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Rocky
Nelson		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 183
 
Born: November 18, 1924 in Usa, OH, PORTSMOUTH
 
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1949 24 NYA AL     5 5 5 3 4 4 5 6 6 4 6 5 9 10 9
1950 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 4 4 5 6 6 5 6 6 9 10 10
1951 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 5 4 5 6 6 6 7 6 9 10 10
1952 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 4 5 4 5 6 6 6 7 6 9 10 10
1953 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 4 5 4 5 7 6 6 7 7 9 10 10
1954 29 NYG NL $ 350,000   7 7 6 4 5 4 6 7 7 6 8 7 8 9 9
1955 30 NYG NL     5 5 5 4 5 4 6 7 7 6 8 7 8 8 8
1956 31 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 5 4 6 7 7 6 8 7 8 8 8
1957 32 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 4 4 5 4 6 7 7 6 8 7 7 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 3 4 4 5 6 6 4 6 5 7 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   7 7 6 4 5 4 6 7 7 6 8 7 9 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1949 24 AA   74 270 51 79 10 2 18 43 5 3 55 11 .293 .412 .544 .957 60.0  
    A   44 149 36 51 10 3 13 38 1 3 39 4 .342 .479 .711 1.190 44.6  
1950 25 NYA AL 79 115 15 36 4 0 3 18 0 0 13 5 .313 .374 .426 .800 19.0 3.3
    AAA   25 91 10 22 7 0 4 19 1 1 12 4 .242 .330 .451 .781 13.6  
1951 26 NYA AL 30 45 7 12 3 0 1 4 0 0 2 1 .267 .313 .400 .713 4.9 0.4
1952 27 NYA AL 58 78 8 19 2 2 1 6 0 0 11 6 .244 .337 .359 .696 10.0 1.1
1953 28 NYA AL 115 338 35 85 18 1 10 45 0 0 43 14 .251 .338 .399 .737 43.0 5.3
    AAA   26 102 14 26 9 0 6 26 1 1 14 7 .255 .345 .520 .864 17.9  
1954 29 NYA AL 22 42 10 15 3 0 1 5 0 0 2 1 .357 .386 .500 .886 7.0 2.2
  NYG NL 119 361 68 102 21 1 10 44 0 0 49 23 .283 .371 .429 .801 56.4 8.0
  TOT   141 403 78 117 24 1 11 49 0 0 51 24 .290 .373 .437 .810 63.4 10.1
1955 30 NYG NL 89 130 22 32 4 3 6 22 0 0 23 11 .246 .364 .462 .825 22.2 3.9
1956 31 NYG NL 9 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 1.1 0.1
1957 32 SDP NL 97 96 20 31 6 0 5 24 0 0 22 5 .323 .438 .542 .980 22.9 5.3
    AAA   26 92 9 21 2 1 5 16 1 2 15 14 .228 .336 .435 .771 14.0  
8 Years Sim 618 1213 186 334 61 7 37 169 0 0 167 67 .275 .364 .429 .792 186.5 29.4
3 Years AAA 77 285 33 69 18 1 15 61 3 4 41 25 .242 .338 .470 .809 45.6  
1 Years AA 74 270 51 79 10 2 18 43 5 3 55 11 .293 .413 .544 .957 60.0  
1 Years A 44 149 36 51 10 3 13 38 1 3 39 4 .342 .481 .711 1.193 44.6  
5 Years Minors 195 704 120 199 38 6 46 142 9 10 135 40 .283 .399 .550 .949 150.2  
162 Game Average 317 48 87 15 1 9 44 0 0 43 17 .275 .364 .429 .792 48.9  
Career Highs 141 403 78 117 24 3 11 49 0 0 51 24 .323 .438 .542 .980 63.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1063 163 298 56 6 34 154 0 0 149 61 .280 .369 .440 .810 173.7
vs LH   150 23 36 5 1 3 15 0 0 18 6 .240 .321 .347 .668 17.6
Home 328 632 94 177 34 3 19 96 0 0 90 39 .280 .369 .434 .803 102.4
Away 290 581 92 157 27 4 18 73 0 0 77 28 .270 .358 .423 .781 89.0
RISP   283 0 76 13 2 8 121 0 0 44 18 .269 .362 .413 .775 44.5
Pinch Hitting   297 52 84 13 1 10 52 0 0 43 21 .283 .372 .434 .806 49.0
Close/Late   207 28 48 9 1 6 30 0 0 32 13 .232 .337 .372 .709 27.8
Mar/Apr 63 108 28 37 5 2 4 17 0 0 14 3 .343 .423 .537 .960 22.4
May 118 229 28 66 13 0 6 27 0 0 34 17 .288 .378 .424 .802 37.4
June 110 229 32 58 8 2 5 30 0 0 29 11 .253 .340 .371 .711 30.0
July 96 187 20 44 10 0 5 26 0 0 25 11 .235 .324 .369 .693 23.7
August 116 225 44 62 12 1 7 35 0 0 35 13 .276 .372 .431 .803 37.0
