Rocky Nelson
Glenn Richard Nelson
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 178 lb.

Born: November 18, 1924 in Portsmouth, OH
High School: Portsmouth (Portsmouth, OH)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1949
Final Game: September 29, 1961
Died: October 31, 2006 in Portsmouth, OH
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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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1949 STL NL 24 1B 70 588 564 24 0 48 1.000 8.40 .991 8.98
1950 STL NL 25 1B 70 652 596 51 5 66 .992 9.24 .990 9.02
1951 TOT NL 26 1B 36 332 304 25 3 37 .991 9.14 .989 9.29
1951 TOT NL 26 OF 13 23 22 1 0 0 1.000 1.77 .983 2.23 13-0-0
1951 STL NL 26 1B 4 30 29 1 0 5 1.000 7.50 .990 9.30
1951 STL NL 26 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1-0-0
1951 PIT NL 26 1B 32 302 275 24 3 32 .990 9.34 .989 9.29
1951 PIT NL 26 OF 12 23 22 1 0 0 1.000 1.92 .983 2.23 12-0-0
1952 BRO NL 27 1B 5 16 16 0 0 2 1.000 3.20 .988 9.16
1954 CLE AL 29 1B 2 0 6.0 6 6 0 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 9.00 3.00 .983 9.60 8.00
1956 TOT NL 31 1B 39 24 226.1 272 243 27 2 26 .993 3.9 20.7 3.9 2.5 1.4 0 10.74 6.92 .989 9.82 8.71
1956 BRO NL 31 1B 25 24 187.0 211 189 20 2 20 .991 1.9 12.2 1.9 1.0 0.9 0 10.06 8.36 .989 9.82 8.71
1956 STL NL 31 1B 14 0 39.1 61 54 7 0 6 1.000 2.0 61.0 2.0 1.5 0.5 0 13.96 4.36 .989 9.82 8.71
1956 STL NL 31 LF 8 8 69.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -5.2 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 1.43 1.38 .973 2.07 1.70
1956 STL NL 31 OF 8 8 69.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -5.2 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 1.43 1.38 .973 2.28 2.05
1959 PIT NL 34 1B 56 34 348.2 357 337 18 2 45 .994 -0.8 -2.8 -0.8 -0.2 -0.6 0 9.16 6.34 .988 9.58 8.04
1959 PIT NL 34 OF 2 1 9.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -0.9 -120.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 -1 2.00 1.00 1.000 2.20 1.90
1959 PIT NL 34 LF 1 1 7.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -0.8 -137.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 -1 2.57 2.00 .967 2.06 1.60
1959 PIT NL 34 RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
1960 PIT NL 35 1B 73 50 475.2 502 463 37 2 48 .996 3.6 9.1 3.6 2.7 0.9 0 9.46 6.85 .990 9.57 8.20
1961 PIT NL 36 1B 35 23 222.1 247 231 15 1 26 .996 -0.3 -1.6 -0.3 -0.4 0.2 0 9.96 7.03 .990 9.82 8.57
9 Seasons 1B 386 131 1279.0 2972 2760 197 15 299 .995 6.2 5.8 6.2 4.4 1.9 0 20.81 7.66 .990 9.66 8.67
3 Seasons OF 23 9 78.0 37 35 1 1 0 .973 -1.2 -18.5 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 -1 4.15 1.57 .981 2.27 2.14 22-0-1
2 Seasons (incomplete) LF 9 9 76.0 14 13 0 1 0 .929 -1.1 -17.4 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 -1 1.54 1.44 .971 2.07 1.69
1 Season RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
9 Seasons TOT 409 140 1357.0 3009 2795 198 16 299 .995 5.0 4.4 6.0 4.5 1.6 -1 0 19.85 7.32 .984 9.24 8.30 22-0-1
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 LF-CF-RF 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
1949 STL NL 24 82 82 82 0 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 STL NL 25 76 76 76 0 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 PIT NL 26 71 71 71 0 0 32 0 0 0 12 0 0 12
1951 STL NL 26 9 9 9 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1951 CHW AL 26 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BRO NL 27 37 37 37 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CLE AL 29 4 0 4 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1956 STL NL 31 38 8 38 38 0 0 14 0 0 0 8 0 0 8 19 2
1956 BRO NL 31 31 24 31 31 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1959 PIT NL 34 98 35 98 98 0 0 56 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 40 0
1960 PIT NL 35 93 50 93 93 0 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1961 PIT NL 36 75 23 75 75 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 1
9 Seasons 620 140 620 620 0 0 386 0 0 0 22 0 1 23 130 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 -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
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%
1954 CLE AL 29 29 38% 69% 21% 1 100% 0 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1956 BRO NL 31 816 64% 78% 28% 51 90% 0 188 7 179 2 23 21 16 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 20 0 0 1 19 1 1 1 0 6 67%
1956 STL NL 31 172 56% 83% 36% 15 100% 0 54 4 49 1 5 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0
1959 PIT NL 34 1369 57% 82% 29% 67 94% 0 328 20 306 2 27 18 11 5 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 45 1 0 1 36 1 9 3 6 4 75%
1960 PIT NL 35 1903 62% 79% 29% 90 96% 1 449 8 438 4 45 35 23 10 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 49 2 0 0 46 2 3 0 3 5 80%
1961 PIT NL 36 959 65% 82% 28% 52 88% 0 234 16 214 4 16 15 9 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 27 2 0 0 24 2 2 1 1 5 60%
5 Seasons 5248 61% 80% 29% 276 93% 1 1259 56 1191 13 116 96 63 25 1 8 7 2 5 0 5 148 5 0 2 130 6 17 6 11 20 70%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 94% 87%

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%
1956 STL NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 289 63% 76% 27% 21 52%
1959 PIT NL 34 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 34 59% 71% 29% 3 67%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 323 62% 75% 27% 24 54%
MLB Averages 56.5% 2.3% 62% 78% 29% 48%

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%
1959 PIT NL 34 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 7 29% 86% 29% 0
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 7 29% 86% 29% 0
MLB Averages 43.0% 3.2% 62% 78% 29% 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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