Dave Nelson

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 160lb (178cm, 72kg)

Born: June 20, 1944 in Fort Sill, OK us

Died: April 23, 2018 in Milwaukee, WI

High School: Junipero Serra HS (Gardena, CA)

Schools: Compton College (Compton, CA), California State University, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 11, 1968 (Age 23-296d, 12,669th in major league history)
vs. CAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1977 (Age 33-099d)
vs. OAK 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Full Name: David Earl Nelson

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.1

2578

630

.244

340

RBI

211

187

OBP

.305

SLG

.312

OPS

.618

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	39-39 / in Starts: 13-16
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	39 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 171 PAs	17
Actual Runners on Base	83 (35-33-15)
Avg. MLBer w/ 171 PAs	17
Avg. Runners on Base	105 (52-35-17)

Most Driven In
F Patek	3
J Quirk	3
T Poquette	3
B Martinez	2
F White	1
Self	1
A Cowens	1
J Wohlford	1

Most Driven In By
G Brett	8
A Otis	4
J Mayberry	2
J Wohlford	1
A Cowens	1
Self	1
F Patek	1
R Jones	1

1976 Batting Game Log

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1976 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	709	1	Apr 9	KCR	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	.75	-0.013	1.20	-0.01%	0.13	DH
2	710	2	Apr 13	KCR		CAL	W,7-4	GS-7	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.286	.375	.571	.946	1	.84	0.136	1.22	0.12%	1.33	DH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	711	16 (13)	May 5	KCR	@	BOS	W,8-4	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.444	.571	1.016	6	1.85	0.029	2.73	0.03%	0.33	PH
4	712	26 (9)	May 16	KCR		CHW	L,3-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.500	.900	9	4.75	-0.118	9.37	-0.14%	-0.41	PH 2B
5	713	33 (6)	May 23	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.400	.500	.900	3						PR 2B
6	714	35 (1)	May 26 (1)	KCR	@	TEX	W,14-2	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.455	.556	1.010	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.60	PR
7	715	36	May 26 susp	KCR	@	TEX	L,4-5	9-GF(10)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.455	.556	1.010	4		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR 2B
8	716	41 (4)	May 30	KCR	@	CAL	W,3-2	GS-8	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.467	.500	.967	1	1.06	0.018	2.32	0.02%	-0.05	2B
9	717	42	May 31	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-10	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.350	.353	.703	1	.34	-0.041	.81	-0.06%	-0.93	2B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	718	48 (5)	Jun 6	KCR		MIL	L,3-4	11-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.333	.333	.667	9	6.37	-0.153	15.64	-0.23%	-0.73	PH
11	719	49	Jun 7	KCR		DET	W,10-0	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.333	.333	.667	8						2B
12	720	50	Jun 8	KCR		DET	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.318	.316	.634	7	3.33	-0.089	8.14	-0.13%	-0.47	PH
13	721	52 (1)	Jun 10	KCR		BAL	W,7-0	2-GF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.320	.286	.606	9	.30	-0.002	.71	0.00%	-0.16	PR 2B
14	722	53	Jun 11	KCR		BAL	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.310	.360	.670	1	.68	0.135	1.61	0.19%	0.92	2B
15	723	54	Jun 12	KCR		BAL	W,7-6	CG	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.241	.333	.414	.747	1	.74	0.088	1.79	0.13%	0.48	2B
16	724	55	Jun 13	KCR		BAL	W,8-4	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.242	.342	.394	.736	1	.65	0.091	1.59	0.13%	0.82	2B
17	725	56	Jun 14	KCR	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.357	.389	.746	1	.55	0.009	1.34	0.01%	0.09	2B
18	726	57	Jun 15	KCR	@	DET	W,21-7	GS-4	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.391	.425	.816	1	.60	0.141	1.45	0.20%	3.42	2B
19	727	58	Jun 16	KCR	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.326	.400	.442	.842	1	1.80	0.152	4.25	0.22%	0.37	2B
