Dave Nelson

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 160lb (178cm, 72kg)

Born: June 20, 1944 in Fort Sill, OK us

Died: April 23, 2018 in Milwaukee, WI

High School: Junipero Serra HS (Gardena, CA)

Schools: Compton College (Compton, CA), California State University, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 11, 1968 (Age 23-296d, 12,669th in major league history)
vs. CAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1977 (Age 33-099d)
vs. OAK 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Full Name: David Earl Nelson

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.1

2578

630

.244

340

RBI

211

187

OBP

.305

SLG

.312

OPS

.618

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	L,0-5	GF	27	5.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
2	8	Apr 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-9	GF	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
3	9	Apr 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
4	10	Apr 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
5	11	Apr 24	CLE		DET	W,2-0	GS	21	7.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
6	14 (2)	Apr 28 (1)	CLE	@	WSA	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
7	16 (1)	Apr 29	CLE		CAL	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	21 (4)	May 5	CLE		MIN	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
9	26 (4)	May 11	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
10	27	May 12 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-0	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH SS
11	30 (2)	May 15	CLE		NYY	T,2-2	GF	11	3.0	3	1	0	4	0	PR SS
12	31	May 16	CLE		WSA	L,1-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
13	32	May 17	CLE		BAL	L,2-6	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
14	37 (4)	May 21 (2)	CLE	@	OAK	L,0-2	GF	13	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
15	38	May 22	CLE	@	OAK	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
16	40 (1)	May 24	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	PR SS
17	45 (4)	May 29	CLE	@	MIN	L,0-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	63 (17)	Jun 15	CLE		BOS	L,3-9	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 2B
19	69 (5)	Jun 21	CLE		DET	W,4-3	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	PR SS
20	73 (3)	Jun 24	CLE		DET	L,3-14	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	90 (16)	Jul 13	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
22	91	Jul 14	CLE	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
23	92	Jul 15	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
24	93	Jul 16	CLE	@	CAL	W,2-1	GS	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
25	94	Jul 17	CLE	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
26	95	Jul 20	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
27	96	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
28	97	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
29	98	Jul 22	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
30	99	Jul 23	CLE	@	BAL	L,6-8	GS	30	7.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
31	100	Jul 24	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	2B
32	101	Jul 26	CLE		NYY	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
33	102	Jul 27	CLE		NYY	L,3-6	GS	23	4.0	0	1	1	2	0	2B
34	103	Jul 28 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
35	104	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
36	105	Jul 29	CLE		WSA	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
37	106	Jul 30	CLE		WSA	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
38	107	Jul 31	CLE		BAL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	108	Aug 1	CLE		BAL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
40	109	Aug 2	CLE		OAK	L,1-5	GS	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B SS
41	118 (8)	Aug 10	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
42	119	Aug 11 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-1	GS	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
43	120	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	GS	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
44	125 (4)	Aug 17	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
45	126	Aug 18 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
46	127	Aug 18 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
47	128	Aug 19	CLE		BOS	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
48	129	Aug 20	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	GS	27	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
49	130	Aug 21	CLE		BOS	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
50	131	Aug 22	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
51	132	Aug 23	CLE	@	WSA	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
52	133	Aug 24	CLE	@	WSA	W,2-1	CG	65	16.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
53	134	Aug 25	CLE	@	WSA	L,9-10	GS	24	5.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
54	135	Aug 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
55	136	Aug 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
56	137	Aug 28	CLE		MIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
57	138	Aug 29	CLE		MIN	L,2-3	GS	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
58	139	Aug 30 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,0-1	GS	30	7.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	149 (9)	Sep 9	CLE	@	MIN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
60	150	Sep 10	CLE	@	MIN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
61	151	Sep 11	CLE	@	MIN	W,1-0	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
62	152	Sep 13	CLE		BAL	W,10-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
63	153	Sep 14	CLE		BAL	L,3-5	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
64	154	Sep 15	CLE		BAL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
65	155	Sep 17	CLE		WSA	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
66	156	Sep 21	CLE		CAL	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
67	157	Sep 22	CLE		CAL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	2B
68	158	Sep 24 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
69	159	Sep 24 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
70	160	Sep 25	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
71	161	Sep 26	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-7	GS	34	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
72	162	Sep 27	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
							73gm		482.0	124	127	4	255	27