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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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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1968	CLE	AL	24	2B	59	53	39	452.0	232	115	114	3	26	.987	-1	-3	4.56	3.88	.977	5.11	5.08
1968	CLE	AL	24	SS	14	1	1	30.0	23	9	13	1	1	.957	0	12	6.60	1.57	.962	4.80	4.77
1969	CLE	AL	25	2B	33	30	26	279.1	178	78	94	6	28	.966	0	0	5.54	5.21	.976	5.21	5.21
1969	CLE	AL	25	OF	2	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	180	4.50	0.50	.980	2.25	2.15
1969	CLE	AL	25	LF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.00
1969	CLE	AL	25	RF	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	360	9.00	1.00	.970	1.80	1.90
1970	WSA	AL	26	2B	33	21	18	214.1	145	64	79	2	19	.986	2	11	6.00	4.33	.979	5.35	5.32
1971	WSA	AL	27	3B	84	80	77	714.1	226	63	149	14	15	.938	-6	-10	2.67	2.52	.956	3.04	3.03
1971	WSA	AL	27	2B	1	0	0	2.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-120	4.50	1.00	.980	5.40	5.30
1972	TEX	AL	28	3B	119	113	108	1005.2	348	107	222	19	25	.945	-5	-6	2.94	2.76	.954	2.98	2.96
1972	TEX	AL	28	OF	15	16	16	139.2	27	24	0	3	0	.889	-6	-49	1.55	1.60	.983	2.22	2.21
1972	TEX	AL	28	CF	10	10	10	87.2	17	16	0	1	0	.941	-4	-48	1.64	1.60	.987	2.65	2.64
1972	TEX	AL	28	LF	7	6	6	52.0	12	10	0	2	0	.833	-2	-51	1.73	1.43	.980	1.89	1.89
1973	TEX	AL	29	2B	140	137	122	1175.0	702	327	364	11	98	.984	-1	-1	5.29	4.94	.980	5.44	5.41	AS,MVP-33
1973	TEX	AL	29	DH	1	0																AS,MVP-33
1974	TEX	AL	30	2B	120	119	112	1042.1	652	295	337	20	74	.969	-4	-4	5.46	5.27	.975	5.37	5.35
1974	TEX	AL	30	DH	1	0
1975	TEX	AL	31	2B	23	20	17	182.0	121	56	60	5	16	.959	-4	-28	5.74	5.04	.975	5.40	5.38
1975	TEX	AL	31	DH	1	1
1976	KCR	AL	32	2B	46	26	21	267.2	162	70	88	4	14	.975	-0	-0	5.31	3.43	.975	5.40	5.42
1976	KCR	AL	32	DH	22	3
1976	KCR	AL	32	1B	3	0	0	8.0	11	9	2	0	3	1.000	0	30	12.38	3.67	.992	9.90	9.90
1977	KCR	AL	33	2B	11	5	1	51.0	27	11	14	2	3	.926	-0	-9	4.41	2.27	.978	5.42	5.38
1977	KCR	AL	33	DH	7	4
	9 Seasons			2B	466	411	356	3665.2	2220	1016	1151	53	278	.976	-9	-3	5.32	4.65	.977	5.35	5.33
	2 Seasons			3B	203	193	185	1720.0	574	170	371	33	40	.943	-11	-8	2.83	2.67	.955	3.01	2.99
	2 Seasons			OF	17	16	16	141.2	28	25	0	3	0	.893	-5	-46	1.59	1.47	.983	2.22	2.21
	1 Season			SS	14	1	1	30.0	23	9	13	1	1	.957	0	12	6.60	1.57	.962	4.80	4.77
	1 Season			CF	10	10	10	87.2	17	16	0	1	0	.941	-4	-48	1.64	1.60	.987	2.65	2.64
	2 Seasons			LF	8	6	6	53.0	12	10	0	2	0	.833	-2	-50	1.70	1.25	.980	1.88	1.90
	1 Season			1B	3	0	0	8.0	11	9	2	0	3	1.000	0	30	12.38	3.67	.992	9.90	9.90
	1 Season			RF	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	360	9.00	1.00	.970	1.80	1.90
	10 Seasons			TOT	703	621	558	5565.1	2856	1229	1537	90	322	.968	-25	-5	4.47	3.93	.973	4.55	4.59
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP
1968	CLE	AL	24	2B	-1	-3	1	-2	3	-2
1968	CLE	AL	24	SS	0	12	0	0	0	0
1969	CLE	AL	25	2B	0	0	0	-2	2	0
1969	CLE	AL	25	LF	0	0	0	0	0		0
1969	CLE	AL	25	RF	0	360	0	0	0		0
1970	WSA	AL	26	2B	2	11	2	2	0	0
1971	WSA	AL	27	3B	-6	-10	-6	-5	-1	0
1971	WSA	AL	27	2B	-0	-120	-0	0	-0	0
1972	TEX	AL	28	3B	-5	-6	-4	-4	-1	-1
1972	TEX	AL	28	CF	-4	-48	-2	-1	-1		-1
1972	TEX	AL	28	LF	-2	-51	-1	-0	-1		-1
1973	TEX	AL	29	2B	-1	-1	-2	-0	-2	1
1974	TEX	AL	30	2B	-4	-4	-3	-5	2	-1
1975	TEX	AL	31	2B	-4	-28	-3	-0	-3	-1
1976	KCR	AL	32	2B	-0	-0	1	2	-1	-1
1976	KCR	AL	32	1B	0	30	0	-0	0	0
1977	KCR	AL	33	2B	-0	-9	-0	-1	0	0
	9 Seasons			2B	-9	-3	-5	-6	1	-4
	2 Seasons			3B	-11	-8	-10	-9	-2	-1
	1 Season			SS	0	12	0	0	0	0
	1 Season			CF	-4	-48	-2	-1	-1		-1
	2 Seasons			LF	-2	-50	-1	-0	-1		-1
	1 Season			1B	0	30	0	-0	0	0
	1 Season			RF	0	360	0	0	0		0
	10 Seasons			TOT	-25	-5	-19	-16	-2	-5	-2
Lg				Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
1968	CLE	AL	24	88	54	88	72	0	59	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	25
1969	CLE	AL	25	52	30	52	35	0	33	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	3	18
1970	WSA	AL	26	47	21	47	33	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	6
1971	WSA	AL	27	85	80	85	84	0	1	84	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1972	TEX	AL	28	145	129	145	134	0	0	118	0	7	10	0	17	0	8	7
1973	TEX	AL	29	142	137	142	140	0	140	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2
1974	TEX	AL	30	121	119	121	120	0	120	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1975	TEX	AL	31	28	21	28	23	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
1976	KCR	AL	32	78	29	78	47	2	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	19	21
1977	KCR	AL	33	27	9	27	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	7
	10 Seasons			813	629	813	700	2	467	202	14	8	10	1	19	32	62	88