20	728	59	Jun 18	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.319	.400	.447	.847	1	.93	0.071	2.17	0.10%	0.59	2B
21	729	60	Jun 19	KCR	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.373	.412	.785	1	.66	-0.064	1.45	-0.09%	-0.59	2B
22	730	61	Jun 20	KCR	@	CLE	L,8-11	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.375	.411	.786	1	.77	0.052	1.73	0.07%	1.52	2B
23	731	62	Jun 21	KCR		CHW	L,1-2	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	.300	.368	.400	.768	1	.77	0.041	1.97	0.06%	0.46	2B
24	732	63	Jun 22	KCR		CHW	L,8-14	GS-5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.352	.381	.733	1	.51	-0.036	1.39	-0.06%	-0.81	2B
25	733	64	Jun 23	KCR	@	TEX	L,5-7	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.294	.355	.397	.752	1	1.31	-0.030	4.90	-0.07%	-0.28	2B
26	734	65	Jun 24	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.338	.375	.713	1	1.10	-0.113	4.31	-0.27%	-1.07	2B
27	735	67 (1)	Jun 26	KCR		CAL	W,3-0	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.338	.375	.713	6						PR
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	736	75 (7)	Jul 4	KCR		OAK	L,0-6	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.333	.370	.703	8	.13	-0.003	.35	-0.01%	-0.22	2B
29	737	78 (2)	Jul 6 (2)	KCR	@	NYY	L,4-7	9-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.341	.370	.711	6	.10	0.003	.23	0.00%	0.24	PH
30	738	79	Jul 7	KCR	@	NYY	W,2-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.341	.370	.711	6						PR
31	739	83 (3)	Jul 15 (1)	KCR		BOS	W,12-5	3-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.329	.355	.685	8	.08	-0.006	.17	-0.01%	-0.85	PH 2B
32	740	84	Jul 15 (2)	KCR		BOS	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.263	.326	.350	.676	1	1.13	-0.046	2.02	-0.05%	-0.26	2B
33	741	85	Jul 16 (1)	KCR		BOS	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.312	.333	.645	1	.48	-0.048	.94	-0.06%	-0.86	2B
34	742	86	Jul 16 (2)	KCR		BOS	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.309	.330	.639	1	.85	-0.055	1.50	-0.06%	-0.17	2B
35	743	87	Jul 17	KCR		BOS	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.297	.315	.612	1	1.37	-0.129	2.11	-0.12%	-0.87	2B
36	744	88	Jul 18	KCR		BOS	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.295	.313	.608	1	.59	0.039	.78	0.03%	0.50	2B
37	745	89	Jul 19	KCR		BAL	L,3-4	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.291	.307	.598	1	1.11	-0.054	1.37	-0.04%	-0.61	2B
38	746	90	Jul 20	KCR		BAL	L,3-10	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.248	.298	.314	.613	1	.79	0.062	1.12	0.05%	0.60	2B
39	747	91	Jul 21	KCR		MIL	L,0-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.294	.309	.603	1	1.08	-0.145	1.76	-0.14%	-1.15	2B
40	748	92	Jul 22	KCR		MIL	W,3-1	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.292	.306	.598	6	.11	-0.003	.18	0.00%	-0.09	PH
41	749	93	Jul 23	KCR	@	OAK	L,0-2	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.298	.306	.604	7	.37	0.021	.88	0.03%	0.11	PH
42	750	94	Jul 24	KCR	@	OAK	W,6-5	5-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.298	.307	.605	9	1.24	0.093	3.50	0.16%	0.20	PH 2B
43	751	97 (2)	Jul 27	KCR	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.289	.297	.586	1	1.09	-0.103	1.71	-0.10%	-0.59	DH
44	752	98	Jul 28	KCR	@	CAL	W,3-2	8-GF(15)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.282	.289	.572	6	3.11	-0.012	5.32	-0.01%	-0.48	PH 2B
45	753	99	Jul 30	KCR		TEX	W,2-1	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.280	.287	.567	5	.64	-0.008	1.05	-0.01%	-0.18	PR
46	754	100	Jul 31	KCR		TEX	L,2-4	8-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.284	.290	.574	9	1.11	0.034	1.47	0.03%	0.79	PH 2B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
47	755	101	Aug 1	KCR		TEX	L,4-8	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.279	.286	.565	7	.41	-0.020	.61	-0.02%	-0.36	PH 2B
48	756	103 (1)	Aug 4	KCR		MIN	W,4-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.230	.279	.286	.565	5						PR
49	757	105 (1)	Aug 6 (1)	KCR	@	CHW	W,9-2	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.236	.285	.315	.600	5	.19	0.000	.17	0.00%	1.50	PR
