News: s-r blog:Yesterday’s Dinger Diary, Pitchers to Record Saves, and More Linked from Front Page

 
Chris Nelson

Christopher Lars Nelson (twitter: @ChrisNelson543)

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 3, 1985 in Escondido, CA
High School: Redan HS (Stone Mountain, GA)
School: Pasadena City College (Pasadena, CA)
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed July 5, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 19, 2010 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Rockies/Yankees 2010-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$491k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.159, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: Lon Babby / Jim Tanner [*]
    About biographical information

10
39
4
View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error
Win FREE $$$$ playing on draftstreet. They now offer pickem leagues, which only take minutes to build a team. SIGN UP NOW!

Standard Batting

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
2010 24 COL NL 17 27 25 7 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 .280 .308 .320 .628 61 8 1 0 1 0 0 /45
2011 25 COL NL 63 189 180 20 45 10 1 4 16 3 1 7 35 .250 .280 .383 .664 68 69 5 1 0 1 1 45/6
2012 26 COL NL 111 377 345 45 104 21 3 9 53 2 1 27 84 .301 .352 .458 .810 104 158 9 1 2 2 4 54/6
2013 27 TOT MLB 31 108 102 9 24 3 2 0 6 0 0 5 30 .235 .269 .304 .572 50 31 4 0 0 1 0 *5
2013 27 COL NL 21 71 66 6 16 1 2 0 4 0 0 4 19 .242 .282 .318 .600 54 21 1 0 0 1 0 5
2013 27 NYY AL 10 37 36 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .222 .243 .278 .521 41 10 3 0 0 0 0 5
4 Yrs 222 701 652 81 180 35 6 13 75 6 2 40 153 .276 .318 .408 .726 84 266 19 2 3 4 5
162 Game Avg. 162 512 476 59 131 26 4 9 55 4 1 29 112 .276 .318 .408 .726 84 194 14 1 2 3 4
COL (4 yrs) 212 664 616 78 172 33 6 13 73 6 2 39 142 .279 .322 .416 .738 87 256 16 2 3 4 5
NYY (1 yr) 10 37 36 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .222 .243 .278 .521 41 10 3 0 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 212 664 616 78 172 33 6 13 73 6 2 39 142 .279 .322 .416 .738 87 256 16 2 3 4 5
AL (1 yr) 10 37 36 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .222 .243 .278 .521 41 10 3 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2010 24 COL NL 17 27 -2 0 -0 -2 0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .481 .498 -0.0 -0.2 -0 /45
2011 25 COL NL 63 189 -9 -1 -0 -3 1 -12 -1.3 6 -6 -0.7 .479 .492 -0.4 -0.2 -3 45/6
2012 26 COL NL 111 377 2 -1 -1 -22 2 -19 -2.0 12 -7 -0.9 .482 .488 1.4 -2.1 15 $480,000 54/6
2013 27 COL NL 21 71 -5 -0 1 -1 0 -5 -0.6 2 -3 -0.4 .473 .497 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $491,000 5
2013 27 NYY AL 10 37 -3 0 -1 0 0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .465 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2 5
4 Seasons 222 701 -16 -1 -1 -28 4 -42 -4.6 22 -20 -2.4 .480 .494 0.5 -2.5 8 $971,000
COL (4 yrs) 212 664 -13 -1 -0 -28 4 -39 -4.2 21 -18 -2.2 .480 .494 0.7 -2.6 10 $971,000
NYY (1 yr) 10 37 -3 0 -1 0 0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .465 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2

Advanced Batting

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
2010 24 COL NL 27 20 2 2.7 114 .333 .280 .278 .308 .351 .320 .439 .628 .790 61 .271 -1.5 -0.2 .526 .120 .040 .0
2011 25 COL NL 189 142 18 3.4 113 .289 .250 .280 .280 .350 .383 .435 .664 .785 68 .382 -8.9 -0.9 .560 .183 .133 3.4
2012 26 COL NL 377 255 54 5.6 115 .374 .301 .281 .352 .349 .458 .445 .810 .794 104 .603 1.8 0.2 .745 .238 .157 3.3
2013 27 TOT MLB 108 83 8 2.6 109 .329 .235 .269 .269 .339 .304 .430 .572 .769 50 .264 -7.7 -0.8 .439 .118 .069
2013 27 COL NL 71 52 6 3.1 112 .333 .242 .275 .282 .346 .318 .436 .600 .782 54 .343 -4.7 -0.5 .490 .136 .076
2013 27 NYY AL 37 31 2 1.7 102 .320 .222 .258 .243 .325 .278 .419 .521 .743 41 .137 -3.0 -0.3 .355 .083 .056
4 Yrs 701 500 82 4.4 114 .341 .276 .278 .318 .348 .408 .440 .726 .787 84 .490 -16.4 -1.6 .633 .199 .132 8.2
162 Game Avg. 512 365 60 4.4 114 .341 .276 .278 .318 .348 .408 .440 .726 .787 84 .490 -16.4 -1.6 .633 .199 .132 6
COL (4 yrs) 664 469 80 4.6 114 .342 .279 .280 .322 .349 .416 .441 .738 .790 87 .509 -13.3 -1.4 .652 .206 .136 8.2
NYY (1 yr) 37 31 2 1.7 102 .320 .222 .258 .243 .325 .278 .419 .521 .743 41 .137 -3.0 -0.3 .355 .083 .056
NL (4 yrs) 664 469 80 4.6 114 .342 .279 .280 .322 .349 .416 .441 .738 .790 87 .509 -13.3 -1.4 .652 .206 .136 8.2
AL (1 yr) 37 31 2 1.7 102 .320 .222 .258 .243 .325 .278 .419 .521 .743 41 .137 -3.0 -0.3 .355 .083 .056

