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Rocky Nelson
Glenn Richard Nelson

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 178 lb.

Debut April 27, 1949
Final Game September 29, 1961
Born November 18, 1924 in Portsmouth, OH
Died October 31, 2006 in Portsmouth, OH

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1949 24 STL NL  82  244   28   54   8  4   4   32   1     11  12  .221  .258  .336   55   82   4           1   5
 1950 25 STL NL  76  235   27   58  10  4   1   20   4     26   9  .247  .324  .336   71   79   3           1   3
 1951 26 TOT     86  218   32   56   8  4   1   15   1  1  12   7  .257  .296  .344   70   75   2           0   6
         TOT NL  80  213   32   56   8  4   1   15   1  1  11   7  .263  .299  .352   73   75   2           0   6
         STL NL   9   18    3    4   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   0  .222  .263  .278   45    5   0           0   1
         PIT NL  71  195   29   52   7  4   1   14   1  1  10   7  .267  .302  .359   75   70   2           0   5
         CHW AL   6    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .000  .167  .000  -52    0   0           0   0
 1952 27 BRO NL  37   39    6   10   1  0   0    3   0  0   7   4  .256  .370  .282   82   11   0           0   0
 1954 29 CLE AL   4    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0       0   1
 1956 31 TOT NL  69  152   13   33   7  0   7   23   0  0  10  16  .217  .262  .401   72   61   0   2   2   0   4
         BRO NL  31   96    7   20   2  0   4   15   0  0   4  10  .208  .235  .354   51   34   0   2   1   0   2
         STL NL  38   56    6   13   5  0   3    8   0  0   6   6  .232  .306  .482  108   27   0   0   1   0   2
 1959 34 PIT NL  98  175   31   51  11  0   6   32   0  0  23  19  .291  .379  .457  123   80   1   2   4   3   2
 1960 35 PIT NL  93  200   34   60  11  1   7   35   1  2  24  15  .300  .382  .470  132   94   1   4   5   5   2
 1961 36 PIT NL  75  127   15   25   5  1   5   13   0  0  17  11  .197  .301  .370   77   47   0   0   2   2   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      620 1394  186  347  61 14  31  173   7  3 130  94  .249  .317  .379   84  529  11   8  13  12  26
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        364   49   91  16  4   8   45   2  1  34  25  .249  .317  .379   84  138   3   2   3   3   7
 Career High     98  244   34   60  11  4   7   35   4  2  26  19  .247  .324  .336   71   94   4   4   5   5   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1949 24 STL NL  260  199   21   2.8   108| .221  .276| .258  .351| .336  .413| .594  .764|  55  .292 -17.4  -1.7     
 1950 25 STL NL  265  183   25   3.6   112| .247  .275| .324  .353| .336  .427| .660  .780|  71  .384 -10.4  -1.0     
 1951 26 TOT     232  171   22   3.5   105| .257  .271| .296  .345| .344  .410| .640  .755|  70  .380 -10.2  -1.0  50%
         TOT NL  226  166   22   3.6   106| .263  .271| .299  .345| .352  .410| .651  .755|  73  .392  -9.2  -0.9  50%
         STL NL   19   15    1   1.8   104| .222  .269| .263  .343| .278  .407| .541  .750|  45  .155  -1.4  -0.1   0%
         PIT NL  207  151   21   3.7   106| .267  .271| .302  .345| .359  .410| .661  .756|  75  .414  -7.8  -0.8  50%
         CHW AL    6    5    0   0.0   100| .000  .265| .167  .346| .000  .389| .167  .735| -52  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1952 27 BRO NL   46   29    4   3.7    98| .256  .263| .370  .336| .282  .391| .652  .727|  82  .446  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1954 29 CLE AL    4    5    0   0.0   100| .000  .268| .000  .344| .000  .391| .000  .735|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1956 31 TOT NL  164  125   16   3.4   108| .217  .270| .262  .338| .401  .427| .663  .765|  72  .380  -6.7  -0.6   0%
         BRO NL  102   80    8   2.7   110| .208  .274| .235  .342| .354  .433| .589  .775|  51  .280  -7.3  -0.7   0%
         STL NL   62   45    8   4.8   103| .232  .264| .306  .331| .482  .417| .788  .748| 108  .528   0.6   0.1   0%
 1959 34 PIT NL  204  129   32   6.6   104| .291  .269| .379  .335| .457  .416| .836  .751| 123  .659   7.0   0.7   0%
 1960 35 PIT NL  234  149   38   6.9   100| .300  .264| .382  .330| .470  .406| .852  .736| 132  .696  10.1   1.0  33%
