Dave Nelson
Born: June 20, 1944, Fort Sill, OK Died: April 23, 2018, Milwaukee, WIHeight: 5'10" Weight: 160 Bats: Right Throws: Right
College: Cal State Los Angeles
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Batting Statistics Hide 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 1968 Cleveland AL 24 88 189 26 44 58 4 5 0 19 6 3 23 7 17 0 1 35 1 .233 .307 .295 1969 Cleveland AL 25 52 123 11 25 25 0 0 0 6 2 2 4 3 8 1 1 26 2 .203 .203 .259 1970 Washington AL 26 47 107 5 17 18 1 0 0 4 0 2 2 1 7 0 0 24 2 .159 .168 .207 1971 Washington AL 27 85 329 47 92 124 11 3 5 33 4 1 17 8 21 2 1 29 9 .280 .377 .328 1972 Texas AL 28 145 499 68 113 141 16 3 2 28 9 0 51 17 64 3 5 81 4 .226 .283 .324 1973 Texas AL 29 142 576 71 165 218 24 4 7 48 11 3 43 16 31 3 0 78 11 .286 .378 .325 1974 Texas AL 30 121 474 71 112 136 13 1 3 42 11 3 25 13 34 0 4 72 17 .236 .287 .291 1975 Texas AL 31 28 80 9 17 24 1 0 2 10 2 1 6 0 7 1 1 10 3 .213 .300 .289 1976 Kansas City AL 32 78 153 24 36 47 4 2 1 17 3 1 15 5 14 0 0 26 1 .235 .307 .298 1977 Kansas City AL 33 27 48 8 9 14 3 1 0 4 0 0 1 3 7 0 0 11 1 .188 .292 .291 TOTALS 813 2578 340 630 805 77 19 20 211 48 16 187 73 210 10 13 392 51 .244 .312 .305
| 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 1968 Cleveland AL 2B 452.0 53 6 14 59 115 114 3 26 .987 4.56 1968 Cleveland AL SS 30.0 1 13 0 14 9 13 1 1 .957 6.60 1969 Cleveland AL 2B 279.1 30 3 4 33 78 94 6 28 .966 5.54 1969 Cleveland AL LF 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1969 Cleveland AL RF 1.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 1970 Washington AL 2B 214.1 21 12 3 33 64 79 2 19 .986 6.00 1971 Washington AL 3B 714.1 80 4 3 84 63 149 14 15 .938 2.67 1971 Washington AL 2B 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 1972 Texas AL 3B 1005.2 113 5 5 118 107 222 19 25 .945 2.94 1972 Texas AL CF 87.2 10 0 0 10 16 0 1 0 .941 1.64 1972 Texas AL LF 52.0 6 1 0 7 10 0 2 0 .833 1.73 1973 Texas AL 2B 1175.0 137 3 15 140 327 364 11 98 .984 5.29 1974 Texas AL 2B 1042.1 119 1 7 120 295 337 20 74 .969 5.46 1975 Texas AL 2B 182.0 20 3 3 23 56 60 5 16 .959 5.74 1976 Kansas City AL 2B 267.2 26 20 5 46 70 88 4 14 .975 5.31 1976 Kansas City AL 1B 8.0 0 2 0 2 9 2 0 3 1.000 12.38 1977 Kansas City AL 2B 51.0 5 7 4 12 11 14 2 3 .926 4.41
| 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 Cleveland Indians (1964).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians with Horacio Pina and Ron Law to Washington Senators in exchange for Dennis Higgins and Barry Moore (December 5, 1969).
- Placed on disabled list by Texas Rangers (May 12, 1974)
- Activated by Texas Rangers (June 10, 1974)
- Placed on disabled list by Texas Rangers (April 27, 1975)
- Activated by Texas Rangers (August 15, 1975)
- Traded by Texas Rangers to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Nelson Briles (November 12, 1975).
- Placed on disabled list by Kansas City Royals (April 19, 1977)
- Activated by Kansas City Royals (May 8, 1977)
- Placed on disabled list by Kansas City Royals (June 27, 1977)
- Activated by Kansas City Royals (September 1, 1977)
- Released by Kansas City Royals (April 1, 1978).
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