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2010 24 COL NL 27 0.0% 14.8% 3.7% 3.7% 14% 4.00 6.3 1.33 2.00 78% 18% 0.0% 33%
2011 25 COL NL 189 2.1% 18.5% 3.7% 7.9% 33% 5.00 5.1 45.0 11.3 0.90 1.14 75% 21% 5.8% 10%
2012 26 COL NL 377 2.4% 22.3% 7.2% 8.8% 32% 3.11 4.1 38.3 6.5 1.02 1.58 67% 26% 7.4% 7%
2013 27 TOT MLB 108 0.0% 27.8% 4.6% 4.6% 21% 6.00 3.4 17.0 1.35 2.18 68% 25% 0.0% 0%
2013 27 COL NL 71 0.0% 26.8% 5.6% 4.2% 19% 4.75 3.5 16.5 1.29 2.00 68% 25% 0.0% 0%
2013 27 NYY AL 37 0.0% 29.7% 2.7% 5.4% 25% 11.00 3.3 18.0 1.50 2.50 68% 24% 0.0% 0%
4 Yrs 701 1.9% 21.8% 5.7% 7.7% 30% 3.83 4.3 50.2 8.7 1.04 1.51 70% 24% 5.7% 8%
MLB Averages 2.6% 19.0% 8.2% 7.6% 33% 2.32 4.7 35.0 8.3 0.82 1.10 69% 19% 7.6% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2010 24 COL NL -1.5 -0.2 28 0.0 0.4 -0.4 .97 -0.0 0.1 -1.7 -0.2 0.88 -1.5 0.85 8
2011 25 COL NL -8.9 -0.9 193 -1.4 2.9 -4.2 1.13 -1.1 -0.2 -9.2 -0.9 1.00 -9.5 0.93 11
2012 26 COL NL 1.2 0.1 386 0.1 6.2 -6.1 .87 0.6 -0.5 8.4 0.8 0.91 6.4 0.52 8
2013 27 TOT MLB -7.7 -0.8 110 -0.9 1.2 -2.1 1.00 -0.6 -0.3 -7.6 -0.7 0.91 -7.3 0.21 2
2013 27 COL NL -4.7 -0.5 72 -0.7 0.7 -1.4 1.00 -0.4 -0.3 -4.9 -0.5 0.94 -4.4 0.21 2
2013 27 NYY AL -3.0 -0.3 38 -0.2 0.5 -0.8 .98 -0.3 0.0 -2.7 -0.3 0.84 -3.0 0
4 Yrs -17.0 -1.7 717 -2.2 10.7 -12.9 .96 -1.2 -1.1 -10.1 -1.0 0.93 -11.9 0.74 29

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2010 24 COL NL 0 0 88% 15 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56% 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 1 5
2011 25 COL NL 0 0 33% 44 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 4 50% 5 4 1 2 0 2 5 2 3
2012 26 COL NL 4 0 29% 161 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 7 37% 30 21 9 1 0 1 10 5 5
2013 27 TOT MLB 0 0 31% 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0% 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2013 27 COL NL 0 0 30% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0% 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013 27 NYY AL 0 0 33% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
4 Yrs 4 0 33% 260 6 2 75% 3 2 2 0 1 0 2 1 6 0 3 2 1 15 38% 43 32 10 3 0 3 22 9 13

