Jim
Nettles
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 196
 
Born: March 2, 1947 in Usa, CA, SAN DIEGO
 
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1970 23 CLE AL     4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 6 6
1971 24 CLE AL     4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 7 7 6 6 6
1972 25 CLE AL     5 5 5 7 7 7 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7
1973 26 KCR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1974 27 KCR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7
1975 28 KCR AL     5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7
1976 29 KCR AL     5 5 5 7 7 7 4 5 4 6 6 6 6 7 7
1977 30 KCR AL     4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
1978 31 KCR AL     4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 7 6
1979 32 KCR AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6
1980 33 KCR AL     4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7
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
1970 23 A   137 510 82 143 18 1 34 72 9 10 101 87 .280 .399 .520 .919 105.5  
1971 24 AA   136 504 89 132 25 2 26 75 11 7 91 84 .262 .375 .474 .849 92.0  
1972 25 AA   118 357 61 91 9 2 25 76 12 4 52 50 .255 .350 .501 .851 65.1  
1973 26 KCR AL 85 213 34 49 6 3 9 34 10 4 26 26 .230 .313 .413 .726 28.6 3.1
1974 27 KCR AL 44 75 14 19 3 0 5 9 4 7 4 11 .253 .300 .493 .793 8.4 0.5
    AAA   81 312 64 89 9 0 23 64 9 7 48 36 .285 .381 .535 .916 62.4  
1975 28 AAA   137 509 100 138 16 2 29 83 13 11 72 64 .271 .361 .481 .843 88.5  
1976 29 AAA   128 490 92 135 20 2 43 105 11 13 63 61 .276 .358 .588 .946 98.6  
1977 30 AAA   137 528 108 150 19 3 29 88 17 8 70 61 .284 .368 .496 .864 96.1  
1978 31 AAA   137 478 81 118 10 1 36 96 16 8 76 57 .247 .350 .498 .848 87.2  
1979 32 KCR AL 11 29 4 6 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 4 .207 .281 .310 .592 3.2 0.3
    AAA   104 384 54 104 8 4 22 67 7 8 54 50 .271 .361 .484 .845 66.8  
1980 33 AAA   137 501 72 130 11 1 30 90 2 7 78 64 .259 .359 .465 .824 85.2  
3 Years Sim 140 317 52 74 9 3 15 44 16 11 33 41 .233 .307 .423 .730 40.3 3.9
7 Years AAA 861 3202 571 864 93 13 212 593 75 62 461 393 .270 .361 .506 .867 584.7  
2 Years AA 254 861 150 223 34 4 51 151 23 11 143 134 .259 .366 .485 .851 157.1  
1 Years A 137 510 82 143 18 1 34 72 9 10 101 87 .280 .399 .520 .919 105.5  
10 Years Minors 1252 4573 803 1230 145 18 297 816 107 83 705 614 .269 .366 .503 .870 847.3  
162 Game Average 366 60 85 10 3 17 50 18 12 38 47 .233 .307 .423 .730 46.6  
Career Highs 85 213 34 49 6 3 9 34 10 7 26 26 .253 .313 .493 .793 28.6  
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   260 48 67 9 3 14 39 13 8 28 30 .258 .331 .477 .808 41.0
vs LH   57 4 7 0 0 1 5 3 3 5 11 .123 .194 .175 .369 0.9
Home 75 168 35 44 7 1 10 29 9 5 20 19 .262 .340 .494 .834 28.4
Away 65 149 17 30 2 2 5 15 7 6 13 22 .201 .268 .342 .611 13.6
RISP   79 0 19 3 1 4 30 0 0 5 12 .241 .282 .456 .738 10.4
Pinch Hitting   12 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 2.4
Close/Late   44 7 8 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 4 .182 .217 .273 .490 2.4
Mar/Apr 18 46 13 14 2 1 3 8 5 1 8 5 .304 .407 .587 .994 11.0
May 20 58 6 10 1 1 1 4 0 0 6 5 .172 .246 .276 .522 4.1
June 17 59 5 15 2 0 3 15 1 1 7 8 .254 .333 .441 .774 8.8
July 21 20 9 5 1 0 3 4 1 1 1 1 .250 .286 .750 1.036 4.3
August 22 36 5 4 1 0 0 1 2 2 3 5 .111 .179 .139 .318 -0.1
Sep/Oct 42 98 14 26 2 1 5 12 7 6 8 17 .265 .327 .459 .786 13.8
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
1973 26 KCR AL LF 48 48 414.0 72 2 2 1 .974 1.61 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 10 4 55.7 20 0 0 0 1.000 3.23 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 17 2 48.7 9 2 0 1 1.000 2.03 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 27 KCR AL C 11 11 95.0 53 8 1 0 .984 5.78 18 5 .278 12 0.1
    SS 5 5 44.0 13 16 0 5 1.000 5.93 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 5 0 13.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 6 0 12.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 4 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 5 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
1979 32 KCR AL 3B 3 3 26.0 1 7 0 2 1.000 2.77 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 4 3 25.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.13 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 2 2 17.0 2 6 1 1 .889 4.24 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 1 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 54 48 426.0 74 2 2 1 .974 1.61 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  C 11 11 95.0 53 8 1 0 .984 5.78 18 5 .278 12 0.1
  CF 26 5 84.0 17 2 0 1 1.000 2.04 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  RF 15 5 76.7 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.94 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 7 7 61.0 15 22 1 6 .974 5.46 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  3B 9 3 41.0 2 9 0 2 1.000 2.41 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   123 79 784.7 186 43 5 10 .979 2.63 18 5 .278 12 1.5
Career Highs   77 54 521.3 101 25 3 5 .990 4.77 18 5 .278 12  
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 42nd overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1970
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Kansas City on 2/1/1973 (Going to CLE: SS Dick Allen, P Gary Wagner, P Jim Merritt, P Jerry Cram. Going to KCR: 1B Cliff Johnson, RF Joe Lahoud, CF Pepe Mangual, CF Jim Nettles)
Had first career hit on 4/7/1973, off Dave Boswell (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 4/22/1973, off Dick Selma (CLE)
Injured on 8/3/1976 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/27/1977 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week