIT NL -9.2 -1.0 78 -0.9 0.5 -1.4 .94 -1.0 0.0 -8.6 -0.9 0.97 -9.6 0
1973 29 PIT NL -6.3 -0.7 84 -0.7 0.7 -1.3 .79 -0.6 -0.3 -5.0 -0.5 0.90 -6.2 0
1974 30 KCR AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1975 31 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1976 32 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
1977 33 TOT AL 0.0 0.0
1977 33 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
1977 33 BAL AL 0.0 0.0
1978 34 BAL AL 0.0 0.0
14 Yrs -56.0 -6.0 536 -4.5 4.1 -8.6 .81 -5.8 0.3 -54.6 -5.8 0.93 -57.0 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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 Yrs 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

Situational Hitting*

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 1 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% 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% 1 1 100% 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% 2 1 50% 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% 1 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% 2 1 50% 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% 0 0 0
14 Yrs 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% 9 3 33% 0
MLB Averages 54% 77% 11% 32% 14% 48% 53%

Cumulative Batting

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 30 350 532 469 29 72 9 2 3 29 0 0 21 171 .154 .192 .200 .392 12 94 5 2 37 3 0
1975 31 374 532 469 29 72 9 2 3 29 0 0 21 171 .154 .192 .200 .392 12 94 5 2 37 3 0
1976 32 406 532 469 29 72 9 2 3 29 0 0 21 171 .154 .192 .200 .392 12 94 5 2 37 3 0
1977 33 436 532 469 29 72 9 2 3 29 0 0 21 171 .154 .192 .200 .392 12 94 5 2 37 3 0
1978 34 452 532 469 29 72 9 2 3 29 0 0 21 171 .154 .192 .200 .392 12 94 5 2 37 3 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 41 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 .000 .050 .000 .050 0 49
1967 23 49 46 39 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 .128 .171 .128 .299 1 49
1968 24 33 98 82 6 13 2 0 0 6 0 5 21 .159 .213 .183 .396 3 33
1969 25 36 86 77 1 9 0 0 1 6 0 4 26 .117 .160 .156 .316 2 36
1970 26 30 42 38 3 6 1 2 0 2 0 1 14 .158 .179 .289 .469 2 30
1971 27 37 44 39 3 10 3 0 1 4 0 2 13 .256 .293 .410 .703 5 37
1972 28 29 85 76 9 14 1 0 0 6 0 3 33 .184 .213 .197 .410 3 28
1973 29 33 82 72 3 14 2 0 1 6 0 2 21 .194 .224 .264 .488 4 33
9 Yrs 333 540 476 29 71 9 2 3 30 0 22 172 .149 .189 .195 .384 20 332
162 Game Avg. 162 263 232 14 35 4 1 1 15 0 11 84 .149 .189 .195 .384 10 332

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1984 BBWAA ( 0.2%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1967 NL (15, 7%)
1968 NL (20, 1%)
0.08 Career Shares (972nd)

                            

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