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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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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1965 21 STL NL 3 3 .500 3.50 37 2 14 0 0 4 82.1 79 33 32 4 26 6 52 6 0 2 341 110 1.275 8.6 0.4 2.8 5.7 2.00
1966 22 STL NL 4 15 .211 3.21 49 17 17 0 0 6 154.0 162 65 55 14 54 11 100 7 0 3 654 112 1.403 9.5 0.8 3.2 5.8 1.85
1967 23 STL NL 14 5 .737 2.43 49 14 14 4 2 6 155.1 139 45 42 8 40 8 94 5 2 8 642 135 1.152 8.1 0.5 2.3 5.4 2.35 MVP-15
1968 24 STL NL 19 11 .633 2.81 33 33 0 13 4 0 243.2 251 90 76 18 55 12 141 7 0 4 1024 103 1.256 9.3 0.7 2.0 5.2 2.56 MVP-20
1969 25 STL NL 15 13 .536 3.52 36 33 1 10 3 0 227.2 218 104 89 17 63 7 126 2 1 9 954 101 1.234 8.6 0.7 2.5 5.0 2.00
1970 26 STL NL 6 7 .462 6.24 30 19 6 1 1 0 106.2 129 84 74 14 36 7 59 2 1 5 484 66 1.547 10.9 1.2 3.0 5.0 1.64
1971 27 PIT NL 8 4 .667 3.04 37 14 8 4 2 1 136.0 131 51 46 12 35 12 76 3 0 1 566 114 1.221 8.7 0.8 2.3 5.0 2.17
1972 28 PIT NL 14 11 .560 3.08 28 27 1 9 2 0 195.2 185 83 67 14 43 8 120 1 0 2 802 109 1.165 8.5 0.6 2.0 5.5 2.79
1973 29 PIT NL 14 13 .519 2.84 33 33 0 7 1 0 218.2 201 87 69 19 51 3 94 1 0 1 893 124 1.152 8.3 0.8 2.1 3.9 1.84
1974 30 KCR AL 5 7 .417 4.02 18 17 0 3 0 0 103.0 118 48 46 9 21 1 41 2 0 1 432 95 1.350 10.3 0.8 1.8 3.6 1.95
1975 31 KCR AL 6 6 .500 4.26 24 16 4 3 0 2 112.0 127 60 53 19 25 1 73 5 0 1 478 91 1.357 10.2 1.5 2.0 5.9 2.92
1976 32 TEX AL 11 9 .550 3.26 32 31 1 7 1 1 210.0 224 87 76 17 47 0 98 2 1 6 879 110 1.290 9.6 0.7 2.0 4.2 2.09
1977 33 TOT AL 6 4 .600 4.33 30 15 4 2 1 2 112.1 119 61 54 15 30 1 59 6 0 5 473 95 1.326 9.5 1.2 2.4 4.7 1.97
1977 33 TEX AL 6 4 .600 4.24 28 15 3 2 1 1 108.1 114 58 51 13 30 1 57 6 0 4 456 97 1.329 9.5 1.1 2.5 4.7 1.90
1977 33 BAL AL 0 0 6.75 2 0 1 0 0 1 4.0 5 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 17 57 1.250 11.3 4.5 0.0 4.5
1978 34 BAL AL 4 4 .500 4.64 16 8 4 1 0 0 54.1 58 31 28 6 21 2 30 2 0 2 236 76 1.454 9.6 1.0 3.5 5.0 1.43
14 Seasons 129 112 .535 3.44 452 279 74 64 17 22 2111.2 2141 929 807 186 547 79 1163 51 5 50 8858 103 1.273 9.1 0.8 2.3 5.0 2.13
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .535 3.44 42 26 7 6 2 2 196 199 86 75 17 51 7 108 5 0 5 824 103 1.273 9.1 0.8 2.3 5.0 2.13
STL (6 yrs) 61 54 .530 3.42 234 118 52 28 10 16 969.2 978 421 368 75 274 51 572 29 4 31 4099 101 1.291 9.1 0.7 2.5 5.3 2.09
PIT (3 yrs) 36 28 .563 2.98 98 74 9 20 5 1 550.1 517 221 182 45 129 23 290 5 0 4 2261 116 1.174 8.5 0.7 2.1 4.7 2.25
KCR (2 yrs) 11 13 .458 4.14 42 33 4 6 0 2 215.0 245 108 99 28 46 2 114 7 0 2 910 93 1.353 10.3 1.2 1.9 4.8 2.48
TEX (2 yrs) 17 13 .567 3.59 60 46 4 9 2 2 318.1 338 145 127 30 77 1 155 8 1 10 1335 105 1.304 9.6 0.8 2.2 4.4 2.01
BAL (2 yrs) 4 4 .500 4.78 18 8 5 1 0 1 58.1 63 34 31 8 21 2 32 2 0 3 253 74 1.440 9.7 1.2 3.2 4.9 1.52
NL (9 yrs) 97 82 .542 3.26 332 192 61 48 15 17 1520.0 1495 642 550 120 403 74 862 34 4 35 6360 106 1.249 8.9 0.7 2.4 5.1 2.14
AL (5 yrs) 32 30 .516 3.91 120 87 13 16 2 5 591.2 646 287 257 66 144 5 301 17 1 15 2498 96 1.335 9.8 1.0 2.2 4.6 2.09

