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.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	TEX		OAK	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	1	3	1	2B
2	2	Apr 6	TEX		OAK	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	2B
3	3	Apr 7	TEX		OAK	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
4	4	Apr 9	TEX	@	CAL	W,10-2	GS	28	7.0	5	1	1	7	1	2B
5	5	Apr 10	TEX	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	5	8	0	13	3	2B
6	6	Apr 11	TEX	@	CAL	L,8-11	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
7	7	Apr 13	TEX	@	OAK	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
8	8	Apr 14 (1)	TEX	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
9	9	Apr 14 (2)	TEX	@	OAK	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
10	10	Apr 16	TEX		KCR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	2B
11	11	Apr 17	TEX		KCR	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
12	12	Apr 19	TEX		MIN	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
13	13	Apr 20	TEX		MIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
14	14	Apr 21	TEX		MIN	L,2-8	CG	49	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
15	15	Apr 24	TEX		BOS	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
16	16	Apr 25	TEX		BOS	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
17	17	Apr 26	TEX	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
18	18	Apr 27	TEX	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
19	19	Apr 28 (1)	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-11	GS	20	4.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
20	20	Apr 28 (2)	TEX	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
21	21	Apr 30	TEX	@	MIL	W,12-10	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 1	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	2	4	1	7	0	2B
23	23	May 4	TEX	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
24	24	May 5 (1)	TEX	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	2B
25	25	May 5 (2)	TEX	@	BOS	L,8-10	CG	45	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
26	26	May 6	TEX		NYY	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
27	27	May 7	TEX		NYY	L,3-4	CG	53	12.0	4	5	1	10	2	2B
28	28	May 8	TEX		KCR	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
29	29	May 9	TEX		KCR	L,1-6	GS	33	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
30	30	May 10	TEX		CHW	L,7-8	GS	16	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	59 (28)	Jun 12	TEX	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
32	60	Jun 14	TEX		MIL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
33	61	Jun 15	TEX		MIL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
34	62	Jun 16	TEX		MIL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	2B
35	63	Jun 17	TEX		DET	L,4-6	CG	40	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
36	64	Jun 18	TEX		DET	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
37	65	Jun 19	TEX		DET	L,2-4	CG	47	11.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
38	66	Jun 20	TEX		CAL	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
39	67	Jun 21 (1)	TEX		CAL	W,12-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
40	68	Jun 21 (2)	TEX		CAL	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
41	69	Jun 22	TEX		CAL	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
42	70	Jun 23	TEX		CAL	L,2-10	GS	34	7.0	2	5	1	8	0	2B
43	71	Jun 24	TEX		MIN	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
44	72	Jun 25	TEX		MIN	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
45	73	Jun 26	TEX		MIN	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	2B
46	74	Jun 27	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
47	75	Jun 28	TEX	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
48	76	Jun 29	TEX	@	CAL	L,3-8	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
49	77	Jun 30	TEX	@	CAL	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	78	Jul 1	TEX	@	MIN	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
51	79	Jul 2	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	36	8.2	3	6	0	9	2	2B
52	80	Jul 3	TEX	@	MIN	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
53	81	Jul 4	TEX	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	2B
54	82	Jul 5	TEX		NYY	L,2-14	GS	35	5.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
55	83	Jul 6	TEX		NYY	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
56	84	Jul 7	TEX		NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
57	85	Jul 8	TEX		NYY	L,5-12	CG	47	9.0	4	6	1	11	1	2B
58	86	Jul 9	TEX	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
59	87	Jul 10	TEX	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
60	88	Jul 11	TEX	@	BOS	L,3-12	CG	42	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
61	89	Jul 12	TEX	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	2B
62	90	Jul 13	TEX	@	MIL	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	2B
63	92 (1)	Jul 14 (2)	TEX	@	MIL	W,5-4	GF	29	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
64	93	Jul 16	TEX	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
65	94	Jul 17	TEX	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
66	95	Jul 18	TEX		BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
67	96	Jul 19	TEX		BOS	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
68	97	Jul 20	TEX		BOS	W,8-6	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
69	98	Jul 21	TEX		BOS	W,2-1	GS	13	3.0	1	2	2	5	1	2B
70	104 (5)	Jul 30	TEX	@	OAK	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	107 (2)	Aug 2	TEX	@	KCR	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
72	108	Aug 3	TEX	@	CHW	W,12-5	CG	37	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	2B
73	109	Aug 4 (1)	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
74	110	Aug 4 (2)	TEX	@	CHW	L,10-13	CG	44	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
75	111	Aug 5	TEX	@	CHW	W,13-8	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
76	112	Aug 6	TEX		OAK	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
77	113	Aug 7	TEX		OAK	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
78	114	Aug 8	TEX		OAK	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
79	115	Aug 9	TEX		DET	W,4-3	CG	53	14.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
80	116	Aug 10	TEX		DET	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	2	4	0	2B
81	117	Aug 11	TEX		DET	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
82	118	Aug 12	TEX		MIL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
83	119	Aug 13	TEX		MIL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	3	5	1	9	2	2B
84	120	Aug 14	TEX		MIL	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
85	121	Aug 16	TEX	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
86	122	Aug 17	TEX	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
87	123	Aug 18	TEX	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
88	124	Aug 20	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
89	125	Aug 21	TEX	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
90	126	Aug 22	TEX	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
91	127	Aug 23	TEX	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
92	128	Aug 24	TEX	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	43	10.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
93	129	Aug 25	TEX	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	38	8.2	4	3	1	8	0	2B
94	130	Aug 27	TEX		BAL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
95	131	Aug 28	TEX		BAL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
96	132	Aug 29	TEX		BAL	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
97	133	Aug 30	TEX		CLE	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	7	4	0	11	1	2B
98	134	Aug 31	TEX		CLE	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	135	Sep 1	TEX		CLE	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
100	136	Sep 2	TEX		MIN	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	2B
101	137	Sep 3	TEX		MIN	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	2B
102	138	Sep 4	TEX		MIN	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
103	139	Sep 5	TEX	@	OAK	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
104	140	Sep 6	TEX	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	47	11.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
105	141	Sep 7	TEX	@	OAK	W,8-2	CG	30	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	2B
106	142	Sep 8	TEX	@	OAK	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
107	143	Sep 9 (1)	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
108	144	Sep 9 (2)	TEX	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
109	145	Sep 11	TEX	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
110	146	Sep 12	TEX	@	CHW	T,2-2	CG	24	6.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
111	150 (3)	Sep 18 (1)	TEX		CAL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
112	151	Sep 18 (2)	TEX		CAL	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
113	152	Sep 21 (1)	TEX		KCR	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
114	153	Sep 21 (2)	TEX		KCR	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	4	7	0	11	2	2B
115	155 (1)	Sep 26 (1)	TEX		CHW	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
116	156	Sep 26 (2)	TEX		CHW	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
117	157	Sep 27	TEX	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	50	11.1	1	1	0	2	0	2B
118	158	Sep 28	TEX	@	KCR	W,11-0	CG	32	9.0	3	6	1	10	2	2B
119	159	Sep 29	TEX	@	KCR	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
120	161 (1)	Oct 2	TEX	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
							120gm		1042.1	295	337	20	652	74