Dave Nilsson
David Wayne Nilsson
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: December 14, 1969 in Brisbane, Australia
High School: Brisbane (Brisbane, AU)
Signed by the Milwaukee Brewers as an amateur free agent in 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 18, 1992
Final Game: October 3, 1999
    About biographical information

Standard Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
1992 22 MIL AL 51 183 164 15 38 8 0 4 25 2 2 17 18 .232 .304 .354 .658 85 58 1 0 2 0 1 2/3D
1993 23 MIL AL 100 340 296 35 76 10 2 7 40 3 6 37 36 .257 .336 .375 .711 93 111 10 0 4 3 5 2/3D
1994 24 MIL AL 109 440 397 51 109 28 3 12 69 1 0 34 61 .275 .326 .451 .777 95 179 7 0 1 8 9 2D/3
1995 25 MIL AL 81 294 263 41 73 12 1 12 53 2 0 24 41 .278 .337 .468 .804 103 123 9 2 0 5 4 97D/32
1996 26 MIL AL 123 516 453 81 150 33 2 17 84 2 3 57 68 .331 .407 .525 .932 130 238 4 3 0 3 6 9D3/72
1997 27 MIL AL 156 629 554 71 154 33 0 20 81 2 3 65 88 .278 .352 .446 .798 106 247 7 2 1 7 8 3D7
1998 28 MIL NL 102 347 309 39 83 14 1 12 56 2 2 33 48 .269 .339 .437 .776 103 135 12 1 2 2 1 37/29
1999 29 MIL NL 115 404 343 56 106 19 1 21 62 1 2 53 64 .309 .400 .554 .954 140 190 7 2 2 4 6 2/D AS
8 Seasons 837 3153 2779 389 789 157 10 105 470 15 18 320 424 .284 .356 .461 .817 110 1281 57 10 12 32 40
162 Game Avg. 162 610 538 75 153 30 2 20 91 3 3 62 82 .284 .356 .461 .817 110 248 11 2 2 6 8
AL (6 yrs) 620 2402 2127 294 600 124 8 72 352 12 14 234 312 .282 .351 .449 .801 106 956 38 7 8 26 33
NL (2 yrs) 217 751 652 95 189 33 2 33 118 3 4 86 112 .290 .372 .498 .871 123 325 19 3 4 6 7

Advanced Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
1992 22 MIL AL 183 131 18 3.7 93 .239 .232 .258 .304 .327 .354 .383 .658 .710 85 .420 -3.4 -0.4 .581 .226 .122 2.7
1993 23 MIL AL 340 243 36 4.0 102 .270 .257 .265 .336 .336 .375 .406 .711 .742 93 .411 -2.9 -0.3 .614 .233 .118 4.2
1994 24 MIL AL 440 304 59 5.2 115 .292 .275 .277 .326 .350 .451 .442 .777 .792 95 .487 -3.4 -0.3 .725 .264 .176 1.8
1995 25 MIL AL 294 204 41 5.4 114 .284 .278 .276 .337 .351 .468 .436 .804 .787 103 .512 0.6 0.0 .759 .289 .190 3.4
1996 26 MIL AL 516 313 100 8.6 119 .358 .331 .282 .407 .356 .525 .453 .932 .809 130 .685 22.8 2.0 .958 .318 .194 3.6
1997 27 MIL AL 629 418 90 5.8 110 .296 .278 .272 .352 .342 .446 .431 .798 .773 106 .550 6.2 0.6 .763 .283 .168 3.6
1998 28 MIL NL 347 244 44 4.8 107 .283 .269 .269 .339 .340 .437 .424 .776 .764 103 .498 1.0 0.1 .704 .275 .168 3.4
1999 29 MIL NL 404 252 78 8.3 115 .324 .309 .274 .400 .350 .554 .442 .954 .791 140 .693 22.2 2.0 .992 .397 .245 1.9
8 Seasons 3153 2109 466 5.9 111 .300 .284 .273 .356 .345 .461 .432 .817 .777 110 .562 43.1 3.8 .779 .291 .177 26.3
162 Game Avg. 610 408 90 5.9 111 .300 .284 .273 .356 .345 .461 .432 .817 .777 110 .562 8 1 .779 .291 .177 5
AL (6 yrs) 2402 1613 344 5.7 111 .298 .282 .274 .351 .346 .449 .431 .801 .777 106 .544 19.8 1.7 .757 .276 .167 20.6
NL (2 yrs) 751 496 122 6.6 111 .304 .290 .272 .372 .345 .498 .434 .871 .778 123 .615 23.2 2.1 .850 .339 .209 5.5

