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

Born: November 18, 1924 in 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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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
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 3O
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 3O
1951 26 STL NL 9 19 18 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .222 .263 .278 .541 45 5 1 0 0 /3O
1951 26 PIT NL 71 207 195 29 52 7 4 1 14 1 1 10 7 .267 .302 .359 .661 75 70 5 0 2 3O
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 82 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 51 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 .789 108 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 .836 123 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 .852 132 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 77 47 3 2 0 0 2 3
9 Seasons 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 61 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

Postseason Batting

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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 Seasons (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

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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 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 (2810), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1942 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

May 17, 1951: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Erv Dusak to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Stan Rojek.

September 10, 1951: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

December 6, 1951: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Hector Rodriguez.

October 1, 1953: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Cleveland Indians for Bill Abernathie and cash.

May 11, 1954: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Cleveland Indians.

July 30, 1956: Selected off waivers by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

March 21, 1957: Sent by the St. Louis Cardinals to Toronto (International) to complete an earlier deal made on October 1, 1956. The St. Louis Cardinals sent a player to be named later, Jim Pearce and cash to Toronto (International) for a player to be named later and Frank Barnes. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Rocky Nelson (March 21, 1957) to Toronto (International) to complete the trade.

December 1, 1958: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates from Toronto (International) in the 1958 rule 5 draft.

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Name and misspellings: Glenn Richard rocco Rocky nellie Nelson

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