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Dave Nelson

David Earl Nelson

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: June 20, 1944 in Fort Sill, OK
High School: Serra HS (Gardena, CA)
School: California State University Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1968
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Indians/Senators/Royals 1968-1977

Final Game: September 27, 1977
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All-Star

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
1964	20	CLE-min	A	120	534	438	98	111	14	4	8	39	53	5	96	101	.253	.388	.358	.746		157							DBQ · MIDW
1965	21	CLE-min	A	117	429	429		118	9	10	4						.275	.275	.371	.646		159							SLS · CALL
1966	22	CLE-min	AA	129	538	468	85	114	14	7	3	40	57	8	70	84	.244	.342	.323	.665		151							PAW · EL
1967	23	CLE-min	AAA	103	408	369	56	103	12	4	1	15	29	6	27	48	.279	.330	.341	.671		126		2	8	2			POR · PCL
1968	24	CLE	AL	88	216	189	26	44	4	5	0	19	23	7	17	35	.233	.295	.307	.602	84	58	1	1	6	3	0	46
1969	25	CLE	AL	52	137	123	11	25	0	0	0	6	4	3	9	26	.203	.259	.203	.463	30	25	2	1	2	2	1	4/79
1970	26	TEX-min	AAA	53	236	206	36	76	17	6	2	20	8	2	20	18	.369	.420	.539	.959		111		1	5	4			DEN · AA
1970	26	WSA	AL	47	116	107	5	17	1	0	0	4	2	1	7	24	.159	.207	.168	.375	7	18	2	0	0	2	0	4
1971	27	TEX-min	AAA	50	231	202	37	62	10	4	2	23	9	0	25	17	.307	.383	.426	.808		86		1	1	2			DEN · AA
1971	27	WSA	AL	85	358	329	47	92	11	3	5	33	17	8	23	29	.280	.328	.377	.705	106	124	9	1	4	1	2	5/4
1972	28	TEX	AL	145	579	499	68	113	16	3	2	28	51	17	67	81	.226	.324	.283	.607	85	141	4	5	9	0	3	*58/7
1973	29	TEX	AL	142	624	576	71	165	24	4	7	48	43	16	34	78	.286	.325	.378	.703	102	218	11	0	11	3	3	*4/D	AS,MVP-33
1974	30	TEX	AL	121	526	474	71	112	13	1	3	42	25	13	34	72	.236	.291	.287	.578	70	136	17	4	11	3	0	*4/D
1975	31	TEX	AL	28	92	80	9	17	1	0	2	10	6	0	8	10	.213	.289	.300	.589	68	24	3	1	2	1	1	4/D
1976	32	KCR	AL	78	171	153	24	36	4	2	1	17	15	5	14	26	.235	.298	.307	.605	77	47	1	0	3	1	0	4D/3
1977	33	KCR	AL	27	55	48	8	9	3	1	0	4	1	3	7	11	.188	.291	.292	.583	59	14	1	0	0	0	0	4/D
10 Yrs				813	2874	2578	340	630	77	19	20	211	187	73	220	392	.244	.305	.312	.618	81	805	51	13	48	16	10
162 Game Avg.				162	573	514	68	126	15	4	4	42	37	15	44	78	.244	.305	.312	.618	81	160	10	3	10	3	2

