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Rob Nelson

Robert Augustus Nelson

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: May 17, 1964 in Pasadena, CA
High School: South Pasadena HS (South Pasadena, CA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1986
Teams (by GP): Padres/Athletics 1986-1990

Final Game: April 29, 1990
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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
1983	19	OAK-min	Rk	54	236	196	42	57	12	2	12	38	2	1	37	65	.291	.407	.556	.963		109		2	0	1	3		IDF · PION
1984	20	OAK-min	A	136	581	487	71	120	25	2	19	85	4	6	80	140	.246	.353	.423	.776		206		5	1	8	6		MAD · MIDW
1985	21	OAK-min	AA	140	593	499	68	116	25	0	32	98	2	0	86	137	.232	.345	.475	.820		237		2	1	5	8		HVL · SOUL
1986	22	OAK-min	AAA	139	585	508	77	140	26	4	20	108	3	1	62	115	.276	.349	.461	.809		234		2	0	13	5		TAC · PCL
1986	22	OAK	AL	5	10	9	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.222	.300	.333	.633	79	3	0	0	0	0	0	/3D
1987	23	OAK-min	AAA	120	519	413	68	89	19	3	20	74	5	2	97	133	.215	.364	.421	.785		174		3	0	6	4		TAC · PCL
1987	23	TOT	MLB	17	37	35	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	20	.143	.167	.171	.338	-7	6	0	0	1	0	0	/3
1987	23	OAK	AL	7	25	24	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.167	.167	.208	.375	2	5	0	0	1	0	0	/3
1987	23	SDP	NL	10	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.091	.167	.091	.258	-28	1	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1988	24	SDP-min	AAA	116	455	388	68	101	23	1	23	77	0	1	62	130	.260	.359	.503	.862		195		0	1	4	7		LVG · PCL
1988	24	SDP	NL	7	23	21	4	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	9	.190	.261	.333	.594	71	7	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1989	25	SDP-min	AAA	56	227	185	35	49	11	1	7	26	0	0	38	59	.265	.388	.449	.836		83		1	0	3	4		LVG · PCL
1989	25	SDP	NL	42	102	82	6	16	0	1	3	7	1	3	20	29	.195	.353	.329	.682	96	27	2	0	0	0	1	3
1990	26	SDP-min	AAA	112	465	390	56	103	18	1	20	90	1	0	68	129	.264	.370	.469	.839		183		1	0	6	3		LVG · PCL
1990	26	SDP	NL	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	27	CHW-HOU-min	AAA	111	413	361	40	90	17	2	16	62	1	2	49	112	.249	.340	.440	.780		159	8	1	1	1	2		VAN,TUC · PCL
1992	28	MIN-SFG-min	AAA	84	292	234	35	50	11	0	10	28	1	0	55	70	.214	.364	.389	.753		91	7	1	1	1	5		POR,PHX · PCL
1993	29	SLT	AAA																										SLT · MEX
1994	30	TEX-min	AA	79	318	275	26	72	14	1	11	49	0	0	42	86	.262	.358	.440	.798		121	2	0	0	1	1		TUL · TL
5 Yrs				76	177	152	12	27	2	1	4	11	1	3	24	66	.178	.290	.283	.573	63	43	2	0	1	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	377	324	26	58	4	2	9	23	2	6	51	141	.178	.290	.283	.573	63	92	4	0	2	0	2

SDP (4 yrs)				64	142	119	10	21	0	1	4	11	1	3	23	50	.176	.310	.294	.604	73	35	2	0	0	0	1
OAK (2 yrs)				12	35	33	2	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	.182	.206	.242	.448	23	8	0	0	1	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				64	142	119	10	21	0	1	4	11	1	3	23	50	.176	.310	.294	.604	73	35	2	0	0	0	1
AL (2 yrs)				12	35	33	2	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	.182	.206	.242	.448	23	8	0	0	1	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
1986	22	OAK	AL	5	10	-0	0	0	-1	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.480	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$	/3D
1987	23	OAK	AL	7	25	-4	0	0	0	-0	-4	-0.3	1	-3	-0.3	.449	.498	-0.3	0.0	-3	$	/3
1987	23	SDP	NL	10	12	-2	0	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.476	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	/3
1988	24	SDP	NL	7	23	-1	-0	0	-0	-0	-1	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.478	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/3
1989	25	SDP	NL	42	102	1	-2	-0	-0	-1	-3	-0.3	3	0	0.0	.493	.498	0.0	-0.2	1	$	3
1990	26	SDP	NL	5	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.471	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$100,000
5 Seasons				76	177	-7	-2	-0	-1	-2	-12	-1.3	5	-7	-0.8	.483	.499	-0.7	-0.3	-6	$100,000