All-Star Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1999 MIL NL 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
1992 22 MIL AL 183 2.2% 9.8% 9.3% 6.6% 32% 1.06 9.1 41.0 6.6 0.49 0.57 78% 20% 5.1% 20%
1993 23 MIL AL 340 2.1% 10.6% 10.9% 5.6% 25% 0.97 8.2 42.3 7.4 0.75 1.04 75% 24% 5.3% 10%
1994 24 MIL AL 440 2.7% 13.9% 7.7% 9.8% 39% 1.79 6.5 33.1 5.8 0.74 0.95 75% 23% 6.9% 13%
1995 25 MIL AL 294 4.1% 14.0% 8.2% 8.5% 34% 1.71 6.4 21.9 5.0 0.77 0.94 73% 22% 10.9% 14%
1996 26 MIL AL 516 3.3% 13.2% 11.1% 10.1% 35% 1.19 6.7 26.6 5.4 0.77 0.92 72% 24% 9.0% 13%
1997 27 MIL AL 629 3.2% 14.0% 10.3% 8.4% 34% 1.35 6.3 27.7 6.8 0.61 0.71 72% 22% 8.8% 19%
1998 28 MIL NL 347 3.5% 13.8% 9.5% 7.8% 33% 1.45 6.4 25.8 5.5 0.81 1.18 72% 22% 9.4% 12%
1999 29 MIL NL 404 5.2% 15.8% 13.1% 10.2% 39% 1.21 5.4 16.3 5.5 0.56 0.72 65% 19% 13.6% 13%
8 Seasons 3153 3.3% 13.5% 10.2% 8.6% 35% 1.33 6.6 26.5 5.9 0.69 0.87 72% 22% 8.8% 14%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1992 22 MIL AL 1 0 22% 52 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 30% 6 5 1 3 1 2 1 1 0
1993 23 MIL AL 2 0 26% 121 3 6 33% 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 9 45% 21 17 4 1 0 1 16 3 12
1994 24 MIL AL 5 0 30% 136 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 43% 14 9 5 6 4 2 10 4 6
1995 25 MIL AL 0 0 33% 107 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 43% 16 12 4 4 2 2 8 1 6
1996 26 MIL AL 7 0 33% 200 2 3 40% 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 10 54% 27 14 12 6 5 1 17 3 14
1997 27 MIL AL 5 0 25% 237 2 3 40% 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 18 27% 29 25 4 9 6 3 17 9 8
1998 28 MIL NL 5 0 26% 129 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 37% 20 16 4 9 6 3 12 4 8
1999 29 MIL NL 1 0 25% 173 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 23% 24 22 1 9 4 5 10 5 4
8 Seasons 26 0 28% 1155 15 18 45% 15 16 0 2 0 0 3 2 22 66 38% 157 120 35 47 28 19 91 30 58
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
1992 22 MIL AL 183 84% 38 16 0 1 0 0 0 2.22 4 0 7 4 0 1 3 0 2 2 100% 36 1 3% 15 5 33% 148 21 14% 9 3 33% 17 8 47% 0
1993 23 MIL AL 340 72% 76 9 3 4 1 0 2 2.39 7 0 11 5 2 5 2 0 4 4 100% 82 10 12% 43 16 37% 238 35 15% 27 14 52% 19 10 53% 0
1994 24 MIL AL 440 78% 109 7 0 4 1 0 1 2.58 12 1 13 10 2 4 8 0 1 1 100% 74 7 9% 44 17 39% 314 60 19% 30 17 57% 23 13 57% 0
1995 25 MIL AL 294 79% 73 7 0 13 2 0 3 2.25 12 1 10 10 2 7 5 0 0 0 69 9 13% 41 17 41% 219 41 19% 26 17 65% 26 14 54% 0
1996 26 MIL AL 516 78% 150 13 2 6 3 0 2 1.65 17 0 12 16 1 3 14 0 3 0 0% 116 4 3% 47 17 36% 370 69 19% 31 17 55% 45 20 44% 0
1997 27 MIL AL 629 66% 154 14 6 4 1 0 0 1.88 20 0 17 16 4 5 15 0 2 1 50% 131 7 5% 61 22 36% 411 63 15% 43 23 53% 51 22 43% 0
1998 28 MIL NL 347 81% 83 23 1 11 3 0 0 1.12 12 0 10 12 0 6 6 0 2 2 100% 68 12 18% 26 12 46% 239 45 19% 19 16 84% 23 16 70% 0
1999 29 MIL NL 404 73% 106 9 4 14 1 0 0 1.78 21 0 12 16 5 9 12 0 4 2 50% 84 7 8% 31 15 48% 286 41 14% 20 12 60% 19 15 79% 0
8 Seasons 3153 75% 789 98 16 57 12 0 8 1.86 105 2 92 89 16 40 65 0 18 12 67% 660 57 9% 308 121 39% 2225 375 17% 205 119 58% 223 118 53% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
1992 22 MIL AL 183 676 3.69 399 59% 28% 8% 27% 37% 72% 1% 42% 90% 25% 8% 14 2 18% 33 14 9% 17 11 44% 0 0 0
1993 23 MIL AL 333 1225 3.68 724 59% 29% 8% 26% 36% 70% 4% 41% 88% 25% 7% 23 2 19% 62 25 11% 36 19 41% 7 0 5
1994 24 MIL AL 428 1618 3.78 995 61% 27% 10% 30% 34% 73% 4% 45% 86% 27% 6% 27 5 16% 67 25 7% 31 20 28% 12 0 1
1995 25 MIL AL 266 1000 3.76 607 61% 32% 9% 25% 34% 68% 4% 41% 87% 21% 6% 16 0 18% 47 17 9% 25 17 43% 28 0 0
1996 26 MIL AL 506 1937 3.83 1137 59% 30% 9% 27% 34% 70% 3% 41% 87% 24% 6% 32 6 20% 99 42 11% 57 37 42% 10 0 0
1997 27 MIL AL 585 2269 3.88 1368 60% 29% 10% 29% 32% 71% 3% 43% 86% 21% 8% 44 4 18% 106 41 8% 48 26 32% 44 1 3
1998 28 MIL NL 347 1327 3.82 779 59% 29% 9% 28% 34% 71% 1% 42% 87% 25% 7% 23 3 18% 64 33 10% 36 20 46% 0 0 0
1999 29 MIL NL 404 1628 4.03 946 58% 29% 11% 30% 30% 71% 3% 41% 84% 19% 9% 37 3 18% 73 26 11% 45 26 30% 0 0 0
8 Seasons 3052 11680 3.83 6955 60% 29% 9% 28% 33% 71% 3% 42% 87% 23% 7% 216 25 18% 551 223 10% 295 176 37% 101 1 9
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1992 22 51 183 164 15 38 8 0 4 25 2 2 17 18 .232 .304 .354 .658 85 58 1 0 2 0 1
1993 23 151 523 460 50 114 18 2 11 65 5 8 54 54 .248 .325 .367 .692 90 169 11 0 6 3 6
1994 24 260 963 857 101 223 46 5 23 134 6 8 88 115 .260 .325 .406 .731 93 348 18 0 7 11 15
1995 25 341 1257 1120 142 296 58 6 35 187 8 8 112 156 .264 .328 .421 .749 95 471 27 2 7 16 19
1996 26 464 1773 1573 223 446 91 8 52 271 10 11 169 224 .284 .351 .451 .802 106 709 31 5 7 19 25
1997 27 620 2402 2127 294 600 124 8 72 352 12 14 234 312 .282 .351 .449 .801 106 956 38 7 8 26 33
1998 28 722 2749 2436 333 683 138 9 84 408 14 16 267 360 .280 .350 .448 .798 106 1091 50 8 10 28 34
1999 29 837 3153 2779 389 789 157 10 105 470 15 18 320 424 .284 .356 .461 .817 110 1281 57 10 12 32 40

