Gene Nelson
Wayland Eugene Nelson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 174 lb.

Born: December 3, 1960 in Tampa, FL
High School: Pasco Co (Dade City, FL)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 30th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1981
Final Game: September 29, 1993
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1981 NYY AL 20 P 8 7 39.1 10 3 6 1 0 .900 2.06 1.13 .970 1.97 0.81
1982 SEA AL 21 P 22 19 122.2 31 10 20 1 4 .968 2.20 1.36 .958 1.80 0.73
1983 SEA AL 22 P 10 5 32.0 12 5 6 1 0 .917 3.09 1.10 .958 1.80 0.73
1984 CHW AL 23 P 20 9 74.2 19 11 8 0 1 1.000 2.29 0.95 .958 1.80 0.70
1985 CHW AL 24 P 46 18 145.2 30 10 19 1 0 .967 1.79 0.63 .953 1.86 0.70
1986 CHW AL 25 P 54 1 114.2 25 8 17 0 3 1.000 1.96 0.46 .956 1.83 0.68
1987 OAK AL 26 P 54 6 123.2 23 8 13 2 0 .913 1.53 0.39 .957 1.84 0.67
1987 OAK AL 26 DH 1
1988 OAK AL 27 P 54 1 111.2 15 4 11 0 1 1.000 1.21 0.28 .960 1.78 0.67
1988 OAK AL 27 DH 2
1989 OAK AL 28 P 50 0 80.0 9 6 3 0 0 1.000 1.01 0.18 .956 1.87 0.66
1990 OAK AL 29 P 51 0 74.2 13 4 8 1 0 .923 1.45 0.24 .954 1.78 0.59
1991 OAK AL 30 P 44 0 48.2 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 1.48 0.18 .950 1.79 0.58
1992 OAK AL 31 P 28 2 51.2 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.22 0.25 .957 1.72 0.56
1993 TOT AL 32 P 52 0 60.2 12 4 8 0 1 1.000 1.78 0.23 .958 1.80 0.56
1993 CAL AL 32 P 46 0 52.2 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 1.88 0.24 .955 1.79 0.56
1993 TEX AL 32 P 6 0 8.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 0.17 1.000 1.80 0.57
13 Seasons P 493 68 1080.0 214 80 127 7 10 .967 1.72 0.42 .957 1.82 0.65
2 Seasons DH 3
13 Seasons TOT 493 68 1080.0 214 80 127 7 10 .967 1.72 0.42 .924 1.82 0.65
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% 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
1981 NYY AL 20 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 SEA AL 21 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 SEA AL 22 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CHW AL 23 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CHW AL 24 47 0 1 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1986 CHW AL 25 54 0 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 OAK AL 26 55 0 1 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 OAK AL 27 57 0 3 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1989 OAK AL 28 51 0 3 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 OAK AL 29 51 0 1 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 OAK AL 30 44 0 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 OAK AL 31 29 0 2 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 CAL AL 32 46 0 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 TEX AL 32 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 500 0 11 493 493 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1981 NYY AL 20 194 79% 29% 7 86% 1 3 0 3 6 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 SEA AL 21 567 77% 26% 18 94% 2 10 0 7 20 11 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 2 4 0 1 100%
1983 SEA AL 22 159 79% 31% 7 100% 0 5 0 4 6 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CHW AL 23 313 83% 29% 9 100% 0 11 0 10 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1985 CHW AL 24 670 74% 24% 19 95% 0 10 1 9 17 13 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 6 100%
1986 CHW AL 25 504 77% 23% 16 94% 0 8 0 8 17 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 8 100%
1987 OAK AL 26 549 76% 28% 13 100% 0 8 0 8 13 12 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1988 OAK AL 27 478 77% 29% 11 100% 1 4 0 3 11 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1989 OAK AL 28 344 70% 24% 4 100% 0 6 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1990 OAK AL 29 296 80% 36% 9 89% 0 4 0 4 8 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1991 OAK AL 30 235 79% 31% 4 100% 0 4 0 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1992 OAK AL 31 245 82% 28% 4 100% 0 3 0 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1993 CAL AL 32 236 76% 33% 7 100% 0 5 0 5 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 100%
1993 TEX AL 32 35 86% 23% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
13 Seasons 4825 77% 28% 129 96% 4 81 1 71 125 88 15 7 1 3 3 2 11 7 11 0 33 100%
MLB Averages 77% 29% 92% 88%

* 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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