Candy Nelson
John W. Nelson
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6" , Weight: 145 lb.

Born: 1849 in Brooklyn, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: June 11, 1872
Final Game: August 25, 1890
Died: September 4, 1910 in Brooklyn, NY
    About biographical information

Standard Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
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
1872 23 TOT NA 22 98 96 14 26 2 0 0 12 1 0 2 4 .271 .286 .292 .577 84 28 O/456
1872 23 TRO NA 4 20 20 2 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 .350 .350 .350 .700 115 7 /O6
1872 23 ECK NA 18 78 76 12 19 2 0 0 8 1 0 2 2 .250 .269 .276 .546 76 21 /4O5
1873 24 NYU NA 36 169 168 28 55 4 1 0 22 2 0 1 2 .327 .331 .363 .694 108 61 4/O532
1874 25 NYU NA 65 306 297 55 73 7 5 0 32 6 0 9 5 .246 .268 .303 .571 80 90 *46/O
1875 26 NYU NA 70 285 276 28 55 7 1 0 23 4 2 9 0 .199 .225 .232 .456 59 64 *45/6O
1878 29 IND NL 19 89 84 12 11 1 0 0 5 5 11 .131 .180 .143 .323 14 12 6
1879 30 TRO NL 28 114 106 17 28 7 1 0 10 8 4 .264 .316 .349 .665 125 37 6/O
1881 32 WOR NL 24 108 103 13 29 1 0 1 15 5 6 .282 .315 .320 .635 95 33 6
1883 34 NYP AA 97 448 417 75 127 19 6 0 0 0 31 .305 .353 .379 .732 126 158 *6
1884 35 NYP AA 111 515 432 114 110 15 3 1 0 0 74 .255 .375 .310 .685 126 134 9 *6/4
1885 36 NYP AA 107 484 420 98 107 12 4 1 30 0 61 .255 .353 .310 .663 127 130 3 *6/5
1886 37 NYP AA 109 479 413 89 93 7 2 0 23 14 64 .225 .332 .252 .584 88 104 2 6O
1887 38 TOT MLB 69 315 259 61 63 5 1 0 24 29 48 .243 .378 .270 .648 84 70 8 O6/45
1887 38 NYP AA 68 313 257 61 63 5 1 0 24 29 48 .245 .380 .272 .653 86 70 8 O6/4
1887 38 NYG NL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 /5
1890 41 BRG AA 60 263 223 44 56 3 2 0 12 12 35 .251 .365 .283 .648 93 63 5 6/O
13 Seasons 817 3673 3294 648 833 90 26 3 208 68 2 352 32 .253 .330 .299 .629 101 984 27
162 Game Avg. 162 728 653 128 165 18 5 1 41 70 .253 .330 .299 .629 101 195
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
NYP (5 yrs) 492 2239 1939 437 500 58 16 2 77 43 278 .258 .357 .307 .665 112 596 22
NYU (3 yrs) 171 760 741 111 183 18 7 0 77 12 2 19 7 .247 .266 .290 .556 79 215
TRO (1 yr) 28 114 106 17 28 7 1 0 10 8 4 .264 .316 .349 .665 125 37
BRG (1 yr) 60 263 223 44 56 3 2 0 12 12 35 .251 .365 .283 .648 93 63 5
NYG (1 yr) 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
IND (1 yr) 19 89 84 12 11 1 0 0 5 5 11 .131 .180 .143 .323 14 12
TRO (1 yr) 4 20 20 2 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 .350 .350 .350 .700 115 7
ECK (1 yr) 18 78 76 12 19 2 0 0 8 1 0 2 2 .250 .269 .276 .546 76 21
WOR (1 yr) 24 108 103 13 29 1 0 1 15 5 6 .282 .315 .320 .635 95 33
AA (6 yrs) 552 2502 2162 481 556 61 18 2 89 55 313 .257 .358 .305 .663 110 659 27
NA (4 yrs) 193 858 837 125 209 20 7 0 89 13 2 21 11 .250 .268 .290 .558 80 243
NL (4 yrs) 72 313 295 42 68 9 1 1 30 0 18 22 .231 .275 .278 .553 82 82 0

