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Dave
Nelson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 175
 
Born: June 20, 1944 in Usa, OK, FORT SILL
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1979   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  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
1968 24 SEM AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 4 4 5 4 4 7 6 6
1969 25 SEM AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 4 4 5 4 5 7 7 7
1970 26 SEM AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 4 4 5 4 4 8 7 7
1971 27 SEM AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 4 4 8 8 8
1972 28 SEM AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 5 5 4 4 8 7 8
1973 29 SEM AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 5 5 4 4 8 7 7
1974 30 SEM AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 7 7
1975 31 SEM AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 5 4 4 4 8 7 7
1976 32 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
1977 33 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 4 4 4 3 3 7 6 6
1978 34 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 4 4 4 3 3 6 6 6
1979 35 SEM AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 3 4 4 3 3 6 5 5
1980 36 SEM AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 3 3 4 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 3 3 4 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 5 5 4 5 8 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 24 AAA   54 238 32 60 9 3 1 13 11 3 21 42 .252 .313 .328 .640 25.6  
    AA   83 344 56 89 9 1 4 20 33 13 41 50 .259 .338 .326 .663 42.0  
1969 25 AAA   107 374 50 98 11 4 2 34 29 12 34 44 .262 .324 .329 .652 41.9  
1970 26 AAA   31 118 20 34 3 1 1 14 10 1 8 19 .288 .333 .356 .689 15.3  
    AA   106 460 79 139 19 6 7 54 42 10 50 51 .302 .371 .415 .786 74.0  
1971 27 AAA   136 574 104 161 18 4 10 68 42 15 48 80 .280 .336 .378 .714 75.5  
1972 28 AAA   137 500 66 130 19 4 6 47 35 4 33 47 .260 .306 .350 .656 57.7  
1973 29 AAA   130 468 57 130 18 9 2 55 36 6 37 38 .278 .331 .368 .698 60.4  
1974 30 AAA   137 577 93 153 22 1 6 47 48 13 52 57 .265 .326 .338 .664 69.0  
1975 31 AAA   135 489 46 127 14 4 3 47 26 12 31 47 .260 .304 .323 .627 48.2  
1976 32 SEM AL 81 169 23 38 5 2 0 12 24 5 14 14 .225 .281 .278 .559 17.2 1.5
1977 33 SEM AL 62 124 20 36 2 0 0 15 25 3 11 12 .290 .348 .306 .655 16.6 2.9
1978 34 SEM AL 67 167 20 34 2 0 0 13 20 6 17 24 .204 .277 .216 .493 11.8 0.0
1979 35 SEM AL 158 475 52 114 8 7 0 49 43 15 33 84 .240 .289 .286 .575 41.4 2.9
1980 36 SEM AL 93 208 28 54 5 5 0 21 17 5 8 34 .260 .283 .332 .615 19.5 1.9
5 Years Sim 461 1143 143 276 22 14 0 110 129 34 83 168 .241 .291 .285 .577 106.6 9.2
8 Years AAA 867 3338 468 893 114 30 31 325 237 66 264 374 .268 .322 .348 .670 393.5  
2 Years AA 189 804 135 228 28 7 11 74 75 23 91 101 .284 .357 .377 .734 116.1  
10 Years Minors 1056 4142 603 1121 142 37 42 399 312 89 355 475 .271 .329 .353 .682 509.6  
162 Game Average 401 50 96 7 4 0 38 45 11 29 59 .241 .291 .285 .577 37.5  
Career Highs 158 475 52 114 8 7 0 49 43 15 33 84 .290 .348 .332 .655 41.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   532 70 120 11 6 0 48 50 13 27 93 .226 .262 .269 .531 40.1
vs LH   611 73 156 11 8 0 62 79 21 56 75 .255 .316 .300 .615 67.6
Home 233 579 79 146 9 9 0 67 70 17 46 87 .252 .305 .299 .604 61.1
Away 228 564 64 130 13 5 0 43 59 17 37 81 .230 .277 .271 .548 46.7
RISP   325 0 83 10 4 0 107 0 0 18 46 .255 .290 .311 .601 28.7
Pinch Hitting   1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
Close/Late   91 17 19 1 0 0 4 0 0 9 14 .209 .280 .220 .500 5.9
Mar/Apr 73 141 19 27 3 3 0 8 14 4 15 21 .191 .268 .255 .523 11.2
May 99 259 25 58 8 2 0 21 26 9 18 34 .224 .271 .270 .542 20.5
June 82 236 35 67 4 2 0 34 30 7 11 39 .284 .315 .318 .632 26.1
July 64 164 20 41 4 4 0 11 15 8 13 24 .250 .305 .323 .628 16.3
August 71 171 28 50 0 2 0 17 29 3 11 25 .292 .333 .316 .649 22.5
Sep/Oct 72 172 16 33 3 1 0 19 15 3 15 25 .192 .258 .221 .479 11.2
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
1976 32 SEM AL 2B 60 58 477.0 108 199 6 34 .981 5.79   2.0
    SS 17 0 35.3 4 18 0 3 1.000 5.60   0.2
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1977 33 SEM AL SS 47 36 315.7 45 118 4 28 .976 4.65   1.9
    2B 10 2 26.7 10 12 0 5 1.000 7.43   0.3
1978 34 SEM AL SS 63 50 455.3 74 201 3 35 .989 5.44   4.7
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1979 35 SEM AL SS 156 156 1267.0 194 550 18 97 .976 5.28   10.3
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1980 36 SEM AL SS 58 38 361.3 61 160 8 28 .965 5.50   2.1
    3B 33 24 221.3 19 51 2 6 .972 2.85   0.8
    2B 1 1 9.0 3 3 1 0 .857 6.00   0.0
  SS 341 280 2434.7 378 1047 33 191 .977 5.27   19.2
  2B 72 61 513.7 121 214 7 39 .980 5.87   2.3
  3B 39 24 228.3 19 52 2 6 .973 2.80   0.8
Career Totals   452 365 3176.6 518 1313 42 236 .978 5.19   22.4
Career Highs   159 156 1271.0 194 550 18 97 .989 5.76    
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
1976 32 SEM AL 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
1978 34 SEM AL 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 35 SEM AL 15 46 4 9 1 0 0 3 3 1 2 12 .196 .229 .217 .447
1980 36 SEM AL 4 11 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .273 .273 .273 .545
Career Post-Season Batting 26 63 6 12 1 0 0 5 3 1 3 15 .190 .227 .206 .434
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
1979-1-158
 Triples
1979-9-7
 Stolen Bases
1979-6-43
 Caught Stealing
1979-10-15
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Ozzie Virgil (965)
  2. Wally Flager (965)
  3. Brad Mills (962)
  4. Edgar Diaz (961)
  5. Gil English (960)
  6. Jim Lentine (959)
  7. Shooty Babitt (958)
  8. Joe Hoover (954)
  9. Junior Kennedy (953)
  10. Alex Grammas (953)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 38th overall pick, by Seattle in 1968
Injured on 4/7/1973 with a Bruised Foot, out for one week
Injured on 8/6/1973 with a Strained Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 8/16/1974 with a Bruised Foot, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 4/5/1976, off Jim Burton (MIN)
Injured on 7/19/1977 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1979
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
3/4/1980: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle
Released by Seattle on 4/3/1981
 
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