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	543	463	43	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1968	CLE	AL	24	1839	61%	73%	23%	167	91%	0	114	52	45	17	114	98	14	0	1	3	0	3	0	2	26	10	1	8	2	22	10	11	2	1	0
1969	CLE	AL	25	1217	65%	74%	24%	111	93%	0	82	29	38	15	96	76	16	0	0	6	0	6	0	6	29	12	4	8	0	26	8	18	3	1	2
1970	WSA	AL	26	960	60%	78%	26%	94	95%	1	65	23	28	14	76	65	9	1	3	2	0	1	1	1	19	5	5	5	1	17	6	10	1	0	1
1971	WSA	AL	27	12	75%	100%	17%	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	TEX	AL	29	5205	63%	79%	25%	454	93%	3	329	118	156	55	366	296	52	2	6	11	0	10	1	9	99	32	16	22	12	88	36	51	9	4	5
1974	TEX	AL	30	4401	57%	82%	27%	429	92%	1	296	104	134	58	337	283	45	2	7	20	3	14	3	11	74	20	16	19	2	65	22	39	7	4	2
1975	TEX	AL	31	791	58%	84%	31%	69	91%	0	57	11	34	12	59	47	11	0	1	5	0	5	0	4	16	3	4	5	0	12	5	7	3	1	2
1976	KCR	AL	32	1141	60%	83%	27%	110	94%	0	69	23	39	7	90	78	12	0	1	4	0	4	0	3	15	6	1	6	0	14	6	8	1	0	0
1977	KCR	AL	33	228	66%	82%	29%	20	90%	1	11	4	5	3	13	8	4	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	1	3	3	0	0	0	0
	9 Seasons			15794	61%	79%	26%	1455	93%	6	1023	364	479	181	1152	952	163	6	19	53	4	44	5	37	281	88	47	75	18	247	96	144	26	11	12
	MLB Averages				63%	80%	28%		93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1971	WSA	AL	27	3046	58%	80%	27%	226	87%	2	61	45	5	11	151	119	26	2	2	14	0	10	4	11	15	11	0	13	2	2	0	15	67%
1972	TEX	AL	28	4307	61%	78%	26%	327	89%	1	104	67	12	25	224	179	35	1	12	19	1	17	1	15	25	12	2	15	5	3	2	18	89%
	2 Seasons			7353	60%	79%	27%	553	88%	3	165	112	17	36	375	298	61	3	14	33	1	27	5	26	40	23	2	28	7	5	2	33	79%
	MLB Averages				63%	80%	28%		89%																								66%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1968	CLE	AL	24	128	63%	85%	25%	21	86%	0	9	5	2	2	12	9	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1 Season			128	63%	85%	25%	21	86%	0	9	5	2	2	12	9	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				63%	80%	28%		91%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1972	TEX	AL	28	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	10	5	50.0%	5	0	0.0%	0	359	66%	76%	23%	40	40%
	1 Season			1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	10	5	50.0%	5	0	0.0%	0	359	66%	76%	23%	40	40%
	MLB Averages																														44.3%			2.4%			63%	80%	27%		57%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1969	CLE	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	4	50%	25%	25%	1	0%
1972	TEX	AL	28	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	25.0%	3	0	0.0%	0	241	65%	79%	27%	17	59%
	2 Seasons			2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	25.0%	3	0	0.0%	0	245	64%	78%	27%	18	56%
	MLB Averages																														59.3%			2.9%			63%	80%	27%		47%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

											Putouts					Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	3U	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	363	361	36	GB	GBs	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1976	KCR	AL	32	41	61%	85%	27%	5	100%	0	11	2	9	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	100%
	1 Season			41	61%	85%	27%	5	100%	0	11	2	9	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	100%
	MLB Averages				63%	80%	28%		94%																											88%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1969	CLE	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	4	75%	75%	25%	1	100%
	1 Season			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	4	75%	75%	25%	1	100%
	MLB Averages																														41.4%			3.2%			63%	80%	27%		53%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

All-Star Games 1973 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1973 AL (33, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1497th)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1972 AL 22 (3rd)	Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1973 AL 140 (5th)
Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1973 AL 327 (5th)	Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1974 AL 20 (3rd)	Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 1972 AL 19 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1974 AL 5.27 (4th)
Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1973 AL .984 (5th)

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