Dick Nen

Richard Leroy Nen

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 24, 1939 in South Gate, CA
High School: Phineas Banning HS (Wilmington, CA)
School: California State University Long Beach (Long Beach, CA)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1963
Teams (by GP): Senators/Cubs/Dodgers 1963-1970

Final Game: June 28, 1970
Relatives: Father of Robb Nen
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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
1961	21	LAD-min	C	139	606	504	121	177	34	4	32	144	25	3	102	89	.351	.460	.625	1.085		315							REN · CALL
1962	22	LAD-min	AAA	72	264	231	30	62	7	4	6	32	2	0	27	57	.268	.337	.411	.748		95		0	0	6			SPO · PCL
1963	23	LAD-min	AAA	158	654	579	85	167	38	4	9	84	16	8	75	123	.288	.370	.415	.785		240							SPO · PCL
1963	23	LAD	NL	7	11	8	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	.125	.364	.500	.864	156	4	1	0	0	0	1	/3

1964	24	LAD-min	AAA	142	555	475	77	133	21	2	18	67	11	6	65	97	.280	.361	.446	.807		212		1	3	11			SPO · PCL
1965	25	TEX-min	AAA	82	335	300	51	75	15	2	17	36	7	2	31	46	.250	.322	.483	.806		145		2	0	2			HAW · PCL
1965	25	WSA	AL	69	271	246	18	64	7	1	6	31	1	2	19	47	.260	.312	.370	.682	95	91	3	1	2	3	1	3
1966	26	WSA	AL	94	266	235	20	50	8	0	6	30	0	2	28	46	.213	.294	.323	.618	79	76	9	0	1	2	2	3
1967	27	WSA	AL	110	262	238	21	52	7	1	6	29	0	1	21	39	.218	.280	.332	.612	84	79	6	0	1	2	4	3/7
1968	28	CHC	NL	81	103	94	8	17	1	1	2	16	0	0	6	17	.181	.225	.277	.502	46	26	0	0	1	2	2	3

1969	29	TEX-min	AAA	131	483	422	52	112	24	1	7	49	2	1	54	58	.265	.346	.377	.723		159		1	1	5			BFL · IL
1970	30	TEX-min	AAA	101	349	294	41	92	18	3	7	48	1	2	47	41	.313	.407	.466	.873		137		3	0	5			DEN · AA
1970	30	WSA	AL	6	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1971	31	TEX-min	AAA	87	322	282	33	84	8	2	2	47	0	0	32	25	.298	.363	.362	.724		102		0	2	6			DEN · AA
1972	32	TEX-min	AAA	51	189	160	19	43	10	0	5	28	0	2	25	28	.269	.365	.425	.790		68		1	0	3			DEN · AA
6 Yrs				367	918	826	70	185	23	3	21	107	1	5	77	152	.224	.288	.335	.623	82	277	19	1	5	9	10
162 Game Avg.				162	405	365	31	82	10	1	9	47	0	2	34	67	.224	.288	.335	.623	82	122	8	0	2	4	4

WSA (4 yrs)				279	804	724	60	167	22	2	18	90	1	5	68	132	.231	.295	.341	.636	86	247	18	1	4	7	7
LAD (1 yr)				7	11	8	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	.125	.364	.500	.864	156	4	1	0	0	0	1
CHC (1 yr)				81	103	94	8	17	1	1	2	16	0	0	6	17	.181	.225	.277	.502	46	26	0	0	1	2	2

AL (4 yrs)				279	804	724	60	167	22	2	18	90	1	5	68	132	.231	.295	.341	.636	86	247	18	1	4	7	7
NL (2 yrs)				88	114	102	10	18	1	1	3	17	0	0	9	20	.176	.239	.294	.533	56	30	1	0	1	2	3

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
1963	23	LAD	NL	7	11	0	0	-0	0	-0	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.508	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/3

1965	25	WSA	AL	69	271	0	-1	0	1	-4	-3	-0.4	8	4	0.3	.495	.498	0.3	-0.3	3	$7,000	3
1966	26	WSA	AL	94	266	-6	0	-2	-0	-4	-12	-1.5	8	-4	-0.7	.485	.491	-0.6	-0.6	-4	$	3
1967	27	WSA	AL	110	262	-5	-1	0	1	-3	-8	-1.1	7	-1	-0.4	.491	.494	-0.4	-0.4	-2	$	3/7
1968	28	CHC	NL	81	103	-7	-1	0	-1	-1	-9	-1.1	4	-6	-0.8	.486	.493	-0.7	-0.1	-5	$12,500	3

1970	30	WSA	AL	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.509	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/3
6 Seasons				367	918	-17	-3	-1	2	-12	-32	-4.0	27	-5	-1.4	.490	.496	-1.3	-1.3	-7	$19,500

WSA (4 yrs)				279	804	-11	-2	-1	2	-11	-23	-3.0	23	-0	-0.7	.490	.496	-0.7	-1.2	-2	$7,000
LAD (1 yr)				7	11	0	0	-0	0	-0	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.508	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$
CHC (1 yr)				81	103	-7	-1	0	-1	-1	-9	-1.1	4	-6	-0.8	.486	.493	-0.7	-0.1	-5	$12,500

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1963	LAD	NL	23	1B	5	0	0	16.0	22	22	0	0	0	1.000	0	15	12.38	4.40	.989	9.79	9.78
1965	WSA	AL	25	1B	65	63	59	558.2	584	519	61	4	48	.993	1	2	9.34	8.92	.991	9.56	9.53
1966	WSA	AL	26	1B	76	60	55	555.0	610	566	38	6	44	.990	-0	-1	9.79	7.95	.991	9.59	9.58
1967	WSA	AL	27	1B	65	51	47	506.2	561	516	42	3	49	.995	1	2	9.91	8.58	.991	9.53	9.55
1967	WSA	AL	27	LF	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	360	9.00	1.00	.980	1.80	1.90
1967	WSA	AL	27	OF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	360	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.10
1968	CHC	NL	28	1B	52	15	13	191.1	233	219	11	3	12	.987	-1	-4	10.82	4.42	.992	10.09	10.12
1970	WSA	AL	30	1B	1	0	0	2.0	5	4	1	0	0	1.000	0	180	22.50	5.00	.992	9.45	9.60
	6 Seasons			1B	264	189	174	1829.2	2015	1846	153	16	153	.992	2	1	9.83	7.57	.991	9.62	9.67
	1 Season			LF	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	360	9.00	1.00	.980	1.80	1.90
	1 Season			OF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	360	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.10
	6 Seasons			TOT	265	189	174	1830.2	2015	1846	153	16	153	.992	2	1	9.83	7.54	.991	9.61	9.64

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

Before 1961 Season: Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent.
December 15, 1964: the Los Angeles Dodgers sent Dick Nen to the Washington Senators to complete an earlier deal made on December 4, 1964. December 4, 1964: The Los Angeles Dodgers sent a player to be named later, Frank Howard, Ken McMullen, Phil Ortega and Pete Richert to the Washington Senators for John Kennedy, Claude Osteen and $100,000.
April 3, 1968: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Washington Senators.
October 1, 1968: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the Chicago Cubs.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1964	24	Los Angeles Dodgers	$7,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database
1965	25	Washington Senators	$7,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

1968	28	Chicago Cubs	$12,500	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$26,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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