Milt Nielsen

Milton Robert Nielsen

Positions: Pinch Runner, Pinch Hitter and Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 8, 1925 in Tyler, MN
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1949
Team: Indians 1949-1951

Final Game: July 4, 1951
Died: August 1, 2005 in Mankato, MN
Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, St. Peter, MN
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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	Pos	Awards
1946	21	CLE-min	C	71	188	188		58	18	4	2						.309	.309	.479	.787		90						BAK · CALL
1947	22	CLE-min	AA	151	590	590		158	36	12	11						.268	.268	.425	.693		251						OKC · TL
1948	23	CLE-min	AA	132	472	472		139	25	8	6						.294	.294	.419	.714		198						OKC · TL
1949	24	CLE-min	AA	151	587	587		194	40	12	16						.330	.330	.521	.852		306						OKC · TL
1949	24	CLE	AL	3	11	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.111	.273	.111	.384	4	1	0	0	0		/8O

1950	25	CLE-min	AAA	126	496	429	86	128	21	4	8	41	6		57	48	.298	.382	.422	.804		181		1	9			SDG · PCL
1951	26	CLE-min	AAA	41	160	138	23	38	3	2	4	20	0		20	12	.275	.367	.413	.780		57		0	2			SDG · PCL
1951	26	CLE	AL	16	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	0	0	0
1952	27	CLE-min	AAA	137	535	486	78	151	22	5	8	87	6		43	28	.311	.370	.426	.796		207	8	3	3			INA · AA
1953	28	CLE-min	AAA	71	150	122	22	37	5	1	2	20	3		25	13	.303	.430	.410	.839		50	2	2	1			INA · AA
1954	29	CLE-min	AAA	70	101	91	11	21	1	1	1	14	2		9	14	.231	.297	.297	.594		27	1	0	0	1		INA · AA
2 Yrs				19	17	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.067	.222	.067	.289	-20	1	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	145	128	17	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	43	.067	.222	.067	.289	-20	9	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
1949	24	CLE	AL	3	11	-1	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.452	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/8O

1951	26	CLE	AL	16	6	-1	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.492	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
2 Seasons				19	17	-2	-0	0	0	0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.485	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$

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
1949	24	CLE	AL	11	8	0	0.0	105	.200	.111	.268	.273	.360	.111	.390	.384	.750	4	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.375	.222	.000

1951	26	CLE	AL	6	6	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.260	.143	.340	.000	.382	.143	.722	-58	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.167	.167	.000
2 Yrs				17	14	0	0.0	102	.100	.067	.265	.222	.352	.067	.387	.289	.739	-20	.000	-2.5	-0.2	.286	.200	.000
162 Game Avg.				145	119	0	0.0	102	.100	.067	.265	.222	.352	.067	.387	.289	.739	-20	.000	-2.5	-0.2	.286	.200	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1949	24	CLE	AL	11	0.0%	36.4%	18.2%	0.0%	0%	2.00	2.3			3.00	45%

1951	26	CLE	AL	6	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	0.0%		1.00	6.0			0.00	83%
2 Yrs				17	0.0%	29.4%	17.7%	0.0%	0%	1.67	3.0			0.50	59%
MLB Averages					2.0%	9.6%	10.1%	6.5%	28%	0.95	9.1	45.1	7.8	0.96	76%

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	CLE	AL	-1.2	-0.1	11	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.97	-0.1	-0.0	-1.3	-0.1	1.01	-1.2		0

1951	26	CLE	AL	-1.3	-0.1	6	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.45	-0.2	-0.0	-1.7	-0.2	0.95	-1.8	1.45	6
2 Yrs				-2.5	-0.2	17	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	1.14	-0.3	-0.0	-3.1	-0.3	0.99	-3.0	1.45	6

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1949	24	CLE	AL	0	0	33%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0

1951	26	CLE	AL	0	0	100%	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
2 Yrs				0	0	50%	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0

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	CLE	AL	11	9%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		9	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

1951	26	CLE	AL	6	100%	0			6	0	0	0	1.45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
2 Yrs				17	41%	1			6	0	0	0	1.45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	14	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			98%			13%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1949	24	3	11	9	1	1	2	4	.111	.273	.111	.384	4	1
1950	25	3	11	9	1	1	2	4	.111	.273	.111	.384	4	1
1951	26	19	17	15	2	1	3	5	.067	.222	.067	.289	-20	1

Neutralized Batting

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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	3	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.182	.000	.182	0	3

1951	26	17	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	16
2 Yrs		20	18	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	19
162 Game Avg.		162	146	122	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	41	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	19

* 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.

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