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
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Standard Fielding

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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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1992 MIL AL 22 C 46 43 388.0 242 224 16 2 1 .992 3.0 9.3 3 5.57 5.22 .989 6.20 5.26 0 6 21 12 36%
1992 MIL AL 22 1B 3 0 9.0 7 7 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.00 2.33 1.000 9.70 8.37
1992 MIL AL 22 DH 2
1993 MIL AL 23 C 91 85 719.0 469 430 30 9 3 .981 -7.0 -11.7 -7 5.76 5.05 .991 6.56 5.46 7 23 60 22 27%
1993 MIL AL 23 1B 4 3 26.2 30 27 3 0 3 1.000 0.2 9.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 10.12 7.50 .993 9.58 8.25
1993 MIL AL 23 DH 4
1994 MIL AL 24 C 60 59 484.2 312 295 15 2 3 .994 -3.0 -7.4 -3 5.76 5.17 .991 6.79 5.73 3 8 54 10 16%
1994 MIL AL 24 DH 43
1994 MIL AL 24 1B 5 2 26.0 20 20 0 0 4 1.000 -0.8 -36.9 -0.8 -0.1 -0.7 0 6.92 4.00 .990 9.55 8.48
1995 MIL AL 25 OF 58 52 426.0 106 99 5 2 0 .981 3.8 10.7 0.8 -1.7 2.5 3 2.20 1.79 .983 2.33 1.99
1995 MIL AL 25 RF 47 41 329.1 83 79 2 2 0 .976 2.3 8.4 1.3 -1.2 2.5 1 2.21 1.72 .980 2.05 1.63
1995 MIL AL 25 LF 15 11 96.2 22 19 3 0 0 1.000 1.5 18.6 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 2 2.05 1.47 .982 2.23 1.75
1995 MIL AL 25 DH 14
1995 MIL AL 25 1B 7 0 14.0 18 16 2 0 1 1.000 -2.0 -171.4 -2.0 0.0 -2.0 0 11.57 2.57 .994 9.58 8.31
1995 MIL AL 25 C 2 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.00 1.00 1.000 6.60 5.65 0 0 0 0
1996 MIL AL 26 OF 61 58 482.0 113 105 4 4 1 .965 -7.2 -17.9 -7.2 -6.9 -0.3 0 2.04 1.79 .983 2.37 2.02
1996 MIL AL 26 RF 55 52 433.0 104 95 5 4 0 .962 -8.0 -22.2 -8.0 -7.8 -0.2 0 2.08 1.82 .980 2.17 1.72
1996 MIL AL 26 DH 40
1996 MIL AL 26 1B 24 17 152.2 161 145 13 3 16 .981 -1.3 -10.2 -1.3 -0.4 -0.9 0 9.31 6.58 .992 9.24 7.92
1996 MIL AL 26 LF 6 6 49.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 19.6 0.8 0.9 -0.1 0 1.65 1.50 .978 2.19 1.75
1996 MIL AL 26 C 2 0 3.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.50 1.000 6.90 5.85 0 1 0 0
1997 MIL AL 27 1B 74 72 589.2 654 610 38 6 71 .991 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 9.89 8.76 .992 9.31 8.04
1997 MIL AL 27 DH 59
1997 MIL AL 27 LF 22 20 141.0 32 31 1 0 0 1.000 0.7 6.0 1.7 -1.0 2.7 -1 2.04 1.45 .978 2.06 1.71
1997 MIL AL 27 OF 22 20 141.0 32 31 1 0 0 1.000 0.7 6.0 1.7 -1.0 2.7 -1 2.04 1.45 .981 2.32 2.02
1998 MIL NL 28 1B 49 47 337.0 382 355 21 6 43 .984 4.6 16.4 3.6 4.0 -0.4 1 10.04 7.67 .993 9.46 8.01
1998 MIL NL 28 LF 37 34 260.0 53 49 2 2 0 .962 -1.2 -5.5 -0.2 -1.5 1.3 -1 1.77 1.38 .975 1.88 1.38
1998 MIL NL 28 OF 37 34 265.0 54 50 2 2 0 .963 -1.1 -5.0 -0.1 -1.5 1.4 -1 1.77 1.41 .980 2.17 1.78
1998 MIL NL 28 C 7 6 46.0 33 31 1 1 0 .970 -1.0 -26.1 -1 6.26 4.57 .991 7.49 6.47 1 2 3 0 0%
1998 MIL NL 28 RF 3 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 24.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 1.80 0.33 1.000 2.16 1.67
1999 MIL NL 29 C 101 94 762.0 580 531 44 5 3 .991 -7.0 -11.0 -7 6.79 5.69 .990 7.41 6.14 2 34 104 27 21% AS
1999 MIL NL 29 DH 1 AS
7 Seasons C 309 287 2405.2 1641 1515 107 19 10 .988 -15.0 -7.5 -15 6.07 5.25 .990 6.84 5.73 13 74 242 71 23%
4 Seasons OF 178 164 1314.0 305 285 12 8 1 .974 -3.8 -3.5 -4.8 -11.1 6.3 1 2.03 1.67 .982 2.31 1.96
7 Seasons 1B 166 141 1155.0 1272 1180 77 15 139 .988 0.9 0.9 -0.1 3.7 -3.8 1 9.79 7.57 .992 9.36 8.05
7 Seasons DH 163
3 Seasons RF 105 93 767.1 188 175 7 6 0 .968 -5.6 -8.8 -6.6 -9.0 2.4 1 2.13 1.73 .980 2.12 1.68
4 Seasons LF 80 71 546.2 116 108 6 2 0 .983 1.8 4.0 1.8 -2.1 3.9 0 1.88 1.43 .978 2.02 1.57
8 Seasons TOT 660 592 4874.2 3217 2978 197 42 149 .987 -17.9 -4.4 -4.9 -7.4 2.5 1 1 -15 5.86 4.81 .977 6.15 5.17 13 74 242 71 23%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1992 MIL AL 22 51 45 51 48 0 46 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
1993 MIL AL 23 100 92 100 94 0 91 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0
1994 MIL AL 24 109 103 109 63 0 60 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 6 0
1995 MIL AL 25 81 65 81 61 0 2 7 0 0 0 15 0 47 58 13 14 1
1996 MIL AL 26 123 114 123 81 0 2 24 0 0 0 6 0 55 61 39 7 0
1997 MIL AL 27 156 151 156 94 0 0 74 0 0 0 22 0 0 22 59 5 0
1998 MIL NL 28 102 87 102 90 0 7 49 0 0 0 37 0 3 37 0 14 0
1999 MIL NL 29 115 95 115 101 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 0
8 Seasons 837 752 837 632 0 309 166 0 0 0 80 0 105 178 160 69 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1992 MIL AL 22 1659 3.60 3.99 20 90% 0 0 224 15 0 7 202 16 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0%
1993 MIL AL 23 3283 4.94 5.55 27 89% 0 0 430 18 3 6 402 30 4 1 1 4 9 0 1 8 3 3 0 0 1 8 75%
1994 MIL AL 24 2170 4.35 4.87 12 83% 0 0 295 7 3 7 278 14 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 2 100%
1995 MIL AL 25 14 6.00 6.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 MIL AL 26 20 9.00 12.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 MIL NL 28 210 4.89 5.87 1 100% 0 0 31 1 0 0 30 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 MIL NL 29 3534 4.55 4.94 29 97% 0 1 531 18 3 8 502 44 9 0 0 7 5 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 8 100%
7 Seasons 10890 4.49 4.98 89 91% 0 1 1515 59 9 28 1418 106 15 2 1 15 19 0 5 14 3 10 0 0 2 19 84%
MLB Averages 4.37 4.81 93% 84%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1992 MIL AL 22 0 6 586 21 12 12 36% 15 10 6 2 0 0 0 0 37 13 1.41 1.77
1993 MIL AL 23 7 23 1220 60 22 18 27% 50 18 10 4 0 0 1 0 108 26 1.44 1.49
1994 MIL AL 24 3 8 774 54 10 9 16% 44 8 10 2 0 0 1 0 76 16 1.27 1.25
1995 MIL AL 25 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 MIL AL 26 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1998 MIL NL 28 1 2 82 3 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.42
1999 MIL NL 29 2 34 1282 104 27 19 21% 92 22 11 3 1 2 2 0 163 35 1.36 1.38
7 Seasons 13 74 3957 242 71 58 23% 204 58 37 11 1 2 4 0 394 91 1.35 1.46
MLB Averages 31% 1.30 1.24

