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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	28-41 / in Starts: 17-15
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 164 PAs	23
Actual Runners on Base	111 (56-34-21)
Avg. MLBer w/ 164 PAs	18
Avg. Runners on Base	103 (54-32-16)

Most Driven In
Self	7
D Snider	4
W Moon	2
J Robinson	2
R Jackson	2
B Morgan	2
J Gilliam	1
D Zimmer	1

Most Driven In By
Self	7
K Boyer	2
C Furillo	1
R Campanella	1
G Hodges	1
R Katt	1
W Moon	0

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 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	286	44 (43)	Jun 8	BRO	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	5	1.56	0.005	5.69	0.01%	-0.05	1B
2	287	45	Jun 9	BRO	@	CIN	W,8-5	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.143	.125	.571	.696	5	.53	-0.030	1.80	-0.06%	-0.62	1B
3	288	46	Jun 10	BRO	@	CIN	W,8-6	GS-7	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.167	.545	.712	5	.85	-0.021	3.28	-0.05%	-0.35	1B
4	289	47	Jun 11	BRO	@	STL	W,8-6	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.133	.125	.400	.525	5	1.96	0.148	8.21	0.37%	0.77	1B
5	290	48	Jun 12	BRO	@	STL	W,6-4	GS-7	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.250	.412	.662	5	1.04	0.109	4.63	0.29%	0.65	1B
6	291	49	Jun 15	BRO		MLN	W,5-4	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.280	.545	.825	5	1.78	0.021	8.30	0.06%	0.58	1B
7	292	50	Jun 16	BRO		MLN	W,3-2	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.480	.730	5	.71	-0.071	3.53	-0.21%	-1.08	1B
8	293	51	Jun 17 (1)	BRO		MLN	L,4-5	CG	4	4	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.313	.655	.968	5	1.26	0.184	6.25	0.55%	1.57	1B
9	294	52	Jun 17 (2)	BRO		MLN	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.278	.576	.854	5	1.32	-0.139	6.46	-0.41%	-1.10	1B
10	295	53	Jun 19	BRO		STL	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.250	.514	.764	5	.60	-0.058	2.78	-0.16%	-1.19	1B
11	296	55 (1)	Jun 21	BRO		STL	W,9-8	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.244	.476	.721	4	1.01	-0.041	4.84	-0.12%	-0.44	1B
12	297	56	Jun 22	BRO		CIN	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.229	.444	.674	4	.62	-0.050	3.18	-0.16%	-0.65	1B
13	298	57	Jun 23	BRO		CIN	W,7-6	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.226	.420	.646	4	2.05	0.109	9.83	0.31%	-0.56	1B
14	299	58	Jun 24 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,6-10	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.228	.407	.635	4	.75	-0.026	3.83	-0.08%	-0.21	1B
15	300	59	Jun 24 (2)	BRO		CIN	L,1-2	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.224	.400	.624	9	4.59	-0.117	22.07	-0.34%	-0.79	PH
16	301	60	Jun 25	BRO		CHC	W,3-2	GS-8	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.193	.226	.386	.612	4	1.18	-0.060	3.85	-0.12%	-0.27	1B
17	302	63 (2)	Jun 28	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-6	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.222	.379	.602	9	2.63	0.007	10.26	0.02%	-0.02	PH
18	303	64	Jun 29	BRO		PHI	W,6-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.219	.373	.592	6	3.59	-0.083	13.47	-0.19%	-0.49	PH 1B
19	304	65	Jun 30	BRO		PHI	W,10-7	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.235	.371	.606	6	.60	0.033	2.54	0.08%	0.84	1B
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
20	305	66	Jul 1 (1)	BRO		PHI	L,4-7	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.239	.369	.609	6	.37	-0.011	1.60	-0.03%	-0.17	1B
21	306	67	Jul 1 (2)	BRO		PHI	W,4-1	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.243	.368	.611	6	.75	0.009	3.14	0.02%	0.39	1B
22	307	68	Jul 2	BRO		NYG	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.244	.361	.605	6	1.08	-0.063	4.42	-0.15%	-0.80	1B
23	308	74 (5)	Jul 8 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.241	.356	.597	9	3.92	-0.109	18.16	-0.30%	-0.31	PH
24	309	75	Jul 12	BRO	@	MLN	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.241	.351	.592	6	.86	-0.060	5.39	-0.23%	-0.54	1B
25	310	76	Jul 13 (1)	BRO	@	MLN	L,6-8	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.239	.378	.617	6	1.89	-0.105	11.51	-0.38%	0.25	1B
26	311	77	Jul 13 (2)	BRO	@	MLN	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.250	.384	.634	5	.71	0.030	4.08	0.10%	0.73	1B
27	312	78	Jul 14	BRO	@	MLN	L,2-3	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.253	.382	.635	5	1.39	-0.070	7.44	-0.23%	-0.93	1B
28	313	79	Jul 15	BRO	@	CHC	W,10-8	GS-7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.242	.366	.608	5	.68	-0.068	2.34	-0.14%	-0.71	1B
29	314	83 (3)	Jul 19	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.240	.362	.602	9	1.73	-0.044	8.25	-0.13%	-0.24	PH
30	315	85 (1)	Jul 21	BRO	@	STL	L,6-13	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.238	.358	.596	9	2.45	-0.082	7.02	-0.14%	-0.43	PH
31	316	94 (8)	Jul 29 (2)	BRO		CHC	L,2-4	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.235	.354	.589	9	.29	-0.008	1.27	-0.02%	-0.11	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
				Player went from Brooklyn Dodgers to St. Louis Cardinals
32	317	98	Aug 3	STL	@	BRO	W,11-8	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.233	.351	.584	7	2.34	-0.060	1.45	-0.02%	-0.24	PH
33	318	99	Aug 4	STL	@	BRO	L,4-12	6-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.240	.388	.628	3	.00	0.001	.00	0.00%	1.74	1B
34	319	100	Aug 5 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.238	.384	.622	9	.15	-0.004	.10	0.00%	-0.24	PH