TEX (6 yrs)				568	2295	2065	271	516	66	11	19	165	144	55	173	294	.250	.310	.320	.630	85	661	46	11	37	10	9
KCR (2 yrs)				105	226	201	32	45	7	3	1	21	16	8	21	37	.224	.296	.303	.599	72	61	2	0	3	1	0
CLE (2 yrs)				140	353	312	37	69	4	5	0	25	27	10	26	61	.221	.281	.266	.547	61	83	3	2	8	5	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1968	24	CLE	AL	88	216	-3	2	1	-1	2	1	0.0	6	7	0.6	.501	.501	0.8	0.1	8	$	46
1969	25	CLE	AL	52	137	-10	-1	-0	0	1	-10	-1.1	4	-6	-0.8	.479	.493	-0.8	0.1	-6	$13,500	4/79
1970	26	WSA	AL	47	116	-14	0	0	2	1	-10	-1.2	4	-7	-0.8	.475	.493	-1.0	0.3	-8	$13,500	4
1971	27	WSA	AL	85	358	5	3	0	-6	2	4	0.4	12	16	1.6	.506	.503	2.3	-0.5	22	$	5/4
1972	28	TEX	AL	145	579	-7	4	1	-11	2	-11	-1.5	19	8	0.3	.490	.491	1.8	-1.2	19	$	*58/7
1973	29	TEX	AL	142	624	2	1	1	-1	3	7	1.1	20	27	2.8	.505	.505	2.9	0.4	28	$	*4/D	AS,MVP-33
1974	30	TEX	AL	121	526	-16	3	-1	-4	3	-14	-1.4	17	2	0.1	.487	.490	0.5	0.0	6	$	*4/D
1975	31	TEX	AL	28	92	-1	2	-0	-4	0	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.1	.485	.497	0.3	-0.4	3	$	4/D
1976	32	KCR	AL	78	171	-4	0	0	0	-1	-4	-0.4	6	1	0.1	.494	.497	0.1	-0.1	1	$	4D/3
1977	33	KCR	AL	27	55	-3	-1	0	-0	-0	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.3	.483	.497	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	4/D
10 Seasons				813	2874	-51	14	3	-25	13	-47	-5.1	92	45	3.5	.493	.497	6.7	-1.3	71	$27,000

TEX (6 yrs)				568	2295	-31	13	2	-25	11	-29	-3.0	75	46	3.9	.494	.497	6.8	-1.4	70	$13,500
KCR (2 yrs)				105	226	-7	-0	1	-0	-2	-9	-0.9	7	-1	-0.2	.491	.497	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$
CLE (2 yrs)				140	353	-13	1	1	-0	3	-9	-1.1	10	1	-0.2	.493	.497	0.0	0.2	1	$13,500

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
1968	24	CLE	AL	216	162	20	3.3	79	.280	.233	.237	.295	.306	.307	.351	.602	.656	84	.475	-3.8	-0.4	.601	.249	.074	.0
1969	25	CLE	AL	137	107	7	1.8	97	.253	.203	.258	.259	.335	.203	.389	.463	.724	30	.169	-11.8	-1.2	.350	.081	.000	.0
1970	26	WSA	AL	116	95	4	1.1	93	.200	.159	.252	.207	.325	.168	.385	.375	.710	7	.080	-13.3	-1.4	.280	.084	.009	.0
1971	27	WSA	AL	358	259	39	4.0	86	.294	.280	.247	.328	.318	.377	.366	.705	.684	106	.502	1.8	0.2	.618	.195	.097	7.7
1972	28	TEX	AL	579	416	54	3.5	80	.267	.226	.242	.324	.310	.283	.350	.607	.660	85	.482	-6.6	-0.7	.607	.259	.056	3.8
1973	29	TEX	AL	624	452	70	4.2	89	.320	.286	.254	.325	.322	.378	.373	.703	.694	102	.481	0.9	0.1	.637	.198	.092	12.0
1974	30	TEX	AL	526	406	38	2.5	87	.271	.236	.255	.291	.319	.287	.366	.578	.685	70	.288	-18.2	-1.9	.474	.148	.051	5.4
1975	31	TEX	AL	92	69	8	3.1	92	.217	.213	.257	.289	.326	.300	.377	.589	.704	68	.356	-3.4	-0.4	.591	.263	.088	3.0
1976	32	KCR	AL	171	127	16	3.4	87	.276	.235	.258	.298	.323	.307	.364	.605	.687	77	.428	-4.8	-0.5	.577	.229	.072	1.9
1977	33	KCR	AL	55	43	4	2.5	102	.243	.188	.269	.291	.333	.292	.409	.583	.742	59	.244	-2.7	-0.3	.442	.208	.104	.0
10 Yrs				2874	2136	260	3.3	87	.280	.244	.250	.305	.318	.312	.366	.618	.685	81	.406	-61.9	-6.5	.556	.197	.068	36.1
162 Game Avg.				573	426	52	3.3	87	.280	.244	.250	.305	.318	.312	.366	.618	.685	81	.406	-61.9	-6.5	.556	.197	.068	7

