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Roger Nelson

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Full Name: Roger Eugene Nelson Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/200 First Game: September 9, 1967
Birthdate: June 7, 1944 Final Game: September 23, 1976
Birthplace: Altadena, California MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on June 7, 1944 in Altadena, California, Roger Nelson (Roger Eugene Nelson) played for the Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 9 year career. Nelson broke into the bigs on September 9, 1967 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 2.41 ERA in 71 innings pitched in 1968, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Roger Nelson's best season was 1972, when he posted a 2.08 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 120 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1967 CHI A 5 0 0 1 1.29 4 1 1 0 0 0 7 4 1 0 0 0 2
1968 BAL A 19 6 4 3 2.41 70 21 19 0 0 1 71 49 3 26 3 6 1
1969 KC A 29 29 7 13 3.31 82 78 71 8 1 0 193.1 170 12 65 4 8 6
1970 KC A 4 2 0 2 1.00 3 10 10 0 0 0 9 18 3 0 0 2 1
1971 KC A 13 1 0 1 5.29 29 20 20 0 0 0 34 35 1 5 0 0 0
1972 KC A 34 19 11 6 2.08 120 41 40 10 6 3 173.1 120 13 31 1 4 1
1973 CIN N 14 8 3 2 3.46 17 25 21 1 0 0 54.2 49 4 24 1 1 3
1974 CIN N 14 12 4 4 3.38 42 36 32 1 0 1 85.1 67 7 35 1 3 1
1976 KC A 3 0 0 0 2.08 4 2 2 0 0 0 8.2 4 0 4 1 1 2
Total NL 28 20 7 6 3.41 59 61 53 2 0 1 140 116 11 59 2 4 4
Total AL 107 57 22 26 2.96 312 173 163 18 7 4 496.1 400 33 131 9 21 13
Total 135 77 29 32 3.06 371 234 216 20 7 5 636.1 516 44 190 11 25 17

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1967 CHI A P 5 0 7 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
1968 BAL A P 19 6 71 3 8 0 0 0 2 4 4 1 1.000
1969 KC A P 29 29 193.1 19 25 5 3 0 2 11 10 4 .898
1970 KC A P 4 2 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1971 KC A P 13 1 34 2 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000
1972 KC A P 34 19 173.1 8 33 1 1 0 0 14 5 3 .976
1973 CIN N P 14 8 54.2 3 12 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1.000
1974 CIN N P 14 12 85.1 6 10 2 1 0 1 6 2 1 .889
1976 KC A P 3 0 8.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1.000
Total P 135 77 636.1 43 103 8 8 0 5 41 23 10 .948

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1967 CHI A 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 BAL A 19 16 0 1 0 0 .063 .167 .063 0 0 2 10 0 4 0 0 1
1969 KC A 29 58 4 8 0 3 .138 .164 .172 0 1 2 16 0 5 0 0 0
1970 KC A 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 KC A 13 6 2 2 0 0 .333 .429 .333 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
1972 KC A 34 54 2 5 0 0 .093 .140 .093 0 0 3 19 0 4 0 0 0
1973 CIN N 14 18 1 2 0 1 .111 .111 .111 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
1974 CIN N 14 28 3 5 0 4 .179 .233 .179 0 0 2 7 0 2 0 0 0
1976 KC A 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 28 46 4 7 0 5 .152 .188 .152 0 0 2 11 0 3 0 0 0
Total AL 107 134 8 16 0 3 .119 .174 .134 0 1 9 47 0 13 0 0 1
Total 135 180 12 23 0 8 .128 .177 .139 0 1 11 58 0 16 0 0 1

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago White Sox (1963).
  • Traded by Chicago White Sox with Don Buford and Bruce Howard to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Luis Aparicio, Russ Snyder and John Matias (November 29, 1967).
  • Selected by Kansas City Royals from Baltimore Orioles (1st pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 15, 1968).
  • Traded by Kansas City Royals with Richie Scheinblum to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Wayne Simpson and Hal McRae (November 30, 1972).
  • Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Chicago White Sox (October 25, 1974).
  • Released by Chicago White Sox (March 25, 1975).
  • Signed by Oakland Athletics (April 5, 1975).
  • Released by Oakland Athletics (August 5, 1975).
  • Signed by Kansas City Royals (March 3, 1976).

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