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Nelson Liriano
Nelson Arturo (Bonilla) Liriano

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 172 lb.

Debut August 25, 1987
  vs. SEA 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game May 13, 1998
Born June 3, 1964 in Puerto Plata, D.R.

Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent in 1982. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1987 23 TOR AL  37  158   29   38   6  2   2   10  13  2  16  22  .241  .310  .342   72   54   2   0   2   0   3 RoY-6
 1988 24 TOR AL  99  276   36   73   6  2   3   23  12  5  11  40  .264  .297  .333   77   92   5   1   0   2   4
 1989 25 TOR AL 132  418   51  110  26  3   5   53  16  7  43  51  .263  .331  .376  105  157  10   5   0   2  10
 1990 26 TOT AL 103  355   46   83  12  9   1   28   8  7  38  44  .234  .308  .327   74  116   4   2   0   1   8
         TOR AL  50  170   16   36   7  2   1   15   3  5  16  20  .212  .282  .294   58   50   1   1   0   1   5
         MIN AL  53  185   30   47   5  7   0   13   5  2  22  24  .254  .332  .357   88   66   3   1   0   0   3
 1991 27 KCR AL  10   22    5    9   0  0   0    1   0  1   0   2  .409  .409  .409  128    9   1   0   0   0   0
 1993 29 COL NL  48  151   28   46   6  3   2   15   6  4  18  22  .305  .376  .424  101   64   5   1   2   0   6
 1994 30 COL NL  87  255   39   65  17  5   3   31   0  2  42  44  .255  .357  .396   84  101   3   3   5   0   4
 1995 31 PIT NL 107  259   29   74  12  1   5   38   2  2  24  34  .286  .347  .398   95  103   1   3   3   2   2
 1996 32 PIT NL 112  217   23   58  14  2   3   30   2  0  14  22  .267  .308  .392   81   85   0   3   2   0   1
 1997 33 LAD NL  76   88   10   20   6  0   1   11   0  0   6  12  .227  .274  .330   62   29   2   1   1   0   1
 1998 34 COL NL  12   17    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   7  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     823 2216  296  576 105 27  25  240  59 30 212 300  .260  .324  .366   85  810  33  19  15   7  40
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        436   58  113  21  5   5   47  12  6  42  59  .260  .324  .366   85  159   6   4   3   1   8
 Career High    132  418   51  110  26  9   5   53  16  7  43  51  .286  .357  .398  105  157  10   5   5   2  10
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1987 23 TOR AL  176  127   18   3.8   108| .241  .267| .310  .336| .342  .429| .652  .765|  72  .378  -6.8  -0.6  86%
 1988 24 TOR AL  295  218   27   3.3    94| .264  .259| .297  .324| .333  .391| .630  .715|  77  .373  -9.6  -1.0  70%
 1989 25 TOR AL  478  340   53   4.2    88| .263  .254| .331  .318| .376  .373| .707  .691| 105  .482   4.4   0.4  69%
 1990 26 TOT AL  400  293   36   3.3   100| .234  .266| .308  .336| .327  .399| .635  .734|  74  .371 -13.8  -1.4  53%
         TOR AL  189  146   13   2.4    99| .212  .266| .282  .335| .294  .398| .576  .733|  58  .247 -10.1  -1.0  37%
         MIN AL  211  147   23   4.2   100| .254  .267| .332  .336| .357  .399| .689  .736|  88  .479  -3.7  -0.4  71%
 1991 27 KCR AL   23   15    3   5.4    97| .409  .260| .409  .329| .409  .395| .818  .724| 128  .577   0.7   0.1   0%
 1993 29 COL NL  175  121   23   5.1   117| .305  .290| .376  .358| .424  .442| .800  .800| 101  .542   0.2   0.0  60%
 1994 30 COL NL  303  202   38   5.0   123| .255  .293| .357  .363| .396  .459| .753  .823|  84  .511  -5.7  -0.5   0%
