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Tex
Nelson		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 225
 
Born: August 7, 1936 in Usa, TX, DALLAS
 
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
1955 18 BRK NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 6 7 7 3 3 3
1956 19 BRK NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 7 7 3 3 3
1957 20 BRK NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 7 7 3 3 3
1958 21 BRK NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3
1959 22 BRK NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3
1960 23 BRK NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4
1961 24 SDP NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4
1962 25 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 9 9 4 4 4
1963 26 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 9 9 4 4 4
1964 27 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 9 9 4 4 4
1965 28 WAS NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 9 9 4 4 4
1966 29 WAS NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 9 9 3 3 3
1967 30 TAM AL $ 600,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 9 9 3 3 3
1968 31 TAM AL $ 600,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 9 9 3 3 3
1969 32 TAM AL $ 600,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 8 9 9 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 6 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 600,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 9 9 4 4 4
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
1955 18 A   137 480 59 123 21 7 6 63 6 6 130 92 .256 .415 .367 .781 84.6  
1956 19 A   137 492 45 121 16 1 4 34 4 10 120 121 .246 .394 .307 .701 71.0  
1957 20 A   137 457 58 133 19 0 3 42 1 9 130 97 .291 .448 .352 .800 83.9  
1958 21 AA   54 191 16 47 7 1 2 14 0 2 38 58 .246 .371 .325 .696 25.9  
    A   83 284 41 84 17 0 6 35 4 3 82 71 .296 .454 .419 .873 59.8  
1959 22 AA   22 83 5 15 3 0 0 2 2 0 10 29 .181 .269 .217 .486 5.4  
    A   106 366 42 106 24 2 6 44 8 4 87 89 .290 .426 .415 .841 69.8  
1960 23 AAA   21 84 12 18 8 0 1 3 1 1 12 28 .214 .313 .345 .658 9.3  
    AA   108 371 41 97 16 3 8 31 4 8 70 103 .261 .379 .385 .764 56.8  
1961 24 AAA   28 110 12 24 4 1 3 13 2 2 17 36 .218 .323 .355 .677 13.5  
    AA   109 402 46 119 27 2 13 38 3 6 67 107 .296 .397 .470 .867 73.0  
1962 25 SDP NL 69 110 15 25 6 1 1 10 0 0 21 34 .227 .356 .327 .683 14.9 3.2
1963 26 SDP NL 99 193 19 39 8 0 0 11 0 0 22 43 .202 .284 .244 .527 13.8 0.5
1964 27 SDP NL 35 102 12 22 4 0 0 6 0 0 12 26 .216 .304 .255 .559 8.2 0.4
    AAA   106 379 45 89 11 2 4 28 5 4 85 86 .235 .375 .306 .681 52.4  
1965 28 WAS NL 81 260 18 61 11 2 2 14 0 2 30 73 .235 .316 .315 .632 25.1 2.9
1966 29 AAA   137 477 59 127 12 1 8 46 6 6 73 137 .266 .364 .346 .710 64.6  
1967 30 TAM AL 150 459 40 100 6 3 6 31 1 0 51 150 .218 .300 .283 .584 39.9 2.3
1968 31 TAM AL 41 77 5 14 3 1 0 4 0 0 8 26 .182 .267 .247 .514 4.7 0.0
    A   81 282 46 78 16 1 1 34 8 2 86 64 .277 .446 .351 .797 54.5  
1969 32 AA   137 508 85 132 18 2 8 68 2 6 110 141 .260 .392 .350 .742 78.3  
1970 33 A   137 426 56 102 14 1 4 49 4 0 149 83 .239 .437 .305 .742 78.7  
6 Years Sim 475 1201 109 261 38 7 9 76 1 2 144 352 .217 .305 .283 .588 106.6 9.3
4 Years AAA 292 1050 128 258 35 4 16 90 14 13 187 287 .246 .361 .332 .694 139.8  
5 Years AA 430 1555 193 410 71 8 31 153 11 22 295 438 .264 .383 .379 .762 239.4  
7 Years A 818 2787 347 747 127 12 30 301 35 34 784 617 .268 .430 .355 .784 502.3  
16 Years Minors 1540 5392 668 1415 233 24 77 544 60 69 1266 1342 .262 .404 .357 .761 881.5  
162 Game Average 409 37 89 12 2 3 25 0 0 49 120 .217 .305 .283 .588 36.4  
Career Highs 150 459 40 100 11 3 6 31 1 2 51 150 .235 .356 .327 .683 39.9  
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   903 78 196 30 1 6 56 0 2 111 255 .217 .307 .272 .580 80.0
vs LH   298 31 65 8 6 3 20 1 0 33 97 .218 .297 .315 .613 29.4
Home 251 625 58 144 21 4 5 36 1 1 71 174 .230 .312 .301 .613 61.3
Away 224 576 51 117 17 3 4 40 0 1 73 178 .203 .297 .264 .561 48.1
RISP   237 0 48 5 0 2 61 0 0 35 66 .203 .313 .249 .562 20.7
Pinch Hitting   84 11 19 3 1 1 11 0 0 10 26 .226 .309 .321 .630 8.8
Close/Late   150 11 28 3 2 2 8 0 0 18 36 .187 .274 .273 .547 12.0
Mar/Apr 88 219 21 49 7 2 1 11 0 0 32 76 .224 .325 .288 .613 22.6
