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Graig Nettles

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: August 20, 1944 in San Diego, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 4th round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from San Diego State University (San Diego, CA).

High School: San Diego HS (San Diego, CA)

School: San Diego State University (San Diego, CA)

Debut: September 6, 1967 (Age 23-017d, 12,620th in major league history)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1988 (Age 44-042d)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Agents: Jerry Kapstein

Full Name: Graig Nettles

Nicknames: Puff

Pronunciation: \Greg\

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Relatives: Brother of Jim Nettles

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

67.9

8986

2225

390

.248

1193

RBI

1314

OBP

.329

SLG

.421

OPS

.750

OPS+

110

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
2	2	Apr 9	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
3	4 (1)	Apr 12	MIN	@	CAL	L,3-4	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
4	5	Apr 13	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
5	6	Apr 15	MIN	@	OAK	W,5-4	GS	25	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
6	7	Apr 16	MIN	@	SEP	W,6-4	GS	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	9 (1)	Apr 19	MIN		CAL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
8	10	Apr 20	MIN		CAL	W,12-1	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
9	11	Apr 21	MIN		OAK	W,8-4	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
10	12	Apr 22	MIN		OAK	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	13	Apr 23	MIN		OAK	W,7-6	GS	36	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	14	Apr 24	MIN		OAK	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
13	15	Apr 25	MIN	@	CHW	L,5-6	GF	9	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
14	18 (2)	Apr 28	MIN		KCR	W,4-0	GS	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
15	19	Apr 29	MIN		KCR	W,9-1	GS	22	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
16	20	Apr 30	MIN		SEP	W,6-4	GS	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	23 (2)	May 4	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
18	26 (2)	May 9	MIN	@	DET	W,6-2	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
19	27	May 11	MIN	@	DET	L,2-3	GS	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	29 (1)	May 14	MIN		BAL	L,8-9	GF	9	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
21	31 (1)	May 17	MIN		DET	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
22	33 (1)	May 20	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-2		18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 3B
23	34	May 21	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
24	35	May 22	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-6	GS	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
25	37 (1)	May 24	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS	28	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
26	44 (6)	May 31	MIN	@	BOS	W,10-4	GS	29	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	45	Jun 1	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
28	46	Jun 2	MIN		NYY	W,3-2	GF	14	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
29	48 (1)	Jun 4	MIN		NYY	W,4-2	GS	23	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	50 (1)	Jun 7	MIN		WSA	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
31	51	Jun 8	MIN		WSA	L,5-7	CG	51	12.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
32	52	Jun 9	MIN		BOS	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
33	53	Jun 10	MIN		BOS	W,6-2	GS	23	6.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
34	54	Jun 11	MIN		BOS	L,5-13	GS	27	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
35	57 (2)	Jun 15	MIN		CLE	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	58	Jun 16	MIN		CAL	W,8-2	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
37	59	Jun 17	MIN		CAL	L,1-13	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
38	62 (2)	Jun 20	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	63	Jun 21	MIN	@	OAK	W,14-4	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
40	64	Jun 22 (1)	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	65	Jun 22 (2)	MIN	@	OAK	W,4-3	GS	46	12.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
42	70 (4)	Jun 27	MIN	@	KCR	L,8-9	CG	48	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
43	72 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	MIN	@	KCR	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	75 (2)	Jul 1	MIN	@	CHW	W,10-5	GS	23	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	86 (10)	Jul 12	MIN		SEP	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
46	87	Jul 13 (1)	MIN		SEP	W,5-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
47	93 (5)	Jul 18 (1)	MIN	@	SEP	L,1-2	CG	37	8.2	2	1	0	3	0	LF
48	95 (1)	Jul 19 susp	MIN	@	SEP	W,11-7		32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
49	99 (3)	Jul 26	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	112 (12)	Aug 8	MIN	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	LF
51	113	Aug 9	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
52	118 (4)	Aug 16	MIN	@	WSA	L,5-6	GS	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
53	119	Aug 17	MIN	@	WSA	W,4-3	GS	38	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
54	120	Aug 18	MIN	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS	29	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
55	122 (1)	Aug 20	MIN	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	123	Aug 22	MIN		NYY	W,6-0	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
57	124	Aug 23	MIN		NYY	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
58	126 (1)	Aug 25	MIN		WSA	L,3-7	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
59	129 (2)	Aug 29	MIN		BOS	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	130	Aug 30	MIN		BOS	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
61	131	Aug 31	MIN		BOS	W,6-2	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	136 (4)	Sep 5	MIN	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
63	137	Sep 6	MIN	@	OAK	W,8-6	GS	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
64	138	Sep 7	MIN	@	OAK	W,16-4	GS	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
65	139	Sep 8	MIN	@	CAL	L,4-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
66	144 (4)	Sep 13	MIN		KCR	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
67	148 (3)	Sep 17	MIN		CAL	L,4-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
68	154 (5)	Sep 23	MIN	@	KCR	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
69	156 (1)	Sep 25	MIN	@	SEP	L,1-5	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF 3B
70	157	Sep 26	MIN	@	SEP	L,3-4	CG	57	13.2	0	4	0	4	1	3B
71	158	Sep 28 (1)	MIN	@	SEP	W,5-2	GS	17	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
72	159	Sep 28 (2)	MIN	@	SEP	L,1-4	GS	19	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
73	160	Sep 30	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
74	161	Oct 1	MIN		CHW	L,3-4	GF	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
							75gm		480.0	90	44	2	136	3