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Rocky Nelson

Glenn Richard Nelson

Positions: First Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 18, 1924 in Portsmouth, OH
High School: Portsmouth HS (Portsmouth, OH)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1949
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cardinals/Dodgers/WhiteSox/Indians 1949-1961

Final Game: September 29, 1961
Died: October 31, 2006 in Portsmouth, OH
Buried: Sunset Memorial Gardens, Franklin Furnace, OH
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1949 24 STL NL 82 260 244 28 54 8 4 4 32 1 11 12 .221 .258 .336 .594 55 82 5 1 4 3
1950 25 STL NL 76 265 235 27 58 10 4 1 20 4 26 9 .247 .324 .336 .661 71 79 3 1 3 3
1951 26 TOT MLB 86 232 218 32 56 8 4 1 15 1 1 12 7 .257 .296 .344 .640 70 75 6 0 2 37
1951 26 TOT NL 80 226 213 32 56 8 4 1 15 1 1 11 7 .263 .299 .352 .651 73 75 6 0 2 37
1951 26 STL NL 9 19 18 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .222 .263 .278 .541 46 5 1 0 0 /37O
1951 26 PIT NL 71 207 195 29 52 7 4 1 14 1 1 10 7 .267 .302 .359 .661 76 70 5 0 2 37O
1951 26 CHW AL 6 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 -52 0 0 0 0
1952 27 BRO NL 37 46 39 6 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 7 4 .256 .370 .282 .652 81 11 0 0 0 /3
1954 29 CLE AL 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 /3
1956 31 TOT NL 69 164 152 13 33 7 0 7 23 0 0 10 16 .217 .262 .401 .664 72 61 4 0 0 2 2 3/7
1956 31 BRO NL 31 102 96 7 20 2 0 4 15 0 0 4 10 .208 .235 .354 .589 50 34 2 0 0 2 1 3
1956 31 STL NL 38 62 56 6 13 5 0 3 8 0 0 6 6 .232 .306 .482 .789 109 27 2 0 0 0 1 3/7
1959 34 PIT NL 98 204 175 31 51 11 0 6 32 0 0 23 19 .291 .379 .457 .836 124 80 2 3 1 2 4 3/79
1960 35 PIT NL 93 234 200 34 60 11 1 7 35 1 2 24 15 .300 .382 .470 .852 131 94 2 5 1 4 5 3
1961 36 PIT NL 75 146 127 15 25 5 1 5 13 0 0 17 11 .197 .301 .370 .671 78 47 3 2 0 0 2 3
9 Yrs 620 1555 1394 186 347 61 14 31 173 7 3 130 94 .249 .317 .379 .696 84 529 26 12 11 8 13
162 Game Avg. 162 406 364 49 91 16 4 8 45 2 34 25 .249 .317 .379 .696 84 138 7 3 3
PIT (4 yrs) 337 791 697 109 188 34 6 19 94 2 3 74 52 .270 .346 .418 .763 104 291 12 10 4 6 11
STL (4 yrs) 205 606 553 64 129 24 8 8 61 5 0 44 27 .233 .292 .349 .641 67 193 11 2 7 0 1
BRO (2 yrs) 68 148 135 13 30 3 0 4 18 0 0 11 14 .222 .277 .333 .610 60 45 2 0 0 2 1
CLE (1 yr) 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 6 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 -52 0 0 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 610 1545 1385 186 347 61 14 31 173 7 3 129 93 .251 .318 .382 .700 85 529 25 12 11 8 13
AL (2 yrs) 10 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 -71 0 1 0 0 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 Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1949 24 STL NL 82 260 -16 0 1 -1 -3 -18 -2.0 9 -10 -1.1 .476 .488 -1.0 -0.4 -8 $ 3
1950 25 STL NL 76 265 -9 -1 0 2 -3 -10 -1.1 9 -2 -0.2 .486 .493 -0.4 -0.1 -4 $ 3
1951 26 STL NL 9 19 -1 0 -0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .480 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ /37O
1951 26 PIT NL 71 207 -6 -0 -0 1 -2 -8 -0.9 7 -1 -0.2 .488 .495 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $ 37O
1951 26 CHW AL 6 6 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .483 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $
1952 27 BRO NL 37 46 -1 -0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .498 .499 0.1 -0.0 1 $ /3
1954 29 CLE AL 4 4 -1 0 -0 -0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .458 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ /3
1956 31 BRO NL 31 102 -7 -0 0 2 -1 -6 -0.7 4 -2 -0.4 .479 .496 -0.5 0.0 -4 $ 3
1956 31 STL NL 38 62 2 0 -0 2 -1 2 0.2 2 4 0.4 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ 3/7
1959 34 PIT NL 98 204 6 1 0 -2 -2 3 0.3 7 10 1.0 .503 .502 1.2 -0.4 12 $ 3/79
1960 35 PIT NL 93 234 8 0 0 4 -3 9 1.0 8 17 1.8 .511 .506 1.4 0.0 13 $ 3
1961 36 PIT NL 75 146 -4 -0 -0 -0 -2 -6 -0.7 5 -1 -0.2 .491 .496 -0.1 -0.2 -1 $ 3
9 Seasons 620 1555 -30 -1 1 7 -18 -40 -4.4 52 12 0.8 .493 .498 0.4 -1.2 6 $
PIT (4 yrs) 337 791 4 1 -0 3 -9 -2 -0.2 27 24 2.4 .499 .500 2.3 -0.7 22 $
STL (4 yrs) 205 606 -24 -1 1 3 -7 -29 -3.1 21 -8 -1.0 .486 .495 -1.3 -0.5 -11 $
BRO (2 yrs) 68 148 -8 -1 1 2 -1 -7 -0.8 5 -2 -0.3 .489 .498 -0.4 0.0 -4 $
CLE (1 yr) 4 4 -1 0 -0 -0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .458 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $
CHW (1 yr) 6 6 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .483 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $