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1967 23 STL NL WS W BOS 1 0 1.000 1.64 2 1 0 1 0 0 11.0 7 2 2 1 1 1 4 2 0 0 41 0.727 5.7 0.8 0.8 3.3 4.00
1968 24 STL NL WS L DET 0 1 .000 5.56 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.1 13 7 7 3 4 1 7 0 0 0 50 1.500 10.3 2.4 3.2 5.6 1.75
1971 27 PIT NL WS W BAL 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 29 0.444 2.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 1.00
1972 28 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 0 0 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 23 1.167 9.0 0.0 1.5 4.5 3.00
4 Seasons (4 Series) 2 1 .667 2.65 6 5 0 2 1 0 37.1 28 11 11 4 8 2 16 2 0 0 143 0.964 6.8 1.0 1.9 3.9 2.00
1 NLCS 0 0 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 23 1.167 9.0 0.0 1.5 4.5 3.00
3 WS 2 1 .667 2.59 5 4 0 2 1 0 31.1 22 9 9 4 7 2 13 2 0 0 120 0.926 6.3 1.1 2.0 3.7 1.86

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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

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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 STL NL 21 P 37 2 82.1 14 6 8 0 1 1.000 1.53 0.38 .957 2.08 0.81
1966 STL NL 22 P 49 17 154.0 39 9 29 1 3 .974 2.22 0.78 .946 1.96 0.74
1967 STL NL 23 P 49 14 155.1 30 10 18 2 1 .933 1.62 0.57 .960 2.00 0.78 MVP-15
1968 STL NL 24 P 33 33 243.2 48 15 31 2 1 .958 1.70 1.39 .958 2.01 0.85 MVP-20
1969 STL NL 25 P 36 33 227.2 50 13 34 3 3 .940 1.86 1.31 .958 1.95 0.78
1970 STL NL 26 P 30 19 106.2 13 6 7 0 0 1.000 1.10 0.43 .946 1.85 0.71
1971 PIT NL 27 P 37 14 136.0 27 13 13 1 1 .963 1.72 0.70 .952 1.90 0.78
1972 PIT NL 28 P 28 27 195.2 38 11 26 1 1 .974 1.70 1.32 .950 1.78 0.73
1973 PIT NL 29 P 33 33 218.2 50 14 35 1 3 .980 2.02 1.48 .948 1.88 0.73
1974 KCR AL 30 P 18 17 103.0 21 8 12 1 1 .952 1.75 1.11 .948 1.81 0.83
1975 KCR AL 31 P 24 16 112.0 27 11 15 1 1 .963 2.09 1.08 .937 1.87 0.85
1976 TEX AL 32 P 32 31 210.0 28 10 18 0 0 1.000 1.20 0.88 .946 1.87 0.85
1977 TOT AL 33 P 30 15 112.1 16 3 13 0 1 1.000 1.28 0.53 .944 1.95 0.84
1977 TEX AL 33 P 28 15 108.1 16 3 13 0 1 1.000 1.33 0.57 .944 1.95 0.84
1977 BAL AL 33 P 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 0.85
1978 BAL AL 34 P 16 8 54.1 7 2 4 1 0 .857 0.99 0.38 .957 1.90 0.85
14 Seasons P 452 279 2111.2 408 131 263 14 17 .966 1.68 0.87 .951 1.91 0.79
14 Seasons TOT 452 279 2111.2 408 131 263 14 17 .966 1.68 0.87 .917 1.91 0.79

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)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1973 NL--2.840--8th

Wins s c a p y
1968 NL--19--4th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1967 NL--.737--1st
1968 NL--.633--7th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1973 NL--1.152--6th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1972 NL--1.978--8th
1973 NL--2.099--8th
1976 AL--2.014--7th
Career--2.331--202nd

Complete Games s c a p y
1968 NL--13--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1968 NL--18--5th
Career--186--234th

Hits s c a p y
1968 NL--251--4th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1976 AL--2.085--10th
Career--2.126--202nd

Losses s c a p y
1966 NL--15--5th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1966 NL--7--9th
1968 NL--7--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 22 (997), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 25 (501), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (541), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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 Winston Cole (minors), Kurt Bevacqua and Ed Kirkpatrick.

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.

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