Nelson Briles

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Full Name: Nelson Kelley Briles	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/195	First Game: April 19, 1965
Birthdate: August 5, 1943	Final Game: September 13, 1978
Birthplace: Dorris, California	MLB Experience: 14 years
Died: February 13, 2005
Deathplace: Orlando, Florida
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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2 Statistics
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[edit] Biography

Born on August 5, 1943 in Dorris, California, Nelson Briles (Nelson Kelley Briles) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Kansas City Royals, Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 14 year career. Briles broke into the bigs on April 19, 1965 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.50 ERA in 82.1 innings pitched in 1965, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Nelson Briles's best season was 1968, when he posted a 2.81 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 141 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1965	STL	N	37	2	3	3	3.50	52	33	32	0	0	4	82.1	79	4	26	6	2	6
1966	STL	N	49	17	4	15	3.21	100	65	55	0	0	6	154	162	14	54	11	3	7
1967	STL	N	49	14	14	5	2.43	94	45	42	4	2	6	155.1	139	8	40	8	8	5
1968	STL	N	33	33	19	11	2.81	141	90	76	13	4	0	243.2	251	18	55	12	4	7
1969	STL	N	36	33	15	13	3.52	126	104	89	10	3	0	227.2	218	17	63	7	9	2
1970	STL	N	30	19	6	7	6.24	59	84	74	1	1	0	106.2	129	14	36	7	5	2
1971	PIT	N	37	14	8	4	3.04	76	51	46	4	2	1	136	131	12	35	12	1	3
1972	PIT	N	28	27	14	11	3.08	120	83	67	9	2	0	195.2	185	14	43	8	2	1
1973	PIT	N	33	33	14	13	2.84	94	87	69	7	1	0	218.2	201	19	51	3	1	1
1974	KC	A	18	17	5	7	4.02	41	48	46	3	0	0	103	118	9	21	1	1	2
1975	KC	A	24	16	6	6	4.26	73	60	53	3	0	2	112	127	19	25	1	1	5
1976	TEX	A	32	31	11	9	3.26	98	87	76	7	1	1	210	224	17	47	0	6	2
1977	TEX	A	28	15	6	4	4.24	57	58	51	2	1	1	108.1	114	13	30	1	4	6
1977	BAL	A	2	0	0	0	6.75	2	3	3	0	0	1	4	5	2	0	0	1	0
1977	TOT	A	30	15	6	4	4.33	59	61	54	2	1	2	112.1	119	15	30	1	5	6
1978	BAL	A	16	8	4	4	4.64	30	31	28	1	0	0	54.1	58	6	21	2	2	2
Total	NL		332	192	97	82	3.26	862	642	550	48	15	17	1520	1495	120	403	74	35	34
Total	AL		120	87	32	30	3.91	301	287	257	16	2	5	591.2	646	66	144	5	15	17
Total			452	279	129	112	3.44	1163	929	807	64	17	22	2111.2	2141	186	547	79	50	51

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1965	STL	N	P	37	2	82.1	6	8	0	1	0	1	5	4	1	1.000
1966	STL	N	P	49	17	154	9	29	1	3	0	1	7	7	3	.974
1967	STL	N	P	49	14	155.1	10	18	2	1	0	0	4	5	2	.933
1968	STL	N	P	33	33	243.2	15	31	2	1	0	0	5	9	1	.958
1969	STL	N	P	36	33	227.2	13	34	3	3	0	3	16	2	2	.940
1970	STL	N	P	30	19	106.2	6	7	0	0	0	1	11	3	0	1.000
1971	PIT	N	P	37	14	136	13	13	1	1	0	0	6	3	1	.963
1972	PIT	N	P	28	27	195.2	11	26	1	1	0	1	10	7	0	.974
1973	PIT	N	P	33	33	218.2	14	35	1	3	0	2	9	6	1	.980
1974	KC	A	P	18	17	103	8	12	1	1	0	0	8	7	0	.952
1975	KC	A	P	24	16	112	11	15	1	1	0	2	7	8	2	.963
1976	TEX	A	P	32	31	210	10	18	0	0	0	1	11	12	0	1.000
1977	TEX	A	P	28	15	108.1	3	13	0	1	0	0	5	13	1	1.000
1977	BAL	A	P	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000
1977	TOT	A	P	30	15	112.1	3	13	0	1	0	1	5	13	1	1.000
1978	BAL	A	P	16	8	54.1	2	4	1	0	0	0	4	4	0	.857
Total			P	452	279	2111.2	131	263	14	17	0	13	108	90	14	.966

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1965	STL	N	37	15	0	2	0	2	.133	.188	.133	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0
1966	STL	N	49	38	2	3	0	0	.079	.125	.079	0	0	2	16	0	1	0	0	1
1967	STL	N	49	40	5	6	0	0	.150	.209	.150	0	0	3	20	0	5	0	0	0
1968	STL	N	33	80	5	11	0	5	.138	.186	.162	2	0	4	21	1	9	0	0	2
1969	STL	N	36	76	1	8	1	5	.105	.150	.145	0	0	4	26	0	5	0	0	2
1970	STL	N	30	39	4	7	0	3	.179	.200	.308	1	2	1	14	0	3	0	0	0
1971	PIT	N	37	39	3	10	1	4	.256	.293	.410	3	0	2	13	0	3	0	0	0
1972	PIT	N	28	70	6	11	0	4	.157	.178	.171	1	0	2	32	0	5	0	0	0
1973	PIT	N	33	72	3	14	1	6	.194	.224	.264	2	0	2	21	1	6	0	0	0
1974	KC	A	18	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	KC	A	24	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	TEX	A	32	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	TEX	A	28	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	BAL	A	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	TOT	A	30	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	BAL	A	16	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		332	469	29	72	3	29	.154	.192	.200	9	2	21	171	2	37	0	0	5
Total	AL		120	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			452	469	29	72	3	29	.154	.192	.200	9	2	21	171	2	37	0	0	5

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1963).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Vic Davalillo to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Matty Alou and George Brunet (January 29, 1971).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Fernando Gonzalez to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Ed Kirkpatrick, Kurt Bevacqua and Winston Cole (December 4, 1973).
Traded by Kansas City Royals to Texas Rangers in exchange for Dave Nelson (November 12, 1975).
Sold by Texas Rangers to Baltimore Orioles (September 19, 1977).
Released by Baltimore Orioles (January 17, 1979).

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