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 PwrSpd
1949 24 STL NL 260 199 21 2.8 107 .219 .221 .275 .258 .349 .336 .412 .594 .761 55 .292 -17.2 -1.7 .487 .164 .115 1.6
1950 25 STL NL 265 183 25 3.6 111 .253 .247 .274 .324 .352 .336 .425 .661 .777 71 .384 -10.1 -1.0 .611 .217 .089 1.6
1951 26 TOT MLB 232 171 22 3.5 105 .262 .257 .270 .296 .344 .344 .408 .640 .752 70 .380 -10.0 -1.0 .515 .142 .087 1.0
1951 26 TOT NL 226 166 22 3.6 105 .268 .263 .270 .299 .344 .352 .408 .651 .752 73 .394 -8.9 -0.9 .524 .141 .089 1.0
1951 26 STL NL 19 15 1 1.8 103 .222 .222 .268 .263 .341 .278 .405 .541 .747 46 .155 -1.4 -0.1 .400 .111 .056
1951 26 PIT NL 207 151 21 3.7 105 .273 .267 .270 .302 .344 .359 .409 .661 .753 76 .414 -7.5 -0.8 .537 .144 .092 1.0
1951 26 CHW AL 6 5 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .265 .167 .346 .000 .389 .167 .735 -52 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .200 .200 .000
1952 27 BRO NL 46 29 4 3.7 99 .286 .256 .264 .370 .337 .282 .393 .652 .730 81 .446 -0.6 -0.1 .621 .205 .026
1954 29 CLE AL 4 5 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .268 .000 .344 .000 .392 .000 .735 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1956 31 TOT NL 164 125 16 3.4 107 .198 .217 .270 .262 .338 .401 .427 .664 .764 72 .380 -6.6 -0.7 .577 .250 .184 .0
1956 31 BRO NL 102 80 8 2.7 111 .190 .208 .274 .235 .342 .354 .433 .589 .776 50 .280 -7.3 -0.7 .487 .188 .146 .0
1956 31 STL NL 62 45 8 4.8 102 .213 .232 .263 .306 .330 .482 .415 .789 .745 109 .528 0.7 0.1 .733 .357 .250 .0
1959 34 PIT NL 204 129 32 6.6 103 .296 .291 .268 .379 .334 .457 .415 .836 .748 124 .660 7.2 0.7 .841 .297 .166 .0
1960 35 PIT NL 234 149 38 6.9 100 .291 .300 .264 .382 .330 .470 .406 .852 .736 131 .696 10.1 1.0 .847 .285 .170 1.8
1961 36 PIT NL 146 105 14 3.6 105 .180 .197 .269 .301 .335 .370 .419 .671 .754 78 .379 -4.1 -0.4 .629 .307 .173 .0
9 Yrs 1555 1095 172 4.2 105 .247 .249 .270 .317 .341 .379 .415 .696 .756 84 .464 -32.3 -3.2 .627 .227 .131 11.4
162 Game Avg. 406 286 45 4.2 105 .247 .249 .270 .317 .341 .379 .415 .696 .756 84 .464 -32.3 -3.2 .627 .227 .131 3
PIT (4 yrs) 791 534 105 5.3 103 .267 .270 .268 .346 .336 .418 .411 .763 .747 104 .570 5.7 0.6 .714 .253 .148 3.6
STL (4 yrs) 606 442 55 3.3 108 .234 .233 .273 .292 .348 .349 .418 .641 .766 67 .353 -27.9 -2.8 .561 .204 .116 6.2
BRO (2 yrs) 148 109 12 2.9 107 .218 .222 .271 .277 .341 .333 .421 .610 .762 60 .327 -7.9 -0.8 .523 .193 .111 .0
CLE (1 yr) 4 5 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .268 .000 .344 .000 .392 .000 .735 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
CHW (1 yr) 6 5 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .265 .167 .346 .000 .389 .167 .735 -52 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .200 .200 .000
NL (8 yrs) 1545 1085 172 4.2 106 .249 .251 .270 .318 .341 .382 .415 .700 .756 85 .468 -30.1 -3.0 .632 .227 .131 11.4
AL (2 yrs) 10 10 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .266 .100 .345 .000 .390 .100 .735 -71 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .100 .111 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1952 27 BRO NL WS NYY L 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 35 PIT NL WS NYY W 4 10 9 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .333 .400 .667 1.067 6 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 8 14 12 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 3 .250 .357 .500 .857 6 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 8 14 12 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 3 .250 .357 .500 .857 6 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1949 24 STL NL 260 1.5% 4.6% 4.2% 6.2% 30% 1.09 20.3 61.0 7.6 1.14 88%
1950 25 STL NL 265 0.4% 3.4% 9.8% 5.7% 26% 0.35 26.1 235.0 11.8 0.95 85%
1951 26 TOT MLB 232 0.4% 3.0% 5.2% 5.6% 23% 0.58 31.1 218.0 14.5 0.73 91%
1951 26 TOT NL 226 0.4% 3.1% 4.9% 5.8% 23% 0.64 30.4 213.0 14.2 0.73 91%
1951 26 STL NL 19 0.0% 0.0% 5.3% 5.3% 25% 0.00 18.0 0.50 95%
1951 26 PIT NL 207 0.5% 3.4% 4.8% 5.8% 23% 0.70 27.9 195.0 13.9 0.77 90%
1951 26 CHW AL 6 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0.00 0.67 83%
1952 27 BRO NL 46 0.0% 8.7% 15.2% 2.2% 10% 0.57 9.8 13.0 0.64 76%
1954 29 CLE AL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.0 3.00 75%
1956 31 TOT NL 164 4.3% 9.8% 6.1% 8.5% 42% 1.60 9.5 21.7 6.6 0.83 80%
1956 31 BRO NL 102 3.9% 9.8% 3.9% 5.9% 30% 2.50 9.6 24.0 6.4 0.89 82%
1956 31 STL NL 62 4.8% 9.7% 9.7% 12.9% 62% 1.00 9.3 18.7 7.0 0.73 76%
1959 34 PIT NL 204 2.9% 9.3% 11.3% 8.3% 33% 0.83 9.2 29.2 5.5 0.68 75%
1960 35 PIT NL 234 3.0% 6.4% 10.3% 8.1% 32% 0.63 13.3 28.6 5.7 0.81 78%
1961 36 PIT NL 146 3.4% 7.5% 11.6% 7.5% 44% 0.65 11.5 25.4 9.8 0.94 76%
9 Yrs 1555 2.0% 6.1% 8.4% 6.8% 31% 0.72 14.8 45.0 8.1 0.85 82%
MLB Averages 2.2% 11.6% 9.3% 6.6% 29% 1.25 7.6 40.4 8.2 0.99 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1949 24 STL NL -17.2 -1.7 156 -1.4 2.2 -3.6 1.13 -1.0 -0.2 -13.5 -1.3 0.97 -13.4 1.27 3
1950 25 STL NL -10.1 -1.0 181 -1.2 2.2 -3.4 1.01 -0.8 -0.4 -5.1 -0.5 0.98 -8.2 1.25 2
1951 26 TOT MLB -10.0 -1.0 196 -1.5 2.3 -3.8 1.01 -1.0 -0.5 -11.4 -1.1 0.91 -10.6 1.40 27
1951 26 TOT NL -8.9 -0.9 190 -1.2 2.2 -3.5 .97 -0.9 -0.4 -9.9 -1.0 0.91 -9.5 1.17 22
1951 26 STL NL -1.4 -0.1 19 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 1.12 -0.3 0.2 -2.8 -0.3 0.98 -2.8 1.60 5
1951 26 PIT NL -7.5 -0.8 171 -1.2 1.9 -3.1 .95 -0.6 -0.6 -7.0 -0.7 0.90 -6.7 1.05 17
1951 26 CHW AL -1.1 -0.1 6 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 2.40 -0.1 0.0 -1.5 -0.2 1.11 -1.1 2.40 5
1952 27 BRO NL -0.6 -0.1 46 0.3 1.3 -1.0 1.60 0.1 0.1 2.3 0.2 1.11 1.5 1.68 27
1954 29 CLE AL -1.1 -0.1 4 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.91 -0.1 0.0 -1.7 -0.2 1.23 -1.3 2.26 3
1956 31 TOT NL -6.7 -0.7 166 -1.0 2.8 -3.9 1.21 -0.5 -0.4 -5.7 -0.6 1.01 -2.4 1.73 26
1956 31 BRO NL -7.3 -0.7 103 -0.7 1.7 -2.3 1.21 -0.6 0.1 -6.3 -0.6 0.99 -6.5 2.74 7
1956 31 STL NL 0.6 0.1 63 -0.4 1.2 -1.5 1.21 0.1 -0.4 0.6 0.1 1.04 4.1 1.36 19
1959 34 PIT NL 7.0 0.7 202 2.1 5.2 -3.1 1.11 0.8 1.1 11.1 1.1 0.97 11.6 1.31 32
1960 35 PIT NL 10.1 1.0 239 0.7 4.6 -3.9 1.06 1.1 -0.4 13.2 1.3 1.01 12.2 1.71 18
1961 36 PIT NL -4.5 -0.4 148 -0.6 2.6 -3.2 1.16 -0.4 -0.2 -4.1 -0.4 0.94 -2.3 1.35 37
9 Yrs -33.0 -3.3 1338 -2.8 23.3 -26.1 1.11 -1.7 -0.8 -15.0 -1.4 0.98 -12.9 1.51 175