 1995 31 PIT NL  289  193   37   5.2   109| .286  .273| .347  .343| .398  .425| .745  .768|  95  .527  -1.6  -0.2  50%
 1996 32 PIT NL  234  163   28   4.6   110| .267  .275| .308  .344| .392  .429| .700  .774|  81  .478  -6.5  -0.6 100%
 1997 33 LAD NL   97   72    8   3.0   102| .227  .262| .274  .333| .330  .411| .604  .744|  62  .289  -4.5  -0.4   0%
 1998 34 COL NL   17   18    0   0.0   124| .000  .292| .000  .366| .000  .461| .000  .827|-100  .000  -5.4  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     2487 1762  271   4.1   104| .260  .269| .324  .338| .366  .412| .690  .750|  85  .448 -48.7  -4.7  66%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1987 23 TOR AL 2B 37 83 107 1 28 .995 .980 5.14 4.48 5.10 5.12 36 335.0 1988 24 TOR AL 2B 80 121 177 12 48 .961 .982 3.73 4.40 4.40 5.12 65 609.7 DH 11 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1989 25 TOR AL 2B 122 267 330 12 76 .980 .981 4.89 4.51 5.03 5.24 117 1068.0 DH 5 1990 26 TOT AL 2B 99 176 260 11 53 .975 .984 4.40 4.53 4.73 5.23 92 829.6 TOR AL 2B 49 93 132 4 26 .983 .984 4.59 4.53 4.80 5.23 45 422.3 MIN AL 2B 50 83 128 7 27 .968 .984 4.22 4.53 4.66 5.23 47 407.3 DH 2 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.00 0.00 5.14 0 0.7 1991 27 KCR AL 2B 10 11 23 0 3 1.000 .980 3.40 4.44 5.56 5.19 6 55.0 1993 29 COL NL SS 35 45 71 3 13 .975 .965 3.31 4.04 4.34 4.69 26 240.3 2B 16 19 32 3 7 .944 .981 3.19 4.49 4.41 5.16 11 104.0 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.30 3.00 2.70 0 3.0 1994 30 COL NL 2B 79 143 222 10 44 .973 .981 4.62 4.56 5.06 5.26 72 648.7 SS 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 4.03 2.57 4.50 0 7.0 3B 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 2.25 2.52 2.69 1 10.7 1995 31 PIT NL 2B 67 130 132 5 31 .981 .984 3.91 4.58 5.09 5.25 51 463.3 3B 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 .943 1.00 2.32 1.50 2.76 3 30.0 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.00 0.00 4.50 1 6.0 1996 32 PIT NL 2B 36 50 73 2 13 .984 .981 3.42 4.40 4.96 5.09 24 223.0 3B 9 4 17 0 0 1.000 .946 2.33 2.21 3.20 2.72 7 59.0 SS 5 4 8 1 2 .923 .968 2.40 4.00 3.56 4.60 3 30.3 1997 33 LAD NL 2B 17 14 23 2 6 .949 .979 2.18 4.31 3.75 5.07 7 88.7 1B 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.15 13.50 9.45 0 4.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.80 0.00 4.50 0 1.0 1998 34 COL NL 2B 3 4 2 0 1 1.000 .984 2.00 4.37 3.86 5.08 1 14.0 SS 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 3.90 2.57 4.50 1 7.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1997 33 LAD NL 1B 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.15 13.50 9.45 0 4.0 1987 23 TOR AL 2B 37 83 107 1 28 .995 .980 5.14 4.48 5.10 5.12 36 335.0 1988 24 TOR AL 2B 80 121 177 12 48 .961 .982 3.73 4.40 4.40 5.12 65 609.7 1989 25 TOR AL 2B 122 267 330 12 76 .980 .981 4.89 4.51 5.03 5.24 117 1068.0 1990 26 TOT AL 2B 99 176 260 11 53 .975 .984 4.40 4.53 4.73 5.23 92 829.6 TOR AL 2B 49 93 132 4 26 .983 .984 4.59 4.53 4.80 5.23 45 422.3 MIN AL 2B 50 83 128 7 27 .968 .984 4.22 4.53 4.66 5.23 47 407.3 1991 27 KCR AL 2B 10 11 23 0 3 1.000 .980 3.40 4.44 5.56 5.19 6 55.0 1993 29 COL NL 2B 16 19 32 3 7 .944 .981 3.19 4.49 4.41 5.16 11 104.0 1994 30 COL NL 2B 79 143 222 10 44 .973 .981 4.62 4.56 5.06 5.26 72 648.7 1995 31 PIT NL 2B 67 130 132 5 31 .981 .984 3.91 4.58 5.09 5.25 51 463.3 1996 32 PIT NL 2B 36 50 73 2 13 .984 .981 3.42 4.40 4.96 5.09 24 223.0 1997 33 LAD NL 2B 17 14 23 2 6 .949 .979 2.18 4.31 3.75 5.07 7 88.7 1998 