Rocky Nelson

Positions: First Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: November 18, 1924 in Portsmouth, OH us

Died: October 31, 2006 in Portsmouth, OH

Buried: Sunset Memorial Gardens, Franklin Furnace, OH

High School: Portsmouth HS (Portsmouth, OH)

Debut: April 27, 1949 (Age 24-160d, 10,609th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1961 (Age 36-315d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1949 season

Full Name: Glenn Richard Nelson

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1960 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.9

1394

347

.249

186

RBI

173

OBP

.317

SLG

.380

OPS

.696

OPS+

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

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	21 (20)	May 12 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,8-6	GS	41	10.0	8	0	0	8	3
2	22	May 13 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
3	23	May 13 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
4	24	May 15	STL		PHI	L,4-5	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
				Player went from St. Louis Cardinals to Pittsburgh Pirates
5	33	May 22	PIT		BRO	L,8-17	CG	53	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	42 (8)	Jun 3 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-11	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	43	Jun 3 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	44	Jun 4	PIT	@	PHI	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
9	45	Jun 5	PIT	@	BSN	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	47 (1)	Jun 7	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	48	Jun 9	PIT	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
12	49	Jun 10 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
13	51 (1)	Jun 12	PIT		BSN	L,3-13	CG	51	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
14	52	Jun 14	PIT		BSN	W,9-4	GS	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
15	53	Jun 15	PIT		NYG	L,6-11	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	54	Jun 16	PIT		NYG	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	60 (5)	Jun 22	PIT		BRO	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
18	61	Jun 23	PIT		BRO	L,1-13	CG	46	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
19	62	Jun 24 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
20	63	Jun 24 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	68 (4)	Jul 1	PIT	@	STL	L,4-5	GS	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
22	71 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
23	72	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,16-4	GF	10	1.2	1	0	0	1	1
24	73	Jul 5	PIT		CIN	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	3	1B
25	74	Jul 6	PIT		STL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	15	3	0	18	1	1B
26	77 (2)	Jul 8 (2)	PIT		STL	L,8-9	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
27	80 (2)	Jul 14	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
28	81	Jul 15 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-6	GS	26	6.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
29	88 (6)	Jul 22 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-5	GS	28	7.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
30	89	Jul 22 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
31	90	Jul 23	PIT		BSN	L,14-15	CG	52	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
32	91	Jul 24	PIT		NYG	L,3-4	CG	41	10.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
33	92	Jul 25	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
34	93	Jul 27	PIT		BSN	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	4	1B
35	95 (1)	Jul 29 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	16	3	0	19	2	1B
36	96	Jul 29 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
37	97	Jul 31	PIT		BRO	L,3-8	CG	49	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	98	Aug 1	PIT		BRO	W,12-9	GS	25	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
39	99	Aug 2	PIT		BRO	L,5-10	CG	46	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
40	100	Aug 3	PIT		PHI	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
41	105 (4)	Aug 8	PIT	@	STL	W,10-7	CG	0	9.0	14	2	0	16	1
42	107 (1)	Aug 10	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
43	108	Aug 11 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
44	112 (3)	Aug 13 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
45	123 (10)	Aug 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	GF	16	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
46	125 (1)	Aug 26 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	GF	2	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	1B
47	127 (1)	Aug 27 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-2	GS	26	6.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
48	130 (2)	Aug 30	PIT	@	NYG	W,10-9	GS	26	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
							49gm		373.0	326	26	3	355	37