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1949 24 STL NL 4 0 39% 47 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 50% 10 6 4 2 1 1 4 1 3
1950 25 STL NL 2 0 31% 60 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 45% 10 7 2 5 2 3 5 1 4
1951 26 TOT MLB 1 0 46% 71 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 55% 7 4 3 1 1 0 3 0 3
1951 26 TOT NL 1 0 47% 71 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 55% 7 4 3 1 1 0 3 0 3
1951 26 STL NL 0 0 60% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 26 PIT NL 1 0 46% 67 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 55% 7 4 3 1 1 0 3 0 3
1951 26 CHW AL 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
1952 27 BRO NL 1 0 35% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 75% 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 6
1954 29 CLE AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 31 TOT NL 3 0 17% 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 39% 9 7 2 1 1 0 3 0 3
1956 31 BRO NL 1 0 15% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 40% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1956 31 STL NL 2 0 19% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 38% 5 4 1 1 1 0 2 0 2
1959 34 PIT NL 3 0 35% 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 75% 10 4 6 2 0 2 8 1 7
1960 35 PIT NL 3 0 33% 81 1 2 33% 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 46% 20 12 7 7 4 3 6 1 5
1961 36 PIT NL 2 0 26% 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 58% 6 2 3 1 1 0 5 0 4
9 Yrs 19 0 34% 438 7 3 140% 4 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 15 23 53% 73 43 27 20 10 9 40 4 35