Neutralized Batting

SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) ·

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1992 22 51 185 167 16 41 9 0 4 27 2 18 18 .246 .319 .371 .690 20 51
1993 23 100 333 294 35 74 10 2 7 41 3 36 36 .252 .330 .371 .701 36 100
1994 24 155 605 550 63 141 36 4 16 85 1 44 87 .256 .306 .424 .729 72 109
1995 25 91 322 289 41 75 12 1 12 53 2 25 46 .260 .317 .433 .749 40 81
1996 26 123 498 440 68 137 30 2 16 70 2 52 68 .311 .386 .498 .883 84 123
1997 27 156 624 551 67 151 32 0 20 77 2 64 88 .274 .348 .441 .789 85 156
1998 28 102 339 305 38 79 13 1 11 54 2 31 48 .259 .327 .416 .744 42 102
1999 29 115 393 337 50 100 18 1 20 55 1 50 64 .297 .387 .534 .921 69 115
8 Seasons 893 3299 2933 378 798 160 11 106 462 15 320 455 .272 .342 .443 .784 448 837
162 Game Avg. 162 598 532 69 145 29 2 19 84 3 58 83 .272 .342 .443 .784 81 837

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1999 *

Batting Average s c a p y
1996 AL  .331 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1994 AL  8 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1992 AL  born 1969-12-14 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1814), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1234), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1210), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Garrett Atkins (961)
  2. Whitey Kurowski (939)
  3. Ryan Zimmerman (930)
  4. Fernando Tatis (929)
  5. Ty Wigginton (929)
  6. Hank Leiber (927)
  7. Mark DeRosa (923)
  8. Jorge Cantu (922)
  9. Joe Crede (920)
  10. Michael Cuddyer (920)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Stephen Drew (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bill Hall (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Odell Hale (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Brook Jacoby (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Whitey Kurowski (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Garrett Atkins (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Dave Nilsson    

Viewed 42,885 times through December 9, 2009.
Name and misspellings: David Dave davey david Wayne nillson nilson Nilsson

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.