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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	48-32 / in Starts: 34-20
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 260 PAs	32
Actual Runners on Base	153 (75-45-33) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 260 PAs	29
Avg. Runners on Base	174 (90-55-28)

Most Driven In
E Slaughter	9
S Musial	5
R Northey	3
C Diering	2
Self	2
M Marion	1
D Rice	1

Most Driven In By
J Garagiola	4
L Klein	2
Self	2
R Munger	2
R Northey	1
S Musial	1
M Marion	1
R Schoendienst	1

1949 Batting Game Log

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1949 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	1	7 (6)	Apr 27	STL		PIT	L,1-7	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						PH
2	2	8	Apr 28	STL		PIT	W,4-2	7-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	6	.56	0.020	1.37	0.03%	0.39	1B
3	3	9	Apr 29	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG(12)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	7	1.96	-0.061	4.93	-0.09%	0.33	1B
4	4	10	Apr 30	STL	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.600	.964	7	1.70	0.657	3.97	0.92%	1.16	1B
May		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	5	11	May 1	STL	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1			0	0	0	.286	.333	.500	.833	7						1B
6	6	12	May 3	STL	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0			0	0	0	.278	.316	.444	.760	7						1B
7	7	14 (1)	May 5	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.304	.409	.713	7	1.08	-0.074	2.74	-0.11%	-0.62	1B
8	8	16 (1)	May 7	STL	@	NYG	L,1-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.259	.346	.605	1	.46	-0.046	1.17	-0.07%	-0.88	1B
9	9	17	May 8	STL	@	BRO	L,7-8	5-GF	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.276	.429	.704	6	1.65	0.291	3.84	0.41%	0.68	1B
10	10	18	May 9	STL	@	BRO	W,14-5	CG	6	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.286	.394	.680	1	.43	-0.040	.93	-0.05%	-0.07	1B
11	11	20 (1)	May 13	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.243	.282	.432	.714	7	1.75	0.182	3.68	0.23%	1.38	1B
12	12	21	May 14	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.279	.400	.679	7	.88	-0.012	1.67	-0.01%	-0.39	1B
13	13	22	May 15	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.277	.409	.686	7	1.54	-0.136	3.11	-0.16%	-0.63	1B
14	14	23	May 17	STL		PHI	L,4-5	CG(12)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			2	0	0	.200	.245	.360	.605	7						1B
15	15	24	May 18	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.185	.228	.333	.561	7	2.13	-0.213	4.37	-0.26%	-1.12	1B
16	16	25	May 19	STL		BRO	L,0-2	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.179	.220	.321	.542	7	1.76	-0.090	3.14	-0.10%	-0.76	1B
17	17	27 (1)	May 21	STL		BRO	L,6-15	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.183	.222	.350	.572	7	1.40	-0.089	2.48	-0.10%	-0.72	1B
18	18	29 (1)	May 22 (2)	STL		NYG	L,4-13	6-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.197	.234	.361	.595	9	.27	0.010	.50	0.01%	0.13	PH
19	19	34 (4)	May 28	STL		PIT	W,4-2	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.197	.234	.361	.595	8						PR
20	20	35	May 29	STL		PIT	L,2-4	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.231	.355	.586	9	.79	-0.021	1.83	-0.03%	-0.25	PH
21	21	37 (1)	May 30 (2)	STL		CIN	W,9-2	CG	5	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.227	.261	.394	.655	7	.63	-0.009	1.54	-0.01%	2.21	1B
Jun		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
22	22	38	Jun 1	STL	@	BRO	W,6-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.261	.394	.655	7						1B
23	23	39	Jun 2	STL	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG(14)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.253	.375	.628	7	1.83	-0.246	5.65	-0.46%	-1.14	1B
24	24	41 (1)	Jun 4	STL	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.241	.355	.596	7	1.02	-0.106	3.33	-0.21%	-1.56	1B