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
1949 24 STL NL 260 84% 54 3 1 0 1 1.27 4 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 2 4 200% 29 5 17% 19 5 26% 104 11 11% 8 5 63% 10 2 20% 0
1950 25 STL NL 265 81% 58 2 0 0 0 1.25 1 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 100% 37 3 8% 10 3 30% 111 14 13% 4 3 75% 5 4 80% 0
1951 26 TOT MLB 232 97% 56 27 4 1 3 1.40 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 41 6 15% 19 7 37% 106 9 8% 8 4 50% 7 2 29% 0
1951 26 TOT NL 226 97% 56 22 4 1 3 1.17 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 40 6 15% 18 7 39% 101 9 9% 8 4 50% 7 2 29% 0
1951 26 STL NL 19 79% 4 5 1 0 1 1.60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 2 0 0% 14 1 7% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1951 26 PIT NL 207 99% 52 17 3 1 2 1.05 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 34 5 15% 16 7 44% 87 8 9% 6 3 50% 6 2 33% 0
1951 26 CHW AL 6 100% 0 5 0 0 0 2.40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1952 27 BRO NL 46 89% 10 27 7 0 2 1.68 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 11 0 0% 5 2 40% 39 4 10% 3 1 33% 3 2 67% 0
1954 29 CLE AL 4 100% 0 3 0 0 0 2.26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1956 31 TOT NL 164 96% 33 26 3 2 3 1.73 7 0 4 7 0 3 4 0 1 0 0% 33 4 12% 20 4 20% 111 17 15% 14 8 57% 4 1 25% 0
1956 31 BRO NL 102 94% 20 7 0 0 1 2.74 4 0 2 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 0% 17 2 12% 11 4 36% 67 12 18% 11 8 73% 2 1 50% 0
1956 31 STL NL 62 98% 13 19 3 2 2 1.36 3 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 16 2 13% 9 0 0% 44 5 11% 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1959 34 PIT NL 204 91% 51 32 13 1 6 1.31 6 0 2 5 1 6 0 0 1 1 100% 36 2 6% 21 7 33% 138 26 19% 21 10 48% 11 6 55% 0
1960 35 PIT NL 234 91% 60 18 4 0 3 1.71 7 0 7 7 0 5 2 0 1 1 100% 55 2 4% 20 9 45% 173 28 16% 19 10 53% 9 4 44% 0
1961 36 PIT NL 146 92% 25 37 5 1 3 1.35 5 0 2 5 0 1 4 0 0 0 21 3 14% 9 1 11% 93 9 10% 6 2 33% 4 2 50% 0
9 Yrs 1555 90% 347 175 37 5 21 1.51 31 0 29 26 2 18 13 0 11 11 100% 265 26 10% 124 38 31% 879 118 13% 83 43 52% 53 23 43% 0
MLB Averages 50% 83% 11% 32% 14% 50% 54%

