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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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	8 (7)	Apr 28	STL		PIT	W,4-2	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	1
2	9	Apr 29	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	51	11.0	19	1	0	20	3
3	10	Apr 30	STL	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	11	May 1	STL	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
5	12	May 3	STL	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
6	14 (1)	May 5	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
7	16 (1)	May 7	STL	@	NYG	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	17	May 8	STL	@	BRO	L,7-8	GF	22	4.0	2	2	0	4	1
9	18	May 9	STL	@	BRO	W,14-5	CG	41	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
10	20 (1)	May 13	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
11	21	May 14	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
12	22	May 15	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
13	23	May 17	STL		PHI	L,4-5	CG	0	12.0	12	0	0	12	2
14	24	May 18	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
15	25	May 19	STL		BRO	L,0-2	GS	22	6.0	4	1	0	5	0
16	27 (1)	May 21	STL		BRO	L,6-15	CG	48	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
17	37 (9)	May 30 (2)	STL		CIN	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	38	Jun 1	STL	@	BRO	W,6-3	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	39	Jun 2	STL	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	56	14.0	13	1	0	14	0
20	41 (1)	Jun 4	STL	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
21	46 (4)	Jun 9	STL	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
22	60 (13)	Jun 23	STL		NYG	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	3
23	61	Jun 24	STL		BSN	W,8-4	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
24	62	Jun 25	STL		BSN	L,6-10	CG	51	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	73 (10)	Jul 5	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	10	1	0	11	1
26	76 (2)	Jul 8	STL	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
27	77	Jul 9	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
28	79 (1)	Jul 10 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
29	80	Jul 14	STL	@	PHI	L,0-1	GF	8	2.1	2	0	0	2	0
30	81	Jul 15	STL	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
31	82	Jul 16	STL	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
32	83	Jul 17	STL	@	NYG	W,10-1	GF	20	5.0	5	1	0	6	0
33	86 (2)	Jul 20	STL	@	BSN	W,6-4	GF	10	3.0	4	0	0	4	1
34	90 (3)	Jul 24	STL	@	BRO	W,14-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
35	91	Jul 25	STL	@	BRO	T,4-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
36	92	Jul 26	STL		PHI	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	93	Jul 27	STL		PHI	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	3
38	96 (2)	Jul 30	STL		BRO	W,7-6	GF	25	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	97	Jul 31	STL		BRO	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	101 (3)	Aug 4	STL		BSN	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
41	104 (2)	Aug 7	STL		NYG	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
42	106 (1)	Aug 9	STL		CIN	W,4-1	GF	6	2.0	3	1	0	4	0
43	107	Aug 10	STL		CIN	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	18	0	0	18	2
44	108	Aug 12	STL		PIT	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
45	109	Aug 13	STL		PIT	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
46	111 (1)	Aug 15	STL	@	CHC	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	112	Aug 16	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	34	8.1	8	0	0	8	1
48	115 (2)	Aug 20	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
49	117 (1)	Aug 21 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
50	118	Aug 23 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,5-3	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	120 (1)	Aug 24	STL	@	BRO	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
52	122 (1)	Aug 26	STL	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	2
53	124 (1)	Aug 27 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
54	127 (2)	Aug 29	STL	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
55	128	Aug 30	STL	@	BSN	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	14	2	0	16	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	130 (1)	Sep 3	STL		CIN	T,9-9	GF	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
57	131	Sep 4 (1)	STL		CIN	W,6-4	GF	16	3.0	5	1	0	6	0
58	133 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	STL		PIT	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
59	135 (1)	Sep 7	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
60	136	Sep 8	STL		CHC	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
61	138 (1)	Sep 10	STL	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
62	139	Sep 11 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-5	GF	7	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	143 (3)	Sep 16	STL		BSN	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
64	144	Sep 17	STL		BSN	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
65	145	Sep 18	STL		PHI	W,15-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
66	151 (5)	Sep 24	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
67	152	Sep 25	STL		CHC	W,6-1	GF	0	2.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	154 (1)	Sep 29	STL	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
69	155	Sep 30	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
70	157 (1)	Oct 2	STL	@	CHC	W,13-5	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
							70gm		537.2	564	24	0	588	48