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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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	9-27 / in Starts: 0-1
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 46 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	39 (18-13-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 46 PAs	5
Avg. Runners on Base	29 (15-9-4)

Most Driven In
A Pafko	2
G Hodges	1
G Shuba	0
C Furillo	0
T Holmes	0

Most Driven In By
P Reese	2
J Robinson	1
R Walker	1
B Cox	1

1952 Batting Game Log

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1952 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	245	60 (59)	Jun 24 (2)	BRO		STL	L,4-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	.81	-0.023	3.52	-0.06%	-0.22	PH
2	246	63 (2)	Jun 27	BRO		BSN	W,8-3	1-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	9	1.70	0.011	7.92	0.03%	0.17	PH
3	247	65 (1)	Jun 29	BRO		BSN	W,6-5	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9	2.52	-0.093	10.84	-0.24%	-0.58	PH
4	248	66	Jun 30	BRO		PHI	L,0-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	8	.59	-0.015	2.50	-0.04%	-0.10	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	249	67	Jul 1	BRO		PHI	W,4-3	5-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	9						PH
6	250	68	Jul 2 (1)	BRO		PHI	L,3-4	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	9	1.74	0.119	7.87	0.32%	0.91	PH
7	251	70 (1)	Jul 3	BRO		NYG	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	9	1.75	-0.044	15.06	-0.23%	-0.10	PH
8	252	74 (3)	Jul 10	BRO	@	CHC	L,6-7	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	9	1.03	-0.025	5.14	-0.08%	-0.15	PH
9	253	87 (12)	Jul 25	BRO		STL	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	9	.41	-0.010	1.48	-0.02%	-0.23	PH
10	254	90 (2)	Jul 28	BRO		STL	L,2-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	9	1.00	-0.025	4.94	-0.08%	-0.23	PH
11	255	93 (2)	Jul 31 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,7-6	2-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	9	1.63	-0.040	7.90	-0.12%	-0.79	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	256	95 (1)	Aug 1	BRO		CHC	L,1-6	7-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.300	.573	9	.12	0.008	.51	0.02%	0.37	PH
13	257	96	Aug 3 (1)	BRO		CHC	W,3-2	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.300	.633	4	4.31	0.127	21.18	0.38%	0.66	PH
14	258	99 (2)	Aug 7 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.308	.273	.580	9	.06	-0.002	.48	-0.01%	-0.28	PH
15	259	104 (4)	Aug 11 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.250	.536	9	.55	-0.014	1.48	-0.02%	-0.22	PH
16	260	107 (2)	Aug 13 (2)	BRO		NYG	L,4-8	6-7	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.333	.308	.641	9	1.31	0.082	3.67	0.14%	0.97	PH
17	261	108	Aug 14	BRO		NYG	L,3-4	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.313	.286	.598	9	2.49	-0.067	9.41	-0.15%	-0.35	PH
18	262	109	Aug 15	BRO		PHI	L,3-8	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.294	.267	.561	9	2.66	-0.038	7.29	-0.06%	-0.19	PH
19	263	111 (1)	Aug 17	BRO		PHI	L,1-2	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.278	.250	.528	9	6.23	-0.155	17.51	-0.26%	-0.75	PH
20	264	113 (1)	Aug 19 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-5	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.316	.294	.610	9	1.18	0.037	3.31	0.06%	0.20	PH
21	265	117 (3)	Aug 23	BRO	@	PIT	W,3-2	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.350	.333	.683	9	2.15	0.088	7.39	0.18%	0.38	PH
22	266	122 (4)	Aug 27	BRO	@	CHC	L,5-10	8-GF	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.409	.368	.778	7	.11	0.008	.08	0.00%	0.75	PH 1B
23	267	125 (2)	Aug 30	BRO		NYG	L,3-4	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.391	.350	.741	9	2.44	-0.066	5.46	-0.09%	-0.48	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	268	128 (2)	Sep 2 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,3-9	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.333	.708	9	.09	-0.002	.11	0.00%	0.07	PH
25	269	130 (1)	Sep 4	BRO	@	BSN	L,5-6	7-7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.360	.318	.678	9	2.37	0.096	3.54	0.09%	0.60	PH
26	270	131	Sep 5	BRO	@	BSN	L,1-3	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.385	.348	.732	9	2.59	0.108	5.47	0.14%	0.60	PH
27	271	132	Sep 6 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.370	.333	.704	8	2.68	-0.068	13.52	-0.21%	-0.42	PH
28	272	133	Sep 6 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.357	.320	.677	9	.56	-0.014	4.36	-0.07%	-0.15	PH
29	273	138 (4)	Sep 10 (1)	BRO		CHC	W,4-1	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.379	.346	.725	9	3.83	0.144	19.25	0.43%	0.85	PH
30	274	140 (1)	Sep 11	BRO		CHC	L,7-11	8-9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.400	.346	.746	9	.10	0.003	.36	0.01%	0.20	PH
31	275	142 (1)	Sep 13	BRO		STL	L,2-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.387	.333	.720	9	1.44	-0.040	6.10	-0.10%	-0.35	PH
32	276	147 (4)	Sep 19	BRO	@	BSN	W,4-2	8-8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.406	.333	.740	9	3.29	0.017	18.90	0.06%	0.13	PH
33	277	151 (3)	Sep 23 (2)	BRO		PHI	L,0-1	6-GF(12)	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.310	.429	.345	.773	7	2.50	0.132	.00	0.00%	0.63	1B
34	278	152	Sep 24	BRO		PHI	L,7-9	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.425	.333	.758	5	1.28	0.076	.00	0.00%	0.53	1B
35	279	153	Sep 26	BRO		BSN	W,8-4	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.286	.405	.314	.719	5	.91	0.135	.00	0.00%	0.85	1B
36	280	154	Sep 27	BRO		BSN	L,3-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.395	.306	.701	9	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.31	PH
37	281	155	Sep 28	BRO		BSN	T,5-5	5-GF(12)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.370	.282	.652	6	1.35	-0.102	.00	0.00%	-0.68	1B
							9-27		46	39	6	10	1	0	0	3	7	2	4	0	0		1	0	0	0	.256	.370	.282	.652		1.60	0.348	4.71	0.03%	2.27

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