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
1949 24 82 260 244 28 54 8 4 4 32 1 11 12 .221 .258 .336 .594 55 82 5 1 4
1950 25 158 525 479 55 112 18 8 5 52 5 37 21 .234 .292 .336 .628 63 161 8 2 7
1951 26 244 757 697 87 168 26 12 6 67 6 1 49 28 .241 .293 .339 .631 66 236 14 2 9
1952 27 281 803 736 93 178 27 12 6 70 6 1 56 32 .242 .297 .336 .633 67 247 14 2 9
1953 28 281 803 736 93 178 27 12 6 70 6 1 56 32 .242 .297 .336 .633 67 247 14 2 9
1954 29 285 807 740 93 178 27 12 6 70 6 1 56 33 .241 .296 .334 .630 66 247 15 2 9 0
1955 30 285 807 740 93 178 27 12 6 70 6 1 56 33 .241 .296 .334 .630 66 247 15 2 9 0
1956 31 354 971 892 106 211 34 12 13 93 6 1 66 49 .237 .290 .345 .635 67 308 19 2 9 2 2
1957 32 354 971 892 106 211 34 12 13 93 6 1 66 49 .237 .290 .345 .635 67 308 19 2 9 2 2
1958 33 354 971 892 106 211 34 12 13 93 6 1 66 49 .237 .290 .345 .635 67 308 19 2 9 2 2
1959 34 452 1175 1067 137 262 45 12 19 125 6 1 89 68 .246 .306 .364 .669 76 388 21 5 10 4 6
1960 35 545 1409 1267 171 322 56 13 26 160 7 3 113 83 .254 .318 .380 .699 85 482 23 10 11 8 11
1961 36 620 1555 1394 186 347 61 14 31 173 7 3 130 94 .249 .317 .379 .696 84 529 26 12 11 8 13

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1949 24 85 268 252 28 55 8 4 4 32 1 11 12 .218 .254 .329 .583 21 82
1950 25 79 272 242 26 57 10 4 1 19 4 26 9 .236 .312 .322 .635 24 76
1951 26 89 240 226 33 58 8 4 1 15 1 12 7 .257 .294 .341 .635 23 86
1952 27 39 47 40 6 10 1 0 0 3 0 7 4 .250 .362 .275 .637 4 37
1954 29 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1956 31 72 170 158 13 34 7 0 7 23 0 10 17 .215 .259 .392 .651 17 69
1959 34 102 216 185 34 55 12 0 6 35 0 25 20 .297 .386 .459 .846 32 98
1960 35 97 246 210 36 64 12 1 7 37 1 26 16 .305 .388 .471 .859 38 93
1961 36 78 153 133 16 26 5 1 5 14 0 18 11 .195 .301 .361 .662 15 75
9 Yrs 645 1616 1450 192 359 63 14 31 178 7 135 97 .248 .315 .374 .690 174 620
162 Game Avg. 162 406 364 48 90 16 4 8 45 2 34 24 .248 .315 .374 .690 44 620

* 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

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1960 NL  5 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1961 NL  born 1924-11-18 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2360), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  3. Chuck Stevens (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Julio Becquer (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bob Lemon (949) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dave McCarty (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Terry Crowley (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Name and misspellings: Glenn Richard rocco Rocky nellie Nelson

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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