34 COL NL 2B 3 4 2 0 1 1.000 .984 2.00 4.37 3.86 5.08 1 14.0 1988 24 TOR AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1993 29 COL NL 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.30 3.00 2.70 0 3.0 1994 30 COL NL 3B 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 2.25 2.52 2.69 1 10.7 1995 31 PIT NL 3B 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 .943 1.00 2.32 1.50 2.76 3 30.0 1996 32 PIT NL 3B 9 4 17 0 0 1.000 .946 2.33 2.21 3.20 2.72 7 59.0 1997 33 LAD NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 1988 24 TOR AL DH 11 1989 25 TOR AL DH 5 1990 26 MIN AL DH 2 1990 26 MIN AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.00 0.00 5.14 0 0.7 1993 29 COL NL SS 35 45 71 3 13 .975 .965 3.31 4.04 4.34 4.69 26 240.3 1994 30 COL NL SS 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 4.03 2.57 4.50 0 7.0 1995 31 PIT NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.00 0.00 4.50 1 6.0 1996 32 PIT NL SS 5 4 8 1 2 .923 .968 2.40 4.00 3.56 4.60 3 30.3 1997 33 LAD NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.80 0.00 4.50 0 1.0 1998 34 COL NL SS 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 3.90 2.57 4.50 1 7.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 566 1018 1381 58 310 .976 .982 4.24 4.50 4.86 5.20 482 4439.0 SS* 47 49 83 4 15 .971 .965 2.81 4.03 4.06 4.67 31 292.3 3B* 19 7 23 0 0 1.000 .943 1.58 2.26 2.57 2.73 11 105.0 DH 18 Games not counted in Overall Total below 1B* 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.15 13.50 9.45 0 4.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 634 1079 1488 62 325 .976 .980 4.05 4.41 4.77 5.12 524 4840
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1989   ALCS  TOR OAK     L   3   7   1   3  0  0  0   1   2   0  .429  .556  .429   3  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Triples
1990 AL-9-3
1994 NL-5-10

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2772) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 1.0 (2141) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

November 1, 1982: Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent.

July 27, 1990: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with Pedro Munoz to the Minnesota Twins for John Candelaria.

April 2, 1991: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

May 1, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

October 15, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

January 31, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

October 15, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

October 26, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

October 14, 1994: Selected off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Colorado Rockies.

November 20, 1996: Selected off waivers by the Los Angeles Dodgers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 3, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

December 19, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

October 15, 1998: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1987Toronto Blue Jays$62,500
1988Toronto Blue Jays$75,000
1989Toronto Blue Jays$112,500
1990Toronto Blue Jays$255,000
1994Colorado Rockies$275,000
1995Pittsburgh Pirates$350,000
1996Pittsburgh Pirates$350,000
1997Los Angeles Dodgers$375,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,855,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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