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Nelson Liriano
Nelson Arturo (Bonilla) Liriano
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 172 lb.

Born: June 3, 1964 in Puerto Plata, D.R.
Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent in 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 25, 1987
Final Game: May 13, 1998
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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
1987 23 TOR AL 37 176 158 29 38 6 2 2 10 13 2 16 22 .241 .310 .342 .652 72 54 3 0 2 0 2 4 RoY-6
1988 24 TOR AL 99 295 276 36 73 6 2 3 23 12 5 11 40 .264 .297 .333 .630 77 92 4 2 5 1 0 4D/5
1989 25 TOR AL 132 478 418 51 110 26 3 5 53 16 7 43 51 .263 .331 .376 .707 105 157 10 2 10 5 0 *4/D
1990 26 TOT AL 103 400 355 46 83 12 9 1 28 8 7 38 44 .234 .308 .327 .635 74 116 8 1 4 2 0 4/D6
1990 26 TOR AL 50 189 170 16 36 7 2 1 15 3 5 16 20 .212 .282 .294 .576 58 50 5 1 1 1 0 4
1990 26 MIN AL 53 211 185 30 47 5 7 0 13 5 2 22 24 .254 .332 .357 .688 88 66 3 0 3 1 0 4/D6
1991 27 KCR AL 10 23 22 5 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 .409 .409 .409 .818 128 9 0 0 1 0 0 4
1993 29 COL NL 48 175 151 28 46 6 3 2 15 6 4 18 22 .305 .376 .424 .800 101 64 6 0 5 1 2 64/5
1994 30 COL NL 87 303 255 39 65 17 5 3 31 0 2 42 44 .255 .357 .396 .753 84 101 4 0 3 3 5 *4/65
1995 31 PIT NL 107 289 259 29 74 12 1 5 38 2 2 24 34 .286 .347 .398 .745 95 103 2 2 1 3 3 4/56
1996 32 PIT NL 112 234 217 23 58 14 2 3 30 2 0 14 22 .267 .308 .392 .699 81 85 1 0 0 3 2 4/56
1997 33 LAD NL 76 97 88 10 20 6 0 1 11 0 0 6 12 .227 .274 .330 .603 62 29 1 0 2 1 1 4/356
1998 34 COL NL 12 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 /46
11 Seasons 823 2487 2216 296 576 105 27 25 240 59 30 212 300 .260 .324 .366 .689 85 810 40 7 33 19 15
162 Game Avg. 162 490 436 58 113 21 5 5 47 12 6 42 59 .260 .324 .366 .689 85 159 8 1 6 4 3
TOR (4 yrs) 318 1138 1022 132 257 45 9 11 101 44 19 86 133 .251 .311 .345 .656 84 353 22 5 18 7 2
COL (3 yrs) 147 495 423 67 111 23 8 5 46 6 6 60 73 .262 .351 .390 .741 83 165 11 0 8 4 7
PIT (2 yrs) 219 523 476 52 132 26 3 8 68 4 2 38 56 .277 .330 .395 .724 88 188 3 2 1 6 5
KCR (1 yr) 10 23 22 5 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 .409 .409 .409 .818 128 9 0 0 1 0 0
MIN (1 yr) 53 211 185 30 47 5 7 0 13 5 2 22 24 .254 .332 .357 .688 88 66 3 0 3 1 0
LAD (1 yr) 76 97 88 10 20 6 0 1 11 0 0 6 12 .227 .274 .330 .603 62 29 1 0 2 1 1
AL (5 yrs) 381 1372 1229 167 313 50 16 11 115 49 22 108 159 .255 .316 .348 .664 85 428 25 5 22 8 2
NL (6 yrs) 442 1115 987 129 263 55 11 14 125 10 8 104 141 .266 .334 .387 .721 84 382 15 2 11 11 13