50	758	106	Aug 6 (2)	KCR	@	CHW	W,8-3	6-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.236	.290	.315	.605	5	.09	0.004	.07	0.00%	0.61	PR
51	759	108 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.288	.313	.600	9	1.46	-0.037	1.02	-0.02%	-0.41	PH 2B
52	760	109	Aug 8 (2)	KCR	@	CHW	W,7-1	8-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		2	0	.234	.288	.313	.600	5	.14	0.005	.12	0.00%	0.57	PR
53	761	110	Aug 9	KCR		NYY	W,8-2	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	1	.234	.288	.313	.600	4	.03	-0.001	.02	0.00%	-0.39	PR
54	762	112 (1)	Aug 11	KCR		NYY	L,3-5	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.293	.313	.605	9	1.45	0.043	1.19	0.02%	0.20	PH
55	763	113	Aug 13	KCR		DET	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.293	.313	.605	9						2B
56	764	114	Aug 14	KCR		DET	W,15-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.291	.310	.601	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.34	PR
57	765	116 (1)	Aug 16	KCR		CLE	W,6-1	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.291	.310	.601	5						PR
58	766	117	Aug 17	KCR		CLE	W,4-3	8-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.291	.310	.601	5						PR
59	767	121 (3)	Aug 21	KCR	@	MIL	W,6-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.291	.310	.601	5						PR
60	768	122	Aug 22	KCR	@	MIL	W,7-4	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.291	.310	.601	7		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR 2B
61	769	124 (1)	Aug 24	KCR	@	CLE	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.291	.310	.601	4						PR
62	770	125	Aug 25	KCR	@	CLE	W,2-1	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.289	.308	.596	6	1.21	-0.033	1.38	-0.02%	-0.30	PH
63	771	126	Aug 26	KCR	@	BOS	W,7-6	10-GF(15)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.285	.303	.588	8	2.93	-0.117	2.33	-0.06%	-0.64	PH 2B
64	772	129 (2)	Aug 29	KCR	@	BOS	L,6-15	4-GF	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.295	.308	.603	5	.04	0.002	.02	0.00%	0.47	2B
65	773	130	Aug 30	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.293	.306	.598	8	2.73	-0.066	2.12	-0.03%	-0.20	PH
66	774	131	Aug 31	KCR	@	BAL	L,3-4	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.293	.306	.598	8						2B
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
67	775	132	Sep 1	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-7	4-GF	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.237	.302	.311	.613	8	1.38	0.163	.97	0.07%	1.27	2B
68	776	133	Sep 3	KCR		TEX	L,1-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.302	.311	.613	5						PR
69	777	138 (4)	Sep 8	KCR		CAL	L,0-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.307	.312	.619	1	1.57	0.025	3.34	0.03%	0.35	2B
70	778	139	Sep 9	KCR		CAL	W,6-5	CG(10)	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.302	.306	.607	1	1.25	-0.125	2.64	-0.16%	-0.89	2B
71	779	140	Sep 10	KCR	@	MIN	L,3-18	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.299	.302	.601	1	.44	-0.052	.90	-0.06%	-0.66	2B 1B
72	780	141	Sep 11	KCR	@	MIN	W,8-6	9-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.299	.302	.601	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
73	781	143 (1)	Sep 13 (1)	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.299	.302	.601	4						PR
74	782	150 (6)	Sep 19	KCR		CHW	W,6-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.297	.300	.597	2	1.78	-0.044	2.06	-0.03%	-0.22	PH
75	783	154 (3)	Sep 24	KCR	@	TEX	W,2-1	13-GF(14)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.297	.300	.597	8						2B
76	784	157 (2)	Sep 27	KCR	@	OAK	L,3-8	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.295	.298	.593	9	.28	-0.007	.37	-0.01%	-0.20	PH
77	785	161 (3)	Oct 2	KCR		MIN	L,2-3	5-GF	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.235	.298	.307	.605	6	4.57	-0.137	.00	0.00%	0.30	1B
78	786	162	Oct 3	KCR		MIN	L,3-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.298	.307	.605	9						2B
							39-39		171	153	24	36	4	2	1	17	14	0	26	0	3	1	2	1	15	5	.235	.298	.307	.605		1.03	-0.453	1.96	-0.33%	2.35

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