Advanced Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1872 23 TOT NA 98 70 8 3.1 71 .283 .271 .279 .286 .290 .292 .339 .577 .629 84 .322 -1.4 -0.1 .443 .052 .021 .0
1872 23 TRO NA 20 13 2 4.1 79 .389 .350 .291 .350 .302 .350 .354 .700 .656 115 .449 0.3 0.0 .538 .000 .000
1872 23 ECK NA 78 57 6 2.8 70 .257 .250 .276 .269 .287 .276 .336 .546 .622 76 .289 -1.7 -0.2 .421 .066 .026 .0
1873 24 NYU NA 169 113 21 5.0 82 .331 .327 .294 .331 .307 .363 .363 .694 .670 108 .522 1.5 0.2 .566 .054 .036 .0
1874 25 NYU NA 306 224 25 3.0 73 .250 .246 .282 .268 .291 .303 .346 .571 .637 80 .368 -6.7 -0.7 .469 .108 .057 .0
1875 26 NYU NA 285 223 14 1.7 57 .199 .199 .256 .225 .264 .232 .314 .456 .578 59 .226 -10.5 -1.2 .336 .072 .033 .0
1878 29 IND NL 89 73 2 0.7 57 .151 .131 .250 .180 .268 .143 .308 .323 .576 14 .057 -6.9 -0.8 .012
1879 30 TRO NL 114 78 12 4.2 61 .275 .264 .252 .316 .267 .349 .326 .665 .593 125 .580 3.5 0.4 .085
1881 32 WOR NL 108 74 10 3.6 78 .292 .282 .270 .315 .301 .320 .354 .635 .655 95 .491 -0.6 -0.1 .039
1883 34 NYP AA 448 290 56 5.1 77 .305 .305 .267 .353 .297 .379 .352 .732 .649 126 .664 14.1 1.6 .652 .149 .074
1884 35 NYP AA 515 322 49 4.0 68 .253 .255 .244 .375 .283 .310 .333 .685 .616 126 .594 18.7 2.1 .674 .227 .056 .0
1885 36 NYP AA 484 313 45 3.8 61 .253 .255 .233 .353 .276 .310 .312 .663 .589 127 .552 17.6 2.0 .620 .200 .055 .0
1886 37 NYP AA 479 320 34 2.8 71 .225 .225 .241 .332 .304 .252 .322 .584 .625 88 .399 -2.0 -0.2 .575 .215 .027 .0
1887 38 TOT MLB 315 196 25 3.3 94 .243 .243 .275 .378 .338 .270 .371 .648 .709 84 .370 -1.3 -0.1 .791 .324 .027 .0
1887 38 NYP AA 313 194 25 3.3 94 .245 .245 .275 .380 .338 .272 .371 .653 .709 86 .376 -0.7 -0.1 .799 .327 .027 .0
1887 38 NYG NL 2 2 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .270 .000 .328 .000 .384 .000 .712 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1890 41 BRG AA 263 167 22 3.4 84 .251 .251 .256 .365 .334 .283 .337 .648 .672 93 .452 0.1 0.0 .689 .242 .031 .0
13 Seasons 3673 2463 323 3.5 72 .255 .253 .258 .330 .295 .299 .336 .629 .631 101 .474 26.1 2.9 .580 .173 .046 5.7
162 Game Avg. 728 488 64 3.5 72 .255 .253 .258 .330 .295 .299 .336 .629 .631 101 .474 5 1 .580 .173 .046 1
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
NYP (5 yrs) 2239 1439 209 3.8 72 .257 .258 .250 .357 .297 .307 .335 .665 .632 112 .534 47.7 5.4 .653 .215 .050 3.8
NYU (3 yrs) 760 560 60 2.9 69 .249 .247 .275 .266 .284 .290 .338 .556 .622 79 .362 -15.7 -1.8 .436 .082 .043 .0
TRO (1 yr) 114 78 12 4.2 61 .275 .264 .252 .316 .267 .349 .326 .665 .593 125 .579 3.5 0.4 .085
BRG (1 yr) 263 167 22 3.4 84 .251 .251 .256 .365 .334 .283 .337 .648 .672 93 .452 0.1 0.0 .689 .242 .031 .0
NYG (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .270 .000 .328 .000 .384 .000 .712 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
IND (1 yr) 89 73 2 0.7 57 .151 .131 .250 .180 .268 .143 .308 .323 .576 14 .057 -6.9 -0.8 .012
TRO (1 yr) 20 13 2 4.1 79 .389 .350 .291 .350 .302 .350 .354 .700 .656 115 .449 0.3 0.0 .538 .000 .000
ECK (1 yr) 78 57 6 2.8 70 .257 .250 .276 .269 .287 .276 .336 .546 .622 76 .289 -1.7 -0.2 .421 .066 .026 .0
WOR (1 yr) 108 74 10 3.6 78 .292 .282 .270 .315 .301 .320 .354 .635 .655 95 .491 -0.6 -0.1 .039
AA (6 yrs) 2502 1606 231 3.8 74 .256 .257 .251 .358 .301 .305 .335 .663 .636 110 .525 47.8 5.4 .656 .218 .048 3.9
NA (4 yrs) 858 630 68 2.9 70 .253 .250 .276 .268 .285 .290 .338 .558 .623 80 .357 -17.1 -1.9 .437 .079 .041 .0
NL (4 yrs) 313 227 24 2.8 66 .246 .231 .258 .275 .279 .278 .331 .553 .610 82 .401 -4.6 -0.5 .000 .000 .047

