Rocky Nelson

Positions: First Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: November 18, 1924 in Portsmouth, OH us

Died: October 31, 2006 in Portsmouth, OH

Buried: Sunset Memorial Gardens, Franklin Furnace, OH

High School: Portsmouth HS (Portsmouth, OH)

Debut: April 27, 1949 (Age 24-160d, 10,609th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1961 (Age 36-315d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1949 season

Full Name: Glenn Richard Nelson

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1960 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.9

1394

347

.249

186

RBI

173

OBP

.317

SLG

.380

OPS

.696

OPS+

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

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 17 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,5-0	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
2	7 (2)	Apr 20	PIT		PHI	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
3	12 (4)	Apr 27	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
4	13	Apr 28	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-0	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
5	14	Apr 30	PIT	@	CIN	W,12-7	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	15	May 1	PIT	@	CIN	W,13-2	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	1B
7	19 (3)	May 6	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
8	20	May 7	PIT	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	30	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
9	23 (2)	May 10	PIT	@	LAD	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
10	24	May 11	PIT	@	LAD	W,6-3	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
11	25	May 13	PIT	@	MLN	W,8-2	GF	9	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
12	27 (1)	May 15 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
13	37 (9)	May 25	PIT		LAD	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
14	38	May 28	PIT		PHI	W,4-2	CG	50	13.0	13	2	1	16	2	1B
15	39	May 29	PIT		PHI	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	42 (2)	Jun 1	PIT		CIN	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	13	2	0	15	0	1B
17	43	Jun 3	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
18	44	Jun 5 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
19	47 (2)	Jun 8	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
20	48	Jun 9	PIT	@	CHC	W,11-3	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
21	50 (1)	Jun 11	PIT	@	STL	L,6-7	GF	7	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	1B
22	53 (2)	Jun 14	PIT	@	SFG	W,6-3	GS	27	7.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
23	54	Jun 15	PIT	@	SFG	W,14-6	GF	16	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
24	55	Jun 16	PIT	@	SFG	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
25	56	Jun 17	PIT	@	LAD	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
26	57	Jun 18	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
27	59 (1)	Jun 21	PIT		STL	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
28	60	Jun 22	PIT		STL	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
29	62 (1)	Jun 24	PIT		CHC	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
30	63	Jun 25	PIT		CHC	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
31	64	Jun 26 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
32	65	Jun 26 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
33	66	Jun 28	PIT		SFG	T,7-7	GS	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
34	67	Jun 30 (1)	PIT		SFG	L,0-11	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	73 (5)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
36	74	Jul 5	PIT	@	MLN	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	15	2	0	17	1	1B
37	75	Jul 6	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
38	78 (2)	Jul 8 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
39	79	Jul 9	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	31	8.1	10	1	0	11	0	1B
40	83 (3)	Jul 16	PIT		CIN	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
41	84	Jul 17 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
42	85	Jul 17 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
43	88 (2)	Jul 21	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
44	90 (1)	Jul 23	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
45	92 (1)	Jul 25	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
46	93	Jul 26	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
47	96 (2)	Jul 30	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
48	97	Jul 31	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	98	Aug 2	PIT		LAD	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
50	100 (1)	Aug 4	PIT		LAD	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
51	101	Aug 5	PIT		SFG	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
52	102	Aug 6	PIT		SFG	W,8-7	CG	42	10.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
53	103	Aug 7 (1)	PIT		SFG	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
54	105 (1)	Aug 9	PIT		CHC	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
55	106	Aug 10	PIT		CHC	W,3-1	CG	29	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
56	107	Aug 11	PIT		STL	L,2-3	CG	43	12.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
57	108	Aug 12	PIT		STL	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
58	110 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	PIT		STL	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	14	0	0	14	3	1B
59	112 (1)	Aug 15	PIT		PHI	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
60	113	Aug 16 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,11-2	GS	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
61	114	Aug 16 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
62	115	Aug 17	PIT		PHI	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
63	116	Aug 18	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
64	117	Aug 19	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
65	118	Aug 20	PIT	@	CIN	W,10-7	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
66	120 (1)	Aug 23	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-3	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
67	124 (3)	Aug 27	PIT	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	9	2	0	11	0	1B
68	127 (2)	Aug 30	PIT	@	LAD	W,5-2	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	129 (1)	Sep 1	PIT	@	SFG	W,6-1	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
70	130	Sep 3	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
71	131	Sep 4	PIT		PHI	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
72	153 (21)	Sep 30	PIT		MLN	L,2-13	CG	50	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
73	155 (1)	Oct 2	PIT		MLN	W,9-5	GS	36	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
							73gm		475.2	463	37	2	502	48