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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.

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	STL		PIT	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
2	3 (1)	Apr 20	STL		PIT	L,4-8	CG	38	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	1B
3	4	Apr 21	STL	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
4	6 (1)	Apr 24	STL	@	CIN	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	7	Apr 26	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR 1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	13 (5)	May 3	STL		BRO	W,6-5	CG	57	13.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
7	14	May 4	STL		PHI	L,6-9	GS	0	7.0	8	0	0	8	3
8	17 (2)	May 7	STL		BSN	W,15-0	GF	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	64 (46)	Jun 30	STL		PIT	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	3
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	65	Jul 1	STL		PIT	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
11	66	Jul 2	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	67	Jul 4 (1)	STL		CHC	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
13	68	Jul 4 (2)	STL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	69	Jul 5	STL		CIN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
15	70	Jul 6	STL		CIN	W,13-1	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
16	71	Jul 7	STL	@	PIT	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	6	2	1	9	1	1B
17	72	Jul 8	STL	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	36	8.1	9	1	1	11	1	1B
18	73	Jul 9	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
19	74	Jul 13	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
20	75	Jul 14	STL		PHI	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
21	78 (2)	Jul 17 (1)	STL		BRO	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
22	80 (1)	Jul 18	STL		BRO	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
23	81	Jul 19 (1)	STL		NYG	W,18-4	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
24	82	Jul 19 (2)	STL		NYG	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
25	84 (1)	Jul 21	STL		NYG	L,4-5	CG	47	11.0	15	1	0	16	1
26	85	Jul 22 (1)	STL		BSN	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
27	86	Jul 22 (2)	STL		BSN	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
28	87	Jul 23	STL		BSN	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	11	2	0	13	3	1B
29	88	Jul 25	STL	@	BRO	W,9-5	GS	32	7.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
30	89	Jul 26	STL	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
31	90	Jul 27	STL	@	BRO	W,13-3	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
32	91	Jul 28	STL	@	NYG	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	10	2	0	12	2
33	92	Jul 29	STL	@	NYG	L,3-4	GS	30	6.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
34	93	Jul 30	STL	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	3	1B
35	94	Jul 31	STL	@	BSN	L,3-4	GF	14	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	PR 1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	95	Aug 1	STL	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
37	96	Aug 2	STL	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
38	97	Aug 3	STL	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
39	98	Aug 4	STL	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
40	99	Aug 5	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
41	100	Aug 6 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
42	101	Aug 6 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
43	103 (1)	Aug 8	STL	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
44	104	Aug 11	STL	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	1B
45	105	Aug 12	STL	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
46	106	Aug 13	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
47	107	Aug 14	STL	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	39	8.2	7	2	0	9	0	1B
48	108	Aug 15	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
49	109	Aug 16	STL		PIT	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
50	110	Aug 18	STL		CIN	W,2-1	CG	45	11.0	8	1	0	9	1
51	111	Aug 19	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
52	112	Aug 20	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
53	113	Aug 21	STL		BSN	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	12	3	0	15	2	1B
54	114	Aug 22	STL		BSN	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
55	115	Aug 23	STL		BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
56	116	Aug 24	STL		NYG	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
57	117	Aug 25	STL		NYG	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
58	119 (1)	Aug 27	STL		BRO	W,13-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
59	120	Aug 28	STL		BRO	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
60	121	Aug 29	STL		PHI	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
61	122	Aug 30	STL		PHI	L,8-9	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	123	Sep 1	STL	@	PIT	L,4-10	CG	44	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
63	124	Sep 2	STL	@	PIT	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	1
64	125	Sep 3	STL	@	PIT	L,11-12	CG	49	9.2	10	0	0	10	0	1B
65	126	Sep 4 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
66	127	Sep 4 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,4-8	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
67	145 (17)	Sep 23 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
68	146	Sep 24	STL	@	CHC	L,3-8	CG	35	8.0	3	0	1	4	3	1B
69	147	Sep 26	STL		CIN	L,2-7	CG	35	7.0	11	2	0	13	0
							70gm		567.0	596	51	5	652	66