Dave Nelson

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 160lb (178cm, 72kg)

Born: June 20, 1944 in Fort Sill, OK us

Died: April 23, 2018 in Milwaukee, WI

High School: Junipero Serra HS (Gardena, CA)

Schools: Compton College (Compton, CA), California State University, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 11, 1968 (Age 23-296d, 12,669th in major league history)
vs. CAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1977 (Age 33-099d)
vs. OAK 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Full Name: David Earl Nelson

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.1

2578

630

.244

340

RBI

211

187

OBP

.305

SLG

.312

OPS

.618

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
2	2	Apr 16	TEX	@	CAL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
3	3	Apr 18	TEX	@	CHW	L,0-14	CG	45	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
4	4	Apr 19	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	1	0	0	1	1	3B
5	5	Apr 21	TEX		CAL	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B
6	6	Apr 22	TEX		CAL	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
7	7	Apr 23	TEX		CAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
8	8	Apr 24	TEX		CAL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
9	9	Apr 25	TEX		DET	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
10	10	Apr 26	TEX		DET	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
11	11	Apr 28	TEX		BOS	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
12	12	Apr 29	TEX		BOS	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
13	13	Apr 30	TEX		BOS	L,0-3	CG	41	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 2	TEX		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
15	15	May 3	TEX		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	3B
16	16	May 5	TEX	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
17	17	May 6	TEX	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
18	18	May 7	TEX	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
19	19	May 10	TEX	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	31	8.2	0	4	0	4	0	3B
20	20	May 11	TEX	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
21	21	May 12	TEX	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
22	22	May 13	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
23	23	May 14	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	34	9.1	1	2	0	3	0	3B
24	24	May 15	TEX	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
25	25	May 16	TEX	@	KCR	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
26	26	May 17	TEX	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	70	18.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
27	27	May 19	TEX		MIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
28	28	May 20	TEX		MIN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
29	29	May 21 (1)	TEX		MIN	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
30	30	May 21 (2)	TEX		MIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	3B
31	31	May 22	TEX		CHW	L,6-7	CG	45	10.0	3	1	1	5	0	3B
32	32	May 23	TEX		CHW	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
33	33	May 24	TEX		CHW	L,1-5	GS	16	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
34	34	May 25	TEX	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
35	35	May 26	TEX	@	MIN	L,0-7	GS	14	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	3B
36	40 (4)	May 30	TEX		OAK	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	42 (1)	Jun 2	TEX	@	MIL	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	2	3B
38	43	Jun 3	TEX	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
39	44	Jun 4	TEX	@	MIL	W,10-0	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
40	45	Jun 6	TEX		NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
41	46	Jun 7	TEX		NYY	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
42	47	Jun 8	TEX		NYY	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
43	48	Jun 9	TEX		BAL	L,2-7	CG	47	9.0	0	3	2	5	0	3B
44	49	Jun 10	TEX		BAL	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	2	3B
45	50	Jun 11	TEX		BAL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
46	51	Jun 12	TEX		MIL	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
47	52	Jun 13	TEX		MIL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
48	53	Jun 14	TEX		MIL	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
49	54	Jun 17 (1)	TEX	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
50	55	Jun 17 (2)	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
51	56	Jun 19	TEX	@	BOS	L,0-12	CG	45	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
52	57	Jun 20	TEX	@	BOS	W,5-2	GF	12	3.0	1	1	1	3	0	PH 3B
53	58	Jun 21	TEX	@	BOS	L,9-10	GF	37	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
54	59	Jun 23	TEX		CHW	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
55	60	Jun 24	TEX		CHW	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
56	62 (1)	Jun 26	TEX		OAK	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
57	63	Jun 27	TEX		OAK	L,3-9	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
58	64	Jun 29	TEX		CAL	L,4-12	CG	48	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	66 (1)	Jul 1	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	44	10.1	3	2	0	5	0	3B
60	68 (1)	Jul 2 (2)	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
61	70 (1)	Jul 4	TEX	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
62	73 (2)	Jul 7	TEX	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
63	74	Jul 8 (1)	TEX	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
64	75	Jul 8 (2)	TEX	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