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1992 MIL AL 22 46 61% 70% 24% 0 0 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1993 MIL AL 23 112 68% 81% 30% 5 100% 0 26 2 24 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1994 MIL AL 24 125 54% 77% 25% 1 100% 0 19 0 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
1995 MIL AL 25 70 47% 77% 39% 6 67% 0 16 0 16 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 100%
1996 MIL AL 26 705 57% 77% 32% 40 88% 0 145 6 138 2 16 13 10 3 0 1 3 1 1 1 2 16 0 1 0 15 1 1 0 1 2 100%
1997 MIL AL 27 2618 54% 77% 32% 138 93% 0 612 31 576 5 66 35 20 8 1 2 6 2 1 3 4 71 1 0 0 66 2 4 2 2 4 50%
1998 MIL NL 28 1550 62% 76% 32% 85 78% 1 356 16 338 3 31 23 15 5 1 2 6 1 3 2 2 43 1 2 1 40 5 3 0 3 3 67%
7 Seasons 5226 57% 77% 32% 275 87% 1 1181 55 1118 10 117 76 49 17 2 6 15 4 5 6 8 139 2 3 1 129 8 9 2 7 11 73%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 92% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1995 MIL AL 25 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 18 9 0 9 3 0 8 7 0 3 2 0 6 1 0 44 22 50.0% 22 0 0.0% 2 1554 59% 79% 38% 170 48%
1996 MIL AL 26 4 0 1 3 1 4 0 1 0 2 30 16 0 16 4 1 8 5 0 6 0 0 7 4 0 67 29 43.3% 37 1 1.5% 3 2022 56% 76% 42% 217 46%
1998 MIL NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 61% 78% 39% 1 100%
3 Seasons 6 0 1 5 1 6 0 2 0 3 48 25 0 25 7 1 16 12 0 9 2 0 13 5 0 111 51 45.9% 59 1 0.9% 5 3599 57% 77% 40% 388 47%
MLB Averages 45.0% 2.4% 56% 75% 38% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1995 MIL AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 1 8 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 8 61.5% 3 2 15.4% 1 444 53% 78% 42% 48 46%
1996 MIL AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 221 45% 80% 41% 20 45%
1997 MIL AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 6 0 4 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 15 9 60.0% 6 0 0.0% 1 617 56% 76% 41% 81 40%
1998 MIL NL 28 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 1 0 4 2 0 3 0 0 4 4 0 17 7 41.2% 10 0 0.0% 2 1169 63% 74% 38% 91 55%
4 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 6 0 3 0 3 11 9 0 11 2 1 16 9 1 4 0 0 5 5 0 47 25 53.2% 20 2 4.3% 4 2451 58% 75% 40% 240 47%
MLB Averages 60.2% 2.5% 56% 75% 38% 49%

* 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.

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