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Nelson Liriano

Nelson Arturo (Bonilla) Liriano

Positions: Second Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: June 3, 1964 in Puerto Plata, Puerto Plata, D.R.
Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent in 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 25, 1987
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Pirates/Rockies/Dodgers/Twins/... 1987-1998

Final Game: May 13, 1998
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:41AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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 4/5D
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 4/6
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 4/6
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1987 23 TOR AL 176 -6 2 0 1 3 1 5 6 0.6 3 0.3 0.3 $62,500 4 RoY-6
1988 24 TOR AL 295 -9 -1 0 0 -9 1 9 -9 -0.9 0 0.0 -0.9 $75,000 4/5D
1989 25 TOR AL 478 5 -2 0 0 2 3 15 24 2.4 21 2.2 0.2 $112,500 *4/D
1990 26 TOR AL 189 -10 -3 0 0 -2 1 7 -7 -0.8 -5 -0.5 -0.3 $255,000 4
1990 26 MIN AL 211 -3 0 2 1 0 0 7 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $ 4/6
1991 27 KCR AL 23 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ 4
1993 29 COL NL 175 2 0 2 -1 -5 2 5 5 0.5 10 1.0 -0.5 $ 64/5
1994 30 COL NL 303 -5 -1 0 1 2 1 9 6 0.6 5 0.5 0.1 $275,000 *4/65
1995 31 PIT NL 289 -2 -2 0 1 -7 1 8 -2 -0.2 6 0.6 -0.8 $350,000 4/56
1996 32 PIT NL 234 -6 1 -1 1 -10 1 7 -8 -0.8 3 0.3 -1.1 $350,000 4/56
1997 33 LAD NL 97 -5 0 1 1 -1 0 3 -2 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $375,000 4/356
1998 34 COL NL 17 -5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -6 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ /46
11 Seasons 2487 -43 -6 4 5 -27 11 76 17 1.6 47 4.8 -3.2 $1,855,000
TOR (4 yrs) 1138 -20 -4 0 1 -6 6 36 14 1.3 19 2.0 -0.7 $505,000
COL (3 yrs) 495 -8 -1 2 0 -4 3 14 5 0.5 10 1.0 -0.5 $275,000
PIT (2 yrs) 523 -8 -1 -1 2 -17 2 15 -10 -1.0 9 0.9 -1.9 $700,000
KCR (1 yr) 23 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $
MIN (1 yr) 211 -3 0 2 1 0 0 7 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $
LAD (1 yr) 97 -5 0 1 1 -1 0 3 -2 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $375,000

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
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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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1987 TOR AL 23 2B 37 36 36 335.0 191 83 107 1 28 .995 3 9 5.10 5.14 .980 5.12 5.06 RoY-6
1988 TOR AL 24 2B 80 65 59 609.2 310 121 177 12 48 .961 -9 -17 4.40 3.73 .982 5.12 5.08
1988 TOR AL 24 3B 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1988 TOR AL 24 DH 1 1
1989 TOR AL 25 2B 122 117 115 1068.0 609 267 330 12 76 .980 2 3 5.03 4.89 .981 5.24 5.18
1989 TOR AL 25 DH 2 2
1990 TOT AL 26 2B 99 92 85 829.2 447 176 260 11 53 .975 -2 -3 4.73 4.40 .984 5.23 5.18
1990 TOR AL 26 2B 49 45 44 422.1 229 93 132 4 26 .983 -2 -6 4.79 4.59 .984 5.23 5.18
1990 MIN AL 26 2B 50 47 41 407.1 218 83 128 7 27 .968 0 0 4.66 4.22 .984 5.23 5.18
1990 MIN AL 26 SS 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70
1991 KCR AL 27 2B 10 6 2 55.0 34 11 23 0 3 1.000 1 22 5.56 3.40 .981 5.19 5.18
1993 COL NL 29 SS 35 26 20 240.1 119 45 71 3 13 .975 -3 -13 4.34 3.31 .965 4.69 4.66
1993 COL NL 29 2B 16 11 7 104.0 54 19 32 3 7 .944 -2 -23 4.41 3.19 .980 5.16 5.13
1993 COL NL 29 3B 1 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -40 3.00 1.00 .940 2.70 2.70
1994 COL NL 30 2B 79 72 70 648.2 375 143 222 10 44 .973 2 4 5.06 4.62 .981 5.26 5.23
1994 COL NL 30 SS 3 0 0 7.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 17 2.57 0.67 .965 4.50 4.50
1994 COL NL 30 3B 2 1 1 10.2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -56 2.53 1.50 .950 2.70 2.65
1995 PIT NL 31 2B 67 51 45 463.1 267 130 132 5 31 .981 -6 -14 5.09 3.91 .984 5.25 5.23
1995 PIT NL 31 3B 5 3 3 30.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 -1 -40 1.50 1.00 .946 2.76 2.76
1995 PIT NL 31 SS 1 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -140 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.50
1996 PIT NL 32 2B 36 24 18 223.0 125 50 73 2 13 .984 -6 -35 4.96 3.42 .981 5.09 5.06
1996 PIT NL 32 3B 9 7 3 59.0 21 4 17 0 0 1.000 0 4 3.20 2.33 .948 2.72 2.69
1996 PIT NL 32 SS 5 3 2 30.1 13 4 8 1 2 .923 -4 -150 3.56 2.40 .967 4.60 4.56
1997 LAD NL 33 2B 17 7 7 88.2 39 14 23 2 6 .949 -2 -23 3.76 2.18 .980 5.08 5.03
1997 LAD NL 33 1B 2 0 0 4.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0 120 13.50 3.00 .993 9.45 9.45
1997 LAD NL 33 3B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
1997 LAD NL 33 SS 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.50
1998 COL NL 34 2B 3 1 0 14.0 6 4 2 0 1 1.000 -1 -69 3.86 2.00 .982 5.08 5.07
1998 COL NL 34 SS 1 1 0 7.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 -0 -51 2.57 2.00 .970 4.50 4.50
11 Seasons 2B 566 482 444 4439.0 2457 1018 1381 58 310 .976 -19 -5 4.86 4.24 .982 5.20 5.16
7 Seasons SS 47 31 22 292.1 136 49 83 4 15 .971 -7 -30 4.06 2.81 .965 4.67 4.63
6 Seasons 3B 19 11 7 105.0 30 7 23 0 0 1.000 -2 -18 2.57 1.58 .948 2.73 2.70
1 Season 1B 2 0 0 4.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0 120 13.50 3.00 .993 9.45 9.45
11 Seasons TOT 634 524 473 4840.1 2629 1079 1488 62 325 .976 -27 -7 4.77 4.05 .981 5.12 5.06
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1988 AL  12 (4th)
1989 AL  12 (5th)
1990 AL  11 (3rd)
1994 NL  10 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
Career  4.86 (95th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2218), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2356), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198723Toronto Blue Jays$62,5001987 USA Today survey
198824Toronto Blue Jays$75,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198925Toronto Blue Jays$112,5001989 USA Today survey
199026Toronto Blue Jays$255,000AP in Toronto Star
199430Colorado Rockies$275,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $50,000 earned bonus
199531Pittsburgh Pirates$350,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $50,000 erned bonus
199632Pittsburgh Pirates$350,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $25,000 earned bonus
199733Los Angeles Dodgers$375,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,855,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Nelson Arturo (Bonilla) nellie Nelson Liriano

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