Graig
Nettles
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 186
 
Born: August 20, 1944 in Usa, CA, SAN DIEGO
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1968 23 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1969 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 4 5 5 6 7 6 7 8 8
1970 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7
1971 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7
1972 27 OAK AL $ 435,714   5 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 5 6 7 7 6 7 7
1973 28 OAK AL $ 1,375,714   5 5 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 6 6
1974 29 OAK AL $ 1,375,714   5 5 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 6 6
1975 30 OAK AL $ 1,375,714   5 5 4 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 6
1976 31 PIT NL $ 3,090,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 6 6
1977 32 PIT NL $ 3,090,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 6
1978 33 MIA NL $ 400,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 4 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 6
1979 34 MIA NL $ 400,000   4 4 3 6 7 7 4 5 5 6 7 7 4 4 4
1980 35 MIA NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 6 6 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
1981 36 MIA NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4
1982 37 LAD NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 4 5 5 3 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 4 5 5 3 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,090,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 5 6 7 7 7 8 8
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
1968 23 OAK AL 24 78 9 20 4 0 4 9 0 2 14 13 .256 .366 .462 .827 12.7 2.7
    AAA   135 531 78 128 16 3 26 80 3 6 73 72 .241 .333 .429 .762 78.3  
1969 24 OAK AL 117 366 52 91 15 2 14 53 0 0 35 52 .249 .313 .415 .729 46.9 8.8
1970 25 OAK AL 99 291 37 68 12 0 12 48 0 0 32 50 .234 .311 .399 .710 37.2 6.1
    AAA   29 117 12 23 1 1 5 13 1 1 13 16 .197 .277 .350 .627 12.2  
1971 26 OAK AL 122 375 56 91 13 4 9 45 0 1 44 53 .243 .325 .371 .696 45.2 7.2
1972 27 OAK AL 111 339 43 84 10 0 13 48 1 3 33 71 .248 .315 .392 .707 40.5 5.0
    AAA   23 28 6 10 1 0 3 8 0 1 8 2 .357 .500 .714 1.214 8.7  
1973 28 OAK AL 137 392 49 86 14 3 16 56 0 4 48 59 .219 .305 .393 .698 46.9 5.8
1974 29 OAK AL 112 339 40 83 17 1 11 51 0 0 39 61 .245 .322 .398 .720 42.9 6.4
    A   2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .429 .000 .429 0.6  
1975 30 OAK AL 103 252 33 61 12 0 9 38 0 0 28 41 .242 .318 .397 .715 30.7 3.8
1976 31 OAK AL 77 213 20 38 5 1 6 21 0 1 27 35 .178 .269 .296 .564 18.0 0.0
  PIT NL 29 54 6 13 3 0 2 13 0 0 8 10 .241 .333 .407 .741 8.0 1.3
  TOT   106 267 26 51 8 1 8 34 0 1 35 45 .191 .282 .318 .600 26.0 1.4
1977 32 PIT NL 20 27 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 7 .111 .143 .148 .291 -0.5 0.0
1978 33 MIA NL 154 531 64 113 23 3 19 63 2 0 58 95 .213 .288 .375 .663 59.3 8.0
1979 34 MIA NL 150 481 52 90 22 4 18 61 1 1 50 94 .187 .264 .362 .626 45.1 3.5
1980 35 MIA NL 131 404 46 92 18 2 13 58 0 0 37 77 .228 .291 .379 .670 49.2 8.2
1981 36 MIA NL 122 331 25 53 7 2 10 32 0 0 32 72 .160 .234 .284 .518 20.2 0.0
1982 37 AAA   101 320 39 55 8 2 18 43 0 1 40 75 .172 .264 .378 .642 35.1  
14 Years Sim 1508 4473 533 986 176 22 156 599 4 12 486 790 .220 .297 .374 .671 502.2 66.9
4 Years AAA 288 996 135 216 26 6 52 144 4 9 134 165 .217 .310 .412 .722 134.4  
1 Years A 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .429 .000 .429 0.6  
5 Years Minors 290 1000 135 216 26 6 52 144 4 9 137 165 .216 .311 .410 .721 135.0  
162 Game Average 480 57 105 18 2 16 64 0 1 52 84 .220 .297 .374 .671 53.9  
Career Highs 154 531 64 113 23 4 19 63 2 4 58 95 .256 .366 .462 .827 59.3  
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   3682 435 832 149 20 130 491 2 10 406 615 .226 .303 .383 .686 443.4
vs LH   791 98 154 27 2 26 108 2 2 80 175 .195 .268 .332 .600 74.2
Home 740 2141 257 490 70 9 74 288 4 6 248 402 .229 .308 .374 .682 259.4
Away 768 2332 276 496 106 13 82 311 0 6 238 388 .213 .285 .375 .660 258.2
RISP   1095 0 268 53 5 38 424 0 0 115 184 .245 .309 .406 .715 143.8
Pinch Hitting   115 15 34 8 0 1 22 0 0 9 22 .296 .344 .391 .735 15.0
Close/Late   583 51 133 22 5 18 58 0 0 50 99 .228 .290 .376 .665 64.8
Mar/Apr 251 719 97 178 28 2 33 121 1 0 91 108 .248 .330 .430 .759 106.4
May 291 854 86 179 30 3 25 95 1 0 77 158 .210 .276 .340 .616 82.8
June 239 746 90 159 35 5 25 95 0 4 95 136 .213 .305 .374 .679 88.1
July 258 780 86 152 24 7 20 89 1 0 71 145 .195 .261 .321 .581 67.9
August 217 626 77 145 28 4 18 83 0 2 68 115 .232 .304 .375 .680 74.0