Postseason Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
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
1884 35 NYP AA WS PRO L 3 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200 1 0
1 WS 3 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200 1 0

Cumulative Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1872 23 22 98 96 14 26 2 0 0 12 1 0 2 4 .271 .286 .292 .577 84 28
1873 24 58 267 264 42 81 6 1 0 34 3 0 3 6 .307 .315 .337 .652 100 89
1874 25 123 573 561 97 154 13 6 0 66 9 0 12 11 .275 .290 .319 .609 89 179
1875 26 193 858 837 125 209 20 7 0 89 13 2 21 11 .250 .268 .290 .558 80 243
1876 27 193 858 837 125 209 20 7 0 89 13 2 21 11 .250 .268 .290 .558 80 243
1877 28 193 858 837 125 209 20 7 0 89 13 2 21 11 .250 .268 .290 .558 80 243
1878 29 212 947 921 137 220 21 7 0 94 13 2 26 22 .239 .260 .277 .537 74 255
1879 30 240 1061 1027 154 248 28 8 0 104 13 2 34 26 .241 .266 .284 .550 79 292
1880 31 240 1061 1027 154 248 28 8 0 104 13 2 34 26 .241 .266 .284 .550 79 292
1881 32 264 1169 1130 167 277 29 8 1 119 13 2 39 32 .245 .270 .288 .558 81 325
1882 33 264 1169 1130 167 277 29 8 1 119 13 2 39 32 .245 .270 .288 .558 81 325
1883 34 361 1617 1547 242 404 48 14 1 119 13 2 70 32 .261 .293 .312 .605 94 483
1884 35 472 2132 1979 356 514 63 17 2 119 13 2 144 32 .260 .313 .312 .625 101 617 9
1885 36 579 2616 2399 454 621 75 21 3 149 13 2 205 32 .259 .320 .311 .632 106 747 12
1886 37 688 3095 2812 543 714 82 23 3 172 27 2 269 32 .254 .322 .303 .625 103 851 14
1887 38 757 3410 3071 604 777 87 24 3 196 56 2 317 32 .253 .327 .300 .627 101 921 22
1888 39 757 3410 3071 604 777 87 24 3 196 56 2 317 32 .253 .327 .300 .627 101 921 22
1889 40 757 3410 3071 604 777 87 24 3 196 56 2 317 32 .253 .327 .300 .627 101 921 22
1890 41 817 3673 3294 648 833 90 26 3 208 68 2 352 32 .253 .330 .299 .629 101 984 27