25	25	46 (4)	Jun 9	STL	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.229	.338	.566	7	.47	-0.047	2.25	-0.14%	-0.67	1B
26	26	47	Jun 10	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.229	.338	.566	8						PR
27	27	50 (2)	Jun 12 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-8	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.198	.226	.333	.560	9	.36	-0.011	1.65	-0.03%	-0.32	PH
28	28	54 (3)	Jun 17	STL		PHI	L,0-8	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.195	.224	.329	.553	8						PH
29	29	59 (4)	Jun 22	STL		NYG	W,11-8	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.195	.233	.329	.562	9						PH
30	30	60	Jun 23	STL		NYG	W,10-6	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.209	.244	.372	.617	7						1B
31	31	61	Jun 24	STL		BSN	W,8-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.255	.371	.626	7	1.12	-0.006	6.20	-0.02%	0.42	1B
32	32	62	Jun 25	STL		BSN	L,6-10	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.265	.370	.635	7	.67	0.027	3.95	0.10%	0.64	1B
33	33	64 (1)	Jun 27	STL		CHC	L,4-6	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.215	.263	.366	.628	1						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
34	34	73 (8)	Jul 5	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.252	.351	.603	6	1.27	-0.180	5.75	-0.49%	-0.97	1B
35	35	76 (2)	Jul 8	STL	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.252	.347	.599	6	.74	0.020	3.44	0.06%	0.05	1B
36	36	77	Jul 9	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.229	.270	.362	.632	6	.79	0.043	3.64	0.12%	0.56	1B
37	37	79 (1)	Jul 10 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.267	.349	.616	6	.76	-0.023	3.81	-0.07%	-0.69	1B
38	38	80	Jul 14	STL	@	PHI	L,0-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.218	.265	.345	.610	4	4.46	-0.189	25.56	-0.65%	-0.58	1B
39	39	81	Jul 15	STL	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.264	.342	.607	6	1.02	-0.073	5.46	-0.23%	-0.62	1B
40	40	82	Jul 16	STL	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.256	.331	.587	6	.81	-0.088	4.43	-0.29%	-1.19	1B
41	41	83	Jul 17	STL	@	NYG	W,10-1	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.252	.325	.577	4	.03	-0.001	.14	0.00%	-0.41	1B
42	42	86 (2)	Jul 20	STL	@	BSN	W,6-4	8-GF(10)	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.264	.336	.600	9	2.38	0.168	12.50	0.53%	0.70	PH 1B
43	43	90 (3)	Jul 24	STL	@	BRO	W,14-1	CG	5	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.222	.269	.349	.618	6	.19	0.016	1.84	0.09%	1.26	1B
44	44	91	Jul 25	STL	@	BRO	T,4-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.223	.268	.354	.622	6	1.56	0.045	16.20	0.28%	0.12	1B
45	45	92	Jul 26	STL		PHI	W,9-5	CG	5	4	0	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.287	.373	.660	6	.64	0.139	4.11	0.53%	2.32	1B
46	46	93	Jul 27	STL		PHI	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.246	.293	.377	.669	6						1B
47	47	96 (2)	Jul 30	STL		BRO	W,7-6	4-GF	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.289	.371	.660	4	2.35	-0.141	24.78	-0.89%	-0.70	1B
48	48	97	Jul 31	STL		BRO	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.294	.375	.669	6	1.39	-0.028	14.26	-0.17%	-0.26	1B
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
49	49	101 (3)	Aug 4	STL		BSN	W,10-2	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.250	.293	.372	.665	6	.39	0.005	2.55	0.02%	-0.36	1B
50	50	104 (2)	Aug 7	STL		NYG	W,9-2	CG	4	4	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.270	.311	.395	.705	6	1.03	0.061	7.02	0.25%	2.96	1B
51	51	106 (1)	Aug 9	STL		CIN	W,4-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.311	.395	.705	4						1B
52	52	107	Aug 10	STL		CIN	W,8-0	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.301	.382	.683	6	.38	-0.077	2.48	-0.30%	-2.12	1B
53	53	108	Aug 12	STL		PIT	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1	0	0	.261	.300	.379	.679	6						1B
54	54	109	Aug 13	STL		PIT	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.299	.376	.675	6	1.44	-0.073	9.23	-0.28%	-0.51	1B
