Brad Nelson

John Bradley Nelson

Positions: Pinch Hitter, First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 260 lb.

Born: December 23, 1982 in Algona, IA
High School: Bishop Garrigan (Algona, IA)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 4th round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed July 25, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 2008
Team: Brewers 2008-2009
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 0.067 [*],
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Fine Details · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:01AM

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ty Cobb… #4. Ted Williams… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Hank Aaron…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ty Cobb… #4. Ted Williams… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Hank Aaron…

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
2001	18	MIL-min	Rk	30	122	105	15	30	10	1	0	23	0	0	11	27	.286	.355	.400	.755		42	3	2	1	3	0	BRR,OGD · ARIZ,PION
2002	19	MIL-min	A,A+	132	573	519	94	150	49	2	20	116	4	1	46	114	.289	.349	.507	.856		263	13	4	0	4	5	BEL,HDS · MIDW,CALL
2003	20	MIL-min	A+,AA	80	339	310	38	82	21	1	2	32	4	4	23	56	.265	.322	.358	.680		111	7	4	0	2	2	HDS,HVL · CALL,SOUL
2004	21	MIL-min	AA	137	558	500	61	127	31	1	19	77	11	10	47	146	.254	.321	.434	.755		217	9	5	0	6	3	HVL · SOUL
2005	22	MIL-min	AAA,AA	136	569	489	77	132	24	3	13	77	5	7	71	116	.270	.363	.411	.774		201	10	3	2	4	9	NVL,HVL · PCL,SOUL
2006	23	MIL-min	AA,AAA	120	484	395	69	98	24	1	9	56	10	6	81	98	.248	.374	.382	.756		151	11	2	0	6	4	HVL,NVL · SOUL,PCL
2007	24	MIL-min	AAA	116	445	411	54	108	23	1	20	65	9	6	31	98	.263	.317	.470	.786		193	5	2	0	1	1	NVL · PCL
2008	25	MIL-min	AAA	132	553	475	78	136	36	1	18	78	13	8	73	77	.286	.380	.480	.860		228	13	1	0	4	3	NVL · PCL
2008	25	MIL	NL	9	8	7	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.286	.375	.571	.946	147	4	0	0	0	0	0	/3
2009	26	SEA-min	AAA	78	307	275	35	68	9	1	15	45	0	0	30	56	.247	.322	.451	.773		124	6	1	0	1	5	TAC · PCL
2009	26	MIL	NL	19	23	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.000	.087	.000	.087	-74	0	1	0	0	0	0	/
2010	27	SEA-min	AAA	114	479	409	59	106	26	0	17	60	2	2	61	78	.259	.353	.447	.800		183	9	2	0	7	1	TAC · PCL
2011	28	TEX-min	AAA	121	533	463	83	130	28	1	24	83	3	1	60	101	.281	.360	.501	.861		232	13	2	0	8	6	RRK · PCL
2 Seasons				28	31	28	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	.071	.161	.143	.304	-18	4	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	179	162	0	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	17	52	.071	.161	.143	.304	-18	23	6	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	Salary	Pos
2008	25	MIL	NL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	$	/3
2009	26	MIL	NL	23	-5	-0	-0	1	1	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	$400,000	/
2 Seasons				31	-5	-0	-0	1	1	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	$400,000

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
2008	25	MIL	NL	NLDS	PHI	L	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	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	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
2008	MIL	NL	25	1B	2				1	1	1.000	0					0.50	.990		9.30
2009	MIL	NL	26	OF	2				4	4	1.000	1	0				2.00	.985		2.20
2009	MIL	NL	26	LF	1	1	0	6.0	3	3	1.000	0	0	100	0	4.50	3.00	.983	1.95	1.90
2009	MIL	NL	26	RF	1	1	1	8.0	1	1	1.000	0	0	30	0	1.12	1.00	.990	2.02	2.10
	1 Season			1B	2				1	1	1.000	0					0.50	.990		9.30
	1 Season			OF	2				4	4	1.000	1	0		0		2.00	.985		2.20
	1 Season			LF	1	1	0	6.0	3	3	1.000	0	0	100	0	4.50	3.00	.983	1.95	1.90
	1 Season			RF	1	1	1	8.0	1	1	1.000	0	0	30	0	1.12	1.00	.990	2.02	2.10
	2 Seasons			TOT	4				5	5	1.000	1	0				1.25	.986		5.75

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

Transactions

June 5, 2001: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 4th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed July 25, 2001.
May 15, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
May 19, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.
November 9, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
January 12, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.
November 6, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
January 5, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
November 2, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
January 3, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2009	26	Milwaukee Brewers	$400,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$400,000

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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