Mel Nelson
Melvin Frederick Nelson
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 30, 1936 in San Diego, CA
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1960
Final Game: June 2, 1969
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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
1960 STL NL 24 P 2 1 8.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 0.50 1.000 2.14 0.85
1963 LAA AL 27 P 36 3 52.2 16 1 15 0 0 1.000 2.73 0.44 .950 2.00 0.79
1965 MIN AL 29 P 28 3 54.2 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.65 0.36 .950 2.04 0.75
1967 MIN AL 31 P 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 0.70
1968 STL NL 32 P 18 4 52.2 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 2.05 0.67 .958 2.02 0.85
1969 STL NL 33 P 8 0 5.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0.13 1.000 1.86 0.78
6 Seasons P 93 11 173.2 40 7 33 0 0 1.000 2.07 0.43 .955 2.02 0.79
6 Seasons TOT 93 11 173.2 40 7 33 0 0 1.000 2.07 0.43 .955 2.02 0.79

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
1960 STL NL 24 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 LAA AL 27 39 3 39 39 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
1965 MIN AL 29 28 3 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 MIN AL 31 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 STL NL 32 18 4 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 STL NL 33 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 96 11 96 96 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
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%
1960 STL NL 24 36 75% 17% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 LAA AL 27 252 70% 23% 15 93% 2 1 0 0 13 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1965 MIN AL 29 254 78% 26% 9 100% 0 2 0 2 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1967 MIN AL 31 4 100% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 STL NL 32 213 88% 31% 8 100% 0 3 0 3 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1969 STL NL 33 30 80% 23% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 789 78% 25% 33 97% 2 7 0 5 31 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 83%

* 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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