 1961 36 PIT NL  146  105   14   3.6   106| .197  .271| .301  .338| .370  .422| .671  .760|  77  .379  -4.4  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      1555 1095  172   4.2   106| .249  .271| .317  .342| .379  .416| .696  .758|  84  .465 -33.7  -3.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1949 24 STL NL 1B 70 564 24 0 48 1.000 .991 8.40 8.98 1950 25 STL NL 1B 70 596 51 5 66 .992 .990 9.24 9.02 1951 26 TOT NL 1B 36 304 25 3 37 .991 .989 9.14 9.29 TOT NL OF 13 22 1 0 0 1.000 .983 1.77 2.23 13 0 0 STL NL 1B 4 29 1 0 5 1.000 .990 7.50 9.30 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1 0 0 PIT NL 1B 32 275 24 3 32 .990 .989 9.34 9.29 OF 12 22 1 0 0 1.000 .983 1.92 2.23 12 0 0 1952 27 BRO NL 1B 5 16 0 0 2 1.000 .988 3.20 9.16 1954 29 CLE AL 1B 2 6 0 0 1 1.000 .984 3.00 8.00 1956 31 TOT NL 1B 39 243 27 2 26 .993 .989 6.92 8.71 10.74 9.82 24 226.3 BRO NL 1B 25 189 20 2 20 .991 .989 8.36 8.71 10.06 9.82 24 187.0 STL NL 1B 14 54 7 0 6 1.000 .989 4.36 8.71 13.97 9.82 0 39.3 LF 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 .973 1.38 1.70 1.43 2.07 8 69.0 1959 34 PIT NL 1B 56 337 18 2 45 .994 .988 6.34 8.04 9.16 9.58 34 348.7 OF 2 2 0 1 0 .667 1.000 1.00 1.90 2.00 2.20 1 9.0 LF 1 2 0 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 1.60 2.57 2.06 1 7.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1960 35 PIT NL 1B 73 463 37 2 48 .996 .990 6.85 8.20 9.46 9.57 50 475.7 1961 36 PIT NL 1B 35 231 15 1 26 .996 .990 7.03 8.57 9.96 9.82 23 222.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1949 24 STL NL 1B 70 564 24 0 48 1.000 .991 8.40 8.98 1950 25 STL NL 1B 70 596 51 5 66 .992 .990 9.24 9.02 1951 26 TOT NL 1B 36 304 25 3 37 .991 .989 9.14 9.29 STL NL 1B 4 29 1 0 5 1.000 .990 7.50 9.30 PIT NL 1B 32 275 24 3 32 .990 .989 9.34 9.29 1952 27 BRO NL 1B 5 16 0 0 2 1.000 .988 3.20 9.16 1954 29 CLE AL 1B 2 6 0 0 1 1.000 .984 3.00 8.00 1956 31 TOT NL 1B 39 243 27 2 26 .993 .989 6.92 8.71 10.74 9.82 24 226.3 BRO NL 1B 25 189 20 2 20 .991 .989 8.36 8.71 10.06 9.82 24 187.0 STL NL 1B 14 54 7 0 6 1.000 .989 4.36 8.71 13.97 9.82 0 39.3 1959 34 PIT NL 1B 56 337 18 2 45 .994 .988 6.34 8.04 9.16 9.58 34 348.7 1960 35 PIT NL 1B 73 463 37 2 48 .996 .990 6.85 8.20 9.46 9.57 50 475.7 1961 36 PIT NL 1B 35 231 15 1 26 .996 .990 7.03 8.57 9.96 9.82 23 222.3 1956 31 STL NL LF 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 .973 1.38 1.70 1.43 2.07 8 69.0 1959 34 PIT NL LF 1 2 0 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 1.60 2.57 2.06 1 7.0 1951 26 TOT NL OF 13 22 1 0 0 1.000 .983 1.77 2.23 13 0 0 STL NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1 0 0 PIT NL OF 12 22 1 0 0 1.000 .983 1.92 2.23 12 0 0 1956 31 STL NL OF 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 .973 1.38 2.05 1.43 2.28 8 69.0 1959 34 PIT NL OF 2 2 0 1 0 .667 1.000 1.00 1.90 2.00 2.20 1 9.0 1959 34 PIT NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.80 0 2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B* 386 2760 197 15 299 .995 .990 7.66 8.67 131 1273.0 OF* 23 35 1 1 0 .973 .981 1.57 2.14 9 78.0 22 0 1# LF* 9 13 0 1 0 .929 .970 1.44 1.69 9 76.0 RF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0 2.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 409 2795 198 16 299 .995 .990 7.32 8.30
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1952   WS    BRO NYY     L   4   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   2  .000  .250  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1960   WS    PIT NYY     W   4   9   2   3  0  0  1   2   1   1  .333  .400  .667   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   8  12   2   3  0  0  1   2   2   3  .250  .357  .500   0  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.

Hit By Pitch
1960 NL-5-5

Oldest Player
1961 NL-36-8

HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2772) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1942 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

May 17, 1951: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Erv Dusak to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Stan Rojek.

September 10, 1951: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

December 6, 1951: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Hector Rodriguez.

October 1, 1953: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Cleveland Indians for Bill Abernathie and cash.

May 11, 1954: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Cleveland Indians.

July 30, 1956: Selected off waivers by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

March 21, 1957: Sent by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Toronto (International) to complete an earlier deal made on October 1, 1956. The St. Louis Cardinals sent a player to be named later, Jim Pearce, and cash to the Toronto (International) for Frank Barnes. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Rocky Nelson (March 21, 1957) to the Toronto (International) to complete the trade.

December 1, 1958: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Toronto (International) in the 1958 rule 5 draft.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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