SDP (4 yrs)				64	142	-3	-2	-0	-1	-2	-8	-0.8	4	-3	-0.4	.487	.499	-0.4	-0.2	-3	$100,000
OAK (2 yrs)				12	35	-4	0	0	-0	-1	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.4	.462	.499	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$

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
1986	22	OAK	AL	10	7	1	3.8	93	.400	.222	.252	.300	.319	.333	.393	.633	.712	79	.409	-0.2	-0.0	.571	.222	.111
1987	23	TOT	MLB	37	31	1	0.9	101	.333	.143	.259	.167	.327	.171	.412	.338	.739	-7	.040	-5.3	-0.5	.233	.057	.029
1987	23	OAK	AL	25	21	1	1.3	100	.333	.167	.257	.167	.324	.208	.412	.375	.736	2	.076	-3.3	-0.3	.250	.042	.042
1987	23	SDP	NL	12	10	0	0.0	102	.333	.091	.264	.167	.333	.091	.412	.258	.745	-28	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.200	.091	.000
1988	24	SDP	NL	23	17	2	3.2	89	.273	.190	.255	.261	.319	.333	.374	.594	.693	71	.397	-0.9	-0.1	.529	.238	.143	.0
1989	25	SDP	NL	102	71	10	3.8	91	.260	.195	.255	.353	.323	.329	.380	.682	.703	96	.471	0.1	0.0	.634	.354	.134	1.5
1990	26	SDP	NL	5	5	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.266	.000	.332	.000	.399	.000	.731	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
5 Yrs				177	131	14	2.9	93	.280	.178	.256	.290	.323	.283	.388	.573	.711	63	.327	-7.7	-0.8	.500	.250	.105	1.6
162 Game Avg.				377	279	30	2.9	93	.280	.178	.256	.290	.323	.283	.388	.573	.711	63	.327	-7.7	-0.8	.500	.250	.105	3

SDP (4 yrs)				142	103	12	3.1	92	.262	.176	.256	.310	.323	.294	.383	.604	.706	73	.379	-4.2	-0.4	.544	.294	.118	1.6
OAK (2 yrs)				35	28	2	1.9	98	.353	.182	.255	.206	.322	.242	.407	.448	.729	23	.152	-3.5	-0.3	.333	.091	.061

NL (4 yrs)				142	103	12	3.1	92	.262	.176	.256	.310	.323	.294	.383	.604	.706	73	.379	-4.2	-0.4	.544	.294	.118	1.6
AL (2 yrs)				35	28	2	1.9	98	.353	.182	.255	.206	.322	.242	.407	.448	.729	23	.152	-3.5	-0.3	.333	.091	.061

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
1986	22	OAK	AL	10	0.0%	40.0%	10.0%	10.0%	50%	4.00	2.3				0.00	50%
1987	23	TOT	MLB	37	0.0%	54.1%	2.7%	2.7%	20%	20.00	1.8		35.0		1.00	41%
1987	23	OAK	AL	25	0.0%	48.0%	0.0%	4.0%	25%		2.0				1.00	48%
1987	23	SDP	NL	12	0.0%	66.7%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	8.00	1.4		11.0		1.00	25%
1988	24	SDP	NL	23	4.4%	39.1%	8.7%	4.4%	25%	4.50	2.3	21.0	7.0	0.20	0.33	48%	25%	14.3%	30%
1989	25	SDP	NL	102	2.9%	28.4%	19.6%	3.9%	25%	1.45	2.8	27.3	11.7	0.56	0.73	49%	11%	10.7%	18%
1990	26	SDP	NL	5	0.0%	80.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3			0.00	0.00	20%	0%	0.0%	0%
5 Yrs				177	2.3%	37.3%	13.6%	4.0%	26%	2.75	2.3	38.0	13.8	0.47	0.63	46%	14%	11.1%	20%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.0%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	1.75	5.9	40.1	8.4	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.6%	26%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1986	22	OAK	AL	-0.2	-0.0	11	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.27	-0.0	-0.2	-1.5	-0.2	1.02	-0.4	0.66	2
1987	23	TOT	MLB	-5.3	-0.5	37	-0.7	0.3	-1.0	1.23	-0.6	-0.0	-7.0	-0.7	0.90	-6.7	1.72	7
1987	23	OAK	AL	-3.3	-0.3	25	-0.6	0.1	-0.6	1.07	-0.4	-0.2	-5.3	-0.5	0.92	-4.7		0
1987	23	SDP	NL	-2.0	-0.2	12	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	1.55	-0.2	0.1	-1.8	-0.2	0.87	-2.0	1.72	7
1988	24	SDP	NL	-0.9	-0.1	23	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.82	-0.0	-0.1	-0.9	-0.1	1.05	0.7	0.65	2
1989	25	SDP	NL	0.1	0.0	105	-0.3	1.7	-2.0	1.05	-0.2	-0.1	-2.6	-0.3	0.93	-2.1	1.16	12
1990	26	SDP	NL	-1.4	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.94	-0.1	-0.0	-1.2	-0.1	0.87	-1.3	0.94	5
5 Yrs				-7.7	-0.8	181	-1.4	2.3	-3.7	1.07	-0.9	-0.4	-13.2	-1.4	0.94	-9.8	1.19	28