Neutralized Batting

SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons ·

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1872 23 108 437 430 33 86 7 0 0 29 3 7 20 .200 .213 .216 .429 20 22
1873 24 133 552 550 50 134 10 2 0 39 5 2 7 .244 .246 .269 .515 37 36
1874 25 182 794 776 86 150 14 10 0 50 12 18 14 .193 .212 .237 .449 39 65
1875 26 214 835 813 59 137 17 2 0 49 10 22 0 .169 .190 .194 .385 31 70
1878 29 50 235 222 30 28 3 0 0 12 0 13 29 .126 .174 .140 .314 5 19
1879 30 57 225 210 29 52 13 2 0 17 0 15 8 .248 .298 .329 .626 20 28
1881 32 46 203 194 22 51 2 0 2 25 0 9 12 .263 .296 .304 .600 17 24
1883 34 160 690 649 87 170 25 8 0 0 0 41 0 .262 .306 .325 .631 64 97
1884 35 178 795 675 154 159 22 4 1 0 0 107 0 .236 .351 .284 .635 66 111
1885 36 156 701 610 139 153 17 6 1 42 0 87 0 .251 .348 .303 .651 64 107
1886 37 127 537 469 85 96 7 2 0 22 14 66 0 .205 .305 .228 .534 33 109
1887 38 81 344 290 51 60 5 1 0 20 28 46 1 .207 .331 .231 .562 21 69
1890 41 81 340 292 48 67 4 2 0 13 14 42 0 .229 .338 .257 .595 24 60
13 Seasons 1573 6688 6180 873 1343 146 39 4 318 86 475 91 .217 .277 .256 .532 441 817
162 Game Avg. 162 689 636 90 138 15 4 0 33 49 .217 .277 .256 .532 45 817

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1883 AA  .305 (7th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1883 AA  .353 (5th)
1884 AA  .375 (2nd)
1885 AA  .353 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1883 AA  .732 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1874 NA  65 (7th)
1883 AA  97 (6th)
1884 AA  111 (5th)

At Bats s c a p y
1883 AA  417 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1883 AA  448 (4th)
1884 AA  515 (2nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1884 AA  114 (4th)
1885 AA  98 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1883 AA  127 (5th)

Doubles s c a p y
1883 AA  19 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1874 NA  5 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1874 NA  9 (1st)
1875 NA  9 (2nd)
1883 AA  31 (2nd)
1884 AA  74 (1st)
1885 AA  61 (1st)
1886 AA  64 (5th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1874 NA  6 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1883 AA  102 (3rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1883 AA  56 (7th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1883 AA  14 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1883 AA  1.6 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1883 AA  158 (2nd)
1884 AA  193 (2nd)
1885 AA  171 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1883 AA  .664 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1874 NA  224 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
1881 NL  born 1849-13-32 (8th)
1883 AA  born 1849-13-32 (5th)
1884 AA  born 1849-13-32 (2nd)
1885 AA  born 1849-13-32 (1st)
1886 AA  born 1849-13-32 (1st)
1887 NL  born 1849-13-32 (2nd)
1887 AA  born 1849-13-32 (3rd)
1890 AA  born 1849-13-32 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 6 (334), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 34 (703), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1234), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Bill McClellan (929)
  2. Larry Kopf (926)
  3. Ralph Young (926)
  4. Dick Egan (925)
  5. Billy Gilbert (920)
  6. Sonny Jackson (917)
  7. Denny Doyle (916)
  8. Ed Abbaticchio (915)
  9. Bill Gleason (912)
  10. Davy Force (912)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Burgess Whitehead (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Pinky Pittenger (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mike McNally (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bill Greenwood (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Woody Williams (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. John Kerr (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Alex Grammas (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Alex Grammas (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Eddie Mayo (900)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Eddie Mayo (896)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Charley O'Leary (886)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Candy Nelson    

Viewed 12,410 times through December 22, 2009.
Name and misspellings: John Candy W. nellie Nelson

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.