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Dave Nilsson

David Wayne Nilsson

Positions: Catcher, Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 14, 1969 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
High School: Brisbane (Brisbane, AU)
Signed by the Milwaukee Brewers as an amateur free agent in 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 18, 1992 (Age 22)
Team: Brewers 1992-1999

Final Game: October 3, 1999 (Age 29)
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Fine Details  · Last updated Feb 12, 2013 1:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #1294. Spike Owen… #1295. Julio Cruz… #1296. Billy Myers… #1297. DAVE NILSSON… #1298. Danny O'Connell… #1299. Bobby Adams… #1300. Rip Radcliff… 

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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
1992 22 MIL AL 51 183 164 15 38 8 0 4 25 2 2 17 18 .232 .304 .354 .658 86 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 .932 131 238 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 .954 141 190 7 2 2 4 6 2/D AS
2001 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2002 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2003 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
8 Yrs 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

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 Awards
1992 22 MIL AL 51 183 -3 -0 1 3 2 2 0.3 6 8 0.8 .504 .501 0.5 0.6 5 2/3D
1993 23 MIL AL 100 340 -5 -3 -1 -7 4 -11 -1.0 11 0 0.0 .489 .493 0.8 -0.2 7 $122,500 2/3D
1994 24 MIL AL 109 440 -7 2 0 -4 -1 -10 -0.9 14 4 0.4 .491 .494 0.8 -0.4 8 $182,500 2D/3
1995 25 MIL AL 81 294 -3 1 0 2 -5 -5 -0.4 9 4 0.5 .494 .497 0.3 -0.2 2 $290,000 97D/32
1996 26 MIL AL 123 516 25 -1 3 -8 -8 10 1.2 17 27 2.7 .507 .506 3.4 -1.4 36 $1,075,000 9D3/72
1997 27 MIL AL 156 629 3 -0 3 1 -12 -5 -0.3 21 15 1.6 .497 .497 1.5 -0.9 14 $2,700,000 3D7
1998 28 MIL NL 102 347 3 -2 -2 2 -5 -3 -0.4 10 6 0.5 .497 .498 0.3 -0.2 4 $3,700,000 37/29
1999 29 MIL NL 115 404 19 -1 0 -7 5 16 1.4 11 27 2.5 .513 .509 3.2 -0.2 34 $5,694,133 2/D AS
8 Seasons 837 3153 32 -5 3 -18 -19 -7 -0.1 99 92 9.0 .499 .499 10.8 -3.0 110 $13,764,133