65	76	Jul 9	TEX	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
66	77	Jul 10	TEX	@	DET	L,3-8	GS	23	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
67	78	Jul 11	TEX	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
68	79	Jul 12	TEX	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
69	80	Jul 13	TEX		CLE	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
70	81	Jul 14	TEX		CLE	L,0-2	CG	48	14.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
71	82	Jul 15	TEX		CLE	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
72	83	Jul 16	TEX		CLE	W,3-2	CG	52	12.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
73	84	Jul 17	TEX		BAL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
74	85	Jul 18	TEX		BAL	L,1-2	CG	62	15.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
75	86	Jul 19	TEX		BAL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
76	87	Jul 20	TEX		DET	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
77	88	Jul 21	TEX		DET	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	3B
78	89	Jul 22	TEX		DET	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	1	4	1	6	2	3B
79	90	Jul 23	TEX		DET	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
80	91	Jul 27	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-5	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
81	92	Jul 28	TEX	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	1	2	0	3	1	3B
82	93	Jul 29	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	3B
83	94	Jul 30 (1)	TEX	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
84	95	Jul 30 (2)	TEX	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
85	96	Jul 31	TEX	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	97	Aug 1	TEX		MIN	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
87	98	Aug 2	TEX		MIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
88	99	Aug 3	TEX		MIN	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
89	100	Aug 4	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	39	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	3B
90	101	Aug 5	TEX	@	CHW	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
91	102	Aug 6 (1)	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
92	103	Aug 6 (2)	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
93	104	Aug 7	TEX	@	MIN	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
94	105	Aug 8	TEX	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	45	9.2	1	3	0	4	1	3B
95	106	Aug 9	TEX	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
96	107	Aug 11	TEX		KCR	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
97	108	Aug 12	TEX		KCR	W,3-0	CG	23	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
98	110 (1)	Aug 15	TEX		BOS	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
99	112 (1)	Aug 17	TEX		BOS	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
100	114 (1)	Aug 19	TEX		NYY	L,2-6	GF	7	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
101	115	Aug 20	TEX		NYY	L,0-2	CG	43	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
102	117 (1)	Aug 24 (1)	TEX	@	MIL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
103	123 (5)	Aug 29 (2)	TEX	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
104	124	Aug 30	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
105	125	Aug 31	TEX	@	NYY	L,0-7	GS	25	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	126	Sep 1	TEX		MIL	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
107	127	Sep 2	TEX		MIL	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
108	128	Sep 3	TEX		MIL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
109	129	Sep 4	TEX		KCR	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
110	130	Sep 5	TEX		KCR	L,2-7	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
111	131	Sep 6	TEX		MIN	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
112	132	Sep 7	TEX		MIN	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
113	133	Sep 8	TEX		OAK	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
114	134	Sep 9	TEX		OAK	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
115	135	Sep 10	TEX		OAK	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
116	136	Sep 12	TEX	@	CAL	W,3-0	GS	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B LF
117	137	Sep 13	TEX	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
118	138	Sep 14	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
119	139	Sep 15	TEX	@	OAK	L,3-12	CG	47	8.0	3	0	2	5	0	LF
120	140	Sep 16	TEX	@	OAK	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
121	141	Sep 17	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
122	142	Sep 19	TEX	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	37	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	CF
123	143	Sep 20	TEX	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
124	144	Sep 22	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
125	145	Sep 23	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
126	146	Sep 24	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	3B
127	147	Sep 25	TEX		CAL	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
128	148	Sep 26	TEX		CAL	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
129	149	Sep 27	TEX		CAL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
130	150	Sep 29	TEX		CHW	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
131	151	Sep 30	TEX		CHW	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
132	152	Oct 1	TEX		CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
133	153	Oct 3	TEX	@	KCR	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
134	154	Oct 4	TEX	@	KCR	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
							136gm		1145.1	133	222	22	377	25