May 89 194 11 32 5 2 0 8 0 0 15 57 .165 .236 .211 .447 7.7
June 52 131 12 34 5 1 1 8 0 2 22 40 .260 .366 .336 .702 17.1
July 52 133 10 24 3 1 0 7 1 0 16 49 .180 .268 .218 .487 8.4
August 101 276 28 60 10 0 1 24 0 0 38 71 .217 .313 .264 .578 25.3
Sep/Oct 93 248 27 62 8 1 6 18 0 0 21 59 .250 .315 .363 .678 28.2
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
1962 25 SDP NL 2B 12 7 74.0 14 22 1 8 .973 4.38   0.3
    SS 10 4 46.7 6 17 1 5 .958 4.44   0.2
    LF 6 4 37.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.15   0.1
    RF 6 5 34.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.06    
    3B 8 1 27.0 0 8 0 0 1.000 2.67   0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1963 26 SDP NL LF 29 28 225.7 47 2 0 0 1.000 1.95   0.6
    2B 27 19 172.3 32 68 2 18 .980 5.22   0.8
    SS 9 3 33.0 4 16 0 5 1.000 5.45   0.3
    3B 5 1 15.0 0 5 0 1 1.000 3.00   0.1
1964 27 SDP NL LF 30 30 241.0 63 0 0 0 1.000 2.35   0.8
    2B 3 1 11.0 6 3 0 2 1.000 7.36   0.1
    3B 2 1 8.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
    SS 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1965 28 WAS NL RF 73 71 558.3 124 3 1 2 .992 2.05   1.5
    LF 2 0 15.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40    
    2B 8 0 12.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    1B 4 0 10.0 11 2 0 1 1.000 11.70   0.0
    3B 3 0 7.7 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.70   0.1
    SS 2 0 4.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1967 30 TAM AL 3B 82 81 689.7 44 171 4 11 .982 2.81   2.3
    SS 30 26 226.3 24 100 2 15 .984 4.93   0.9
    LF 16 16 134.0 41 1 0 0 1.000 2.82   0.6
    2B 15 14 126.7 24 54 0 10 1.000 5.54   0.5
    RF 4 3 27.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.30    
    1B 1 1 4.0 7 2 0 1 1.000 20.25   0.0
1968 31 TAM AL 2B 6 5 48.7 11 24 1 5 .972 6.47   0.1
    3B 5 5 48.0 3 10 2 2 .867 2.44   0.1
    SS 7 4 44.0 13 17 2 5 .938 6.14   0.1
    CF 5 2 22.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.23   0.1
    RF 4 1 14.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
    LF 3 0 6.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
  3B 105 89 795.3 48 201 6 14 .976 2.82   2.8
  LF 86 78 659.3 168 3 0 0 1.000 2.33   2.1
  RF 88 80 635.0 136 3 1 2 .993 1.97   1.5
  2B 71 46 444.7 88 174 4 43 .985 5.30   1.8
  SS 60 37 358.7 48 153 5 30 .976 5.04   1.6
  CF 7 2 27.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.67   0.1
  1B 6 1 15.0 19 4 0 2 1.000 13.80   0.0
Career Totals   423 333 2934.9 511 539 16 91 .985 3.22   9.8
Career Highs   148 141 1208.3 144 328 6 37 1.000 4.39    
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
1963 26 SDP NL 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .667 .800 .667 1.467
1964 27 SDP NL 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 6 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .286 .444 .286 .730
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.
Strikeouts
1967-7-150
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 73rd overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1955
Injured on 9/2/1955 with a Broken Ribs, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 8/7/1959 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/18/1960 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Brooklyn to San Diego on 7/31/1961 (Going to BRK: P Jack Urban. Going to SDP: RF Tex Nelson)
Had first career hit on 4/5/1962, off Pete Burnside (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 6/24/1962, off Don Bessent (NYG)
Traded from San Diego to Washington on 4/2/1965 (Going to WAS: RF Tex Nelson, LF Ted Savage. Going to SDP: P Gary Wagner)
Injured on 5/22/1965 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 3 weeks
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Washington on 10/30/1966
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/2/1967 to a 4-year deal worth $600,000 per year
4/2/1969: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
4/2/1969: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (N) on 6/1/1970 (Going to TAM: P Howie Nunn. Going to NYG: SS Tex Nelson)
Traded from New York (N) to Seattle on 7/1/1970 (Going to NYG: LF Vada Pinson. Going to SEM: SS Bill Russell, SS Tex Nelson)
Released by Seattle on 10/13/1970
 
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