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Roger
Nelson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 210
 
Born: June 7, 1944 in Usa, CA, ALTADENA
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1967 23 STL NL $ 300,000 8 4 5 5 6 7 7 6 6 6
1968 24 STL NL $ 300,000 8 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
1969 25 STL NL $ 300,000 8 4 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6
1970 26 STL NL   8 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
1971 27 STL NL   8 4 5 4 5 6 6 5 6 6
1972 28 STL NL   8 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 5
1973 29 STL NL   8 5 6 5 4 5 5 5 5 5
1974 30 STL NL   8 5 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
1975 31 STL NL   7 5 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
1976 32 STL NL   8 4 5 5 3 4 4 4 4 4
1977 33 PHN NL   7 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 8 5 6 6 6 7 7 6 6 6
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  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1967 23 STL NL $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 24 STL NL $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 25 STL NL $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 26 STL NL     1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 27 STL NL     1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1972 28 STL NL     1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1973 29 STL NL     1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1974 30 STL NL     1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1975 31 STL NL     1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1976 32 STL NL     1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1977 33 PHN NL     1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1967 23 STL NL 20 18 .526 42 42 11 1 0 311.7 363 164 48 75 167 4.74 .295 .334 .479 .812 9.3
1968 24 STL NL 7 10 .412 51 4 2 0 11 90.7 83 40 13 26 46 3.97 .241 .294 .413 .707 8.1
1969 25 STL NL 2 1 .667 10 0 0 0 0 30.7 18 6 2 7 13 1.76 .164 .220 .236 .457 4.0
    AAA   9 9 .500 24 24 2 1 0 165.7 155 73 18 65 119 3.97 .242 .312 .385 .697  
1970 26 AAA   15 7 .682 30 30 3 1 0 219.7 187 71 21 80 176 2.91 .230 .299 .351 .650  
1971 27 AAA   4 5 .444 35 6 1 0 0 88.7 84 34 7 39 49 3.45 .254 .332 .366 .698  
1972 28 AAA   8 13 .381 28 28 2 1 0 183.3 162 72 20 91 113 3.53 .238 .327 .375 .703  
1973 29 AAA   7 7 .500 73 5 0 0 5 131.7 137 57 24 74 89 3.90 .267 .359 .461 .820  
1974 30 AAA   0 0 .000 16 0 0 0 0 31.3 37 21 3 19 16 6.03 .303 .397 .467 .864  
1975 31 AA   4 3 .571 57 0 0 0 0 86.7 76 30 4 42 91 3.12 .241 .330 .313 .643  
1976 32 AA   8 15 .348 27 27 5 0 0 195.7 164 78 21 83 161 3.59 .226 .305 .361 .666  
1977 33 A   3 3 .500 9 9 1 0 0 67.0 55 20 0 19 60 2.69 .227 .284 .281 .565  
3 Years Sim 29 29 .500 103 46 13 1 11 433.0 464 210 63 108 226 4.37 .275 .318 .450 .768 21.4
6 Years AAA 43 41 .512 206 93 8 3 5 820.3 762 328 93 368 562 3.60 .246 .326 .388 .713  
2 Years AA 12 18 .400 84 27 5 0 0 282.3 240 108 25 125 252 3.44 .230 .313 .346 .659  
1 Years A 3 3 .500 9 9 1 0 0 67.0 55 20 0 19 60 2.69 .227 .284 .281 .565  
9 Years Minors 58 62 .483 299 129 14 3 5 1169.6 1057 456 118 512 874 3.51 .241 .320 .372 .692  
Season Average 9 9 .500 34 15 4 0 3 144.3 154 70 21 36 75 4.37 .275 .318 .450 .768  
Career Highs 20 18 .667 51 42 11 1 11 311.7 363 164 48 75 167 4.74 .295 .334 .479 .812  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   243 115 31 46 141   .249 .283 .404 .687
vs LH   221 95 32 62 85   .312 .367 .512 .879
Home 11 16 .407 56 24 8 1 7 230.7 226 102 31 56 126 3.98 .258 .302 .429 .731
Away 18 13 .581 47 22 5 0 4 202.3 238 108 32 52 100 4.80 .294 .337 .472 .809
Mar/Apr 7 7 .500 21 11 3 0 0 104.7 108 56 17 28 50 4.82 .263 .310 .438 .748
May 3 3 .500 16 7 0 0 0 62.7 82 40 14 19 29 5.75 .328 .375 .576 .951
June 5 4 .556 15 7 3 0 3 69.7 73 29 7 17 32 3.75 .273 .317 .427 .744
July 5 5 .500 18 7 2 0 1 65.3 67 31 6 20 43 4.27 .263 .316 .404 .720
August 4 5 .444 16 7 3 0 3 59.0 62 29 11 7 29 4.42 .268 .290 .468 .757
Sep/Oct 5 5 .500 17 7 2 1 4 71.7 72 25 8 17 43 3.14 .265 .308 .401 .709
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
1967 23 STL NL 42 108 3 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 41 .093 .101 .093 .194 -5.0 0.0
1968 24 STL NL 51 14 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .286 .571 1.1 0.1
2 Years Sim 93 122 4 14 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 44 .115 .122 .115 .237 -3.9 0.1
162 Game Average 212 6 24 0 0 0 10 0 0 1 76 .115 .122 .115 .237 -6.8  
Career Highs 51 108 3 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 41 .286 .286 .286 .571 1.1  
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   74 2 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 30 .108 .120 .108 .228 -2.0
vs LH   48 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 .125 .125 .125 .250 -1.0
Home 50 56 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 19 .107 .123 .107 .230 -1.5
Away 43 66 3 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 25 .121 .121 .121 .242 -1.6
RISP   32 0 5 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 11 .156 .182 .156 .338 0.2
Close/Late   13 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .077 .143 .077 .220 -0.3
Mar/Apr 11 26 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .154 .154 .154 .308 -0.1
May 7 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .105 .105 .105 .211 -0.6
June 7 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.0
July 7 18 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .056 .056 .056 .111 -1.1
August 7 15 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .067 .125 .067 .192 -0.5
Sep/Oct 17 23 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .261 .261 .261 .522 1.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1967 23 STL NL P 42 42 311.7 25 56 0 6 1.000 2.34    
1968 24 STL NL P 51 4 90.7 7 14 0 1 1.000 2.08    
1969 25 STL NL P 10 0 30.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.88    
Career Totals   103 46 433.0 33 72 0 7 1.000 2.18    
Career Highs   51 42 311.7 25 56 0 6 1.000 2.34    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
1967-8-20
 Losses
1967-6-18
 Saves
1968-10-11
 Games Started
1967-7-42
 Innings Pitched
1967-10-311.7
 Hits Allowed
1967-1-363
Homeruns Allowed
1967-2-48
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Odell Jones (977)
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  4. Doug Drabek (973)
  5. Greg Harris (972)
  6. Rasty Wright (971)
  7. Tiny Chaplin (971)
  8. Chris Bosio (971)
  9. Roric Harrison (970)
  10. Fred Gladding (970)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1967
Injured on 3/24/1967 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Earned first career win on 4/4/1967
Had first career hit on 5/15/1967, off Cecil Butler (BSN)
Won Bronze Rookie in 1967, going 20-18, 4.74 ERA
Injured on 3/10/1969 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 9/1/1969 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 4/30/1972 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 5/5/1972 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 4/22/1974 with a Spasms Back, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 5/14/1977 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for full season
 
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