Nelson Briles
Born: August 5, 1943, Dorris, CA Died: February 13, 2005, Orlando, FLHeight: 5'11" Weight: 195 Bats: Right Throws: Right
College: Santa Clara
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Pitching Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1965 St. Louis NL 21 3 3 3.50 37 2 0 21 14 4 0 82.1 79 341 33 32 4 20 6 6 52 1966 St. Louis NL 22 4 15 3.21 49 17 0 15 17 6 0 154.0 162 654 65 55 14 43 11 7 100 1967 St. Louis NL 23 14 5 2.43 49 14 4 21 14 6 2 155.1 139 642 45 42 8 32 8 5 94 1968 St. Louis NL 24 19 11 2.81 33 33 13 0 0 0 4 243.2 251 1024 90 76 18 43 12 7 141 1969 St. Louis NL 25 15 13 3.52 36 33 10 2 1 0 3 227.2 218 954 104 89 17 56 7 2 126 1970 St. Louis NL 26 6 7 6.24 30 19 1 5 6 0 1 106.2 129 484 84 74 14 29 7 2 59 1971 Pittsburgh NL 27 8 4 3.04 37 14 4 15 8 1 2 136.0 131 566 51 46 12 23 12 3 76 1972 Pittsburgh NL 28 14 11 3.08 28 27 9 0 1 0 2 195.2 185 802 83 67 14 35 8 1 120 1973 Pittsburgh NL 29 14 13 2.84 33 33 7 0 0 0 1 218.2 201 893 87 69 19 48 3 1 94 1974 Kansas City AL 30 5 7 4.02 18 17 3 1 0 0 0 103.0 118 432 48 46 9 20 1 2 41 1975 Kansas City AL 31 6 6 4.26 24 16 3 4 4 2 0 112.0 127 478 60 53 19 24 1 5 73 1976 Texas AL 32 11 9 3.26 32 31 7 0 1 1 1 210.0 224 879 87 76 17 47 0 2 98 1977 2 Teams 33 6 4 4.33 30 15 2 11 4 2 1 112.1 119 473 61 54 15 29 1 6 59 1978 Baltimore AL 34 4 4 4.64 16 8 1 4 4 0 0 54.1 58 236 31 28 6 19 2 2 30 TOTALS 129 112 3.44 452 279 64 99 74 22 17 2111.2 2141 8858 929 807 186 468 79 51 1163
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1965 St. Louis NL 37 306 33 79 105 10 2 4 2 1 5 4 20 6 6 52 9 .258 .343 .327 1966 St. Louis NL 49 580 65 162 223 15 2 14 7 6 7 7 43 11 7 100 19 .279 .384 .345 1967 St. Louis NL 49 589 45 139 191 24 2 8 6 2 4 5 32 8 5 94 9 .236 .324 .289 1968 St. Louis NL 33 943 90 251 353 32 8 18 13 6 5 9 43 12 7 141 17 .266 .374 .310 1969 St. Louis NL 36 869 104 218 316 37 5 17 14 6 16 2 56 7 2 126 12 .251 .364 .301 1970 St. Louis NL 30 435 84 129 192 15 3 14 6 5 11 3 29 7 2 59 6 .297 .441 .349 1971 Pittsburgh NL 37 523 51 131 192 15 5 12 4 1 6 3 23 12 3 76 13 .250 .367 .301 1972 Pittsburgh NL 28 742 83 185 261 32 1 14 8 8 10 7 35 8 1 120 14 .249 .352 .288 1973 Pittsburgh NL 33 825 87 201 291 29 2 19 11 5 9 6 48 3 1 94 17 .244 .353 .287 1974 Kansas City AL 18 403 48 118 173 22 3 9 4 2 8 7 20 1 2 41 13 .293 .429 .329 1975 Kansas City AL 24 446 60 127 212 24 2 19 1 1 7 8 24 1 5 73 13 .285 .475 .329 1976 Texas AL 32 821 87 224 329 36 9 17 3 6 11 12 47 0 2 98 10 .273 .401 .312 1977 2 Teams 30 431 61 119 182 14 2 15 4 2 29 1 6 59 10 .276 .422 .330 1978 Baltimore AL 16 208 31 58 92 8 4 6 1 4 4 4 19 2 2 30 3 .279 .442 .345