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CSH	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1986	22	OAK	AL	0	33%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	23	TOT	MLB	0	17%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	23	OAK	AL	0	25%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	23	SDP	NL	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	24	SDP	NL	0	60%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	25%	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
1989	25	SDP	NL	2	9%	37	1	3	25%	1	2	1	1	1	18%	6	6	2	1	1	3	2	1
1990	26	SDP	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				2	17%	52	1	3	25%	1	2	1	1	2	19%	9	9	3	1	2	4	3	1

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
1986	22	OAK	AL	10	100%	2			2	1	0	0	0.66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		9	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1987	23	TOT	MLB	37	92%	5			7	1	0	1	1.72	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	7	0	0%	3	1	33%	23	1	4%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1987	23	OAK	AL	25	88%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	3	1	33%	16	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1987	23	SDP	NL	12	100%	1			7	1	0	1	1.72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		7	1	14%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1988	24	SDP	NL	23	87%	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.65	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	2	0	0%	17	2	12%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
1989	25	SDP	NL	102	81%	16	1	0	12	1	0	0	1.16	3	0	0	3	0	1	2	0	0	0		15	2	13%	7	0	0%	56	5	9%	6	1	17%	4	2	50%	0
1990	26	SDP	NL	5	100%	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.94	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				177	86%	27	1	0	28	3	0	1	1.19	4	0	3	4	0	2	2	0	1	1	100%	28	2	7%	12	1	8%	108	8	7%	9	3	33%	5	3	60%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			72%			11%			35%			15%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	24	SDP	NL	24	98	4.08	59	60%	22%	31%	27%	20%	78%	0%	47%	61%	38%	8%	2	0	13%	3	1	8%	2	2	22%	-1	0	0
1989	25	SDP	NL	103	440	4.27	235	53%	23%	28%	26%	23%	77%	2%	41%	64%	29%	8%	8	3	20%	21	7	14%	14	8	31%	-1	0	0
1990	26	SDP	NL	4	20	5.00	12	60%	42%	25%	25%	8%	58%	0%	35%	57%	25%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	67%	1	0	0
3 Yrs				131	558	4.26	306	55%	24%	28%	26%	22%	76%	2%	42%	63%	31%	8%	10	3	18%	24	8	12%	16	10	32%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	IBB
1986	22	5	10	9	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.222	.300	.333	.633	79	3	0	0	0
1987	23	22	47	44	2	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	24	.159	.196	.205	.400	10	9	0	1	0
1988	24	29	70	65	6	11	2	0	1	4	0	0	4	33	.169	.217	.246	.464	29	16	0	1	0
1989	25	71	172	147	12	27	2	1	4	11	1	3	24	62	.184	.298	.293	.591	68	43	2	1	1
1990	26	76	177	152	12	27	2	1	4	11	1	3	24	66	.178	.290	.283	.573	63	43	2	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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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
1986	22	5	10	9	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.222	.300	.333	.633	1	5
1987	23	17	37	35	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	20	.143	.167	.171	.338	1	17
1988	24	7	23	21	4	4	0	0	1	3	0	2	9	.190	.261	.333	.594	2	7
1989	25	42	104	83	7	17	0	1	3	8	1	21	29	.205	.365	.337	.703	11	42
1990	26	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
5 Yrs		76	179	153	13	28	2	1	4	12	1	25	66	.183	.298	.288	.585	15	76
162 Game Avg.		162	382	326	28	60	4	2	9	26	2	53	141	.183	.298	.288	.585	32	76

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