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2010 24 COL NL 27 37% 7 1 0 8 4 0 0 0.85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 1 25% 4 0 0% 12 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
2011 25 COL NL 189 29% 45 7 0 11 4 1 3 0.93 4 0 8 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 37 5 14% 23 5 22% 138 13 9% 10 4 40% 14 6 43% 0
2012 26 COL NL 377 29% 104 10 0 8 2 1 1 0.52 9 0 7 8 1 3 6 0 2 2 100% 54 9 17% 22 7 32% 217 45 21% 22 15 68% 13 8 62% 0
2013 27 TOT MLB 108 24% 24 1 0 2 0 0 0 0.21 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 4 24% 2 1 50% 56 6 11% 3 3 100% 2 1 50% 0
2013 27 COL NL 71 25% 16 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.21 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 8% 2 1 50% 41 4 10% 2 2 100% 1 0 0% 0
2013 27 NYY AL 37 22% 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 0 0 15 2 13% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
4 Yrs 701 28% 180 19 0 29 10 2 4 0.74 13 0 17 11 2 6 7 0 3 3 100% 112 19 17% 51 13 25% 423 64 15% 37 22 59% 30 16 53% 0
MLB Averages 55% 69% 11% 32% 14% 51% 55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2010 24 COL NL 27 100 3.70 74 74% 31% 16% 23% 30% 69% 0% 51% 76% 15% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 4% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2011 25 COL NL 189 706 3.74 474 67% 27% 15% 28% 31% 73% 2% 49% 80% 20% 4% 7 0 13% 24 9 5% 10 6 23% 0 0 0
2012 26 COL NL 378 1478 3.91 931 63% 26% 18% 28% 28% 74% 3% 47% 76% 21% 4% 17 0 14% 53 24 8% 30 20 21% -1 0 0
2013 27 TOT MLB 109 432 3.96 275 64% 28% 17% 28% 27% 72% 0% 46% 76% 21% 2% 2 0 17% 18 7 11% 12 9 17% -1 0 0
2013 27 COL NL 72 279 3.88 175 63% 28% 17% 28% 27% 72% 0% 45% 77% 24% 3% 2 0 18% 13 5 13% 9 7 21% -1 0 0
2013 27 NYY AL 37 153 4.14 100 65% 29% 18% 28% 25% 71% 0% 46% 75% 16% 0% 0 0 14% 5 2 8% 3 2 9% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 703 2716 3.86 1754 65% 27% 17% 28% 29% 73% 2% 47% 77% 21% 4% 26 0 14% 95 40 8% 53 35 20% -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 26% 5% 14% 9% 24%

Cumulative Batting

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
2010 24 17 27 25 7 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 .280 .308 .320 .628 61 8 1 0 1 0 0
2011 25 80 216 205 27 52 11 1 4 16 4 1 8 39 .254 .284 .376 .659 67 77 6 1 1 1 1
2012 26 191 593 550 72 156 32 4 13 69 6 2 35 123 .284 .327 .427 .754 90 235 15 2 3 3 5
2013 27 222 701 652 81 180 35 6 13 75 6 2 40 153 .276 .318 .408 .726 84 266 19 2 3 4 5

Neutralized Batting

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
2010 24 17 26 24 6 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 .250 .280 .292 .572 2 17
2011 25 63 186 177 18 42 9 1 4 14 3 7 35 .237 .269 .367 .636 17 63
2012 26 111 367 337 40 96 19 3 8 47 2 25 84 .285 .334 .430 .765 49 111
2013 27 31 107 101 9 23 3 2 0 6 0 5 30 .228 .262 .297 .559 8 31
4 Yrs 222 686 639 73 167 32 6 12 67 6 38 153 .261 .303 .387 .690 76 222
162 Game Avg. 162 501 466 53 122 23 4 9 49 4 28 112 .261 .303 .387 .690 55 222

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y
2013 NL  2 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2417), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1936), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Third Base (1065th), -1.7 career WAR/-1.7 7yr-peak WAR/-1.7 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Luis Gonzalez (969)
  2. Jesus Montero (957)
  3. Brett Lawrie (956)
  4. John Kelleher (955)
  5. Danny Clark (950)
  6. Eddie Kazak (944)
  7. Billy Rhiel (943)
  8. Joe Gantenbein (943)
  9. Kyle Seager (939)
  10. Pat Crawford (938)
Similar Batters through 26 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Luis Gonzalez (964)
  2. Aaron Boone (964)
  3. Hector Luna (962)
  4. Tommy Glaviano (961)
  5. Tom Brookens (955)
  6. Chris Sabo (954)
  7. Gene Green (954)
  8. Ray Jablonski (954)
  9. Chris Johnson (953)
  10. Bill Mueller (952)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Luis Gonzalez (964)  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     WahooSam.com    

Viewed 25,096 times through May 17, 2013.
Name and misspellings: Christopher Chris christopher L. Lars 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 or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') 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.