TEX (6 yrs)				2295	1697	213	3.4	86	.282	.250	.250	.310	.318	.320	.366	.630	.683	85	.416	-38.8	-4.1	.566	.197	.070	33.6
KCR (2 yrs)				226	170	20	3.2	91	.268	.224	.261	.296	.325	.303	.375	.599	.700	72	.380	-7.5	-0.8	.542	.224	.080	1.9
CLE (2 yrs)				353	269	27	2.7	86	.270	.221	.245	.281	.317	.266	.366	.547	.683	61	.350	-15.6	-1.7	.500	.183	.045	.0

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
1976	32	KCR	AL	ALCS	NYY	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1973	TEX	AL	29		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1968	24	CLE	AL	216	0.0%	16.2%	7.9%	4.2%	21%	2.06	5.4		9.9	1.83	73%
1969	25	CLE	AL	137	0.0%	19.0%	6.6%	0.0%	0%	2.89	4.7		20.5	1.85	72%
1970	26	WSA	AL	116	0.0%	20.7%	6.0%	0.9%	6%	3.43	4.5		26.8	1.59	73%
1971	27	WSA	AL	358	1.4%	8.1%	6.4%	5.3%	21%	1.26	11.3	65.8	10.0	1.52	83%
1972	28	TEX	AL	579	0.4%	14.0%	11.6%	3.6%	19%	1.21	6.2	249.5	17.8	0.97	72%
1973	29	TEX	AL	624	1.1%	12.5%	5.5%	5.6%	21%	2.29	7.4	82.3	12.0	1.49	79%
1974	30	TEX	AL	526	0.6%	13.7%	6.5%	3.2%	15%	2.12	6.6	158.0	11.3	1.45	76%
1975	31	TEX	AL	92	2.2%	10.9%	8.7%	3.3%	18%	1.25	8.0	40.0	8.0	2.11	75%
1976	32	KCR	AL	171	0.6%	15.2%	8.2%	4.1%	19%	1.86	5.9	153.0	9.0	1.94	74%
1977	33	KCR	AL	55	0.0%	20.0%	12.7%	7.3%	44%	1.57	4.4		12.0	2.22	67%
10 Yrs				2874	0.7%	13.6%	7.7%	4.0%	18%	1.78	6.6	128.9	12.2	1.45	76%
MLB Averages					1.9%	14.1%	8.6%	6.0%	27%	1.63	6.3	46.0	9.0	1.11	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1968	24	CLE	AL	-3.8	-0.4	249	-0.1	3.6	-3.7	1.03	-0.0	-0.0	2.7	0.3	1.00	0.6	0.58	2
1969	25	CLE	AL	-11.8	-1.2	149	-0.8	2.0	-2.8	1.10	-0.9	0.2	-5.3	-0.5	0.91	-9.1	1.69	3
1970	26	WSA	AL	-13.3	-1.4	120	-1.6	1.0	-2.6	1.10	-1.2	-0.2	-10.6	-1.1	0.86	-12.6	0.98	11
1971	27	WSA	AL	1.4	0.2	388	0.5	6.7	-6.2	1.03	0.5	-0.1	9.8	1.1	0.95	5.4	3.17	2
1972	28	TEX	AL	-6.6	-0.7	660	1.1	11.2	-10.1	1.06	-0.0	1.1	1.1	0.1	0.95	0.1	0.80	5
1973	29	TEX	AL	0.9	0.1	697	-1.3	10.8	-12.1	1.03	-0.6	-0.6	-9.7	-1.0	0.99	-4.6	2.98	2
1974	30	TEX	AL	-18.2	-1.9	579	-1.8	8.1	-9.9	.99	-2.0	0.2	-16.5	-1.8	1.00	-18.8		0
1975	31	TEX	AL	-3.4	-0.4	100	-0.7	1.4	-2.0	1.21	-0.2	-0.4	-3.8	-0.4	0.98	-2.0	0.76	2
1976	32	KCR	AL	-4.8	-0.5	196	-0.4	2.9	-3.3	1.03	0.1	-0.6	2.3	0.2	0.98	0.3	1.93	15
1977	33	KCR	AL	-2.7	-0.3	60	0.2	1.3	-1.2	1.11	-0.3	0.4	-2.7	-0.3	0.92	-3.7	3.01	5
10 Yrs				-62.4	-6.6	3198	-4.8	49.0	-53.8	1.04	-4.6	-0.0	-32.8	-3.4	0.97	-44.3	1.68	47

