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Jim Nelson

James Lorin Nelson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 4, 1947 in Birmingham, AL
High School: Burbank HS (Sacramento, CA)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 31st round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 30, 1970
Team: Pirates 1970-1971

Final Game: July 15, 1971
Died: August 22, 2004 in Sacramento, CA
Cremated
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1965	17	PIT-min	Rk	19	20	20		1	0	0						.050	.050	.050	.100		1							SAL · APPY
1966	18	PIT-min	A	30	59	59		12	3	1						.203	.203	.305	.508		18							GST,RAL · WCRS,CARL
1967	19	PIT-min	A,AA	27	42	40	1	7	0	1	1	0	0	2	6	.175	.214	.250	.464		10							GST,RAL,MAC · WCRS,CARL,SOUL
1968	20	PIT-min	AA	16	39	38	4	6	1	0	4	0	0	1	8	.158	.179	.184	.364		7							YOR · EL
1969	21	PIT-min	AAA	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			CLB · IL
1970	22	PIT-min	AAA	11	13	12	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.333	.583		4		0	1	0			CLB · IL
1970	22	PIT	NL	15	23	20	1	4	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	.200	.227	.200	.427	17	4	0	0	1	1	0	1
1971	23	PIT-min	AAA	3	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333		1		0	0	0			CHL · IL
1971	23	PIT	NL	17	8	6	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.500	.625	.500	1.125	221	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1972	24	PIT-min	AAA	19	30	29	1	7	1	0	1	0	0	1	6	.241	.267	.276	.543		8		0	0	0			CHL · IL
2 Yrs				32	31	26	2	7	0	0	3	0	0	3	7	.269	.333	.269	.603	68	7	0	0	1	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	157	132	10	35	0	0	15	0	0	15	35	.269	.333	.269	.603	68	35	0	0	5	5	0

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	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1970	22	PIT	NL	15	23	-2	0	3	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.508	.501	0.1	2	$	1
1971	23	PIT	NL	17	8	1	-0	1	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.512	.501	0.2	2	$	1
2 Seasons				32	31	-1	0	4	3	0.3	1	4	0.3	.510	.501	0.3	4	$

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
1970	22	PIT	NL	23	18	1	1.5	101	.267	.200	.263	.227	.336	.200	.402	.427	.738	17	.111	-2.3	-0.2	.313	.050	.000
1971	23	PIT	NL	8	3	2	18.0	94	.600	.500	.262	.625	.328	.500	.384	1.125	.712	221	.938	1.3	0.1	1.667	.333	.000
2 Yrs				31	21	3	3.8	99	.350	.269	.263	.333	.334	.269	.398	.603	.732	68	.429	-1.0	-0.1	.526	.115	.000
162 Game Avg.				157	106	15	3.8	99	.350	.269	.263	.333	.334	.269	.398	.603	.732	68	.429	-1.0	-0.1	.526	.115	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1970	22	PIT	NL	23	0.0%	26.1%	4.4%	0.0%	0%	6.00	3.3		6.7	1.75	65%
1971	23	PIT	NL	8	0.0%	12.5%	25.0%	0.0%	0%	0.50	6.0			1.00	63%
2 Yrs				31	0.0%	22.6%	9.7%	0.0%	0%	2.33	3.7		8.7	1.60	65%
MLB Averages					2.1%	14.6%	8.9%	6.2%	28%	1.65	6.1	41.7	8.8	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1970	22	PIT	NL	-2.3	-0.2	23	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	1.21	-0.2	0.1	-1.0	-0.1	1.09	-2.3
1971	23	PIT	NL	1.3	0.1	8	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.65	0.1	-0.0	0.4	0.0	0.59	1.0
2 Yrs				-1.0	-0.1	31	-0.1	0.4	-0.5	1.07	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.96	-1.4

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1970	22	PIT	NL	1	20%	3	75%	3	1	2	1	1
1971	23	PIT	NL	0	20%	8	50%	1	1	0	1	1
2 Yrs				1	20%	11	67%	4	2	2	2	2

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
1970	22	PIT	NL	23	17%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	0	0%	7	1	14%	22	3	14%	3	2	67%	1	0	0%	0
1971	23	PIT	NL	8	88%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				31	35%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	0	0%	8	1	13%	23	3	13%	3	2	67%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			74%			11%			30%			14%			47%			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
1970	22	15	23	20	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	.200	.227	.200	.427	17	4	0	0	1	1	0
1971	23	32	31	26	2	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	7	.269	.333	.269	.603	68	7	0	0	1	1	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1970	22	15	23	20	1	4	3	1	6	.200	.227	.200	.427	1	15
1971	23	17	8	6	1	3	0	2	1	.500	.625	.500	1.125	2	17
2 Yrs		32	31	26	2	7	3	3	7	.269	.333	.269	.603	3	32
162 Game Avg.		162	157	132	10	35	15	15	35	.269	.333	.269	.603	15	32

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