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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1968 CLE AL 24 2B 59 53 452.0 232 115 114 3 26 .987 -1.1 -2.9 0.9 3.3 -2.4 -2 4.56 3.88 .977 5.11 4.34
1968 CLE AL 24 SS 14 1 30.0 23 9 13 1 1 .957 0.3 12.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 6.60 1.57 .961 4.80 4.07
1969 CLE AL 25 2B 33 30 279.1 178 78 94 6 28 .966 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 -1.8 0 5.54 5.21 .976 5.21 4.58
1969 CLE AL 25 OF 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 4.50 0.50 1.000 2.25 1.85
1969 CLE AL 25 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
1969 CLE AL 25 RF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.60
1970 WSA AL 26 2B 33 21 214.1 145 64 79 2 19 .986 1.9 10.6 1.9 0.3 1.6 0 6.00 4.33 .979 5.35 4.64
1971 WSA AL 27 3B 84 80 714.1 226 63 149 14 15 .938 -6.0 -10.1 -6.0 -0.8 -5.2 0 2.67 2.52 .957 3.04 2.74
1971 WSA AL 27 2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.80
1972 TEX AL 28 3B 119 113 1005.2 348 107 222 19 25 .945 -5.4 -6.4 -4.4 -0.8 -3.6 -1 2.94 2.76 .954 2.98 2.70
1972 TEX AL 28 OF 15 16 139.2 27 24 0 3 0 .889 -5.7 -49.0 -3.7 -2.2 -1.4 -2 1.55 1.60 .985 2.22 1.91
1972 TEX AL 28 CF 10 10 87.2 17 16 0 1 0 .941 -3.5 -47.9 -2.5 -1.2 -1.3 -1 1.64 1.60 .988 2.65 2.29
1972 TEX AL 28 LF 7 6 52.0 12 10 0 2 0 .833 -2.2 -50.8 -1.2 -1.0 -0.1 -1 1.73 1.43 .983 1.89 1.53
1973 TEX AL 29 2B 140 137 1175.0 702 327 364 11 98 .984 -1.3 -1.3 -2.3 -2.3 -0.1 1 5.29 4.94 .980 5.44 4.67 AS,MVP-33
1974 TEX AL 30 2B 120 119 1042.1 652 295 337 20 74 .969 -3.8 -4.4 -2.8 1.8 -4.7 -1 5.46 5.27 .975 5.37 4.56
1974 TEX AL 30 DH 1
1975 TEX AL 31 2B 23 20 182.0 121 56 60 5 16 .959 -4.2 -27.7 -3.2 -3.1 -0.1 -1 5.74 5.04 .975 5.40 4.73
1975 TEX AL 31 DH 1
1976 KCR AL 32 2B 46 26 267.2 162 70 88 4 14 .975 -0.1 -0.4 0.9 -0.7 1.6 -1 5.31 3.43 .975 5.40 4.64
1976 KCR AL 32 DH 22
1976 KCR AL 32 1B 3 0 8.0 11 9 2 0 3 1.000 0.2 30.0 0.2 0.3 -0.2 0 12.38 3.67 .991 9.90 8.87
1977 KCR AL 33 2B 11 5 51.0 27 11 14 2 3 .926 -0.4 -9.4 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 0 4.41 2.27 .978 5.42 4.76
1977 KCR AL 33 DH 7
9 Seasons 2B 466 411 3665.2 2220 1016 1151 53 278 .976 -9.2 -3.0 -5.2 1.1 -6.5 -4 5.32 4.65 .977 5.35 4.59
2 Seasons 3B 203 193 1720.0 574 170 371 33 40 .943 -11.4 -8.0 -10.4 -1.6 -8.8 -1 2.83 2.67 .955 3.01 2.72
4 Seasons DH 31
2 Seasons OF 17 16 141.2 28 25 0 3 0 .893 -5.4 -45.7 -3.4 -2.2 -1.1 -2 1.59 1.47 .986 2.22 1.90
1 Season SS 14 1 30.0 23 9 13 1 1 .957 0.3 12.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 6.60 1.57 .961 4.80 4.07
1 Season CF 10 10 87.2 17 16 0 1 0 .941 -3.5 -47.9 -2.5 -1.2 -1.3 -1 1.64 1.60 .988 2.65 2.29
2 Seasons LF 8 6 53.0 12 10 0 2 0 .833 -2.2 -49.8 -1.2 -1.0 -0.1 -1 1.70 1.25 .983 1.88 1.54
1 Season 1B 3 0 8.0 11 9 2 0 3 1.000 0.2 30.0 0.2 0.3 -0.2 0 12.38 3.67 .991 9.90 8.87
1 Season RF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.60
10 Seasons TOT 703 621 5565.1 2856 1229 1537 90 322 .968 -25.5 -5.5 -18.5 -2.4 -16.3 -2 -5 4.47 3.93 .941 4.55 3.99
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1968 CLE AL 24 88 54 88 88 0 0 0 59 0 14 0 0 0 0 3 25
1969 CLE AL 25 52 30 52 52 0 0 0 33 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 18
1970 WSA AL 26 47 21 47 47 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 6
1971 WSA AL 27 85 80 85 85 0 0 0 1 84 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1972 TEX AL 28 145 129 145 145 0 0 0 0 119 0 7 10 0 15 8 7
1973 TEX AL 29 142 137 142 140 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
1974 TEX AL 30 121 119 121 120 0 0 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 TEX AL 31 28 21 28 23 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
1976 KCR AL 32 78 29 78 47 0 0 2 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 19 21
1977 KCR AL 33 27 9 27 12 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 7
10 Seasons 813 629 813 759 0 0 2 467 203 14 8 10 1 17 8 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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 1901 59% 71% 22% 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 1263 62% 71% 23% 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 26 999 58% 75% 25% 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 14 64% 86% 14% 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 5405 61% 77% 24% 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 4575 54% 78% 26% 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 31 823 56% 81% 30% 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 1201 57% 79% 26% 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 33 236 64% 79% 28% 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 16417 58% 76% 25% 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 61% 78% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 3151 56% 78% 26% 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 4459 59% 75% 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 7610 58% 76% 26% 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 61% 78% 27% 89% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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 24 137 58% 80% 23% 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 137 58% 80% 23% 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 61% 78% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 9 4 44.4% 5 0 0.0% 0 373 64% 73% 22% 40 40%
1 Season 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 9 4 44.4% 5 0 0.0% 0 373 64% 73% 22% 40 40%
MLB Averages 42.9% 2.2% 61% 78% 26% 57%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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% 0 252 62% 75% 26% 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% 0 256 62% 75% 26% 18 56%
MLB Averages 57.7% 2.8% 61% 78% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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 42 60% 83% 26% 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 42 60% 83% 26% 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 61% 78% 27% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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 42.6% 3.1% 61% 78% 26% 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 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.

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