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
1989 25 TOR AL ALCS OAK L 3 9 7 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 .429 .556 .429 .984 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 3 9 7 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 .429 .556 .429 .984 3 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1987 TOR AL 23 2B 37 36 335.0 191 83 107 1 28 .995 2.6 9.3 1.6 -0.8 2.4 1 5.10 5.14 .980 5.12 4.48 RoY-6
1988 TOR AL 24 2B 80 65 609.2 310 121 177 12 48 .961 -8.8 -17.3 -10.8 -6.4 -4.4 2 4.40 3.73 .982 5.12 4.40
1988 TOR AL 24 DH 11
1988 TOR AL 24 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1989 TOR AL 25 2B 122 117 1068.0 609 267 330 12 76 .980 2.5 2.8 2.5 4.2 -1.7 0 5.03 4.89 .981 5.24 4.51
1989 TOR AL 25 DH 5
1990 TOT AL 26 2B 99 92 829.2 447 176 260 11 53 .975 -2.0 -2.9 -2.0 -0.2 -1.8 0 4.73 4.40 .984 5.23 4.53
1990 TOR AL 26 2B 49 45 422.1 229 93 132 4 26 .983 -2.1 -6.0 -2.1 -1.0 -1.1 0 4.79 4.59 .984 5.23 4.53
1990 MIN AL 26 2B 50 47 407.1 218 83 128 7 27 .968 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.8 -0.7 0 4.66 4.22 .984 5.23 4.53
1990 MIN AL 26 DH 2
1990 MIN AL 26 SS 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.00
1991 KCR AL 27 2B 10 6 55.0 34 11 23 0 3 1.000 1.0 21.8 1.0 0.3 0.7 0 5.56 3.40 .979 5.19 4.44
1993 COL NL 29 SS 35 26 240.1 119 45 71 3 13 .975 -2.6 -13.0 -2.6 0.3 -2.9 0 4.34 3.31 .965 4.69 4.04
1993 COL NL 29 2B 16 11 104.0 54 19 32 3 7 .944 -2.0 -23.1 -1.0 -0.5 -0.5 -1 4.41 3.19 .981 5.16 4.49
1993 COL NL 29 3B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 .900 2.70 2.30
1994 COL NL 30 2B 79 72 648.2 375 143 222 10 44 .973 2.4 4.4 2.4 3.4 -1.0 0 5.06 4.62 .981 5.26 4.56
1994 COL NL 30 SS 3 0 7.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.1 17.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.57 0.67 .950 4.50 4.03
1994 COL NL 30 3B 2 1 10.2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -56.2 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 2.53 1.50 .933 2.70 2.25
1995 PIT NL 31 2B 67 51 463.1 267 130 132 5 31 .981 -5.5 -14.2 -4.5 0.8 -5.3 -1 5.09 3.91 .984 5.25 4.58
1995 PIT NL 31 3B 5 3 30.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -40.0 -1.0 -0.9 -0.1 0 1.50 1.00 .940 2.76 2.32
1995 PIT NL 31 SS 1 1 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 -140.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.00
1996 PIT NL 32 2B 36 24 223.0 125 50 73 2 13 .984 -6.5 -35.0 -4.5 -1.5 -3.0 -2 4.96 3.42 .981 5.09 4.40
1996 PIT NL 32 3B 9 7 59.0 21 4 17 0 0 1.000 0.2 4.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 3.20 2.33 .943 2.72 2.21
1996 PIT NL 32 SS 5 3 30.1 13 4 8 1 2 .923 -3.8 -150.3 -3.8 -0.4 -3.4 0 3.56 2.40 .969 4.60 4.00
1997 LAD NL 33 2B 17 7 88.2 39 14 23 2 6 .949 -1.7 -23.0 -1.7 0.5 -2.2 0 3.76 2.18 .979 5.08 4.31
1997 LAD NL 33 1B 2 0 4.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0.4 120.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 13.50 3.00 1.000 9.45 8.15
1997 LAD NL 33 3B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
1997 LAD NL 33 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 4.50 3.80
1998 COL NL 34 2B 3 1 14.0 6 4 2 0 1 1.000 -0.8 -68.6 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 3.86 2.00 .983 5.08 4.37
1998 COL NL 34 SS 1 1 7.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -51.4 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 2.57 2.00 .950 4.50 3.90
11 Seasons 2B 566 482 4439.0 2457 1018 1381 58 310 .976 -18.8 -5.1 -17.8 -1.0 -16.8 -1 4.86 4.24 .982 5.20 4.50
7 Seasons SS 47 31 292.1 136 49 83 4 15 .971 -7.3 -30.0 -7.3 -1.1 -6.2 0 4.06 2.81 .965 4.67 4.03
6 Seasons 3B 19 11 105.0 30 7 23 0 0 1.000 -1.6 -18.3 -1.6 -1.5 -0.1 0 2.57 1.58 .940 2.73 2.26
3 Seasons DH 18
1 Season 1B 2 0 4.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0.4 120.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 13.50 3.00 1.000 9.45 8.15
11 Seasons TOT 634 524 4840.1 2629 1079 1488 62 325 .976 -27.3 -6.8 -26.3 -3.2 -23.1 -1 4.77 4.05 .957 5.12 4.41
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Triples s c a p y
1990 AL--9--3rd
1994 NL--5--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2420), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2810), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  7. Patsy Gharrity (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

November 1, 1982: Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent.

July 27, 1990: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with Pedro Munoz to the Minnesota Twins for John Candelaria.

April 2, 1991: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

May 1, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

October 15, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

January 31, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

October 15, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

October 26, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

October 14, 1994: Selected off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Colorado Rockies.

November 20, 1996: Selected off waivers by the Los Angeles Dodgers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 3, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

December 19, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

October 15, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1987Toronto Blue Jays$62,500
1988Toronto Blue Jays$75,000
1989Toronto Blue Jays$112,500
1990Toronto Blue Jays$255,000
1994Colorado Rockies$275,000
1995Pittsburgh Pirates$350,000
1996Pittsburgh Pirates$350,000
1997Los Angeles Dodgers$375,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,855,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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