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1968	24	CLE	AL	3	42%	112	23	7	77%	20	5	1	0	1	2	3	1	6	8	54%	14	6	7	1	1	0	13	2	8
1969	25	CLE	AL	4	31%	59	4	3	57%	4	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	4	5	53%	10	4	5	1	1	0	4	1	3
1970	26	WSA	AL	0	21%	52	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	57%	5	2	3	0	0	0	2	1	1
1971	27	WSA	AL	8	38%	150	17	8	68%	14	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	70%	13	8	5	5	2	3	15	0	15
1972	28	TEX	AL	5	36%	169	51	17	75%	44	15	7	2	0	0	12	1	8	16	63%	16	7	9	5	1	4	11	4	7
1973	29	TEX	AL	10	33%	215	43	16	73%	38	13	4	3	1	0	13	5	12	15	55%	32	14	18	0	0	0	26	9	14
1974	30	TEX	AL	7	46%	184	25	13	66%	20	9	4	0	1	4	8	1	1	16	68%	23	13	10	6	2	4	27	3	24
1975	31	TEX	AL	4	29%	35	6	0	100%	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	64%	6	4	2	0	0	0	5	0	5
1976	32	KCR	AL	2	47%	94	15	5	75%	12	5	2	0	1	0	2	1	2	8	24%	7	7	0	3	1	1	7	4	3
1977	33	KCR	AL	0	50%	24	1	3	25%	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	71%	5	1	4	1	0	1	1	1	0
10 Yrs				43	38%	1094	187	73	72%	160	60	22	6	4	7	42	9	38	81	59%	131	66	63	22	8	13	111	25	80

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	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1968	24	CLE	AL	216	33%	44			2	0	0	2	0.58	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	100%	36	1	3%	23	12	52%	109	19	17%	12	10	83%	13	4	31%	0
1969	25	CLE	AL	137	31%	25			3	0	0	0	1.69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	23	2	9%	11	6	55%	59	7	12%	5	4	80%	4	3	75%	0
1970	26	WSA	AL	116	54%	17			11	2	0	0	0.98	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		17	2	12%	9	4	44%	47	4	9%	5	3	60%	2	2	100%	0
1971	27	WSA	AL	358	39%	92			2	0	0	0	3.17	5	0	8	2	3	3	2	0	6	4	67%	60	9	15%	31	8	26%	196	30	15%	14	9	64%	9	7	78%	0
1972	28	TEX	AL	579	36%	113			5	0	0	0	0.80	2	0	10	2	0	1	1	0	11	9	82%	63	4	6%	31	15	48%	255	29	11%	18	7	39%	16	6	38%	0
1973	29	TEX	AL	624	38%	165			2	2	0	1	2.98	7	0	17	5	2	2	5	0	16	11	69%	103	11	11%	47	21	45%	331	46	14%	25	13	52%	17	6	35%	0
1974	30	TEX	AL	526	28%	112			0	0	0	0		3	0	11	3	0	1	2	0	13	11	85%	100	17	17%	39	17	44%	307	43	14%	19	12	63%	21	11	52%	0
1975	31	TEX	AL	92	50%	17			2	1	0	0	0.76	2	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	2	2	100%	18	3	17%	7	3	43%	58	8	14%	8	4	50%	2	1	50%	0
1976	32	KCR	AL	171	33%	36			15	0	0	0	1.93	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	3	3	100%	18	1	6%	9	5	56%	83	17	20%	7	6	86%	4	1	25%	0
1977	33	KCR	AL	55	31%	9			5	2	0	1	3.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	1	17%	3	2	67%	25	4	16%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
10 Yrs				2874	36%	630			47	7	0	4	1.68	20	0	62	13	7	8	12	0	60	48	80%	444	51	11%	210	93	44%	1470	207	14%	115	69	60%	90	42	47%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			76%			11%			32%			14%			48%			53%