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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 PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1992 MIL AL 22 C 46 43 37 388.0 242 224 16 2 1 .992 3 9 5.57 5.22 .989 6.20 6.18 0 6 21 12 36% 34% 0
1992 MIL AL 22 1B 3 0 0 9.0 7 7 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 7.00 2.33 .993 9.70 9.63
1992 MIL AL 22 DH 2 2
1993 MIL AL 23 C 91 85 63 719.0 469 430 30 9 3 .981 -7 -12 5.76 5.05 .991 6.56 6.50 7 23 60 22 27% 36% 1
1993 MIL AL 23 1B 4 3 2 26.2 30 27 3 0 3 1.000 0 9 10.12 7.50 .993 9.58 9.48
1993 MIL AL 23 DH 4 4
1994 MIL AL 24 C 60 59 44 484.2 312 295 15 2 3 .994 -3 -7 5.76 5.17 .991 6.79 6.74 3 8 54 10 16% 31% 1
1994 MIL AL 24 DH 43 42
1994 MIL AL 24 1B 5 2 2 26.0 20 20 0 0 4 1.000 -1 -37 6.92 4.00 .992 9.55 9.48
1995 MIL AL 25 OF 58 52 25 426.0 106 99 5 2 0 .981 4 11 2.20 1.79 .983 2.33 2.31
1995 MIL AL 25 RF 47 41 18 329.1 83 79 2 2 0 .976 2 8 2.21 1.72 .979 2.05 2.03
1995 MIL AL 25 LF 15 11 7 96.2 22 19 3 0 0 1.000 2 19 2.05 1.47 .982 2.23 2.19
1995 MIL AL 25 DH 14 13
1995 MIL AL 25 1B 7 0 0 14.0 18 16 2 0 1 1.000 -2 -171 11.57 2.57 .993 9.58 9.50
1995 MIL AL 25 C 2 0 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 6.00 1.00 .990 6.60 6.65 0 0 0 0 0
1996 MIL AL 26 OF 61 58 28 482.0 114 105 5 4 1 .965 -7 -18 2.05 1.80 .983 2.38 2.36
1996 MIL AL 26 RF 55 52 24 433.0 104 96 4 4 1 .962 -8 -22 2.08 1.82 .979 2.17 2.16
1996 MIL AL 26 DH 40 39
1996 MIL AL 26 1B 24 17 12 152.2 161 145 13 3 16 .981 -1 -10 9.31 6.58 .992 9.24 9.18
1996 MIL AL 26 LF 6 6 4 49.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1 20 1.65 1.50 .979 2.19 2.17
1996 MIL AL 26 C 2 0 0 3.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 9.00 1.50 .990 6.90 6.85 0 1 0 0 0
1997 MIL AL 27 1B 74 72 43 589.2 654 610 38 6 71 .991 0 0 9.89 8.76 .992 9.31 9.23
1997 MIL AL 27 DH 59 59
1997 MIL AL 27 LF 22 20 2 141.0 32 31 1 0 0 1.000 1 6 2.04 1.45 .979 2.07 2.05
1997 MIL AL 27 OF 22 20 2 141.0 32 31 1 0 0 1.000 1 6 2.04 1.45 .982 2.32 2.30
1998 MIL NL 28 1B 49 47 17 337.0 382 355 21 6 43 .984 5 16 10.04 7.67 .993 9.46 9.41
1998 MIL NL 28 LF 37 34 13 260.0 53 49 2 2 0 .962 -1 -6 1.77 1.38 .975 1.89 1.88
1998 MIL NL 28 OF 37 34 13 265.0 54 50 2 2 0 .963 -1 -5 1.77 1.41 .980 2.17 2.16
1998 MIL NL 28 C 7 6 2 46.0 33 31 1 1 0 .970 -1 -26 6.26 4.57 .990 7.51 7.47 1 2 3 0 0% 32% 0
1998 MIL NL 28 RF 3 0 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 24 1.80 0.33 .980 2.16 2.07
1999 MIL NL 29 C 101 94 57 762.0 580 531 44 5 3 .991 -7 -11 6.79 5.69 .990 7.41 7.35 2 34 104 27 21% 29% 2 AS
1999 MIL NL 29 DH 1 1 AS
7 Seasons C 309 287 203 2405.2 1641 1515 107 19 10 .988 -15 -7 6.07 5.25 .990 6.84 6.80 13 74 242 71 23% 32% 4
4 Seasons OF 178 164 68 1314.0 306 285 13 8 1 .974 -4 -3 2.04 1.67 .982 2.32 2.29
7 Seasons 1B 166 141 76 1155.0 1272 1180 77 15 139 .988 1 1 9.79 7.57 .992 9.36 9.31
3 Seasons RF 105 93 42 767.1 188 176 6 6 1 .968 -6 -9 2.13 1.73 .979 2.12 2.10
4 Seasons LF 80 71 26 546.2 116 108 6 2 0 .983 2 4 1.88 1.43 .978 2.02 2.01
8 Seasons TOT 653 592 347 4874.2 3219 2980 197 42 150 .987 -18 -4 5.87 4.87 .990 6.22 6.21 13 74 242 71 23% 32% 4
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1993 AL  9 (4th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1994 AL  54 (5th)
1999 NL  104 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1996 AL  1 (5th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1994 AL  .994 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1998 NL  5 (4th)

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1863), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1294), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1178), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (154th), 9.0 career WAR/9.0 7yr-peak WAR/9.0 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 14) = 49.3 career WAR/32.0 7yr-peak WAR/40.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  1. Garrett Atkins (953)
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  6. Joe Crede (920)
  7. Wally Judnich (920)
  8. Fernando Tatis (919)
  9. Les Bell (915)
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  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 (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Garrett Atkins (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

  • January 28, 1987: Signed by the Milwaukee Brewers as an amateur free agent.
  • October 28, 1999: Granted Free Agency.
  • February 9, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
  • October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
199323Milwaukee Brewers$122,5001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $2,500 earned bonus
199424Milwaukee Brewers$182,5001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199525Milwaukee Brewers$290,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $90,000 earned bonus
199626Milwaukee Brewers$1,075,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $25,000 earned bonus
199727Milwaukee Brewers$2,700,0001997 postseason AP surveyIncludes $400,000 earned bonus
199828Milwaukee Brewers$3,700,0004/3/98 USA Today
199929Milwaukee Brewers$5,694,1334/6/99 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$13,764,133
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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