Sep/Oct 115 235 34 67 13 2 10 34 0 0 30 12 .285 .369 .485 .855 40.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1950 25 NYA AL 1B 14 11 96.3 139 8 0 14 1.000 13.73 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 11 6 56.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.77 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1951 26 NYA AL LF 6 5 45.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 5 0 13.0 19 1 0 1 1.000 13.85 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 27 NYA AL 1B 14 7 72.7 91 13 0 15 1.000 12.88 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 6 3 32.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1953 28 NYA AL RF 91 88 744.0 175 5 5 0 .973 2.18 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    LF 4 3 28.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.61 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 5 0 13.7 11 3 0 2 1.000 9.22 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 1 8.0 2 4 1 1 .857 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 10.84 0 0 .000 0  
1954 29 NYA AL LF 14 14 74.6 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 4 0 6.8 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.32 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 0 0 1.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 15.88 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  NYG NL LF 77 74 701.4 135 0 2 0 .985 1.73 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    RF 24 3 64.2 13 0 1 0 .929 1.82 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 2 16.3 29 1 0 2 1.000 16.56 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  TOT   LF 91 88 776.0 149 0 2 0 .987 1.73   2.1
      RF 28 3 71.0 14 0 1 0 .933 1.77   0.0
      1B 2 2 18.0 32 1 0 2 1.000 16.50   0.1
1955 30 NYG NL 1B 13 11 95.0 103 7 1 14 .991 10.42 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 17 5 64.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.41 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 4 3 29.7 9 1 0 0 1.000 3.03 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1956 31 NYG NL 1B 4 0 8.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 9.72 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1957 32 SDP NL 1B 32 2 80.3 111 7 0 11 1.000 13.22 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 20 0 44.7 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.62 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 6 0 14.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.91 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 142 108 1011.3 202 1 2 0 .990 1.81 0 0 .000 0 2.7
  RF 142 96 893.7 207 5 6 0 .972 2.14 0 0 .000 0 1.2
  1B 89 33 397.3 515 40 1 59 .998 12.57 0 0 .000 0 1.1
  SS 2 1 11.0 2 5 1 1 .875 5.73 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 3 0 4.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 7.73 0 0 .000 0  
  C 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   380 238 2319.6 930 51 10 60 .990 3.81 0 0 .000 0 5.1
Career Highs   121 93 865.0 195 14 6 15 1.000 9.72 0 0 .000 0  
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 34th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1949
Injured on 4/27/1949 with a Bruised Heel, out for one week
Injured on 6/12/1949 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/4/1950, off Dick Donovan (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 5/22/1950, off Lew Burdette (SEM)
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (A) to New York (N) on 5/1/1954 (Going to NYG: 1B Rocky Nelson. Going to NYA: P Johnny Sain)
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,221,429 through salary arbitration
Released by New York (N) on 10/3/1955
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 9/1/1956 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 4/2/1957 to a minor league deal
 
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