55	55	111 (1)	Aug 15	STL	@	CHC	W,5-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.299	.376	.675	4						1B
56	56	112	Aug 16	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.303	.381	.684	6	1.49	0.070	9.47	0.27%	0.14	1B
57	57	115 (2)	Aug 20	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.308	.384	.691	6	1.45	0.048	9.94	0.20%	0.07	1B
58	58	117 (1)	Aug 21 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.263	.303	.377	.680	6						1B
59	59	118	Aug 23 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,5-3	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.301	.375	.676	4	.22	-0.006	2.95	-0.05%	-0.24	1B
60	60	120 (1)	Aug 24	STL	@	BRO	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.295	.367	.661	6	.74	-0.075	10.15	-0.61%	-0.84	1B
61	61	122 (1)	Aug 26	STL	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.289	.359	.647	6	.96	-0.096	6.95	-0.41%	-0.86	1B
62	62	124 (1)	Aug 27 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,11-2	CG	5	5	2	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.254	.291	.381	.672	6						1B
63	63	127 (2)	Aug 29	STL	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.249	.286	.373	.659	6	1.03	-0.111	6.50	-0.42%	-1.09	1B
64	64	128	Aug 30	STL	@	BSN	L,4-12	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.245	.282	.367	.649	6	1.12	-0.054	6.92	-0.20%	-0.75	1B
Sep/Oct		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
65	65	130 (1)	Sep 3	STL		CIN	T,9-9	8-GF(15)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.276	.360	.636	4	2.90	-0.280	21.87	-1.27%	-1.22	1B
66	66	131	Sep 4 (1)	STL		CIN	W,6-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.275	.358	.633	4	.22	-0.006	1.59	-0.03%	-0.45	1B
67	67	133 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	STL		PIT	W,9-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.270	.351	.621	6	.42	-0.011	2.75	-0.05%	-0.66	1B
68	68	135 (1)	Sep 7	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.274	.368	.642	6	2.01	0.202	17.14	1.03%	0.77	1B
69	69	136	Sep 8	STL		CHC	W,8-0	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.272	.362	.634	6	.45	-0.058	4.02	-0.31%	-1.05	1B
70	70	138 (1)	Sep 10	STL	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.230	.268	.355	.622	6	1.39	-0.079	12.36	-0.42%	-0.71	1B
71	71	139	Sep 11 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.230	.268	.355	.622	4						1B
72	72	143 (3)	Sep 16	STL		BSN	W,7-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	.231	.267	.353	.620	7	.77	0.046	6.66	0.24%	0.97	1B
73	73	144	Sep 17	STL		BSN	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.267	.351	.618	6	1.90	-0.112	12.70	-0.45%	-0.47	1B
74	74	145	Sep 18	STL		PHI	W,15-3	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.270	.349	.619	6	.41	-0.066	2.85	-0.28%	-0.57	1B
75	75	146	Sep 19	STL		PHI	L,3-4	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.270	.349	.619	9						PR
76	76	150 (3)	Sep 22	STL		BRO	L,6-19	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.269	.348	.616	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.45	PH
77	77	151	Sep 24	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.231	.268	.346	.614	6						1B
78	78	152	Sep 25	STL		CHC	W,6-1	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.230	.267	.345	.612	5						1B
79	79	153	Sep 27	STL	@	PIT	L,4-6	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.230	.267	.345	.612	9						PR
80	80	154	Sep 29	STL	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.230	.267	.347	.614	6	.89	-0.039	15.85	-0.42%	0.13	1B
81	81	155	Sep 30	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.226	.263	.342	.604	6	1.72	-0.229	45.04	-3.60%	-1.57	1B
82	82	157 (1)	Oct 2	STL	@	CHC	W,13-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.262	.340	.602	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.10	1B
							48-32		260	244	28	55	8	4	4	32	11	0	12	1	4		4	5	1	3	.225	.262	.340	.602		1.10	-1.252	6.76	-8.43%	-11.16

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