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1965 St. Louis NL 21 37 15 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 .133 .133 .188 1966 St. Louis NL 22 49 38 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 16 1 .079 .079 .125 1967 St. Louis NL 23 49 40 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 20 0 .150 .150 .209 1968 St. Louis NL 24 33 80 5 11 13 2 0 0 5 9 1 0 0 4 0 1 21 2 .138 .163 .186 1969 St. Louis NL 25 36 76 1 8 11 0 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 26 2 .105 .145 .150 1970 St. Louis NL 26 30 39 4 7 12 1 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 0 .179 .308 .200 1971 Pittsburgh NL 27 37 39 3 10 16 3 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 0 .256 .410 .293 1972 Pittsburgh NL 28 28 70 6 11 12 1 0 0 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 32 0 .157 .171 .178 1973 Pittsburgh NL 29 33 72 3 14 19 2 0 1 6 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 21 0 .194 .264 .224 1974 Kansas City AL 30 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1975 Kansas City AL 31 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1976 Texas AL 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1977 2 Teams 33 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1978 Baltimore AL 34 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 452 469 29 72 94 9 2 3 29 37 3 0 0 21 0 2 171 5 .154 .200 .192
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1965 St. Louis NL P 82.1 2 37 6 8 0 1 1.000 1.53 5 4 1 1966 St. Louis NL P 154.0 17 49 9 29 1 3 .974 2.22 7 7 3 1967 St. Louis NL P 155.1 14 49 10 18 2 1 .933 1.62 4 5 2 1968 St. Louis NL P 243.2 33 33 15 31 2 1 .958 1.70 5 9 1 1969 St. Louis NL P 227.2 33 36 13 34 3 3 .940 1.86 16 2 2 1970 St. Louis NL P 106.2 19 30 6 7 0 0 1.000 1.10 11 3 0 1971 Pittsburgh NL P 136.0 14 37 13 13 1 1 .963 1.72 6 3 1 1972 Pittsburgh NL P 195.2 27 28 11 26 1 1 .974 1.70 10 7 0 1973 Pittsburgh NL P 218.2 33 33 14 35 1 3 .980 2.02 9 6 1 1974 Kansas City AL P 103.0 17 18 8 12 1 1 .952 1.75 8 7 0 1975 Kansas City AL P 112.0 16 24 11 15 1 1 .963 2.09 7 8 2 1976 Texas AL P 210.0 31 32 10 18 0 0 1.000 1.20 11 12 0 1977 Texas AL P 108.1 15 28 3 13 0 1 1.000 1.33 5 13 1 1977 Baltimore AL P 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 1978 Baltimore AL P 54.1 8 16 2 4 1 0 .857 0.99 4 4 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1963).
- Placed on disabled list by St. Louis Cardinals (June 14, 1970)
- Activated by St. Louis Cardinals (July 7, 1970)
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Vic Davalillo to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Matty Alou and George Brunet (January 29, 1971).
- Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Fernando Gonzalez to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Ed Kirkpatrick, Kurt Bevacqua and Winston Cole (December 4, 1973).
- Placed on disabled list by Kansas City Royals (April 4, 1974)
- Activated by Kansas City Royals (April 11, 1974)
- Placed on disabled list by Kansas City Royals (April 23, 1974)
- Activated by Kansas City Royals (June 28, 1974)
- Traded by Kansas City Royals to Texas Rangers in exchange for Dave Nelson (November 12, 1975).
- Sold by Texas Rangers to Baltimore Orioles (September 19, 1977).
- Placed on disabled list by Baltimore Orioles (July 6, 1978)
- Activated by Baltimore Orioles (August 3, 1978)
- Released by Baltimore Orioles (January 17, 1979).
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