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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 Community College (Compton, CA), California State University, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 11, 1968 (Age 23-296d, 12,683rd 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+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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	IBB	Pos	Awards
1964	20	CLE-min	A	120	558	438	98	111	14	4	8	39	53	5	96	101	.253	.400	.358	.758		157		13	8	3			DBQ · MIDW
1965	21	CLE-min	A	117	509	429	93	118	9	10	4	29	41	3	62	82	.275	.366	.371	.737		159		3	9	6			SLS · CALL
1966	22	CLE-KCA-min	AA,WRk	170	747	638	109	163	18	11	3	54	69	9	87	97	.255	.350	.332	.682		212		8	10	4			PAW,ATH · EL,AZIL
1967	23	CLE-min	AAA	103	408	369	56	103	12	4	1	15	29	6	27	48	.279	.330	.341	.671		126		2	8	2			POR · PCL
1968	24	CLE	AL	88	216	189	26	44	4	5	0	19	23	7	17	35	.233	.295	.307	.602	84	58	1	1	6	3	0	4H6
1969	25	CLE	AL	52	137	123	11	25	0	0	0	6	4	3	9	26	.203	.259	.203	.463	30	25	2	1	2	2	1	4H/79
1970	26	WSA-min	AAA	53	236	206	36	76	17	6	2	20	8	2	20	18	.369	.420	.539	.959		111		1	5	4			DEN · AA
1970	26	WSA	AL	47	116	107	5	17	1	0	0	4	2	1	7	24	.159	.207	.168	.375	7	18	2	0	0	2	0	4H
1971	27	WSA-min	AAA	50	231	202	37	62	10	4	2	23	9	5	25	17	.307	.383	.426	.808		86		1	1	2			DEN · AA
1971	27	WSA	AL	85	358	329	47	92	11	3	5	33	17	8	23	29	.280	.328	.377	.705	106	124	9	1	4	1	2	5/H4
1972	28	TEX	AL	145	580	499	68	113	16	3	2	28	51	17	67	81	.226	.324	.283	.607	85	141	4	5	9	0	3	*5H8/7
1973	29	TEX	AL	142	624	576	71	165	24	4	7	48	43	16	34	78	.286	.325	.378	.703	102	218	11	0	11	3	3	*4/HD	AS,MVP-33
1974	30	TEX	AL	121	526	474	71	112	13	1	3	42	25	13	34	72	.236	.291	.287	.578	70	136	17	4	11	3	0	*4/DH
1975	31	TEX	AL	28	92	80	9	17	1	0	2	10	6	0	8	10	.213	.289	.300	.589	68	24	3	1	2	1	1	4/HD
1976	32	KCR	AL	78	171	153	24	36	4	2	1	17	15	5	14	26	.235	.298	.307	.605	77	47	1	0	3	1	0	4HD/3
1977	33	KCR	AL	27	55	48	8	9	3	1	0	4	1	3	7	11	.188	.291	.292	.583	59	14	1	0	0	0	0	H4/D
10 Yrs				813	2875	2578	340	630	77	19	20	211	187	73	220	392	.244	.305	.312	.618	81	805	51	13	48	16	10
162 Game Avg.				162	573	514	68	126	15	4	4	42	37	15	44	78	.244	.305	.312	.618	81	160	10	3	10	3	2

TEX (6 yrs)				568	2296	2065	271	516	66	11	19	165	144	55	173	294	.250	.310	.320	.630	85	661	46	11	37	10	9
KCR (2 yrs)				105	226	201	32	45	7	3	1	21	16	8	21	37	.224	.296	.303	.599	72	61	2	0	3	1	0
CLE (2 yrs)				140	353	312	37	69	4	5	0	25	27	10	26	61	.221	.281	.266	.547	61	83	3	2	8	5	1