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
1968	24	88	216	189	26	44	4	5	0	19	23	7	17	35	.233	.295	.307	.602	84	58	1	1	6	3	0
1969	25	140	353	312	37	69	4	5	0	25	27	10	26	61	.221	.281	.266	.547	61	83	3	2	8	5	1
1970	26	187	469	419	42	86	5	5	0	29	29	11	33	85	.205	.262	.241	.504	47	101	5	2	8	7	1
1971	27	272	827	748	89	178	16	8	5	62	46	19	56	114	.238	.291	.301	.592	73	225	14	3	12	8	3
1972	28	417	1406	1247	157	291	32	11	7	90	97	36	123	195	.233	.304	.294	.598	78	366	18	8	21	8	6
1973	29	559	2030	1823	228	456	56	15	14	138	140	52	157	273	.250	.311	.320	.631	86	584	29	8	32	11	9
1974	30	680	2556	2297	299	568	69	16	17	180	165	65	191	345	.247	.307	.313	.620	82	720	46	12	43	14	9
1975	31	708	2648	2377	308	585	70	16	19	190	171	65	199	355	.246	.306	.313	.619	82	744	49	13	45	15	10
1976	32	786	2819	2530	332	621	74	18	20	207	186	70	213	381	.245	.306	.313	.618	82	791	50	13	48	16	10
1977	33	813	2874	2578	340	630	77	19	20	211	187	73	220	392	.244	.305	.312	.618	81	805	51	13	48	16	10

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1968	24	88	227	197	35	52	5	6	0	25	27	20	35	.264	.330	.350	.681	23	88
1969	25	52	138	124	12	26	0	0	0	7	4	9	26	.210	.265	.210	.474	7	52
1970	26	47	117	108	5	18	1	0	0	4	2	7	24	.167	.214	.176	.390	4	47
1971	27	86	375	343	58	105	13	3	6	41	19	26	29	.306	.356	.414	.770	50	85
1972	28	152	643	544	95	141	20	4	2	39	64	84	85	.259	.364	.322	.686	63	145
1973	29	142	643	592	83	181	26	4	8	56	47	37	78	.306	.345	.404	.749	83	142
1974	30	121	540	485	84	123	14	1	3	49	27	37	72	.254	.310	.305	.615	46	121
1975	31	28	95	82	11	19	1	0	2	12	7	9	10	.232	.312	.317	.629	8	28
1976	32	78	176	157	27	39	4	2	1	19	16	15	26	.248	.312	.318	.631	16	78
1977	33	27	55	48	8	9	3	1	0	4	1	7	11	.188	.291	.292	.583	4	27
10 Yrs		821	3009	2680	418	713	87	21	22	256	214	251	396	.266	.330	.339	.669	304	813
162 Game Avg.		162	594	529	82	141	17	4	4	51	42	50	78	.266	.330	.339	.669	60	813

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1973 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1973 AL (33, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1497th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1968 AL 23 (7th) 1971 AL 17 (8th) 1972 AL 51 (2nd) 1973 AL 43 (3rd)	Singles s c a p y 1973 AL 130 (8th)
Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1973 AL 11 (6th) 1974 AL 11 (7th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1974 AL 17 (7th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1972 AL 17 (1st) 1973 AL 16 (2nd) 1974 AL 13 (9th)	SB % s c a p y 1968 AL 76.67 (3rd) 1972 AL 75.00 (9th) 1973 AL 72.88 (7th) 1976 AL 75.00 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 8 (1540), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 1 (2899), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Jimmy Stewart (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rollie Zeider (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Nick Punto (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Billy Clingman (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Nick Punto (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Nick Punto (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Germany Schaefer (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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