Dave Nelson
David Earl Nelson
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: June 20, 1944 in Fort Sill, OK
High School: Junipero Serra (San Mateo, CA)
School: California State University, Los Angeles
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1968
Final Game: September 27, 1977
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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
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 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 WSA AL 85 358 329 47 92 11 3 5 33 17 8 23 29 .280 .328 .377 .705 105 124 9 1 4 1 2 5/4
1972 28 TEX AL 145 580 499 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 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 Seasons 813 2875 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 2296 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

Advanced Batting

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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 .168 -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 87 .294 .280 .248 .328 .319 .377 .368 .705 .687 105 .502 1.4 0.2 .618 .195 .097 7.7
1972 28 TEX AL 580 416 54 3.5 80 .267 .226 .242 .324 .310 .283 .349 .607 .659 85 .482 -6.5 -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 1.0 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 -0.3 .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 .242 -2.7 -0.3 .442 .208 .104 .0
10 Seasons 2875 2136 260 3.3 87 .280 .244 .250 .305 .319 .312 .366 .618 .685 81 .406 -62.1 -6.4 .556 .197 .068 36.1
162 Game Avg. 573 426 52 3.3 87 .280 .244 .250 .305 .319 .312 .366 .618 .685 81 .406 -62.1 -6.4 .556 .197 .068 7
TEX (6 yrs) 2296 1697 213 3.4 86 .282 .250 .250 .310 .318 .320 .366 .630 .684 85 .416 -39.0 -4.0 .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 -1.6 .500 .183 .045 .0

Postseason Batting

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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

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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*

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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
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 580 0.3% 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 Seasons 2875 0.7% 13.6% 7.7% 4.0% 18% 1.78 6.6 128.9 12.2 1.45 76%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1968 24 CLE AL 3 0 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 0 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 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 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 Seasons 43 0 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
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 0.74 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 36 1 3% 23 12 52% 109 19 17% 12 10 83% 15 6 40% 0
1969 25 CLE AL 137 31% 25 3 0 0 0 1.78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 23 2 9% 11 6 55% 59 7 12% 5 4 80% 12 8 67% 0
1970 26 WSA AL 116 54% 17 11 2 0 0 1.03 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2 12% 9 4 44% 47 4 9% 5 3 60% 6 2 33% 0
1971 27 WSA AL 358 39% 92 2 0 0 0 3.42 5 0 8 2 3 3 2 0 6 4 67% 60 9 15% 31 8 26% 196 30 15% 14 9 64% 20 13 65% 0
1972 28 TEX AL 579 36% 113 5 0 0 0 0.95 2 0 10 2 0 1 1 0 11 9 82% 63 4 6% 31 15 48% 255 29 11% 18 7 39% 34 11 32% 0
1973 29 TEX AL 624 38% 165 2 2 0 1 2.92 7 0 17 5 2 2 5 0 16 11 69% 103 11 11% 47 21 45% 331 46 14% 25 13 52% 19 3 16% 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% 32 12 38% 0
1975 31 TEX AL 92 50% 17 2 1 0 0 0.86 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 100% 18 3 17% 7 3 43% 58 8 14% 8 4 50% 6 2 33% 0
1976 32 KCR AL 171 33% 36 13 0 0 0 2.05 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 100% 18 1 6% 9 5 56% 83 17 20% 7 6 86% 13 7 54% 0
1977 33 KCR AL 55 31% 9 4 1 0 1 3.04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 3 2 67% 25 4 16% 2 1 50% 6 1 17% 0
10 Seasons 2874 36% 630 44 6 0 4 1.73 20 0 62 13 7 8 12 0 60 48 80% 444 51 11% 210 93 44% 1470 207 14% 115 69 60% 163 65 40% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 1407 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 2031 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 2557 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 2649 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 2820 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 2875 2578 340 630 77 19 20 211 187 73 220 392 .244 .305 .312 .618 81 805 51 13 48 16 10

Neutralized Batting

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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 88 227 201 34 56 5 6 0 25 29 22 35 .279 .348 .363 .711 26 88
1969 25 52 136 124 11 26 0 0 0 6 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 86 366 339 57 101 12 3 5 40 19 25 29 .298 .347 .395 .742 47 85
1972 28 152 658 559 94 156 22 4 3 39 70 92 85 .279 .388 .349 .736 74 145
1973 29 142 631 591 83 180 26 4 8 56 47 37 78 .305 .344 .403 .747 82 142
1974 30 121 528 484 84 122 14 1 3 50 27 37 72 .252 .309 .304 .612 45 121
1975 31 28 94 83 11 20 1 0 2 12 7 9 10 .241 .319 .325 .644 9 28
1976 32 78 177 160 28 42 5 2 1 20 18 16 26 .263 .328 .338 .665 18 78
1977 33 27 55 48 9 9 3 1 0 4 1 7 11 .188 .291 .292 .583 4 27
10 Seasons 821 2989 2697 416 730 89 21 22 256 224 261 396 .271 .337 .344 .680 316 813
162 Game Avg. 162 590 532 82 144 18 4 4 51 44 52 78 .271 .337 .344 .680 62 813

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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 (1456th)

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 8 (1395), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1712), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3952), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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