Sep/Oct 252 748 97 173 31 1 35 116 1 6 84 128 .231 .308 .416 .724 98.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1968 23 OAK AL 3B 24 24 191.0 10 46 3 0 .949 2.64   0.5
1969 24 OAK AL 3B 110 101 878.7 53 202 20 15 .927 2.61   1.6
    LF 8 7 56.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.1
1970 25 OAK AL 3B 92 86 755.7 38 236 7 13 .975 3.26   3.8
    SS 4 0 10.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    LF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1971 26 OAK AL 3B 116 109 959.3 58 227 22 23 .928 2.67   2.3
    LF 3 2 22.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.19   0.0
1972 27 OAK AL 3B 106 98 858.3 47 225 15 22 .948 2.85   2.2
    LF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1973 28 OAK AL 3B 116 110 907.7 54 236 21 21 .932 2.88   2.0
    LF 12 8 74.7 14 1 0 1 1.000 1.81   0.2
1974 29 OAK AL 3B 60 53 442.0 31 115 13 5 .918 2.97   0.8
    LF 11 7 74.3 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.06   0.2
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1975 30 OAK AL 3B 64 59 485.0 33 132 10 13 .943 3.06   1.5
    LF 13 1 33.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.60   0.1
    1B 1 1 9.0 16 4 0 2 1.000 20.00   0.0
    RF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    CF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1976 31 OAK AL 3B 53 48 450.5 22 114 6 9 .958 2.72   1.8
    LF 12 4 67.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.20   0.1
  PIT NL 3B 20 18 117.3 6 30 1 2 .973 2.76   0.4
    LF 5 2 17.6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.02   0.0
  TOT   3B 73 66 567.8 28 144 7 11 .961 2.73   2.2
      LF 17 6 85.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.16   0.1
1977 32 PIT NL LF 7 3 30.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.59   0.0
    3B 4 1 10.7 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.1
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1978 33 MIA NL 3B 150 150 1323.0 79 368 21 34 .955 3.04   5.6
    LF 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1979 34 MIA NL 3B 149 147 1259.0 66 326 17 20 .958 2.80   3.7
    LF 1 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1980 35 MIA NL 3B 128 122 1040.7 67 254 21 20 .939 2.78   3.2
    LF 2 1 12.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.13   0.0
1981 36 MIA NL 3B 118 112 908.3 56 233 12 11 .960 2.86   5.0
    SS 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 2 0 1.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.77   0.0
1982 37 LAD NL 3B 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
  3B 1312 1238 10590.1 623 2747 189 208 .947 2.86   34.4
  LF 80 36 410.9 73 1 0 1 1.000 1.62   0.9
  SS 9 0 18.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
  RF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
  1B 1 1 9.0 16 4 0 2 1.000 20.00   0.0
  2B 3 0 5.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.0
  CF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
Career Totals   1409 1276 11046.0 716 2757 189 211 .948 2.83   35.4
Career Highs   151 150 1326.0 82 368 22 34 1.000 6.00    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1970 25 OAK AL 13 38 3 8 2 1 1 6 0 1 3 8 .211 .262 .395 .657
1971 26 OAK AL 7 21 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 1 .143 .280 .238 .518
1973 28 OAK AL 12 46 3 12 2 0 1 9 0 1 4 3 .261 .320 .370 .690
Career Post-Season Batting 32 105 8 23 4 2 2 17 0 2 11 12 .219 .291 .352 .643
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1978-9-154
Strikeouts
1978-10-95
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by Oakland in 1968
Had first career hit on 9/4/1968, off Rollie Sheldon (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 9/4/1968, off Rollie Sheldon (SEM)
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $435,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/13/1972 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,375,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,375,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/7/1974 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,375,714 through salary arbitration
6/1/1975: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $3,090,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 9/2/1975 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Traded from Oakland to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1976 (Going to PIT: 3B Graig Nettles, SS Chuck Harrison, C Bill Freehan. Going to OAK: LF Buddy Bradford)
Signed as a free agent by Miami on 2/19/1978 to a 2-year deal worth $400,000 per year
6/1/1979: Signed a contract extension with Miami, $350,000 per year, for 2 years