35	320	101	Aug 5 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-5	7-7	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.245	.420	.665	9	.42	0.086	.22	0.03%	1.87	PH
36	321	102	Aug 6	STL	@	CIN	L,6-7	3-GF(10)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.216	.248	.412	.659	3	2.45	-0.175	.65	-0.03%	-0.90	1B
37	322	103	Aug 7	STL	@	CIN	W,8-4	6-GF	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.261	.427	.688	3	.95	0.135	.19	0.02%	1.95	1B
38	323	104	Aug 8 (1)	STL	@	MLN	L,1-10	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.257	.419	.676	9	.17	-0.009	.04	0.00%	-0.94	PH 1B
39	324	105	Aug 8 (2)	STL	@	MLN	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.254	.415	.669	8	3.26	-0.089	.51	-0.01%	-0.34	PH 1B
40	325	109 (3)	Aug 11	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.254	.415	.669	3						PR 1B
41	326	110	Aug 12 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.261	.421	.681	9	.33	0.016	.09	0.00%	0.25	PH
42	327	112 (1)	Aug 14	STL		MLN	W,6-2	6-7	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.267	.454	.721	7	1.50	0.375	.28	0.04%	1.88	PH
43	328	114 (1)	Aug 16	STL		MLN	L,0-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.265	.450	.714	9	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.10	PH
44	329	115	Aug 17	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.223	.258	.438	.696	5	1.15	-0.124	.07	-0.01%	-0.82	LF
45	330	116	Aug 18	STL		CHC	L,1-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.258	.426	.684	5	.58	-0.022	.06	0.00%	-0.83	LF
46	331	117	Aug 19 (1)	STL		CHC	W,6-0	CG	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.225	.264	.433	.697	5	.38	0.078	.02	0.00%	0.92	LF
47	332	118	Aug 19 (2)	STL		CHC	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.262	.430	.691	4	3.40	-0.074	.21	0.00%	-0.35	PH
48	333	119	Aug 21	STL		BRO	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.261	.424	.685	5	2.35	-0.099	.07	0.00%	-0.28	LF
49	334	120	Aug 22	STL		BRO	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.268	.430	.698	5	1.21	0.054	.01	0.00%	0.42	LF
50	335	121	Aug 23 (1)	STL		PIT	W,3-0	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.270	.427	.697	5	.78	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.66	LF
51	336	122	Aug 23 (2)	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.262	.415	.677	5	1.22	-0.137	.01	0.00%	-1.30	LF
52	337	124 (1)	Aug 25	STL		PIT	W,8-5	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.275	.428	.703	5	.56	0.113	.00	0.00%	1.30	LF 1B
53	338	128 (3)	Aug 29	STL		PHI	L,6-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.273	.424	.698	9	.86	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.22	PH
54	339	129	Aug 31 (1)	STL	@	MLN	L,5-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.272	.421	.693	9	1.52	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.14	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
55	340	132 (2)	Sep 2	STL	@	MLN	L,3-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.270	.418	.688	9	.70	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.41	PH
56	341	134 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	STL		CHC	L,0-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.268	.415	.683	9	.04	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.46	PH
57	342	136 (1)	Sep 7	STL		CIN	W,1-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.268	.415	.683	3						1B
58	343	137	Sep 8	STL		CIN	W,6-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.268	.415	.683	3						1B
59	344	138	Sep 9	STL		CIN	W,6-5	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.266	.413	.679	8	4.32	-0.095	.00	0.00%	-0.46	PH
60	345	141 (2)	Sep 14	STL	@	NYG	L,0-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.265	.410	.674	9	1.93	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.28	PH
61	346	142	Sep 15	STL	@	NYG	W,9-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.265	.410	.674	3						1B
62	347	144 (1)	Sep 16 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.263	.407	.670	2	.02	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
63	348	146 (1)	Sep 19	STL	@	BRO	L,2-17	6-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.268	.418	.685	3	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.42	1B
64	349	147	Sep 21	STL	@	CIN	L,1-9	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.268	.418	.685	3						1B
65	350	148	Sep 22	STL	@	CIN	L,4-6	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.266	.415	.681	9	1.19	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.44	PH
66	351	150 (1)	Sep 23 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.264	.412	.676	8	2.12	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-0.16	PH
67	352	151	Sep 25 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,5-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.223	.264	.412	.676	3						1B
68	353	153 (1)	Sep 26	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	3-GF(13)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.264	.404	.668	3	2.26	-0.121	.00	0.00%	-0.56	PR 1B
69	354	156 (2)	Sep 30	STL		MLN	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.217	.262	.401	.664	9	1.50	0.044	.00	0.00%	0.20	PH
							28-41		164	152	14	33	7	0	7	23	10	2	16	0	0	2	3	4	0	0	.217	.262	.401	.664		1.21	-1.037	3.51	-1.79%	-5.65

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